#Young Adults

[yesterdaysprint]

The Handbook of the Man of Fashion, 1847

#1847 #1840s #victorian era #etiquette #advice #victorian #historic #history #vintage #young men #young man #youth #young adults #loadstone #lodestone

[macgyvermedical]

Building Your Home Pharmacy

So you're in the OTC med section of the pharmacy. You've got 100 bucks burning a hole in your pocket (or maybe like $15 cause you're just starting). You're a new adult who wants to build yourself a tidy home pharmacy.

Well first you've got to know some stuff about over the counter (OTC) meds. This is the post to help you do it.

What are OTC meds? They are medications you can buy from a pharmacy or grocery store without needing a prescription. They have been deemed relatively safe and relatively easy to dose without a doctor's intervention. This does not mean they can't be dangerous, just that the general public can generally be trusted not to accidentally kill themselves with them on the regular. Keep that in your mind for later.

Note that all the medications discussed below are given in their generic names. In order to find these names, look below the brand name on a medication bottle:

Pain Medications:

Acetaminophen/Paracetamol: This is a non-NSAID pain reliever and fever reducer, so it's great for people who can't take NSAIDs due to stomach or kidney issues. Works best for headaches and fevers, but works on other types of pain as well. Technically works best as a suppository, but still works some orally. No increased risk of bleeding. Don't take more than directed. Seriously. This one can kill you or seriously damage your liver.

Ibuprofen: NSAID. Works against pain, inflammation, and fever. Take on a full stomach or you could get ulcers. Don't take if you have kidney problems. You can take this with acetaminophen.

Naproxen: NSAID. Probably the most effective for pain, but works against inflammation and fever as well. Lasts 12 hours. Don't take high doses continuously or you will get kidney problems. You can take this with acetaminophen.

Aspirin: NSAID. This was the first NSAID and it's definitely here to give you stomach ulcers if you don't take it on a full stomach. Technically it works for pain, inflammation, and fever. Most people today take it as a blood thinner. You can take this with acetaminophen.

Allergy/Cold/Congestion Medications:

Diphenhydramine/Doxalamine: First Generation Antihistamines. These are great for nighttime allergies, coughs, insomnia, nausea, and itching. Most people get drowsy from these, but some people get really hyper, especially kids.

Cetirazine/Loratadine/Fexofenadine: Second Generation Antihistamines. These work for allergies and itching and don't cause as much drowsiness.

Phenylephrine/Pseudoephedrine: Decongestants. These work by mimicking epinephrine, making the blood vessels in the nose and sinuses smaller. This makes the nose and sinuses less stuffy, but it raises blood pressure (so don't take if that's a problem for you). Pseudoephedrine is also restricted- you must be an adult to purchase and you can only buy so much. You have to talk to a pharmacist to get it because it can be used to make methamphetamine.

Triamcinolone/budesonide/fluticasone Nasal Spray: These are steroid sprays. They work similarly to the decongestants but only in the nose, and generally don't travel to the rest of the body.

Guifenesin: This is an expectorant, not a decongestant. It works by thinning the mucous in the lungs and airway. This makes it easier for you to cough it up. You have to drink a lot of water with this for it to work, though.

Dextromethorphan: This is a cough suppressant. It works by blocking signals in the brain that tell you to cough. Pretty much everything interacts with this one so if you take any medications talk to your doctor first. Depending on where you live you may have to talk to a pharmacist to get this one due to the potential for abuse.

Digestive Medications

Loperamide: This is an antidiarrheal. It works by decreasing the amount of squishing around your intestines are doing, which helps you hold your diarrhea and lets you continue to function. It is an opioid, but is not absorbed from your digestive tract so it doesn't make you high.

Bismuth Subsalicylate: This works for diarrhea as well, but also nausea, heartburn, and the prevention of traveler's diarrhea. Don't take if you're allergic to salicylates or aspirin. Taking this for an extended period of time can also cause bismuth toxicity.

Calcium Carbonate: This is an antacid. It is very basic pH wise, so can help change the pH of stomach contents pretty quickly. This is usually used for heartburn. If you take any other medications, this can prevent you from absorbing them if you take them within two hours. Using for long periods can cause rebound heartburn when you stop taking it.

Cemetidine/Famotidine/Ranitadine: These are gastric acid reducers, and they work by blocking the type of histamine that is necessary for the production of stomach acid. They are usually used for heartburn and ulcers.

Omeprezole/Esomeprezole: These are also gastric acid reducers, but they work by blocking a different part of the very complicated way our stomachs make acid. After years and years of taking these you might get some bone density problems.

Bisocodyl/Senna: These are laxatives. They work by increasing the movement of the intestines. It's important not to take these consistently unless you can't poop at all without them, or you seriously will not be able to poop without them.

