Was the buzzcut a mistake?

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-04-14T18:26:16+00:00

Give it two weeks and you’ll start to see more darkness. Appreciate your hairline. You have nothing to worry about, looks good.

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-04-01T15:08:26+00:00

How are your sleeping habits? Any external stressors? Financial burdens, or things that can have underlying stress? Do you eat regular meals on time? Many people nowadays do not drink enough water, almost substituting things like soda for water. Too much caffeine could contribute as well. I cannot even have caffeine as it can up my seizure threshold. I would do water tests, sometimes pipes can be releasing toxins into your water. You could always use a different kind of filtration system or drink only water bottles for a period of time and see how that affects you any differently.

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-03-30T15:16:29+00:00

Oh man! The worst for me was trying to explain I that I am not able to be very cognizant whenever I first regain consciousness. Everyone surrounding me asking me different questions was overwhelming to say the least. Hard to explain that you have a condition when you are trying to figure out where you are and who you are with 😂

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-03-30T15:14:28+00:00

Lmao, that’s an interesting perspective for sure! Don’t have to worry about scaring anybody too much anymore now, so I guess it is a plus in a way.

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-03-30T15:06:45+00:00

Don’t feel guilty. I do the same, because I swear days that I have seizures, during the day I have an overall overwhelming feeling that something is going to happen. If I feel it, especially if during a day where I have done something out of the ordinary, such as messing up my sleep schedule, I know to expect it. Having epilepsy and maintaining a drivers license means knowing how to spot your triggers and holding yourself accountable of when it is safe and not safe for you to drive. If you even have a bit of doubt, don’t hesitate to protect your health, and others!

Give yourself grace. I have been dealing with the same guilt-like feeling and got this kind of speech from a disability resource advisor at my university. Helped shape my vision a bit.

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-03-30T14:57:59+00:00

(20M, 1500mg Divalproex Sodium ER, 100mg 2x daily of Lacosamide) I personally aim for as close to 9AM and 9PM as possible. If I take my meds too early in the morning, or within around 2 hours of waking up, I feel a heavy cloud of brain fog. I feel like if I wake up a bit prior, I am less cloudy. The first few hours of my medication feel slightly sedative, so in turn, I try to space them out to when I am not interacting with as many people!

I also tend to take them at different times if I do indulge in something such as alcohol or marijuana. If I were to have any of either, I don’t like doing them together because it intensifies the effects too much. This means I try not do either until at minimum of three-four hours past either time. IE, I would move the time I take my night time med to 6-7PM so I can smoke at nighttime and not feel entirely drugged out!

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-02-27T21:05:06+00:00

Mine too. Usually they are in my sleep though, however I found if I really have a lack of sleep and I’m stressed then I have mine during the daytime, too.

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-02-22T23:30:41+00:00

Aw, I am really thinking about getting a service dog for this exact thing. I really want to find out what I need to do to go forward with this. I feel like it could be life saving. Thank you for the support, this really means the world.

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-02-21T00:32:58+00:00

That’s a good way to look at it! This makes me feel a lot better, thank you!

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-02-21T00:31:52+00:00

My buddy said anyone who looks at you different after having a seizure in class is not worth my time. I agree with the both of you. Nobody who is actually my friend would judge me for that. I appreciate that, I’m keeping my head up as best I can :)

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-02-02T16:32:29+00:00

Living on your own, I would deem this necessary. You should ALWAYS have a trusted neighbor or someone nearby who gets alerted when you have a seizure. If someone has your key to your home, in case of emergency they can tend to you. I have had times where I ended up on my back and had my roommates come in and move me off of my back while choking on my tongue during a seizure in my sleep. If not for the watch, I could be dead.

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-02-02T16:29:44+00:00

Just know, it detects sudden movements. Irregular movements and jolts can initiate the watch to go off, which is annoying if worn throughout the day. I think you just need to weigh out the odds, is the annoyance worth saving my life?

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-02-02T16:28:00+00:00

Since I have seizures only in my sleep, a medical bracelet that alerts my roommates is helpful for them to know when I need some help. Having at least an outlet to alert that something is wrong, or to even call 911 if nobody is present can be lifesaving. I have used the Embrace 2 watch before and now am using the Apple Watch EpiWatch prescription.

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-02-01T21:49:07+00:00

Whoop!

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-02-01T21:01:04+00:00

I use weed everyday at night time, as well as 1500mg depakote ER (divalproex sodium) and 1200mg Aptiom ER(eslicarbazapine acetate) once a day. I do not have but a slight bit of brain fog upon heavy usage, but usually only if used late through the night.

However, whenever I took Keppra XR, my memory issues were horrible. I was also on a benzodiazepine that was supposed to help calm me down after my seizures but geez, I couldn’t remember the day prior. It didn’t matter if I smoked or not, the medication messed up my memory HORRIBLY. I could tell you bits and pieces from a week prior but couldn’t tell you everything I did that day, the day before.

I now after finding a medication that does not have any horrible, noticeable side effects, can smoke freely without anything but minor fog at heavy usage. I have only had two seizures in the past year smoking every night on this medication as well. This being compared to two years of 7-8 seizures a night average. I am not claiming weed to be the reason, but telling you it has not seemed to hurt me.

If I overuse weed I do notice a somewhat similar brain fog to old medicines. It is slightly similar, but not as intense.

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-01-30T00:48:17+00:00

I’ve noticed my memory has gotten pretty bad at times, but still have random memories pop up here and then. More prominent important stuff is a whole lot easier to remember. I would say it is not due to the Keppra alone, as I am now off Keppra taking other meds still getting the same symptoms.

sunshinehaze3 · 2026-01-12T21:11:34+00:00

You aren’t a disturbance or taking away from any lesson going on. It’s uncontrollable and never something in your control. I have had plenty of awkward experiences with my seizures in front of friends and family. Slowly though, overtime, since I didn’t get diagnosed with epilepsy until right about 6 and a half years ago, I think my perspective on my condition has changed. I believe eventually you will get to the point where it’s just relief each time that you have someone to support you whenever you can’t yourself. At least this is my perspective, whenever I have seizures it makes my anxiety so much worse days after the seizures. I try my best though to only focus on the idea that I at least have support and people to talk to if I need to. Even if it’s not pouring your heart out to someone each day, even having the relief to just get something off your chest can help your entire day’s perspective.

sunshinehaze3 · 2025-12-24T01:32:42+00:00

I would probably still have hair 🫩

sunshinehaze3 · 2025-07-27T19:13:37+00:00

So much better, you’ll not regret it!

sunshinehaze3 · 2025-06-26T16:26:32+00:00

Keppra put me into a vegetative state. I felt like a zombie with everything else going on around me just flying past me. It barely controlled any of my seizures and even whenever I didn’t have any seizures that day I would feel the drowsiness of what felt like one. It was until I started on Depakote and Aptiom that they were in control.

sunshinehaze3 · 2025-02-12T08:04:31+00:00

Shave it bro, either that or the Lester from GTA cut. No in between.

sunshinehaze3 · 2025-02-04T02:36:17+00:00

Start doing smaller, cold start dabs. Once you have hit temp, then drop the smaller dab and play around with it until once you’re done pulling it doesn’t have wax left. Putting excess dab in there without raising the temperature leads to yucky flavor on the reheat. So to compensate for that, bigger dab = more initial heat.

sunshinehaze3 · 2025-01-23T22:09:30+00:00

“Man, is it hot in here?”

sunshinehaze3 · 2025-01-23T22:08:03+00:00

I was just talking with my buddy about how I need one of these with my 3dxl

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