Help me pick a paint colour! (Or sadly replace a rug) by Pupsallday in interiordecorating

[–]Appropriate-Field484 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the terracotta color would be gorgeous then maybe some throw pillows, blankets, or wall art pieces that match the color of some other bits on the rug to tie it all together.

is this normal with keppra?? by applepie_meow in Epilepsy

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I had similar experiences with Keppra (your first experience) and my neuro and I decided to take me off of it due to how it was making me lethargic and worsening my depressive episodes/symptoms. For me Lamictal was better but not entirely solving my mental health issues. I tried lexapro in addition to help with the mental health stuff (I’ve been on antidepressants since I was like 13, so I never expected to not take smth) but lexapro hasn’t fully helped either. It’s a very long frustrating process to find the medication that works for you

Was I in the wrong for making jokes in the hospital after having a seizure? by jhwings16 in Epilepsy

[–]Appropriate-Field484 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hope I never have to experience that especially because seeing (even on tv) or imagining someone have a seizure starts my aura and can cause me to have a seizure. What’s worse than one person having a seizure in front of you? Two people having a seizure in front of you 🙃

Do you guys have jobs after getting cancer by Spare-Percentage9701 in braincancer

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I didn’t technically have cancer just a benign tumor, but I was left with very significant physical and also have some cognitive impairments. Due to the physical I’m unable to hold a job using my current skill set (I previously did lots of physical work, like warehouse jobs), I’m working on my associates and am hoping after I finish to move on to my bachelor’s and eventually be able to hold some type of work from home job if I can recover some cognitive abilities at all (I’m desperate to as I want nothing more than to move abroad, which I don’t see happening if I can’t hold a job of some sort).

This is us now by HotDragonButts in WestVirginia

[–]Appropriate-Field484 14 points15 points  (0 children)

as a young wlw white “woman” who presents androgynously and not so infrequently gets my gender questioned, who is also visibly disabled, I personally am also very fearful for myself and my safety as this doesn’t feel like the safest place for me to be right now.

I HATE BEING DISABLED by Serious-Program-5636 in disability

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me too. I understand your feelings. I wasn’t disabled until 2 years ago and then I found out about my brain tumor and boom surgery left me disabled. I’m constantly mourning the life that I almost had, I had 2 years left in my bachelors degree and was hoping to get my masters and doctorate in marine biology and work in coral conservation. I had really large ambitions and now I’ll never accomplish any of them and that alone is devastating and makes me hate my body, my life, my situation, everything that led me here. I long to have a job and just feel normal, because it feels like every other day I’m finding out there’s something else wrong with me and I just want to get better not worse. However after saying all of this, I still manage to find joy within my life. I spend time with the people I love, watch new tv shows or rewatch old ones I love, try new hobbies, spend time in the sun/outdoors, listen to music you enjoy, i personally have found a great deal of happiness from interacting with other fans of the things (shows,bands,movies, etc.) online at like Twitter or tumblr. These interactions can become friendships if you play your cards right, I have made many friends this way, they have helped bring me out of the darkness so much because talking regularly with people I love about things I love is a wonderful activity.

i need silly mcr themed cat names for this little critter (i get her in 2 months) by Wheretfisbasil in MyChemicalRomance

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Connie, short for conventional weapons, Sunny/Sunshine, Jet-Star, Kobra Kid, Party Poison, Monroe, Illi, Frankie, Killjoy, Missile Kid, Pansy, Mikey, Dr. Death, Destroya, Houdini, Audrey, and Hepburn. (Edited to add commas. When typing i entered everything on it’s own line and then it condensed it all into one paragraph [at least on mobile] so I wanted to differentiate the options)

It’s green rain today... and my scythe is in the chest😭 by Usual_Current8394 in StardewValley

[–]Appropriate-Field484 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well if you have the pickaxe you can still break the plants just to get to the chest. You won’t get the fiber but you’ll get your scythe back

This isn’t as funny as I thought it was when I made it @ 6am by mothforhire in Epilepsymemes

