Two simple things, that often go ignored or misunderstood, are expected of ALL members:
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A Member Story with a completed member story template (including answers to the brief questionnaire about usage history and symptoms checklist) is required from ALL members, without exception. This includes active members who joined prior to this policy being implemented. Failure/refusal to provide a complete member story may result in revocation of posting and PM privileges until an acceptably complete member story is provided since it is in violation of the Community Guidelines.
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ALL reports of any positive/negative results from treatment attempts must be reported in a memberâs personal member story topic using a Self-Reporting Form, with one exception. That exception being casual responses to the question âWhat (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?â from the Member Story Template. No one should realistically be expected to remember exact dosing and duration of treatments from years in the past. Failure/refusal to use the self-reporting form to describe treatments may result in posts being moved or removed.
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A more detailed explanation of both subjects:
- Member Story - The automatically-generated template MUST be included in the opening post. If you donât experience symptoms as outlined in the checklist, provide an explanation. For instance, if you are a female member experiencing sexual symptoms not in the checklist, explain that briefly. If you donât remember certain things about dosing and duration of use, provide your best estimate. If you already experienced an improvement after an initial severe crash, provide a short sentence or paragraph to describe when exactly your symptom checklist is referring to, or consider copying the template to thoroughly describe your state before/after. Request a blank copy of the template from a moderator if you cannot access it for some reason. Examples of acceptable and unacceptable member stories will be provided in a post under this topic.
Brief instructions for posting a member story:
- Open this link to the Member Story Category
- Click or tap the button that looks like this:
(It should be visible if you are logged in.)
- A text box with some automatically-generated text should appear
- Answer ALL of the questions to the best of your memory and check (or put an âxâ) in ALL of the check boxes that match your symptoms. The self-reporting form at the bottom can be deleted but you will need to copy/paste it from here to report future therapy attempts.
- Click or tap the button that looks like this:
- Be patient and your completed member story should be accepted and posted to the forum within a couple days at most (probably sooner.) After your member story is accepted, you should be able to post content to the forum unrestricted as long as it adheres to the community guidelines.
- Self Reporting Form - An instance of the self-reporting form should be placed in its own post under the memberâs member story topic for each lifestyle change, diet, hormone therapy, supplement, drug, or any other substance trialed. If it is a combo therapy or there are extenuating factors, provide a brief explanation. Any theorizing in regards to how the treatment mechanistically treats PFS or other post-drug syndrome may be deleted or the post removed at the staffâs discretion according to the site policy regarding personal theories and speculation. Examples of acceptable/unacceptable self-reporting forms will also be posted under this topic.
These two things, which require a minimum of extra time and effort, are expected of all forum participants, in large part, for the sake of maintaining a standard of quality and camaraderie for the entire membership. If you are uncertain about something pertaining to meeting these two requirements, feel free to PM a moderator with your questions.