Reblogged chronicgirlfailure
Taski Maiden my dear little thing I have extracted some of your animations because I love you <3
Reblogged sunflowerhoneybee02
idk who needs to hear this rn but suffering is not noble. take the tylenol
One time when I was younger I was refusing to take headache medicine and my mom said “the person who invented that medicine is probably so sad you won’t let them help you” and now every time I find myself denying medicine I just imagine the saddest scientist making those big wet eyes like “why won’t you let me help” and whoop then I take the medicine
scientist when you don't take the medicine they developed to help your pain
As long as you are taking a SAFE dose of it, then it's *good* for you. Pain is bad for the body. The inflammation from prolonged pain can worsen chronic issues and make it harder to heal.
Ibuprofen is best for pain that has inflammation, while acetaminophen doesn't help with inflammation but is more broadly effective on other types of pain. As long as you are taking the recommended dose, you can even take them TOGETHER, since they have different mechanisms of action.
You do need to be aware of how much and how often you are taking any pain medication. Overdoses can be very painful (even lethal.) And if you are in chronic pain often enough that you need more than the safe dose, then you need to look into other medications to manage that pain.
(Also, if you are specifically taking Acetaminophen/Tylenol for your go-to pain management, getting some NAC and taking that with it reduces the risk of overdose AND may strengthen the effect.)
One other thing: NSAIDS (ibuprofen, aspirin, and naproxen being the three big ones) can cause digestive issues with chronic use, including stomach ulcers. That doesn't mean "don't take them," it means "if you're at the point where you're on them all the time, every day, constantly, you should talk to a doctor about either reducing that risk or switching to another medication that doesn't have those side effects."
I don’t have the source for this table anymore but I felt it should be added to this post.
Also please please please consult your doctor if you are on any other type of medication that put large strains on your liver or kidneys before taking any kind of NSAIDs as they can recommend alternatives.
Yes Chronic Kidney Disease and liver disease prevent the use of NSAIDS entirely. Please remember this. Tylenol is the least harmful to these organs. If migraines are your problem, ask neurologist about the triptan drug family. Downside with these is nausea.
I feel that it is worth bringing up again:
As a scientist, this is the way I feel when people in pain don't take the medication that was developed to help with pain:
Especially because as a scientist, I know that pain sensitization is a thing, and that experiencing pain for long periods of time can even train your whole nervous system to be even more reactive to potential pain. So if at all possible, I want my friends who are experiencing pain to try to control that pain as much as possible.
So if you are in pain, and you do not have any massive kidney and liver strain that prohibits you from taking a NSAID or paracetamol/Tylenol?
Please take the pain medicine. Please. Pleeeaaaaaase. I'm a scientist.
yeah i'm a scientist who specializes in designing new pain meds. suffering is not noble, this is exactly how i look when y'all don't manage your pain:
take the meds! i became a scientist in this field explicitly to help people! i became a scientist because i too experience chronic pain and i failed out of literally all pain meds on the market. those of us in this field, we make these things to be used. be safe, follow doses, and if you have questions, ask your doc and pharmacist!
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sinningzoey
the worst part about sexting is that i have to stop masturbating to actually respond
That's quiter talk
Reblogged mousegirlheart
top to bottom surgery
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bubblegumcrash
Reblogged wannabequadamputee
comptop is insane because you'll meet a girl who it seems was created in a lab to be folded in half and she'll be like yeah so lately ive been betting it all on how hard my cock can get. baby you don't need erections where we're going
Reblogged jackalopescruff
im pregnant and its titanfall 3
can you hurry up and give birth
Reblogged jackalopescruff
aww hes so cute whats his name? *touches your babys foreheead and curses him*
Reblogged transhuman-priestess
I've seen a weird uptick in people talking about transphobia they've experienced from cis women in the past few days.
Not countering anyone's experience, but just want to offer the counterpoint of hope: cis women, especially queer cis women, have been by far the most accepting of my transition among cis people. Maybe I'm lucky in that regard. But even if I am, I think it's worth mentioning that there are cis women out there who will welcome you to womanhood with open arms. The world is not always hostile.
Reblogged asteraceae-anew
Projecting sexuality onto a small child by calling him a ladies man and saying he really likes women is gross enough, but it gets a lot worse when the poor kid expresses interest in someone of his own gender and you immediately swap to "Yeah we're gonna wait until he gets older to think about his sexuality" like you haven't been writing weird mental fanfictions about him being straight for 6 years.
Anyway, hanging out with cishet people sucks sometimes.