#got rid of the space heater and literally less than a day later I felt perfectly normal again | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

tearlessrain · 3 years ago

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hey super fun fact for you all that’s very relevant during these cold months: if you’ve been running a space heater a lot and you notice you’ve been exhibiting symptoms of mild CO poisoning. you should turn off the space heater for a while and see if they go away because it may in fact be giving you mild CO poisoning. most space heaters are fine and safe to use but it turns out every once in a while one isn’t and it will outgas when you run it and you will have a bad time.

this message has been brought to you by a guy who is no longer being lightly poisoned and feeling absolute lightyears better than when I was being lightly poisoned.

#it took fucking forever to catch this #because the symptoms of mild CO poisoning look extremely similar to anxiety and depression which I also have #but like I was drowsy literally all the time but couldn't sleep when I finally went to bed #I was acting like a neurotic prey animal about *everything*#I couldn't focus on anything or think properly like I just stopped drawing/writing because I couldn't make my brain do it #I started getting vertigo for no reason while just sitting on my computer #and it took me a while to notice because yknow it's kind of the apocalypse and my mental health has always been janky #but it's never been THAT bad #got rid of the space heater and literally less than a day later I felt perfectly normal again #no headaches no vertigo no brain fog I'm writing and rping again it's wild #mental health is still janky but like I have the capacity to work on that now #I've started going to the nearby park to walk on the trails #probably gonna take up leatherworking so I've got a non-screen-based hobby #and also so I can finally have a new wallet #maybe a harness that will actually fit my ridiculous whippet body #anyway maybe trust your gut about this kind of thing because I almost didn't because CO symptoms are so general #but if you're sitting there like 'man I feel super not normal and even at my worst I usually don't feel this fucked up'#then maybe look into whether there are outside factors #even like #it was taking me longer to write posts/discord messages/whatever because I kept mistyping/spelling things wrong/just typing the wrong word #which I didn't think much of because I mean I am quite stressed #but GUESS WHAT ELSE I HAVEN'T BEEN DOING SINCE I TOSSED THE SPACE HEATER

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