Hi all, looking for a cleaner heat protectant recommendation that is affordable and would get a relatively high score on Yuka (70+ would be ideal). Interested if anyone has any recommendations from brands such as L’Oréal, tresemme, garnier or other drugstore brands that have a cleanish product in their ranges. Thanks so much in advance!
I have a shop and I have been lowering prices to get rid of some inventory. I am always happy to lower prices but they still have to be reasonable. I lowered a lot of items in my shop to the absolute lowest I would accept and it’s been doing well but I had a buyer who idk how to deal with. They had two sweaters in their bundle (retails over $220 for both) - they lowballed at first and I declined and they sent more low offers and I declined. I will counter if the buyer seems serious but multiple lowball offers I just decline at that point. They then message me asking why I am not counter offering them. I sent them a kind message letting them know the price is set to my lowest which was which was less than half retail for everything in their bundle and I am not able to lower further but that I appreciate their interest and understanding. They then didn’t respect what I said and send another slightly higher offer to which I just ignored. A few hours later commented again telling me to answer their offer, even though I already explained I wouldn’t be accepting anything lower than what the price is set at. They tried to argue with me and I didn’t take the bait because I am not about to argue over prices of my clothes I am selling. Then they message me again today and I’m like do I block this person? I really don’t like to block people but at this point it’s too much. Even if they did eventually purchase for full price I wouldn’t be comfortable sending to them because I feel like they’d ruin the items or idk. Like they seem really salty for no reason.
I am wondering if this looks like mold to anybody? Took this photo a few weeks back on my wall. Was getting rid of my old box spring today and found a bit of mold on the corner. For context my room is above the garage in a second story home (Ontario, Canada). It is also right beside a bathroom. Both my room and the bathroom have been consistently at 60% humidity for days/ weeks at a time (even with no one showering in the room, it has mostly been vacant). Sometimes the humidity will go down for a day or two but will go right back up. I am having itchy skin, itchy eyes, and sometimes itchy throat now in the room and bathroom and I’m trying to figure out the cause. I think it could also be partially dust but I have vacuumed and deep cleaned almost the whole room and stepping into both the bedroom and bathroom gives me intense itchy skin and eyes (mattress and box spring have now been removed and is still going on). I cannot sleep in the room or be in there now for more than 5 minutes to change clothes. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hey all, I am a seller and have 1000+ sales on the app (seller since 2020). I’ve always been really good at shipping out same day or 1-2 days for my buyers. I made some sales last night and won’t be able to ship today. I had plans to go Monday but realized it’s a holiday. I know Poshmark has been hammering down on shipping times and yes I understand it is a holiday but I know they are super picky about things like this. I know people say just to stop selling with them but I make a good amount of money each week on the app so I don’t want to do that. Usually I am able to maintain their preference of 1-2 days I am just wondering what happens if you take longer now due to the new rules that’s came out this year? If anyone is a seasoned seller and has any experience with this I would greatly appreciate your input. I really don’t want to be penalized for having to wait for the third day given the holiday.
Hi all, I am wondering if anyone knows what this could be on the wood when I open my basement door. I looked up which I don’t usually do as I walked through the door and noticed this wood was discoloured from the rest. I am wondering what it is and if it needs to be cleaned/fixed? Thank you in advance.
Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone here has been confirmed to have long term protracted withdrawl from an SSRI and how you have or still are dealing with symptoms. I was confirmed last week by a physchiatrist to have long term withdrawl from the SSRI I took for 15 years after my last psychiatrist told me to stop taking it cold turkey and told me that I did not need to taper the medication. This was 10 months ago and for the last 10 months I have had horrible periodic withdrawl symptoms: blurry vision, photophobia, nausea, dizziness, cognitive issues, headaches, feeling hungover, etc. My new psychiatrist told me it could be many more months to years until I feel back to normal. I am wondering if anyone has experienced this and what they have done to help relieve symptoms during this time. Thank you in advance.
Hi all! There is a gap at the top of my window (2nd story). I pulled the blinds off today to clean them and noticed there is a small gap at the very top in the centre. Is this a cause for concern? Thank you in advance for any advice and input here 😊
Hello, everyone. I am wondering if anyone has had a similar experience to mine.
Backstory:
Recently I had a very difficult month of extreme panic all the time and my body would not calm down. My doctor told me I needed to take a benzodiazepine to feel better and calm my body down. I am not against medications by any means but these drugs have always scared me and I think for good reason. I pushed back on taking it but she convinced me and told me without taking it that I was “struggling for no reason”. I decided to take her medical advice and got the prescription. I took the medication for a little less than a month (clonazepam) and took 0.5mg once a day (though she told me I could take it up to 3 times a day and I thought; absolutely not). We both decided I would come off of the medication after the 4th ish week - I asked her 3 times during my appointment if I needed to slowly taper the medication and about withdrawal or anything like that and she said no you don’t need to do that. “It’s such a small dose” and it was “Such a short period of time”. So under her medical guidance I stopped taking the medication cold turkey.
