#seeking help and medication

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[mittensit]

idly mentally writing a NariLamb angst fic, just to be silly, all the while I longue in bed waiting for death sleep

-> right after Lamb betrays Narinder <-

Brain: "He had once towered over him, but now here he lay. Curled up in a tiny ball in his lonely hut, trembling. Heat that only comes from severe infection rolled off of his body. His fur matted, smelling of sickness, blood, and decay, the air turned foul. Because Lamb had been petty, because they hadn't cared, he was dying alone*."

Me:

*that is something I think about a lot when Big Sad

[bodty]

Hey guys, I haven't been active lately because I’ve been admitted to the hospital for the past few months and my medical bills are piling up.. I’ve received letters from the hospital to pay off my debt but I’m still trying to find a full-time job. My only source of income comes from doing art commissions and ko-fi donations. If anyone is feeling generous, every cent would be a big help and I would greatly appreciate any form of support possible.. 🙏❤️‍🩹

Here's my commission info if anyone is interested~

[violetsandshrikes]

actually all this talk of wellness trends and health has reminded me of something.

if you're AFAB, you may or may not known what a decidual cast is. this can be useful to know, for example - one of my friends called me crying/terrified because she thought that she had internal bleeding or something else critically wrong, and by chance i happened to actually be able to look at a photo and be like ah, i think i know what's happened here.

[sprinkleofquirk]

I’m so tired of being honest about my pain level and having no one believe me because I don’t show pain the way they expect

[i-m-a-goner-takeitslow]

okay but seriously tho, why work in the medical field if you can't stand people??? I was yelled at the ER today, by the nurse in charge and for what? Because I had a seizure cluster and the ambulance drove me to the hospital, even though I already had diazepam administred in the ambulance. They took me to the hospital anyway and the nurse was like wtf are we supposed to do with you? You got nothing better to do? And I was like ???!!!!!?????? I was still so taken out by the seizures and the diazepam I literally just started crying and she just told me to go away and stop being a baby. So yeah. Fun day today

[redheadlesbianfreak]

I'm really sick of how people dehumanize mentally ill people who take medication to improve their mental health.

So many assholes say that anti-depressants turn you into a zombie. Or how anti-psychotics make you an idiot. How about you fuck off and mind your own business?

I know that medication doesn't work for everyone, and it doesn't solve every single problem. But it really can save someone's life, and people need to understand how deadly untreated mental illnesses can be.

[mozzaremi]

[seeds-of-life-daily]

rei and kaworu would probably wear glasses because their (inferred) albinism, or contacts, i don’t judge, but i feel like if they did wear contacts kaworu would forget to remove them and have like a collection of contacts behind his eye giving him super sight (that is how that works, trust me)

Day 53 K: Wait.. do you have to take them out before going to sleep? Why are you making that face..?

[tittyinfinity]

Stop treating disabled people like we don't know what we're doing.

Stop treating disabled people like it's our fault we're disabled because you think we "haven't tried anything."

Believe disabled people when we tell you we've tried something and it didn't work.

Stop giving us unsolicited advice in the first place. It's rude as fuck to assume that we haven't tried the most basic solutions, like physical therapy and heating pads.

Stop assuming how we feel based off of how we look. We are not exaggerating our symptoms when we show them. We are not faking our symptoms when we mask them.

No one goes out of their way for years straight to see multiple doctors and somehow scam them into believing they have fake health issues so that we can "give up on life" and be constantly broke.

(I want to preface this next paragraph to say that I know that some statements aren't about disabled people and are said to help others – but the wording of certain things hurts disabled people whether you like it or not – because people don't believe us when we say we're disabled and they think we are helpless addicts)

Stop treating us like we're "victims" that "need help" if we don't want to give up our means to function. Someone taking pain medication daily or smoking weed daily so that they can function is not a sign that they need help getting off of the drugs. And drugs don't affect everyone the same way! Just because a drug fucks YOU up doesn't mean that we're constantly fucked up all the time.

There are some forms of pain and symptoms that can literally only be treated with drugs and you're gonna have to get over it.

