Super General Advice (the thread for advice without making a thread)

You might want to try something like this, which is supposed to be good for sensitive teeth and is not mint flavored.

 

Yeah, my GP has now given me extra ibuprofen dosage, and I'm still fighting for more codeine because my mum - gods bless her - is already horrified by the amount I need to take so has taken to regulating it on top of the limited dosage I get every month. The codydramol I can understand, because too much paracetamol is a bad and I'm not good at regulating myself, but does she have to keep hiding my actual codeine, too?

I did mention it to my GP, that I'm likely drinking too much atm because the scrip painkillers aren't cutting it that well, hence the ibuprofen, which is slightly more effective than the OTC stuff but idk, not as effective as the opiods lol.

We're trying to figure out why my hip hates me so much - I've tested negative for rheumatism which was our first guess, and I had an xray last week I'm still waiting back for the results on. I am SO AFRAID that they're gonna go 'welp, there's nothing visible, guess you're just Like This' at which point I am going to dive into a whiskey bottle and never return lmao

 

basing this on a medical issue a friend of mine had: it might be a soft tissue degradation with might not be visible in an xray, so i would suggest that if the x-ray doesn't show anything, they do some sort of soft tissue imaging to rule that out.
If it helps any: if it's that, said friend had corrective surgery for their issue and has MARKEDLY improved on things like pain level and mobility.

And I know your mum means well, but uh. it might be worth telling her too that hiding your painkillers is driving you to selfmedicate with something else that's no better and less monitored than your codeine intake

 

Yeahhhh, I'm worried that if I do that she'll just start hiding my whiskey as well. I know she's trying to help, but her idea of help is already giving me grey hairs :/

 

Since I've started taking Adderall, it feels like my face has gotten REAL oily, especially my nose and eyelids (forehead to a slightly lesser extent). Even if I've wiped it down with a wet cloth or some Burts Bees moist towelettes I have, a few hours later if I touch a fingertip ever so lightly on any of the problem areas, it immediately looks like the contact spot was just dipped in oil, it's so shiny. Should I be doing anything to mitigate/ help it that I'm not?

 

I think the first step might be talking to a physician? They may have experience and be able to recommend appropriate steps or be able to tell you if it is likely a consequence of the medication or if that would be unlikely and you may need to consider other causes.

In general, at least from what I've seen skincare is extremely individual and what might help for one person doesn't for someone else. One thing I have heard is that if you do something to remove oils from your face (eg through washing, etc.) it can cause your skin to try to correct the issue by over producing oil in response. You might want to look into a lotion or something similar that you could apply after cleaning your face? Once again, this is something I've heard and not looked into, so take it with a grain of salt. But I do think contacting a doctor would be reasonable to do.

 

Has anyone else had a problem with food freezing to the back of the fridge? I tried turning the coldness down a notch and that just made the milk go bad, and it's hard to avoid accidentally pushing stuff right to the back. Is there some kind of, I don't know, small screen I could set up to stop stuff getting pushed right back?

 

Do the 'boards' in your fridge have a little raised edge at the back? Because mine do, to prevent this exact issue, and if not, it might be worth looking into some.

 

They don't. Can you show me an example of what you mean so I can see if my fridge's manufacturer has ones that would fit?

 

if you look at the back of these, you see that lil wire extension? Something like that.

 

Can't find anything like that. What model is your fridge?

 

I'll be real I have no idea, this fridge is part of the kitchen that came with my apartment, and is presumably from like, the 80s

 

Hm. I'll go check out the manufacturers' site for my fridge. Thanks for the suggestion!