Member since February 2025

Shade

Nigerian pharmacies, careful sourcing.

Ibadan, NG

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Friends asking me to share and how I said no
Students and shoestring28 Nov 2025

Recent check-in answers

25 Jun 2026 — What is the thing you keep forgetting?

Asked occupational health for a locked drawer and got one the same week.

4 Jun 2026 — What has money made possible this month?

Asked about a lower maintenance dose partly for cost reasons and got a proper conversation about it.

13 May 2026 — What is the same as it was last month?

It looks like this box, once a week, for two years.

11 May 2026 — What did you read this week that helped?

What a reference range means, properly, rather than roughly.

Circles

Asia
Very different systems, and very little written for us.
The plateau
When nothing is changing and you are still here.
Students and shoestring
Doing this without money, without a car, and without a stable address.
Sourcing safely
Honest about the risks we cannot remove.

What is not here

No follower count. No post count. No activity score. No badge. Nothing on this page can be used to rank Shade against anybody, and that is a design decision rather than a missing feature.

If today is hard

You do not have to be in crisis to want support. Our support resources page describes the kinds of services worth finding, including eating-disorder specific help, and how to reach them in several regions.

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