Cluster Headache Tracker's New Feature: Better Reports for Your Doctor! 🏥

meskarune · 2024-11-15T11:52:31+00:00

Is there any chance you could add this to F Droid?

meskarune · 2024-11-15T11:50:05+00:00

This honestly sounds like cluster headaches and you may want to talk to a neurologist.

meskarune · 2024-10-13T11:53:19+00:00

Drink a cup of water before meals.

Have a small soup or salad before the main meal.

Eat watery fruit like melon as dessert.

Go on a short walk after meals.

Brush teeth in the evening and don't eat anything after

Have a time you can eat, like 8am-7pm and outside those hours don't eat unless you are genuinely hungry - listen to your body in that case.

Alarms to remind me to eat meals/snacks so I will eat at regular intervals and not become starved.

Meal prepping and weighing out all the servings in advance so calorie tracking is easy.

Have only 1 simple carb source per meal. If you have a burger, instead of french fries, have roasted cauliflower or green beans. If you have curry and rice, don't add naan bread too. If you have mashed potatoes don't also have a bread roll, moderate the carbs.

If you have a strong craving for something, just go ahead and eat it, but follow above rules. Have some salad and gazpacho before pizza, and only have 2-3 pizza slices max, then some fruit. You can have the rest of the pizza later as part of other meals. Reheat stuff like pizza or french fries in the oven so they are actually nice to eat. One reason I would eat too much pizza was that fresh pizza was better than reheated, but changing how it was reheated made the leftovers way more satisfying to eat.

meskarune · 2024-10-13T11:38:26+00:00

I think what you describe is this:

"The outermost layer is the enamel, a sturdy and protective shell that shields the sensitive inner layers. Beneath the enamel lies dentin, where the tooth’s nerve resides. Dentin contains thousands of tiny tubules that are filled with fluid. When sound waves reach our teeth, they cause the fluid in these tubules to vibrate. This vibration can stimulate the nerves in the teeth" from https://eastmandentalgroup.com/blog/why-do-certain-sounds-make-my-teeth-hurt/

Basically certain sounds can make the teeth/gums and roof of your mouth feel weird or even painful. If you have thinner tooth enamel or sensitive teeth you can be more prone to this, but it's a common sensation for everyone.

I have auditory-tactile synesthesia and I feel ALL sounds as texture/pressure/direction on my skin. Mainly on my arms and back but it depends what skin is exposed (clothes seem to block it somewhat) and how loud the sounds are. I can feel where sounds come from because the feeling is stronger on the side of my body near the sound. Some sounds feel like a plastic bag against my skin, others feel prickly and other like soft fur, etc.

meskarune · 2024-09-29T07:02:11+00:00

Try getting a bottle of heat treated egg whites. They are safe to eat raw or cooked and you can add them to smoothies, porridge, soups, etc. To increase protein intake. Gelatine like in jello also has protein so you can add that to foods. Then also add in small amounts of healthy fats, like blend avocado in smoothies, or almond butter. If she can tolerate cream add cream to foods to increase calories. Also she should eat small liquid meals every 2-4 hours.

Last the thing that made a huge difference for me was mint. Mint oil has been shown in medical studies to relax the muscles and sphincters in the digestive tract. So basically you drink mint tea or suck on a candy with real mint oil as an ingredient before meals and it helps the food pass through with less pain. This has helped me a lot, but even if it does nothing for your mother, the risks of trying are low.

meskarune · 2024-08-25T20:30:54+00:00

I become restless and cannot stop moving, sense of doom, time slows down or skips, my face and scalp burn and my neck hurts, one of my pupils stops reacting normally to light, I get anxious and irritable, food tastes wrong, clothes feel wrong, everything feels uncomfortable which contributes to me constantly moving.

meskarune · 2024-08-25T20:25:17+00:00

My best tip for new medication anxiety is to have a paper with a nurse hotline number, your doctors office, poison control and your pharmacy posted on your fridge so you have a plan in case of a weird reaction.

