#chronic conditions

[she-is-ovarit]

[plural-affirmations]

Here's to systems who are physically affected by system functions!

It's not uncommon to hear of temporary ailments popping up as a result of someone's system doing... well, system things. Here's to who experience this!

Shoutout to:

Those who can tell when they're splitting based on how exhausted they feel

Physically disabled and chronically ill individuals who have an uptick in symptoms for their condition around times such as splitting, forming, fusing, etc.

Those who get headaches, migraines, feel lightheaded, get vertigo (dizziness), and so on

Headmates who have different experiences than the rest of their system (e.g. colorblindness, visual impairment, hard of hearing, etc.)

The ones who get mental conditions that have a physical effect (such as a racing heartbeat for anxiety, etc.)

And anyone else I missed!

I relate to you very strongly! It's perfectly acceptable to be affected by things differently than some others might be.

For a little personal anecdote, I (the host) experience the most hearing problems out of everyone in the system. We're not sure why? The body has Meniere's disease, but I seem to get the worst manifestion of it. Anyways!

I hope you all have a lovely afternoon!

🖤💜💙💚💛

[somnambulic-thing]

Vampire!Eddie x afab Chronic Migraine!reader

Cw: Migraine stuff, fluff, period blood and caring vampire boyfiends with traces of pussy feasting (very minor (yeah, I'm disappointedabout that too)) typing this on my phone in the dark with the brightness as low as possible. Enjoy.

Turns out being a vampire comes with very specific perks.

Eddie doesn't mind to spend hours in the darkness with you when one of those migrains hits. He rather not have you suffer them at all, but there was nothing he could do about that. Your spirit has been recovering faster since he wastes the time away with you in the dark and you didn't get bored out of your mind.

His abysmally cold hands feel wonderful soothing on your forehead and his fingers never tire massaging your temples or the tense muscles in your neck.

He prepares all kinds of food while you sleep to make sure there is something you can stomach when you wake up.

He reads to you when you get too tired to talk but still can't fall asleep for hours, voice low and deep in the perfect way that doesn't overstimulates your exhausted nerves but would tire the vocal cords of mere mortals very quickly.

He fucking hates the thought that you used to do this alone for years and years and makes sure you know that you will not scare him away. He's going fucking nowhere.

He's thinks you're really pretty in the dark, when you forget he can see every little detail and stop trying to hide your tired and often swollen face from him.

He can smell when you start to feel better before you can feel it yourself with all the stress and overstimulation going on. He likes to let in a bath for you, the warmth soothing for your muscles that are often painfully stiff from all the time spend in bed with minimal movement because sometimes even lifting your head hurts too much.

You almost always ask him to join you and sometimes he makes good use of the fact that he doesn't have to breathe and gladly spends as long as you need him to with his head under water to makes sure you're completly relaxed to the point where you feel almost boneless.

Works wonders with those nasty migraines that come with your period.

[superanimepirate]

Inspired by a discussion with a friend.

Personally, most of mine needs to be taken with food, so I keep them in the kitchen for convenience. Apparently my friend finds this weird.

Edit: I can't believe I forget a travel option. Whoops 😅. I even have my inhaler and lactose meds in my purse.

[tuttle-did-it]

I was outside today and wore spf as always but managed to get a lot of bright red hives from the stupid fucking sun. About 1/3 of them haven’t settled down and are still bright red looking like they want to pop blood.

I like being a vampire in general, but I do not love the side effects of being allergic to the bloody sun.

[ladyfarona]

Got some spring cleaning done! Time to feel like I've cleaned nonstop for 12 hours! (-> cleaned for 1 hour)

[the-real-needle-phobia-alliance]

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[chronic-this]

Me: *sweats profusely, starts to feel chest discomfort and begins to have blurry vision at the dinner table*

Me: *has POTS and everyone at table is aware of condition*

Apple Watch: *alerts me that my heart has been above the high heart rate threshold for over ten minutes at rest*

Me: “That makes sense.”

Me: *checks watch*

Apple Watch: “163bpm”

Him: “just take off the watch and you’ll be all better.”

Me: *exhausted from having to always explain my disorder a million times over but still getting similar responses, while heading towards another loss of consciousness*

Many minutes later:

Him: “maybe you should just stop wearing the watch.”

[she-is-ovarit]

This might be old or unhelpful information to some, but along with women needing higher healthy fats in our diets (avocados, eggs, etc.) and liquid vitamins potentially being life-changing (because the body only has a 10-20% absorption rate for supplement pills), dehydration can be a huge trigger for chronic fatigue syndrome.

We can get to a dehydrated point where we won't feel thirsty (which is easy to reach), and some of us might struggle with cravings, because we are thirsty but these thirst receptors aren't perfect (also, prior to us being able to develop drier foods, most foods had water content in them so it's intuitive that our bodies do this). We live in an age where we can't unfortunately trust our water sources due to environmental pollution, and where the workplace might not accommodate healthy hydration (or frequent peeing). What I do to limit how much I pee and increase how much fluid I retain is to add those little electrolyte packets to my bottled water.

If your mind feels laggy or jumbled, if you feel too weak to get out of bed, if you're tired like all the time, if no matter how much sleep you get you still feel tired, if you have cold hands and feet, anxiety, and if you have memory issues - these are all signs of chronic fatigue and women experience it more than men. It's a complex chronic condition that is debilitating and not taken seriously at all, and there can be numerous triggers to it. I mentioned not obtaining enough healthy fats above or proper vitamin levels (especially iron and vitamin Bs), and these issues can trigger the above symptoms of chronic fatigue. Dehydration is another big trigger, and it's why we might especially experience these symptoms a few hours or a day after exercise or after drinking alcohol. Take care of yourself, pound water.

[myalgicencephalomyelitiscfstom]

[sorryicantquitequeeryou]

Drain-y VonRazmataz at your service! If you need me I will be hiding in my bed trying to decide how to spend my spoons tomorrow even though when I wake I will just do whatever until they're all gone, or who knows... maybe I'll overdraw! What fun!

[readbetweenthelyme]

Hard to believe

After a decade of chronic illness, I’m still surprised sometimes. Not just 6 months ago, I was almost bed bound. I could maybe manage 3-4 hours upright daily with very minimal activity. I had to take a medical leave from work. Last week we spent in Colorado with my in-laws. We were outside doing something every day. Hiking, swimming, white water rafting. Granted, every day I had to lay down for…

[helenwhiteart-blog]

Tackling sensory-defensiveness

We’re all held by something; the very envronment we live in “holds us” but, of course, there are layers of being held and, intriniscally, we hold ourselves…though in what way and with how much success depends from person to person, affected by our particular nervous system’s “wiring” and influenced, hugely, by experiences we had prenatally and as very young children. Some of those effects…

[ladyfarona]

When you have a chronic illness/fatigue, cutting your hair and taking a shower is like being stuck in a room with a cat who has to get in the middle of everything you're doing. It's exhausting and there's hair everywhere. :/

[innonurse]

Avive nets $57M for compact cardiac arrest device

- By InnoNurse Staff -

Portable defibrillator maker Avive Solutions secured $56.5 million in growth equity funding to expand its workforce and commercial initiatives.

Read more at Fierce healthcare

Header image credit: Avive Solutions

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