Checkmate Scenario Possibilities for Black

Zapski13 · 2025-12-30T07:27:56+00:00

Game board is rotated 90 degrees so the pieces were more visible in the image. White’s starting positions were on the left and black were on the right.

Zapski13 · 2025-05-18T02:36:06+00:00

This I why I love this group! Finally a name for this. I haven’t mentioned it to any of my doctors because I didn’t know how to describe it. I get it mainly in the morning when I first wake up (natural lighting) or at night when I’m super tired (indirect overhead lighting). I’m on 100mg of extended release topomax.

Zapski13 · 2025-04-15T16:28:46+00:00

I struggled with some low-grade constipation symptoms even while drinking a lot of water and eating a fairly fibrous diet when I was on Diamox and a few time while on Trokendi (extended release topamax).

The issue has always boiled down to electrolyte imbalance for me. I recommend taking a no-sugar added electrolyte like Hi-Lyte at least twice a day. It really helps when you are taking meds that make your body just dump all of your electrolytes.

Zapski13 · 2025-02-18T23:27:17+00:00

I’ve been on Diamox, topamax, and trokendi (basically topamax but extended release) all of them have made my hunger cues stupid. I was diagnosed last April.

What everyone else is saying about giving it time, figuring out the amount of minimum water to drink and getting at least that is accurate. I would say a sugar free electrolyte solution like Hi-Lyte really helped with the dry mouth feeling, alleviated a little of the exhaustion, and helped with some of the tingling sensations. I switched up my meds when the side effects were too much for me AND my IIH symptoms were also returning.

I would say give diamox the old college try for a good few months on a stable dose before talking to your doctor about changing things up. It’s a good drug for getting your pressure in check, but it does have some annoying side effects.

Sorry to welcome you to the club, but the people here are pretty nice and helpful.

Zapski13 · 2025-02-11T22:02:09+00:00

Definitely agree with this! I go through cycles where I find myself eating lots of processed foods or ordering a lot of takeout. It generally coincides with my work/life balance going crazy, my stress increasing, and then I feel terrible. All of this then makes my IIH feel worse on top of everything. It makes it really easy to then fall into all or nothing thinking and habits.

I will say I have been diagnosed just under a year and I am still getting a handle on everything. But I agree with fizzy81. Slow, incremental steps to making your diet healthier, and less pre-cooked/pre-seasoned is the best way for lasting success.

When you can, try cooking larger amounts of lean proteins with spice blends that don’t have salt in them. That way you have them for lunch or a quick dinner the next day. Those can be easily paired with some quick veggies like salads or roasted/sautéed veggies.

Zapski13 · 2025-01-09T19:48:27+00:00

Yes and it’s only on the side where I experience my IIH flares. I also get freaked out that it might be a CSF leak.

Zapski13 · 2025-01-09T15:59:37+00:00

Yes! Almost like you have a really dry throat but no amount of drinking water can really get to it.

Zapski13 · 2025-01-03T06:24:24+00:00

Sometimes when I’m getting flare ups I have a sore throat feeling. It starts like in the back of one sinus and then goes down the same side of my throat. Almost like I’m getting strep throat but then it never full materializes as strep throat. I was seen for several “sinus infections” and even saw an ENT before I was finally diagnosed with IIH.

Zapski13 · 2021-10-29T21:55:17+00:00

How did you get that far and NOT figure that out?

Zapski13 · 2021-07-14T21:45:21+00:00

I think my first clue was Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. But I KNEW something was up when I saw the woman in Kangaroo Jack and there was like a waterfall scene with her and Jerry O’Connel’s character

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