Where we’re at now:
While I was taking the medication I noticed when I would wake up my eyes were a bit red and midly itchy (I have had zero allergies up to this point to anything, ever) - I never really thought much of it. However, after stopping the medication a day or two later.. I cannot sleep in my bed, let alone go into my bedroom for more than 2 minutes. If I take 2 steps in there my eyes start burning and my skin starts to itch all over to an extreme extent. Also, if I am in there too long my throat starts to get itchy. I have been sleeping on my couch for over a week because I literally cannot step foot in that room without being extremely uncomfortable.
I told my family members and they all told me it was in my head and basically I’m nuts lol. Turns out I did some research and stopping these medications can increase environmental sensitivities (it says temporarily I am hoping this is actually true). Because these medications are mast cell stabilizers (the cells responsible for releasing histamine), stopping them suddenly can cause your mast cells to become highly unstable and overactive.
So basically my nervous system and immune system are currently undergoing a profound histamine and mast cell rebound. Interestingly enough I went in my parents unfinished basement today for about 45 minutes and while not right away had a similar reaction after being there for a while (itchy eyes, itchy skin). It makes sense to me a lots of dust and other allergens.
I am wondering if anyone on here has ever had a similar experience and what they did about it too as I’d love to be able to sleep in my bed again.
Hi all, a few months ago I started waking up/ going to sleep with very itchy skin all over (no rash) and waking up with red eyes. Usually the eye rested on my pillow was the worst when I woke up. More recently I can’t even be in my bedroom without extreme itchy skin and my eyes itching/burning. I was in my room today for 3 hours cleaning all the dusty areas and my skin was so agitated and my eyes were burning. I’ve been out for a few hours and feel a bit better though not totally gone away. For context I’ve never had an allergy in my life so I feel like I am going insane trying to figure this out. I am hoping to get a referral to an allergist but where I live that could take months to years so I am trying to figure out in the mean time what is setting me off so much and if it can at least be reduced. I have an air purifier in my room (HEPA filter) and it does not seem to be helping at all. For context my mattress is like 15 years old and kind of falling apart. It is open in different areas and I can see the foam through it. The only reason I have been able to use it with no issue for so long is because I have a thick mattress topper on it that I bought 5 years ago when i could start to feel the springs in it and that’s all I could afford was a new topper at the time. (I’m thinking maybe dust mites or heavy accumulated dust in the mattress?) My plan is to buy a new mattress but I am hesitant to do so yet in case that is not the cause of my issues. Say if the cause of my problem was a mold allergy not dust or dust mites (my bathroom is next to my room) than I don’t want to have to buy a new mattress twice if that ultimately turned out to be the problem. Sorry for the long rant. I have been sleeping on my couch for over a week because the itchiness became unbearable and my back hurts. If anyone has any ideas or has had a similar experience to this please let me know. Sincerely, a girl who just wants to have a good nights rest on a real bed :)
Hello, everyone. I am wondering if anyone knows any good deals right now to where I can buy a new and good quality mattress for cheap. I would be needing a double mattress. My preference would be an online purchase as I do not have a car. Thank you everyone for any recommendations in advance.
Hi all, I am wondering for those who are comfortable sharing, if anyone would be willing to share whether they have taken low dose Abilify or just Abilify in general for ocd and their experience with it. My doctor has prescribed 1mg which will hopefully be just a short term thing but I am just looking for others experiences with it specifically for OCD/anxiety.
Hi all my home was built in 2003 (the baseboard fell off the wall in my bathroom (a small piece). Just wondering if there is any risk to fixing this myself in terms of the baseboard, adhesive or drywall underneath. I also have some others of the same baseboards that need to be replaced after damage so also wondering the risk there if I did it myself. Thanks so much for any guidance.I live in Canada for reference (CANADA-ON)
Just wondering if a home built in the early 2000s in Canada (2004 I believe) would have any materials that contain asbestos? I have some damaged baseboards so I thinking of cutting the originals off and replacing them myself but and not sure if baseboards, drywall etc from that time would include asbestos. Thanks for everyone’s help in advance. CANADA-ON
Hey everyone, not looking for medical advice here but more others opinions or experiences in a similar boat. For context I have been dealing with vision issues on and off for about 10 months (blurry vision, light sensitivity, etc). I was diagnosed with chronic migraine also for context. I originally had gone to see my neurologist and asked her about the associations with my symptoms and my diagnosis. She said while the light sensitivity/ pain associated made sense, that my blurred vision/ eye focusing issues lasting weeks at a time would not be because of my migraines. I thought okay fair enough. I have been desperately trying to figure the vision thing out as it has affected my quality of life immensely as well as my ability to work. I got a binocular vision assessment done (I have attached the diagnostic write up for context) and was told I have a few issues there. A few days later I was scheduled back to see my neurologist anyway and I was updating her on the rest of my situation. I told her I had gotten a BVD assessment and that the next steps were to try out some new glasses and then go back in a month and see how much vision therapy I would need (this was the plan from the neuro-optometrist who did the assessment). To my surprise she told me that she wouldn’t recommend spending a ton of money on vision therapy because there is not a lot of scientific evidence to back up how effective it is and that neurologists (which she is) think it’s just a way to get patients to spend more money for little or no return. I’m not going to lie she’s super nice and I know she meant well telling me I should save my money as she knows I have been stressed about that because I am in my mid 20s and haven’t been able to work at times the last few months but I left that appointment feeling very defeated. I had a slight glimmer of hope after this assesment and following the neuro-ops recommendations that my vision would at least partially improve but now I just feel really confused. And yes I know different doctors of different specialities can have different options especially when one focuses on the brain and the other focuses on the connection between the eyes and the brain but as a young individual who has tried so many different avenues to try and fix this issue it’s just quite overwhelming and I have no idea who to “believe”. I know there is not a perfect answer here probably, just a young person who wants the best outcome but doesn’t have unlimited funds to figure it out. I guess my question is if anyone has had similar diagnoses to me.. did vision therapy genuinely help your vision? Thanks everyone for listening and for sharing if you can.
