u/therealdildoexpert

I understand that this might be a stupid fear. I'm on my 5th miscarriage, however the pregnancy seems to be sticking this time.

I've got a large headache, and my doctor told me it was fine to take Tylenol. However, I truly do not trust taking Tylenol since 30+ years ago when my mom was pregnant, even then her doctor told her no Tylenol, caffeine, etc.

I feel that most of the medical stuff in the US seems to be sensationalized and I'm specifically curious on what are the guidelines for pregnancy and what they do for headaches outside of the US. Any other advice is welcome.

I hope this makes any sense.

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Tldr; I need answers on how I am supposed to go about living in a space and using the kitchen space safely when a roommate is spiteful.

Recently I was diagnosed with an illness where it impedes critical parts of my life. With the illness I'm not allowed to use the common toaster, cooking utensils etc (it's complicated)... newly diagnosed and I have not told my roommate about it because he's incredibly defiant and often feels like the world is out to get him, especially those he is close with.

I have a roommate who often feels spiteful about the world, and has historically taken it out on dishes already. Specifically stealing dishes and cookware according to the other roommate (he witnessed it first hand and they got in a verbal argument). For some reason, whenever the spiteful roommate has a bad day he'll take one small thing, something as simple as a spoon. After we found this out, we got a storage unit and me and the other roommate took all of our important belongings out of the home. It's currently pretty bare.

Fast forward to today

So now I have this condition where I can't be using the common toaster, and I'll need to get my own toaster no one can use. Same goes for my plates and cookware, and utensils... alongside peanut butter, or other food items people repeatedly dip into.

If I tell my roommate that his food will contaminate my dishes, not only will it give him a tool to be spiteful, but it puts me in a serious vulnerable position. My body could legitimately be in crisis if he ends up using my designated dishes and not telling me.

Right now I've resorted to using disposable dishes and forks to avoid this conversation, as I don't think it'll be possible to have it with him.

The other roommate has decided for certain that no matter what he'll never use my dishes.

With the spiteful roommate, we are unable to kick him out due to the retaliation he's bragged about before with his other roommates (we only found this out after he had been living with us for a few months). He has shown and bragged about stealing a wedding ring, tools, car parts, dishes... The list goes on. His last roommate situation involved him putting a gun to his head and almost committing. Then the roommate before that, the cops got involved. Again, we only found this out after he moved in with us, and this was all self disclosed.

To be clear the only reason I'm stating this is to be clear with how delusional this guy is, and how this dishes situation could seriously harm me in a multitude of ways. It's too risky to even give him the opportunity to do the right thing, but I need to be able to cook and use the kitchen safely.

Also we have tried to reason with him when he's delusional (it's not everyday, only happens for a month or so and then he's normal again), and he becomes incredibly aggressive and braggadocious about how everyone who goes to therapy should die, and that a therapist refused to see him because he was apparently too dangerous (talk about edgelord).

Sure the common answer will be "kick him out" but in all complete and total seriousness, that is not possible.

My only focus is figuring out how to use the dishes of mine safely.

Help?

I want to hear y'all's experiences on some of the more simple hacks, or modifications for life that really seem to work for you... because this last week has been a rollercoaster for me after I found out that a pillow was what I needed to help me.

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History:

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My hypermobility has been consistent through life, and I was known as a floppy baby who also never really crawled but often scooted. I learned to walk fairly quickly. My diagnosis came in 2001, but the knowledge of the illness was limited so the pediatrician suggested I get into gymnastics, and ballet, even horseback riding, and piano. All to focus on strength training. It was all successful, besides issues with my neck. Overall as I grew, my parents thought I was "cured" when in reality I just was strong.

Later in life, I got in a bad car accident, and I developed pots within a month of it, and was diagnosed formally with pots when I was 16 years old, only 6 months after the car accident (this was 13 years ago).

Due to the new additional diagnosis and chronic neck pain, I stopped all sports. My hypermobility worsened, extremely. Especially in my neck and lower back.

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Today:

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Fast forward to this last year, I had a significant fall. If it wasn't for my hypermobility, I would have a broken arm, collarbone, wrist, you name it. I had been doing physical therapy for over a year, weekly sessions. I was unable to lift my arm up, I was unable to look up, or look to the left or right. It was horrible. It is horrible. I was able to manage to get better and I can now successfully lift up my arm, and I can look up, although my neck is really wobbly and weak. It's very hard to workout my neck muscles, since they legitimately pull on my neck vertebrae and cause a misalignment. It's absurd. I wish it wasn't true. The misalignments will cause sudden head drops and fainting. I have to have my partner physically push back in the vertebrae (that he and my physical therapist can feel), and wear a neck collar when this happens.

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However, I noticed that this most often happens when I sleep "strange". I am a side sleeper, because laying on my back is hard on my lungs, and I will hold my breath when I am laying on my back. I found the pillow made by the same company that made squishpillows, and I haven't had the same level of neck pain which is amazing. Tonight I was able to workout my neck muscles, in hopes to build them up to support my loose ligaments.

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So now I'm wondering, what else am I missing? In my life hacks with EDS I have found an affinity for this new pillow, compression garments, skin tape (to remind my body which muscles need to be working when and wear), a soft collar, a hard custom collar, a shoe lift (in only one of my shoes), pain medications (prescription as needed), a monitor that has an adjustable base and a neck pillow for when I'm watching TV, a pop socket to help hold my phone, and a heating pad.

Specifically, how do I find if wheat / gluten is a binder? I'm celiac with a wheat allergy and it feels impossible for me to understand to the point where I'm in tears.

I just really like the postcards and enjoy having friends around the world. Comment your trainer code and where you are from and I'll add you!

My trainer name is OsunbeamO

I'm off to bed, it's 3am here and will add more tomorrow my time!

Obviously this question has been asked a lot. But I feel like there are more and more answers every single day when it comes to celiac disease. For me personally, I have zero idea what I'm supposed to do when I get gluten other than cry and sleep.

I would say other than needing to be by the toilet for the next 3 weeks, when I get glutened, the other biggest side effect I have is the body pain and how tight my muscles are overall.

So what do you do?