u/Fabulini22

Was so happy to finally be put on a preventative. 10mg was alright but no noticeable positive effects on migraines. 25mg gave me a lot of side effects including difficulty peeing, an increased heart rate and cravings.

50mg gave me depression to the point I couldn’t recognize myself. I’m crying out of nowhere, sleep very poorly, panick all the time, I became obsessed with my weight (was underweight and gained 2 kilos quite fast but I see myself as fat and weigh myself obessively), and also my migraines are just as bad, actually I need more triptans to stop them.

I had already called with the doctor after getting the side effects of the 25mg dosis and she told me to double it and take 50mg. Took it for a month and then desperately asked for an appointment because I wanted to taper it safely. Got an appointment in a month lol so started slowly tapering it myself.

This is so awful, I feel like I lost myself, I just hope this will eventually get better.

I lost a document and it’s now at the Lost&Found office, I need it until Tuesday morning. I’d be very grateful if someone could pick it up and give it to me in person.

My boyfriend used an IPL device on his face (these devices for hair removal that flash light) and he says that since then he has VSS symptoms.

It’s been about a month, he went to about 4 eye doctors and neuro-ophtalmologists, everything is fine with the eyes.

Can this be a trigger? Is there anything he can do? It makes him extremely depressed…

Ai mei au 58 de ani si inca lucreaza, eu sunt plecata din tara de 12 ani. In timpul facultatii veneam mai des acasa, acum ne vedem de 1-2 ori pe an, fie daca vin eu in Romania sau cand ma viziteaza ei. Ei sunt super atasati, inca au empty nest syndrome, la care se adauga multe alte probleme. O sa insiruiesc random niste fapte/evenimente:

- Nu au grija de sanatatea lor. Mai merg pe jos din cand in cand, dar nu fac sport si spun ca sportul nu e bun (tata are hernie de disc si mama are osteoporoza). Acum sunt la ei si abia l-am convins pe tata sa mearga cu mine la sala.

- Fumeaza si toata casa miroase a tigari, desi nu mai de ceva vreme fumeaza numai pe balcon . Imi miros inclusiv hainele din camera mea, care nu au mai fost atinse de mai bine de un an. Eram cu ei pe afara dupa ce am mancat impreuna la un restaurant si l-am rugat pe tata sa astepte macar 5 min pana urc in casa, sa nu fumeze langa mine pentru ca ma deranjeaza si am migrene. A ras, zicand ca doar miroase tigara, apoi a aprins-o.

- Merg rar la medici sau la controale, mama are dureri zilnice (pietre la rinichi, poate si altele) de merge precum o batrana cocosata. A avut recent o lucrare dentara mai complexa si o cam deranjeaza, dar nu vrea sa ii spuna medicului (probabil o poate cizela spontan, nu ma pricep, dar nu ii spune). Avusese niste reactii alergice nasoale dupa niste interventii si nu i-a spus medicului, a doua oara normal ca iar a avut reactia alergica.

- Le place sa se chinuie. Si-au luat masina de spalat vase si tot la mana spala, dar se plang ca stau mult in picioare si au multe de facut. Mama se chinuia odata sa citeasca ceva (“Dar nu vad nimiiic!”), avea ochelarii fix langa ea si a spus ca nu si-i pune, ca lasa.

- Nu respecta limitele. Voiau sa ii faca un cadou iubitului meu, le-am spus ok dar va rog nu haine, e foarte greu sa gasesti ceva care sa ii placa si sa ii vina bine si isi cumpara el. Cand nu era de fata, s-au uitat pe ce marime poarta, razand, le-am spus sa se opreasca, nu e ok. Cu ce ne-am trezit la pachet? Cu un pulover care nici nu i-a venit, nici nu i-a placut. Am multe alte exemple, de la cumparat si trimis chestii la controlling cand vine vb de cele mai stupide chestii (“daca te speli acum pe par nu iesim diseara la cumparaturi”, “nu te imbraci cu pijamaua cu maneca lunga ca e cald in casa”).

In rest sunt ultra-afectuosi, pana la punctul in care ma infantilizeaza, iar daca le spun asta, imi rad in fata si zic “Dar nu esti tu copilul nostru?”. Am vrut sa le cumpar ceva pentru casa (costa sub 2000 de lei), nu au conceput ca eu sa platesc desi era placerea mea, mama se enervase chiar si imi vorbea rastit :))

Nu stiu ce sa fac, ma doare sa ii vad suferind asa, dar totodata sunt atat de stresata cand sunt cu ei. Si asa ne vedem din ce in ce mai rar.

I already own a Roborock Qrevo and I’m looking to buy a robot vacuum for my parents.

Their flat is small (around 50 sqm) but the floor layout is tricky: mix of carpets, tiles, and wood and
very short transitions.

Example: you enter the flat → carpet, then less than 1 meter later tiles, then 20 cm later carpet again, several carpet sections throughout the house.

Because of that, I’m worried less about suction and more about: carpet detection, mopping without wetting carpets, frequent switching between floor types, not getting confused in small mixed areas.

Would really appreciate real-world experience rather than spec sheets :D

I’ve been working for this company for a year and a half. I’m in product management, female, 30s. The company is relatively small, but it’s been bought by a massive insurance company.

Our team consists of a few product people and a few sales people, in total about 10. Last year, they went on a team building to Mallorca. At first I agreed to join, because when they asked me about it I was still in my trial period. Then they reserved the hotels without telling me and asked me to pay for it (because they don’t have the budget for team buildings), and I was angry but I bit the bullet. Then they started reserving activities such as jet skiing and clubbing, I was the only woman in the team back then and I kinda got scared of the frat-like attitudes so I came up with an excuse and didn’t go in the end.

This year, a female intern who they decided last moment they’re not gonna keep anymore is organizing the team building. She is very angry at the company and says she can’t wait for her contract to finish (because they’re not keeping her), but she just sent me a questionnaire asking what weekend would be best for me for the team building, and that she will announce the location and activities later.

Yeah, no, I’m not going and paying for it. I have the option to choose “not able to participate”, but questions are going to come and it’s uncomfortable.

I perform well and got the maximum bonus last year, lots of praise yada yada, I do so much for work but a paid team building during my weekend is too much. I’m bad at setting boundaries and don’t know how to handle this.

I had a phone call with the neurologist (I always get a new one every year when I need to renew my Sumatriptan prescription) and my hope was that we explore something else other than Sumatriptan, because March has been awful for me and even now I’ve been having more than 4 attacks a month, especially when I’m in the office and don’t work from home (which is every other day). I’m 31F living in Switzerland.

He told me about some preventatives, but told me that they might lower my blood pressure (which is already low) and make me lose weight (I’m already skinny), and he seemed very skeptical about them (he was talking about some antidepressants and something else, I don’t remember the class). He also mentioned the newer Emgality etc, but said that they’re expensive and have to be approved by the insurance, which can be a bit more difficult.

Eventually, he gave me a prescription for Riboflavin and magnesium (tried it in the past, trying it now again, I don’t see any difference so far) and I pushed to at least try a new triptan (he started looking up other triptans and prescribed eletriptan, it works well, even faster than Sumatriptan, but I don’t see a difference in the frequency).

I was venting about it and my boyfriend got upset I didn’t explicitly ask for a preventative and didn’t wanna try one yet and that upset me even more lol. I feel like every neuro I talk to is skeptical about them or think I’m not in a situation bad enough to really try them, but then I see how much I suffer every time I get a migraine in the office, and how often I sometimes take triptans.

I can call the neuro anytime and he is ready to give me anything, it’s just that I don’t know what to tell him because nothing convinced me.