Thread by @NoraReed

a cool thing about the world is that people get way more mad about trans kids taking puberty blockers, which are totally reversible and which they can go off of at any time, than effexor, which doctors can give you after talking to you for 10 minutes and which is hell to get off

there are entire schools of antidepressants that should not be given to people until every other thing has been tried because you cannot tell if they are working until the person taking them has been on them long enough that it's very hard to get off

it takes an ENORMOUS amount of time and energy to get any kind of transgender healthcare that is difficult to reverse, but there are lots of healthcare treatments that doctors will throw at people who do not have all the information and that can be incredibly harmful

trans people tend to be WAY more knowledgeable about their trans-related care than most people are for just their general care and it is unfortunate that the reason for that is that doctors suck balls but patients should all be able to get to that level of knowing their shit

i've talked to people, now adults, who were put on medications that were TERRIBLE for them as kids and they had NO agency in it. the reactions to this are generally a fearmongering about medication on the whole and not a push for increasing resources

it's just really transparent to me in the comparison for how hard it would be for me to, say, try T to see if it helps with my dysphoria issues vs. how hard it would be for me to get on most MH drugs that people just do NOT actually give a shit about our health and care

this frustration also translates to other drug care stuff from different angles. i'm extremely mad that i had a bunch of amphetamines pushed on me explicitly for off-label use as stimulants because my insurance didn't want to cover (ar)modafinil

meanwhile people who i know that have ad(h)d and actually need those in order to live their lives have to jump through a bunch of hoops to get them

we DEEPLY need better education about this stuff, better doctors, doctors who will communicate better, etc etc. for all these things. and accountability. not more hoops, unless they're "have you tried the less potentially harmful things that can treat this condition" type hoops

there's a whole 'nother essay in doctors who get mad that patients have done online research, which is also related and infuriating

but all this stuff is just stuff where you get a clear picture that the people advocating for things to be harder just want to make the lives of people in marginalized groups (trans people, people with ad(h)d, chronic pain sufferers, etc) harder

they think there should be some kind of price to pay in order for people in those groups to live functional lives

because if they were doing it out of concern there are much lower hanging fruits for them to apply literally the exact same kind of concern to

i'm just gonna add a psa on the end here

are you:
INCREDIBLY FUCKING TIRED?
SLEEPING FOR WAY TOO FUCKING LONG?
HAVING DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING?
IRRITABLE?
SNORING?

even if you're JUST ONE OF THOSE if the other treatment shit isn't working, pressure your fucking doctor into giving you a fucking sleep test

most doctors are tremendous fucking dumbasses and so will not do this on their own because it requires paperwork, i think (this is a working theory)

EVEN IF YOU DON'T SNORE OR DON'T SNORE A LOT YOU MIGHT STILL HAVE SLEEP APNEA, upper airway resistance syndrome doesn't look like standard sleep apnea snoring

sleep apnea is thought of as a fat man's disease but anybody can get it

also if you have sleep apnea and a doctor tells you to lose weight to solve it, find a new doctor. also i would not fault you if you murdered that doctor and consumed their flesh. but don't do that, because it is illegal.

i haven't had a doctor say that to me i just have heard stories from other people about their doctors. and i did NOT find out who those doctors were and eat them. which i think shows admiral personal restraint on my part. and on theirs for not doing the same

also i'm writing this while in active effexor withdrawals, if it wasn't clear from the thread, so if you're just reading this and have no idea who i am or why i wrote it and want to get mad at me go jack off instead or something

YES THIS IS TRUE i don't know about any of the cleaners but nasal pillows are pretty good now. also there is a Surgery available if cpap does not work for you (it does not work on everyone but it is available)

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