#periodic paralysis

[moonyspadfoot793]

Give me physically disabled Sirius Black. Sirius Black with EDS, who uses joint supports and her rings are ring splints and they sometimes can't sleep at night because of pain and they wake up with dislocated joints and have to stop playing quidditch at 15 because his joints are just too bad by that point. Sirius Black with POTS who gets really scared when they have heart palpitations and never showers with the door locked and only ever when Remus is in the dorm just in case and they get dizzy when they stand up and sometimes she has to rely on her friends to catch him when they nearly fall. Sirius Black whose leg is paralysed after one of their mother's punishments in 5th year and they run away to James' and have to quit quidditch after that and use a walking stick. Sirius Black with gastroparesis who can only eat a minimal amount of food and is predominantly fed via feeding tube. Sirius Black with FND who has tics and seizures and occasional temporary paralysis and who teaches their friends how to care for her when he has a seizure or a tic attack. Sirius Black whose disability (s) make them feel closer to Remus, whose disability (s) help him to understand Remus better and vice versa, who make her a better boyfriend to Remus and vice versa. Sirius Black who, along with James Potter, hexes anyone who dares say anything ableist to or about them or their boyfriend. Sirius Black and Remus Lupin being Hogwarts' resident disabled power couple. Disabled Sirius Black.

[wtf-is-cheese]

DYSTONIA IN THE ARMS AND PARALYSIS IN THE LEGS. DOUBLE HOMOCIDE

[moss--bug]

trying to drink my strength elixir (body armor, only sports drink i know has potassium) but it's locked behind an impenetrable blockage (the lid, which I can't open because I'm in an episode, WHICH IS WHY I NEED THE POTASSIUM TO BEGIN WITH)

[bookiezzz]

i feel so heavy, it’s so hard to walk. i can barely do it. i feel like i’m going to have paralysis again and im scared

[missionwalk]

Missionwalk is providing Rehab Center for Stroke patients with a long-term concentration on Muscles, exercise to stimulate the nerves, and performing occupational therapy to improve daily active living. The patients have to take the support of mobility aids and supporting devices such as braces and walkers initially. The goal of rehabilitation is to improve function so that the stroke survivor can become as independent as possible.

[canisalbus]

Hi, this is a weird thing to say, but I just took a nap and had a dream that Machete was in my kitchen, cleaning blood off of himself (the blood is on black gloves) with my sink faucet, spilling bloody water all over the floor, and staring at me while I suffer from period cramps on my bed (which was some reason in the living room. to clarify I'm transmasc so I HATE periods). Unsure if the blood is from me or some victim of his

The part that doesn't add up is Machete allowing bloody water to spill all over your kitchen floor, unperturbed, like it's nothing. He would never.

[phoenixmetaphor]

resident evil cowboy au??? resident evil cowboy au!

or maybe more like ‘western au’ but whatever. someone mentioned the words ‘cowboy au’ within my circle and that was all it took, i was gone on another extreme au adventure. have brainrot, will travel.

bonus initial concept sketch below — leon is older in it than in the comic and has graduated to dual pistols. chris remains grizzled.

[marcilliez]

Little known fact about me, when I was in high school I used to be completely obsessed with Vidcund Curious from The Sims 2.

Why Vidcund? I. I don’t know.

[raidante]

update on life I got diagnosed w a very rare genetic disease that causes me to have random episodes of paralsys and permanent muscle damage each time I have these episodes!!!!!!!!!!

[wizardnuke]

this is a lighthearted little informational about parasomnias (disruptive sleep-related disorders) that happen when you're falling asleep/waking up. because some of the tags on my exploding head syndrome poll are blowing my mind. more than the ehs does. i am not a doctor i am just parasomnias georg.

hypnagogic/hypnapompic hallucinations are hallucinations that happen when you're falling asleep/waking up. they can be visual, tactile, or auditory. i most often experience auditory hallucinations, and i hear footsteps and indistinct voices. a lot of people hear someone calling their name. when i was little, i had tactile hallucinations that felt like someone was touching/holding my hand. 70% of people experience hypnic hallucinations at least once, plenty of people experience them regularly, and they're completely harmless and they're also not a warning sign that you have or will develop any mental illnesses that involve hallucinations/psychosis.

hypnic jerks are that falling sensation you get as you're falling asleep. we know this one. it's harmless.

exploding head syndrome (or episodic sensory cranial shocks, which doesn't sound any better) happens when you hear a very loud sound (banging, crashing, gunshots, etc) as you're falling asleep/waking up. some people also experience visual/sensory effects (flashing lights or a popping sensation) with it. they're uncommon but once again, completely harmless despite the whole "feels like brain exploded" thing. ive recently learned that a lot of people only hear a sound/see lights and don't have a corresponding popping sensation in their head, which i am jealous of.

ehs is not the same as hypnic hallucinations - hypnic hallucinations can absolutely be startling/scary, but they don't have a jumpscare factor. if you hear someone whisper your name and it kind of wakes you up, that's a hypnic hallucination. if you hear someone scream your name and it makes you startle awake kind of like you would with a hypnic jerk, that's ehs.

hypnic hallucinations, hypnic jerks, and ehs are all exacerbated by stress, a lack of sleep, and medication use. i 100% have them more often when i'm stressed/overtired, and fairly recently i managed to triple-threat myself by starting a new medication and had like ten instances of hypnic jerks/ehs in one night. but that's okay! the brain does weird things when you're stressed and tired, and it often continues to do weird things even when you're not stressed and/or tired just because that in-between sleep/wake state is a weird liminal zone for your brain and sometimes it sets off the wrong signals. they're not a sign of underlying mental or physical illnesses! of course talk to a doc if your symptoms are concerning or getting in the way of sleeping, but. yeah. it's all good!

[chicago-geniza]

UPD: ordered dim sum delivery to eat on the balcony because I tried to stand up and my bad leg won't let me walk. What a beautiful Saturday

[lilac-rose-writes]

Day 4: Least Favourite

this is messy as HELL and i use "least favourite" very tentatively. i love all of these characters, and don't get me wrong, i could write a whole ESSAY on this man. but also ykykkk he's probably killed dozens of kids and i cannot for the life of me draw the janitor sooo <3

[wtf-is-cheese]

Kids really have no filter. I had a little girl come up to me today and deliver a whole villain monologue about how she has seen me walk and that Im not paralyzed. I then said no, Im not paralyzed right now, and moved my legs.

When I tell you this child saw the opportunity for a moment in the spotlight and hit it with a truck, I mean it.

She started yelling at me, in the middle of the crowd, to GET UP I KNOW YOU CAN WALK YOU CAN MOVE SO GET UP AND WALK LIKE A NORMAL PERSON.

To which I rolled away nervously as the girl kept on following me, yelling loud enough for the queen herself to hear it.

[trahoalai]

never gonna experience the "gay kid finds safety and solace in their english class" bc all my teachers have been incredibly racist to me

[rebellum]

God writing that last post was so, so hard.

Rn I feel the weight of every sadness and every bad thing that's happened to me since I was 9 and had my first important pet death

[archivedolon]

alune monitoring when aphelios needs to be off and on noctum or else he’ll Die