Docusate/Propylene Glycol: These are stool softeners. They work by increasing the amount of water in the intestines. These are pretty safe to take all the time if you need to.

Simethicone: This is a surfactant. It works by accumulating all the gas bubbles in the intestines so they can be expelled. It's usually used for painful gas.

Topical Medications:

Clotrimezole/Miconazole: These are antifungal preparations. They treat yeast infections, athletes foot, jock itch, and ringworm.

Triple Antibiotic Ointment: This is a cream that contains antibiotics. Ostensibly you're supposed to put this on small cuts to decrease risk of infection. IRL just clean it with soap and water and then put some vasaline on it. Studies have shown it works just as well.

Hydrocortisone: This is a steroid cream. You put it on itchy things (bug bites, poison ivy, etc...) and it makes them not itch as much. This one actually works and is generally better than diphenhydramine creams that can't be used on poison ivy.

Permethrin: This is an insecticide. It will help get rid of head and body lice.

Zinc Oxide: This is a skin protectant. It helps prevent diaper rash and chafing. It also makes things feel better once you've already chafed. Technically it is also a sunblock, but it will make you look like a ghost while you're wearing it.

Family Planning:

Levonorgestrel: This is known as the morning after pill. It works by blocking ovulation, so that a sperm and egg cannot meet, preventing pregnancy. It can be taken up to 5 days after unprotected sex, though it works better the sooner it is taken.

Devices:

Blood Sugar Meter/Strips/Lancets: These help measure the amount of sugar in your blood. They are usually used by people with diabetes.

Blood Pressure Cuff: This measures blood pressure automatically with a cuff around the upper arm or wrist. It is usually used by people with high blood pressure.

Ketogenic Test Strips: This measures the amount of ketones in the urine. Ketones are a byproduct of fat breakdown, usually found when the body cannot breakdown carbohydrates for energy and begins to break down fat instead. Usually people who are on a ketogenic diet or people with diabetes use these.

Peak Flow Meter: This measures the amount of air that can be used by the lungs. They are usually used by people with asthma or COPD.

Great, Which Ones Do I Need?

I'd recommend look over the list and see which ones would be most useful for you, and start with those. Over time, collect ones that would be most embarrassing to not have, and then the ones that you're pretty sure you'll never use.

Note that in a dry, unopened package (including inside blister packs), drugs last well beyond their expiration dates. So if you don't use a certain med all that often, get a smaller package of it.

Great, Which Ones Can I Take at the Same Time?

Good question. I'm going to say that if you take any prescription medications, you always want to check with your doctor before taking anything OTC. However, I recommend you use an interaction checker like this one if you want to take more than one OTC med at the same time. One can be found here.

Note:

Loperamide CANNOT be taken with cimetidine/ranitidine/famotidine. This causes bad heart rhythms.

Don't take two meds from the same category together (like cimetadine with ranitidine, or ibuprofen with naproxen, or diphenhydramine and fexofenadine unless a doctor tells you to).

Most antacids (calcium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate) will prevent the absorption of other medications, so take them two hours apart from anything else you take.

Don't drink alcohol with loperamide, detromethophan, acetaminophen, or any antihistamines.

#Adulting #Adulting reference #young adults #new adults #whump reference #writing reference #medications #over the counter medication #OTC #reference

[domtheforestgnome]

Niko & Igor, Absolute Beginners (2023 - )

#absolute beginners #absolutni debiutanci #netflix #netflix pl #niko x igor #igor x niko #young adults #polish cinema #queer love #bartłomiej deklewa #jan sałasiński

[enidsinclesbian]

idk whats worse: getting renewed or "saved" without the original crew and asking their fans for free labor on redrawing the halo design (warrior nun) or exploit your viewers to spam watch season one within a time limit as a requirement for renewal only to get cancelled and give two more seasons to the mlm main show that it surpassed by thousands (first kill) (both netflix)

#warrior nun #netflix #first kill #ava silva #sister beatrice #avatrice #juliette fairmont #calliope burns #ve schwab #young adults #wlw #lesbian #warrior nun post #first kill post #wlw media #lesbian media #netflix shows #netflix series #calliette #warrior nun movies

[autumnmobile12]

Then vs Now

Ghost Hunt 10 years later.

Updated equipment, Naru has post-quarantine hair, Lin's going grey, Takigawa has an undercut, and Mai in business casual!

#ghost hunt #mai taniyama #naru #houshou takigawa #koujo lin #kazuya shibuya #oliver davis #aged up characters #ghost hunter #young adults #nostalgia anime #shibuya psychic research #spr #ghost hunt fanart

[sickwor1d]

Children deserve rights. That does not mean fully grown adults should be able to have sex with (rape) them, it means they should be able to vote, opt out of school, get out of abusive households, and make decisions about their own bodies.

