u/szikkia

Hi, I swear at one point I saw a gluten free Angel Food Cake box mix when I was at a target. I think it was Duncan or Betty Crocker mix but I have not seen either in stores near me (the stores could be the issue come to think of it) or online. I just googled and there are a few options, one makes my favorite grahams, smore’sables and other brands. Anyone tried out these mixes and can give me a review or tips incase i do find a mix? Steer me away from ones that aren’t worth the money spent. I do know to let batters/doughs rest 15-30 minutes to help the flour absorb the liquids fully before baking.

Anyways, has anyone here tried to make a GF Angel Food Cake, from scratch? If anyone is willing to let me in on their recipe I’d be forever in your favor and send you ridiculous photos of my tuxedo cat. It’s my favorite kind of cake, top3 regardless of current tastes (ADHD). and has been a craving it for so long. Please help me, I know it’s labor intensive from scratch but I don’t mind that at all, actually I look forward to it. Cooking and food are a love language of mine and I haven’t had this kind of cake in over 14 years because I’ve been gluten free.

How I made it, near every birthday or chance I got, is as follows:
Get the cake completely cooled and make a 1-2inch crater into the top of the cake, not the sides, middle of the top. Its important to have the “walls” of the cake.
Break up the cake taken out into pieces for use later
Get strawberry jello with fresh sliced strawberries that you prepped the night before or morning if doable.
Spoon jello/strawberries and cake bites into the crater in the cake
Make fresh whip cream and use as frosting

Phenomenal! I don’t care how expensive it will be! I NEED MY FIX!!! /drama

Thanks! I’m hoping this will also be a spark to start baking again, mainly box mixes at first then move on to making other things from scratch!!

Recovery can be so daunting when we think about it. Not only do many of feel unready to recover or are scared of the changes and fight that recovery takes, but we often think we arent worth it. Sometimes we can see the painting because we’re in the frame. This is understandable, its the unknown in some ways and the opposite of how we ave become accustomed to living our lives. Not everyone is unready, but if you feel you aren’t thats valid. Often our thoughts and feelings on things like recovery or quasi can shift and change from day to day, or even hour to hour. Its not just going to be one solid emotions the entire time. Its a lot of emotions, growth, and learning.

Sometimes we need to be able to look at it like an outsider but that can be realy difficult to do, especially with our self bias. Our critical thinking abiities can also be affected and ED likes to keep us wearing blinders, we’re badicaly horses in jousting. Its hard to know what to reflect on as well to try to see things differently and can also deter some people from recovery or prolong the time between.

I have some questions that can help you see things from a different perspective. These are made and worded to make you think, and not just right after reading it. Take the time to think them over, try a few days and see how your thoughts and emotions can change your answer as you think more, this is normal. It’s also normal for it to go from a surface area response to a more in depth personal answer. If you journal, these may make good prompts for you to explore. Having a conversation with someone and sharing answers can also be helpful.

Now, let’s do a little reflection:

How has your life changed from before your ED to now?
What do your friendships look like? How have they changed if they did? Do you notice a difference in how your friends act and respond since?
How is your relationships with family? Are they a support system for you or are you doing it without family? How have the dynamics changed since your ED started? (Apologize for those of us who dont have or have lost their families or gone no contact)
If presented with a surprise meal, how would you react? How would you have reacted previously before your ED?
How much time in a day does your ED affect you? Physically, mentally, emotionally, etc?
What does your body look like to you now? How would you describe your relationship with your body currently? What is your body goal? How was your pre ED relationships like with your body? Were you conscious of your body before your ED started?
How much do you channel into your ED instead of communicating, facing, realizing, and similar things instead of using ED to cope?
How would you feel if your loved one was who was engaging i behaviors and struggling with the addiction eating disorders create? How would you approach them about your concerns? What would it be like watching your loved one getting sicker and sicker from their ED? Would you want them to get help and try to recover? How would you support them?

