I used to be a skateboarder, and I had chronic pains in my lower back (I still feel them on occassion).They started one summer when I really overdid it skating constantly. They felt mild but were quite annoying, as I felt them when walking, especially when carrying things and bending over. A doctor told me it was something to do with my sciatica, but I couldnt understand him well, as I was in a foreign country and his English wasn't the best.

Last summer I lived somewhere where my only means of transportation was to ride a bike, and I noticed after a couple of months that my pains had almost totally disappeared. Again, I still feel them on occassion and wonder if they might come back (now is one such time) but last summer's constant cycling worked wonders for me. Can a doctor perhaps give me some more insight into that?

And I dont get similar results when running. :(

Gender: F Age: 20 Weight: 48kg

So for 3 months now my urine has been smelling REALLY strong especially in the morning and I’ve been peeing a lot more than usual. And sometimes (very rarely tho) it would burn a tiny bit to pee too. I’ve been delaying going to the doctor for a long time cuz I was terrified if it is an std as I’m sexually active but sex before marriage is illegal where I’m from. I finally decided to go though as 2 days ago, I told the doctor my symptoms and she made me do a urine test. Once my results came out to her, she told me that everything looked normal and that there’s nothing wrong but gave me clotrimazole cream just incase like she said.

It didn’t make sense to me because I knew there was something definitely wrong. Now 2 days later I finally got my urine test results and it doesn’t look like everything is fine like my doctor said. I looked up the results for some online and it said it’s related to kidney and liver issues and I’m freaking out. Can someone please help me read the results.

• Ur RBC

  • 2-4/hpf

• Ur Squamous Epithelial

  • Profuse (>25/lpf)

• Ur Bacteria

  • Positive (+)

• Ur Mucous

  • Present

• UA Bilirubin (UA Bili)

  • Negative

• UA Urobilinogen

  • Positive (+) (Abnormal)

• UA Eryth (Erythrocytes)

  • Negative

• Ur WBC

  • 0-2/hpf

• UA Nitrite

  • Negative

• UA Protein

  • Positive (+) (Abnormal)

• UA Glucose

  • Negative

• UA Ketones

  • Negative

-UA Leukocyte

• Negative

-UA pH

• 7

-UA spec grav

• 1.015

-UA Clarity

• Turbid

32F - can lifestyle change fix this? Thanks https://i.ibb.co/HtdMnvq/IMG-1090.jpg

Hello all! It's been YEARS of this issue and I've never posted to the internet about it for some reason. I feel this is hard to Google because describing it makes zero sense, I am going to post a video to my profile, if someone could take a look and give me any insight I'd really appreciate it :)

For as long as I can remember, I (23F) have had random little twitches throughout my entire body at random times. When I say it's happened to every body part at least once, I mean it. My friend told me she used to have similar things due to dehydration, and my mom told me she also had these twitches but they went away completely as she grew up. If it is dehydration, I'll accept that (albiet, simple) answer although that's alarming since I've had them since around middle school 😅

It's not painful, I can feel when it twitches but it's just either a light tap or feels like a little pull in my muscles in that area. Also, sometimes they last awhile (my eyelid twitched on and off for days, then completely stopped), or just do a random little twitch and then never do it again (happens in my hands a LOT)

Female, 23, no relevant medical history

So, I had a casual sex with on the beach with a random woman i met online. we did the did and some of her bodily fluids got on the beach mat i brought to the beach. after we had our great time i tossed the beach mat in the back of my car's trunk.

It is important to say I have no information about the woman previous sexual experience or any of that sort. we had our great time and didn't talk again ever since.

Being a huge germophobe, thinking about STD's swarming in her bodily fuilds that was just stained my beach mat - and as soon as i got back home - i tossed the beach mat to the trash and washed my hands like 5 times.

almost 1 years had past and I did not open my trunk due to intrusive thoughts about STD wars happening in there.

I know I sound crazy, but just the thought of going to clean and arrange my car's trunk giving me anxiety.

although i know the logical answer - Is there any possible, tiniest chance that I might get contracted with any STD's if I'll go clean my trunk?

Hi everyone, i’m a 23 yr old female. Throwaway account for obvious reasons.

