#twitchy asks

[the-twitchy-life]

Going off one of my meds; A terrible suggestion

I took my last vimpat today.  This evening and the rest of the week/month I’ll be adjusting to a vimpat-free body, which I haven’t had since... 2014?  I’m still on two other meds, but we’re trying to go down a bit since the VNS is doing its thing pretty well.

I saw the VNS nurse last week and told him I’ve been having more seizures this month, which is true.  I spent Saturday sleeping off a cluster.  Hopefully once I’ve stabilized on no-vimpat it will go back to as good as it was.

I really don’t want to go back on vimpat.  Two daily meds + four daily vitamins is enough for me.

What about you?  Adjusted your meds recently?  Want to?  Blow my mind with how many vitamins you take.

Also: Whenever I end up with a bunch of differently-colored pills (at the moment they’re just white and shades of pink) I want to make a mosaic of them.  I just think it would be pretty.  

Ever done it?  Share pics!  (But leave a few in the bottom of each bottle so you don’t forget what color pill goes in which container.  That part’s important.)

[circuits-unending]

Everytime I see Mccormick I see Link's face in a spice bottle

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question is: which Link is your default that you see on the spice bottle?

[the-twitchy-life]

lesser-known-poet

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My pals ever since that appointment with the VNS...

Are you keeping your electrolytes in balance? Believe it or not, a person can actually die from drinking too much water. It is called “water narcosis “. It is very difficult to get even if you are purposely trying to do so. Essentially the water flushes the electrolytes from your body. This results in a disruption in various parts of the neural network. Yes it can lead to seizures. It is far more likely that an imbalance will occur long before narcosis.

I keep my electrolytes in balance HARDCORE.  I’m pretty careful about that, ever since I discovered it was a thing (by passing out in public, go me).  Generally I spike my water with some of those electrolyte tablets whenever I go to exercise.  (Tastes good too!)

I’m thinking it’s a time thing, bc if I take a good long rest after running, I can go for another 80 minutes.  My poor little body just isn’t used to 90 minutes of aerobic exercise!