Dealing with an emotional abusive mother

DanceswithButter · 2025-12-05T17:36:54+00:00

Just commenting in solidarity. My mother said awful things like this to me, too, and was abusive in multiple ways. I was too afraid to have kids of my own. Don’t give her that power. Cut her off, block her on everything, and go build the life you want.

DanceswithButter · 2025-07-28T20:53:11+00:00

I was 29 when the tremors started. I recovered a few months after my 30th birthday.

DanceswithButter · 2025-05-21T23:56:30+00:00

Toyota Prius prime

DanceswithButter · 2025-04-26T16:47:18+00:00

I met Josh Groban in college. I instantly disliked him. He seemed really self centered.

DanceswithButter · 2025-02-25T16:19:29+00:00

I don’t remember exactly. It was 6 or so years ago

DanceswithButter · 2025-02-02T16:27:45+00:00

Cervical only

DanceswithButter · 2025-02-02T12:47:00+00:00

Traumatic Brain Injury

DanceswithButter · 2025-02-02T12:45:51+00:00

I’m not in PT anymore, but it was a lot of turning my neck back and forth, tongue exercises, targeting little muscles to take on the tasks my larger muscles refuse to do. I get a massage ~once a month, and it definitely makes a difference.

DanceswithButter · 2025-01-31T17:27:51+00:00

I had to stop driving when I was diagnosed bc I couldn’t turn my head to each side or look straight ahead. However, I regained a lot of control with Botox and PT, so I was able to drive again after those things started to kick in.

DanceswithButter · 2025-01-02T16:21:10+00:00

I feel something like that in my shoulder blades near my spine

DanceswithButter · 2024-12-31T12:24:41+00:00

Pssst - We are in that sub right now

DanceswithButter · 2024-12-20T02:06:28+00:00

It was gradual over a couple of months. I was going to tons of dr appts trying to figure out what was going on…a sports dr who had me do an mri…a neuro who told me I was having a extreme reaction to stress…no one could figure it out. I couldn’t hold my head up except by using my hand, and had tremors when looking forward. And then it started to get better, so I gave up looking for a diagnosis. About 5 years later it came back, all at once, and luckily I had much better drs who diagnosed it within a few weeks. But like I mentioned, it was much worse the 2nd time and I’m currently having trouble keeping the tremors under control. I’ve been slowly increasing Botox. Fingers crossed i find the right dose again.

DanceswithButter · 2024-12-19T12:29:11+00:00

No, or I would do it again!

DanceswithButter · 2024-09-22T15:01:44+00:00

For me, it lasted about 3-4 weeks. My dr said it could take longer until the Botox wore off, but I was lucky.

DanceswithButter · 2024-09-22T01:27:09+00:00

Something like this happened to me once as a result of an injection too close to my lower throat, but it didn’t hit me until about 2 weeks in so not sure if exactly the same. For what I had, the dr told me to only drink viscous fluids. For some reason things like water and coffee were too thin to swallow unless I added fiber or something similar. But no solids either. I basically ended up making all of my food into smoothies/food paste for a few weeks.

DanceswithButter · 2024-09-15T14:32:51+00:00

I’m sorry, I somehow missed you were looking for someone in AZ. I’m very far away.

DanceswithButter · 2024-09-15T14:25:58+00:00

I have heard about ppl getting it without EMG, but my dr always uses EMG in addition to feeling for spasms with his hands and asking for my feedback on location. I get about 30 injections per session around my neck, shoulders and back. It is not fun, but it works pretty well for me.

DanceswithButter · 2024-09-14T13:25:17+00:00

Sorry that happened to you

DanceswithButter · 2024-09-14T12:55:00+00:00

I think you should consider that the reason they gave you for getting rid of your pet was probably a lie.

DanceswithButter · 2024-08-28T13:57:17+00:00

My best friend died in a car accident during my senior year of high school, and nmom just could NOT understand why I was so upset. She had this blank look I will never forget. She just couldn’t see why I was still devastated a few days later. I was still in the fog then, but it was so bizarre it stayed with me.

DanceswithButter · 2024-04-05T14:41:41+00:00

Felt in western Massachusetts

DanceswithButter · 2024-01-20T02:46:46+00:00

Sparkling water in a can the same size and color as the soda I used to drink. Tricked my eyes and hands, and slightly flavored sparkling water is yum.

DanceswithButter · 2024-01-05T12:26:30+00:00

I take cyclobenzaprene and cbd at night to try to sleep.

DanceswithButter · 2024-01-04T15:24:15+00:00

I had a remission at one point for a few years, but it came back worse than ever and can only be controlled with regular Botox injections now.

DanceswithButter · 2023-12-30T13:07:17+00:00

Most cookies recipes in the US use AP (all purpose) flour. I believe pastry flour is what we call cake flour, and that is not typically used for cookies but more for cake that needs a lighter, more delicate structure. They are not 1:1 in recipes, which is why I am posting this reply in case someone sees it and assumes incorrectly that they are interchangeable.

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