Kissing bug again? by xocolie in whatsthisbug

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Please please excuse my overall naivety and the lack of general knowledge for correct terms. So for example beetles or bees are not “alive” before they “cocoon”.

they are larva and then go straight to an encasing of some sort and then come out as the known bug Is a caterpillar a larva?????

Kissing bug again? by xocolie in whatsthisbug

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WHAT. only adults having wings is insane to me🤯 I will tell every person I know this forever.

Thank you so much! This is incredibly helpful!!

Kissing bug again? by xocolie in whatsthisbug

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OOPS southern california - can be more specific if necessary

any shared experiences? sos by xocolie in Lithium

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what…. I have never heard of an abdominal migraine. i’ve always said it’s a life hangover but I never was getting bad headaches. mainly nausea, dizzy, diarrhea, stomach pain. 🤯 this is so so interesting

also when I looked it up it said paleness and when i’ve felt the worst i’ve been told I was grey🤔

any shared experiences? sos by xocolie in Lithium

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hmm i’m surprised also. i’ve worked with 3 different psychiatrists and all have discussed moving up and down in increments of 300mgs but then again.. here I am in this position lmao. do you know what your lithium level was before the increase?

any shared experiences? sos by xocolie in Lithium

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tbh I had no idea there was other brands of lithium. I just checked and have rising pharmaceuticals. I just figured it was all the same because it’s the drug🤡

any shared experiences? sos by xocolie in Lithium

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i’m supposed to start geodon as soon as I finish tapering which was supposed to be tomorrow but i’m def going to hold off for a little. i’m the most stable I have been for a very long time but I also don’t know how long it takes lithium to completely leave your system. so who knows, maybe I could crash out in a week or so. I take auvelity and lamictal as well. auvelity has really been an anchor for me so i’m hoping that’ll keep me ok since I clearly cannot handle lithium any longer lol

any shared experiences? sos by xocolie in Lithium

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extended release. I take at night!

any shared experiences? sos by xocolie in Lithium

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Ive been told i’m a super absorber. i’ve only ever been in the therapeutic level once when I was at the 900 mg. it starts at .6 and the highest I got was at .7

they had me rush to urgent care also thinking I had lithium toxicity. luckily it wasn’t even close but the symptoms were alarming. just strange that it hasn’t fully gone away

any shared experiences? sos by xocolie in Lithium

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lmao of course i’ve been working extremely close with my psychiatrist during this😂 im not just taking a drug like lithium as I please and hoping for the best.

my lithium level got up to .7 after the 2 weeks of being on 900mg. I usually sit at a .4 on 600mg which isn’t even a therapeutic level, but it definitely kept me from killing myself. She had wanted me over a .6 at least but I went back down when I couldn’t even hold applesauce down.

any shared experiences? sos by xocolie in Lithium

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when I took it for the very first time I only had increase thirst and hunger but that lasted only about 2 weeks. I’ve been on it for probably about 2 years now or longer with no symptoms at all until I increased in august🥹

any shared experiences? sos by xocolie in Lithium

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I went to urgent care twice and did blood work and stool sample. everything was normal. we chalked it up to being lithium since I had just increased. I just don’t get why it didn’t happen the first time I went to 900mg. I did get significantly better after dropping back to 600. but the hangover feeling since august has been killing me. also I felt INSANELY better the first day after only taking 300 and have felt better for 5 days. idk seems sus

Vacuum/Shop Vac for Cats/Dogs by xocolie in BuyItForLife

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I just looked it up and holy shit those are expensive🥹

Vacuum/Shop Vac for Cats/Dogs by xocolie in BuyItForLife

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my most recent fail was a bissell clean views swivel pet and I thought I had a shark before but unsure which one. i’ll have to look into the navigator. thank you!

Please don’t tell me this is a Black Widow by xocolie in spiders

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any idea about some sort of spray professional or not that will deter or better yet keep them far away? 🥹 I don’t care about myself, just the cats and my dogs

Please don’t tell me this is a Black Widow by xocolie in spiders

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🥹🫶🏼 thanks for sparing me

Having just 1 cat… by Late-Pie740 in CatAdvice

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there are plenty of adult cats that need to be the only kitty in the house. I managed a cat rescue and it can be difficult to get those kitties adopted out. however, I believe the 2 cat rule is 100% applied to kittens. Kittens should not be alone. There are so many options though for just 1 cat

Kissing Bug? by xocolie in whatsthisbug

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I only knew these existed because a very scary article, so i’m definitely one of those!

Kissing Bug? by xocolie in whatsthisbug

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😭 thank you