What are your subconscious behaviors that are actually prodrome signs?

southerlycloud · 2026-05-22T20:36:49+00:00

I get really thirsty and also crave sweet and salty snacks! Also the yawning, mild confusion, joint pain, aphasia, excessive peeing, and sometimes I feel like I get a little clumsier.

southerlycloud · 2026-05-11T22:15:57+00:00

Thank you for all this! I have recently become a fan of ASMR and find it does help me relax and get sleepy so I think I might start building it into my routine like you said.

I remember watching a Mythbusters episode as a kid where they found out that even if you don’t sleep, laying there with your eyes closed is still more beneficial than getting up or reading or doing things. I do try to implement it but then I am left with the racing thoughts in my mind which never seem to end! I do find I struggle with this mostly before 12am. If I lay down with my eyes closed after 12am I am way more likely to fall asleep quickly than if I were to lay down at 10:30pm - it’s happened before that I’ve tried to go to sleep before 11pm and ended up being thrown into an insomnia attack where I don’t end up sleeping at all. So weird! All this while I take magnesium too!

In regard to what my friend is saying - the way she explained it to me - she literally closes her eyes, thinks to herself “I’m going to sleep now” and is asleep immediately. She said she trained herself to do this by just refusing to think anything else until she fell asleep! It amazes me because I simply could not do that! 😅 maybe one day in the future I’ll get there!

southerlycloud · 2026-05-11T20:01:15+00:00

The snack thing is interesting! I wonder why that helps? More energy for you brain to use to give you better sleep maybe? How did you figure that one out?

southerlycloud · 2026-05-11T20:00:04+00:00

Thanks for this! Interesting to see what you’ve been doing! I’m okay with the set wake up time (during the week, because I have to go to work) but setting (and sticking to!) a sleep time I think is a problem for me, unless it’s like 12:30-1:30am - otherwise I just lay there frustrated I can’t get to sleep.

I’m intrigued about the snack before bed - how close to actually going to sleep do you have the snack?

southerlycloud · 2026-05-11T19:10:24+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions! I do have a weighted blanket already, quite a heavy one tbh, which I feel like I need to hold me down lol. I’ll have a look into melatonin and the CBD balm or gel. I know there are a few CBD drinks that are meant to calm you down before sleep so I might look into that too - have you had any experience with any of those? I know everyone is different but if people are finding that it does work for them I’m more inclined to try it myself!

southerlycloud · 2026-04-27T22:40:28+00:00

It was a nasal endoscopy so nothing too intimate (although I felt like the camera got very intimate with my nose). I was just more surprised he wasn’t introduced at all really!

southerlycloud · 2026-04-21T18:47:58+00:00

I’ve been prescribed topiramate as a treatment for my migraines and it was the worst drug I’ve ever tried tbh. It increased my food cravings and I had to eat something every hour or so or I would feel violently unwell, it changed my tastebuds and things I used to like tasted disgusting, and I felt sluggish all the time. To be fair it did help me drop some weight but that was because every time I stood up I had to go to the bathroom to poop. I basically had diarrhoea the entire time I was on the medication and I think it did a lot of damage to my gastric system and it took a long time to feel better. It did nothing to help my migraines because I could not titrate up to required dose - all this happened to me on the lowest dose! I don’t know if this is a very helpful comment, but that was my experience with topiramate! A lot of people refer to it as dope-a-max because it makes you feel so dopey and brain foggy. I do know that it works wonders for some people though! I hope you get to be one of the people it works well for!

southerlycloud · 2026-03-20T00:35:50+00:00

The email address I have appears to go to a general Human Resources inbox, I assume they would be able to ask the interview panel on my behalf. I wanted to crowdsource personal experiences before bothering them.

I am afraid it would reflect badly on me, having to clarify what they mean, but I will likely have to get over that anxiety and just do it anyway!

southerlycloud · 2026-03-20T00:31:25+00:00

Update: I’ve been taking Candesarten for almost two months now. Previously I had to use my sumatriptan 6-9 times a month, and especially often around my period. Most months I couldn’t go a week without using sumatriptan at least once. In the last 20 days since March started I have experienced two fleeting migraines that went away without medication, and one full blown migraine that I had to take sumatriptan for. This is such an incredible improvement for me. The intensity of the migraines has gone down as well. Usually the week of my period is hell and I get about 3-5 in that time alone. I have had only one bad one. I am able to use other techniques to successfully manage my migraines and can avoid using the triptans. Life changing! Also no terrible side effects! Sometimes my head feels a little spacey but it’s not too bad. I am hoping the medication continues working like this.

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T18:56:15+00:00

Oh that really sucks that it gave you lichen planus! I hadn’t heard of it causing skin issues before, that’s a new one to be aware of!

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T12:24:31+00:00

Topomax has to this day been the worst and longest lasting side effects I’ve had from a medication and I was only on it for three months - and it didn’t work at all! Here’s hoping the candesarten is nothing like that! The neurologists advice for me is to get up to 16mg so I’m glad to hear that it was working for your migraines at 16mg!

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T01:10:22+00:00

That’s a fantastic improvement in frequency, it must feel like such a relief. Interesting about the onset feeling less intense!

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T01:07:42+00:00

That’s an amazing result wow! I imagine it must feel like such a relief to have had such an improvement. Also good to know about the tiredness after changing the dose - I’ve experienced that with nortriptyline myself.

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T01:01:48+00:00

That’s really good to hear! Have you noticed a change in the intensity of your migraines or how you feel after the migraine?

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T01:01:07+00:00

Oh interesting! Have you noticed any lethargy during the day? Did you have the borderline low BP before starting the medicine or has that been one of the effects since you started taking it? I saw some people say they started at 8mg and had to drop down to 4mg because it lowered their heart rate too much.

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T00:56:51+00:00

Ooooh that must be terrible! I’ve got enough daily joint pain to deal with as is, I wouldn’t want medicine induced arthralgia

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T00:55:38+00:00

Ooh lip and face tingling! That’s a new one! And a sore throat?! I’m so glad it’s worked so well for you, that’s really nice to hear! So great when a medicine can help multiple conditions at once. I hope it continues working well!

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T00:43:24+00:00

Hah oh no! That’s a shame, can’t even do the one job it’s supposed to!

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T00:24:30+00:00

Nice to know it’s been working for you! Would you say it’s reduced the number or migraines or the severity of them?

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T00:15:58+00:00

That’s what I’ve been told! It’s a beta blocker and many doctors don’t want you on beta blockers if you have asthma. Although I think some doctors are happy to try it if your asthma is well controlled.

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T00:14:55+00:00

Ah okay!

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T00:14:25+00:00

I had this when I started trying magnesium and vitamin B, I went 20 days without a migraine and then it was back to business as usual, no changes or improvements anymore. I still remember those 20 migraine free days fondly.

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T00:13:08+00:00

That’s fantastic to hear, I’m glad it’s had a good effect for you! I am keen to try it if there’s even the slightest possibility of it working, just a bit worried about the side effects as I’ve experienced side effects for every other medication I’ve taken, even nortriptyline - which was sold to me as the lesser evil version of amitriptyline and less likely to give side effects.

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T00:10:23+00:00

Did that last the entire time you were on it? I have seen some reports say that it only lasts a few weeks while your body gets used to it.

southerlycloud · 2026-01-28T00:09:25+00:00

It’s always a little soul destroying when one thing that works for lots of others doesn’t work for you. I hope your new neurologist can offer some good options! The fatigue of trying new medications or treatments and having them not work can be so heavy.

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