I went to the doctor about two weeks ago for worsening flare ups of my chronic illness symptoms and... (Personal rant, talk of finances and health issues ahead)
I was prescribed medicine for my IBS symptoms that made them noticeably worse
Technically against medical advice (the 24/7 nurse hotline) I stopped taking these meds because I can't be laid up with diarrhea and abdominal pain.
If I don't work, I don't get paid and I am terrified of falling behind on utilities because these companies don't cut anybody slack (I was threatened with an electric shut-off in 2019. The threat is real. They took every penny in my bank account back then. It feels like nothing short of extortion)
I had a complete abdomen ultrasound and it came back that all my organs (kidneys, liver, spleen, appendix, gallbladder etc) were normal
I just got billed for this ultrasound today and running the numbers in my head, I've been billed enough for half a day's wages
This is despite the receptionist at the front desk saying "Don't worry, your insurance will cover all of it! :)"
This is making me hesitant to get any more medical attention for my chronic illness at all because I'll definitely pay for it later
That feel when I still have to take matters into my own hands with Food Trial and Error and so many White Rice and Ginger Ale Days
I'm doing (relatively?) fine now only because of my own management of my illness and not the doctors'
What exactly was the point of it all?
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i didn't read my dash in a while, you're autistic, too? cool! when did you get diagnosed?
I am! I got my official diagnosis a little over a year ago, though the person I saw refused to test me at first because I could talk as a child. 🙄 🤦♀️ I later saw an ASD/ADHD therapist who confirmed ADHD as well.
I feel like we've got many neurospicy folks in this fandom and I think it's part of why I feel so at home here. 🥰 Cheers to you my tism friend! Hope you're finding ways to cope and be well. 💗
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we dont talk enough about hyperfixating on songs. you know when you fixate so hard on a song you physically cant think about any other song. you try to listen to anything else and you feel understimulated and like its Not Enough so you have to put the Hyperfixation Song back on and listen to nothing else until it rides itself out
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i’m off the next two days so feel free to ask me anything about the bodyguard au or the exes to lovers au!! i’ve actually made a lot of progress with the exes to lovers au surprisingly it’s not longer being bastardized lol
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mum's so fucking messed up from her current medication cocktail, like she's genuinely high or something. she's always talked over me and interrupted me (my entire family does it and never seems to even notice they do it half the time) but yesterday it was like that was cranked up to maximum. i just gave up talking at some point in the early afternoon after she'd talked over me as if i hadnt even been speaking when we were the only two in the room together, like ten times in less than fifteen mins. it was fucking brutal.
anyways she's apparently going to be drinking during our early new years party, and that makes things so much worse in general when she's had any alcohol so I'm uhhhh terrified to see what the mix of meds and alcohol is going to do to her !!!! this is going to be Unbearable yayyyy
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Thinking about that boy I knew from university who started flirting with me at some point. He kept telling me my hair looked great. (I had rather shortish hair at that point, about chin-lenght.)
After a few weeks he asked me out and I declined. It wasn't that awkward and we stayed casual friends (he was part of my friend group as well). But some time later he started to tell me that I should let my hair grow because it would look better.
I honestly can't remember my reaction (I don't think it was very quick-witted). But every once in a while I think of him and honestly don't know whether I want to laugh or shout because The Audacity.
I cut my hair even shorter two weeks ago and ever since then I notice men who really aren't entitled to any opinion (like my boss or a friend's father) comment on my hair style in "neutral" ways like "Oh, your hair is short" or "it certainly looks practical" or "now that's a change" and it just baffles me because ... its ... MY????? hair. And it isn't that much of a change, it was rather short before (and it's not that short now!). I'm just a person who fills in Excel sheets for you or goes for a walk with your daughter, why do you think you need to "politely" express your discontent with my looks??
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