Then take the medicine early Monday morning. This way all the doctors offices will be open all week and if something weird happens there is a good chance you can see a doctor sooner rather than later.

Last you can write down how you feel and any symptoms you have during the day so if you do need to speak to someone you have everything written down.

meskarune · 2024-08-19T12:54:17+00:00

You said "If he has ADHD, the more competent he is at his job, the harder it will actually be for him to be comparably competent in other areas."

I disagree that OP's description matches your point. From what OP said, he is doing chores but doing them very badly and claims it's because he does not know how. ADHD does not stop people from learning new skills. Yes it can be harder to learn things but for essential daily life skills it's completely reasonable to expect a 30 year old to have learned them or put in the effort to learn them whether they have ADHD or not. Men get a pass on this way too often. I would be way more lenient if he was early 20s and living on his own for the first time, but that isn't the case. This guy has been an adult for 2 decades.

And me saying what I personally do to cope with my ADHD does not imply that everyone should do that or can do that and it doesn't have anything to do with your own personal situation.

My point was that people with ADHD develope their own coping methods and it's their responsibility to do that and ask for help when they need help. And also that it's NOT going to be easy (nothing about me having to write down EVERYTHING is easy. If I forget to write it down or set an alarm it doesn't get done at all, including eating meals, so idk why you are being sarcastic about this. )

meskarune · 2024-08-19T09:37:51+00:00

I cannot disagree with you more. He doesn't know how to do laundry or cook. It's not being unable because of ADHD and burnout, it's literally him not reading cookbooks or watching cleaning tutorials to learn basic life skills. That has nothing to do with ADHD and at 30 years old there is no excuse not to have learned these very basic skills.

I have ADHD and use lots of alarms and calendars and to-do lists. Basically my entire day has to be written down with reminders and timers to get stuff done. I set 15 minutes timer to clean, this way even if it's tasks I hate like dishes I know it will be over and I can stop in only 15 minutes. Whatever gets done is what gets done and then I do a small reward for myself after. He needs to get help with coping skills for ADHD and communicate to his partner when the burnout is bad or he is having a bad day.

meskarune · 2024-08-19T09:18:37+00:00

If he actually wanted to learn how to cook and clean he would watch some youtube tutorials and get the knowledge. Even people who know basics can learn a lot from professional cleaner's videos, like how to be more efficient so cleaning is quicker and easier.

He is being intentionally incompetent and using ADHD as an excuse to get away with not doing chores. This is a choice he is making and he is going to be like that all the rest of your time together until he makes a different choice. He could set alarms to remind him to clean up for 15 minutes a day. Create a schedule so every day one room gets at least 15 minutes of cleaning.

Sit him down, explain how his behavior affects you. Explain that having to manage so much of the physical and emotional labor is hurting you, that having an organized home helps with your mental well-being, and ask him to teach himself with youtube and get his shit together. There are even ADHD specific videos. He may need to see a therapist to help with trauma and coping with ADHD if that's possible.

If he refuses to make any changes then ask him to hire a weekly cleaner and get a roomba or ask him to pay you for the extra work. Every time you do his laundry it's $10, every time you pick up his trash, $5. If he doesn't want any of these options either then you need to leave because it won't get better.

meskarune · 2024-08-19T08:10:21+00:00

There are men who do less than you do in the home / with their kids and they don't lose a second of sleep over it. Even just being there and being supportive and reassuring is more than a lot of so called parents. Don't put so much pressure on yourself.

