For some reason my period has been more painful than usual, and it’s starting to cause a flare up and I’m sad. I’ve been flare free for a while and I feel like I’m going backwards, but am unsure if this is period related. Anyone have a similar experience?
I’m pretty sure this is OCD manifesting, but am super frustrated because it won’t go away. There’s this one line from this TV show and it’s been keeping me up all night. Every time I almost fall asleep I hear it again in my head and wake right back up. I’m trying to push it away and it isn’t working very well.
I don’t feel like I need to think it over and over. It’s not like my brain wants to satisfy something by thinking it- it’s honestly the opposite. I don’t want to think it anymore and I can’t. It just won’t stop.
It’s a funny line too so I feel like it’s ruined now lol. I also don’t want the actor or TV show ruined either but this is definitely getting in the way right now
I was diagnosed with epilepsy a couple of years ago and have a very specific feeling that comes with an aura (followed by a focal seizure sometimes). I was curious to hear from other people with epilepsy what an aura feels/looks like from them. I can google it all I want to see what research says, but I want to hear it first hand - what do you experience?
This has happened several times in my past, where I’ve just gotten SO excited and focused on a TV show/character/movie that all I do is think about it. Just on my mind 24 seven. This happened a lot more when I was in college, but now as a teacher I’m noticing with summer has come this feeling again about a TV show I’ve started watching.
It’s not giving me nightmares, but it’s keeping me up. Then I get anxious about how anxious I am and it spirals. I slept really horribly last night because of it. Every time I would start to fall asleep all of a sudden ‘surprise!’ Main characters name pops in my head and I’m woken up all over.
I really enjoy the show, (maybe just the actor I guess??) but I haven’t seen that much of it. So do I stop watching it completely? I don’t know if that will make things worse. I also know a lot of this has to do with the fact that it’s summer and I have a lot of time on my hands to sit and think. Which sucks in a way. I need to make a routine and I’m struggling lol
Has anyone experienced this? Or have any advice? Any thoughts would be really helpful!
I can tell my doggie needs something, but I have no idea what. She’ll come and sit right in front of me and stare. No tail wag or anything, just sit and stare. Sometimes she’ll pant if she’s sitting and staring “too long.”
I give her loves and pets and snuggles, and she’ll take them and lay down and stop. But if I don’t she won’t stop staring.
She’s 8 years old Saint Bernard/lab mix, does this mean she’s in pain? We give her Cosequin every morning and evening. I’m really worried about her :(
I’ve been seizures free for about 3 years now, and with finding the right medication I began to feel good and worry free. I would have the occasional aura, almost like a little whisper, but it would go away as quick as it came.
For some reason recently, the auras I’ve been having are a lot more aggressive and more frequent. I’m so scared, I thought I was okay and I wouldn’t have to experience the feeling anymore - or at least I thought I had more time.
I’m at work right now and I feel very afraid that something is going to happen. Not necessarily here and now, but I feel like something is coming and I want to cry lol.
Any advice? I hate changing medication it’s so awful. I thought I had this figured out. I am trying to calm down (anxiety makes it worse) but I can’t get a grip.
I feel like I am tired a lot of the time, more than not especially recently. Nothing in my life has really changed significantly, so I’m not sure why I’ve been feeling so tired the past couple years. As a person with epilepsy, do you need more sleep?
I don’t believe it is medicine related, taking my medicine doesn’t cause it, it’s just random/sometimes early into the night or if I put my head down at work.
I’m finding myself SO frustrated. Back in January 2025 I had an IUD inserted, had such a hard time with hormones and cramping, and ultimately had to have it removed. After that, I started getting reoccurring UTI’s and the strangest pain/discomfort in my bladder area. I had no idea what was going on, but it was so awful. It came with pain with peeing. Antibiotics helped a bit after consulting Minute Clinic, and it was sort of a back and forth battle for months. Eventually a urologist said it is most likely IC, and after ultrasounds and laparoscopic procedures we decided to move forward as the diagnoses.
This was never a problem before the IUD, I had not had a UTI or struggled with any bladder related issues. It was almost immediate after getting the IUD removed.
I just am left wondering if something happened and the IUD triggered it. It was already enough of a horrible experience, it would suck if it caused long term damage as well.