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F/35. I've been suffering from what I think is sciatica since November 2025. I've been to a doctor, but she sent me to physical therapy which I'm now doing. If it doesn't get better I'll have an MRI.

I have a few things I've noticed during these months. My sciatica kind of comes and goes. Last Saturday it completely went away. Didn't have ANY pain for the whole day. On Sunday I was in pain again? Is this a normal experience? I've also noticed that my sciatica pain is the worst in the morning, until like 3 pm when it starts fading away. At night I'm almost pain free. Has anyone else experinced this?

I haven't bought many crochet patterns, maybe 3-4. I saw a discussion on tiktok, where someone called sharing a pattern you've bought with a friend theft. I've shared my patterns with my one friend that crochets. She's done the same for me. I would never distribute someone's pattern to a bunch of random people though.

What do we think about this? Is sharing pattern you've paid for theft if you only share the pattern with a friend?

Hi!

F35. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced something like this. Almost all my pain is on the left side of my body. Here's a list of my symptoms that appeared in November 2025:

- sciatica-like symptoms, pain down left left all the way to my foot

- left groin pain, I have a painful spot. When I press on it it feels like getting stabbed in the groin. I often have pain in the left side of my pubic bone

- SI-joint pain on the left side only

- dull ache in lower back and lower abdomen

- sometimes stomach cramps in the morning on the left side, not every day

- pain and thightness between my buttocks, left side of anus

- numbness/pins and needles in the left side of my pelvic floor if i sit for too long

- all the pain above is mainly provoked by sitting for a long time, the pain fades during the day and by night I'm almost pain free

- I have no problem with painful sex or urinary symptoms

What I have been diagnosed with:

- mild endometriosis, diagnosed during laparoscopic surgery

- coxa profunda (deep hip sockets), xray done. Orto surgeon said this is likely not the cause of my pain

- I'm in physical therapy but it hasn't really helped

- my physical therapist said I have mild scoliosis (left leaning) and that my left leg is a bit longer than the right one

I (33 F) have been really close friends with a person (32 F) since we were 17/18. We were really close for maybe 8 years. She has been suffering from mental health issues and has been diagnosed with borderline and ADHD. I suffer from OCD and anxiety and still deal with these issues, it's gotten better though.

Our friendship has been strained for many years now. It all started when she started when we were like 25/26. She started ignoring my calls and cancelling plans last minute. When we did meet up she did a lot of hurtful things, like stealing bottles of wine from my fridge, stealing money from me (not large sums), talking shit about my partner who I'm now married to, calling our other friends out for minor things they did five years ago and so on. I didn't confront her about many of the things she did and did forgive her. She was depressed and talked about this a lot, so I tried to be a good friend and didn't want to make things worse. Our friendship kind of faded away after this, although I tried reaching out to her many many times. Were still part of the same friend group chat that is quite active, she just doesn't participate in the chat.

I haven't really had any one on one contact with her until a few days ago, when she reached out and asked me to bring her a t-shirt she left at my place four years ago. She didn't say anything else. No "how are you". We live in different cities nowadays and I don't really visit her city often. I told her I don't know if I have the t-shirt anymore, I've moved two times since. She answered that I need to buy the exact t-shirt and bring it to her. I then told her that it hurts me that the only thing she messaged me about was that damn shirt. That didn't go over well. She started saying that I abandoned her and that my husband was isolating me. That's not the case at all. I have plenty of friends, whom I go on girls trips with and hang out with every week. She then started accusing me of a lot of things that didn't even make sense or didn't even involve me.

She sent me maybe 50 different messages that night and I stopped answering her. She's still blowing up my phone tonight and accusing me of a lot of hurtful things that I know aren't true. She told me that all of our friends in our friend group (the ones in the group chat) talk shit about me behind my back and hate me, but are afraid to tell me that.

Am I the asshole for completely ignoring her? She has reached out to everyone in our friend group and is shit talking me, calling me a horrible friend that causes drama. I'm still not going to answer her, I'm so fed up. I know that this drives her insane, but I don't really want to say anything more to her.

I (33 F) have been really close friends with a person (32 F) since we were 17/18. We were really close for maybe 8 years. She has been suffering from mental health issues and has been diagnosed with borderline and ADHD. I suffer from OCD and anxiety and still deal with these issues, it's gotten better though.

Our friendship has been strained for many years now. It all started when she started when we were like 25/26. She started ignoring my calls and cancelling plans last minute. When we did meet up she did a lot of hurtful things, like stealing bottles of wine from my fridge, stealing money from me (not large sums), talking shit about my partner who I'm now married to, calling our other friends out for minor things they did five years ago and so on. I didn't confront her about many of the things she did and did forgive her. She was depressed and talked about this a lot, so I tried to be a good friend and didn't want to make things worse. Our friendship kind of faded away after this, although I tried reaching out to her many many times. Were still part of the same friend group chat that is quite active, she just doesn't participate in the chat.

