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Join Date: Jul 2014
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Posts: 160
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I see my post raised quite a ruckus. I'll share what it meant to me--in hopes you see the good intent not think it/i was saying we gotta suffer to be good people
What it meant to me is that i have never NEEDED kindness from my friends, family, healthcare providers and strangers quite so much as i've needed it since my accident. When life was good, unexpected kindness was te icing on the cake. When dwelling in despair, gestures of love and kindness have been oxygen to me.
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April 11, 2014 Flipped in class 2 white water while kayaking, hit my forehead (was wearing a helmet). Lots of symptoms to begin with. Those remaining are fatigue, brain freezes/overstimulation, headaches, sensitivity to light and sound. Insomnia is getting better but still an issue, and appetite is ba-ack! Depression and anxiety are largely under control thanks to Lexapro, exercise, and a very distant light at the end of the tunnel.
Drugs: Lexapro, occasional 2-5mgs ambien. Off amatryptaline. Taking about 453 supplements.
Just started vision therapy, waiting on some blue-tinted prism glasses.
"You will encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." Maya Angelou
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