Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff

GangOfDolls

@Ganymede said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

@GangOfDolls

Might want to think of eating not-chicken and not-fish meat. I'm not joking.

See if your doctor will put you on trazodone.

I surmise you have probably tried melatonin.

Hmmm. Like some sort of iron issue?

@Derp said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

@GangOfDolls said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Ambien works on me, for sure but I'm also of the number that does things that I shouldn't do and can't remember: eating, cooking, fucking, buying $200 worth of the same goddamn digital album on Amazon.

My s/o is like this too. He got so bad that he walked to his dad's, took his dad's truck, wrecked his dad's truck, and didn'the remember any of it. Ambien is kind of the devil for some people. He hasn'the found a good alternative, either, so if one works for you, let me know! I'd kind of like him to be able to sleep again.

Holy christ, I'm lucky that I've never tried to drive on ambien but I wouldn't put it past my asleep self. I'm glad it didn't end up much worse for you guys.

Goyim

shoot yourself with smaller bullets to build up an immunity to larger ones

Catsmeow

Ambien is insane sauce.

I had a friend that use to sleep wine drink and order off of Amazon. We would hide their car keys just in case. I took a half of a half of one (yeah I know) and the whole next day felt like I was drugged. I also had a conversation I don't remember with a person on the phone. They refused to tell me what I said too. They would just hysterically laugh.

Valerian oddly makes me hyper so does catnip tea which is supposed to be relaxing.

Ganymede

@GangOfDolls said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Hmmm. Like some sort of iron issue?

More like "some sort of diet issue." I'm a proponent of eating a variety of foods in order to get proper nutrition, and when we eschew certain foods out of choice or circumstance we risk unsettling our body's chemistry.

It's just a thought.

Auspice

Just a sort of update here, since I'd posted elsewhere (Anger thread) about the migraines.

They're still happening. I've gotten to the point where I just sort of soldier on through the pain. It's the other stuff that gets me (nausea, vertigo, etc.).

Got the MRI report back. Nothing glaring on it, thankfully! But they still want me to see the neurologist because some of the flares of the migraine have put me in a state of feeling like I'm about to pass out (I feel 'disconnected' and heady, suddenly lose what I was saying/doing, can't focus my eyes)...

I'm seeing a chiropractor as I can afford / make time. Don't know if it's the cause of or result of, but my spine is pretty out of whack, so it's a mix of adjustments, massage, and home stretches and such.

Appreciate the folks that have touched base. My big worry right now is how I'll handle the flights for a trip I'm taking (attending a wedding) at the end of the month. Earliest neuro visit I've been able to nab is April 10th.

Anyone else suffered migraines and flown? If so... how was it? No worse? Def. worse? Any tips?

Auspice

For those wondering: flying with migraines is alright except in cases of severe turbulence.

Then it sucks.
And you black out (briefly).

Anyway.
New treatment cycle started. No immediate results, but the neuro is confident it will work and I like the guy. He brought up my sinus surgery and complications from last year before I could, meaning he'd gone over my records (same hospital system) prior to seeing me. I appreciate that.

Sparks

@Auspice said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

New treatment cycle started. No immediate results, but the neuro is confident it will work and I like the guy. He brought up my sinus surgery and complications from last year before I could, meaning he'd gone over my records (same hospital system) prior to seeing me. I appreciate that.

Good luck; I'm being sent to a neurologist (again) too. Though I've reached the 'giving up and soldiering through the pain' point some time back, my family is ganging up to force me into it. Either way, I feel you on the nausea and vertigo.

For what it's worth, one of the things that I've found helpful is this ridiculous space tiara thing called a Cefaly. It electrically stimulates the trigeminal nerve, which has three effects while I'm wearing it:

It short-circuits any migraine I'm having,
It makes me drowsy as heck.
It makes me look like a ridiculous space princess.

Downside is when I take it off, the migraine tends to come back within 30-45 minutes, but in the meantime... that thing is a damned lifesaver to give brief relief. (I have the original one, but they have a smaller second-generation one that's more like a forehead jewel thing now.)

Auspice

@Sparks

...I want to look like a space princess.
Unfortunately, clearly, I cannot afford to- damnit.

I've been trying to soldier through. Some days it just does not work. Today was one of them- I was fucking up stuff with work that I haven't in years. I couldn't function. Just a week more on the preventatives before I schedule the first infusion. Hopefully it all does the trick.

Sparks

@Auspice said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

@Sparks

...I want to look like a space princess.
Unfortunately, clearly, I cannot afford to- damnit.

I've been trying to soldier through. Some days it just does not work. Today was one of them- I was fucking up stuff with work that I haven't in years. I couldn't function. Just a week more on the preventatives before I schedule the first infusion. Hopefully it all does the trick.

FYI, you can buy the Cefaly in Canada way cheaper; it's not a prescription medical device there, and it's wholly legal to bring back. I just snagged one at Costco in Canada while visiting a friend.

But yeah. Mine have been getting worse lately—probably exacerbated by stress—so you have my sympathy.

