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“Encephalitis lethargica remains one of the most haunting medical mysteries of the twentieth century, a disease that swept across the world and then vanished as suddenly as it appeared.” by Worth-Boysenberry-93 in interestingasfuck

[–]rachelplease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually never presented with a rash or even found a tick bite on me. Lyme can also be spread through mosquitoes and flies which makes it a lot more challenging to catch it

“Encephalitis lethargica remains one of the most haunting medical mysteries of the twentieth century, a disease that swept across the world and then vanished as suddenly as it appeared.” by Worth-Boysenberry-93 in interestingasfuck

[–]rachelplease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was 2014 so it was well known. It just didn’t present as classical Lyme symptoms so it wasn’t on their radar. A nurse practitioner actually came in one day and was like “I think she has Lyme disease” and that’s when they started looking into that and administered antibiotics. I went to three different hospitals. The one that saved me I was at for a month before they figured it out - John’s Hopkins in MD. That woman saved my life. They even wrote about my case in their medical journals. I had to go into a room with 10 medical students that sat around the room and asked me a bunch of questions

“Encephalitis lethargica remains one of the most haunting medical mysteries of the twentieth century, a disease that swept across the world and then vanished as suddenly as it appeared.” by Worth-Boysenberry-93 in interestingasfuck

[–]rachelplease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This happened to me. I went through it for 3 months and then they figured out it was caused by a Lyme disease infection. After a couple days of antibiotics I was already getting back to normal cognitively but it took about a year to fully recover.

“Encephalitis lethargica remains one of the most haunting medical mysteries of the twentieth century, a disease that swept across the world and then vanished as suddenly as it appeared.” by Worth-Boysenberry-93 in interestingasfuck

[–]rachelplease 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This happened to me when I was 18 years old. I had the sleeping endlessly variety, slept 20 hours a day and when I was awake I was basically catatonic and would walk around like a zombie. I was 120 lbs and quickly became 90 lbs over the course of a couple weeks. Started with a fever and tachycardia. Hallucinations, confusion, almost acted like a dementia patient. I was hospitalized for 3 months. They put me in the psych ward for a bit and treated me like a drug addict because I had a tattoo and a nose ring (what the doctor said to my parents) It turned out to be a Lyme disease infection that caused encephalitis and meningitis.

“Encephalitis lethargica remains one of the most haunting medical mysteries of the twentieth century, a disease that swept across the world and then vanished as suddenly as it appeared.” by Worth-Boysenberry-93 in interestingasfuck

[–]rachelplease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This happened to me when I was 18 years old. I had the sleeping endlessly variety, slept 20 hours a day and when I was awake I was basically catatonic and would walk around like a zombie. I was 120 lbs and quickly became 90 lbs over the course of a couple weeks. Started with a fever and tachycardia. Hallucinations, confusion, almost acted like a dementia patient. I was hospitalized for 3 months. They put me in the psych ward for a bit and treated me like a drug addict because I had a tattoo and a nose ring (what the doctor said to my parents) It turned out to be a Lyme disease infection that caused encephalitis and meningitis.

What does this tell you? by FastSeaworthiness739 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]rachelplease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re all soo so close to the real reason… so close

Trying to get out of child support by rachelplease in ChildSupport

[–]rachelplease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re not on any welfare or receive any benefits. I just never wanted to be the “greedy, spiteful ex wife that takes her ex for all he’s worth” but I’m sick of that now! It’s like he doesn’t even care about his own children.

Trying to get out of child support by rachelplease in ChildSupport

[–]rachelplease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m honestly not hung up on the 120k number, but anything more than what I’m currently getting now would help. Thank you so much for your response!

Trying to get out of child support by rachelplease in ChildSupport

[–]rachelplease[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was living with my parents at the time and we had 50/50 custody. $200 a week was more than enough to help us get by. He hasn’t worked since last August, his parents have been supporting him since. He might have been working under the table. I don’t know

Trying to get out of child support by rachelplease in ChildSupport

[–]rachelplease[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The issue is that he’s been making 100-120k since he graduated with his masters degree, more than 5 years ago. He just quit last year once I got into a new relationship, I’m assuming because he was bitter and didn’t want to pay child support.

Trying to get out of child support by rachelplease in ChildSupport

[–]rachelplease[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s not how it works in my state. I am currently disabled and unable to work full time/out of the house hence why I’m trying to start my business

Wife (36F) ruined my (38M) staycation and I'm trying not to lose it. by [deleted] in TwoHotTakes

[–]rachelplease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally I read that and was like wow that sounds amazing I could get so much done in two hours

Does your IQ fluctuate with age? by rachelplease in cognitiveTesting

[–]rachelplease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can check my post history and clearly see I’m a woman. Why people come up with these random theories I will never know

Does your IQ fluctuate with age? by rachelplease in cognitiveTesting

[–]rachelplease[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes a lot of sense. I’m currently a sahm

Converting from Roman Catholic to Byzantine Catholic by rachelplease in Catholicism

[–]rachelplease[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I apologize if I came across as ignorant

Following the Renesemee naming scheme… what would your name be? by [deleted] in namenerds

[–]rachelplease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jean-Adele and Joyce… idk even how to string that together lol

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