Since two weeks, everytime I poop there’s bloody mucus in my stool. I don’t have any pain when I poop, but my digestive habits kings changed: I used to defecate in the morning or after lunch (maximum 3-4 times a week), now I defecate at around 10-11 pm. I’m also really really bloated, especially after eating (mom says I look pregnant due to bloating, but I’m 100% sure I’m not). I had a blood test done these week due to another medical issues (microcistic ovaries) and I have low erythrocytes (value 4,13; normal should be 4,31-5,10) and low hemoglobin (value 121; normal should be 123-153). I also have high prothrombin time (INR 1,43) and I got tested for hepatic issues but the tests came back normal (the only abnormal value was indirect bilirubin, the value was 2.5 and it should be 3,4-13,7). I also have low vitamin D and low vitamin B12, although I’m omnivore and I consume animal products daily.

What could be the cause? Please help me, my gp has a long waiting lists and here in Italy getting a colonoscopy or an appointment with a gastroenterologist can take months.

Hello Doc. I am M39. First of all i am not really good in English so rraaly sorry for any grammatical mistakes. So i have this neck pain and headache going on from past three months and after done physio and not getting much relief finally i did the Cervical MRI and results are that i have Mild C5-6 and C6-7 disk buldge. But i don't know why i am not convinced since doing too much google have confused me and i have doubts of having Tumor in the brain or something related to brain as google suggested having neck pain and headache could be sign of brain tumor. For this reason i went to neuro as well and doctor after taking all the history he put me on Migrane med. But i am still not fully convinced and somehwere in my mind i keep getting thoughts of having tumor and seems like i will only get convinced after getting my brain MRI done. This is causing me too much anxiety and depression. When i get up in the morning i check my head for any pain or changes or numbness or vision change and whenever i have headache i immediately gets anxiety and start thinking of having tumor. Three weeks ago i have had my gastric sleeve done. The two days i was in hospital i had no neck pain or headache probably because of anesthesia and medc.Please help me how to really get rid of this thoughts and how can i convince myself without getting an MRI done. Thank You.

Hi, I was just hoping for a doctors opinion. I am going to have my last accutane pills today. I have been on 60mg a day, for about 6-7 months with buildup and the last month I did 40mg per day. I had an eye test recently and my eyesight has not changed since my last eyesight test 2 years ago which the optician said qualifies me for laser eye surgery which I want because I want to see without glasses, also I think glasses didn’t help with my acne pre accutane as it pressed into my nose pushing out more oil which my skin was already very oily. I asked the nurse how long I should wait off accutane to do any surgery because I understand it’s probably dumb to do it immediately as my eyes are already dry/drier but a lot better on 40mg than 60mg. I asked my nurse on the monthly call to see how my treatment is going and she said oh yeah wait a year and her tone made it sound like it was a really bad idea. Is a year too long? She said it will take my body/skin like 6 months more to fully recover from accutane. Additionally I weigh 65kg. Thanks for any advice

General background information: 23F, no pre-existing health conditions that I know of in myself or family, healthy BMI, sedentary lifestyle, 9-5 office job, quit smoking and drinking 1 year ago. The only medication I take is for ADHD.

I used to wear glasses (-4.00 with -1.25 astigmatism) and had Lasik in December 2023, which was successful. A few months later, in March-April my eyes were checked by the optometrist and vision was perfect in my right eye and almost just as good in my left.
Starting May (~ May 1st), my left eye became increasingly blurry, and this week (may 13th) I noticed I could not see enough to read with it. initially though it was vision fluctuation from lasik recovery or some dryness, but then this was combined with the following events:
(emphasize that the right side of my face and my right eye have been- and continue to be- fine, as well as both sides of my body).

