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Listen, I'm still waiting to get my numbers back, but I had lab work done today.

A year ago, my ferritin level was 39. I know that's not nearly as low as other people in this group.

But I have ADHD and over the last 6+ months, my ADHD medicine has become less and less effective, I'm exhausted all of the time, I have sleep issues that either is causing the exhaustion or are potentially being exacerbated by underlying causes.

My hair dresser noticed my hair is a lot thinner than it was before, I have a pink toenail that is spooning, my arms get tired while washing my hair in the shower, my legs feel so heavy, I'm dropping partially filled boxes at work when I could carry two full boxes before, I've developed tendonitis in my wrists, a muscle under my eye was twitching for two weeks straight, my menstrual cycle has become irregular and longer, but lighter. Just loads of things that have been accumulating over the last 6-9 months and I just kept thinking it was because of my own habits and I just needed to drink more water and get more sleep. And I'm also trying to do that, but I started questioning if maybe my ferritin could have dropped more since the last time I had bloodwork done. And that my body is pulling iron from all these other places on my body so I don't fall into anemia

I brought it all up at my appointment today and I was like, I feel like this points to something thyroid or iron deficiency in nature or iron deficiency causing thyroid issues, etc. And she wrote it off so hard. She was adamant that while my ferritin was 39, "that's not low at all" and my other iron numbers were completely normal and it's impossible for that to cause any symptoms.

Of course, we'll see what my current numbers are when my results come back. But she was more keen to refer me for an MRI under the fear that it could be MS!

Iron deficiency??? No way!! But multiple sclerosis?? Maybe!!

Why are doctors so against treating something so simple such as iron deficiency? Especially if someone believes it's causing symptoms? Wouldn't it be easier to bring those numbers up and see if that improves symptoms than to jump to something as extreme as an MRI for ms?

I recently upped my generic vyvanse dose from 40mg to 50mg. Brand name 40mg worked really well for me. Over time, generic 40mg seemed like it was losing effectiveness. And one of the things I liked about it was its suppression of my appetite and food noise.

I'm an "I'm bored" and "today was stressful" eater. I would constantly think about that chocolate bar in the freezer and argue for hours to not eat it and then I would eat it and then I would feel bad (or ice cream or chips, etc).

I started on generic Adderall 20mg then went to 30mg. But it led to really bad insomnia. Which is why I switched to Vyvanse and the insomnia has been less. But the food noise is getting stronger.

I worked really hard to get down to the weight I'm at now and I'm worried I'm stepping onto a very slippery slope of gaining that weight back.

Has anyone else had this experience with the higher dose causing *more* hunger? What can I do? I've been wondering if I should go back to adderall at the 20 mg

Hello! Someone I recently met told me about working at Costco -- the pay and benefits, etc. and it *sounds* really good.

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I'm currently making $17.50/hr working for chick-fil-a. I work very part time as I just work a couple nights a week and on Saturdays. I have very small kids at home, so I can only work when my husband is home with them and I don't want to work too much or else we will both burn out and we won't get to see or spend time together as a whole family.

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I enjoy fast-paced work environments that change a lot. I try to use my job as my exercise, because I want to be in shape, but can't keep a workout routine 🤷🏻‍♀️ I've got excellent customer service skills. I've been promoted at every job I've had.

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So I'm seriously interested and considering a switch, but I've not worked this type of retail before and would like more insight in what I could be getting myself into? (And I know some, if not most of this will subjective to the location, but just looking for general experiences)

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What are the hours like? Are they flexible to family schedule needs? Calling off for illness? What are holidays like? (I don't mind working some holidays, but specifically Christmas is tricky because of out-of-town family obligations and the kids). Will they generally be open to someone that wants to just work two weeknights and one weekend day?

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Once my girls are both in school, would it be difficult to move to hours that are mainly within school hours?

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I just want to do what's best for my family without missing out on being *with* my family. But the pay and benefits are obviously immediately better.

Hello! I really struggle with pain specifically from my left wrist, forearm, and elbow while doing weight-bearing floor exercises. Putting weight onto my left hand/arm is painful. I suspect it could potentially be from when I broke my arm as a child.

When I was 7, I fell off the monkey bars and landed on my arm behind me. I broke both the radius and ulna bones. I went under anesthesia for them to adjust the bones back into place and and was then in a cast for six weeks.

I can handle movement, like with push-ups. But exercises that have the arm straight and holding that position for the exercise is very painful. Is there anything I can do to strengthen it so it stops hurting? Or is this a scenario, where I should stop doing exercises that make it hurt? Or is it a scenario where it's not going to stop hurting, but I should work through it anyways?

I got to go to NYC with my husband and did 20,000 steps or more everyday for 4 days. My feet were definitely tired and a little sore, but it felt like *normal* pain vs pf.

And for context, I've been pretty much pain free for quite awhile now ever since I started wearing kuru shoes for out of the house and for work. I do between 7,000-11,000 steps daily in a mixture of being barefoot on pretty soft carpeting or in my kuru tennis shoes and kuru work shoes.

But then, I decided to push my daughter in her stroller at the park about 2 miles and the plantar fasciitis pain came back for several days!!

Is it the inclines at the park? Is it the weight of the stroller? The change in my posture pushing the stroller vs not?

I've done smaller walks with her to go pick her older sister up from school (less than a mile, pretty flat surface).