Thank you for the suggestion. I do not mind hot water bottles if they're only used for up to 5-10 minutes (then I start getting overheated and I have to take it off). However (I know this sounds stupid) I have no idea how to fill one up without burning myself with the hot water. I have a hot water bottle but I haven't used it before. I have been told I'm moderately dyspraxic so you can understand that I'd find it a bit hard to pour the water.
Additional: I'll get Charlie to show me how to fill it up.
Hot bath sounds good.
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If you are mildly dyspraxic you might want to try filling them using a juice jug and only fill the jug halfway to pour. This may work or not it works for me and i have moderate-severe dyspraxia. I hope your cramps go away and leave you alone, they are never easy to deal with
Do your demons, do they ever let you go?
When you've tried do they hide deep inside
is it someone that you know You're just a picture
you're an image caught in time
We're a lie, you and I we're words without a rhyme
There's no sign of the morning coming
you've been left on your own
Like a rainbow in the dark just a rainbow in the dark
~Dio
Hey Oly, sorry you are in so much pain, it must be awful. I hope you can manage to soothe the pain somehow. I've been thinking of you and hoping you are ok. How are you aside from the pain?
Rara
I hope the hot bath helps. Maybe crawl up in bed with a dvd or a good book
Thanks. I didn't actually have the hot bath last night as I was too tired. I will try to run one soon. But the good book idea did work out - I read my favourite psychopharmacology textbook in bed. But eventually I chose to go to bed because I don't like the night time.
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Originally Posted by metal_fiddler
If you are mildly dyspraxic you might want to try filling them using a juice jug and only fill the jug halfway to pour. This may work or not it works for me and i have moderate-severe dyspraxia. I hope your cramps go away and leave you alone, they are never easy to deal with
That is a very good idea, I'll try that. My cramps are a lot better now thanks, but after breakfast I will take paracetamol.
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Originally Posted by rara avis
Hey Oly, sorry you are in so much pain, it must be awful. I hope you can manage to soothe the pain somehow. I've been thinking of you and hoping you are ok. How are you aside from the pain?
Rara
Thanks Rara, paracetamol helped yesterday although I will take more soon because I can feel the pain slowly increasing again. I am mostly ok. Nervous but excited as I'm travelling to Hove (which is by the sea) today to meet up my friend and then see the specialist optometrist for a 45 minute appointment. Although I will be getting back home late :/
How are you?
Oly.
PM me if you want a PDF copy of the ICD-10or the Mental Health Act 1983/2007. I ALSO HAVE THE DSM-V BOOK and am a pharmacology student.
I have a visual impairment / neurological problems so I need people to type in clear text and no funny fonts. Also excuse any typos, my vision blocks things out.
I have autism and have problems communicating, PMs included.
Just becasue I type well doesn't mean I speak well. I am only part time verbal.
I am home now, earlier than expected. My vision is really, well, not good, from what I've heard.
Eyesight left eye -5.25, right eye -4.50, quite severe astigmatism and a convergent eye muscle weakness. The lenses I had to buy cost a lot more than the frames (although I got a £50 off voucher from ESA) because I needed transitions (I cannot go outside without transitions due to sensory issues) and I had to get the thin lenses because without the thin lenses I would have really really thick lenses.
But it was good seeing my friend.
PM me if you want a PDF copy of the ICD-10or the Mental Health Act 1983/2007. I ALSO HAVE THE DSM-V BOOK and am a pharmacology student.
I have a visual impairment / neurological problems so I need people to type in clear text and no funny fonts. Also excuse any typos, my vision blocks things out.
I have autism and have problems communicating, PMs included.
Just becasue I type well doesn't mean I speak well. I am only part time verbal.
Sorry for not being around for a while. I had a very bad depressive period which messed up my ability to communicate. I am feeling a bit better now and my communication has improved a bit.
PM me if you want a PDF copy of the ICD-10or the Mental Health Act 1983/2007. I ALSO HAVE THE DSM-V BOOK and am a pharmacology student.
I have a visual impairment / neurological problems so I need people to type in clear text and no funny fonts. Also excuse any typos, my vision blocks things out.
I have autism and have problems communicating, PMs included.
Just becasue I type well doesn't mean I speak well. I am only part time verbal.
I am sick of the "hidden" messages - they aren't as "hidden" as I'd like them to be.
PM me if you want a PDF copy of the ICD-10or the Mental Health Act 1983/2007. I ALSO HAVE THE DSM-V BOOK and am a pharmacology student.
I have a visual impairment / neurological problems so I need people to type in clear text and no funny fonts. Also excuse any typos, my vision blocks things out.
I have autism and have problems communicating, PMs included.