1. May 13: sharp pain on the left side of my nose bridge, connecting to the tail of my left eyebrow., but felt only when squinting or scrunching my nose. If I kept a straight face, I did not feel pain.
2. May 14: woke up with no more pain on the side of my nose, but my upper left eyelid was slightly swollen and slightly red (no discharge or pain). I took a picture and sent it to my GP, who prescribed me Chloramphenicol eye ointment (1x per day before bed). I could not get it delivered in the same day, so I just washed my face with the same soap and water as always and went to bed.
3. May 15: My eye was still swollen but not as much. the Chloramphenicol was delivered and I applied it once in the evening as indicated by my GP.
4. May 16: Left eye is still just as blurry but not swollen or red. While I was at work, ~11:00am I had a sudden feeling of tingling and numbness on the left side of my face surrounding my eye (cheek and forehead). The vision in my eye was not worse than it had already been, but this sudden tingle and numbness scared me (I can compare it to the numbing cream they apply when you get a tattoo, because I still had some feeling). I was also able to move my face muscles just fine and had no drooping. I urgently went to my GP, which sent me to the optometrist, who saw ?something? in a deep layer of my cornea (he indicated towards a possible viral infection?) that alarmed him enough to say I needed to go to the hospital ASAP to get checked there. At the hospital, 3 doctors and 2 interns later, I was told that they do not know what it is, and that it does not look like an infection, but it could be a sort of herpes. They also say they have no idea about the numbness in my face and cannot explain that, and they care about the eye. They didn't want to check with neurology either. I was now given an eye ointment 5x per day and told to come back in 1 week (ACICLOVIR EU-P 30mg/g).
5. (today) May 17: The movement in my face is still not affected, and the numbness subsided (maybe still 5% still numb, around my forehead). I got to apply the eye ointment 2 times yesterday until I got to bed and 2 more times today (still early morning here in Europe, got 3 more times to go). After each time I apply the eye ointment, I notice that my vision is getting more blurry and 'frosty' and not returning. Not sure if It is normal because of how thick the ointment is, or if I should raise alarm bells to go to the hospital today.

When I felt the tingling and numbness in my face (may 16) I panicked because I was afraid of it being a sign of a stroke. My GP laughed and told me that I am not 80 years old so I must be exaggerating. I asked if there was any way I could check whether I had one, but he said there were no tests I could do. My vision is getting worse after this ointment and no one could explain to me the numbness. Although that numbness mostly went away, what is happening to me? what can I do?

Hello all,

I'm a 30M, 185cm white caucausian person.

I'm a past smoker (stopped when I was 24) and I drink occasionaly (at meals).

I currently take no medication at all.

I went to 6 doctors so far to try to come up with a solution for my problem and before you jump on conclusions, I highly respect doctors. I was blessed to know many of them which in deed save my mothers life throughout the years ( shes is a very sick person...)
I'm just posting here to try to come out with a solution or at least to know what could be wrong with me.

Medical conditions: I have a very very deviated septum, and I have Klippel feil syndrome (C4-C6).
I don't know if this is important or not, but 5 years ago, I had a nightmare and I got up really quick and turned my head to the side (had like a whiplash movement on my neck). Immediatly I got dizzy, couldn't stand up at all. As soon as I stood up I would get dizzy, very very dizzy, like my head was spinning. Took a full day (24 hours) to be able to get up. If I sat or stood, I would get dizzy but being laying down would make it ok.
I didn't went to the doctor. My dad is a nurse and he told me that might be something with my ears due to the rough movement. 5 years later a doctor told me that could be a possible vertebral artery dissection which thankfully never developed into a stroke. I got a brain MRI and cervical MRA. All good.

On the cervical MRA I found out I got a 4.9mm left vertebral artery and a 2.4mm right one (all benign according with doctors).

Problem:

I get dizzy, loss of balance, head spinning sensations in specific occasions.

If I go on an elevator (more specifically going up), when the elevator stops I get the feeling of being dizzy.

Sometimes, when looking in depth, I get the feeling that my eyes are spacing out, like I lose out of focus.

Once, on a airplane take off, I got that exact same feeling and I thought I was going to pass out. As soon as the airplane went up, I got the feeling on my eyes and head that something "wasn't" following the movement and I got head spinning with nausea all flight. Thankfully it was a 50 minutes flight, but it took a day for me to feel normal. My head was spinning all day. Since then I took 2 more flights and this didn't happen.
I'm having another 4 flights in the next month and I'm terrified for this to happen again.

I would just like to know what can I do to avoid this, or at least help it.

I usually put music on blast on my ears and I close my eyes on take off and it seems (so far) to be working.

And the latest, I was on a cinema looking on a panoramic screen a video of the history of our universe.

Out of the blue, the movie does a 10000x zoom out of planet earth and my eyes didn't catch up that movement, and I got insta nauseous and dizzy. I couldn't look to the movie anymore.

Is this a eye problem, is this a ear problem, is this a neurological problem?

I went to 4 ENT's, and 1 neurologist and 1 eye doctor, all said everything is normal.

The ENT's really focus on my ears and every one of them told me that in those cases could be something with my ear but when they analyze me eveyrthing is always normal.

Thanks for the attention.

