Hey guys! Long time no see. I've missed you all tons, and I feel as though I owe you all an explanation. As Heather told you guys, the past couple of months I've been dealing with some health issues that have made it impossible for me to function like a normal human being, let alone RP. I'm so, so thankful to Heather for being patient with me while she pretty much had to pull double mod duty. If we were all in person, I'd ask us all to give her a round of applause. She's super woman.
My health issues are complicated and not completely dealt with yet, but I feel like I'm in a good place now. I was diagnosed in May with cyclothymia (a super rare mental illness that consists of cycling between lows and highs, go me), and ADHD (which is a surprise to like nobody ever). Unfortunately with mental illness, it's not an exact science. There's lots of trial and error with meds, and most of the meds at first had me either manic or depressed, with the occasional fun dose of both thrown in. It was kind've scary for a while, but then we found medication that works for me--and of course my insurance won't pay for one of them. So that was a battle for a while. It's still a battle, the insurance company hasn't given in yet, but I've got samples from my psychiatrist so I'm good for a month, and if they don't give in by then my psychiatrist has a back-up plan that isn't as great but will work.
I know that's a lot of information dump, but I've always been a proponent of visibility with mental illness, and I feel like you all deserve an explanation from me about why I dropped off the face of the earth with little warning. I'm definitely ready to come back, I just ask for a little more patience while I get caught up with all that I've missed.