Assigned Sadist At Birth

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY QUEEN RION AKAO

Don’t worry, don’t worry, it’s okay

I will make you smile

So giving and receiving

Stay here so you won’t disappear

Regret and regret at the end of night

I’ve just been dreaming dreams all along, huh?

So giving and receiving too much

I laughed, because I want you to forgive me

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MOST recurrent headaches are migraine headaches.

"migraine" does not mean "extremely painful headache." it is a type and source of pain, not a degree of pain. migraines can also include some or all of the following: fatigue, sensitivity to light and sound, visual auras, nausea or vomiting, dizziness, cognitive impairment, etc. these symptoms can be mild or severe and it may actually be difficult to determine if you have them. (who wants a bright light in their eyes during a headache?? i thought that's just how headaches were lmao.)

this is important because while aspirin, NSAIDs like ibuprofren, and other over-the-counter pain meds can effectively alleviate migraine pain, getting diagnosed with migraines allows for a wider range of treatments and preventatives.

it's also important because, in my opinion, your average general practice doctor is not equipped to diagnose you with chronic migraine. don't go to one expecting them to. a neurologist with migraine specialty is a better option, although a regular doctor can still be useful if they listen to you lol.

my life would be miserable and unmanageable without sumatriptan. and i never would have gotten a prescription for sumatriptan if i hadn't gone to my GP and said, "i have migraines and want to try migraine medicine," even though at the time i wasn't 100% sure that was true.

Extreme irritability

Photophobia

Sound sensitivity

Tingling and numbness

Inability to remember words

Trouble remembering

Trouble with basic arithmetic

Dizziness

Visual changes (stop being able to perceive depth)

Back and shoulder pain

Fatigue

I chalked a lot of this up to autism and overstimulation.

I saw a neurologist and now I have medicine to treat my migraines. What I have are called ocular migraines.

Tips I’ve learned in almost 20 years:

Keep a nice dark pair of sunglasses that COVER all of your eye area. Make sure they are polarized as well. Since I get so many migraines it’s impossible to always avoid the sun/lights, so invest in a good pair.

Find out if hot or cold helps or hurts your migraine. Some people have found a lot of success in heat like a microwaveable neck pillow wrapped up in your neck and shoulders. Others like lightless showers or baths.

Cold is what personally helps me, I use @nerdykeppie ‘s hot and cold packs and have for years. The way they keep their cold isn’t like a normal ice pack that is either so cold it burns, or it loses the chill way too fast. It’s nice, consistent, and reusable!

Cons: No regeneration. Ever. Your injuries do not heal. If you lose a single cell, it's lost forever.

Pro: Also no cancer, ever. It's literally impossible for your cells to go cancerous.

Cons: As consequence of the cons above, this is only practical if you are less than a millimeter long and live a few days at most. (Watch here a nematode for its whole lifecycle, from hatching to death by old age, over 8 days.) If you are any larger or complex than that, your inability to heal injuries means you will be quickly ground into dust by everyday activity.

Bigger pro: Since you have a fixed number of cell, which is constant by species and sex, and which always develop from the zygote through the same pathway, it's possible to make an exhaustive list and family tree of every single cell in your body.

Behold Worm Atlas.

This is the sum total of everything we know about the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, spirit animal of developmental biologists.

Here is the full list of all the cells in its body (and here they are divided by type). Exactly 1033 in males and 959 in hermaphrodites (for some reason this species has males and hermaphrodites but not full females). For comparison, a human body contains several trillion cells.

And here is the complete genealogy of all those cells over the ~8 hours of embryonal development, starting from the egg cell.