Hey, so I used to take antidepressants after a while I properly weaned off but, since then I have noticed I’m sensitive to almost all intoxicants. I’ve google this, and I haven’t found anything conclusive. I want to know if anyone has heard of something like this.

Also, one of the medications to tried was Cymbalta (which was terrible for me) but when I was on it I felt like I was more aware of everything going on it my body. Part of me wonders if this had some long term effect.

Why does our body resort to nausea when it crosses a threshold of discomfort or pain? I had my first session of a large back tattoo removal today and a few hours after the procedure, of course while my back was still sensitive and tender, I developed a mild case of nausea. I have also experienced nausea when I've had other sources of pain or discomfort. Why does the body do that?

So... I had a seizure at work about a month ago. I have a neurologist appointment in about a week. but I do have a question I've been pondering for about an hour. To give some back ground. I'm a 27 year old female. As a child, I had Epilepsy for about 6 years. It runs in my family. No real cause, generalized. Neurologist thinks my brain just freaked out cause it didn't know what do to with puberty hormones. Normal EEG, yay, I'm free!

Now I'm 27. I work at a high stress job, with odd hours. No big deal. I get punched in the face 3 times at this job, and go out on workers comp for 3 weeks. 6 months later (Present time) I start having seizures again, on the job. Don't worry I'm seeing doctors, getting answers.

I'm just curious. Do you think these could have any connections to each other? Do you think the concussion brought my epilepsy back? I'm just trying to think why it came back? I was doing fine? Maybe the lack of sleep wasn't great, but lots of people deal with lack of sleep.

When I have less air I think I can feel the phlegm move more in my chest. I still have to use a full power cough to clear my throat immediately afterwards though or I start gagging.

I've also noticed that my coughing fits are easier to handle if I start from a weaker cough, is that related or anecdotal?

My girlfriend recently went to her primary care doctor, and a little down the road the ER. She is ok.

She was reading the summaries of both instances, of the tests done, what they talked about, and they had many inaccuracies. Both had claims that certain tests were done, some were just basic "check up" stuff, that absolutely weren't done (I was in the room with her) and such things as she explicitly telling them she does not drink, then them putting "once a week" on it.

There are a couple of such irregularities across both instances. Now maybe I don't know exactly how the medical system operates, but I don't see how saying a test was done, that absolutely wasn't, and giving different statements compared to what she told them.

I'm not hunting for a lawsuit or anything, I jsut want to know if this is legal?

I'm not going to lie I I'm decided to drink last night I do admit I got hammered well this morning I woke up as if my chest felt heavy and I might also shortness of breath but I don't know if I'm freaking myself out.

Hi, my friend's dad went through a very severe case of covid-19 back in 2020 and his lungs were in deteriorating condition. So much so that it started to affect his heart. About a month and a half ago, he got a double lung transplant and has been experiencing complication after complication. At first it was a blood vessel that was leaking, it got foxed quickly. Then he has some other leaks and now he has a small hole in one of his lungs just as he was awake. Is it normal to have this many complications or should he have been home by now?

I'm 23, male, half caucasian and half hispanic, 5'10", one hundred thirty something pounds, I Do NOT drink, smoke, or take drugs. In fact, I'm terrified of drugs, because, when I was a teen (16 to be exact), I suffered from episodes of what I can only describe as feeling like half of your brain was turned off. I imagine that this is what being on drugs feel like. They would happen at complete random, leaving me feeling overstimulated by sight and sound. Everything just felt wired, as if I was in a dream. These sensations terrified me, so I wore earplugs to block sound, and sunglasses to darken my vision. I haven't had one of these spells in years now, so it's nothing deadly, but I still wonder what it was in the first place. Also, yes, most times this has happened, I went to urgent care centers. They couldn't find anything wrong. Went to my doctor about it, but they only wanted to do a brain scan that would require me to fall asleep in their office, something that I didn't have time for, nor could I do. Does this sound like anything anyone knows about? Please, literally anything helps.

When I was in elementary school, I had this condition where my mucus formed a sort of cap over each nostril. It would be impossible for me to breathe through my nose unless I sneezed to make a small hole in the caps. I tried looking this up but had no luck. Does anyone know what that would be called?

