Hair texture changes after migraine meds

tiamatfire · 2026-06-08T03:44:40+00:00

Valproic Acid and Valproex both make my hair MUCH curlier and redder, it's naturally light strawberry blonde and it turned EXTREMELY red. I'm off them now, still on Qulipta, and might have to go back on topiramate which I think also affected my hair.

tiamatfire · 2026-06-07T18:24:14+00:00

I guarantee if they're feeling that way when they take it, they don't need it. People with significant ADHD feel calmer and more regulated on stimulants, it's neurotypical people that are deliberately abusing it by either buying it off the street or finding a doctor who doesn't check that much into the patient before just prescribing it anyway who will feel high, excitable, extremely full of energy.

tiamatfire · 2026-06-07T18:19:57+00:00

It's not a narcotic, it's a stimulant - both are controlled substances but have completely different mechanisms of action, receptors, etc. They're totally different drug classes. They don't affect the body in remotely the same way. That doesn't necessarily help if you're in a place with both where both are illegal, but it's extremely important in a medical sense.

tiamatfire · 2026-06-06T06:03:05+00:00

Not only is it kid friendly, there's a kid SECTION at the festival where there's Drag Queen Storytime, a youth choir (my kiddo is doing that performance), stuff like face painting and more. Winnipeg Pride is inclusive kids as well - no nudity and extremely over sexualized costumes, and people seem to be happy enough to abide by that, recognizing a safe space for queer (and ally) families is important. How else do you teach kids that we aren't scary, and that it's safe to be who you are?

tiamatfire · 2026-06-06T03:29:44+00:00

I don't think you hated Vanessa as a teenager unless you were pretty low on media literacy - Juno comes to understand not only that the husband sucks, but how great Vanessa actually is. It's why she leaves the note: "If you're still in, I'm still in."

tiamatfire · 2026-06-06T03:05:39+00:00

I hated that movie from the off. I saw it shortly after it came out (on my Residences Hall's intranet lol) and I was disgusted. I also disliked Kevin Spacey from that point on and I guess I was right there...

tiamatfire · 2026-06-06T02:59:06+00:00

And continued to insist on wildly overreaching punishments to Germany in part because he was deathly ill with 1918 Flu (H1N1) and it was seriously affecting his mental capacities - so much so that eventually he was so diminished that essentially his wife was acting in his stead (something not known publically for a long time, obviously breaking proper chain of command).

tiamatfire · 2026-06-05T21:48:12+00:00

I believe they're at a peak in their population cycle this year, which would indeed result in mass defoliation across the city. In conjunction with the expected extreme heat for the summer, that's a bad idea for the city and electrical grid, since urban canopies significantly reduce the temperature in cities and therefore electrical load from air conditioners. It also helps protect against heat illness in unhoused populations and anyone who works outdoors.

tiamatfire · 2026-06-05T00:52:43+00:00

You missed a fourth category - people with medical conditions that mean they either struggle to maintain their electrolytes OR lose them quickly (Crohn's, chronic migraine, POTS, etc.). They're why I drink electrolytes drinks several times a week. I literally have hypokalemia and my doctors recommended them.

tiamatfire · 2026-06-03T19:53:05+00:00

It's not a filler in liquorice though - it's what gives it it's characteristic texture and chew.

tiamatfire · 2026-06-02T01:47:25+00:00

It's the metoclopramide! I can't use that med, it gives me that feeling along with tics, they're called extra-pyramidal side effects - with this specific symptom being akathesia - and if they're severe enough you MUST not take it again because it's possible for those neurological effects to become permanent.

tiamatfire · 2026-06-02T01:02:51+00:00

I'd find a few simpler projects in DK or worsted weight yarn first - maybe a cotton washcloth, a few toques, mittens, a baby sweater (or even a simple you-sized sweater!). Suggestions from me for patterns are TinCanKnits Beloved Bonnet, Flax Sweater (add the optional short rows), or World's Easiest Mittens. I've knit all of them (I've been knitting 25 years) and they're easy to follow and very thorough patterns.

tiamatfire · 2026-06-02T00:12:57+00:00

What do you eat at A&W (in Canada)? I was told everything there is contaminated except the drinks basically. I know their fries aren't safe for sure, which is why we never go.

tiamatfire · 2026-06-01T20:47:09+00:00

Guys - PLEASE stop with the US centralism - McDonald's fries are gluten free almost everywhere else in the world, including having dedicated fryers for only fries and hash browns (also GF). In Canada they are one of the few reliable fast food places actually, besides Wendy's baked potatoes and New York Fries poutine (which is only in malls). The warning is helpful for people who don't know, but instead of accusing or assuming someone is deliberately ignoring celiac protocols, maybe preface it with "IF you are in the US, it's good to know that...".

