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[bloodyrosemccoy]

HEY GUYS!

GUESS HOW MANY HORMONES I'VE GOT GOING RIGHT NOW!

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DID YOU GUESS "ALL OF THEM"? BECAUSE THE CORRECT ANSWER IS "ALL OF THEM."

Yeah, so, it's not a good day. I hate the Space Place and I hate editing trip photos and I hate trying to make pizza that WON'T JUST GODDAMN SLIDE ONTO THE PIZZA STONE WITHOUT TURNING INTO A CALZONE and I hate flies and I hate humans.

I realized today that my recently-acquired monthly power drain/mood fuckery probably coincides with my pharmacy switching me from one generic Pill to a different generic Pill. They say they're all the same stuff, but they are LYING. I hate them, too.

The nice thing about bad moods like this, though, is you know they won't last. I'll take some Advil and enjoy a nice pizza calzone Margherita and avoid Tinker Bell and David Cronenberg and I will probably love all of the above things again.

Except the flies. Sorry, flies.

Comments

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Parchment paper! Let me introduce you to the love that is parchment paper! Make your pizza on it, and then slide it wherever the heck you want, with no hassle or calzonisation whatsoever.

(Oh, but don't use the Wilton brand. Sad stuff.)

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

... There's a thought! I even have kitchen parchment, but it never occurred to me to use it for pizzas!

[spiffikins]

I have only *watched* pizza being cooked on a proper stone - but my friend does amazingly well with his peel and he claims the trick is cornmeal on the peel,then put your pizza dough on the peel, make the pizza and then slide it onto the stone. I've watched him do it, and it really does seem to just slide right off.

The trick is that when you take the pizza out of the oven, you must wipe off the cornmeal left on the stone - else your kitchen will apparently fill with smoke :)

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I use the cornmeal with my own thin crusts and have gotten pretty good at it--but the problem is this was a different kind of dough than the stuff I make, and I didn't know its properties. But it's good to know I'm on the right track, anyway ...

[kelkyag]

switching me from one generic Pill to a different generic Pill. They say they're all the same stuff, but they are LYING.

Different manufacturers are better or worse about dose precision, and use different "inert" ingredients (which can make a difference in how the main medication is absorbed, or cause other problems depending on your sensitivities -- lactose, for an easy example, is a common filler and problematic for a fair number of people). That said, the choice and balance of hormones in your Pill can make a huge difference, and it's worth talking to your doctor about tuning if what you have now is making you unhappy.

(Me, I gave up on the Pill after two variations in a row turned me into a ball of murderous rage all the time. No fun! I have a temper, but not like that ...)

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY! Usually I'm totally fine when they switch types on me, but every so often I get one that just doesn't agree with me. It's been long enough that I didn't realize that was the problem this time around until this month.

I tried going off it once. I don't QUITE remember what happened, but I think it involved rivers of blood and the death of every firstborn before I got stabilized again ...

[kelkyag]

Many sympathies!

[fadethecat.livejournal.com]

I gave up on the pill after the first set had me usefully pregnancy-free by turning off my sex drive entirely, and then the second one had me bleeding for three months straight. God damn fiddly drugs.

[stormteller.livejournal.com]

I just compose my pizza on the pizza stone. (And I cover it with cornmeal first so I can get it off)

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I've considered that, but the problem is then you can't let the stone heat properly in the oven.

Most of the time I do all right with my own crusts. This was storebought dough, though, and it was different.

[westrider.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[beccastareyes]

Ugh, ugh, ugh. I hope your bad mood passes, since those can be the worst.

[dinogrrl.livejournal.com]

Yeeaaah usually generic drugs don't bother me at all. But when they do bother me, they give me hallucinations, tics, hardcore heart palpitations, and ramp up my OCD and anxiety to over 9000. And sensitize my body to the drug so much that I can't even go back on the brand version. 8|

I think my dad used to just put flour on his pizza stone/paddle and it never stuck. Except if he neglected to cover a spot.

[ellixis.livejournal.com]

Your icon is perfect for this post. Like, extra perfect.

The pharmacy once gave me generic Wellbutrin (budeprion) instead of brand (bupropion). I spent two weeks hating everything and wanting to hit people and being increasingly alarmed at myself before noticing the substitution marked on the bottle. It was a very uncomfortable experience.