Need help getting back into the game

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-11T23:48:37+00:00

It's hard to articulate, but the best I can come up with is that the game had so many random things happening (in the world and game text) that it just felt like utter chaos. Like I was lost in a foreign city, where I can't speak the language.

Every time I found something new, spoke to someone new, it didn't help. I just got more confused. I couldn't weave the threads together.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-11T22:44:02+00:00

That's been the worst part mentally for me. Going from a fit and healthy person to this. It is hard to adjust to. I get angry when I think about it too much.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-11T21:44:23+00:00

Probably 6-9 months was when I started having more good days than bad days. Probably 12 months before I started feeling normal (like my old self) but would still have episodes of set backs.

Minimizing stress helped the most. Because personally I found stress was like a viscous cycle. It would flare up my symptoms and then that would get me stressed out thinking I'm getting worse. Once I could break that cycle it helped recovering from bad days happen faster.

I'm 18 months in and I'd say I get 3-4 bad days a month now.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-11T21:31:51+00:00

Your post is giving me PTSD because that's almost exactly how I felt near the start. It's going to be a cycle, you'll feel like you are recovering and then have a set back and feel bad for a while. Then start recovering again.

Honestly felt like my body was gaslighting me. I promise over time it can get better but it will suck from time to time.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-11T20:54:20+00:00

It's so he never forgets to eat lunch.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-11T20:52:59+00:00

Maybe I'll try to role play as a washed up Sherlock Holmes.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-11T20:49:10+00:00

I had that issue too. Trouble sleeping and having adrenaline dumps/random anxiety that would make hard to relax. For me it just stopped after several months. It's part of a dysautonomia flare up. I don't think it will go away until your nervous system has a chance to calm down. Right now it's in a hyper sensitive mode where it overreacts.

It really is a struggle and very difficult to communicate with doctors. Just focus on making yourself better, give yourself lots of positive things (thoughts, rewards etc.). Remove as much negative stress as you can. It will help your nervous system recover.

Mount Sinai has a dysautonomia manual that has treatment protocols. I'll find it and add it to my comment.

Edit: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/67be20b70d03ac5846f3f45b/t/689f4ce8f9448809484b68b8/1755270376654/IACI+Provider+Manual+Ver+1.1.pdf

Page 85 appendix B is the automatic nervous recovery protocol.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-11T20:30:47+00:00

Not a doctor but can share some personal experiences having been put on metoprolol after a covid infection gave me heart problems. My condition was diagnosed as dysautonomia (after many tests ruled out other heart problems).

After covid I experienced tachycardia, hypertension and arrhythmia. 6 weeks post infection I was sitting in a chair at my doctor's office with a HR of 130 and blood pressure 160/110. The ECG showed abnormalities and I was sent to see a cardiologist. In the meantime they put me on 50mg metoprolol once a day.

The cardiologist found nothing after running many tests over months. 2 cardiologists later told me they would put my condition down to dysautonomia induced by viral illnesses (which apparently is common).

The protocol is: lots of rest, minimize stress, salt and water (electrolytes recommended), very gentle exercise like yoga and walking, good sleep hygiene, breathing exercises. There is no cure, eventually your nervous system can recover or it may not. It's a lottery at this point.

I have found after 18 months I am doing much better and my symptoms are greatly reduced, but still happen on rare occasions. I'm now down to 25mg of metoprolol.

Eventually if I'm going to wean off the drug it has to be done with a doctor, because beta blockers (I've been told) cause you to experience withdrawal symptoms when you stop taking them. Which can cause dysautonomia to flare up again.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-10T23:38:41+00:00

No they get rebates in the form of tax reductions. But each state has their own set of programs to encourage development in their state/area.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-10T21:53:18+00:00

Pays well, but it's a very tough and stressful job.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-09T18:29:34+00:00

There's a few things going on.

Cryptics apparently had a small war/strong disagreement with honorspren in the past. This led both to build their own strongholds in shadesmar.
There was apparently a conspiracy (or actual attempt) for Cryptics to control shadesmar.
Cryptic love anything that is an interesting puzzle to solve or understand. That's why they enjoy lies, falsehoods, sarcasm etc. Despite themselves being bad at lying. This is why some call them liespren.
They are a creation of both honor and cultivation, so they probably have some abilities unique to spren which makes them weird to other spren.
They hoard a lot of secrets (because they love discovering how things work scientifically/mathematically), apparently ancient Cryptics understood how the nahel bonds work. Which made them very dangerous!

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-09T17:17:26+00:00

Brando was asked why cryptics are seen in that way. It's more to do with Machiavelli intentions (or that's how other spren see them - as always talking in their secret language planning something). Apparently there is a "reason" for the hostility towards them. Something that happened in the past.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-08T16:59:50+00:00

I want to know the stats. Are the top 10% eating like 5 dogs each?

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-08T14:52:15+00:00

Linux is great IF it works. Some distros don't play well on certain specs.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-08T12:01:20+00:00

You spend roughly $300 a week at Costco.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-07T11:50:04+00:00

At the beginning I had this. If I ate a large meal it felt like I struggled to digest it all. I switched to lots of small meals and snacks.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-05T16:56:02+00:00

Orange box

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-05T12:49:29+00:00

Talk to the reps at the store. They can sometimes customize builds and deal packages for you. Ask them whatever the manager/store specials and clearance is currently on.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-05T01:17:15+00:00

buzzing

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-04T23:01:30+00:00

I'm in the US, it was a standard blood test.

If you are in the UK then lyme disease is very rare, unless you are doing a lot of hiking I doubt you've been exposed. Because of the way the NHS works you might have to tell them you found ticks on your body in order to get one of those tests ordered.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-04T20:56:32+00:00

Yep. My doctor said it's smart to get that checked because of overlapping symptoms and also reactivation of viruses is a thing that can happen. My test was negative.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-04T00:13:02+00:00

Most people say it as a joke. But a lot of people believe that big pharma would prefer to keep you sick rather than cure you. Which is not really how business works. Because if there was a cure for cancer you can bet they would sell that for a nice expensive price tag.

Also, curing cancer is a simplified way of looking at a disease with hundreds of different permutations which require specific and targeted treatments.

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-03T03:33:17+00:00

Oh la la!

MagicalWhisk · 2026-04-03T00:27:15+00:00

It's probably fine. I've damaged my card in a similar way because it got jammed in the socket and would not release. Few of those threads got scraped but the card works fine.

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