u/chicaabroad

I have a neurological illness, have recently been in hospital, having to spend a lot of time in bed right now. I am looking for some gentle escapism and stuff to calm my nervous system. Things I can just close my eyes to and let go.

Kind of songs I already like and are keeping me going right now are:
Experience - Ludovico Einaudi,
Rainbow - Kacey Musgraves,
The Motherlode - The Staves,
Sons and Daughters - Allman Brown & Liz Lawrence.

Calm vibes, peaceful/uplifting/reassuring lyrics, or instrumental. Thank you for any recs!

8 months seizure free on lamotrigine, 2 months of that adding Keppra (1500mg) because despite lamotrigine working, at 500mg it was too much for my body to handle and not suiting me at all anymore (dizziness, balance & coordination problems, tremors). I’ve only just started tapering down lamotrigine, currently on 450mg.

Heat is a main seizure trigger for me, along with sleep deprivation. UK heatwave has been pretty unbearable in the past week. Not much sleep bc kids had to come into our room on mattresses as their attic room was roasting. Ours only slightly better. Started to feel unwell yesterday. Out in garden, hanging up washing, and then husband found me in mid tonic clonic, head hitting patio.

Thankfully only a mild concussion given the circumstances but long, slow recovery of movement and speech, hellish headache. Currently in a neurology ward, having meds titrated again (increasing Keppra, holding lamotrigine at this dose for a while) waiting to be able to walk properly again. Muscles so stiff. Tongue chewed up etc. surviving on NHS jellies and ice cream.

I know these breakthroughs happen. Just felt devastating. Everything feels a whole lot more uncertain again. And I don’t want to be here. Desperate to get home.