u/BobRoss725

Had one a year ago that targeted my right leg, one year later I’ve still got motor control and weakness issues in that leg. Had a bunch of HM attacks in a short period of time a couple weeks ago and I think it targeted my prefrontal cortex, it’s totally changed my personality. I’m paranoid, emotionally unstable, irritable, low impulse control, having mood swings, speech issues, cognitive/memory issues, and worst of all I’ve pretty much lost the ability to feel empathy. This has had a huge effect on my personal life and relationships as you can imagine. I’m on the waiting list for a neurology appointment but I’ve still got a few weeks to go until I’m gonna hear back about that. Also the GP told me my symptoms are too complex to be prescribed any medication until after I’ve seen a neurologist so I’m currently unmedicated.

I’m wondering if anyone here has any experience with HM symptoms that take a long time to go away? If so is there any strategies for getting the symptoms to go away? Also how do you guys prevent the attacks from happening in the first place?

I’m hoping for this to go away on its own but I’m worried my current personality and cognitive issues might be long lasting like the problems with my leg. The attack that caused my current personality/cognitive issues was far more extreme than the one that affected my leg. Any help to get myself back to normal or prevent future attacks would be greatly appreciated.

I’ve been doing cold showers daily for many years now, and have seen great benefits from it. I used to always do at least 40 seconds of cold (sometimes more) at the end of my warm showers every single day. I’d stop if I got ill, cause the cold would worsen whatever illness I had.
About 5 months ago I got ill and had to stop. I was then ill with one cold after the next for 4 months straight (everyone in my city was). In the past month I’ve felt a bit better but every time I try a cold shower I get ill again, I get a cough and badly congested for the next 3-4 days afterwards.
Anyone got any tips for how I can strengthen my body/immune system to be able to handle cold showers again? I really miss all the positive effects they used to have on my life.