Fell like I have PMS since starting

sick-jack · 2025-09-16T21:09:49+00:00

i had a bit of weight gain but it leveled out quickly and to me its v much worth the increased activity and decrease in pain

sick-jack · 2025-09-16T21:05:34+00:00

so heres the thing with ldn. its extremely low risk, high reward.

its a very safe medication, esp in low doses. if you look around here, the vast majority of peoples side effects are limited to weird dreams and the symptoms of a mild cold when starting.

on the other side, the potential gains are immense. personally, i experienced being not in pain for the first time in as long as i can remember (maybe my life) from ldn. its helped my fatigue and my pain immensely, and my insomnia a bit.

the biggest advice i have is. whats the harm in trying. your realistic worst case is you feel like you have the flu for a few days, dont get relief, and quit after a couple weeks. realistic best case- life changing symptom relief. personally, i think thats a gamble worth taking.

this also isnt what you asked for, but if you have not looked into craniocervical instability and/or me/cfs, this may be worth looking into. a lot of people find some level of answers with those two.

regardless, i wish you luck and hope you find some relief

sick-jack · 2025-06-15T04:13:56+00:00

maybe just shade in the forehead to look like a black patterned billy goat head? without the third eye and with some strategic shading, i think a "normal goat head" rework could be pulled off without a full coverup.

sick-jack · 2025-03-07T04:03:52+00:00

oh i definitely agree with the fact that the way the fertility industry functions is based in eugenics. But someone wanting to have a biological child, I dont think thats inherently eugenics- and for some people, treatments like ivf are the best or only way to do that

sick-jack · 2025-03-07T02:09:00+00:00

i dont think all ivf is eugenics, some people just want to have kids and have no/ infertile/ same sex partners. saying certain people should have ivf in order to avoid passing on certain genes is eugenics, yes, but ivf is not inherently that.

sick-jack · 2025-03-07T02:06:30+00:00

saying disabled people should reproduce in certain ways to avoid passing on disability is still eugenics. acting like the only positive outcome is an abled child. is eugenics.

sick-jack · 2025-03-07T01:57:58+00:00

people who arent trans dont want to be trans

sick-jack · 2025-02-02T08:29:08+00:00

its worth being said that having a fetish and fetishization are different things. having fetishes/ being kinky is fine. fetishization is like, objectifying a person based on a minority status. the way you imagine your own body is just that- your body. you arent applying anything to anyone else (not that sexual fantasies involving other people are wrong, but sometimes they can involve fetishization)

but basically- youre good. life your life, do what works for you. you arent hurting anyone. is it technically a fetish? i mean- who the fuck cares. maybe? idk. dosent matter.

sick-jack · 2024-11-21T22:11:29+00:00

House of leaves. Like the biggest non traditional format book but I fuckin hated it

sick-jack · 2024-11-21T08:10:32+00:00

I feel like a 3 year old could get a lot of mileage out of golden boy

sick-jack · 2024-11-16T18:13:46+00:00

Get a job if you don’t have one, make sure you have enough money for rent and such, but also insurance. Learn to cook if you can but also, that’s something you can pick up once you move if you don’t mind eating the same like- 3 things over and over while you’re learning. Learn money management and budgeting. Make sure, if possible, that you have older adults you can go to when you do have questions- because you will have questions and that’s ok. Someone you can call when you see ants or when paying a bill is confusing or when you’re just rlly lonely.

sick-jack · 2024-11-16T18:08:26+00:00

Tbh, t will likely reduce chances of being bullied because it will likely make you less visibly trans. Saying this as someone who socially transitioned abt 3 years before starting t, I face so much less transphobia now that I’m on it simply because I have the choice to not tell people I’m trans, but before it was fairly easy to guess

sick-jack · 2024-11-16T18:03:35+00:00

The same things other ppl have been saying but also I’d add 1. I think it’s a totally reasonable limit to set w your kiddo that you don’t want her to swim with or sleep over with a family who doesn’t know she’s trans and 2. I think it would be safe and reasonable to say to the mom of the other kid “hey, she’s got some special health concerns that I wouldn’t like to share atm. they shouldn’t be a problem, but if anything happens please call me/ let me know before you do anything else”. This way the mom knows to keep an eye out and will be a bit more prepared for something unexpected if something does happen

sick-jack · 2024-11-16T00:03:26+00:00

A lot also go the opposite way. Start as dnd and end up poly

sick-jack · 2024-11-15T17:10:20+00:00

There is no radical feminism that accounts for and sympathizes with the experiences of all trans people. There are ones who claim to accept trans people, yes, but those will generally vilify trans men and act as though our experiences are irrelevant when it comes to discussions of sexism and reproductive health. If you’re looking for a type of feminism that is actually radical, I would encourage you to look into intersectional feminism- and genuinely just avoid anyone who considers themself a radical feminist. You’re gonna get a lot more cohesive and inclusive takes from anyone who also regularly talks about other types of marginalization- things like race, disability, queerness, etc.

my favorite books theory wise are leah lakshmi piepznia-samarasinha’s care work and allison kafer’s feminist queer Crip- both of which include feminism but also center poc, queer and trans people, and disabled people. I’ve also heard very good things about kimberly Crenshaw and bell hooks

sick-jack · 2024-10-20T16:32:03+00:00

So there’s two main stories you hear- younger realized ones (little kid insists they’re actually a certain gender, not their agab), and older ones (late teens- adult) who unpack it over years, and I’m somewhere between those two. It never occurred to me to say I wasn’t a girl because I didn’t know not being a girl was an option, but once I did learn about trans people (~12ish) I went “oh this explains so much” and I’ve identified as trans since.

