#hypopp

Things got a little crazy there for a bit. We tried putting me on a new medication to see if I could regain some more functionality in my limbs.... and I'm allergic to it... zoinks! Image from the wiki

Started diamox and a couple of antihistamines to go with it since I'm allergic. About a week in to a low dose, and I'm having noticeably fewer attacks. Downside - I'm having noticeably fewer "good"

Last week, I suffered a pretty major attack while foxe was at work and foxboy was sleeping. I had my phone nearby, so I summoned foxe (she's amazing, btw). She got on the road, but that left me with 30

It was raining a lot last night. Couldn't sleep. Do I blame the rain and sound like a loon? I was up most of the night wishing I didn't hurt so much. Gave up around midnight and came downstairs for a

Why should periodic paralysis mean cognitive issues? Classically, it is not a symptom of HypoPP. Based on my own experiences and guesses, there are a couple of contributing factors. Image from After an

Hopefully this is the last downer post for a while. There are a lot of great things going on in my steem world; IRL has mostly been a holding pattern. Good news first - I went 10 straight days without

The plan for today was working up a post to either start some crowdfunding, or just get feedback on the ideas. Unfortunately, I'm having some cognitive and sensory issues. As such, we'll be talking about

As previously mentioned, my meds were adjusted a few days ago. Things have definitely seemed smoother, but a real shocker came this morning. I forgot my evening dose last night. It certainly explains the

It's an easy question, but it can be surprisingly difficult to answer. Insurances and governments all have their own definitions. Ego has a different agenda. Which is all to say that the answer may vary

Had a really great, productive morning today. After the attack yesterday morning, I really wasn't sure how things would go. Periodic Paralysis is funny like that - you never really know how it's going

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis was going to be discussed sooner or later. The attack on Friday was a pretty good one, so now is the time to talk about my PP (my periodic paralysis). Things might get vulgar;