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Chubby Emu's channel is great and makes me want to talk to my doctors more about hyponatremia. I knew there had to be a reason related to corticosteroids that I am fucking tired all the time, and have brainfog, confusion, even difficulty reading out loud/slurred speech. It turns out it has neurological symptoms because it's an electrolyte imbalance. It fucks with every cell in your body if your electrolytes are wrong. Eating pickles doesn't help, it just overcorrects most of the time.
And I mask too well and no doctors ever believe me that I struggle with anything at all, ever, psychologically or neurologically, so that's also an issue. I've been told outright that "other people are on the same meds and don't have of these issues." Well, those people aren't me and don't have the same medical history that I do.
It makes it impossible to keep up with things a lot of the time, impossible to answer messages or socialize, even online most of the time, difficulty getting my work done, etc. I avoid places like bars because I don't want to be expected to drink because alcohol makes electrolyte imbalances worse, and I get really bad muscles cramps because of it.
Pain in the ass but I just kind of power through it with caffeine. I've been extra tired lately, gives me mortality issues and I want to get my affairs in order in case I keel over or something. lol.
“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretense.”
-Marcus Aurelius
For me, that is doing things I think are worthwhile, communicating clearly with people, not having any regrets. Decent thing to strive for, even if one doesn't succeed. And I still am trying to get rid of internalized mental illness stigma.
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