Now onto recovery reflection:
How do you feel about being made to recover/weight restore/treatment? How would you feel if this was your friend in your shoes in this scenario? What would be your opinion on it?
If you were allowed to continue your ED behavoirs, at what point do you think you would be wanting to recover? Do you ever want to recover?
Do you think it would be less scary to recover on your own terms?
How do you imagine coming to recovery in your own time, given the freedom to?
How much more of your time and life are you willing to part with to get sik? Is there a goal you want to reach before you want recovery? Or a “okay, i’m done with this after __”? “I got to _ now i can”? “I’m finally sick enough to deserve treatment”?
How do you feel about this sentence: All i want to do is get sicker and i never want to recover.
What does recovery mean to you? What would be your ideal experience? What are your fantasies about it? What are the nightmares? What would you get out of it? Do you believe you ever can recover?
Why do you feel like you shouldn’t recover now, even if its not your choice?
Have you considered that the wanting to recover by your choice is the ED’s way of saying “don’t get healthy, don’t leave me”
Is there guilt or shame hindering you?

I know Vietnamese coffee, Tres Leche, and maybe a few other things to use it for. I have a can and squeezy bottle that need to be used that I forgot I had.

Please give me your favorite ways to use it. Or ones to try. Thanks!

So many responses and so many ways to use condensed milk! Looks like Ima be keeping an eye out for a sale and ry all of these.

The current ones I will try first:
Brazillian limeade
Banana milk
Tarts/pies
Fudge
Toast/sandwiches (gives me a reason to spend $8 on a load of gluten free bread)
Ice cream
Dulce de leche

Hi, I’m looking for affordable compressions stockings, specifically: open toe thigh highs and open toe compression tights. The ones that are closed toe aren’t very comfortable to me.

My current ones have holes and runs from trying to figure out the best way to get them on and off. Plus I have nails. I think I have it down now. I go between the strongest compression i can get and one level down depending on the day. Sometimes they’re the difference between standing then waking up on the floor or the 2 second extension that gets me to where i can stabilize.

I am not made of money but even though they only help so much, they help and i’ll take it. I’m trying to find decent quality but affordable prices. Are there brands you recommend and where can I find them.

I really appreciate the help, i’m on a wait for my tilt table and other testing. Any advice or yips are also very welcome. Thanks!

Recovery can be so daunting when we think about it. Not only do many of feel unready to recover or are scared of the changes and fight that recovery takes, but we often think we arent worth it. Sometimes we cant see the painting because we’re in the frame. This is understandable, its the unknown in some ways and the opposite of how we ave become accustomed to living our lives. Not everyone is unready, but if you feel you aren’t thats valid. Often our thoughts and feelings on things like recovery or quasi can shift and change from day to day, or even hour to hour. Its not just going to be one solid emotions the entire time. Its a lot of emotions, growth, and learning.

Sometimes we need to be able to look at it like an outsider but that can be realy difficult to do, especially with our self bias. Our critical thinking abiities can also be affected and ED likes to keep us wearing blinders, we’re badicaly horses in jousting. Its hard to know what to reflect on as well to try to see things differently and can also deter some people from recovery or prolong the time between.

I have some questions that can help you see things from a different perspective. These are made and worded to make you think, and not just right after reading it. Take the time to think them over, try a few days and see how your thoughts and emotions can change your answer as you think more, this is normal. It’s also normal for it to go from a surface area response to a more in depth personal answer. If you journal, these may make good prompts for you to explore. Having a conversation with someone and sharing answers can also be helpful.

Now, let’s do a little reflection:

How has your life changed from before your ED to now?
What do your friendships look like? How have they changed if they did? Do you notice a difference in how your friends act and respond since?
How is your relationships with family? Are they a support system for you or are you doing it without family? How have the dynamics changed since your ED started? (Apologize for those of us who dont have or have lost their families or gone no contact)
If presented with a surprise meal, how would you react? How would you have reacted previously before your ED?
How much time in a day does your ED affect you? Physically, mentally, emotionally, etc?
What does your body look like to you now? How would you describe your relationship with your body currently? What is your body goal? How was your pre ED relationships like with your body? Were you conscious of your body before your ED started?
How much do you channel into your ED instead of communicating, facing, realizing, and similar things instead of using ED to cope?
How would you feel if your loved one was who was engaging i behaviors and struggling with the addiction eating disorders create? How would you approach them about your concerns? What would it be like watching your loved one getting sicker and sicker from their ED? Would you want them to get help and try to recover? How would you support them?