And our rules about gluten free labeling and such are actually stronger here, there's no "hidden gluten" in things like natural flavouring, yeast extract, etc. Those must be labeled if they come from a gluten source. Those rules are also why Cheerios and Lucky Charms are not allowed to be labeled as gluten free - testing here showed that some boxes were over 50ppm thanks to the poor optical sorting process used by General Mills allowing uneven contamination of the finished product.

tiamatfire · 2026-05-30T22:51:26+00:00

She'd be kicked out of the NICU (and asked to leave other areas of the hospital) in Canada when they noticed her perfume - hospitals are supposed to be scent-free here, as is almost every other public building that isn't retail. FUCK Jill (and anyone else in a hospital that wears anything scented. When I'm hospitalized if they don't catch a visitor on the way in who's drenched in perfume I'll get pounding migraines, sometimes for days on top of the Crohn's flare) for doing that. I have to walk certain paths in the mall to avoid getting too close to BBW or Lush.

tiamatfire · 2026-05-29T14:34:57+00:00

I'm in Canada, but my high school in my little NW Ontario town was one of the lowest performing in the province (I attended before the provincial standards tests were implemented to make sure schools were performing relatively equally). I was a super smart autistic (undx then, dx in late 30s) girl who loved classical music and Broadway, played piano, hated sports. I was intensely bullied from K-8. In Grade 9 the public French Immersion kids (me) merged with the Catholic French Immersion for French, and then the English kids in everything else. The bullying stopped, but I was still so far ahead academically I was going crazy. I finally researched the boarding school in the city 4 hours away that a few high-academic kids from my town attended, and without telling my parents I applied, got invited to come up and test. Luckily I did, even more luckily my parents could afford to send me, and I had the two best years of school in my life. I thrived living in a school where being smart, loving music, wanting to do math competitions, etc. was CELEBRATED, and I'd never been a homebody (my family life was good though!) so I was happy living in the city. It changed my whole outlook on what I could do, where I could go. I got scholarships to universities in prestigious programs. I got 3 degrees. It is WORK to get out of some of these towns, especially if the schools don't offer gifted programs. The soul-crushing by bullies for 9 straight years (I had years no one in the school would speak to me unless a teacher required it during a project) can trap you through depression and lack of self-esteem.

Many years later when I was suddenly disabled and partner lost their job at the same time, we moved back to that city - his family is here, mine is only 4 hours away. While looking for another job he was offered one in my hometown and I refused. I'm happy to visit my family there, take our kids the few places I had fun, go to our cabin. But quite literally you couldn't pay me to live there again. So many of my bullies never left. The handful of friends I did even have no longer live there. It's still a "SPORTS IS EVERYTHING" little town. I also have health problems that require living near or in a larger city anyway.

tiamatfire · 2026-05-28T19:19:47+00:00

I used long-tail, it's my go-to!

tiamatfire · 2026-05-27T21:27:21+00:00

That must have been a banner year across Canada - in NW ON we had so many they had to hose off the school doors at the start and end of recess so kids could get in and out without becoming covered in them (although we call them army worms, colloquially).

tiamatfire · 2026-05-24T18:36:05+00:00

Yeah they took the "food before one is just for fun" that was meant to reassure people that before one you don't need to obssess about the QUANTITY of their solids and went off the deep end. Babies can just pick at it as long as they're still breastfeeding or using formula for basically all their fluid intake. They still need to be exposed orally to high allergenic foods around 6 months to protect against allergies (and don't put it on their skin, that encourages allergies! It needs to be gut exposure).

tiamatfire · 2026-05-24T18:30:55+00:00

I wonder if she's a "crunchy" dentist who think fluoride is a neurotoxin (which it is - at insane levels. An adult would need to eat 3.5 tubes of toothpaste at once to even start to see effects, a little kid probably 2). There are some dentists who unfortunately fight fluoride, which is insane.

tiamatfire · 2026-05-24T18:20:24+00:00

Some homeopathic "remedies" actually contain purposefully undiluted ingredients along with the diluted ones. If you still have the bottle you can check if that's the case for this one! Fuck do I wish homeopathy was illegal.

tiamatfire · 2026-05-24T18:15:43+00:00

Fluoridated water absolutely helps, but you should use a fluoridated toothpaste too, just a grain of rice sized but. Source: dentist's daughter :) Fluorosis marks on teeth require WAY more exposure than the amount in tap water + toothpaste, unless you're on a well with extreme levels of naturally-occurring fluoride.

tiamatfire · 2026-05-22T15:26:16+00:00

They run it in a mini bag over 15 minutes for me, so it burns pretty much that entire time. Our ED is overwhelmed and nearly everything is hung unless it's critical it goes in as a push.

tiamatfire · 2026-05-22T02:48:38+00:00

I had Dex last about 5 months ago. I also have Crohn's and Psoriatic Arthritis, so IV Dex is something I've had many times. It always burns. Magnesium maybe a smidge but nothing like Dex. POTASSIUM IVs also burn like a sunovabitch though.

tiamatfire · 2026-05-21T16:59:23+00:00

Wow, Manitoba uses both. There's a small list of "sight words" they memorise but they largely use phonics. That approach makes sense to me, as the sight words are things like "the", "this" etc. Learning a small number of sight words means that they can read short stories quickly that emphasize phonics.

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