Sore head symptoms

In October 2023, I got Strep Group A. It was definitely the worst bout for me symptom-wise. I couldn’t swallow anything without immense pain, and I was very nauseous. After my antibiotic treatment (Penicillin), my main symptoms all went away except I continued to have the chills. I went in for another test once the chills became unbearable at night and a mildly sore throat, a month after I started my 10 day antibiotic course. The rapid test came back negative.
On Thanksgiving, I had an incredibly sore throat much like last time but was less feverish. I got tested, my rapid test came back negative but my throat culture tested positive for Group B. I went through a 10 day course of Amoxicillin, and I never really felt better weeks after.
Both of the previous labs were administered by my university’s student health center. The semester had ended, so I went to MedStar’s walk in to get another throat culture as I still had the same symptoms with the new addition of chest pain. To quote the NP I saw at MedStar
“Your symptoms do not meet the scorecard. You’re 23, you have the body of a BMW and you will be fine.”
… I get younger people are naturally healthier but, what a dismissively crass thing to say. Also, I’m not built like that I’m in skinny fat with a pronounced muffin top lmao.
With that being said, she refused to administer a throat culture to make sure I still don’t have Group B despite pleading with her that my symptoms have not changed, along with the addition of chest pains. I continued to have the same symptoms for months, but the chest pains went away by the new year.
I’ve felt somewhat better since, but the occasional sore throat and chills weren’t uncommon. Actually, I’ve gotten chills pretty much everyday but seemingly only when I lay down in bed at night.
Fast forward to the end of April, my tongue was in splitting pain with a sore throat and I decided to get tested. I came back to my home town where I saw an NP in the walk in… she believed it was post nasal drip but she administered a throat culture upon my request and it turned out I had strep again, Group G this time. So thankful they agreed to give me a throat culture.
They prescribed a 5 day Azithromycin antibiotic course, which I finished on May 1st and mostly everything went away except the chills. Last weekend on the 13th, my sore throat and fever came back so I went back to the walk in, just got my results today that I still have Strep, but they can’t identify which group other than it or being Group A. I have been prescribed a 10 day course of amoxicillin.
My mind is spinning… what in the actual hell is going on?
I can’t see an ENT for months because of the healthcare system, and I’m rightfully getting worried. Having strep for at least a month, and god knows for how long if Group B never went away, is making me concerned about rheumatic fever. I’m really uneasy and anxious about all of this.
Important to note, when I was taking my antibiotic courses the previous 3 times, I really screwed up and was drinking heavily while on them. I had developed alcoholism the same month when I first contracted Strep. I was not considerate or knowledgeable of how alcohol would interact with the antibiotics, and I will not be drinking on this course and I’m really hoping this will help my chances of ridding strep out of my system.
I am also a vaper, which could seemingly line up with my frequency to strep over the last few months. I’m treating my vape like my toothbrush head, getting rid of them.
Am I tweaking for being worried rheumatic fever? And is it strange that I’m prone to multiple groups of strep, or is this reasonable for someone with a weakened immune system? Am I tweaking for being dismissively compared to a BMW because of my age when in fact I’m built more like a 2010’s Mitsubishi?

Symptoms of cmpa or normal baby?
Almost 6 weeks old. Symptoms..
trouble passing gas/pooping. This takes up 90% of his life unfortunately. Sometimes cries but mostly uncomfortable and pushing and straining.
Unlatching and crying during breastfeeding. I believe this is due to gas as feeding makes it sorta happen. he arches back and cries , or sometimes just unlatches makes a concentrated face and farts but always ends up crying.
Occasional green poo, slightly mucusy like little bit of a sticky stringy texture but mostly normal I think. normally yellow or dark yellow.
Baby acne, however I noticed little spots on ears and head that seem to go away and come back.
Reflux, sometimes after a feed he vomits quite a lot, sometimes just milk sometimes curds, ovcasionally he doesn’t vomit at all but seems very uncomfortable and gets a wet sound kinda know it’s coming and choking sound when flat on back
Hiccups, pretty regularly gets the hiccups
Hates being on back suddenly , lots of contact naps
He cries but not excessively , usually seems to be because he’s having gas pain.
Went and saw an osteopath she thinks milk protein allergy, said if his guts sorted out he would be the chillest baby ever, cue I don’t think he really cries for much more than gut pains
I’m struggling with cutting out dairy and soy. we had 24 hours the other day he started smiling didn’t cry was very happy and now we are back to uncomfortable and it’s very disheartening
I have 6 week checkup in 2 days, talked to mhn and she wasn’t worried she believes he just needs to grow and handle my fast flow.

