Thread:TkaiaWolf/@comment-24403485-20121108141133/@comment-4148373-20121115201141

They're quite annoying. Bigots in general are.

Anyway, if we're talking about ourselves IRL, let me join in.

I'm 17, (18 at the end of Janurary), and boy, am I lucky with medical issues!(NOT!)

I've had ADHD since I was quite young, got diagnosed in 1st or 2nd grade. I got diagnosed with Bipolar at...6th grade? Maybe 5th or 7, I can't remember. I started having insomnia issues around 7th grade, and, around the end of 9th grade, got something really fun: a little disorder called POTS, or Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. It means my blood pressure drops when I stand up, because all my blood goes into my legs. When most people stand, the body unconciosely tightens the veins in your legs, which helps keep blood flowing. But not when you have POTS. It's usually triggered in teens, following an infection, usually mono. It's also usually females who get it...but some males, like me, too. The usually reason it get noticed is when the person faints from standing...which I've never done, my heart just races, thank goodness. I was lucky: my family already knew a cardiologist, and he happened to be an expert on POTS. Some people spend years searching for the cause of the fainting and such. Anyway, there are meds to help, but I need to take it every 2 hours, or things get...interesting. But the local school system's rules would have meant I'd have to leave class every time I needed to take my medicine, and go to the clinic. My parents and I decided that that wasn't a good idea. But one effect was that suddenly, I had tons of time on my hands...which is what lead me to join the wiki.

Other than that, I've always been good at writing, though my handwriting is bad, but I've got a good memory for facts, and have always loved both video games, and stories, in any medium, from webcomics, to books, to videos. Which are all a part of what attracted me here.