i've talked to doctors, and while they seem to suggest i'm exaggerating (i'm not.), the consensus is that they can't do anything besides give me drugs, and i don't do drugs.

like, i won't even take an aspirin.

the pain seems to have finally subsided fully (length: 22 hours), but i'm still absolutely exhausted and will be for days.

i smelled something last night, and i felt myself triggered by it. i know that second-hand smoke of any type does that to me - it's repeatedly demonstrable. so, i have no reason to make further assumptions as to the cause, when what happened has happened before and came from a known trigger.