My professor says that Diabetic ketoacidosis comes from an accumulation of Acetil COA which is due to an increase in gluconeogenesis and oxidation of fatty acids

Chatgpt says that the above Is not correct and that d.k. Is caused by the presence of keto bodies in Blood and/or urine

I have understood that since patient Is diabetic the glucose cannot enter the cells properly (too Little insuline or insuline resistence). So the cells take Energy from the oxidation of fatty acids, which brings to an accumulation of acetylCOA which produces keto bodies which make Blood pH drop.

Am I right?

I’ve always had very sporadic episodes of (self diagnosed) central sleep apnea. It really picked up with my second pregnancy 4 years ago. It’s still not nightly or even weekly but has lingered with more frequency & intensity. A single at-home sleep study did not pick up any episodes. But a few weeks ago, I woke up in the night, not breathing- the scariest thing was, it took multiple seconds to get my lungs to work. As if they were collapsed or there was just ZERO ability to control/signal to my lungs. It came with a hard, DEEP chest pain that subsided as soon as I was able to inhale.

What do I do!? Im often afraid to go to sleep 😭 which is one of my favorite things to do.

I have regular infusions for my autoimmune disorder, and they draw blood during it. Last Friday I had my appointment, and when the nurse put the needle into my arm to draw blood, it went through a nerve and shot pain from the crook of my elbow down to my thumb, which made me light-headed and nauseous. Since the infusion, I get an occasional shot of pain along that nerve when moving my arm in certain ways or when balling/flexing my hand; typing on my keyboard occasionally triggers the pain in the nerve too. I see online that it can take 3 months to heal, but I don't see anything I can do to help it heal. I work as a quick lube technician, so I'm lifting and moving heavy tires throughout the day; should I avoid doing so as much as possible until the nerve heals? Any advice or arm exercises I can do?

MTHFR meds, colon hurts, next step ideas?

TLDR 45 male finally 1 yr ago diag w/MTHFR, on Deplin, folates look good now, but colon is uncomfortable every day. Cologuard negative. I was told by NP avoid diarrhea causing trigger foods, 1thsp of miralax daily, and gasex. Not going great. Is that the best I can do?

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Context, and I truly don't mean to offend but I'm having a hard time trusting any human being about medicine.

I've encountered so many doctors and nurses who are just a pill catalog, several wrong diagnoses since 1999. Very clumsy ideas about treating my kids' several issues like bleeding rashes. So for that one we went to a "functional/holistic medicine" person and it worked to get rid of rashes and most of her food sensitivities, but then other recommendations from this person were extremely suspicious.

And then I started noticing all the random holistic clowns are pretty much all the same, they can't explain the mechanism behind anything and use language about "toxins" or "healing your cells" without any way to measure or even describe what that means! All their bios kinda look the same too:

Hi I'm Candessa, I was a super smart and successful architect until my daughter got super cancer and then I went back to school and got my grandmaster of chiropractice degree from Hogwarts, but also googled really really hard until I discovered a cure for super cancer! So my kid is better and I won't explain exactly why but I take full credit for that anecdote and it's definitely relevant while whatever cure you've tried is not a relevant anecdote. So sign up now and I'll take your spit over to 23andme, and upcharge you to Google your results and say genetics terms at you! Also buy my supplement, a secret ingredient activated by organic garlic oil and bleach! You can't sue me.

Hi all, I recently got shocked from my phone charger while I had wet hands from doing the dishes. There is an exposed part of the wire right on the end that goes in the phone that I grabbed. The phone and charger were connected and plugged into the outlet at the time. There is some lingering tingling in my hand and I feel light headed and it’s hard to focus. After the shock I had issues with some tasks like spelling. I also have general anxiety disorder so I’m hoping my worrying about the shock is what’s causing these symptoms. I’m wondering how likely is a phone charger to do damage to someone in this way. It’s been two hours and the effects haven’t abated. Thanks everyone!

Around last week I started getting a light sore throat and some irritation. What’s weird is that it only really hurts when I wake up in the morning and usually goes away during the day or after drinking something hot like tea or coffee. I don’t feel sick but I do have like a little bit of yellow coloured snot only when I wake up and according to Dr Google yellow means the body is fighting an infection. For work I do spent a couple hours a day inside big walk in fridges and freezers at 1C and -20 C which makes me think could be the reason.

What I find confusing/ annoying is that, I don’t feel sick but not completely normal either. So is this an infection or not ?

Thanks