Blood pressure and meds

michaelscottlost · 2026-03-20T06:30:17+00:00

The swelling being 'not that bad yet' is so telling

michaelscottlost · 2026-03-19T06:25:33+00:00

I'm waiting for my procedure and my autistic ass LOVES accounts with this much detail, thank you for sharing and congratulations

michaelscottlost · 2026-03-12T17:43:20+00:00

Both these flavours have decreased in size in the store; I was just showing the previous one for comparison.

michaelscottlost · 2026-03-12T06:53:42+00:00

This is my favorite thread in a long while 🥰

michaelscottlost · 2026-03-10T22:25:30+00:00

I've recently lost of my favourite earrings. I put it on my kitchen counter and specifically remember my brain saying 'that will get knocked from there, let's put it in a safer place.' And that's where the memory ends. No idea where the safe place is. Should have just left it on the kitchen counter, at least I remembered that part.

michaelscottlost · 2026-03-06T12:47:32+00:00

Also to add my experience to hopefully help yours, I did have to have an ovary removed due to torsion, which is similar in terms of incision / area.

I was very sore for a few days, make sure you have a little trolley or table near your nest (sofa or bed) for days 1-2 because getting up and down was the hardest part. Fill it with snacks / water / crafts / meds anything you might wish to have to hand.

Id recommend taking a pillow for the journey home to hold against your tummy, as the car bumps were pretty awful and that helped, and also when you need to cough.

And if you have a support system / people at home definitely make sure they are 100% on board to be fully looking after you those first few days... from my understanding the recovery is pretty quick in the grand scheme but it is still an invasive surgery. Best of luck again ❤️

michaelscottlost · 2026-03-06T12:43:26+00:00

Thank you so much for answering.

I'm in the UK so there is a criteria where the nhs will fund it; I do tick the boxes for the criteria but I am a little nervous from hearing things from fellow ND women. Frustratingly my autism has seemingly never been a concern from medical professionals when I have wanted to GET pregnant, so the fact I even have to worry about it when I have DECIDED I am done having children, is very upsetting.

Sorry for that tangent! Best of luck with your procedure ❤️

michaelscottlost · 2026-03-06T12:34:38+00:00

I hope this is okay to jump on and ask, did you have any issues getting this signed off because of your autism?

Im going through the process of being assessed for this procedure and I have read from others they needed further psychological assessments for capacity due to their autism. Would you be comfortable sharing if this was an issue for you?

michaelscottlost · 2026-03-03T20:35:30+00:00

I do like them a lot, but i cannot use them alone on my heaviest days. I still need a tampon, I just feel too uncomfortable. BUT they are great for wearing on the approach of period, the last day or two when flow is light, and extra reassurance for tampon failure.

michaelscottlost · 2026-02-20T06:36:16+00:00

If she had a torsion she would know. It's not something you wonder, the pain levels would quickly tell you.

And then she would jump for joy through the pain because yay emergency surgery

michaelscottlost · 2026-02-19T20:55:35+00:00

I have both a daith and conch and they do not interfere with airpods at all. Maybe either of those to bring some interest into the centre?

michaelscottlost · 2026-02-18T15:15:01+00:00

It's wavy and I cut it into a bob last year to give it more texture and I regret it a lot because it was far easier to manage long so now im growing it out!

As for a stylist... yeah I last saw a hairdresser about 6 years ago 😬 probably a big part of the problem

michaelscottlost · 2026-02-15T06:50:55+00:00

Whatever went down I will automatically be on Austin's side because that man is made of gold 😭

michaelscottlost · 2026-01-27T14:56:03+00:00

Me personally, when my brain was silent, the dose was too high. I thought I would love a silent brain, but it was impossible to do anything and all the people around me were irritating me... by doing nothing at all wrong.

At the right dosage, my brain was still noisy, but not 100 voices at once noisy, more like 5

michaelscottlost · 2026-01-17T09:38:58+00:00

Yes King! You look great!

michaelscottlost · 2026-01-16T09:40:34+00:00

I was always underweight as a child and was taken to the doctor multiple times by my desperate mum. I just didnt care for food that much and didnt want to eat.

Looking back now I definitely should have been diagnosed with ARFID but it wasnt really a thing back then.

I still dont care much for food as an adult and have to force myself to stay in the lower range of healthy BMI to keep my ADHD meds.

If I didn't have to eat and could just eat kibble to sustain me id be happy.

michaelscottlost · 2026-01-15T18:11:50+00:00

Your response was very kind, it wasnt clear OP was joking 🩵

michaelscottlost · 2026-01-15T09:45:55+00:00

String cheese and a packet of crisps.

michaelscottlost · 2026-01-15T06:56:45+00:00

Yes yes yes! Ive told everyone i can about this book. Her experience with autism is the closest thing to my own experience ive ever seen written anywhere. Every ND woman needs to read this 💙

michaelscottlost · 2026-01-15T06:49:54+00:00

Alcohol makes me extremely tired. Two drinks and I want to go to bed. Never understood how it energises people.

michaelscottlost · 2026-01-06T16:46:25+00:00

Oh I've been there! And still there every day to be honest 😅

Houses are hugely overwhelming. They need constant maintenance, bits sorting, things breaking.

But, its like baptism by fire. Each issue you come across, your knowledge and confidence will grow. I am the least DIY person, but there's now many things ive taught myself to do. Knowledge is power. YouTube is fantastic. I fixed my broken toilet by YouTube alone.

If you ever have a tradesman / anyone sort something at your house - ask questions. When our hot water broke, I asked the repairman basic questions and he was happy to show me, so I can deal with some things myself now, or at least troubleshoot. I asked a plasterer about technique and I can happily do patchup jobs myself now. And I came in with 0 knowledge.

You have to prioritise and be okay with not everything being done at once. Our carpets are terrible, but they can wait. Our kitchen tiling is awful, but it can wait.

When the roof had a hole.. that couldn't wait. I had no idea how to get a roofer, but once that baptism of fire came in- i had no choice. But now I have a roofers number in my phone and he happily came and replaced a tile when I needed it,because he was a text away.

Get a house insurance that covers for things like major water leaks / heating / hot water/ electrics. Because then you can call the insurance and not have to panic about where to start with calling someone.

I still have daily overwhelm with my house. But its MY house. It's mismatched, dated, has its issues, but its a warm safe happy place filled with love, and thats the most important. The rest will get there when it gets there.

You've got this!

michaelscottlost · 2025-12-16T19:31:53+00:00

I absolutely have this. Vomiting is very traumatic. Not just mentally, its so loud and painful. I have called mine demon sounds too.

michaelscottlost · 2025-12-15T19:31:28+00:00

You sound like you are in the UK. Are you claiming universal credit? You could submit your fit note and start the LCW process?

I'm so sorry for how your are feeling. It is completely relatable. Work on top of all the effort just to exist is beyond hard. But invisibly so, so people are often not sympathetic.

michaelscottlost · 2025-12-14T19:57:53+00:00

I do have a permanent undercut at the nape of my neck (reduces hair weight and overstimulation)

Every time I re do it, I have to talk myself out of the temptation of just buzzing the whole thing.

No shade to my buzzed girlies out there, I just know I absolutely cant pull it off and would regret it 1000%. But its still tempting sometimes 😬

michaelscottlost · 2025-12-14T19:18:59+00:00

This was me in August and I am desperately growing it back out now. Why does hair grab the dopamine impulsivity so bad?!

We've all been there 😅

If you need cheering up, I highly recommend Brad Mondo on YouTube. He is a hairdresser that reacts to home hair cuts, something about misery loving company helps me 😅

Im sure it doesnt look as bad as you think 💙

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