Now onto recovery reflection:
How do you feel about being made to recover/weight restore/treatment? How would you feel if this was your friend in your shoes in this scenario? What would be your opinion on it?
If you were allowed to continue your ED behavoirs, at what point do you think you would be wanting to recover? Do you ever want to recover?
Do you think it would be less scary to recover on your own terms?
How do you imagine coming to recovery in your own time, given the freedom to?
How much more of your time and life are you willing to part with to get sik? Is there a goal you want to reach before you want recovery? Or a “okay, i’m done with this after __”? “I got to _ now i can”? “I’m finally sick enough to deserve treatment”?
How do you feel about this sentence: All i want to do is get sicker and i never want to recover.
What does recovery mean to you? What would be your ideal experience? What are your fantasies about it? What are the nightmares? What would you get out of it? Do you believe you ever can recover?
Why do you feel like you shouldn’t recover now, even if its not your choice?
Have you considered that the wanting to recover by your choice is the ED’s way of saying “don’t get healthy, don’t leave me”

Recovery can be so daunting when we think about it. Not only do many of feel unready to recover or are scared of the changes and fight that recovery takes, but we often think we arent worth it. Sometimes we can see the painting because we’re in the frame. This is understandable, its the unknown in some ways and the opposite of how we ave become accustomed to living our lives. Not everyone is unready, but if you feel you aren’t thats valid. Often our thoughts and feelings on things like recovery or quasi can shift and change from day to day, or even hour to hour. Its not just going to be one solid emotions the entire time. Its a lot of emotions, growth, and learning.

Sometimes we need to be able to look at it like an outsider but that can be realy difficult to do, especially with our self bias. Our critical thinking abiities can also be affected and ED likes to keep us wearing blinders, we’re badicaly horses in jousting. Its hard to know what to reflect on as well to try to see things differently and can also deter some people from recovery or prolong the time between.

I have some questions that can help you see things from a different perspective. These are made and worded to make you think, and not just right after reading it. Take the time to think them over, try a few days and see how your thoughts and emotions can change your answer as you think more, this is normal. It’s also normal for it to go from a surface area response to a more in depth personal answer. If you journal, these may make good prompts for you to explore. Having a conversation with someone and sharing answers can also be helpful.

Now, let’s do a little reflection:

How has your life changed from before your ED to now?
What do your friendships look like? How have they changed if they did? Do you notice a difference in how your friends act and respond since?
How is your relationships with family? Are they a support system for you or are you doing it without family? How have the dynamics changed since your ED started? (Apologize for those of us who dont have or have lost their families or gone no contact)
If presented with a surprise meal, how would you react? How would you have reacted previously before your ED?
How much time in a day does your ED affect you? Physically, mentally, emotionally, etc?
What does your body look like to you now? How would you describe your relationship with your body currently? What is your body goal? How was your pre ED relationships like with your body? Were you conscious of your body before your ED started?
How much do you channel into your ED instead of communicating, facing, realizing, and similar things instead of using ED to cope?
How would you feel if your loved one was who was engaging i behaviors and struggling with the addiction eating disorders create? How would you approach them about your concerns? What would it be like watching your loved one getting sicker and sicker from their ED? Would you want them to get help and try to recover? How would you support them?

Now onto recovery reflection:
How do you feel about being made to recover/weight restore/treatment? How would you feel if this was your friend in your shoes in this scenario? What would be your opinion on it?
If you were allowed to continue your ED behavoirs, at what point do you think you would be wanting to recover? Do you ever want to recover?
Do you think it would be less scary to recover on your own terms?
How do you imagine coming to recovery in your own time, given the freedom to?
How much more of your time and life are you willing to part with to get sik? Is there a goal you want to reach before you want recovery? Or a “okay, i’m done with this after __”? “I got to _ now i can”? “I’m finally sick enough to deserve treatment”?
How do you feel about this sentence: All i want to do is get sicker and i never want to recover.
What does recovery mean to you? What would be your ideal experience? What are your fantasies about it? What are the nightmares? What would you get out of it? Do you believe you ever can recover?
Why do you feel like you shouldn’t recover now, even if its not your choice?
Have you considered that the wanting to recover by your choice is the ED’s way of saying “don’t get healthy, don’t leave me”
Is there guilt or shame hindering you?