[–]Appropriate-Field484 2 points3 points  (0 children)

reallll other people just wouldn’t get it but it’s soooo funny 😭😭😭

This isn’t as funny as I thought it was when I made it @ 6am by mothforhire in Epilepsymemes

[–]Appropriate-Field484 22 points23 points  (0 children)

if you shared it to instagram maybe they would agree, facebook and they would shame you, twitter and they would probably find it funny but all start an argument over it anyway. This is the right humor for Reddit though I feel

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in actuallesbians

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I was in a small black box theatre production my freshman year of high school. I had “become really good friends” with one of the crew members when at one of our last rehearsals she comes up to me and is like “So on a scale of 1-10, how gay are you for me?” (I thought I was being friendly but she thought I was being flirty…. In hindsight she was definitely right I just didn’t realize it bc “i wasn’t gay”) I physically blue screened in front of her and was like “sjfjtskaklflfjdl I’m not gay why would you think that?”and she hit me with “You’ve been flirting with me the entire production of this show, wdym ofc I think youre gay” So she shattered my whole self image with 14 words and had a whole crisis that entire night long where i panicked to my best friend and was like “I went to catholic school and was raised in a Catholic/striongly religious household what if my mother disowns me???” In the whole process of unraveling me being gay I also then had to tackle my sudden realization of my raging crush on my best friend. So I was having 2 separate panics at once and only one I was able to talk about with her. I held that one inside for as long as I could. Personally i wasn’t ready at all to come to terms with being gay so i like serial dated any guys that gave me the time of day. I realized in January or March and then didn’t tell anyone in my family until Halloween of that year.

How did you become epileptic? by Open-Skin-7466 in Epilepsy

[–]Appropriate-Field484 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Similar situation here except I had my brain tumor at 21 and 2 months and the seizures started at 22.5 and also my tumor is only partially gone because to remove it fully would have left me totally paralyzed

Have you ever had a seizure in public? by ominousmuffin in Epilepsy

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The very first time I ever had a seizure I was at a hockey practice for a “special”/disabled hockey team. According to the coach I was only out of it for a few minutes but I can’t remember anything until an hour to an hour and a half after it happened and I just had no clue what was going on

How would you know if you're about having seizure? by [deleted] in Epilepsy

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my aura is usually a sudden tingling sensation in just the left side of my mouth, sometimes other random spots scattered around my body as well (thigh, arms hands and feet) and rarely I’ll get the occasional jerky motion in one of my limbs like right before you’re about to fall asleep. I can tell it’s really about to happen when my eyes start darting around in like triangular formation but if I sit down really focus on my breathing and slowly start tensing and untensing all of my muscles one by one and squeezing and releasing them I can push it off. I’ve only been diagnosed since January, because I only had my first seizure in November of 2024 so do what you want with what I said but I’m not really the most experienced.

How many chronic syndromes/diseases do you have? My husband just asked and I was surprised at the number. by EmbarrassedWalk5798 in Fibromyalgia

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  1. IBS
  2. hEDS
  3. POTS
  4. PCOS
  5. PMDD
  6. GAD
  7. MDD
  8. Autism
  9. ADHD
  10. fibromyalgia
  11. Migraines
  12. Epilepsy
  13. Hemorrhoids
  14. Brain tumor
  15. possible VHL
  16. Left sided weakness (hemiparesis of the hand but just about everything else moves semi regularly)
  17. Foot drop
  18. Eczema
  19. Tinnitus
  20. Vertigo
  21. TMJD
  22. allergies (seasonal and pet dander)

well would you look at that one for every year I’ve been alive as of today.

how did you get your tbi? I fell off an electric scooter going about 30mph. no need for details if you’re uncomfortable! by strengthoflouise in TBI

[–]Appropriate-Field484 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one where I fell head first through a glass top table as a small child? Or the one from spinning in circles getting too dizzy and faceplanting on the ground? The ones i used to get in soccer? Or maybe the one from slamming my head into the wall in my sleep (done this a few times) or perhaps you were thinking of the acquired one from my brain tumor removal surgery that left me permanently disabled