30F 5'1 vitamin D3, C, magnesium, melatonin

I have been researching online about normal kidney sizes being 10-13cm but also read theirs variations due to a persons height and weight. Upon looking at my ultrasound results I had recently, it says that my right kidney is 8.5cm and my left is 9.0 cm. Is this normal in size for someone petite and short like myself? I was also born premature so I'm not sure if that takes into account for anything. I also ask because I've had this habit since childhood of holding my urine until I can't hold it anymore. I have no clue how to stop it. Anyway, some insight on this matter would be most appreciated. Thanks.

I am 34F, today I went for a breast ultrasound and I was told that I had fluid on my left breast. I have 10cm & 6cm of fluid inside my breast capsule. I have been experiencing pain in my left breast, my left breast is significantly larger than my right breast which has only been aching/swollen for 4 days. I would love to know if anyone could give me an insight into what this fluid could potentially be as I am very worried it may be BIA-ALCL or is there a chance it could be a benign cyst. I will also try to attach the ultrasound photo from today in the comments.

I have put my medical history below if you needed any background information that could help.

2009- diagnosed with Graves' disease, I had radioactive iodine during my diagnosis. Was on Carbimazole for 9 years

2010- I had breast implants put in, the implants were macro textured/polyurethane implants have been removed from the Australian market due to risks of BIA-ALCL.

2014- diagnosed with bilateral pulmonary embolism was on warfarin for 1 year. I also had recurrent miscarriages during this year. I was also on birth control pill during this period which is why I think that could of cause my unprovoked PE

2015-2016- I was diagnosed with SVT heart condition from unresolved Graves' disease. I was given 2 does of adenosine in the ER

2019- my body went into Thyroidtoxicosis from the excessive force used from being strangled in a domestic violent incident. I had a full thyroidectomy and I am now on thyroxine.

2024- I am 6 months postpartum and I asked my GP if I could please have a copper IUD but for some reason in Australia they are not available, so I ended up having Kyleena IUD inserted March 1st. Since I have had this IUD I have noticed that my breast has been different and more sensitive.

F, 26, 5’3, ~160 lbs. I have history of carpal tunnel and also stress issues.

Hello, today I woke up with neck pain. It bothered me a bit in certain angles throughout the day but I feel it a bit more present now at night that I’m laying down. I don’t remember how I slept or woke up, so I’m not sure if it’s related to sleep position. The pain is in the upper right side of my neck. Towards my head. Some positions feel comfortable but if I turn it feels a bit limited because of the pain. If I look down it is also more apparent. It feels a bit more persistent when laying down. I have no other symptoms, but I noticed that when I try to stretch it by looking to the side I feel very slight discomfort in my jaw area on the same side of the pain. I’m wondering if this is just neck pain from posture, stress, or if it’s something to be concerned about.

P.S im overcoming a very very persistent cough/sore throat that caused voice loss. Not sure if that could affect it.

Hello, I am a 25M who just had two pilar cysts removed from the back of my scalp. When I asked the surgeon about returning to the gym, he said I could go back whenever I wanted as long as the exercises don’t primarily involve my neck. However, the post-care information I found online suggests refraining from intense exercise, such as lifting, for the first week. What should I do?

30f Pregnant Smoker

Doctors are innacurately classifying my current and previous baby as SGA and I don't know what to do about it, it's affecting my appointments and it disqualified me from MLU and it's going to affect any future pregnancies.

I'm 35 weeks and my baby isn't underweight or small, they are saying she's SGA, under 10th centile, for no reason. For reference my previous kids (10 years ago) were 3.4kg (12th centile) and 3.3kg (7th centile) and it's very very innacurate, 3.3kg is absolutely normal and should in no way be under the 10th centile?!

Any research I do on this shows that both my previous children should've been over the 20th centile.

I'm looking at my current centile growth chart and the expected 50th centile at 40 weeks is 4.1kg, that's not normal and way too big of an expectation for me?! And 3.5kg is barely over the 10th centile. History clearly shows that my kids are under 3.5 and that's normal for ME, why do they expect me to have a huge baby?