Hello, everyone. Wondering if anyone could help me with some insight here. I have had blurry vision that lasts for weeks/months at a time and gets slightly better for about 9 months. I have a bunch of issues such as migraine, some binocular vision things I am getting corrected, etc. I think my issues are quite complex. However, I am wondering if one thing is contributing more than I thought it was. I went to the optometrist and she told me I had dry eyes and she kind of left it at that. Throughout the last few weeks I have noticed white dandruff like specs on my lash line, small red lumps right under my lashes (can’t even really be seen unless I life up my bottom lashes because they are quite long), my eyes will get itchy, etc. The worst part is when I work on my computer it feels like my eyes have some sort of smeared film in front of them after a period of time. I try to blink and do the usual 20/20/20 stuff and it doesn’t help much. Again I think my issue is more complex that just dry eyes however in hopes of trying to keep my job and my sanity I am searching on all avenues. I have tried 4 different types of eyes drops and I eventually stopped because they all made my eyes feel more irritated and itchy and would last for hours. Tbh I stopped using them for a while. I also noticed they did not help much with the clarity of my vision. I have noticed throughout the last few weeks I wake up and along with the white specs in my lashes my lash line is midly swollen and this morning I woke up with some white crusty substance on the exterior of my eyes (pictured). I am wondering I if I don’t just have “dry eyes” and need to use eye drops 1-2 times a day or if I have MGD or something more severe that I can investigate further. Im honestly desperate trying to figure this out. Any help or information is greatly appreciated.
Edit: also for context I have heard there may be a possible correlation. I have had what people have told me is “rosacea” on my cheeks all my life. My cheeks are always red no matter what and get worse when it’s cold or really hot etc. I have never been “diagnosed” because it ever really bothered me but I’m pretty sure I do have it, in case that matters.
For context I have been a seller on Poshmark for over 6 years. I just made my first sale in maybe a week and a half and I went to look and they are asking for “legal details” which includes all my previous information and now are asking for my SIN number? I have never seen this before. (I have over 1000 sales). Anyone else know if this is legit and why they are asking?
Edit: If it is legit I don’t really mind. I already report my earnings to the CRA every year when I file my taxes anyway. Just want to make sure it is not a scam and as a safety measure.
For context I had been working full time for years, 40 hours a week prior. About 9 months ago I started experiencing some symptoms that left me off work for about a month. Things had seemed to get better and I slowly went back starting a few hours a day and getting back up to around 7 hours a week. Until about 7 weeks ago the main symptoms came back (severe vision issues) and I had to go back on a leave from work. I could barely care for myself at that point. Over that 7 week period my vision started to improve again - all my specialists are still not sure the exact cause as I have had every diagnostic done under the sun it feels like. My work has been amazing, they have done everything we’ve been able to think of as far as accommodations, shorter days, breaks, etc. I have been able to go back again for a few hours a day, doing my work but I can’t help but think of the implications of this happening again and again. I do think my doctors and I are working towards a good path trying to figure out the issue but I also want to think in a realist sense and not necessarily an idealist sense. It’s hard because a lot of people say “be positive and keep up hope” and I for sure am but I also feel like I need to think of both the good and bad possible scenarios here. The good being my health improves and I continue to thrive in my job (which would honestly just be the greatest gift of my entire life at that point) but the bad being eventually I couldn’t keep up and I would have to stop working. And in that scenario I am not sure my options financially to keep myself afloat. (I live in Ontario). I am in my mid-20s so I don’t have as much life experience as a lot of people on here so my question is if you needed to “prepare” in your head for next steps in case something like that were to happen what would you do? Thank you for anyone willing to share their thoughts. I greatly appreciate it.
EDIT: I currently don’t have any debt and have around 40k saved.
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Fuzzy yet sticky? Substance behind toilet. Not sure what it is. Am hoping to get some insight.