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Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour — does this still hold? Start Here › How to Ask beginner friendly onboarding site feedback guidelines The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Question in the title. Context…	+19	23	40k	14d
How much context is too much context in a first post? Start Here › How to Ask guidelines beginner friendly onboarding site feedback Solved How much context is too much context in a first post? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to…	+70	74	935	18d
What to include when your question involves a laboratory result — a second dataset Start Here › How to Ask onboarding guidelines worked example site feedback Solved What to include when your question involves a laboratory result — a second dataset I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Question in the title. Context…		2	7k	23d
Coming back to: A newcomer's list of things that confused me, and the fixes Start Here › Welcome guidelines onboarding trust levels beginner friendly Posting this under the heading it deserves: A newcomer's list of things that confused me, and the fixes Everything below is what sits behind that. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to…	+4	8	57k	23d
Mood changes: monitoring, and when to involve a professional — what changed since Wellbeing › Mental health beginner friendly disordered eating mood Solved Mood changes: monitoring, and when to involve a professional — what changed since Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. General question, not a request for advice…	+6	10	45k	25d
About the Welcome category Start Here › Welcome onboarding guidelines beginner friendly Pinned Wiki Introductions, orientation, and the pinned reading list for new members. 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.…	+4	8	11k	27d
Follow-up: How to disagree with an answer you were given, well Start Here › How to Ask onboarding worked example guidelines site feedback How to disagree with an answer you were given, well I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include…		2	16k	30d
How to disagree with an answer you were given, well Start Here › How to Ask beginner friendly site feedback worked example guidelines Solved Wiki How to disagree with an answer you were given, well — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include…	+9	13	1.6k	1mo
[2026 update] What a good consultation looks like from the other side Clinical › Prescriber conversations beginner friendly type 2 diabetes telehealth The question in the title: What a good consultation looks like from the other side I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The…	+32	36	13k	1mo
Books and papers worth reading that are not about this at all — one year on Lounge › Off topic long read beginner friendly Books and papers worth reading that are not about this at all — one year on — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if…	+3	7	424	1mo
Follow-up: I have no scientific background — can I still follow the analytics categories? Start Here › Welcome guidelines beginner friendly trust levels onboarding Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: I have no scientific background — can I still follow the analytics categories? Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include…	+15	19	15k	1mo
Getting a referral rather than a refusal Clinical › Prescriber conversations telehealth beginner friendly type 2 diabetes Getting a referral rather than a refusal — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know the difference and I would…	+8	12	32k	2mo
Second pass at: I joined for one answer and stayed for a year — what changed my mind Start Here › Welcome onboarding trust levels beginner friendly Solved Second pass at: I joined for one answer and stayed for a year — what changed my mind — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Question in the title. Context below, and I have…		4	25k	2mo
The best-written scientific paper you have read Lounge › Off topic long read beginner friendly The best-written scientific paper you have read Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a…	+69	74	1.1k	2mo
Why we ask for units every single time, with three examples of what goes wrong — what changed since Start Here › How to Ask onboarding guidelines worked example beginner friendly The question in the title: Why we ask for units every single time, with three examples of what goes wrong — what changed since I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Question in…	+14	18	19k	2mo
Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant Lounge › Introductions onboarding beginner friendly Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if…	+13	17	23k	2mo
How to ask about something you suspect is a bad idea Start Here › How to Ask onboarding site feedback guidelines beginner friendly Solved The question in the title: How to ask about something you suspect is a bad idea I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to…	+81	87	16k	2mo
What "marked as solution" means and who gets to mark it — does this still hold? Start Here › Welcome onboarding beginner friendly guidelines Solved What "marked as solution" means and who gets to mark it — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I want to check my reasoning rather…	+69	74	2.4k	3mo
[2026 update] Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides Lounge › Introductions onboarding beginner friendly Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a…		2	49k	4mo
Rewriting my first post: a before-and-after, with commentary Start Here › How to Ask worked example beginner friendly onboarding Closed Rewriting my first post: a before-and-after, with commentary Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I want to check my reasoning rather than get a conclusion. My…		3	2.7k	4mo
Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant — one year on Lounge › Introductions beginner friendly onboarding Posting this under the heading it deserves: Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule…	+101	107	14k	4mo
About the How to Ask category Start Here › How to Ask onboarding beginner friendly guidelines Pinned Wiki Framing a question so that it can actually be answered: what to include, what to leave out, and why we ask for units. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every…	+6	10	11k	4mo
Anxiety in the first weeks: drug, situation, or both — what changed since Wellbeing › Mental health mood disordered eating beginner friendly Anxiety in the first weeks: drug, situation, or both — what changed since Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Asking about a population rather than about a…	+88	95	4.5k	5mo
[2026 update] Long-time reader, first-time poster Lounge › Introductions onboarding beginner friendly Solved Long-time reader, first-time poster — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Lower-stakes topic, but the sourcing rule still applies if anyone makes a claim. Something adjacent…	+46	50	23k	5mo
When to stop reading forums, including this one Wellbeing › Mental health mood disordered eating beginner friendly When to stop reading forums, including this one I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know…	+78	86	47k	6mo
A history of disordered eating: proceeding carefully Wellbeing › Mental health mood beginner friendly disordered eating A history of disordered eating: proceeding carefully Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The published…	+70	75	10k	6mo
What to include when your question involves a chromatogram Start Here › How to Ask guidelines beginner friendly worked example Solved What to include when your question involves a chromatogram I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to…	+49	54	58k	6mo
What to include when your question involves arithmetic Start Here › How to Ask beginner friendly onboarding site feedback guidelines Solved Closed What to include when your question involves arithmetic — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to…		2	3.1k	7mo
Second pass at: Asking a follow-up: new topic or new reply? Start Here › How to Ask guidelines site feedback worked example beginner friendly Solved Wiki The question in the title: Second pass at: Asking a follow-up: new topic or new reply? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I want to check my reasoning rather than get a…		4	81	8mo
The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour — the long version Start Here › How to Ask onboarding beginner friendly guidelines The anatomy of a question that gets answered within an hour — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Question in the title. Context below, and I…	+129	142	49k	8mo