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For context I’m on Zoloft (100mg) and have been for almost 2 years. Even with fluctuations in my dosage I have felt no improvement in my symptoms. In December I saw a psychologist, but it turnt out to be the worst experience EVER. She basically was trying to convince me through repeatedly interrupting me, that I wasn’t experiencing was OCD and that something else really horrible was wrong with me, even though I had been diagnosed prior to this appt with OCD presenting the same symptoms. So obviously that sent me into a spiral because that is literally one of my themes, and since then I absolutely refuse to see another psych. How would I be able to ask my regular doctor to switch to another medication? I get scared that when I ask them they will think I’m like addicted or something😭.

Im sorry if this is a stupid question. To be honest I’m young and quite new to handling my medical situations.

Sorry if this is redundant I’m new to this sub. I have just started a higher dosage of Zoloft (100mg, but progressing to 150). After taking it I genuinely feel awful. I feel super hungry, but if I try to eat I gag. I feel like someone is pumping adrenaline into me. I was trying to do my nails but literally couldn’t because I was shaking sm. I just feel kinda crazy. I also have the other side effects like diarrhea and stuff, but I had that when I started Zoloft, so it’s not too foreign. Please what can I do for this it’s driving me literally insane and I can’t sleep.

Has anyone had to do a pst to rule out interstitial cystitis? I literally just got a call from the doctor telling me I should get one done and I’m so scared because I imagine that it is painful.

(I don’t think I have cystitis and this is cross posted from an endometriosis subreddit just want to know how this test has gone for others)

Has anyone had to do a pst to rule out interstitial cystitis? I literally just got a call from the doctor telling me I should get one done and I’m so scared because I imagine that it is painful.

Today I was finally taken seriously. After years of searching for a gyno to take me seriously I have finally found the one. I went in there prepared to have to beg, but he let me speak and basically said, “women are taught to think this is normal but it’s not, you shouldn’t have to live in so much pain. I can hear you have suffered so much, so I will go ahead and proceed with diagnostics”. Just like that, after years of being prescribed birth control and being told it’s just a bad period, I finally got approval for a laparoscopy. After all this, on my first visit with this gyno, I get what I have been hoping for.

I’ll have my laparoscopy in December, just due to the school year coming up and I’m a full time college student and have a job on the side.

What are yalls must have mods (besides ui extension, mc command, etc). For me, I always reach for the pandasama birth mod first, as well as the snb bills and real estate mods.

Does anyone know how long it takes for them to process summer courses that you transfer from another institution? I can’t remember how long it took last time, and I’m not sure if it is taking longer than it should.

I don’t know if I have ovarian cysts, but I’m pretty sure I do. I wake up every single morning (for the past 5 months) with pain on the lower right side that increases after peeing, and lasts for 3-4 hours and no meds help. Recently is has began to cause generalized pain in the pelvic region and severe bloating. What do you guys do for (what I assume) ovarian cysts? I have gotten better at dealing with my endo but it feels like this has taken over my life.

Also please if anyone has experienced something similar please reach out. This feels so isolating.

\*\*Also note I have had my kidneys and surrounding areas checked out and everything was clear.

I don’t know if I have ovarian cysts, but I’m pretty sure I do. I wake up every single morning (for the past 5 months) with pain on the lower right side that increases after peeing, and lasts for 3-4 hours and no meds help. Recently is has began to cause generalized pain in the pelvic region and severe bloating. What do you guys do for (what I assume) ovarian cysts? I have gotten better at dealing with my endo but it feels like this has taken over my life.

Also please if anyone has experienced something similar please reach out. This feels so isolating.

**Also note I have had my kidneys and surrounding areas checked out and everything was clear.

I haven’t even logged on and I’m pissed off alr. I’m so fucking tired of this money hungry game. Please everyone needs to boycott it or something so that they know they can’t get away with the bare minimum. I’m so fucking sick of their greed.

I am currently taking a summer physics course and lab. With that of course we have to write lab report. We do our lab reports as groups, as we also do the lab as a group. The issue is, our ta has complained that ALL of our papers have come back 100% ai generated. Each time that would happen one of our group members would go to him, show him our drafts and history, and even rewrite the WHOLE PAPER right in front of him. In our last lab report, the ta said he can no longer take our word for it and gave us a 0 on our lab report. We have not used ai on any of our reports, not even grammarly or anything like that. Still he refuses to believe us and it is now costing us our grades. We don’t know what to do anymore. On Monday we’re having a meeting with him to present our evidence, but I don’t even know if that will be useful as we have done it time and time again. Ai is ruining things that it doesn’t even touch! Writing academically is now, in a twisted way, costing us our grades.

Idk where else to take this silly debate me and my friends had.

The other day, I sent a casual screenshot of my notes, but in it was my order for breakfast tacos. One of the tacos I chose to order was bean and bacon (as in refried beans and bacon). They all said it was weird but I thought it was common, especially in south Texas.

Here was my argument: charro beans have bacon in them. Refried beans= mashed up and fried charro beans. Also it’s just a good combo.

Their argument: It is an unusual combination because of the textures? They also said it was weird in a tortilla, which frankly I don’t get.

So, who is right?

Hey! I’m kinda dumb so can someone help me understand the transfer course policy.

I’m taking a summer class at tamucc this summer (physics 201/1401). If I pass the class, it doesn’t go into my tamu gpa and I just get the credit, right? Also if I fail, does that go into my tamu gpa? I just want to be 100% sure, because if this class actually goes into my gpa I may need to drop😭😭😭

Sometimes I can’t believe that I am forced to live the rest of my life with this terrible illness. Like my one life that I get I have to have OCD. It’s just so depressing to think about sometimes. It gets hard to see better days ahead.

Finally no more being dragged into the quest by the goat in hollow woods. I hate that evil goat.

It’s so hard to get out of ocd. I can go through the motions of erp and continue to expose myself and find relief, but then when I realize I’m not anxious, I get anxious. I feel like I have to worry in order to prevent my fears from happening (harm ocd). I’ve gone through it all, but I’m just stuck at the very end.

On a more hopeful note, my therapist is starting icbt therapy for me and I feel really excited about it. I expose myself to fears in erp and rationally know these things are not a danger, but cognitively I cannot let go of the need for a for sure answer.

When I finally have a moment or even day of peace I end up testing myself to see how these thoughts make me feel (bad obviously) and see if for some reason THIS time it would be true.

If this is of any value of anyone, my best piece of advice for ocd (especially pure o) is to get bored of your thoughts. It’s hard but once you force yourself to sit with them long enough, you will get bored. Also my favorite thing is to remember that anxiety is just a feeling that you feel from the thoughts, it’s not an indication that you want anything to happen.

Sorry that this is all over the place, but if you guys have any tips to get that last foot out of the cycle of a flare up of ocd, please do let me know. I feel like I’m so close to being free.