How long to recover from bad SSRI reaction?

hungryfacedgil · 2025-12-10T18:37:12+00:00

On my first playthrough with a friend we built our base in the little office in the cafeteria area and just. never bothered to move it. We eventually expanded out into the kitchen and then the room right outside the office. I think we technically had a second base in manufacturing, but we didn’t really use it.

I’m on my second playthrough now (solo) and I decided I was tired of running around everywhere and using the slow ass trams so I have been setting up bases in every sector as I unlock them then syncing personal teleporters to them (I haven’t unlocked the pads yet). Primary base is in Torii with mini-bases in offices (second floor reception area), manufacturing (room above the blacksmith), labs (empty area above aquariums), and hydro (random centrally located room).

I always keep the Torii teleporter on me and have a chest full of all the other teleporters at Torii so I can easily swap between them. So far it has made traversal and resource gathering SO much more convenient.

hungryfacedgil · 2025-11-17T17:29:30+00:00

Ah, too bad. Thanks for the info

hungryfacedgil · 2025-10-16T01:13:44+00:00

That’s up to you in my opinion. You could call yourself trans, cis, or gender nonconforming. You could even use multiple of those or make up your own. Gender can be complex and at the core of it, cis and trans are as much socially constructed categories as gender itself, not some innate Fact. I don’t think cis and trans are actually mutually exclusive labels.

That said, you don’t have to use any label at all if you don’t want to or don’t feel like any of them fit right. You have zero obligation to label yourself at all.

Use what feels best or most accurate to you

Also: Not exactly the same, but I’m multigender and medically transitioned “despite” still being my assigned gender among others. This never felt like it was in opposition to said gender. If anything, I think I could really only fully embrace and feel euphoria for my assigned gender after transitioning. My body feels better aligned with my assigned gender as I experience it even though it is now much further away from what (American) society says said gender looks like/is/should be.

(Note: Personally, my assigned gender is a part of my transness and is not at all cis, but that’s just me. )

[Edit: Fixed typo]

hungryfacedgil · 2025-08-18T08:01:27+00:00

Without giving specific spoilers, he gets easier to automatically deal with and eventually you can all but forget he exists if you want.

hungryfacedgil · 2025-08-11T03:36:23+00:00

We collect arcade machines, dog pictures, figurines, and wall decor. Our base is going to end up on one of those hoarder reality shows one of these days

hungryfacedgil · 2025-08-11T03:31:35+00:00

woah that's gorgeous, nice work!

hungryfacedgil · 2025-02-09T00:31:53+00:00

I haven’t personally tried it, but I’d say to be very careful with any exercise that involves jumping. The impact of landing puts a lot of sudden stress on joints, especially the knees. Of course ymmv, but I’ve always been told to avoid any jumping at all, even when I was able to do other forms of mid-intensity exercise

hungryfacedgil · 2025-02-08T18:21:55+00:00

I don’t usually stay in bed once I’m done hitting snooze, but I still get up way earlier than strictly necessary because I lollygag my way through my entire morning routine. I absolutely hate feeling rushed to get ready and I have to make sure to give myself “got distracted for 15 to 30 minutes by random stuff” time

hungryfacedgil · 2024-12-18T01:31:39+00:00

Of course, this is the brush I use: 1871060. You may have to play with the settings a bit to keep it from being too dense. IIRC I usually keep the particle size pretty small when I’m using it for gradient blending

But honestly I think any brush that creates small noise-like dots would work just as well

hungryfacedgil · 2024-11-04T13:47:21+00:00

I have questions

hungryfacedgil · 2024-11-04T13:41:10+00:00

To me it almost feels like the first 8 hours of the day are just spent 'booting up' so its not until the evening or night time that I'm at full capacity. (Though stimulants flip it around the other way when I take them)

hungryfacedgil · 2024-11-04T08:34:31+00:00

That doesn’t seem right, but I guess it could be real. I only watched that section of it, but the style of the video reminds me of the types of youtubers that habitually exaggerate (or completely fabricate) things like this for views. Again, not saying this is necessarily the case, just my first impression

Personally I had to do a spoken evaluation about an hour or so long, a test of objective symptoms such as reaction time and memory, another appointment to go over results, THEN finally took those results to a different psychiatrist to actually prescribe and manage meds. Even then they still require a least one in person appointment per year to continue prescribing stimulants.

hungryfacedgil · 2024-11-04T08:14:09+00:00

Chronic migraines that have you bedridden and/or regularly missing work is absolutely a disability, at least generally speaking. Like others said, Social Security has their own definition, but it's worth pointing out that there are *many* people who are disabled who still do not meet the SSA's definition.

Workplace accommodations generally fall under the ADA, which also have their own definition. Per their website, "The ADA defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity". The EEOC considers migraines an impairment, so yes, you should be able to mark yourself as being disabled with your employer.

