#to fix joint pain

[rinshairandthoughts]

It also sounds like he does not understand what addiction is.

Like he thinks enjoying and appreciating something means you are addicted to it. By that logic even some everyday activities are addictive. Joy does not mean addiction. We are very much allowed to enjoy being alive. Enjoying being able to function as an adult for the first time in years, does not mean you are addicted to the medication. Just because you do not want to stop, does not mean you are not able to stop.

The other day I told a friend of mine that I never forget to take my ADHD meds because I fucking love my ADHD meds. I'm in my late 30s, I didn't finally get a diagnosis and meds until less than two years ago, and they have changed my entire life.

And he raised his eyebrow at me. We'd been discussing addictive medications a few minutes before, like the Tramadol I finally got from the pain specialist to take once a week or so to give me a break from my chronic pain, so I reassured him that methylpenidate (Ritalin/Concerta) is not addictive (at least not in people with ADHD).

His response? To raise his eyebrow even harder and say "Well it sure SOUNDS like it's addictive!"

And I had to explain to this man - who works in a healthcare related job by the way - that just because medication makes you feel good and helps you, just because you look forward to taking it, that doesn't make it addictive or dangerous. And he wasn't convinced.

The simple fact that I was excited to take a daily pill that has literally changed my life, after decades of fighting to get that medication, made him think I shouldn't be taking it so often. That it must inherently be dangerous.

I'm not even in America, but I'm pretty sure this attitude began there and then spread over here to Europe. This Puritan idea of "if something feels good, you must beware of it. Pleasure is dangerous, it is sinful, it is addiction, it is evil."

I know too many people who subconsciously believe that pleasure = addictive = dangerous = bad. Joy is a slippery slope to hell.

So here is your reminder for today that you don't need to be afraid of feeling good. If something improves your life, use it. Even if it is addictive - learn what that addiction means, whether the addiction is inherently dangerous or not, and whether the benefits outweigh the drawbacks and risks.

My ADHD meds are, in fact, not addictive. But I will take them every day because they make my life orders of magnitude easier. I will enjoy them every time I take them.

My tramadol is addictive. I will still take it. I will keep it on a schedule to avoid becoming addicted, primarily because addiction in this case would mean reduced effectiveness. But I am not afraid of my painkillers. They are life changing.

Take your meds, everyone. Don't let anyone scare you away from doing something that improves your life.

[bananonbinary]

the draw of pseudoscientific medical practices is really interesting to me cause like...i kinda get it. these con men tend to prey on like...intuition? they peddle things that sound like they COULD make sense, on some "common sense" level, and then get you hooked in before letting loose the truly bonkers stuff.

like, chiropractic for example.

"the central nervous system is located in the spine." yes.

"everything in your body eventually leads back to that system." also yes. go on.

"problems in your spine (bulging disks, pinched nerves, etc) can have pretty big impacts elsewhere in the body." yep, good, with you still.

"so i will now fiddle around with that with no proven method or safety precautions and cure everything from halitosis to cancer. also i learned this from ghosts or something." now hang on i think we need to check ur calculations on that one, chief.

[tumble-tv]

i want to scrub all of my joints with steel wool and replace my cartilage with hot glue in hopes that maybe that will ease my pain for once in my life

[bizarrebazaar13]

(terrible) innovative new idea: shapeling arts physical therapy

[chiprewington]

peeled

[rabbit-heart4]

does anyone else with bad joints forget they're disabled? like you'll be sitting criss cross and doing something for a long time then you unthinkingly stretch your legs out to stand and your knees HURT. then you try to stand and your legs almost give out. and you have to lean against something while you wait for the dizziness to go down? or is it just me

[alexei-home-fromthewar-at-last]

Have I ever told you how much my joints SUCK?