I used to be so agile, soft stepped, and had fine motor skills. I used to be able to see better. I could think and retain words and sentences even with my ADHD, this is different. I was never a klutz, now i misjudge where things are, i run into walls, dooor frames, tables, everything! I trip all the time. So much has been brpken because my hands give out. I’m 32.

When I was 19 I was undergoing chemo, IV treatment for neurological Lyme+ and encephalitis. At 19, I had my first TIA and the neurologist I saw after said my migraines were most likely more minor versions of the TIA I had and showed me spots on my brain. I didnt have insurance for a long while. I have it now but its MediCal and I have to go through sooo many barriers to be able to get the care I need. No one in my life understands. To them strokes and baby strokes are old people issues. It’s not a owrry until your like 70’s to them.

I miss who i was without the permanent nerve damage and issues that came from my TIA. I was lucky to get treatment quickly, but i have no one to talk to about it.

Not sure the point in this but I just feel alone and someone asked me earlier about it. Its lonely.

Hi, I’m looking for affordable compressions stockings, specifically: open toe thigh highs and open toe compression tights. The ones that are closed toe aren’t very comfortable to me.

My current ones have holes and runs from trying to figure out the best way to get them on and off. Plus I have nails. I think I have it down now. I go between the strongest compression i can get and one level down depending on the day. Sometimes they’re the difference between standing then waking up on the floor or the 2 second extension that gets me to where i can stabilize.

I am not made of money but even though they only help so much, they help and i’ll take it. I’m trying to find decent quality but affordable prices. Are there brands you recommend and where can I find them.

I really appreciate the help, i’m on a wait for my tilt table and other testing. Any advice or yips are also very welcome. Thanks!

I’m in limbo between relapse and recovery with my eating disorder and all of this that has been going on is a really big challenge for me.

The issue I am having is that when I eat, for the rest of the day I get super dizzy like i’m going to faint and my vision going black when I stand up. It’s not just right after, every time i move to situp or stand this happen the rest of the day. The only thing that resets it is sleeping and I’m not a nap person, plus it takes a good amount of sleep. It doesn’t happen when I haven’t eaten. I’m usually able to stabilize or sit before I fall. 2 weeks ago I was unable to find something to stabilize, i couldn’t see because the hall was dark and down i went. I was a few inches shy of cracking my head open, I got lucky. I was pretty shaken for a while, and i still am. I;m scared I’m going to lose consciousness again and not be that lucky.

I’m beginning to form an aversion to eating, with ED past, fear of developing more issues OCD likes to sprinkle in my life, i’m scared that i might be starting down the path of developing ARFID. How am I supposed to recover when eating could mean I end up in the ER because I collapse due to putting food in my stomach. Its like I’m safer engaging in ED behaviors like restricting food if everytime I eat I risk cracking my head open. It’s so scary. one bite of food can cause it. I used to get weak and collapse/faint a lot in prevous bouts of my anorexia but this is different. The sit on floor trick helps though when possible to do. Got practice in tonight. (My trick of sitting asap to avoid syncope+: If i feel like i am about to faint/collapse/lose consciousness when standing, what i do to stop it majority of the time, is sit down as quickly as i can, it normally resolves itself, might be a few minutes, sometimes i have to wait for my vision to come back after but it’ll pass then I carefully get up when I can.)

How tf do I navigate this? I have doctors trying to figure it out but they say they have no clue whats going on or causing it. Its so frustrating because the days i may be able to eat a decent amount, i have to factor this in and take so many precautions. I have to plan around it if I am supposed to go out, warn people I might collapse if I eat. It’s like my damn AN in a way, tho kinda opposites for reasons for fainting. I am actively avoiding eating because I am scared to eat without someone around, just in case.

