#fahqu

[drtanner-dickery]

I was thinking about the post you made yesterday about your ADHD symptoms being worse. I'm having the same problem. At first I thought it was age related, but I passed a dementia test with flying colors, and then it occurred to me that my problems (dyscalculia and inattentiveness) have been getting worse since I've been on testosterone. I'm at a very low dosage now but it's like I hit a threshold and I don't think I'll ever get back to where I was. Maybe this a thing with testosterone? Opinion?

Wow, sorry for not replying to this sooner, a lot of things are falling out of my head at the moment! But yeah, oddly enough, you’re not the first person to mention this to me.

Incidentally, another friend mentioned an older person they knew who’d had a hysterectomy for medical reasons and found that a lack of oestrogen, rather than an uptick in testosterone, had caused similar issues with memory and cognition. So, there’s that. Personally I’ve just assumed that my own memory and general ADHD symptoms are getting worse because my depression is getting better and I’m trying to do things more, which creates more opportunity for me to fuck up and make mistakes, though. 

Who knows!

[cakesandfail]

fahqu replied to your post: [[MOR] the older I get the more apparent it...

there’s nothing childish about knowing what you don’t want. that “you’ll change your mind later” is a load of crap

It is a huge steaming pile of crap, yes, and I wish more people understood that. I’ve known what I want- and what I don’t want- for a very long time and being secure in that ought to be respected.

thehobbitbadger replied to your post: [[MOR] the older I get the more apparent it...

I’m aro-ace and am definitely never getting married or having kids. But even among my allosexual friends most of them don’t want kids and I’m not sure any of them will ever get married. It might feel isolating if everyone around you seems to be doing all the traditional grown up stuff, but I think it helps to remember that actually fewer and fewer people are choosing to have kids or to get married so you’re not weird for those decisions.

See, I know that on a rational level, but I think it feels different at 31 with a long-term partner and a mortgage, even though it isn’t- the expectations on me, right now, in that context, are that the obvious next steps are marriage and babies, because TICK TOCK TICK TOCK THE BIOLOGICAL CLOCK IS RUNNING DOWN!!! Which, uh, I think mine broke, because I feel no sense of urgency or even mild interest. It just gets on my nerves that I’m constantly made to feel as though I should care.

[mishafletcher]

fahqu replied to your post: Holy Crap - it’s written just for ME.

I am probably the last person in the world that doesn’t do e readers. I would love a physical copy. Black and white photocopies would be fine. Would I be able to download the kindle copy and print it out?

you couldn’t do it with the kindle copy, but you could do it with a pdf! i put a pdf-epub combo up on gumroad for a friend who wanted to do exactly this. 

[mudwerks]

@annajanes replied to your photo: what the hell is causing these striations? never...

There’s multiple points of light in a small area, and they’re being dispersed outwards by the fog (I think)

no fog - but there is a fire creating a lot of smoke over the city the last few days. Interesting.

maybe?

[strangerdarkerbetter]

fahqu replied to your post “Ableism sucks I just got my first rollator yesterday and I’m super...”

that's a sweet ride. can't wait to see it decorated!

Thank you! I’m going to be posting pictures later of the decorating I’ve done so far!

[anexperimentallife]

fahqu replied to your post: “My hair and beard have gotten to the point at which I look like I’m...”:

I did a shave and haircut saturday. I've been cutting my own hair since high school.

My (late) son used to cut his own hair, as well, and if he were still alive, I’d probably have him take a shot at mine. I’ve always done my own beard before, but I want a very specific look for it that I have only been able to achieve once on my own, so hopefully I’ll be able to do it myself after I move and will no longer have access to this (highly recommended) stylist. And yeah, I’ve cut other people’s hair (if you count giving them a textured semi-mohawk with tails in front of their ears), but I’m not confident in my ability to get mine the way I want it.

[vaspider]

fahqu replied to your post “I just remembered somewhat of a horror story and thought of you and...”

I have a coworker with celiac. It seems like that unless it's meat or veggie, it has gluten in it. is that wrong?

That’s not entirely correct, but in the world of processed food, it’s also not very far from the truth. I’ve found gluten in lemonade (frozen and bottled), canned chicken, salad dressing, dried cranberries and candied ginger, flavored drink mixes, and, of all fucking things, black bean salsa.

[drtanner-dickery]

fahqu replied to your post: Man, you know what’d be a great feature in RDR2...

isn’t that 4chan?

It would be if the cunts on there were banned from every other website in existence, which would be a blessing, I feel.