This is literally the first time in a week I’ve been able to really sit down and be on Tumblr so I’m posting a LOT that’s actually not part of the queue! XD I’ve been talking a lot about this and that, but I figured I’d make a few little announcements for those who were curious just to make a few notes about my life.
-I went to the psychiatrist last week. Although I still experience frequent anxiety attacks, it’s been over a year since I’ve had a panic attack so that is considered resolved.
-However, I explained what has been on my mind to him and described the symptoms I’ve had since as early as 10 years old and he confirmed I likely do have Borderline Personality Disorder, so that effectively replaced Panic Disorder on my medical chart for the time being.
-I was in the ER on Monday night, which I briefly posted about. I was having an allergic reacting to an anti-psychotic medication I’d started and was directed to increase my dosage too quickly on. I’ve since gone down to a lower dose and stayed on that since that seems to be tolerated.
-I also contracted an unidentified form of skin rash/lesion. I saw a dermatologist who said it wasn’t from the allergic reaction, she couldn’t figure out what it was, and it concerned her greatly. She took a culture, prescribed me some of the strongest antibiotic and steroid ointments she could, and told me to come back Friday- if it weren’t better by tomorrow she would biopsy it. However, it’s begun to recede over the past day! I’ve been very liberally applying the ointments over those damn lesions, and thankfully it seems to be working. I did not need that on top of my usual routine of health problems.
-And, of course, that caused me to get behind on my homework on the very first week, which probably looked bad to all my teachers. I met with all of them before the first day of class to let them know about my gender and my medical issues so they all were fairly understanding, but I still felt bad. My calculus teacher and chemistry teacher gave me extensions, but I stayed up unitl 2am last night, only going over the normal Calculus deadline by 2 hours and still making the Chemistry deadline. I didn’t even know about my elective ((Words, Voice, Movement)) having an assignment so I told her this and she graciously said she’d give me until the end of the week- I’ll do that tomorrow. I want to show them I’m not trying to take advantage of my illnesses, and that I want as little special treatment as possible while still being reasonably mindful of my disabilities.
-I love living in my own apartment! It’s still clean, and I think I’ll make a video tour today to get me off the couch and out of this slump.
-I got a pet plant since I can’t have pets other than fish ((and I hate cleaning tanks, tbh)). He’s a Kalanchoe plant and I’ve named in Napoleon. =v= He’s sweet and spunky, and very diligent with a keen eye for detail. He watched over every nook and cranny of the house while I’m gone, and he likes to watch Netflix and YouTube with me while I’m home.
That’s the main stuff? I need to get up and make an apartment tour!