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I have low iron again, I struggle to take the tablets they give every day as they upset my stomach.

I get really bad nausea, what forms of iron can be taken? are there any options other than the standard?

I hate basically spending every day for months feeling like I’m about to vomit.

my iron level was 9, I’ve had some heavy periods as I changed birth control and I think that’s the cause

for example, if we imagine natural selection caused the Valyrian purple eyes? What do you think caused that?

the silvery hair and pale skin seems akin to places in low light/low sun like Scandinavia, but I think Valyria was quite hot. maybe darker skin was not evolutionary beneficial when you have a natural high tolerance for heat?

For the eyes, it seems eye colour is usually either to do with letting in more light (paler blue eyes in darker places) or some kind of “genetic piggyback“ like just a side effect of a different gene being prevleant. I thought at first this could be dragon riding, but I’m sure we’ve had a couple non purple eyed dragon riders (nettles is the only one that comes to mind, I can’t remember if Rhaeneryas dark hairs kids had purple eyes or not) so I don’t think it’s that.

Is there a pattern of Targaryens with certain physical traits having specific abilities? I don’t remember there being a dragon dreamer that didn’t have Valyrian features so maybe that’s one?

Otherwise do you think it’s purely related to the dragons and magic?

I don’t want to get into a weird discussion about gene supremacy so please don’t do that. just a fun thought experiment where we imagine the rules of our world existing in Westeros and what that might mean.

Some things didn’t make much sense to me, like how Ned never really thought about Rhaegar and also how he seemed pretty emotionless about Lyanna when talking to Robert.

And then later the nightmares that he’s had over and over and the dwelling on the “promise me Ned” when he was in a bad position later.

He seems truly tormented by it and it seems to present a bit like ptsd, where he emotionally shuts down and can’t process it but also constantly relives it over and over especially when in other bad situations as if he’s back in the scenario.

I think for Ned, one of the biggest traumas possible for him would be if he felt forced to do something truly dishonourable, or maybe multiple things. The fight with Arthur seems like it could be like the show and be a dishonourable win as just one potential, and lying and shouting at cat being one confirmed example. The guilt around the Lyanna promise probably shouldn’t cause him as much guilt as it does when if it was to hide and protect Jon, he did keep the promise. But what if the promise itself caused him to act many times in a way that betrays his nature and was truly traumatic.

And now here’s my main crazy tinfoil theory, that I haven’t thought out fully of a potentially huge dishonourable act. What if Ashara Dane knew the truth, and in order to fully protect Jon, Ned was involved in her death. It would mean the Daynes called him an honourable man and thanked him when he knows he killed maybe even two of them in dishonourable ways which would be massive trauma, and then benefitted from the rumours of her being the parent of Jon as a misdirect for those seeking answers. I think it would explain how him being hostile about cat talking about Ashara was both to protect Jon but also maybe true emotional guilt lashing out at even the thought of it.

Imagine, noble Ned killing an innocent woman, who he may have even had romantic feelings for at this point, in order to keep his promise to Lyanna. It’s so bad that he can’t allow himself to think or feel anything about Lyanna or Rhaegar most of the time, but he relives the events around that time over and over in nightmares.

I think Ned is more complicated a character than he is given credit for, maybe he’s unwavering sense of honour and duty is fuelled in part by deep guilt and remorse.

my partners name is just their full legal name.

when they asked why I didn’t change it to something else apparently “because it asked for your first and last name on the contact screen” was a particularly autistic way to respond 😂

i now realise how the details screen can be taken less literally and I could just put anything in. I still haven’t changed it though, feels wrong to. I have him as a different name on facebook and WhatsApp because they have a “nickname” section

a few weeks ago I noticed my meds felt like they were doing nothing, like more than usual and I had a lot of adhd symptoms, this was to the point I nearly considered upping my dose. I’m on 50mg elvanse at the minute and been on it nearly two years.

this last week though it’s like it’s kicked back in with a vengeance! they feel so much stronger than they ever have before and I’m getting more side effects. it’s almost as if I’ve been of them a couple weeks and now back to full dose but I was taking it everyday.

it’s all the same bottle so no chance of a dead batch or anything. it’s super strange, had anyone had this or know of anything that could lead to this experience of the meds?

I have a bunch of duplicates and also ones I’m not really bothered about, does anyone do anything with them?

id be more than happy to gift them to people if they wanted them but I think I can only send to friends

out of my friends I’m the only one that has it different.

my birb is an old man called Steve who wears flat caps and blazers or vests

basically I’ve been invastigating a whole range of severe symptoms for a while and keep hitting dead ends.

My gynae didn’t find endo but did find varicose veins on my uterus.

my mri said no varicose veins (which was annoying bc the way they worded it made it sound like they were accusing the gynae of lying on not just that they didn’t show on the mri) but they did find compression of my iliac vein.

the doctor said compressed illiac veins can be just a result of lying down in the mri because I’m thin and I basically started crying that I can accept if they can’t find the cause of my symptoms but I don’t want to give up investigation until there’s no more options bc I really dont want to accept at 26 that I’ll be in this much pain for the rest of my life with no explanation and no treatment options.

they’ve offered to to a venograph - I got referred to a different doctor who apologised and basically said I’d been referred to the wrong department this whole time. she was sympathetic but was upfront that there’s not a lot of research into womens pelvic pain and an intravenous ultrasound ( previously suggested) wasn’t available because the hospital would find it. she said she’s try a benograph to investigate the compression and there’s dilated veins. she said they could embolise any problem veins they found but she wouldn’t be willing to do a stent due to the complications associated with it.

I agreed to the procedure (12 month waitlist yay..) because at least it might give me some more information/more conclusive results. I’m hoping that if the vein is truly very compressed I might be able to push my case for a stent, and if it’s not then at least I know and I can accept that I’ll get no treatment but at least I’ve tried everything first and it’s not like it’s a treatable thing that I never got looked at.

I do have polycystic ovaries (kind of? I have the ”cysts/follicles” all over my left ovary but I don’t have enough of the symptoms to be diagnosed) eg. not overweight and not extreme hair (although I do have a pretty horrific mustache and a bit of face hair.) but I don’t know if that relates to it at all.

ended up in hospital earlier this year for the pain. got such horrific sudden cramps (unprompted, no period or anything) that i threw up everywhere, pooped and passed out. it was the most pain id ever experienced and it was terrifying and I left with no answers or explanations. If I at least knew what it was it wouldn't feel so scary. paired with day to day constant pain issues im just struggling to feel hopeful about any of it.

do embolisms alone help the pain? has anyone heard of compressions showing up superficially on scans, like what are the odds that happened? and does anyone know the accuracy of mri scans for showing varicose veins?

i feel like I’m just being given guesses from people or “hooray your scans are clear” without addressing the fact what they’re actually telling me is they have no idea how to stop the pain I’m in.