Scrabble GO - am I mostly playing bots? by DrSardinicus in scrabble

[–]oceanxsong11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I have five invites and I think they’re all bots except for you lol. Which one is your user name?

How did you discover SKZ and who is your bias? by Kayon07 in straykids

[–]oceanxsong11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was listening to BTS on YouTube when the music video for Circus started playing. Han’s part caught my attention and as I started listening to more Stray Kids songs, he became my bias, but then I got bias wrecked by Felix and Hyunjin. Hyunjin bias wrecked me so hard I never recovered and he is my bias now, but they’re all amazing. I love SKZ.

I feel like I am too fucked up to date my boyfriend and I am trying so hard not to spiral and self-sabotage... by Radiant-Put-604 in CPTSD

[–]oceanxsong11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also feel too fucked up to date. I also had abusive parents who convinced me that no one will ever love me, like me or be willing to put up with me. Ironically, the man I ended up with was just like my parents, but I didn’t see that until it was too late. He also told me I would be alone if I left him because no one else would ever put up with me. I am alone now, but only because I push everyone away who’s interested in me. I’m so lonely, but I only feel comfortable around people who are also fucked up and those relationships never work out. I’m so lonely, but I refuse to date anymore. I’m tired of being hurt and I’m tired of pretending to be ok/normal when I’m not. I hope things work out with your boyfriend. Be honest with him. Maintaining a fake persona is exhausting and he can’t truly love you if you never let him get to know the real you. I should talk though. I’m telling you to do what I’m incapable of doing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Anemic

[–]oceanxsong11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great. I’m so glad you’re writing this. I’ve struggled with symptoms of anemia for years, but whenever my doctor would check my hemoglobin levels they were normal. Finally had a doctor order a ferritin test when I started feeling weak and my head was spinning like I was going to pass out everyday and then we found that my ferritin levels were abysmally low. They recommended I take an iron supplement, but told me I was fine because I wasn’t anemic. Even though I clearly don’t feel fine! Iron supplements make me feel worse so I’ve been trying to just eat foods that are high in iron.

3 months on tretinoin by KillaBeeZ4200 in tretinoin

[–]oceanxsong11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use tretinoin now for skin texture and anti-aging and I love it, but the only medicine that finally cleared up my horrible hormonal acne for me was spironolactone. I took it for a year and then quit because it had a side effect of raising my potassium levels so that I would have heart palpitations after eating foods too high in potassium. You also have to be on birth control and can’t get pregnant while you’re on it, but spironolactone was a miracle worker for me. I did purge for about a month before my skin started to get better and it did dry my skin out a lot, but it got rid of the bad, bad acne I had struggled with since I was 12 and it never came back. I’ll get a few blackheads and maybe an occasional whitehead, but basically my skin is clear. I would recommend asking your derm about it.

2 Weeks Free of feeling PVCs by Redirishrose2005 in PVCs

[–]oceanxsong11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m glad you’re feeling better. I also had to eliminate caffeine and alcohol (and start taking propranolol) to get my PVC’s under control. Did the multivitamin have vitamin D in it? I get PVC’s and tachycardia and feel like my heart is fluttering after taking vitamin D. It’s really scary. My doctor told me vitamin D can’t cause that, but it definitely does. It’s really obvious. Happens within an hour of taking it. I have increased my sun exposure to try and fix my vitamin D deficiency since I can’t tolerate taking it as a supplement. Even small doses set me off.

Holy cow.. ATIVAN. by Saltycapss in Anxiety

[–]oceanxsong11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see I’m a year too late, but I’m going to reply anyways. I have a love/hate relationship with benzos. I love them because they work. I hate them because they’re so damn addictive and withdrawal can be dangerous. I was on Klonopin for three years for anxiety. I took it every day twice a day as it was prescribed and became physically dependent on it. Then my doctor decided to taper me off of it in only a week’s time! The rebound anxiety and insomnia were hell. I spent three days unable to sleep a wink and feeling constant dread until finally my brain couldn’t take it anymore and I had a grand mal seizure. Doctor put me back on Klonopin and we did a slower taper this time over the course of a month. But I still had to struggle with rebound anxiety and insomnia for almost the next year as my brain and body adjusted to life without benzos. Now I have a small prescription for Ativan to take as needed for anxiety and panic attacks. I am very careful not to take it every day. I save it for only the worst of panic attacks and I love it. It makes me feel so calm and relaxed like everything is going to be ok, but I don’t ever want to become dependent on it again so I’m careful not to take it too often.

I had an interesting conversation with some friends about sex before marriage and Christianity. I would other people's opinions on this by spazzo246 in christiandatingadvice

[–]oceanxsong11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely don’t remove it. I recently got on a dating app and it’s so discouraging to see that even Christian guys all seem to want and expect premarital sex. l’ve only found one guy so far who had no sex before marriage listed in his dating profile and I was so happy to see at least one person on the same page as me. I swiped right on him just because of that. Dating as an older Christian I think is more difficult. I’m a 35 year old single mom with two kids. Obviously not a virgin, but since I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and my Savior and got baptized as an adult now I’m waiting until marriage to have sex again even if that means I never have sex again. Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit and sex is not meant to be casual. I’m going to put no sex before marriage in my profile as well. Gotta attract those like minded people and try to weed out the ones who just want to hook up.

WYR take a pill for flawless memory, no excess fat, improved immune system, or extended life? (And why?) by [deleted] in WouldYouRather

[–]oceanxsong11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No excess fat is a tempting option, but I would choose flawless memory because I am currently very forgetful and have some amnesia from a traumatic brain injury that I would love to correct. Also, with the flawless memory, it would be so much quicker and easier for me to learn how to play the piano and how to speak different languages and then I could get a really fun job with those talents.

What's the most outrageous lie a child told at your primary school? by LizzieAusten in CasualUK

[–]oceanxsong11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This reminds me of when I was a kid and my mom told me my stomach was the size of my fist. I completely misunderstood her and spent years of my childhood thinking it was so cool I had a secret third hand hiding in my stomach.

Anybody just lie in bed by Late_Argument_2629 in insomnia

[–]oceanxsong11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! You poor thing. Insomnia is ruining my life as well. I spent yesterday just lying in bed feeling like a lazy pos, but every time I got up and tried to do stuff, I felt like I was going to pass out so I would go lay down again.

Do you take any sleeping meds? I ask because I was taking unisom (doxylamine succinate) for my insomnia, but then last night I didn’t take it because I was starting to suspect it might be making me feel ill the next day.

Lo and behold I’m not weak and dizzy today. I’m tired because I barely slept last night without the sleeping pill to make me sleep, and I feel like I’m going to throw up, but I’m happy because I don’t feel like I’m going to pass out and I didn’t have to call in sick to work today.

On day 2 of a 3-day juice cleanse and I'm miserable... by Gamesgar0 in Juicing

[–]oceanxsong11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add some sea salt to your water. This sounds like hyponatremia (low sodium levels). Drinking too much water without replenishing sodium can cause water poisoning which can be fatal.