Jenny Messerly

@CodeWitchJen

Compiler engineer, ex-Googler. Runner, gamer, reader, cuteness connoisseur. She wants to see a kinder world. lgBT & proud 💜💙💚💛🧡💖

Seattle, WA
Vrijeme pridruživanja: kolovoz 2016.

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  1. Prikvačeni tweet
    22. lip 2018.

    2yrs ago: terrified of coming out 1yr ago: shyly show up at trans pride this year: how do I make my outfit like as trans as possible

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  2. prije 9 sati

    On the bright side, there are awesome cis allies who help us, and their numbers seem to be growing all the time. So that gives me hope. :)

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  3. prije 9 sati

    Anyways not sure what my point here is. It's just all rather ironic. Some cis people are (or pretend to be) scared of trans people, based on nothing real; meanwhile we're legit scared of them, based on lived experiences/hate crime stats/hate groups trying to take away our rights.

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  4. prije 9 sati

    Statistically some of them were probably transphobes. They thought I was a nice cis girl helping them & were happy. And then later, maybe they go online to rage about the evil transes or something, never knowing. Sometimes I think about that.

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  5. prije 9 sati

    You know, in real life women come up to me and ask for help (e.g. directions), and seem relieved to have found a safe person to talk to. Happens much more frequently than before I transitioned. I always help ofc. The irony is, I'm way more scared of them than the other way around

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  6. 3. velj

    Anyways this is a periodic reminder to Seattle folks to ignore/not read The Stranger. There's lots of better alternatives.

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  7. 3. velj

    I should note that the Seattle Times' conservative sentiments are mostly reflected in their editorials, not their news articles. Contrast with The Stranger that employs a T*RF to write t*rfy articles (she's also racist, because of course).

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  8. 3. velj

    It's weird that The Stranger is Seattle's most transphobic paper, beating out even the conservative Seattle Times. Seems like a bad strategy too, given the demographic they're trying to appeal to. Obviously they don't care; expressing transphobia is more important to them.

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  9. 3. velj

    My doc did recommended trying this too (said some % of ADHD patients find that low dose stimulants can actually help sleep). It's funny to me how different my brain is from neurotypical folks. Presumably, NT folks don't take stimulants as a sleep aid. :)

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  10. 3. velj

    Addendum: I just remembered there have been a few times where I took low dose stimulants, then slept and it felt like amazingly restful sleep. I guess I haven't tried it regularly because it seems so strange/wrong. I mean like, stimulants aren't supposed to be sleep aids.

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  11. 3. velj

    Also for Seattle area folks: if you happen know of a good sleep clinic in the area, LMK.

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  12. 3. velj

    Anyways back to ADHD, delayed sleep phase is another one of those things that's correlated with it. It's wild how many of the things I've struggled with in life are ultimately linked to ADHD. (e.g. here's one citation I found with a quick search: )

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  13. 2. velj

    It's frustrating because most of the medical advice amounts to "just try harder!" ... like I haven't been trying already. It's like telling a depressed person "just try to feel better!" umm yeah thanks I hadn't thought of that one.

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  14. 2. velj

    I still want to get a sleep study, but even without that things are much better already. My biggest challenge currently is sleep schedule: I've never had a typical 24hr cycle. Unfortunately I don't know of any cure for that. Morning light box kinda helps, but that's about it.

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  15. 2. velj

    Another problem I had, which seems more common for ADHD folks, is restless leg syndrome (RLS). My ferratin levels were rather low, and my doctor recommended iron supplements, which completely cured that problem. Now I can actually fall asleep in a reasonable amount of time.

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  16. 2. velj

    Based on my sleep symptoms, my ADHD specialist recommended I try a long lasting ADHD medication to help sleep. Haven't tried stimulants yet, but 24-hr Bupropion (weak ADHD med that works for some ppl) helped my sleep quality a ton.

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  17. 2. velj

    Great thread below! I've recently been trying to improve my sleep, as someone with ADHD, and found similar things.

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  18. 26. sij

    That's how wrong it was for my brain. Wrapping up, I want to mention some trans folks are totally happy with their existing parts and that's cool too! Trans folks have diverse experiences of gender dysphoria relating to our bodies, including not having any body dysphoria at all.

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  19. 26. sij

    It's funny when ppl say the surgery I had was "mutilation". Umm, first off, I enthusiastically consented. Second, yes I did "see a psychiatrist"--several in fact, they all agreed the treatment was medically necessary for me. Lastly, "mutilation" is how I feel about my old parts.

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  20. 26. sij

    I don't think most cis folks can appreciate the true body horror I experienced pre-transition. It's not fun to be a woman and have your body mutate from having the wrong hormone mix (in my case: too much T not enough E; for a trans man it'd be the opposite of that).

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  21. 26. sij

    Some people said I'd regret GCS, and yet it's been years and I still have nightmares that my surgery never happened (or it's been undone) and I have my old parts. I'll wake up in horror and then remind myself that I did have surgery and everything's okay now.

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