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(20M) and currently on 100mg lamotrigine 2x daily and 750mg keppra 2x daily.

I recently had a seizure whilst travelling home after a 2am flight, and my neurologist (one of the best in the country, 30+ years of dealing with epilepsy patients in the best hospital in my country) has suggested that we taper me off my keppra as it hasn’t actually helped decrease the frequency of my seizures, whereas lamotrigine has. I would be brought up to 150mg x 2 lamotrigine to compensate for this.

I’m excited because not taking keppra will take away some of my side effects and will be less of a hassle however I know there are so many people out there who have withdrawal seizures . My life is very much normal in the sense that I work a job that involves lots of commuting every day so I’ll out in public a lot and I don’t want to be constantly thinking about it what happens if I have a seizure. Does anyone have any advice?

I am a 20 year old first-year student and I got myself quite a bit of experience before starting university. I have also got a part time job as a surveyor for a DIY store (after 7 months of looking for anything part time) and i'm not sure how to add it in. After graduation , i'd like to work in a travel/tourism related office job that isn't frontline, or something like the civil service/ Aviation regulator/ border force jobs.

Thank you in advance for any tips!

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So I had sex 3 times approx 10 days ago and didn’t pull out , and my partner (who has been on the patch for around 3 years now) took it off on Sunday. She still hasn’t gotten her period when she usually gets it a day after taking off the patch. Should I be worried?

So I met this girl on hinge (we’re both 20 and at uni in Yorkshire England) two weeks ago. We both had very similar values and were both looking for life partners.

We went on about 4 dates, kissed and had sex a few times once we’d got to know each other. Yesterday night, she came over to my hotel after a meal and gym date and we had more sex and watched a movie together.

I asked her about the pace we were moving at and she said she felt that it was going too fast . I understood that but I asked how she felt about it in general and she said “I don’t know” and proceeded to reveal that she didn’t feel a spark and her gut says that’s I’m not the one . She added that she usually knows if somebody is the one after one date but she tried to see if that would change after a few with me but it hasn’t worked.But she didn’t want to say that she wants to end things because she wanted me to say it because she didn’t want to hurt me (and probably be able to internally rationalise it by shifting the blame onto me) . So i said it, she affirmed and we ended things.

I thanked her for her time, said I’ll miss her because I thought it was going great and wished her the best of luck in finding the right person. I thought that would be the end as it was about 23:00.

But no. She tries to go in for another kiss and initiate. I pull back and tell her that if we’re not dating anymore and she’s ended things then I won’t have sex with her or kiss her. Obviously.

She starts crying in our bed. She says that she can’t believe that I’ve gone from having sex to her 30 minutes ago to “behaving like I don’t care”. I really didn’t understand why but she said that she would want to just kiss a few more times before she left and she then began to offer a FWB situation until we date new people. I said no because I’m not into that stuff and up until that point, I was convinced that she wasn’t either. She just constantly says “ why don’t you want to do this “ afterwards and I keep saying the same thing until she finally gets the message and we begin to pack her bags.

I offer her an uber that I’ll pay for but she insists she’ll walk half an hour home. I take her outside , once again thanked her for her time and said that I wish her all the best. She proceeds to call me and say that she wanted to stay on the phone with me to make sure she got home safe and I obviously agreed. Whilst walking she attempts to reignite arguments and say that I don’t care and that I’m acting completely different to who she thought I was but I don’t take any of it and just keep avoiding it and saying I hope she gets home safe.

Eventually she did and I told her I’ll remove her on all socials for my own peace of mind and she was unhappy about that. Told me I have to keep her number and WhatsApp just in case. So I did, whatever.

Upon going back into the hotel the receptionist spoke to me and said that he will take my details down and that he overheard everything and thinks that in case anything were to happen or if she tries to come back into the hotel, he can back me up and refuse her/ call the right people if necessary.

I’m really confused and scared that she might go crazy now and bombard me with messages making me guilty and concerned about her. This morning she’s already messaged me and asked if I wanted to go to an event with her in a few weeks and really random stuff like “should I take this shift tommorow” or “what’s this rash on my leg”.

I’ve never had a situation like this. Have I done anything wrong?

Thanks for reading

So I met this girl on hinge (we’re both 20 and at uni) two weeks ago. We both had very similar alignments and were both looking for life partners.

We went on about 4 dates, kissed and had sex a few times once we’d got to know each other. Yesterday night, she came over to my hotel after a meal and we had more sex and watched a movie together.

I asked her about the pace we were moving at and she said she felt that it was going too fast . I understood that but I asked how she felt about it in general and she said “I don’t know” and proceeded to reveal that she didn’t feel a spark and her gut says that’s I’m not the one as she usually knows that after a few dates.But she didn’t want to say it. So we ended things.

I thanked her for her time, said I’ll miss her and wished her the best of luck in finding the right person. I thought that would be it as it was about 23:00.

But no. She tries to go in for another kiss and initiate. I pull back and tell her that if we’re not dating anymore and she’s ended things then I won’t have sex with her or kiss her. Obviously.

She starts crying in our bed. She says that she can’t believe that I’ve gone from having sex to her 30 minutes ago to “behaving like I don’t care”. I really didn’t understand why but she said that she would want to just kiss a few more times before she left and she then began to offer a FWB situation until we date new people. I said no because I’m not into that stuff and up until that point, I was convinced that she wasn’t either. She just constantly says “ why don’t you want to do this “ afterwards and I keep saying the same thing until she finally gets the message and we begin to pack her bags.

I offer her an uber that I’ll pay for but she insists she’ll walk half an hour home. I take her outside , once again thanked her for her time and said that I wish her all the best. She proceeds to call me and say that she wanted to stay on the phone with me to make sure she got home safe and I obviously agreed. Whilst walking she attempts to reignite arguments and say that I don’t care and that I’m acting completely different to who she thought I was but I don’t take any of it and just keep avoiding it and saying I hope she gets home safe.

Eventually she did and I told her I’ll remove her on all socials for my own peace of mind and she was unhappy about that. Told me I have to keep her number and WhatsApp just in case. So I did, whatever.

Upon going back into the hotel the receptionist spoke to me and said that he will take my details down and that he overheard everything and thinks that in case anything were to happen or if she tries to come back into the hotel, he can back me up and refuse her/ call the right people if necessary.

I’m really confused and scared that she might go crazy now and bombard me with messages making me guilty and concerned about her. I’ve never had anything like this. Have I done anything wrong?

Thanks for reading

Obviously we all know that the rich poor divide is a real thing in the uk, but I’m beginning to notice that there seems to be a similar thing amongst students in secondary / university education .

There seems to be a clear growing divide between children who don’t need a job, get given great cars by their parents with insurances paid for, go on many holidays multiple times a year and live in huge houses with huge neighbourhoods opposed to kids who have to work their asses off in part time jobs, have never been abroad in their life, can’t afford school trips and are clearly bothered by things like lunch prices etc (speaking from experience).

There seems to be fewer people in the middle ground. Am I onto something, or was it always like this?