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Neither, they're not debilitating enough to warrant interacting with the medical system. But it is kind of awkward trying to read something with a blind spot or refracting seam in the middle of my vision.

Same q.

I take a beta blocker because of my stroke, and it supposedly helps to prevent migraines but who knows how many it's prevented? I still get migraines so I can't assess its efficacy.

When I have the terrible pain (usually without aura) the most effective meds I can take are Frova or Fiorinol. They're not perfect though. Maxalt stopped working over time. I'm not allowed to just "deal with the pain" because I could have another stroke during migraine. I need some form of intervention.

I know what you mean about the blind spot. I hate that disoriented feeling

Do you still see the zigzags with your eyes shut? I do.

I useta take beta blockers for hypertension which also reduced my headaches. it had the salient side-benefit of eliminating my intentional tremor as well as getting rid of my free-floating anxiety.

which frontal lobe stimulant-
Strattera [Atomoxetine]
or
Concerta [timed release amphetamine salt]

Strattera made me feel subjectively normal for the first and only time in my life.

do a pushup [aka "press-up"]
or
a sit-up?

firing squad while tumbling naked through a crowded segment of space, reciting a speech for which I'm not prepared.

same q

my back prefers push-ups by a hair. both are more arduous for this old man than they were when he was a young man.

run long
or
run fast

Run fast, at least when I need to. Walk fast the rest of the time.

Same q.

run long. I am not a sprinter.

read a crime novel
or
read a children's pop-up book

I would prefer the crime novel, although I'm sure a great deal could be done to make the pop-up storytelling format more appealing to a wider audience.

Stories told through books or stories told through films?

films. or better yet, high frame-rate videos.

same q.

Films.

High frame-rate like 120 fps video that they have at theaters a bunch now, or like super slow motion video?

high frame rate in real time, like in that movie "billy lynn's long halftime walk" - the battle scenes were recorded (film is no longer used for most movies) @ 120 frames per second, lending them an immediacy and "quickness" or temporal sharpness that made them seem just like real life. the smoke from the weapons got a dimensionality it never does @ 24 frames. the viewer could see every single spent casing fly through the air. 24 frame film reliably blurs such details.


television programs filmed @ 24 frames, or shot on 60-frame video?

Ah yes, I don't really have a preference. It just has a different feel to me, and I know there are people out there who don't like the high frame-rate stuff. I'd take 120 though, for the sake of animals that only see flickers at lower rates.

Same q.

Few headaches or stomaches
Neither with aura.

Anyone have restless leg or leg cramps.
Mine occur when I’m dehydrated.

cherry pie
or
strawberry pie?