u/mei-meng

So, I'm allergic to kiwis, and have been since childhood. They make me nauseous, with a tingly mouth and dry lips, and it makes my mouth feel an itchy sensation. I only just recently realised that I may be allergic to pineapples and green apples aswell, since I get the same itchy, tingling feeling from pineapples and green apples, but a lesser extent. My mouth and lips feel uncomfortably dry after eating them, and this feeling persists for a few hours, maybe, could be a bit shorter? I thought that this was just normal for these fruits, although my mother is allergic to kiwis and pineapples.

I also realised I had an allergic reaction to some ice lollies I had, but I genuinely can't figure out why. I believe it's something to do with the apple in it, which I only realised afterwards. I mean, why advertise it as just watermelon if it has watermelon AND apple?! I also can't eat Maoams because of this, the apple and cola flavours make my mouth dry.

Moreover, I have always been avoidant of carbonated drinks due to them making my mouth BURN no matter how slowly I drink them. I put water on them to dilute them and get the carbon out, but the burning still persists, especially for coca cola. It genuinely hurts my tongue and throat to consume them, which is why I dont anymore.

Today, I drank some Yoplait strawberry milk, and my mouth went super dry, it confused me because when I looked on the back all it contained was sugar, vitamin d, strawberries, some calcium, and obviously, milk. However, when I searched it online, I saw that they use citric acid too. I'm so confused, why isn't that on the packaging??

My question is, is it plausible that I'm allergic to citric acid or something? Or is it just the fruits themselves?

currently wanting to get closer to my home language, mandarin! anybody can add!

25 in total, if you count them explaining things to you.

They told me I couldn't record even though I had asked a week prior to record, and that got me a bit worried. They said their systems are down today. I asked if I could record and they said no because they don't want anything to be falsified... so I continued with the assessment. I don't know if I made a mistake, but they focused on my anxiety and patellofemoral pain syndrome a lot, they didnt mention my autism at all, and mentioned depression once, and it was just to confirm diagnosis...

Did I do something wrong? I'm so worried. I saw people say that the assessment lasts 60 minutes, and the person on the phone even said it'll last that long. I'm so nervous.

after a long while, im finally getting back into finch! i missed my birb, and i know she missed me too 🥹🖤

I applied for PIP on Dec 2nd 2025 for Autism, Depression, Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Chronic patellofemoral pain syndrome. I am just so nervous, I've been waiting for so long for an appointment but the reality of just having to talk to someone, even if its just over the telephone, has just hit me. I know I have 2 weeks to prepare, maybe they did that on purpose due to my conditions, but I'm still so nervous about the appointment.

What will they ask me? Am I allowed to have my boyfriend on the call with me to help me stay calm? Can he answer questions for me if its too overwhelming? What if I forget what I want to say? Can I have notes or is that weird? And lastly, am I allowed to record the call? I don't want something that I've said being taken out of context.

Sorry if this post seems dumb, I'm just very anxious, this process has been really hard for me and I thought waiting for an appointment would be the most stressful thing, but I think that having an appointment date is the worst now...