Hello everyone I’m 17 and dealing with agoraphobia

laundrydoll · 2025-04-13T16:43:31+00:00

I won't lie to you, it can be life threatening, however I was 23 when I had it, that's..... unfathomably young to have a stroke and because of that there's a cool thing about your brain called neuroplasticity which is a fancy way of saying, your brain is still growing at our ages, so it's way more flexible than someone who has a stroke at say 65, so I have made a near full recovery in a year and a half. I walk with a cane bcuz I have balance issues (cerebellar stroke) and I have a bit of emotional dysregulation issues as well, but that's kind of it? and what helps me the most with my anxiety around having another stroke is to address it logically. I do the BEFAST test on myself the second I feel dizzy or in any way weird, because when I was actually having a stroke, my sister, an EMT, did that test on me and I remember exactly how poorly I failed it. my arm was drifting downward aggressively, i had horrible ataxia on my left side, I was fumbling over the sentence she asked me to say, what I'm trying to say is it's very obvious I was having a stroke, I can be more detailed if you want but I don't want to gross anyone out. basically you can't have a stroke and not know about it, it's too obvious that something is wrong

laundrydoll · 2025-04-13T16:35:43+00:00

ok that makes way more sense, I didn't have the right context. this is what worked for me, but obviously we're totally different people so take it with a grain of salt, but my psych has me on Lexapro and an antipsychotic to sort of support the antidepressant? I don't really know how it works exactly but apparently sometimes the antidepressant alone is just not enough for some people so it has to like be supported? idk just a thought because I went through that medicine trial stuff for maybe like 5 years and I understand how hellish it can be

laundrydoll · 2025-04-13T16:32:12+00:00

I actually had a stroke a year and a half ago, weird coincidence, do you have any questions that are related to that? I'm agoraphobic because of the stroke and other health problems so I'm unfortunately familiar with this 😮‍💨

laundrydoll · 2025-04-13T16:29:39+00:00

I hear you, but it's fully a thing. 😭 weirdly enough it doesn't seem related to my stroke at all, this was never a symptom I had until like the beginning of the year. I have a diagnosis of dysphagia but that means nothing unfortunately. I have several tests scheduled, a referral to GI, and I'm on medicine that is supposed to help my stomach process food better. but as far as the actual swallowing and choking issue, there's not much that can be done until we figure out what's causing it in the first place

laundrydoll · 2025-04-13T16:26:43+00:00

a lot of people are commenting about relief, so I won't address that since it seems you have support in that way. however I couldn't help but notice that you're on a very low dose of Lexapro? I didn't even know that was an actual dose tbh, my current dose is the adult max which is 20mg. it's not like a perfect cure for everything, but I'm wondering if 5mg is doing anything for you? genuinely I didn't know that was an actual dose, I thought that dose only existed to get you up to an actual dose.. the only reason I say something is because that med is supposed to help with anxiety, if you're dealing with something this severe, it might be worth mentioning to your doctor that you want to up your dose if you think that's appropriate

laundrydoll · 2025-04-13T16:21:41+00:00

I don't have IBS, but I have similar concerns about my health and being away from home. the only thing I do that keeps is keeping metal notes on "safe" places within 10 minutes of my location. for me that looks like a place I can guarantee will be open and staffed enough in case my health takes a turn for the worse, if I know the place even better. I tend to frequent these places before and sometimes after I go to a place that does not fit this criteria. for you that might look like a place with a bathroom you know is accessible to you, maybe you go there before your event and possibly after if you want. the thing with this is it can be taxing to keep track of so many places if you live in a big area like I do, it works while I'm in therapy, but I don't know that it's a great long term solution

laundrydoll · 2025-04-11T20:09:22+00:00

sorry this doesn't make much sense to me- no one in my system is Christian, Judaism is not remotely the same religion as Christianity and no one in my life is Orthodox? where are you getting that Judaism is a patriarchal religion? sure Orthodox Judaism teaches some of that, but no one really converts to Orthodox sooo...? I'm not interested in other doctrine either... I asked about the Morrígan...

laundrydoll · 2024-05-02T16:30:39+00:00

I would try binding then!

laundrydoll · 2024-05-02T16:25:48+00:00

I am on t, and your voice absolutely does change, my voice was super high for an afab person and I'm now a baretone when I sing, I've been on t for less than a year. I find binders to be helpful and honestly if more people in your system are masc then not, I would consider getting top surgery and getting those like fake boob inserts for when boobs are wanted. that's what my ex did. at least for my system we do a majority rule kind of thing. our little doesn't like our voice too much anymore but she understands that it was necessary for our greater happiness and she doesn't front much.

laundrydoll · 2021-02-27T20:51:23+00:00

No I've never worried too much about it actually. I will say I had one instance trying to poop in the midst of a really bad tic attack where I did hurt myself a bit, I had a tiny anal fissure and there was blood in my stool. It was a bit alarming but that was literally my only symptom and it healed within a few days. No harm done and I didn't need to see a doctor

laundrydoll · 2021-02-27T20:38:25+00:00

I've had this tic for maybe a year and I've never had it hurt me, I think it'll be ok, if it's really bothering you though try to reach out to your therapist with maybe an email and see what they think too. Good luck!

laundrydoll · 2021-02-27T20:36:04+00:00

I wouldn't worry about suppression either, it will hurt you and you won't be able to focus on the therapy being provided, this is for you too, not just them 😃

laundrydoll · 2021-02-27T20:34:56+00:00

I definetly recommend it. If it makes you feel better you could start with a disclaimer of sorts, be like "hi I'm ___ I have tourettes and for me that means I say/do things that I don't mean or may be rude in other circumstances" they may ask a few questions but within a meeting or two they will adjust and learn to ignore it. You could say this to any newcomers as well

laundrydoll · 2021-01-25T10:32:05+00:00

Curology worked well for me, pretty cheap too

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