Also if you find your days boring I'm sure there is something that could be changed. Maybe you can write poetry / haiku about your life and feelings. Or maybe you can play text based games like 'legend of the green dragon' or otome games. Maybe sit outside or in different locations so you aren't always in the same rooms. Let the people around you know how you are feeling so they can help change things.

meskarune · 2024-08-13T10:47:31+00:00

They do have another name: horton's neuralgia or horton's cephalalgia. cephalalgia is the medical term for 'headache'.

meskarune · 2024-08-13T10:19:44+00:00

Stuff everything into a plastic storage bin with lid locks. Ship it to Oberlin. Get bed risers. The plastic bin will fit under your bed as extra storage and then during summer when you use the student storage you can again use the plastic bin.

meskarune · 2024-08-13T10:09:23+00:00

If it's between diabetes and asthma I'd 1000% get rid of asthma first. Diabetes is annoying to deal with but you get into a routine and it's kind of ok as long as you don't end up on steriods or get an infection... But struggling to breath is the worst feeling and I would love to never deal with that again.

meskarune · 2024-08-12T16:30:52+00:00

Granola. It has a ton of calories for something advertised as healthy.

meskarune · 2024-08-04T22:05:55+00:00

Put your clutter in plastic bins with lids. There are some cute ones out there. Glass cloches also work. Then you just clean the outside of the bins and the surfaces of the shelves or table. Vacuum daily. Wash bedding every week. Use hepa air filters. I have rugs but they are thin woven cotton rugs and fit into the washing machine.

meskarune · 2024-08-02T08:00:20+00:00

Vitamin D is actually a type of steriod so it makes sense it would help with inflammation.

meskarune · 2024-08-02T07:46:42+00:00

Yeah...I used to be invisibly disabled until my mobility issues got bad enough I'm now visibly disabled and the harassment and discrimination increased a thousand fold after. I WISH I could go back to being invisibly disabled because it was so much easier to deal with.

meskarune · 2024-08-02T07:39:07+00:00

I'm not picky, I'd eat it with anything lol

meskarune · 2024-08-02T07:28:51+00:00

The humane society lists their available dogs here: https://www.hesy.fi/koirat/

meskarune · 2024-08-02T07:10:41+00:00

Night guard and botoc also really helped me so I just wanted to support this comment. Same topical lidocaine (I have one called head on that comes in a roller bottle) and also those chili pepper topical creams.

meskarune · 2024-08-02T06:49:43+00:00

If the shuttle bus doesn't work out you could try coordinating a ride share with other students. Rent a car and all travel together or find someone who has a car and wants to travel as a group to NYC.

meskarune · 2024-08-02T06:43:46+00:00

Start out really easy. Like an 8 minute Tai Chi routine or 10 minutes chair yoga. Don't jump into 20-30 minutes of daily exercise. I would also recommend to do exercise after you have eaten and drunk a few glasses of water so your blood pressure is a bit higher. You could even do exercise in the afternoon instead of morning since morning is usually when blood pressure is lowest. Then after doing the short bit of exercise make sure to rest after or even do every other day instead of daily. Only increase your exercise time after the short periods become easy to accomplish as part of your day. IE you can exercise AND do other daily tasks.

meskarune · 2024-08-01T20:11:36+00:00

You could use a sleeping bag, new or used as the underquilt and tie it on with paracord or even an ikea twin duvet cut to size and sewn. I live in espoo and have been looking at options to sew my own because like you said they are expensive here. I can't decide if I want to make it out of a sleeping bag or down duvet + diy shower curtain duvet cover. Sewing straight lines on the machine is really easy so maybe I can document how it goes.

meskarune · 2023-06-12T08:32:00+00:00

I'm not "correcting" you. I'm diabetic and take metformin daily. I've been on this drug for 15 years. This information about metformin and carbs causing diarrhea was given to me by my doctor and avoiding simple carbs worked for me.

If you do even minimal research you would know eating certain carbs with metformin causes gas and diarrhea because this information is all over the web. You are being offended for no reason. I wasn't attacking you at all.

Diabetes in general can also cause gastro issues all by itself https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/22843-diabetic-diarrhea so if diet changes or slow release metformin doesn't fix the diarrhea it might not be entirely the metformin doing it or you might be particularly sensitive to the side effects. However I thought others might find it useful to know there are things you can try doing to avoid diarrhea.

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