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110 topics 40 solved Group: Status

Start Here 52 Lounge 26 Clinical 16 Wellbeing 16

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Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
Introducing myself and asking whether my planned first topic belongs anywhere Start Here › Welcome onboarding beginner friendly guidelines Closed Introducing myself and asking whether my planned first topic belongs anywhere Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Checking my reasoning rather than asking for a…	+13	18	4.2k	16mo
Coming back to: How to tell whether your question is already answered on a maintained page Start Here › Welcome onboarding guidelines beginner friendly trust levels How to tell whether your question is already answered on a maintained page I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Question in the title. Context below, and I…		2	808	17mo
Units, standards, and other things that quietly hold the world together — one year on Lounge › Off topic beginner friendly long read Solved On the subject in the title: Units, standards, and other things that quietly hold the world together — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Two things I would like separated before anyone…		2	91	18mo
Why the Start Here categories exist, and what they are not for — one year on Start Here › Welcome onboarding beginner friendly guidelines Solved Why the Start Here categories exist, and what they are not for — one year on I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Collecting what is known about Start in…	+11	15	566	18mo
Follow-up: What this community means by "a source", in practical terms Start Here › Welcome onboarding beginner friendly trust levels guidelines The question in the title: What this community means by "a source", in practical terms I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Counting it rather than describing it, because the…	+16	20	7k	18mo
Books and papers worth reading that are not about this at all Lounge › Off topic beginner friendly long read On the subject in the title: Books and papers worth reading that are not about this at all Working notes rather than a conclusion. Reading back through what has been written here about books and papers, three…	+13	17	13k	19mo
Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides — does this still hold? Lounge › Introductions beginner friendly onboarding Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides — does this still hold? Saying hello, and stating my interest so that it is on the record rather…	+1	5	35k	19mo
Here for the analytics and not much else — one year on Lounge › Introductions beginner friendly onboarding On the subject in the title: Here for the analytics and not much else — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. First post, and a question about how to read the place rather than a technical one.…	+6	10	10k	19mo
Body image changing more slowly than the body Wellbeing › Mental health beginner friendly disordered eating mood Body image changing more slowly than the body — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I was wrong about body image in a thread last spring and I would like to correct it publicly…	+118	136	1.5k	19mo
Second opinions: how to seek one without burning the first Clinical › Prescriber conversations telehealth prior authorisation beginner friendly type 2 diabetes Closed Second opinions: how to seek one without burning the first Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. The question about second opinions that I actually want answered…	+1	5	33k	19mo
Asking about a compound your prescriber has not heard of — one year on Clinical › Prescriber conversations beginner friendly type 2 diabetes prior authorisation Solved Under review On the subject in the title: Asking about a compound your prescriber has not heard of — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. A question about how to describe something to a clinician rather…	+11	15	3.7k	19mo
Why "any advice?" is the least effective ending for a post Start Here › How to Ask worked example guidelines site feedback beginner friendly The question in the title: Why "any advice?" is the least effective ending for a post I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Counting it rather than describing it, because the…	+113	126	55k	20mo
Food noise reducing and the disorientation that can follow Wellbeing › Mental health beginner friendly mood disordered eating Pinned Posting this under the heading it deserves: Food noise reducing and the disorientation that can follow Everything below is what sits behind that. A follow-up question about food noise that I did not know to…	+40	45	8.9k	20mo
Revisiting: Five questions in one post gets you one answer — how to split them Start Here › How to Ask worked example guidelines beginner friendly site feedback Solved Revisiting: Five questions in one post gets you one answer — how to split them Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Working notes on Five questions rather than a…	+2	6	13k	20mo
About the Off topic category Lounge › Off topic long read beginner friendly Pinned Wiki Anything adjacent and interesting. Not a rules-free zone, just a relaxed one. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its author and a…	+1	5	20k	21mo
Second pass at: Food noise reducing and the disorientation that can follow Wellbeing › Mental health beginner friendly disordered eating mood Closed Second pass at: Food noise reducing and the disorientation that can follow — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Two things I would like separated before anyone answers on Food…	+55	59	965	21mo
Revisiting: Joined after a search result and stayed Lounge › Introductions onboarding beginner friendly Under review Revisiting: Joined after a search result and stayed Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Saying hello, and stating my interest so that it is on the record rather…		2	1.6k	22mo
How to ask for a dose change without antagonising anyone Clinical › Prescriber conversations telehealth beginner friendly type 2 diabetes Solved The question in the title: How to ask for a dose change without antagonising anyone I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. A question about how to describe something to a…	+19	23	2.9k	23mo
About the Introductions category Lounge › Introductions onboarding beginner friendly Pinned Wiki Closed Say hello. No question required. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with its author and a note. If the scope described here has drifted…		4	2.3k	23mo
Spreadsheets: an appreciation Lounge › Off topic beginner friendly long read On the subject in the title: Spreadsheets: an appreciation Working notes rather than a conclusion. A methods question rather than a substantive one, about spreadsheets. Everyone quotes the same figure and I…	+26	30	25k	2.1y