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This has happened to me so many times. I wonder if this is common among you guys too.

Even brief walks for 10-15 minutes will give me brain fog + irritability and make me wanna sleep the entire day. It all started once I began taking Lamotrigine.

I can’t be the only one right?

Recently many people have been calling me out for constantly changing my mind, and never being able to be firm with my decisions.

I had no awareness of this until now.

I notice this pattern in my bipolar mother and sister too.

Is this a common occurrence with our disorder? Constantly changing our minds?

I’ve heard many people booking multiple consultations with various clinics with their trip to Korea. The problem for me is, if I don’t decide to proceed with a clinic, I would be paying for the foreign exchange fees for each refund.

How do you guys manage to secure multiple in-person consultations?

Ever since going into a deep depression following my stroke, I completely lost my pride and ego. I lost all my drive to keep going too.

I would even purposely make myself look bad because I wanted everyone to think I was nothing.

I’ve pretty much lost all hope in life and want to give up.

What keeps you going in life?

I’m not sure if it’s the Lamotrigine doing this to me or something else— but do you guys experience this level of short-term memory impairment too?

I’ll forget if I actually took my meds or not after every single dose. It’s gotten to the point where I had to hang up a poster to check off immediately after taking my meds.

This applies to other things too, but ironically, I can’t remember what exactly they are.

Anyone else experience this?

THIS GODDAMN STROKE RUINED EVERYTHING

Life is so fucking unfair. I’m only 19. I wish I never survived that stroke that affects 1 in 100,000. I missed out on my teenage years in recovery; WHICH I WORKED SO HARD ON BUT WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE NEARLY THE SAME LEVEL OF FUNCTIONING I USED TO HAVE

I’m so fucking mad right now because I just made a grave mistake involving $14,000 BECAUSE OF MY BLINDNESS FROM THAT STROKE. I missed an error with the financial details and ended up losing that money.

I fucking planned on majoring in accounting starting in September but I seriously doubt I will be able to anymore. IM SO GODDAMN RETARDED

ALSO,

All my siblings are buying cars at the moment. The entire household is involved. Just constantly hearing the word “car” and “driving” triggers me because it reminds me I’ll never be able to drive EVER AGAIN because of this blindness. My neuro ophthalmologist sent in a form to ban me from driving and told me straight up I’ll never be able to drive.

LIFE IS SO FUCKING UNFAIR

I’m spiralling right now.

For me, it will be a certain headache that will indicate that a low is coming.

Curious about you guys

I had my nose job 3 months ago, but it’s nowhere near the size I wanted it to be.

I’m curious how much of a difference you guys saw in that timeline of healing.

I’m constantly sleepy and mentally foggy during my lows. No amount of sleep will make me feel refreshed.

Is this supposed to be normal during a low? How do you manage this?

I’m contemplating on signing up after hearing good things about it.

What are your experiences with DBT, and what did you typically do during a session?

I’ve been given the option for bone shaving and bone cutting for my 3-pt facial contouring surgery.

I’m curious how the bone shaving surgery looks. Does anyone know where I can find B&A photos of that specific durgery?

I feel like I’m going crazy…

My short term memory on Lamotrigine has been so shit. I forget everything.

I even forgot to turn off my stove today. Thank god my family caught on to it.

Anyone else experience the same? Are you still taking it?

I tend to upload on weekends, however have gotten pretty busy and got off schedule.

I upload entertaining short form content across TT, YT, IG once a week.

Does posting time typically matter in this case?

1 year post-stroke; I seem to get migraines every time I’m exposed to brightness. These last until I get some sleep.

Anyone else experience the same?

My clinic told me I’d be able to fly home 5 days after my 3-point FC surgery.

Is that a realistic recovery time? I’ve never heard of such a short stay after that surgery.

I heard sagging was an ongoing problem after this surgery, and that people had to regularly go through treatments to prevent sagging; eventually leading to a facelift.

I’m curious how much you guys spend.

I’m in my early 20s, going for 3-point facial contouring.

Would it typically be better to combine the surgery with a mini facelift, or should I wait?

Is it common to be charged a chief surgeon assignment fee? Here’s the text I received:

Chief Surgeon Assignment Fee ()
If you prefer () as your surgeon, an additional fee (10% extra) will be added as a chief surgeon assignment fee. This fee can be waived if you choose a different doctor.