Just becasue I type well doesn't mean I speak well. I am only part time verbal.
*hugs Oly* I hope things are geting better for you. Sorry to hear about your depressive period.. I hope it got better :)
~Matt~
Susanna Kaysen: I'm ambivalent. In fact that's my new favorite word.
Dr. Sonia Wick: Do you know what that means, ambivalence?
Susanna Kaysen: I don't care.
Dr. Sonia Wick: If it's your favorite word, I would've thought you would...
Susanna Kaysen: It *means* I don't care. That's what it means.
I am ok today. I did five and a half hours of revision (not in one go).
I have been relaxing after the revision; reading my favourite textbooks and learning some train routes.
In terms of leaving the house, I managed to go to Co-op to buy a lot of fruit but I was anxious as there were many teenagers around.
My appetite was quite extreme this morning but it is better now.
PM me if you want a PDF copy of the ICD-10or the Mental Health Act 1983/2007. I ALSO HAVE THE DSM-V BOOK and am a pharmacology student.
I have a visual impairment / neurological problems so I need people to type in clear text and no funny fonts. Also excuse any typos, my vision blocks things out.
I have autism and have problems communicating, PMs included.
Just becasue I type well doesn't mean I speak well. I am only part time verbal.
PM me if you want a PDF copy of the ICD-10or the Mental Health Act 1983/2007. I ALSO HAVE THE DSM-V BOOK and am a pharmacology student.
I have a visual impairment / neurological problems so I need people to type in clear text and no funny fonts. Also excuse any typos, my vision blocks things out.
I have autism and have problems communicating, PMs included.
Just becasue I type well doesn't mean I speak well. I am only part time verbal.
PM me if you want a PDF copy of the ICD-10or the Mental Health Act 1983/2007. I ALSO HAVE THE DSM-V BOOK and am a pharmacology student.
I have a visual impairment / neurological problems so I need people to type in clear text and no funny fonts. Also excuse any typos, my vision blocks things out.
I have autism and have problems communicating, PMs included.
Just becasue I type well doesn't mean I speak well. I am only part time verbal.
What happened oly, do you want to talk about it? I hope you are ok now, try and keep using logical, although I know it's both frustrating and exhausting trying to keep fighting it. Well done on doing the five and a half hours revision!
“There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.”
I was having trouble with the voices and the Spies; They keep warning me of "Imminent Dictatorship". I also had a panic attack which didn't help.
I have emailed my psych and asked her about PRN clonazepam as I do not have any PRN at home.
I still worry that if (or when) I get a really crap mark in my physiology exam, people will think I'm stupid and won't believe that I have a high IQ.
PM me if you want a PDF copy of the ICD-10or the Mental Health Act 1983/2007. I ALSO HAVE THE DSM-V BOOK and am a pharmacology student.
I have a visual impairment / neurological problems so I need people to type in clear text and no funny fonts. Also excuse any typos, my vision blocks things out.
I have autism and have problems communicating, PMs included.
Just becasue I type well doesn't mean I speak well. I am only part time verbal.
I have similar worries about exams. Remember, most people are better at some subjects than others. Even if you did not do so well, they would think you just had a bad exam, because you have already done lots of things which show you are clever.
You're right. It may be just a subject I'm not as good as the subjects I excel in.
I bought a good Medical Physiology textbook which is helping me with the revision.
I had flashbacks this morning about the numerous times I've been sectioned by the police. But they're calming down a bit now.
Logically, I know it is not likely that the Spies will harm me, but I still see Them on the streets and in the house opposite me with Their monitoring equipment. I want to go for a walk but I'm too scared. The voices aren't too bad but I'm just scared, a bit confused and really tired.
A friend of mine said my illness has become chronic.
PM me if you want a PDF copy of the ICD-10or the Mental Health Act 1983/2007. I ALSO HAVE THE DSM-V BOOK and am a pharmacology student.
I have a visual impairment / neurological problems so I need people to type in clear text and no funny fonts. Also excuse any typos, my vision blocks things out.
I have autism and have problems communicating, PMs included.
Just becasue I type well doesn't mean I speak well. I am only part time verbal.
Tired is annoying, it makes everything else feel much more difficult. Maybe being tired is making the Spies worse? Do you reckon you could get an early night?
Police flashbacks are nasty, I get them too. It sounds as though you are doing much better now than when you were sectioned though, so it does not have to happen again.
I wonder if you'd be able to manage going for a run instead of a walk? I feel better then, because I know people can't follow me when I am running, without being really really obvious.
Chronic just means you have had something for a long time. You can still get better, you are obviously doing better in your life now than you have been in the past, and you could go on to do even more.
