[treeman79]

My cognitive ability started bouncing between near genius to hillbilly. (Medical issue)

Was learning an instrument at the time. Was going really well. Then on bad weeks twinkle twinkle was a foreign concept.

I had to wait for good weeks to make any progress.

[InitialBP]

Hillbilly doesn't mean stupid, generally just isolated and sometimes uneducated.

And I know plenty of them who play a banjo and a guitar exceptionally well.

[bennysomething]

http://www.tartansauthority.com/global-scots/us-scots-histor...

The term redneck has quite a funny (if you are from northern Ireland or scotland) origin. Maybe mildly interesting to everyone else :)

Though obviously it's lost that original meaning.

[luckydata]

hi Taravangian!

[treeman79]

His character is my entire world.

For a long time I would take a simple memory test online each day to see how I was doing. Results were drastic changes day to day.

I was trying to figure out what effect each of the dozens of medications doctors gave me we’re having.

A simple blood thinner stopped the non-sense.

[luckydata]

I'm glad you figured it out and also glad you got the reference. That book helped me think through so many of my absurd internalized able-isms and forced me to re-evaluate how I look at myself and others in the context of mental health

[sdiupIGPWEfh]

Fascinating. Are you comfortable sharing anything further about the condition? Any particular blood thinner?

[treeman79]

Genetic Factor 5 Leiden. I clot like crazy. A really bad chemical exposure triggered gene to go crazy. So tons of micro strokes. (TIA) doctors were constantly dismissing, as if it was strokes then I would certainly be dead already.

All blood thinners help with symptoms. Even Asprin helps some.

The main ones. Eliquis and Xarelto both 100% fixed cognitive issue. Side effects are rough. But that’s a separate issue.

[luckydata]

sounds very similar to what some people with COVID-19 side effects experience. Don't envy you at all, good luck in your recovery.

[elliotbnvl]

I will not allow this to become an underrated comment.

[kinleyd]

Why? I'm interested to know.

[treeman79]

He has a magic power that changes his intelligence each day. Mostly Normal. Occasionally stupid or smart. Very rarely it would go to absurd extreme. Imagine waking up and before breakfast you solved unified theory of physics. Then got to work on something that might actually be hard.

Part of the Storm-light archive. An awesome inspirational epic fantasy series. One that helped me during the dark days of recovery.