Hypermobility from Ehlers-Danlos prevents me from performing any sort of repetitive motion due to joint pain, for example, gripping objects, or using a computer mouse and keyboard are both significantly painful after short periods of time. Lying down is the least strenuous thing I can do, and I still have to frequently change angles or experience body-parts going out of place into painful positions; while walking up and down stairs or even a few hundred feet is enough to spike my heart-rate and noticeably affect my breathing, along with causing pain and discomfort in multiple parts of my body.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome results in any sort of physical activity causing discomfort, and I have felt significantly worse/out of breath/sick after performing exercise or any sort of mildly strenuous physical activity for my whole life. I do not ever feel well-rested and energized, even after sleeping for 9-12 hours.
I experience migraines every day for a minimum of a few hours, with varying intensity. They are triggered by light, sound, smell, stress, hunger, lack of sleep, over-stimulation, and thinking about the wrong things, such as stressful, intensive, or stimulating activities. When I experience a migraine, I become nauseated, sensitive to the point of pain (sometimes excruciatingly) to certain thoughts that result in instant and uncontrollable minute physical tensions, light, sound, smell, touch, and certain automatic eye movements. They are 100% resistant to all OTC medication I have tried. They are 100% resistant to all prescribed preventative medication I have tried. They can sometimes be affected by the "take as-needed" prescription medication Sumatriptan which I am prescribed, however, it does not always work (having given me worse headaches before) and I am also not allowed to take it more than once every 3 days, or risk rebound headaches from medication overuse. I get much worse migraines when I take my prescribed ADHD medication, resulting in me not really being able to take it. My migraines are sometimes aided by caffeine, but the rest of the time, caffeine makes it much more painful.
ARFID makes it impossible for me to intake necessary quantities and nutritional varieties of food to properly sustain myself. I experience strong disgust responses, physical gagging, nausea, and fear of vomiting when attempting to try most new foods. I would not rate any food as consistently desirable, enjoyable, or edible to me. I spend a significant amount of physical and mental energy on forcing myself to eat even small amounts every day. I am seeing a nutritionist to attempt to aid these issues.
Autism Spectrum Disorder makes it difficult or impossible for me to properly interpret rules, regulations, social obligations, and to communicate effectively with other people, especially in workplace environments. I am highly sensitive to any sort of stimuli, and become physically overwhelmed/pained by even low amounts of outside stimuli when combined with my other physical conditions. I struggle with incessant repetitive thoughts and frequently find it difficult to form new ideas of any sort.
ADHD is aided by medication which I cannot take due to it worsening my migraines to the point of excruciation. As a result, ADHD prevents me from remembering important tasks, appointments, keeping on course with chores, and all other forms of executive functioning. I struggle with short term memory, and can not remember when I have or have not completed tasks, causing me to get caught in loops where most of my time is spent checking things I have already completed, but can't remember. I receive no ego-satisfaction from completing tasks as I always have a list larger than I can remember or write down at any time. The stress of this worsens my migraines and other physical conditions.
My OCD is currently treated and in remission, however, any large and stressful life changes are likely to trigger relapses. At its worst, my OCD resulted in me performing constant repetitions of checking things like social media notifications, text message conversations where I had not received an incoming message notification, checking locks of doors I had already confirmed to be locked multiple times, washing hands for multiple minutes, engaging in constant and destructive thought patterns for hours a day to attempt to appease fears, only being able to speak certain words, brushing my teeth to the point of harsh physical pain, and frequently prevented me from leaving my house or communicating with people.
My obstructive sleep apnea is currently treated by a dental appliance with which I sleep every night, however, I am still physically exhausted even after 9-12 hours of sleep.
My depressive tendencies have resulted in past suicide attempts, and frequent suicidal ideation for by far most of the past ~12 years of my life. I have tried many psych medications and most have not been helpful, some of which caused long-lasting side effects like Restless Leg Syndrome, with which I still struggle when trying to go to sleep. I frequently have difficulty with finding reasons to keep living given my lasting and current conditions.
My anxiety results in constantly high stress levels and a lack of ability to relax at essentially any time. I am prevented from connecting with other people due to my constant fears of both committing and receiving abandonment, abuse, and miscommunications.
My PTSD results in strong fear responses and dissociative shutdowns when presented with arbitrary stimuli, such as the sound of keys jingling, speech through walls, or certain car's horns. I live in constant fear of receiving more trauma and creating trauma in others.