I’m so tired of this, i just want to cry. Both directions suck. I’m tired of my vision going out and risking another fall. I’m wondering when it’ll happen again even with all my precautions like lights in dark areas, smart watch on at all time if alone or everyone is asleep due to fall detection (only reason I have it), emergency contacts and meds easily accessible to first responders, and more. It’s fucking scary.

I’m fearing food and it’s because it’s putting me at risk. I ate and have almost lost to this issue 3-4 times in the 2hours after. I barely was able to drop sit because i couldn’t get the wall to stabilize in time. Wtf do I do?

(I really hope that this post isnt breaking any rules, if it is please let me know so i can correct it)

Addition/; i am in the process of being tested for POTS, Cardiac referral waiting, neuro appointment waitlist(I had a TIA at 19 or 20 so this has been needed), and the auotnomic clinic to schedule when i get the info. I have tried everything the doctors told me i should do and to try. I’ve looked up so many things that could potentially help. i used to get vertigo tho its very rare now and i don’t believe is related, these days vertigo is just tied to migraines. If you read this far thank you for taking the time to read even if you don’t comment. Thanks for letting me get this out of my system a but. Its a huge struggle and its affecting me in all areas of life.

Hey ya’ll, I’m back. I have IBS-C and starting testing for POTS.

My doctor prescribed me Omeprazole after I threw up a bunch of stomach acid following a particularly nasty pain flare with a new symptom. Its spasms near my solar plexus area. So I started the Omeprazole today like advised, he wants me on it for 6 weeks but the nurse I spoke to earlier said if it doesn’t help in a week or two to call back.

About an hour or so after taking it I started to have a bad stomach ache, it was like a band around my waist right above my hips and as only the front. This made movement really painful and I dealt with that for a good chunk of the day. My right hip also began to hurt as the day went. Headache off and on. I had an errand to run and about 10 minutes after I left (I dont drive so i had to walk) I got hit with major lower back pain. I was almost crying in the store aisle because it kept getting worse. Walking was torture. I took a peppermint pill in case it was spasms and it didn’t help at all.

I’m glued to my warmable on the area thats hurting, and it’s starting to spread up my back and still my right hip is also super painful. The pain is kind of like if someone grabbed your hip bone and was trying to pull it off. What am I, a rotisserie chicken for dinner?

I have Tylenol in my system and my CBD/THC tincture that previously would knock a good chunk of my pain off. Nothing but direct heat and thats only doing so much. If i move my lower half (waist down) its painful, even just shifting positions hurts. Standing and walking are worse. I looked like a toddler earlier when the pain intensified and i was stomping my foot because IDFK what to do to when its at highest intensity. The pain is constant anf bad but there are some waves where the pain is increased then goes back to the current pain baseline. These are making me unable to do anything.

Google says its a rare side effect of Omeprazole to have lower back pain, a friend said the side effects wear off after a few days though we were only really talking about the stomach pain early in the day. Is it true? Has anyone else gone through this? Is it normal?

I was going through the app i use for medical/period tracking and i saw an ad for a water logging app. It was one you ad to pay for after the “7 days free trial”. I have struggled getting in enough water while I’m not on campus. One to track amounts and remind me to drink water would be great. Anyone got a good one?

The past two days i’ve been getting bad spasms that i thought were heart palpations. I was able to figure out it wasnt that and they have become painful. It woke me up last night at a level 7 pain but i think it overloaded me mixed with the meds I took to sleep and attempting to help the pain which has been lower but bad earlier. I used cbd tincture, bentyl, and zofran. None of them have helped much. It gets worse with standing and quite painful when walking.

I finally got to be able to eat, my brain was refusing to let me swallow food earlier when I tried and i’ve been forcing water down. I ate yesterday but this morning it felt like I hadnt eaten for days. I threw up so much bile, darkish yellow, probably around a 2/3 a cup or more. I’ve been basically bed bound all day because of the spasms intensity and pain. I could feel my pulse with my hand on my tum. My abdomen is also very tender and any pressure hurts.