Catsmeow

My social anxiety -- or maybe just anxiety -- is going CRAZY. I am normally a self-sacrificer. If I think something is wrong, it must be my fault and I must leave even if it's painful for me. I've been talking to people online and find myself crying because I just think I'm messing everything up and people don't like me and.. blah.. blah pity party.

I know it's my anxiety/depression but I really get frustrated when it makes me who I'm not. You know?

Cupcake

@Catsmeow: Are you seeing anyone? Taking medication?

TiredEwok

@Catsmeow said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

My social anxiety -- or maybe just anxiety -- is going CRAZY. I am normally a self-sacrificer. If I think something is wrong, it must be my fault and I must leave even if it's painful for me. I've been talking to people online and find myself crying because I just think I'm messing everything up and people don't like me and.. blah.. blah pity party.

I know it's my anxiety/depression but I really get frustrated when it makes me who I'm not. You know?

I totally know how this can be. I can really beat myself up with 'omg, this person totally hates me, they don't want to RP with me, they must think I am horrible, etc', never mind the fact that they called me just the other day to chat or something. I am sorry you go through that, too.

Auspice

So I get this, too. The 'oh god this person hates me' feeling. And then I sometimes hear that I can come across as stand-offish on games, so I try to make it super clear that I am cool with people (esp. if our chars have ICly had any conflict).

... so then I begin to worry that I'm coming on too strong.

"Oh god am I paging this person too much? Am I pissing them off by offering daily to RP and telling them that if they ever wanna RP I am totally down? They haven't taken me up on it I bet they are totally sick of me..."

Social anxiety can be a bitch. But I will say, @Catsmeow, from my experience you are a very sweet, caring person, and I doubt anyone is sitting there wanting you to be doing a disappearing act.

Catsmeow

@Cupcake I'm not really seeing anyone right now as I've just moved. I am in that looking for work and broke moment of life. Which probably doesn't help the anxiety.

@Auspice
That is my life. Also if I text people and I'm like, am I texting too much? Oh God. Do they hate me? Do they just feel obligated to hang with me? Am I an obligation? Do I make people want to be somewhere else? --- This is especially true when you know you have felt an obligation to people or you know they feel it about others.

It's just a bitch to deal with and I'm sorry for those dealing with it. Like there is part of my psyche that is like, you are not this person, knock it off. People genuinely like you IRL and talk to you off games you have quit. So they must like you online. It's just that anxiety is a lying toxic bitch. Thanks though. I just needed a place to whine.

A. Meowley

Sending much sympathy your way, @Catsmeow - there must be something in the atmosphere, because I too have had soo much excess anxiety recently, it's mind boggling. Similarish situation in terms of lifestyle changes, and various obligations have just eaten all my Mu time up. The real kicker? When I find I do have time to go online, there's this damnable Anxiety Imp which says 'omg, everyone is going to either be super mad at you for going AWOL, and/or totally fed up and bored with you because many reasons', so I just withdraw entirely. Like, c'mon brain: this is a favourite hobby!

Irony being once I'm actually in a scene and posing? Everything is hunky dory.

But yeah, guys. Social anxiety is a fuckin' bitch. Lends me a tendency to lurk silently and not reach out to the people I truly adore RPing with.

Arkandel

Sometimes the barbell won't move. It'll stare at you and mock you and judge you.

And sometimes, even a week later, it will move with gusto.

Fuck you, barbell. I love you.

Three-Eyed Crow

So, it's a thousand degrees outside again and, as inevitably happens this time of year, I'm considering a gym membership.

Anybody have any experience with ProFitness? There's one on the way home from work for me that's convenient enough that I'd go to it, but I've been burned by gym memberships pretty badly in the past.

Lithium

@Three-Eyed-Crow Don't have any experience with that gym, but I /do/ know that Gym's are one of the easiest places in the world to get sick from. Make sure to sterilize every piece of equipment before and after you use it.

Ganymede

@Three-Eyed-Crow said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Anybody have any experience with ProFitness? There's one on the way home from work for me that's convenient enough that I'd go to it, but I've been burned by gym memberships pretty badly in the past.

Do you plan to go there for the next 5 years?

If you're a casual gym-goer, you may want to consider your local Y. Especially if it has other amenities, like a pool or racquetball courts. Plus, you'd be giving your money to a charitable organization that gives free classes (probably) to underprivileged kids.

And they won't demand you sign a contract that actually lasts 5 years and requires you to go to arbitration if you have a dispute.

Your choice.

Three-Eyed Crow

@Ganymede said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

If you're a casual gym-goer, you may want to consider your local Y. Especially if it has other amenities, like a pool or racquetball courts. Plus, you'd be giving your money to a charitable organization that gives free classes (probably) to underprivileged kids.

Casual best describes how I'd use it. The Y is a little out of the way, but we're talking a 10-minute drive as opposed to 5, so it ain't exactly a hardship.

Jesus fuck arbitrated gym disputes. I'm curious how the industry became so mired in contractual horror, but I suspect the answer is just "people are making money and customers don't know any better."