[gotyouanyway]

the awesome thing is you can have a hypermobility disorder and your body will slowly deteriorate as it tries to keep your skeleton together for 26 years causing you infinite tiny issues that aren't that serious on their own but together it all sucks really bad and makes life pretty difficult BUT you can have this and not have it so bad that you ever actually dislocate anything or get any major injuries to your knowledge so doctors don't give a fuck and you're stuck constantly doubting yourself and comparing yourself to others who Really have a disorder that causes them Real problems and-

[arctic-hands]

"hot showers are bad for your skin and pores!"

don't care I need to melt like the Terminator in order for these muscles to ease up and get any relief

[cipher-s618]

i dont think its okay to stay up for three days and create a dumpster computer then go do school like normal and drink six energy drinks (that aren't recommended for ADULTS to drink more than half of ONE) in a row then end up falling down the stairs while leaving class and now we have bruised ribs from a fight and can't stand still for more than a minute andf im late on my work and we n4eed to clean our room anf we have tp finish that swereter and we need to make food and aiudgajksduilgsfg.kejbdrgsfgkld

@thereareeyesinsidethetrees sorry for tag but now we dont know what to do too much to do so hlep

[goldkirk]

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[ratcandy]

hello abled person writing a character with a disability. i see you are considering "curing" their disability in your story. before you make that choice, consider: why do you want to do that. what compels you to make that story choice. why would it be necessary. what is the narrative significance of doing that. what message do you believe you may be sending by doing that.

answer correctly or i'm opening the trap door beneath your feet and you're going into the spike pit

[dredshirtroberts]

dry swallowing pills is my stupidest flex. i'm not even showing off anymore i'm just impatient

[regardingjenmish]

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[yourgamemasterthewhiterabbit]

I would really like drug interactions to specify whether drugs interact because:

They do the same thing so it's like taking double the dose at once

vs

2. They do opposite things or react in some way chemically in a way that's dangerous because of more than the dose

Because there are times when you benefit from taking more than one kind of nsaid or more than one kind of anti-histamine and it would be really cool to know whether the reason listed not to take them together is "well you would be taking a double dose :(" VS "well it could stop your heart :)" like...

Normally medications do so little for me at all that it isn't worth taking one let alone mixing anything, but I do not have good access to a doctor about this right now and my immune system is currently trying to eat my joints and muscles. There are lots of medications doctors would advise me to mix in the circumstance if I was in their office and they knew what was happening.

"dose related sedation" because it's like taking 2 or "you could bleed more easily, because it's like taking 2 aspirin at once!" is not the same as like "Well one makes your blood pressure high and the other makes you veins stiff and prone to tearing" You know?

I have been mixing ibuprofen and aspirin for over 3 days now and just making sure I'm only taking half the maximum of each... Because it's the only thing that's letting me move my body. I do not recommend doing this, but I would like more information about how they interact than just "well they both thin your blood so..."

Like idiot proofing against people thinking they can take 2 of EACH kind of nsaid without that being the same as popping 10 aspirin at once, is not the same thing as like "mixing these is actively harmful in any amount"... and I -really- feel like the drug information that comes with the medications should specify.

The symptoms have spread to my whole body btw... but my biceps feel better, now it's my joints that are bad, all my joints, all at once.

I switches from the loratadine to benydril because it's more recommended for addressing autoimmune or MCAS attacks, and it helped my muscles so much... But now my joints are so so bad, and I don't know if it's because of how this is progressing, if my immune system switched targets, or if the different antihistamines are better at defending different tissues.

Next I try loratadine in the morning [noonish dose] and the benydril at the night time dose [midnight-ish], I did not really try that yet but when I switched between the two nothing bad happened. I didn't even get sleepy?? Antihistamines aren't even making me sleepy now, even benydril??

I need to be able to use my muscles and joints enough to get groceries and go to 2 medical appointments this week for unrelated things. I can barely move and there is no one to help me.

It's still acting more like it's autoimmune than infection. I don't have a fever. I don't think I am having cognitive symptoms rn. But these attacks can last for months. Months. Alone. with a cat who won't just eat kibble because it isn't wet food with gravy T~T

And if I go to the hospital about it they will 1. ignore me and laugh in my face again, and 2. expose me to corona which will make this worse

And I AM going to be a giant baby about it because I am not used to this anymore and I am not used to it being in my hands and legs so fucking bad.

[hidefdoritos]

where's that post about "write bad poetry" bc I need to kiss the OP on the mouth