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Yoyo Exercising
Having hypermobility and chronic fatigue syndrome create a conundrum when trying to get a consistent exercise routine. On the hypermobile side of life, regular and consistent exercise, especially strength training, is recommended. On the chronic fatigue side recovery time can be longer than what is normally expected. I’ve gotten pretty good at being aware of…
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Gender and Autoimmunity
If you’ve ever noticed that it seems like the people with autoimmune conditions are mostly women, it isn’t your imagination. It probably is not coincidental that from a group of four sisters, at least two of them have autoimmune issues. There are several for this. Most of them are unknown reasons. Sorry, if you are…
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Pregnancy and Mental Illness
Yay for being pregnant! It’s such a beautiful time of life. Except that it sucks the life out of you. You literally have a little parasite growing inside of you controlling how you feel and what you want to eat. It took a while for me to get pregnant, so I have a small glimpse…
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The Money Game
With the majority of my diagnoses, there isn’t a clear-cut treatment. For today’s post I’m going to stick to talking about fibromyalgia because, for me, it is the hardest to treat. When I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia the only treatment that was covered by my insurance was an old antidepressant that had been shown to…
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Prozac Poop-Out
Prozac poop-out. If you know, you know. You know? The general population doesn’t understand how antidepressants work. I don’t mean in the nitty-gritty scientific details kind of way, with pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, metabolites, autoreceptors, etc.1 I mean that most people don’t have a clue about the actual experience of taking antidepressants. The general (mis)understanding is that…
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Idiopathic
More like idiot-pathic The Merriam-Webster Dictionary https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idiopathic Urban Dictionary https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=idiopathic If I sat here and thought long and hard, I’m sure I could come up with several more frustrating things than going to the doctor and hearing that this thing that is making you miserable is “idiopathic”. It would take some time, but I’m creative…
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Chronic Fatigue Rollercoaster
Chronic fatigue is a lifelong rollercoaster ride. It has ups, downs, twists, turns, and sometimes a sudden stop. Yesterday felt like the brakes were thrown on suddenly at the end of a steep downhill plunge. After years of trial and error, I have a pretty good system that keeps me functioning. I take several herbs…
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That Time I Pooped My Pants
I think I’m finally ready to tell the world. I pooped my pants in Junior High. Before we dive in, I want to give you some background: During the summer when I was 12 or 13, I went to an amusement park. I had a blast hanging out with my friends and riding rollercoasters. The…
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Hypermobility and Pregnancy
The last time I posted I started talking about hypermobility. I’m going to dive a little deeper into the effects of hypermobility and various aspects of my life in the next few posts I, Missy, write. I have talked a little bit about injuries due to hypermobility, but pregnancy is really where hypermobility started to…
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Sensory Issues Amelia Edition
I’m going to jump on the bandwagon and write a post about the sensory issues I have faced. Of all my sisters, I probably have had the least difficulty with sensory issues. Wahoo. What a competition to win. That is if we compared pain. Which we don’t. Just say no. Pain is not a competition.…
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