Shoes have to be laced firmly, enough to feel the shoe close around my foot (I hate flats, because they just.. slide off my heel, and it make me crazy.
I hate skinny jeans. I need bootcut/flare, as a rule. But I love leggings.
I am somewhat busty, so I tend to size up my shirts. No one else in my world seems to understand why I want to be in something that can double as a nightshirt.
@aria I am straight up jealous. They didn't have my size for those.
My father often told me how when I was a baby, he thought I was 'slow'. I didn't speak until I was about 2, was slow to get up and walk, etc etc. My mother had been put on an alcohol IV to prevent an early birth, so.. they had reason to worry.
Then it all turned around. I went from not speaking in words, to full sentences, just got up and walked, and before I was 4, I was reading some of my older brother's books.
But now? Yeah. My former therapist suspects I am on the spectrum, especially now that ADHD and autism are known to overlap. I can be overwhelmed with noise and just.. emotionally erupt, things like that.
Sadly, that therapist left the practice and I was never diagnosed, and now I'm fighting on just getting ADHD meds.
@packrat It's a fairly common thing. I have to take Vitamin D pills year round because my body is just not efficient at converting sunlight to it. It's a pain, but..
@mietze Oh no! I wasn't trying to put anything on you.
My thing was just.. Dad's in the hospital. Mom's super sick. What happens if he gets super sick, or hurt, or... Who's going to help him?
ETA: I think the whole being expected to take care of myself/others at stupidly young age (5, for myself AND an 18 month old baby), is probably part of my 'But but..." here.
@mietze I guess my problem is that the 10 year old is doing the child care, with his mother bedridden and 'drop ins' by another adult.
This... for some reason it made me twitch.
As someone who used to date a Nittany Lion, and has a love of the Wolverines... FUCK THE BIG RED O. (Said with love, of course)
I wish it was real, but the comedian did a great job, because at first glance they look the same
Well, while I am less than enthused that she just doubled the does of Wellbutrin that never did much of anything for me, she has agreed to start the testing so if the upped dose doesn't work, I can try the stimulant route.
@too-old-for-this Yeah, I do all that stuff online, pre appt. because they...ask me to?
It's still annoying AF when the person you're there to see isn't even in the BUILDING at the time of your appt.
Dr Doctor's office.
Please stop telling me I have to be there 15 minutes early, if the person I am SEEING isn't even in the building.
Legit. They had to tell me she was running late and wasn't even there yet.
@tinuviel I know it's a joke.
But I'm just so angry still.
telling me that the reason I can't get meds for ADHD is that it's over prescribed and doctors are locking it down.
Bullshit. It's because I've got a vag, and clearly am just too hysterical to be trusted with my OWN FUCKING MEDICAL CARE.
-snarl- ...I need to get ready to go see the dr now.
When men brush off your frustration at getting proper medical care for ADHD, etc, as a woman.
"Pssht, that shit is over diagnosed."
Do they not know how hard it is for a woman to get taken seriously by a doctor?
@insomniac7809 Holy fuck. I FEEL SOOOOOO SEEN. Like I just got shoved onto a stage naked for all of Twitter to see.
Also Joey Jordison, original drummer for Slipknot, 46.
My parents had the rotisserie thing. And my brother had a Pocket fisherman. My parents might have had the slap chop, too.
And because it's totally a tribute to how the man was EVERYWHERE in the late 80s... Weird Al - Mr. Popeil
@silverfox I'm still alive. My body is NOT a fan of the juice/sugar I've had to intake in large quantities all day, but.. alive and conscious.