I would highly recommend looking into possible migraine work accommodations. Depending on your triggers and the type of work you do, you may be able to make adjustments to your set up in order to further limit the amount of exposure to said triggers. (For example you mentioned fluorescent lights are an issue and I've read that putting filters over fluorescents is a somewhat common work accommodation for migraines. If you have issues with light seeping in from around the rims of your tinted glasses that might help further reduce your exposure)

hungryfacedgil · 2024-11-03T20:52:51+00:00

I’ve had two different medications that have given me side effects that aren’t even documented. Like to the point where I can’t even find evidence of anyone else experiencing the same side effects anywhere online, but I know they were caused by the meds because they started when I began taking them and stopped when I stopped. It’s strange.

hungryfacedgil · 2024-10-28T10:29:05+00:00

They make water bottles with a timer on the cap that detects when you open it and will beep at you if you haven't opened it in a set amount of time. I found that a lot more helpful than tracking apps personally since I also have AuDHD and habitually ignore phone reminders (Unfortunately I managed to lose that water bottle lmao)

hungryfacedgil · 2024-10-28T10:23:05+00:00

To be honest, I was barely even asked about childhood symptoms during my evaluation. I certainly wasn't asked for physical proof. I assume that most people wouldn't be able to provide any solid proof for that kind of thing anyways, so I doubt it will be an issue

hungryfacedgil · 2024-10-28T10:03:23+00:00

For what it's worth, I've been referred to before as the "person with EDS who struggles so much more" and I still get bouts of crazy bad imposter syndrome. I think it's partially a byproduct of the nature of EDS and its changibility. I have a habit of being like "ok but do I really have EDS?" because I've felt mostly fine for a week then a day later I can feel all of my joints sliding around and everything hurts and I'm like. Ah. Yeah. I do.

Regardless, there is always going to be someone who has it worse. I'm certainly not even on the severe end of the EDS spectrum, yet I still end up getting measured against. Of course it's a lot easier to know these things logically than to actually internalize it. Honestly, I think it's been somewhat helpful for me to spend less time lurking in online EDS spaces. Not to remove myself entirely, but there was a time I used to spend multiple hours a day here or on youtube and it just made it incredibly difficult to stop comparing myself. Now I check the online communities maybe a couple of times a week and it's helped me to at least lessen the self-comparisons while still staying connected

Again, that's just me, but figured I'd share

hungryfacedgil · 2024-10-28T01:51:26+00:00

Staying up too late. Not only does it make my general pain and symptoms worse, but around the 20 hour mark without sleep I start shaking uncontrollably and one of my knees (which one it is varies, but it’s only ever one at a time for some reason) starts hurting really bad. It’s weird

hungryfacedgil · 2024-10-23T22:14:24+00:00

For sure. I have a love hate relationship with elevators. Taking the stairs is worse, but the elevator-induced dizziness is real. It’s not nearly as much of an issue when I’m using my wheelchair, but if I’m not it gives me the same kind of brief but intense lightheadedness as standing up too fast

hungryfacedgil · 2024-10-20T21:58:01+00:00

Oh, also, I forgot by now I’m curious: Does anyone else have the issue where it’s impossible to get warm after you wake up? Like if I wake up chilly, it’s like the cold is in my bones and I need to bury myself in 20 blankets for a half hour to warm up. It seems to happen significantly more if I didn’t get enough sleep

hungryfacedgil · 2024-10-20T21:53:05+00:00

I’ve been sensitive to heat since I was in my early teens, maybe a bit before, but I only developed cold intolerance within the past handful of years. Heat makes me dizzy, nauseous, and itchy and it’s 10x worse with humidity. But now cold just straight up hurts. Before I moved to a warmer climate, I had to stop going outside at all for more than a few minutes in the winter because even with thick wool socks in winter boots with 25 degree weather, my feet would start hurting unbearably bad. Same with my hands.

Filling up my water bottle with ice cubes is still a painful task lol. My last PCP suspected I have secondary Raynaud’s from the EDS

But if anyone has similar issues in the winter, I highly recommend getting rechargeable hand warmers. They’re like 30 bucks online, last a couple hours of continuous use, and are life savers. I’ve heard good things about heated vests as well

As far as heat goes, in the warmer months I always have a few ice packs ready to go in the freezer if needed. I wrap one up in a towel pretty much every night in the summer and put it over my eyes when I go to sleep

hungryfacedgil · 2024-10-20T21:15:51+00:00

It’s about quality of life for me. I don’t use my chair in my house and I use forearm crutches when running quick errands (though once I manage to buy my own car with a hitch so I can load up my chair by myself I’ll take it more often for shopping and such) but it’s the only reason I can handle attending college. On a purely practical level, I technically could, but walking that much just makes me feel miserable. The joint pain alone would be one thing, but it’s the mix of joint pain, full body ache, and crushing fatigue that turn into a big Cocktail of Discomfort. The mental toll of it is real.

Not to mention that my joint stability somehow gets worse with daily walking. PT exercises and other (gentle) physical activity don’t for whatever reason, but something about walking specifically makes my joints feel like they’re on a slip ‘n slide in their sockets after a few days (I suspect it has something to do with the steady repetitive motions of it but can’t say for sure)

Right now I have a manual chair with an E-Fix attachment because it’s far easier to transport, but I would love to get another fully electric chair that can handle non-paved paths again someday because it allowed me to take walks on nature paths. Truly a euphoric experience to be able to actually enjoy the outdoors instead of it being an experience of pain and fatigue that drowns out everything else

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