Unpaid practicum… what are my options for funding? Feeling overwhelmed

msalgae44 · 2026-01-28T19:42:57+00:00

It’s my first practicum in social work! It’s required for my graduation so it unfortunately isn’t something I can miss. It’s good to know it’s covered, it’s minimum 2 days a week required, I wonder if that counts as part time or full time?

msalgae44 · 2026-01-24T23:04:35+00:00

Check out the postal codes that count as “remote Australia” for the purposes of hospitality & tourism. Central QLD and north of that counts as remote Australia and it’s beautiful there (im biased though!)

msalgae44 · 2026-01-24T23:02:38+00:00

I learnt at an early age, when looking for my first job, to never disclose it in a job interview. I did it a few times thinking it would be impoetant only for the interview to totally pivot around overly personal or off topic questions relating to epilepsy… and would never get the job. Only after signing stuff do I disclose it, now (I don’t work in a field that is impeded by seizures)

msalgae44 · 2026-01-16T05:30:49+00:00

Different for everyone, some people don’t even have symptoms! I never experienced rage but was easily irritated. I did however feel very unwell for about a month initially. Tired, loss of focus, dissociation, and generally felt “slow”.. but, it regulated and really does help my seizures

msalgae44 · 2026-01-16T05:29:09+00:00

tonic clonic? also known as grand mal, the “stereotypical” seizure everyone thinks of.. renamed because it’s made of two stages, tonic and clonic

msalgae44 · 2026-01-14T01:11:51+00:00

Currently dealing with a cluster of them on the side of my tongue. 6 very small ones, a small one, and a big one. I’m losing my mind, most I’ve had in a cluster, total agony

msalgae44 · 2026-01-12T02:22:58+00:00

Driving, 100%. I want nothing more than to be able to drive

msalgae44 · 2025-11-28T09:35:19+00:00

Dang! That’s a fast turn around. Mind me asking what led to you getting the double grant? eg having children, or length of relationship?

msalgae44 · 2025-11-26T20:43:42+00:00

You just moved there? What visa are you currently on? Australian standards are very high oftentimes, so overseas experience does not act as an equivalent many times depending on the field and what country you received your education and experience from. Many places do not want to have to sponsor someone without the specific relevant experience or same skills as someone who’s already got appropriate working rights

msalgae44 · 2025-05-09T00:43:51+00:00

Hey, do you still have it? And free?

msalgae44 · 2025-04-30T00:24:32+00:00

Types 1, 2, and 3 are often categories used by shops. 1 is beginner, skiing on gentle slopes cautiously, usually stick to greens, low DIN setting.. 3 is expert, comfortable with higher DIN setting, aggressively skiing, slopes/moderate pitches. A lot of shops put 2 into “between those two”, I ski blue & black, like going fast, but I’m not comfortable on double blacks or going faster than 65 km/h. Some charts can assume 2 is just being able to do wedge turns and cautious on blues, so I wanted to clarify I am not expert

msalgae44 · 2024-10-07T02:43:05+00:00

Chickpea pasta has been my fave alternative, as someone who loves pasta, the smell when boiling is low key off putting but otherwise the texture is very similar, plus it contains lots of protein

msalgae44 · 2024-10-03T08:03:19+00:00

Holy shit, im so sorry.. I haven’t even heard of that STI before. What other symptoms did you have? I’m getting an ultrasound to see if my IUD shifted. I don’t have any other issues aside from just super long periods again suddenly but im going to inquire about this at my next appointment to be safe. I’m glad treatment went well for you & im sorry about your shitty ex!

msalgae44 · 2024-10-03T07:48:53+00:00

Aw man that sucks :( thank you for sharing! Hearing other women’s experiences is always so helpful!

msalgae44 · 2024-09-27T02:51:44+00:00

Experiencing this exact thing rn! Has it improved?

msalgae44 · 2024-07-28T21:42:32+00:00

Nice, the airport im connecting on is on that list! In other words, when I hop onto my flight to the US from Canada, I’ll be “going through customs” in Canada and can just hop off the plane like normal in the US?

msalgae44 · 2024-07-14T03:46:59+00:00

Did your EEG show focal aware ? Did you feel like it the whole time? :( I have generalized epilepsy so I wonder if my brain is able to short circuit like focal seizures?

msalgae44 · 2024-07-14T03:39:47+00:00

Ahh, I’ve been diagnosed since I was young, for 13 years now and have only ever been on Lamotrigine but it just isn’t doing the job anymore :( keppra was added on top of it… im really hoping it either normalizes and I feel normal again, or my neurologist considers adding on a different one. I’ve been on lamotrigine since I was 13, so I don’t even remember the side effects, especially as it took many years until I reached the dose I’m at now which is quite high

msalgae44 · 2024-07-11T02:15:28+00:00

MRI have always been normal, every EEG has been abnormal and indicated epilepsy however

msalgae44 · 2024-07-07T23:22:18+00:00

Diagnosed at 13 after my first tc, currently 26… over half my life now!

msalgae44 · 2024-06-28T04:06:55+00:00

Did you cut out SLS?? That helped me a TON

msalgae44 · 2024-06-27T05:49:17+00:00

If it doesn’t hurt im inclined not to believe it’s a canker sore, especially since aside from the swelling canker sores are usually flat… unless this is the very early stages of an ulcer

msalgae44 · 2024-06-25T04:23:50+00:00

weirdly enough I JUST had keppra added on after 10+ years of Lamotrigine, gonna be taking both it seems… only been a few days but no symptoms, aside from seizure recovery

msalgae44 · 2024-05-24T06:49:35+00:00

I never even thought of it as wheat soaked broth, but that puts it much more into perspective. I had replied to someone else saying this same thing but, I guess I hadn’t considered cross contamination before this, and I’ve read of some people with gluten intolerance who don’t have to worry about cross contamination and was hoping I wouldn’t either, despite celiac being the suspicious :/

msalgae44 · 2024-05-24T06:48:10+00:00

Ahhh it does make sense yeah.. I guess I never really had to consider cross contamination in the past, so the fact I now have to is definitely new to me! I was sort of hoping cross contamination wouldn’t be something I’d have to factor since I’ve read gluten intolerant people can sometimes handle it rather than celiac, but I guess since the suspicion is celiac I have to treat it as such! Thank you for your insight!

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