I haven't really had any one on one contact with her until a few days ago, when she reached out and asked me to bring her a t-shirt she left at my place four years ago. She didn't say anything else. No "how are you". We live in different cities nowadays and I don't really visit her city often. I told her I don't know if I have the t-shirt anymore, I've moved two times since. She answered that I need to buy the exact t-shirt and bring it to her. I then told her that it hurts me that the only thing she messaged me about was that damn shirt. That didn't go over well. She started saying that I abandoned her and that my husband was isolating me. That's not the case at all. I have plenty of friends, whom I go on girls trips with and hang out with every week. She then started accusing me of a lot of things that didn't even make sense or didn't even involve me.

She sent me maybe 50 different messages that night and I stopped answering her. She's still blowing up my phone tonight and accusing me of a lot of hurtful things that I know aren't true. She told me that all of our friends in our friend group (the ones in the group chat) talk shit about me behind my back and hate me, but are afraid to tell me that.

How do I navigate this? She's still a part of our group chat. I'm good friends with the rest of the people in that group. I can't just kick her out of the chat, that would be horrible. She's also the sister of one of my best friends. Should I answer her or just keep ignoring her texts? I don't see that our friendship could return to what it was.

I (33 F) have been really close friends with a person (32 F) since we were 17/18. We were really close for maybe 8 years. She has been suffering from mental health issues and has been diagnosed with borderline and ADHD. I suffer from OCD and anxiety and still deal with these issues, it's gotten better though.

Our friendship has been strained for many years now. It all started when she started when we were like 25/26. She started ignoring my calls and cancelling plans last minute. When we did meet up she did a lot of hurtful things, like stealing bottles of wine from my fridge, stealing money from me (not large sums), talking shit about my partner who I'm now married to, calling our other friends out for minor things they did five years ago and so on. I didn't confront her about many of the things she did and did forgive her. She was depressed and talked about this a lot, so I tried to be a good friend and didn't want to make things worse. Our friendship kind of faded away after this, although I tried reaching out to her many many times. Were still part of the same friend group chat that is quite active, she just doesn't participate in the chat.

I haven't really had any one on one contact with her until a few days ago, when she reached out and asked me to bring her a t-shirt she left at my place four years ago. She didn't say anything else. No "how are you". We live in different cities nowadays and I don't really visit her city often. I told her I don't know if I have the t-shirt anymore, I've moved two times since. She answered that I need to buy the exact t-shirt and bring it to her. I then told her that it hurts me that the only thing she messaged me about was that damn shirt. That didn't go over well. She started saying that I abandoned her and that my husband was isolating me. That's not the case at all. I have plenty of friends, whom I go on girls trips with and hang out with every week. She then started accusing me of a lot of things that didn't even make sense or didn't even involve me.

She sent me maybe 50 different messages that night and I stopped answering her. She's still blowing up my phone tonight and accusing me of a lot of hurtful things that I know aren't true. She told me that all of our friends in our friend group (the ones in the group chat) talk shit about me behind my back and hate me, but are afraid to tell me that.

I don't really know what to do. She's still a part of our group chat. I'm good friends with the rest of the people in that group. I can't just kick her out of the chat, that would be horrible. She's also the sister of one of my best friends. I don't see that our friendship could return to what it was.

I've been using zyns/other nicotine pouches for 6-7 years. I take good care of my teeth and get a deep clean done once or twice a year.

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I've booked an appointment for teeth whitening next week, but I'm unsure if my dentist will do the procedure. I suffer from gingivitis due to my zyn use. Can you do teeth whitening if you have gingivitis? Will the gingivitis heal 100% if I quit nicotine?

Hi!

Our dog (2,5 year old jack russell, male, not sterilized) has started waking up in the middle of the night at 2-4 am. It takes him 2 hours to calm down and fall asleep again. This has been going on for over a month and I'm really exhausted and sleep deprived. He always tries to wake me up by climbing on top of me and licking my face. He doesn't do this to my husband as much. He has NEVER done this before. He has slept through the night since we brought him home.

We live in a quite busy neighborhood, a lot of dogs and other animals making noise even during the night.

His temperament: calm (for a jack russell), friendly towards strangers/kids/dogs/cats, usually NOT anxious, doesn't bark, doesn't have any other problems (no resource guarding, doesn't normally poop inside etc). Generally well-behaved.

Things we have tried/ruled out:

- took him to the vet two weeks ago, she couldn't find any underlying medical problems

- tried ignoring him (doesn't work, he will get so stressed that he poops on the floor

- slept in our guest room, doesn't work, he still wakes up anxious

- my husband slept on the couch with him. Didn't work, he woke up my husband and then went straight to our bedroom, trying to get to me

- changed his food and feeling schedule multiple different ways, doesn't work

- 30 min walk right before going to bed, doesn't work

- sent him to live with my mom for 5 days. This DID work, he did wake up in the middle of the night, but settled down quickly

I'm thinking this is either a hormonal issue or a learned behavior. I think it's more of a learned behavior though. What would be the best way to try modifying the behavior?

Hi!

Our dog (2,5 year old jack russell, male, not sterilized) has started waking up in the middle of the night at 2-4 am. It takes him 2 hours to calm down and fall asleep again. This has been going on for over a month and I'm really exhausted and sleep deprived. He always tries to wake me up by climbing on top of me and licking my face. He doesn't do this to my husband as much. He has NEVER done this before. He has slept through the night since we brought him home.

