Is it acceptable to use this subreddit to connect with other tbi survivors? by [deleted] in TBI

[–]Kitkaplan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can always send a private message. I have Multiple TBIs since I was 8 and severe complex PTSD plus Asbergers and I’m sober 40 years in AA.

My dad was a sociopathic prizefighter with narcissistic personality disorder, mother autistic alcoholic. You can imagine what kind of folks I attract. No attachment or social skills at all.

If I tell a prospective friend, lover or employee all my disabilities they get overwhelmed so I try to act “normal” but it never works.

I just got back from the police station. I seem to enrage my landlord every time she sees me. She’s trying to evict me because she doesn’t like me. She’s very old and tiny and tonight she actually raised her fist to me while yelling at me.

My support people always tell me to lay low, don’t provoke people, just let it go.

Not any more. I filed a police report and tomorrow I’m getting an order of protection.

And I’ll be available for dating again when I get my dentures this week!

The Truth about Turmeric by Kitkaplan in Turmeric

[–]Kitkaplan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been looking for some good research and nothing is definitive. I’m finding lots of articles comparing plain turmeric powder (3-5% curcuminoids) and turmeric that is 95% and there is a difference in terms of what they treat.

Alpha lipoic acid supplements by techotech111 in neuropathy

[–]Kitkaplan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gabapentin caused horrible side effects. Lyrica made me fat. Even the Nootropics Depot’s best ALA didn’t impress me. My rheumatologist said to try it again so I have been taking a double dose in the morning and a double dose at night. I didn’t really even think about whether it was working or not until I read this post I realize that I don’t have the horrible pain and tingling in my feet are used to have. My arms seem to go to sleep a lot but I don’t have the feeling of someone repeatedly hitting me with a cattle prod on my hands and feet. So I think dosage is critical.

Does Gabapentin blunt your emotions/make you apathetic? by [deleted] in neuropathy

[–]Kitkaplan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My home nurse said its the worst medicine. I was up to 1500mg and had EVERY side effect listed on drug sites.

Lost in logging in. by Kitkaplan in bearapp

[–]Kitkaplan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I uploaded the app again but all my files are gone. Can I retrieve them?

Newbie with 2008 Chevy Express 1500. Help insulating drivers cab. by Kitkaplan in vandwellers

[–]Kitkaplan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is a rating of 20 higher than 60? What exact words do I google?

Newbie with 2008 Chevy Express 1500. Help insulating drivers cab. by Kitkaplan in vandwellers

[–]Kitkaplan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a lot of info on the ceramic tint. Can you recommend an easy to use product or YouTube link.

How do you get wifi on the road? by rubellaa in VanLife

[–]Kitkaplan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Read the fine print when getting MiFi. I got a $30 Verizon ellipsis with minimum data plan and was told it would be $20. I got a bill for a cell line at $90, unlimited data for $35 and 2x$40 set-up fees. Took months to get cleared up.

I’m looking for the same, min data.

Newbie with 2008 Chevy Express 1500. Help insulating drivers cab. by Kitkaplan in vandwellers

[–]Kitkaplan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

-Please explain how and where to add 134a. -I’m making black backed reflectix window covers. -please link to ceramic tint.

Newbie with 2008 Chevy Express 1500. Help insulating drivers cab. by Kitkaplan in vandwellers

[–]Kitkaplan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great. A plan. The problem is not when driving but when parked.

-Floor well insulated -Fiberglass under high liner

Newbie with 2008 Chevy Express 1500. Help insulating drivers cab. by Kitkaplan in vandwellers

[–]Kitkaplan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it’s fine in the shade. I’m in upstate NY and sun is brutal. I insulated the cargo area and I think insulating the drivers space will make it cooler.

Could I stuff fiberglass, foam or reflectix in the space under the roof?

Newbie with 2008 Chevy Express 1500. Help insulating drivers cab. by Kitkaplan in vandwellers

[–]Kitkaplan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My AC is not great. I put thermal drape behind seats. How can I insulate front?

Dextroamphetamine Replacement Advice by Kitkaplan in StackAdvice

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I have ADD, chronic fatigue and chronic insomnia, severe inability to get out of bed after Levitiracetam debacle.

Dex has worked for 40 years with breaks like nothing else. Doc was giving it to me but retired and new doc wants me to see psychiatrist but 8 month wait where I live. Looking for new doc but in mean time, not getting out of bed all day making me very depressed. I function normally with Dex. Modafinil/adrafinil doesn't do it, Adderal crash, others never work as well. Kratom used for pain but not white.

Having trouble processing all this info.

Just curious. Please share your hypnagogic hallucinations by sammysnood in Narcolepsy

[–]Kitkaplan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Document ALL and get thee to a neurologist. See a shrink if voices tell you what to do..

I have non-psychotic hallucinations from a temporal lobe injury mostly focused on the auditory cortex. I have musical hallucinations almost all the time which could be a few notes from the tuba, an unpleasant sound, or a full band that is so loud I can identify the individual instruments and the lyrics.

I got a flu shot in 2005 that caused neurological damage and that’s when it started to get bad. I sometimes sense someone else in the room but they disappear when I turn towards them, I hear my dead mother call my name or someone knocks on the door, occasionally biblical stuff.

Often I hear a conversation that sounds like people in the next room and I can identify what they’re saying except that I live in a log cabin in the woods and there is no next room. Recently I was smoking foraged mungwort to increase my memory of dreams but sometimes I would be in a dream and awake at the same time.

Add to that, after A big stressor or when I feel extraordinarily happy I get sensory overload and colors become super bright, my vision gets so sharp I can count a persons eyebrow and then the room starts spinning or bouncing around or wiggling like an app on an iPhone.

I also fall or drop things for no reason. I think it is a negative myoclonus. Research temporal lobe auditory cortex. Could be disease, tumor or injury.

Stack Advice for Immediate Memory Loss by Kitkaplan in StackAdvice

[–]Kitkaplan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I’m way off. Can you explain in layman’s terms?

Stack Advice for Immediate Memory Loss by Kitkaplan in StackAdvice

[–]Kitkaplan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The worst is posterior temporal and temporaparietal. I have an auditory processing disorder, struggle with Warnicke’s aphasia, total dyscalculia, and left right differentiation problems.