i’m 21 and a pre-nursing student. i started taking keppra at the beginning of april after trying lacosamide, oxcarbazepine, and both together. i went from having upwards of 50 focal impaired seizures a day to now none with keppra. i am excruciatingly depressed though. i have previously diagnosed depression and PTSD so my neuro was worried abt trying keppra but we were running out of non-depression inducing options. its been so bad. i’m talking like horrible breakthrough paranoia episodes i haven’t had in YEARS where i’ve hurt myself and i ended up driving to a wilderness park in my city (like a regional park) and my bf had to try to get me to go back home. my bf and i had a fight the other day and i freaked out so bad. that night, i kept having hallucinations of the guy who assaulted me taking pictures of me thru my window. i had another freak out the next day and finally told my bf abt all my hallucinations recently.. thankfully i had my neuro followup yesterday so he wants to try lamictal now but it will take about 2 months to fully transition me from my keppra (off of it) to the lamictal (onto the full twice a day dosage).. i had my license suspended.. he told me i might not be able to leave for nursing school at the end of the summer as i can’t drive and i’m so unstable. this is my last semester at my current college. i graduate w my associates in 3 weeks if i pass my classes but i’m doing so bad bc i’ve missed sm with being sick.. i can’t work, i’ve missed sm school this semester, and like everything is being taken away right now. i’ve had such TERRIBLE separation anxiety from my bf and i’m so aggravated all the time.. this is ruining my life. all i did was go to the ER for a week-long migraine. i didn’t want any of this.. my bf and i fight so much now and i just can’t handle it. i’m losing my hearing too which i’m ALSO being tested for rn and its been so hard to sign at school or at home bc my brain is so foggy. some days i just can’t sign at all bc i can’t think. which means i can’t communicate.. i’m so anxious and depressed and constantly paranoid. everything feels hopeless. i’ve lost my license, i might be losing school if the lamictal doesn’t work, and i feel like i’m losing my bf
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side vert labret
i got this done about 9 hours ago. it was done by an APP approved piercer but not the one i had originally done my consult w as she was sick. i’m worried abt it rn but wanted to see if we thought this was normal swelling for day 1, nesting, or should i be worried? i di the flat top bc i have thinner lips so thats where it touches. she didn’t want to go much deeper on the top than where its at but we wanted it a little back to prevent rejection BC of having smaller lips. the studio is about 30-45 minutes away so i wanted to see if this was cause for concern or if i should wait a couple days before deciding to or not to go back down there. i recently had my nips pierced and removed within a week bc the piercing shop i went to today (not where i got them done) found that both were pierced at a wrong angle that would’ve caused embedding so i’m super nervous now!! what do we think?