This Luna moth took about 5 hrs in tattooing time. Loved working with inkcache she was very thoughtful and extremely skilled. It represents overcoming a very hard portion of my life! I hope y’all enjoy. :)
Hey folks I’m 19 I’ve got dysautonomia (pots, fibro, g-hsd) and my psychiatrist recently found out I have the MTHFR gene. I’m emotionally dysregulated, get tingling in my hands and feet and they also get cold (diagnosed with reynauds but not treated I’ve had them get discolored since I was young though), trouble focusing and thinking, headaches, muscle aches, and have started to have worse verbal recall. I’ve been dealing with the emotional dysregulation issue my whole life but they were intensified after a 3 month battle with a respiratory infection that I was unable to get treated by doctors. I can’t do much physically anymore and struggle to keep up with college and life. I’m on a lot of meds too but very few things seem to work for me.
My labs came back as follows as of (09/15/2025) vitamin B12: 493 pg/ml, folate serum: 3.0 ng/ml, homocysteine: 6.3 umol/L.
Unfortunately my memory has become quite bad so after trying to supplement folate with folinic acid for 2 weeks or so I meant to switch supplements but then I forgot and then it never happened and now I’m here. I’m wondering if anyone can help guide me on how to interpret these results and what I can do about them.
I’m assuming the cognitive dysfunction I’ve been experiencing along with the tingling and pain may be signs of deficiency but my results are quite confusing to me. I’m sorry if this doesn’t make sense I’m a bit of a mess. Please help me.
Hi folks I’m 19 and I’ve got incredible brain fog so hopefully this post isn’t too scatterbrained.
My daily life is basically waking up feeling like I can’t think or keep my eyes focused. Almost like I’m constantly hungover and tired. I get a lot of pain from most muscle groups especially my upper body that ranges from mild to passing out. I can’t focus during the day, although my therapist says this is caretaker fatigue as I take care of some folks who are very important to me. I mostly relax when I can but have to do stuff fairly often as I live on a farm. I get home and cry or yell, at some point smoke, and then pass out around 2-3AM.
I’ve been going to college but it’s so hard and at this point I’m just so depressed and angry over everything.
I have a variety of mental and physical health issues and my psychiatrist had me do genetic testing where we found that I have the MTHFR gene.
A while back I had my labs done and they found my vitamin B12 was 493 pg/ml, my folate was 3ng/ml, and my homocysteine levels were 6.3 umol/L.
There’s a lot of interplay and evidence of my conditions so I don’t think the true root of all of my problem is a folate deficiency but I know that it’s most likely making things worse. Last time I tried about 200mcg of folinic acid and 250 mcg of hydroxocobylamine acetate (b12). But I didn’t see an improvement and felt like it might have been worsening my mood over time but at the start I was feeling good. At this point I’m willing to do anything for relief. The only thing is my stomach is sensitive and I can’t eat eggs so keep that in mind. What should I be taking? I still have the folinic acid+hydroxo b12 from seeking health should I take a full pill? 1/2 pill? I also may have the option to get injections as I might start going to my cardiologist for IV rapid hydration.
If it helps my physical diagnosis list is:
G-HSD, POTS, Fibromyalgia
I recently got diagnosed with ADHD, it runs in my family but it’s a late diagnosis and I do have other conditions so I’m still unsure about that. Beyond that I also have some trauma issues and have mental diagnoses. I’ve been going to therapy for about a decade though so I’m working on it.
It’s all embarrassing, painful, and exhausting. I used to be a super athletic person, did rock climbing and track since I was a kid, built stuff all the time, read tons. Now I can barely focus long enough to read or stay attentive in a conversation and have to take meds 24/7. I’ve always had some of this to a degree, mainly the emotional aspects, but the physical aspects weren’t noticeable until I had a 3 month long extreme respiratory infection when I was 17. During it I was unable to receive proper medical treatment and it wreaked havoc on my body. Eventually the infection went away on its own but I never truly healed and cycle between activity and being bedbound.
my current medication list is:
Transition meds:
estradiol valerate .18ml
Progesterone 100mg
Allergies:
Zyxal 5mg
Flonase
Mood and ADHD treatment
Concerta 18mg
Lemictal 100mg
Pain meds:
Naltrexone 1.5mg daily
Tylenol 3000mg
As needed pain and nausea meds:
Advil max dose
Weed (as much as I need to make the pain bearable)
Zofran 8-16mg
Cyclobenzaprine 10mg
Valium 2-4mg
On top of this I intake around 5-10g of salt a day along with about 2L of water. Sometimes I can’t eat but I’ve gotten better about making meals that are healthy and easy for me to eat like homemade ramen, stew, chicken noodle soup, chicken with rice, etc.
Hi folks I was wondering if anyone knows what this style would be considered? It almost reminds me of linocut? It seems like it could hold fairly well as long as you don’t try to pack detail too tightly? Also if anyone knows artists that have a similar style somewhere in between San Francisco and San Diego lemme know! I’ve got a few names but would love more. The tats in the photos are from balagula_tattoo on instagram.