Why does everyone say that they "consigned" a drug waste.....

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Everyone say that they "consigned" a drug waste? Well, of course not everyone, but a whole lot of folks on here do.

Shouldn't the word be co-signed? Or have I been wrong all these years? To me, consign is what you do with your used clothes in a consignment shop. :cheeky:

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I think that I was already predisposed to seizures from the head injury, and very specific things lower my seizure threshold. In this instance, it was the medication combination. Tramadol actually carries a seizure warning.

As for the continued seizures, epilepsy was described to me like this -

Let's say you have a wild horse. The horse is safely fenced in. One day, the horse finds a weak spot in the fence and breaks loose. It likes breaking loose, so continues to do so. If the fence is patched inadequately, the horse will find other ways out. It may ultimately destroy the whole fence. If the fence has adequate support, however, the horse will stay safely inside.

To relate that to the brain, the horse is the electrical activity, the fence is the seizure threshold, and the support of the fence is neuroleptics. My neurologist says once a brain starts to have seizures, it almost likes them and will attempt to continue and even increase their frequency/severity over time. That's why treatment is so vital.

Make sense?

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Actually, yes, that is a great analogy. I'll have to use that in the future.. the brain is a complex thing.

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Actually, yes, that is a great analogy. I'll have to use that in the future.. the brain is a complex thing.

Yes! Very good for patient education as well, if you have some a&o abstract thinkers.

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If I don't ask for the word first, I totally get pissed off at my husband when he finishes my sentences with the wrong words. lol

Precisely the reason I try not to finish their sentences.

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Precisely the reason I try not to finish their sentences.

Crap.

Now this is in my brain.

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Crap.

Now this is in my brain.

Who doesn't love Frozen!?

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Who doesn't love Frozen!?

Ummmmm...

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Ummmmm...

Let it go, Far...

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Ummmmm...

Agreed.

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I hate Frozen! Lego Movie for the win!

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I hate Frozen! Lego Movie for the win!

Everything is awesome! That's pretty much my childhood, summed up in one movie.

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I hate Frozen! Lego Movie for the win!

I love that movie too. But my husband killed it when he wouldn't stop quoting that movie.

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