*muffled cursing from the next room*

I did okay on midterms (I think), bombed a paper that I had not known was due bc it was in the syllabus in the wrong place (…), and got three different vaccines - because I both needed them and wanted to try a piece of internet advice about the covid booster for folks with dysautonomia and possible MCAS.

I took a cetirizine, a Zantac, and a Dramamine an hour before getting the covid booster, another antihistamine at bedtime, and one in the morning the next day. Effect: the day after the shots I was a little tired but not more than a normal day for me, my neck was a bit stiff but not to the point of having a headache, and my arm was sore but could be touched easily and worn long sleeves on. The day after that? I was _completely fine_. So if you have reason to suspect that the covid booster is worse for you than it is for others, feel free to treat yourself like you’re allergic to it.

In other news, my inner teenaged!Heidi is chuffed because guess who has two thumbs and their first gray hair? Yeah, this fully-grown-up adult! I made it, y’all! I made it to damn near 45 and haven’t even wound up in a mental hospital yet! Woot woot!

Plants are happy, most of my people are doing as well as they can be, all political things considered. I, uh. I have been stressed out and not on here much, so if you had a big thing happen and I didn’t comment on the post I probably missed it, and feel free to drop me a link to it in my DMs or whatnot.

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In other news: links! The big good news first:

https://neurosciencenews.com/vagus-nerve-stimulation-ptsd-28818/

Summary: A pioneering clinical study found that pairing vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) with traditional therapy eliminated PTSD diagnoses in all participants up to six months post-treatment. The trial combined prolonged exposure therapy with brief bursts of VNS via an implanted device, enhancing neuroplasticity and sustaining remission.

This is going to take a while to get replicated but should move faster than studying the MDMA method of doing basically the same stuff.

YouTube links behind the cut:
https://youtube.com/shorts/eqnzvA0TVRQ - the Åtmosfar project for calming the brains of people who love to watch How It’s Made and similar shows.

https://youtu.be/DP3rDP02lE0?si=fxJuwyzGC7hWUk4_ scizzie - aquatic ambiance. Drifty lofi music for playing the water level of your fave video game

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOtbopcDJtiaqpzDGrR-DSApkBUCzD0df&si=hhPFaZH1_oX4V7ry Beatles songs done as classical guitar, lovely.