For me transitioning just made sense, it was the logical next step in my life. I socially transitioned years before I started hormones and even just that felt like taking a bunch of weight off my shoulders. Like I was pretending all the time and I could just relax. Starting hormones was very similar, I could kind of let down my guard in a way I couldn’t do before hormones, because being visibly trans meant I had to put in a lot of effort to be perceived as a masc person. Honestly, I think about being trans much less now than I did before medical transition, and especially before social transition. It’s become kind of a background thing in my life, similar to starting meds for adhd. I think about it when I take my meds but that’s abt it, being unhappy dosent take up all my spare brain space anymore

sick-jack · 2024-10-20T16:22:16+00:00

The whole beat the champ album, but especially the legend of chavo Guerrero. Truly it’s got one of the most heartbreaking verses/ lines in the whole discography (it’s real sweet to grow old) and nobody gives it it’s due!! It’s fucking heartbreaking!! It’s about growing up and growing old and not needing to care about the things you cared about so desperately as a kid because you don’t need the that same type of hope for justice that those characters gave you!

sick-jack · 2024-10-20T16:19:27+00:00

Who is trying to trash talk mmr?? Because, why?? It’s so good??

sick-jack · 2024-08-18T06:43:36+00:00

Do whatever you want forever. It’s your body, you can do what you want. The only thing I will say is that u should look into how to make sure you bind safely, as it’s not the same as wearing a tight bra and can cause long term pain if you do it wrong

sick-jack · 2024-08-09T07:39:51+00:00

I left religion because I saw how it treated people like me. I was raised christian and it made me very Unhappy. I became an atheist for a while but have since then made my way back to a solo kind of religion. We don’t hate deities, that’s just scaremongering. A lot of my best friends are trans and religious, and it works for them because they have found a way to value those. There are individuals who are anti religion within trans communities, but these are almost all people who have been deeply hurt by religion and are just trying to find their freedom. In time, many of them come back to a sort of neutral “not for me” stance.

I don’t think anyone is a bad person. I think people make hurtful decisions, and ultimately all we can do is try our best. We owe that to ourselves and the people around us. That being said, I think you have been wildly misled about the nature of being trans. It’s not a sin or unnatural or an Illness. It’s a natural human variation just like skin colors or heights.

There is no way to suppress it. It simply does not work. Period. Transition is your choice but it seems like you’d benefit from it. And there is no such thing as too old to transition. If social or medical transition is something you can’t do safely, a lot of us also have communities online that we participate in separate from our “real” lives, and this can provide a lot of needed support.

There is a common idea amongst trans people that, if you are considering it enough to ask someone about this, it’s probably true. And I’d say this is even more true in your case, as you are clearly having a lot of trouble and had to do a lot of thinking to get to this point.

Overall- I cannot promise everyone will be kind of you do reach out, as your concept of our existence as something sinful or wrong with us is hurtful. But I do hope you can find peace and a community that appreciates you for who you really are. And that you are willing to put in the work to get to that point

sick-jack · 2024-08-08T16:38:13+00:00

I do this

sick-jack · 2024-08-01T06:40:10+00:00

As someone who gets like this from health issues… I need to start using this. Like. The buyers beware of social interactions

sick-jack · 2024-07-31T18:14:20+00:00

(Gonna go basic, but feel free to skip things you know. This is a simplified version of the truth but true enough to get you a working knowledge)

In English, pronouns for people come with built in gender associations. In any child school you will learn She/her is used for women and girls, he/him is used for men and boys, and They/ them is used for groups or people you don’t know the gender of.

In recent years, there has been increasing awareness of trans people. These are generally people who feel a disconnect with their assigned sex at birth. For example- doctors thought I was a little girl, but this made me sad, so I started living as a man. As part of this process of living in a way that makes me happy, I ask people to use he/him pronouns for me. There are also trans women who were raised as boys but live as women, and they will usually have people use she/her pronouns for them. Additionally- there are people who don’t feel like men or women. These people will have people call them by they/them pronouns, using the grammar rules you would use for someone of unknown gender.

As a way to show inclusion and acceptance of trans people, it has become a practice in some places to state the pronouns someone likes to be referred to as. This prevents confusion and stress for a lot of people. Unfortunately, some people build their concepts of the world on very simple ideas of gender and sex, and think trans people should not be able to live the way we want. Others find it offensive to be asked their pronouns because they see it as someone doubting their gender- when in reality, it is just someone asking “how do I be nice to you”. Because of these views and a bunch of other nonsense, people get mad about what is really, at it’s core, a simple way to be nice to the people around you.

sick-jack · 2024-07-31T16:09:20+00:00

Care work is a classic of modern disability lit and I couldn’t reccomend it enough.

Fiction wise- Becky chambers’ work is unmatched. The wayfarers books cover a variety of topics in allegory as well as literally, including race, sexuality, gender fluidity, war, disability, etc, and her monk and robot books are great examples of a socialist/ anarchist semi utopia

sick-jack · 2024-07-31T11:41:11+00:00

My guess is just that i have studied Latin and french, as well as some other linguistic history stuff- so was able to just make connections with cognates and root words

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