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I am glad to hear they are gone (in their original form). must've been an awful experience. It's incredible what the mind can do sometimes.

Take care of yourself and always be your own advocate at the Doctor's!

Hi, this was enlightening. I'm a dude who has IIH myself for now almost half a decade and I was at no point told this could reduce my cognitive abilities. I take Diamox just in case (to reduce the intracranial fluid).

It was a heering experience to get this diagnosed. One day all of a sudden my head started hurting and didn't stop, for months. But I had no other symptoms so doctors didn't take me seriously and my neurologist appointment was several months AFTER the onset of the symptoms (yes, months!).

That was until I accidentally went to an ER ophthalmologist who saw my optic eye nerves and went holy smokes. I went through so much pain. All of this at a very young age. I developed severe anxiety and depression.

I haven't done well academically speaking compared to my peers. I feel shitty about this everyday, since all of my friends are better off than me.

I'm on HN but not in IT (I am inept at programming, tried several times, I am just not capable of it), but various friends of mine are in IT and make 5x my salary and it makes me feel worthless, because they enjoy life at a different level than I do because of their income. Nicer homes, cars, stability in finances, etc... It makes me feel like I'm just not worthy of life because hey, if they can make it, why can't I? I am supposidly as capable as they are... right?

Thank you for making me aware I have an illness that can make me a bit less capable compared to my peers.

I'm going to use this to be less harsh on myself and hopefuly find something in which I find myself better off one day within my own limitations.

Thank you.

I also drink like 1 liter of water daily at a minimum so... Whatever works best I guess?

Yeah, I get it. I'm open to those YouTube referrals :-)

Thx for your help!

I was messed up before doing this to begin with, so, eh. I don't smoke or drink otherwise. Literally my only addiction.

Yikes, considering I consume 2 L of Coke Zero every day almost...

Could explain what you mean by:

>I never overcame my lack of graduate education.

Seems like you've achieved your goal _anyway_ of being in Academia, even if it's taken you longer?

>I worked for several years

What jobs did you do during those years before going back to school?

Thx for sharing your story!

The world runs on nepotism, connections and luck, not on competence. WFH or not.

I understand, thank you for clarifying!

Sadly my work hours are fixed, so this is not an option :(

I'm sorry, I do not understand what you mean.

Minecraft?

I raally wish I could, but I'm a night owl, so waking up at 8am is already a pain for work... So this is not an option :(