u/naughty_nut_boy — reddlx

Waiting, hoping for the best, bracing for the worst (it's day 17 y'all)

Cat tax and meme tax, two birds with one stone. I also have bipolar II and have been riding what feels more like a struggle jet engine than a struggle bus as lithium has torn up my system. People either love or hate lithium, and as it is currently punching my thyroid and kidneys, I firmly hate it. Doctor wouldn't take me off it and I now do not have access to him until most likely Tuesday to be able to get off it. He gave me levothyroxine for the thyroid, and if I have to be on it forever because I tried a mood stabilizer that didn't go well, I'll be livid. So now I'm just praying the birth control does its thing, the levothyroxine does its thing in the next few days, and hopefully I won't have to disappear completely to hide the fact that I'm not going to actually be a human, but a husk. I'm already in "I'm not taking more of this bullshit" mode, so I'm wondering if that's going to amplify. Send positive vibes as you're able. I need a miracle to get through this without murdering someone.

u/naughty_nut_boy — 6 days ago

▲ 317 r/PMDD

IT'S HERE IT'S HERE (it's late but) IT'S HERE

I was literally about to pray to the sun god, I've been so miserable. It's been quite a while since I've been that happy to see blood in my underwear.

(Now I just have to get through what is promising to be a nightmare period and then I can finally be a real human being again 🫠)

u/naughty_nut_boy — 22 days ago

▲ 3 r/PMDD

Desperately looking for a better gyno... any recommendations?

Desperately looking for a better gyno... any suggestions?

Hi all, I'm to a point of deep frustration and need some help. I'm fed up with my gyno after realizing just how badly she messed me up with the lamotrigine-estrogen drug interaction. She didn't bat an eye when I told her I wanted to get a nexplanon implant, even though I was on lamotrigine. I have bipolar II as well as PMDD, which is making this whole thing so much more messy than it needs to be. Lamotrigine levels basically get cut in half in the presence of estrogen, so while I had that stupid implant in, I was getting half as much of my mood stabilizer as I needed. We didn't realize what was going on until it was too late because I had a nexplanon way back in the day before my bipolar diagnosis, before I was on a mood stabilizer, and it was bliss, so I wrongly assumed it would be the same. The "consult" appointment to get the implant out felt like a slap in the face when I was so mentally unwell and knew that it was the only thing that had changed.

So, I'm holding my breath waiting for my period to come after I caved and took my nuvaring out a few days early because I feel like a literal shell of a human being, and it occurred to me that I might have enough time between now and when I'm supposed to start the next month to find a new gyno and get some feedback on the oral contraceptive I have to try. I don't trust the woman I was seeing, given that I found out about that drug interaction via my own research and not her admission of omission. Does anyone have any good resources for finding in network gynecologists that specialize in PMDD? Zocdoc was wildly unhelpful with a lot of recommendations to psych doctors when I literally can't take SSRI drugs for this, thanks to the bipolar.

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u/naughty_nut_boy — 25 days ago

▲ 6 r/PhotographyAdvice

Thinking of getting a nice camera—advice? Final day with our dog

Hi all, I've been thinking about this for months now, and these pictures I took yesterday made me realize just how happy photography makes me. These are unedited, and I really don't know much of anything about editing, but I'd love to learn. They were also taken on a Galaxy S24 Ultra, which definitely has a nice camera, but is still ultimately a phone. I'm at a weird spot in my life where I'm considering a career change, and while I don't think I could ever make photography a career, it might be nice to get good enough to make some spare change from it. This is our dog on our final walk with him. He was my husband's heart dog, and I really love the shot with them both and the way it captures how they've walked together for 10 years. Any advice is appreciated!

u/naughty_nut_boy — 3 months ago