It means they get treated like people.

#youth liberation #youth rights #child abuse #school #school system #voting #young adults #children deserve rights

[classyhideouthearth]

The Ino-Shika-Cho trio!

#Naruto the last movie #Gifs #Ino Yamanaka #Shikamaru Nara #Choji Akimichi #Yamanaka clan #Nara clan #Akimichi clan #Boar-Deer-Butterfly combo #Young adults #naruto series

[undauntedimmortal]

Moontoffee but as edgy goth teens when

funny you should mention that

#i drew this weeks ago lol #theyre more like young adults here tho #moontoffee #mine #my content #svtfoe #star vs the forces of evil #moon butterfly #young adults #i'll draw edgy teens soon too dw #ask #them tm #moon #toffee

[road2nf]

The Law of Compound Nerdfighting—that 100 Nerdfighters as a group can do things that 100 Nerdfighters alone could not do

(Also, Happy Esther Day! I LOVE ALL OF YOU! -Matt)

Nerdighteria is a relatively new thing for me.

I just recently got out of public school, and am doing work on my own, so I have had a lot of free time the past few months to spend wasting on the internet. Being able to watch John and Hank’s videos is a blessing in and of itself, because I needed the break, but I am incredibly grateful to have the insight of two incredibly intelligent and funny adults who have a hand in so much that I am interested in.

Crash Course has made me feel like my brain is not in fact deteriorating at a faster rate than normal and that I might actually be learning and retaining things that are important to me.

It’s refreshing to hear about the world outside of my bedroom from people who are empathetic and who do not flaunt their knowledge, intelligence, and privilege like those who do not have those things are less than they are.

Very few adults in my life live and treat younger people this way. I’m very glad I discovered this micro-culture and I hope to explore it further.

-Kim

_____________________________________________________________

Two particular things that Hank and John have stressed throughout their videos have affected me greatly. The first is the Law of Compound Nerdfighting—that 100 Nerdfighters as a group can do things that 100 Nerdfighters alone could not do—and the second is the phrase “imagine others complexly”.

The Law of Compound Nerdfighting has been a huge motivation for me as a leader in my college Nerdfighter club, as having dozens of Nerdfighters in a single place for 8 months out of the year represents an amazing opportunity to decrease world-suck.

Additionally, everything is better when you do it with Nerdfighters!

Imagining people complexly is a surprisingly difficult thing for me to do without consciously reminding myself of it, but doing so is more than worth it. It reminds me not to oversimplify other people in my head or to form conceptions of who they are off of how others portray them, and allows me to understand them better. It has helped me make and keep friends as well.

(freedomofwhat.tumblr)

#nfstories #vlogbrothers #nerdfighteria #dftba #nerdfighters #community #free time #Crash Course #education #learning #young adults #hope #law of compounding nerdfighting #imagine complexly #perspective #friends #Esther Day

[thespiritoflife]

it drives you crazy

getting old.

#lorde #lorde aesthetic #lorde song #lorde moodboard #ribs by lorde #song moodboard #spotify moodboard #teenagers moodboard #teenagers aesthetic #young adults #night vibes #night vibes moodboard #aesthetic core #aesthetic board #dark academia moodboard #night core #night moodboard #dark aesthetic #dark moodboard #messy moodboard #chaotic moodboard #chaotic aesthetic #dreamers moodboard #chaotic academia moodboard #romantic academia moodboard #chaotic academia #chaotic dumbass

[bestoftweets]

#tweet #tweets #best of tweets #late 20s #twenties #life #young adults

[glorytoukraine2022]

POLL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE 26-29 YEARS OLD ONLY:

#young adults #marraige #distant future #if you feel comfortable you can put your age in the tags with or without your choice #i would be interested to know how old participants are and what they chose but it’s not a requirement so no pressure

[vamptvgirl]

#vampire books #books #young adults

[domtheforestgnome]

Absolute Beginners (2023 - ) | S1E1

#absolute beginners #absolutni debiutanci #netflix #young adults

[commonsensecommentary]

“A country that cannot find it within itself to set clear boundaries between what is right and what is wrong is guaranteed to put its children on the wrong path. The problems of the adults of tomorrow are caused by the grievous moral and ethical failures of the adults of today . . .”

#leadership #save america #adulting #young adults #adolescents #adolescence #children #culture #family #mental health #morality #parenting #parents #personal responsibility #social media

[autumnmobile12]

Some Things Never Change

Ghost Hunt 10 years later.

#ghost hunt #mai taniyama #houshou takigawa #ayako matsuzaki #john brown #masako hara #osamu yasuhara #ghost hunt fanart #young adults #ghost hunter #shibuya psychic research #spr #aged up characters