Also I'm a smoker and I feel like I'm added to the statistic of "smoker = low birth weight" even tho there was absolutely nothing wrong with my kids birth weights

I'm also worried because I read that SGA babies nowadays tend to be induced at 37 weeks, and i don't want to be induced for no reason, especially when I don't trust doctors judgements (induction hasn't been mentioned to me yet, I'll see if they say anything at next week's appointment)

Can someone explain to me if my train of thought is wrong on this

26/Female/5’10/263 lbs

I don’t understand my own anatomy I guess? I took a photo of down there and it just looks like blobs of flesh. What is what? ALSO left side there is a red spot. One obgyn told me it is a skenes gland. Why is it red and why isn’t there one on the other side? My new obgyn said she couldn’t answer my question and told me to make an appointment with urology. I don’t want to make an appointment that I won’t be able to get into for probably months only to ask one question.

https://imgur.com/a/cUtv6aY

20M, 6'0, 60kg

2 weeks ago I took about 30mg of Zopiclone, 60mg of Buspar, 2000mg of Seroquel and 100mg of Luvox. About 4 or 5 hours later I was admitted to hospital and had my stomach pumped. I was unconscious for about 14 hours.

Could this lead to permanent cognitive problems?

31F 5'6 200lbs i have PBC, PCOS, POTS i take ursodiol, pantoprazole, ferrous sulfate, vitamin D

about two weeks ago i took amoxicillin for strep throat and now i'm pretty sure i have a UTI a couple weeks later and i'm worried about needing to take antibiotics so close together like that. but my thing is, do you think i will be alright? should i just request another antibiotic than the one i just took or do i need to take amoxicillin?

Age:5

Sex: F

Height: 37inches

Weight: 19.5kg

Race: Asian

Duration of complaint: 1day 2hours

Location: Asia

Any existing relevant medical issues: none

Current medications: Antibiotic

My toddler accidentally got wounded near her eye with rusty barbed wire last May 12, 2024 afternoon, visible cut, no dripping of blood, washed and cleaned immediately.

Went to Pedia the next day as we were scared about Tetanus and Pedia said she had her shot before and is highly unlikely to have Tetanus. Prescribed her antibiotics (13th May) for the would just to be sure.

Yesterday, May 16, daughter developed a low grade fever on and off, slight dizziness, headache and loss of appetite

Just weirded out since she was perfectly fine before taking the antibiotics and only got sick a couple days after taking it.

Any insights would be greatlu appreciated!

From a very anxious Parent.

48, male, Crohns, on Remicade. So, I have these random maroon/black stools every 2-3 months. I've been checked for everything: CT scan, PET, colonoscopies, gastroscopies, videocapsule, angiogram... and the the only suspected bleeding site is a spot in the sigmoid colon (and not related to Crohns).

Question is simple: is it possible to have maroon, dark, even black stools from sigmoid colon bleeding? I thought they should be reddish, coming from than position.

23m Every few weeks/months my big toe on my right foot will just start killing. It’s only when I wear shoes that it starts and it doesn’t matter which shoe they all hurt. It hurts when I walk and lift my foot and it’s an extremely sharp pain starting in the knuckle of my big toe and shooting up the tendon to my ankle. It was doing alright for a while but I’m currently on vacation with lots of walking and it’s started again. Now my foot is creaking whenever I move my toe up or down and it’s really sore on the top of my foot. The creaking is coming from that tendon and it’s closer to my ankle than it is my toe. It’s been 3-5 days so far and the pain is subsiding but the creaking is getting worse especially when I’m cold. At first I thought it may be an early case if gout being that my grandpa had a pretty severe case in his feet and ankles but I’m starting to think that isn’t it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

I, 21F, went to open an container of milk and smelled it to see if it's good, but did not notice mold growing on a cap of the container. This happened an hour ago and it was a small amount od mold. I am now panicking if it's dangerous or not. I know that sometimes it can be. I do not have problems with my immune system and do not take any medication and do not have health problems and do not smoke. I am just hypochondriac and would like to not panic right now.

I’m a 27 year old male who’s now home after having colostomy reversal surgery last week and I’ve already changed my wound area for today but I wanted to know if there was an over the counter numbing agent that I could for when I’m packing my wound because it starts off as a dull ache when I start to pack it and gets stronger after a while?

I have no idea what’s being said..

MRA impression- MRA suggests possible luminal narrowing at the left MCA bifurcation and to a lesser degree the right MCA bifurcation. These may be the result of artifactual signal dropout, and if otherwise clinically indicated, CTA exam of the head is suggested for further evaluation.

