• jackpot@lemmy.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    lol ive been breathing in the fumes of a broken wire extender for three years and ive gone from extremely intelligent to unable to hold a coherent thought to losing literacy and being unable to spell ‘yes’. it’s been about 10 months since i got rid of it and i feel like ive improved but plateaued far below where i once was

    edit: the fumes were masked by my huge desktop pc, i thought it was just electrical hot air as it only occured when my pc was on (pc was hooked to the extender).

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      1 year ago

      ive been breathing in the fumes of a broken wire extender […] the fumes were masked by my huge desktop pc, i thought it was just electrical hot air as it only occured when my pc was on (pc was hooked to the extender).

      Unless you’ve been around a (bad) garbage incinerator or burn pit inhaling burning plastic, I don’t think this is your problem. Like, some melted plastic isn’t going to do much except stink and maybe give you a headache.

      The kind of cognitive decline you describe sounds super fucking bad and I’d consult a doctor as soon as you can get an appointment. For all you know you’ve had a stroke and it’s just been left untreated.

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        1 year ago

        i mean im 17 and the wooziness would always go away for rhw most part when i left thw room for an hour ot wo