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Im not sure if this is the right subreddit but I'll still ask. I started sertraline about four months ago for anxiety. My eating habits haven't really changed but I've gained about nine pounds since starting, slow and steady rather than sudden.
My doctor mentioned appetite changes are possible but didn't go into detail. I've read mixed things about whether sertraline causes weight gain early on versus only with long term use, which doesn't quite match my timeline, so now I'm not sure if it's the medication or just stress and less exercise lately.
I don't want to stop something that's actually helping my anxiety over a number on the scale, but I'd like to understand this before my next appointment. Did anyone notice the weight gain stabilize after a while, or did it keep climbing the longer you stayed on it?

Have you ever put on a reality show just because you had nothing else to watch and then boom immediately hooked? Happened to me a few times with shows I was pretty sure I wouldn’t like lol. Sometimes it’s not even that good, you just get invested in the people and want to see what happens.

What show got you like this? Looking for ones where I dont have to suffer through half the season to like it

My wellness coach added a fiber supplement to my morning routine and it contains guar gum. I've read mixed things, some say guar gum bad for you in larger amounts, others say it's harmless

I've had stomach discomfort the past few days since starting it. Not sure if that's normal adjustment or if I should ask to switch products

Has anyone dealt with this after adding guar gum to their diet? Worth pushing through a bit longer or better to say something to my coach now?

last night watched an episode of Love Island and it felt like they were forcing a 90s soap opera vibe the whole time. Dramatic zooms, music stings, fake love triangle nobody wanted.
I grew up on real 90s soap operas. That drama took YEARS to build. This felt rushed and fake
Villain edit went to someone who did literally nothing while the real mess got no screen time.
Anyone else think shows should stop chasing that 90s soap opera formula and just let stuff happen naturally?

i was randomly reading privacy threads last night and now im confused about how to find someone's ip address because people talk about it like its super easy but then every answer says something different?? some people make how to find someone's ip address sound like a basic internet thing and others act like thats old info now. i was reading this stuff and somehow got more confused
is this actually still a real thing or do people just keep repeating old advice??

I keep telling myself rest is important, that it's not laziness, that I deserve a break. But if I'm honest, the second I sit down without doing anything, this voice shows up in my head like "you should be doing something right now"
I don't think I actually believe rest is okay yet, I think I've just memorized the sentence.
So I'm asking instead of assuming I have this figured out: has anyone here actually gotten to a place where resting feels fine, not just logically correct? Or does the guilt just never fully go away and you learn to rest anyway, guilt and all?
Genuinely curious what's worked (or hasn't) for people who've been at this longer than me

I used to be a huge drama series person, like, I'd binge full seasons of scripted shows without blinking. But somewhere between La Casa de los Famosos, The Traitors, and whatever unhinged social experiment Netflix drops every other week, my brain broke.
Now whenever I watch a scripted show I keep thinking "okay but none of these people are actually stressed, they all went home after filming". There's something about the chaos of real people under pressure that just hits differently.
Anyone else completely lose their ability to enjoy scripted TV because of reality shows? Or is it just me slowly descending into chaos?

i caved and bought a smart necklace bc my whole tiktok fyp was pushing them, and like every girl i know has one now
ive had mine 2 weeks and the app is SO glitchy?? it told me my stress score was 98 while i was napping also it buzzed the whole time at an event bc apparently i was tense... yeah bc im on a date, obviously..
has anyone had a smart necklace that actually works? is bellabeat better? my mom says im wasting money and shes prob right but i dont wanna return it if theres hope

been trying to remove metadata before posting a couple screenshots bc im kinda paranoid and now half the apps say its gone but another checker still shows stuff 😭 im on android and i even sent the image to myself first bc someone said that strips it but nope still getting different results. am i using the wrong way to remove metadata or are these checker sites just making stuff up??

I recently started tracking my sleep with Fitbit. I mainly bought it because I wanted to see if the scores matched how I actually felt.

The weird part is that my Fitbit sleep score is sometimes in the 90s when I wake up tired, and other nights it's in the 70s when I feel great. My bedtime routine is almost always the same, so its confusing me.

Do you find the Fitbit sleep score useful after using it for a while, or do you mostly ignore it?

I was looking for a short lived aussie soap operas to binge this week, because I started one last night and then realized it only had one season.

Some of these shows seem way better than I expected, so I'm surprised they disappeared so fast.

Which short lived aussie soap would you still recommend?

I'm getting ready for my first security clearance process. I've read official docs, but a lot of online advice conflicts.

For anyone who's been through a security clearance recently, what helped the most and what surprised you?