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[twistedchick]

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time on Friday to midnight (8pm Saturday Eastern Time).

Poll #23805 Daily poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 75

How are you doing?

I am OK
65 (86.7%)

I am not OK but I don't need help right now
9 (12.0%)

I could use some help
1 (1.3%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
32 (43.8%)

One other person
23 (31.5%)

More than one other person
18 (24.7%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Comments

[dragoness_e]

I just received notice in email that my order of Manic Panic has shipped. Looking forward to anime hair colors, because I'm working at home and I can look however I want. I hope it gets here before I have to do the next code delivery run into work: I'm curious as to how the skeleton shift in operations will react to my new hair color. I need to make myself a mask before then, though. Already made one for my spouse for when he does the grocery shopping.

(Firefox, why are you insisting on British spellings? Is your localization foobar?)

In other news, during a "virtual appointment", one of my doctors mentioned that one of my allergy meds has a side effect of depression, lack of energy, blah, blah, blah, and have I noticed any symptoms like that? Uh, lady, that's been my whole life lately--I assumed it was just another bout of depression. We agreed that maybe I shouldn't take that medication. Since discontinuing it, my mood has been noticeable better, and I have far more energy to do things.

Lesson learned: if you are already prone to depression, avoid medications with side effects of "more depression".

[smilingslightly]

I'm glad y'all figured that side-effect situation out!

I'm trying to decide between dying and shaving right now and while the latter would certainly be less hassle I think some brilliant color every time I pass by a mirror might be just the thing. I have a few half-full pots of Manic Panic on hand I'll have to look through. What colors did you go with?

[dragoness_e]

I'm going to try one of the deep plum colors, I forget the name.

[fred_mouse]

that is useful of your doc to have worked that out. Are you willing to share which allergy med that is (as someone who is taking a lot of allergy meds, and has a history of depression, and is living in 2020, this is particularly relevant to me)

[dragoness_e]

Montelukast, brand name: Singulair

[fred_mouse]

Well bugger. That would indeed be one of the ones I'm on. And can't afford to go off, because it was what stabilised my asthma. Thanks for getting back to me.

[dragoness_e]

I'd say talk to your allergy doctor about that. They may have an alternative, given that can be a severe side-effect.

[fred_mouse]

(moan, groan, whinge). I've a GP, not an allergy specialist, but yes, will mention it (I'm already medicated for GAD, using a drug typically used for depression, so I might be getting some interesting masking).