We live in a quite busy neighborhood, a lot of dogs and other animals making noise even during the night.

His temperament: calm (for a jack russell), friendly towards strangers/kids/dogs/cats, usually NOT anxious, doesn't bark, doesn't have any other problems (no resource guarding, doesn't normally poop inside etc). Generally well-behaved.

Things we have tried/ruled out:

- took him to the vet two weeks ago, she couldn't find any underlying medical problems

- tried ignoring him (doesn't work, he will get so stressed that he poops on the floor

- slept in our guest room, doesn't work, he still wakes up anxious

- my husband slept on the couch with him. Didn't work, he woke up my husband and then went straight to our bedroom, trying to get to me

- changed his food and feeling schedule multiple different ways, doesn't work

- 30 min walk right before going to bed, doesn't work

- sent him to live with my mom for 5 days. This DID work, he did wake up in the middle of the night, but settled down quickly

I'm thinking this is either a hormonal issue or a learned behavior. I think it's more of a learned behavior though. What would be the best way to try modifying the behavior?

Hi!

Our dog (2,5 year old jack russell, male, not sterilized) has started waking up in the middle of the night at 2-4 am. It takes him 2 hours to calm down and fall asleep again. This has been going on for over a month and I'm really exhausted and sleep deprived. He always tries to wake me up by climbing on top of me and licking my face. He doesn't do this to my husband as much. He has NEVER done this before. He has slept through the night since we brought him home.

We live in a quite busy neighborhood, a lot of dogs and other animals making noise even during the night.

His temperament: calm (for a jack russell), friendly towards strangers/kids/dogs/cats, usually NOT anxious, doesn't bark, doesn't have any other problems (no resource guarding, doesn't normally poop inside etc). Generally well-behaved.

Things we have tried/ruled out:

- took him to the vet two weeks ago, she couldn't find any underlying medical problems

- tried ignoring him (doesn't work, he will get so stressed that he poops on the floor

- slept in our guest room, doesn't work, he still wakes up anxious

- my husband slept on the couch with him. Didn't work, he woke up my husband and then went straight to our bedroom, trying to get to me

- changed his food and feeling schedule multiple different ways, doesn't work

- 30 min walk right before going to bed, doesn't work

- sent him to live with my mom for 5 days. This DID work, he did wake up in the middle of the night, but settled down quickly

I'm thinking this is either a hormonal issue or a learned behavior. I think it's more of a learned behavior though. What would be the best way to try modifying the behavior?

I've been struggling with pubic bone pain for probably a year now. I'm female, 35. Since I can't attach a picture of where the pain is I'll try to explain this as good as possible.

The pain is on my left side of the pubic bone (superior pubic ramus). It's more on the inside of the pubic bone and it's the bone (or some ligament) that is painful to the touch. This spot also aches when I sit down for longer than 30 mins. I don't have pain in the surrounding soft tissue, it's strictly in the bone.

The pain also gets worse if I do leg exercises at the gym, so I've skipped them for a few weeks. This has brought some relief, but today the pain came back full force again. It hurts when I cough.

I've had a pelvic xray done, everything looked good, except I have coxa profunda (deep hip sockets). The doctor couldn't explain the bone pain. Has anyone experinced this? What was it? What kind of specialist should I see next?

I had my bisalp done in February this year. All went well and my period came normally. My periods have always been extremely regular. I've had a 28 day cycle since I got my period 20 years ago. My cycle after getting the bisalp has lasted 30-32 days. Has anyone else experinced this?

My JRT is now 2,5 years old. He's always slept through the night without any problems. He's a chill "atypical" JRT. Doesn't bark, has a mild temperament and is not an anxious dog.

Two weeks ago he started waking me and my husband up at 4 in the morning. It started suddenly. He walks around panting, shaking and is seeking comfort from especially me. I once ignored him and shut him out of the bedroom. That was a mistake, he pooped on the floor. He's never been an anxious dog and is completely normal during the day.

We went to the vet yesterday, but she couldn't find any problems. No painful joints etc. My dog also spent the night at my mom's place a few days ago and slept through the night without waking her up.

I don't know what to do. I'm extremely tired and it's effecting my work and mood. My husband has been sick with the flu for the last week, which means I've been getting up at 4 am every night.

Please send ideas on how to fix this! What could it be?

I've been following the Amanda and Ryan situation ever since they became a couple. Now with the speculations about their sobriety and Amanda's mugshot pic dropping, I can't really understand why people still worship them. Every comment under a tiktok video is "Love you Amanda and Ryan, rooting for you!!! 🥰🥰🥰".

I commented under one other creator's tiktok post (not Amanda's) "Amanda should leave Ryan, he's not good for her, her kids and her sobriety" and got enormous amount of hate.

Help me make sense of this. Why do people love them? I don't really have any bad feelings towards Amanda, but Ryan is just not a good person. He's been given so many chances and still chooses himself every time. He destroyed his kids' house and toys. He's just abusive. People still continue to ship them while knowing this.