Not being able to take a tolerance break isn't a sign that the medication is ruining our lives, either. Even if we are addicted to our medication. NOT BEING IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN IS ADDICTING AND QUITE FRANKLY, EVERYONE IS ADDICTED TO NOT BEING IN PAIN. THAT'S WHY YOU KEEP TYLENOL AND IBUPROFEN IN YOUR HOUSE. We just happen to have pain that can not be cured by regular means. It is safer to take a couple of pain pills a day than it is to be taking the max dose of tylenol and ibuprofen all day – which DOES NOT EVEN TOUCH OUR PAIN.

This is not to invalidate the fact that you can get addicted to drugs for any reason. But again, anything you say about addiction does affect disabled people. And yes, other disabled people can very much spread ableist ideas.

My final point (for now) –

Just fucking listen to us.

[bcbdrums]

"Debilitating period pain that makes you pass out is normal. Suck it up."

"Third time in the ER in a week? Well, here's some more ibuprofen, go home."

"No, your vision hasn't changed. [I can't believe you wasted my time like this (was the doctor's tone of voice).]"

"You have [condition] because you're fat. Lose some weight."

"Your teeth have bad stains, you must be chewing tobacco and lying about it."

“Nothing is wrong with your ears, just stop sticking stuff in them.”

"You must be lying about being a virgin because of this weird lesion on your [censored]."

“You’re too young to have these problems [so just gonna lose limbs I guess].”

"You're not actually in any pain at all, you're delusional. This is certain because you have a mental illness. Oh yeah, nice to meet you."

[kirstenly]

I got this thing my friends laugh at... But like if you're in pain, you feel nauseous, or you have a migraine or whatever... Eat a really really spicy burrito. It'll make you feel instantly better. Even if you're not super hungry. Even if you're not big on spice.

I jokingly call it "the curative power of a burrito" but like I shit you not... A lot of problems can be solved by a spicy burrito. And it has to be spicy.

- Capsaicin present in stuff like peppers and hot sauces releases endorphins, which will lessen the pain you feel overall.

- The dense nutrient distribution of veggies, meats, dairy, and grains can help balance any missing nutrients that could be causing you discomfort or problems without having to struggle to pinpoint what it may or may not be.

-if you're just unwell because you're hungry it'll solve that by virtue of being food.

- and bonus points if you have access to hot sauce with PINEAPPLE in it. Because bromeliad plants have anti-inflammatory properties that are decently well documented. So it can reduce a bit of inflammation and help alleviate pain.

Any time I have really bad cramps, or a migraine that food, water, sleep, and medicine are not helping... I order a fat burrito with pineapple habanero sauce, meat, cabbage n lettuce, pickled onion, red onion, cheese, tomato, cilantro, corn, and peppers (I don't even like peppers but they are a necessary evil). And by the time I'm done eating it a migraine will go from 8/10 pain to a 2/10 pain, and the cramps and nausea will be alleviated too.

[girlbob-boypants]

You know there actually *is* a really interesting read to be had with Jade Shadows through the lens of how when a man's political beliefs uphold oppressive systems (even to his own detriment), it does often come with a similar belief that his wife's body is His to decide what to do with.

It creates the question would Jade have survived if her husband was willing to change his ways or swallow his pride sooner? Will he even see it as that or does he still believe it was his choice to deny her the medical expertise of the Tenno's Cephalon because he's pro Imperialism and the Tenno are revolutionaries?

[aiscapades]

girl i had huge crush on in school who was a very good friend to me she's so smart and wonderful and kind just told me she's proud of me for inquiring about a breast reduction i literally started crying what the absolute fuck I'm so gay and so deprived of love in my daily life what the fuck kck .?? HELLO??

[fatnutswizard]

everytime i get stoned i start looking at the hierarchy of needs table like a wishlist

[istherewifiinhell]

Feeling kinda. Chest sore. Pressure? Congestion? lung thing. Maybe. Fuck this i dont have time to give a shit. Wheres the echinacea tea