MCAS is Mast Cell Activation Syndrome! It's an immune disorder and I feel like it checks ALL of the boxes for me en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mast_ce...

Yeah! 😭 I'm looking into the one you rec'd and one other one who specializes in MCAS cuz I'm kind of leaning that direction rn, but hopefully SOONNNN

He looked at the results of my skin test for, no exaggeration, less than 2 seconds. Then ordered a different test but didn’t tell me why or that it would be an extra $150. Then he didn’t hardly bother to explain the results, so I ended up paying $700+ while unemployed to just be told to take Flonase

Literally the one and only time I tried going to an allergist a few years ago the doctor was unbelievably condescending and dismissive to the point I didn’t even get a full sentence in. I started to say that my sinuses are constantly inflamed and he cut me off and chided me for using “big words” 🤡

(The concept of "eating the frog" is that you identify the task that FEELS the hardest/you're most avoidant of right now and tackle it straight away first thing in the morning before your brain has a chance to ruminate on how much it sucks, and then the rest of your day feels so much lighter)

I FEEL FOR YOU IN MY /BONES/ MY FRIEND, JFC 💀💀💀

Like, I would almost rather the government send people to my house to beat me with sticks once a month if it meant I could just get my medication without all the bullshit

Building what is essentially an executive function torture system for folks with a disorder characterized primarily by executive function difficulties is some real nasty work, even Jigsaw himself would be like “woah guys chill out” I feel