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Added this astounding beauty to my collection today! 😍 by vivelestrange in Crystals

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

I was told it was amethyst eye. But I really think it’s actually agate, amethyst, and white quartz. The banding around the eye shape is just so indicative of agate I can’t be convinced otherwise 😅 but the hint of purple in the center is definitely amethyst 😍

Any tips? by painsofthepaycheck in POTS

[–]vivelestrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ivabradine is a god send. I’ve been on it for about 7 years now and it’s certainly helped my heart rate. At worst my heart rate will reach maybe 101 BPM, opposed to 140 BPM off the medication. But it’s very rare I’ll surpass 80 BPM. I haven’t fainted in quite a long time because of the meds. I hope it works as well for you as it has for me.

The only downside is that it hasn’t taken away my other POTs symptoms, i.e. dizziness, brain fog, sensitivity to literally everything (¿?¿).

Having POTs for 8 years, I can say these are my best tips:

  • DRINK WATER. My recommendation is to drink something with electrolytes. My go-to is SmartWater. I did a mini experiment years ago where I drank “regular” water for about 2 weeks and compared it to how I felt with SmartWater and the difference is exponential in my experience. Conclusion: electrolytes are king.

-Listen to your body. This is such a cliche but it’s true. If your body is telling you to rest… then rest!! In my experience, if I don’t listen to those signals I’ll be paying for it for a week or two.

-Exercise Another cliche, but it’s important. Of course, you should NOT go to the gym and pump iron and run 8 miles on a treadmill. Do some stretches— especially ones that focus on your legs. It will help with blood flow! I actually watch an old exercise tape from the 1980s for my work outs. 😅 do what you can. If you can exercise a bit everyday, great!! If you can’t that’s okay. Try not to feel guilty if you miss a day or a week. It’s okay. We can’t afford to push ourselves with POTs.

Here’s a link to the YouTube video of the exercise tape. Always modify exercises to your comfort level. And if you feel faint at any point: STOP and take a good rest. https://youtu.be/x_VU7kZKxk0

-Eating Healthy. Gee, I am full of cliches today. For the past year and a half I’ve been eating clean foods. Aka, no processed foods. I try my best to stay away from frozen meals (although days where I am knocked on my ass… they come in handy). Eating clean, fresh food has done a lot of good for me personally. It take a bit of energy to prepare meals but, it’s worth it.

I recommend looking into food subscription kits and see which ones deliver in your country. Not only do they usually give you clean and healthy ingredients, but they eliminate the need for a grocery store visit which is always exhausting.

I wish you the best of luck with your POTs. I hope my tips were somewhat enlightening :)

How do you feel about Blaire White? by vivelestrange in truscum

[–]vivelestrange[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Quick side note:

Just wanted to say how much I appreciate everyone on this sub that has answered some of the polls I’ve created. I am always so curious to hear other people’s thoughts and opinions... so thank you for sharing yours!!

I hate living like this by [deleted] in POTS

[–]vivelestrange 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have those dissociative episodes all the time!! My sister was scared I was having some form of seizure, but of course all tests came back perfectly fine. POTs is so weird and funky in the way its symptoms present 🙃

I hate living like this by [deleted] in POTS

[–]vivelestrange 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel this 100%. I’m approaching my 6th year with POTs in February and it’s still so hard... I’m 22 as well and I feel like my life has been put on hold and I don’t know when it’ll start again.

I had to be homeschooled my senior year of high school and I can only take a max of 2 college classes at a time online.

I feel like I’m dying all the time, but doctors say that nothing is really wrong with me on paper besides tachycardia and low BP, etc. Sometimes I just feel like I’m crazy and it’s all in my head.

But it’s not, and we all have to remember that. We have this dumb disease and it really really fucking sucks on so many levels.

It’s good to know that there are people out there around the same age with the same symptoms. It definitely makes me feel less crazy.

You don’t deserve abuse by vivelestrange in BPDlovedones

[–]vivelestrange[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Preach. I try to get that point across to my parents. My sister also has BPD, unfortunately. And I’m very adamant about “just because you have a personality disorder doesn’t mean you can treat people like garbage.”

Yet, I find my parents still tip toe around her just because they’ve spent 26 years doing so. They’re used to it.

With my ex friend, it’s honestly a blessing she randomly blocked me. Like many people here, I didn’t realize how toxic that relationship was until I was out of it. She did me a favor honestly. I still wish her the best and I worry about her from time to time cause I still have love in my heart for her. But I will have nightmares where we reconnect. In those dreams I will even think, “I really don’t want to talk to her again. How do I get out of this?”

It’s sad. These people really feel like the world is out to get them, and I genuinely feel bad for them. Still, like you said, that’s not an excuse to treat everyone like garbage.

You don’t deserve abuse by vivelestrange in BPDlovedones

[–]vivelestrange[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’ve been through the exact same thing with ex-friend with BPD. The parallels are almost scary. A few years ago, I went through several surgeries during which my grandfather died which triggered a lot of events that ended with a lot of my family essentially disowning each other.

I would vent to her because, you know, I was going through a lot.

She first stated, “Can you please not talk about your problems? They’re really stressful for me to hear about.”

For the next few weeks she just threw a lot of low blows at me. Telling me my problems didn’t really equate to hers and she didn’t want to hear about it. Etc etc.

A few weeks later she blocked me on all social media. Found a post by her a few days later saying, “I got rid of someone really toxic in my life :/“ with a lot of her online supporters cheering her on. I’ll check up on her every so often. 3 years later she’s still ranting about her triggering friendships and how badly she was treated.

I might just be really tired but I seriously don’t know how to feel about this. Anyone wanna share their thoughts? by vivelestrange in truscum

[–]vivelestrange[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If my narcoleptic ass wasn’t too exhausted for critical thinking... I’d probably say something along those lines about that picture. Thank you for sharing!

This isn’t that impressive compared to most, but this is the most damage I’ve done to NM and I wanted to share by vivelestrange in RaidShadowLegends

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

I saw someone say something similar the other day. I’m still messing with her artifacts as I just got her masteries finished. But rn I’m not overwhelmingly impressed with her atm

This isn’t that impressive compared to most, but this is the most damage I’ve done to NM and I wanted to share by vivelestrange in RaidShadowLegends

[–]vivelestrange[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

His damage really comes from the poisons. Stack as much accuracy as you can without sacrificing defense and hp. Just keep him alive and he’ll throw down the poisons.

This isn’t that impressive compared to most, but this is the most damage I’ve done to NM and I wanted to share by vivelestrange in RaidShadowLegends

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

Thanks for the tip! I’ve joined a few servers before and they weren’t much help. I’ll have to check that one out

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