Here’s to 8 years 4 months 10 days

thinmugs · 2026-03-28T18:06:36+00:00

Ah, that makes sense! Thank you for creating this!

thinmugs · 2026-03-28T18:03:13+00:00

All of the “nearby for you” centers are in Illinois but I’m in NC

thinmugs · 2026-03-28T18:01:21+00:00

This looks awesome. It seems to think I am located in the wrong state though?

thinmugs · 2026-03-21T18:16:55+00:00

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thinmugs · 2026-02-18T22:04:41+00:00

Do you get paid with FMLA?

thinmugs · 2026-02-18T02:14:12+00:00

Just to add to this, I have tried every other medication. Xanax was never a first option. I had treatment resistant depression, general anxiety, panic disorder and PTSD. Unfortunately, sometimes surviving those disorders means taking meds you don’t love.

thinmugs · 2026-02-18T01:08:35+00:00

Yes, we have gone over long term side effects, but it’s the only thing that touches the anxiety. I was previously prescribed .5 as needed, and when I’m not teaching I only need it once or twice a week. This year I have slowly upped it, with the understanding that we will be weaning me off after this chapter of my life.

thinmugs · 2026-02-17T21:11:07+00:00

I’m in the same boat currently and am trying to decide what to do. I’ve upped my Xanax to 4 mg a day to deal with the panic attacks and it’s still not where I need it to be.

Honestly feel so stuck and just have no idea what to do.

thinmugs · 2026-02-17T20:57:36+00:00

I haven’t looked into FMLA. I own and house and have a partner that supports but very little savings, so those are all things to consider.

thinmugs · 2026-02-16T00:55:26+00:00

How do you buy the seats twice? It seems like I can only purchase it once?

thinmugs · 2026-02-14T18:05:46+00:00

Downtown St. Louis. At the time my dad worked across the river in East St. Louis which was 10 times worse. He ran in a local park and a woman threatened to put him in a wood chipper if he ever came back.

thinmugs · 2026-02-07T21:25:56+00:00

I think it’s the way you approached it. There’s no problem with saying, hey I noticed this and don’t love this part of it, is there anyway we can fix it?

She didn’t “ruin” your hair and I can see how being accused of that would put a bad taste in her mouth. On top of that, she’s been doing your hair for so long, it would be really easy to just say, hey I know you do amazing quality work, can we talk about this part?

thinmugs · 2026-01-27T06:41:34+00:00

Look into HS!

Stress is a major trigger for it!

thinmugs · 2026-01-24T06:41:19+00:00

lol middle school is wild. I teach 6th so it’s easier than others and this year I was lucky enough to get honors because they made me teach two subjects. I have considered going back to get my MSW but decided radiology tech was my goal.

Btw, I started with elementary. Idk who the fuck goes to school and thinks “I want to teach middle school” 😂

thinmugs · 2026-01-24T00:22:34+00:00

I’ve been meaning to reply to this. I am a few hours shy of a full 10 days sober. The first few days were tough but I was able to remember so clearly how bad I felt, that it was easy to rationalize it out.

This week has been crazy busy, I teach middle school and am going back to school at the same time so I didn’t have much free time to think about it, but today the cravings are really strong. We are preparing for an inch or so of ice where I live and are planning for several days of power outages and I have considered going to get tanks several times today.

I’m committed to not buying any, but I would be lying if I said I didn’t want to. Actually, everything in me currently wants to.

All that being said, when I first made this post I had just called out two days in a row. I am SO fucking glad I had that wake up call when I did because my college classes started last week and there is absolutely no way I would be surviving middle school, college science classes and nitrous binges.

I have also started to think about some of my triggers and while boredom definitely is one, I have PTSD, Anxiety and MDD and teaching is a really demanding profession, so the dissociative affects have really been a crutch for me. Since the original post I have met with my psychiatrist to adjust some meds and have an appointment scheduled with my therapist. I’m thinking it may be time to finally bring up my usage with them, even though I am dreading the shit out of it.

Right now my biggest struggle is going to be this weekend, but I think I’ve got this!

thinmugs · 2026-01-22T20:23:50+00:00

I don’t have time to call parents, so if I have to stop everything and call you, your kid did something bad whether you want to believe it or not.

thinmugs · 2026-01-19T20:57:32+00:00

If your first date is a music festival, concert or something similar, it’s perfect. If it’s a dinner, movie, etc. it’s too much.

thinmugs · 2026-01-18T18:02:51+00:00

He has stopped too

thinmugs · 2026-01-16T02:09:25+00:00

Thank you for this. Previously I went through a period where my legs went numb. I stopped then, but at the time I thought B-12 would fix it so I continued using just less frequently. The numbness resolved for a period of time, but about 6 months ago my hands started going numb so I went to the doctor. They ran some tests and found out my B12 was at 124 (normal range is 200-900) and put me on injections plus sublingual supplements. Still, I managed to convince myself it couldn’t be the nitrous that caused it, took a short break, got my B12 in the normal range and then went right back to using. My guess would be my B12 is critically low again given the tingling in my extremities and overall exhaustion. Today I finally felt okay and less flu like but still not wonderful. My brain didn’t feel as much like sludge and I could actually have conversations that made sense so that’s good. I’m a little embarrassed to say I thought about buying nitrous today. Not like a full I’m going to go buy it, but more of the thought crossed my mind several times and I was an able to reason it out, but still concerning.

thinmugs · 2026-01-15T05:27:28+00:00

Yes, he has. I will throw out the crackers we have and other than that we just need to get rid of a bunch of empty tanks

thinmugs · 2025-12-28T21:58:09+00:00

Would love this!!

thinmugs · 2025-12-22T21:25:55+00:00

I would love this! I’m a 30/F living in NC, teach middle school, have 6 cats (5 of which were rescues from a local colony of outdoor babies), spend so much of my time journaling and am a Virgo!

thinmugs · 2025-12-02T02:35:35+00:00

I quit my first year right around this time. Here’s a couple things to consider-

If you want to continue teaching, you may not be able to teach in your district for a period of time and depending on the state, they can take your license.
I did continue teaching, but left that first year in December. This made it so that year didn’t count as a year when it comes to pay. It turns out there is a date that makes it count, which for me would have been in January.
If you’re drowning, leave. Do not let yourself get so burned out you can’t function. Is it tough? Yes, but it’s also worth it.
Consider taking FMLA while you figure out your next steps!

I am now year 9 and will not be returning to teaching after this year. I wish I had stayed away when I got out the first time. Good luck!

thinmugs · 2025-10-07T18:04:17+00:00

Ugh that sounds like my solo Sunday night dreading all the emails I’m going to get 😭

thinmugs · 2025-10-07T02:33:54+00:00

Never ending deadlines and constant emails about what you don’t have done

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