MRA findings- There is possible narrowing of the left middle cerebral artery at its bifurcation. A milder degree of narrowing may also be present at the right middle cerebral artery bifurcation. There is no evidence of aneurysm. I see no evidence of significant branch vessel occlusion. There is no evidence of dissection

MRI- “T2 hyperintensities are seen surrounding the lateral ventricles and scattered throughout the deep white matter regions of the cerebral hemispheres”

What exactly do these mean? I have a positive ANA and positive ANCA, but I was negative for both panca and canca autoantibodies, so very unsure if the ANCA positive is vasculitis related or IBD related since I also have gastritis.

27M. Height: 1.85M. Race: white. Primary complaint: sharp pain when sneezing and/or contracting abdomen. Durantion: 2 days. I dont drink, smoke, nor use any drugs.

I sneezed several times with my belly hitting the belt of my pants yesterday and then during the night when I went to exercise, I felt this sensation of this small part of my belly “detaching and attaching” or moving when exercising and now it is painful to the touch and when I contract the muscle, and I feel sharp pain when I sneeze. What can it be? Muscle strain?

Inspired by the Fallout TV show my son has been wanting to collect bottle caps and came home with a handful of ones he'd found outside. Thing is they're rusty and I'm concerned about tetanus (but also don't want to freak out if not needed).

I have done the following but and to know if it's enough or if I should just toss them.

I have poured and soaked in boiling water, soaked in miltons sterilising fluid, boiling water again, soaked in bleach, soaked in cola, boiling water again.

The effect is nice but I don't want to risk it if there's a chance they're harmful.

43F, 5'3", 78kg, caucasian, autism, health anxiety, UK, occasionally drinks red wine

age 19 gender female height 5'3 weight approximately 180 i cut me leg 5 weeks ago and the skin on the right side of it is still numb. (deep abrasion) also a few inches below the cut there's this small hard thing that hurts to press on. ¡ can tell it's still swollen in the area but not a lot. is this normal? the scab that grew over it accidentally came off and ever since, there's been this yellow stuff. also a few days ago when i took my bandaid off it smelt really bad and had a little bit of yellow stuff on it, but the day after, the smell went away but i still noticed there's was a little bit of yellow stuff on my bandages. the cut looks like it's scaring over but there's this yellow stuff. should i be worried. i feel like it's thing after thing with this cut. the cut also seems to be getting a little smaller

25F; Height:5’2; Weight:300?; Medications: None; Drinker:No; Smoker:No

I’ve only been using weed for around a year. I’ve recently started to use it almost everyday. It does help me a lot with my emotional and psychological problems. But, I’ve gotten to where I can’t eat at all unless I’m high. If I don’t get high one day, I’ll wake up nauseated the next morning. Gagging while just trying to brush my teeth. I have no appetite. The nausea might get worse or get better but it’s still always there. I won’t start getting hungry until around 1-2 or sometimes 3-4. And then when I do get hungry, I feel even more nauseated and I try to eat but food makes me feel worse. After I get high, I’m able to eat. I eat way too much because by that point it’s 10:30 at night and I feel like I’m starving. Like, today, I ate fries at around 3 and tried to eat my chicken sandwich but couldn’t. And then for dinner I was feeling slightly better and ate a decent size salad. But then I tried to eat a piece of cake but couldn’t because it made me nauseous. But when I got high, I was able to eat potatoes, a sandwich and casserole.

I will add that my therapist recommended an eating disorder clinic to me and I called them and they said I meet criteria for an ED. I don’t know if that info is helpful.

I am a white male around 200 lbs, I do not smoke or have any medications, nor do I have any medical issues.

This occured about 3 days ago when a bump underneath some skin formed below my big toenail, not underneath the nail but just below it under the skin. It hurt when pushed down on but all seemed fine, I thought it was just an injury I somehow got.

Today I checked my foot as the pain was gone and now the skin has no bump but the color went to a dark red, almost like dried blood. I am wondering if this is a serious medical issue and if I need time off my work to go to the doctor/hospital.

I (21F) have mad health anxiety and have convinced myself that I have meningitis as my neck is so stiff and I have a headache + other symptoms. My partner thinks I’ve just injured my neck from sneezing too hard multiple times yesterday and other symptoms are from changing my meds. Fighting not going to the hospital rn over my symptoms.

5’11, 85kg (maybe??)

Current medications: Lexapro 15mg (just changed from 10mg a week ago) and Valium when I’m having a panic attack

Health conditions: health anxiety, panic disorder, PTSD, mild POTS, ADHD