Anyone deal with this kind of pain? Are these spasms normal? IBS-C

I’ve been looking through a lot of things that are medically wrong wth me long wth my anorexia. I probably should’ve jus gone to bed. I had a shit day and my fiance is passed out so no go there, my insomnia is also acting up so i’lll b up a while but such a huge low earlier

When i was on meds that were basically chemo and infusions of antibiotic daily I suffered a TIA, transient ischemic attack/baby stroke, that caused cranial nerve damage. I was 19 at the time but I don’t remember what meds i was on. I think it happened after adding flagyl to my infusions but could be wrong.

Has anyone else gone through this?

Keep seeing the same questions over and over again just beaten to death so I thought of a new one. If it was posted earlier, my apologies i left this topic in a comment lol

So i got a bunch of dried black beans and since it’s hot out I want to use my slow cooker. I have never made black beans in my slow cooker before, and honestly, am fairly new to making dried beans.

What do I need to know? Do I soak them like pintos? How long do they take in the slow cooker?

I was thinking maybe some spices, and a hamhock but my flavor profile is on a more pintos seasoning which could be good. I know that they do often get seasoned similarly.

What do you add to your black beans? Any seasoning tips for black beans? Do i salt at the beginning or should i wait until they are closer to being done? How much water do I use?

Please help me

Hi, i want to get into volume eating more because I have noticed that my body likes to eat things this way instead of like full heavy meals all at once, even then I graze after and I’d like to change it up from my popcorn, love ya poppycorn but options are great. I’m also trying to incorporate more fruit into my diet instead of eating candies or sugary item. Plus they’re sooo good for you, i love fruit i just have to get myself to eat it! Help me out please! I’m not really picky at all too.

Anyone have a recipe for fruit based or fruity tasting treats? I’m not huge on frozen mixed berries (adore raspberry tho) so if possible recipes without them but i’m willing to try some. Bonus points if ya can help me with the figs in my fridge! Not sure if they’re volume friendly?

No papaya please, I am allergic. No oats or gluten either.

We only get it blow out fights when he has been drinking and he drank all day yesterday during a heatwave where he “wasnt feeling it” then got smacked as it cooled off. I haven’t gotten any sleep because of the nature of the fight and things said. When he woke up he came an apologized, said he’s going back to working on his sobriety and he does seem like he regrets his choices yesterday. The apology was sincere. He’s going to give it another shot and i’m just glad he recognized it, owned it, and for now is trying to do something about it. I do believe he will give it another go, I also have always told him to not hide his drinking from me if he chooses to drink. He’s been drinking again the past month after being sober for a good while. (I dont count, the number thing is triggering for me, and I >!used to self harm!<)

I’m trying to do meetings, i find them calming and like i’m not so alone. I don’t really have anyone in my life that has experience with addiction or alcoholism so it’s not really common I speak with someone who actually understands and been in the trenches. I haven’t pushed AA on him or other supports. I was going to look into maybe a work book or something maybe? I think i’m going to try to find resources today while he is at work and gets to think of what happened and what he put me through last night with a nasty hangover. These fights are not common but there are still big issues with him drinking.

I told him I think it’s time to get him real help not just him trying to do this on his own and me supporting. Has someone’s Q had success with medication? I know Naltrexone is a very common one, Antabuse sounds horrifying but I suppose that would be part of why it could be affective. Gnarly.

Any stories or advice on navigating meds, and resources, or things to consider when it comes to medication. Can it help? Does it help? Worth looking into? What worked best? Please share with me your stories!

Even though the relapse was brief is detox something I should be considering for him? Or is this not an amount where detox is needed. He doesnn’t get the shakes often, and when he quits he gets really sweaty as it get flushed out. I cant tell ya exactly how much he drinks but i know he had at least like 10 nips yesterday and high abv beers. I want to collect resources and sit him down to talk when he gets home. I’ll tell him i have options for him to consider but not force, i know he has to choose for his own self. I’m also going to look for an affordable therapist or counselor.

Thanks for spending a few minutes reading this and i wish you all the best.

I lost my full vision and couldnt see a place to stabilize and it went too quick for me to be able to do anything. My watch almost called 911.

I’ve been getting major dizziness and my vision going out for a while after i eat everytime i stand upand it lasts all day. Im usually able to sit or lean against something to ride it out. This time I couldnt and I completely lost consciousness before i hit the ground. I so tired of this