#actuallyfibro

before you make an imaginary version of a righteous radfem or other counterculture feminist simply critiquing someone's bad behavior, i need you to understand and actually confront within yourself and your spaces that way too many ppl in the world in general are ableist as fuck towards especially physically disabled people, neurodivergent people & those with "scary" mental disorders. radfem spaces aren't immune to this. every single kind of space has a special brand of ableism to it that needs to be examined, and criticizing radblr's brand of it is smth i can do in the same breath as with grander leftist spaces and with rightwingers. You Are Not Immune To Ableism. and yes, i'm saying this to ppl who may also be disabled invisibly, or neurodivergent but still able to hold a job/go to school/look "normal" so they can weaponize their disabled/neurodivergent status against those who are disabled in a way they find cringe, needy, lazy, etc.

my stomach: gets nauseated

me:

Researchers say a drug long used in cough syrup and cold medicines shows potential for treating some types of neuropathic pain.

A small study recently published in the journal Headache found that topical administration of ambroxol in a cream could significantly decrease pain in patients with trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic facial condition that can make even routine tasks such as brushing one’s teeth excruciatingly painful.

In their review of the medical records of five trigeminal neuralgia patients, German researchers reported that all five patients experienced pain reduction with ambroxol 20% cream being applied within 30 minutes of a pain flare, with pain relief lasting from 4 to 6 hours. In one case, pain was eliminated completely in one week.

The results were similar to those of previous German studies and were so significant that researchers recommended that ambroxol “should be investigated further as a matter of urgency.”