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I have hypermobile EDS. My joints are funky. I cracked my neck and now I’m so worried about having a stroke because it made my neck hurt sharply for a second and went away. And because I have pots, I already am lightheaded by default, so I genuinely just want to know if I’m okay or when I actually need to be concerned.

But also health OCD is a thing for me sometimes, and this might be it. Can someone please give me some kind of support or advice, especially because it’s not an emergency health situation?

I also won’t be cracking my neck anymore. Haha :(

Hope this isn’t a weird question. I was adopted from the very far east in Khabarovsk, brought to America. A lot of people comment on my hair texture, and hair cuts are also hard to do, if the cut doesn’t consider my type of hair.

But since I’m adopted, I don’t really know what to look for, or if there’s even a difference. I’m white, and I have wavy-straight hair, but I keep having issues like I mentioned above. I don’t know if it’s because my hair is more thick, or if there’s some considerations that Eastern European hair needs.

Do any Russian folks here, or just people with info know if there’s a difference in hair care?

I’m trying to learn more about myself and what i may need that my parents never knew about. Maybe I’m overthinking it though. Help is appreciated

Hope this isn’t a weird question. I was adopted from the very far east in Khabarovsk, brought to America. A lot of people comment on my hair texture, and hair cuts are also hard to do, if the cut doesn’t consider my type of hair.

But since I’m adopted, I don’t really know what to look for, or if there’s even a difference. I’m white, and I have wavy-straight hair, but I keep having issues like I mentioned above. I don’t know if it’s because my hair is more thick, or if there’s some considerations that Eastern European hair needs.

Do any Russian adoptees, friends or families of Russian adoptees, or just people with info know if there’s a difference in hair care?

I’m trying to learn more about myself and what i may need that my parents never knew about. Maybe I’m overthinking it though. Help is appreciated

Vyvanse 30mg gang, also on Wellbutrin. I’ve been on Vyvanse for many months now, maybe half a year. Unlike the euphoria people get when they start a medication, now that I’m used to it, I get 1-3 really good hours out of the medication and the rest seems to drop off. It’s not bad, I just wish that peak effect was longer.

I eat consistently, drink water, protein. I just wish I knew if this was normal or if it’s because of my EDS and gastroparesis, that the meds wear off faster.

Any thoughts or anecdotes? What have been your solutions if this has happened to you?

Live in the US, bedroom is 11ft by 12ft. 9 foot ceilings. I have MCAS, and the house does have dogs (not mine, can’t do anything about it unfortunately). I keep them out of my room, but I have carpet (also not by choice), so I need to go a little overkill with my air purifier specs.

MCAS for me just means I get horribly congested, can’t sleep, and get super itchy if the room isn’t properly filtered. I have a levoit 300 right now and it is not doing much.

My budget is any model ideally 100-400 dollars. If a really good model is 500 or something I can bite the bullet, but I can’t go any higher than 600.

My main concern is allergens. Doesn’t have to get rid of odors. Can’t do an ionizer, but I’m okay if it comes with one that I can turn off.

I’m nonbinary and petite, and being afab, it’s been hard to find clothes that aren’t too tight or too baggy. I just want to wear academic, preppy, or office fashion.

If it helps, Uniqlo comes close, but their stuff shrinks in the wash and doesn’t last long enough for me.

I am desperate for recommendations! I’m tired of clothes that don’t last or make me feel dysphoric. My biggest pet peeve is cropped tops that go up when you raise your arms, or women’s sleeves that bunch up at the armpit. Any advice is appreciated. I know I can thrift but I’d like to find new clothes to treat myself or something, idk

I’m afab, petite, and looking for a slightly masc change of wardrobe. I like the academic, preppy, professional look. But it’s either:
- a little too feminine for my liking, super tight to my upper body (sensory issue disaster),
-too warm (I don’t live in a place where I can layer),
- or doesn’t fit on my smaller torso (really baggy as a result)

It’s been really hard finding new, quality clothing that fits these criteria. Does anyone have any leads?

I’m trying to figure out if mcas for me triggers breakouts or whiteheads. I basically get things like light cystic acne, more like how fungal acne can present, but no fungal cause.

I have dermatillomania, and hypermobile skin, and this makes the problem a little more complicated.

Have you had worse whiteheads as a result of mcas? How have you addressed it, if so?

My physical therapist pointed out yesterday that I basically do the opposite of hunching over, I overcorrect by bending my body forward. My hyper mobility just creates some fun instability overall, and my body works too hard to compensate.

While I work on this, she recommended compression, and I’m trying to find a good shirt or abdominal band that doesn’t encourage that posture.

If anyone has any recs, I’d appreciate it!

My physical therapist pointed out yesterday that I basically do the opposite of hunching over, I overcorrect by bending my body forward. While I work on this, she recommended compression, and I’m trying to find a good shirt or abdominal band that doesn’t encourage that posture.

If anyone has any recs, I’d appreciate it!

When you wake up and you can’t move your neck or shoulders without a pinching horrible pain. Only hurts when it moves or I breathe. It’s right above my shoulders blades, where the neck meets the torso but deep in there.

And is there anything I can do to fix it?

When you wake up and you can’t move your neck or shoulders without a pinching horrible pain. Only hurts when it moves or I breathe. It’s right above my shoulders blades, where the neck meets the torso but deep in there. And is there anything I can do to fix it?

Weird success but, I got a cyst on my scalp. I went to a dermatologist after picking at it, and they told me it wasn’t a cyst, it was a skin infection and that it would go away.

As a skin picker for over a decade, I know what bumps feel like, it’s the only silver lining to this horrible condition. I know when a cyst is a cyst, it has this ‘give’ to it, that I can feel under the surface.

I felt invalidated, but got a second opinion. They did a punch biopsy. It was indeed a cyst! They prescribed me what I needed and stitched it up, and now it’s not gonna linger on my head while I keep picking and worrying about it.

It’s hard, because ocd and derma overlap. Sometimes our gut feelings are obsessions, and we need to redirect. Sometimes though we have a genuine concern that’s correct.

So, trust your doctors but get second opinions if you’re not sure. Advocate for yourself even if your confidence is in the gutter. We still deserve proper care.

I’ve picked for more than a decade, since my teens, and I have scars. I still get scabs. I remember my mom saying once that I should stop picking, since people might think I’m on drugs. Now that I’m grown up, I really worry that it will become more of an assumption as I age.

I don’t want to feel “ruined”. I’ve gotten a complex about this that I can only compare to misogynistic views about virginity. Skin virginity? I’m not saying that either is right, but I can articulate it best when comparing it to that toxicity. It’s so bad, I hate being female with dermatillomania in a society that puts constraints on appearance and value. that I’ve undid this purity that my face had, and now it’s worse forever, and I’ll never look the same as I could have.

Can someone provide encouragement, support, something? I don’t know how to feel good about my face.