Symptoms of cmpa or normal baby?
Almost 6 weeks old. Symptoms..
trouble passing gas/pooping. This takes up 90% of his life unfortunately. Sometimes cries but mostly uncomfortable and pushing and straining.
Unlatching and crying during breastfeeding. I believe this is due to gas as feeding makes it sorta happen. he arches back and cries , or sometimes just unlatches makes a concentrated face and farts but always ends up crying.
Occasional green poo, slightly mucusy like little bit of a sticky stringy texture but mostly normal I think. normally yellow or dark yellow.
Baby acne, however I noticed little spots on ears and head that seem to go away and come back.
Reflux, sometimes after a feed he vomits quite a lot, sometimes just milk sometimes curds, ovcasionally he doesn’t vomit at all but seems very uncomfortable and gets a wet sound kinda know it’s coming and choking sound when flat on back
Hiccups, pretty regularly gets the hiccups
Hates being on back suddenly , lots of contact naps
He cries but not excessively , usually seems to be because he’s having gas pain.
Went and saw an osteopath she thinks milk protein allergy, said if his guts sorted out he would be the chillest baby ever, cue I don’t think he really cries for much more than gut pains
I’m struggling with cutting out dairy and soy. we had 24 hours the other day he started smiling didn’t cry was very happy and now we are back to uncomfortable and it’s very disheartening
I have 6 week checkup in 2 days, talked to mhn and she wasn’t worried she believes he just needs to grow and handle my fast flow.

Symptoms of cmpa or normal baby?
Almost 6 weeks old. Symptoms..
trouble passing gas/pooping. This takes up 90% of his life unfortunately. Sometimes cries but mostly uncomfortable and pushing and straining.
Unlatching and crying during breastfeeding. I believe this is due to gas as feeding makes it sorta happen. he arches back and cries , or sometimes just unlatches makes a concentrated face and farts but always ends up crying.
Occasional green poo, slightly mucusy like little bit of a sticky stringy texture but mostly normal I think. normally yellow or dark yellow.
Baby acne, however I noticed little spots on ears and head that seem to go away and come back.
Reflux, sometimes after a feed he vomits quite a lot, sometimes just milk sometimes curds, ovcasionally he doesn’t vomit at all but seems very uncomfortable and gets a wet sound kinda know it’s coming and choking sound when flat on back
Hiccups, pretty regularly gets the hiccups
Hates being on back suddenly , lots of contact naps
He cries but not excessively , usually seems to be because he’s having gas pain.
Went and saw an osteopath she thinks milk protein allergy, said if his guts sorted out he would be the chillest baby ever, cue I don’t think he really cries for much more than gut pains
I’m struggling with cutting out dairy and soy. we had 24 hours the other day he started smiling didn’t cry was very happy and now we are back to uncomfortable and it’s very disheartening
I have 6 week checkup in 2 days, talked to mhn and she wasn’t worried she believes he just needs to grow and handle my fast flow.

Bit of a far fetched thing, but since I’ve started Vyvanse I’ve been getting hypothyroid symptoms and recently tested for normal levels besides one being in the subclinical range. Leading to the doctor to presume “subclinical-hypothyroidism”
Has anyone had this experience where the meds were messing with your thyroid production, it’s strange to me but I don’t believe I had any issues with my thyroid before especially given what the current side effects are.
It’s quite disheartening because Vyvanse has really helped me in other ways but would switching to any of the other stimulants have less of an effect on it messing with my thyroid? Or has anyone switched and had say Ritalin or dex IR stop the fluctuating thyroid levels?
It seems a bit rich that all of a sudden I’m having thyroid issues or it was already messed up previously because as I’m aware it’s never been a problem in the past prior to started treatment which leads me to suspect Vyvanse.
Symptoms; (common/uncommon side effects but as a whole point towards something else)

• dry course hair, alopecia, diffuse thinning and eyebrow hair loss (typically a sign of hypo)
  
• difficulty sleeping/nightmares (consistently)
  
• cold sensitivity (especially in the hands)
  
• no consistency day to day on meds (despite being strict w/ diet and supplementation)
  
• fatigue. Muscle/joint soreness (sporadically)
  
• tend to wake up w/ a puffy face/sinus pressure.
  

If anyone has had any experience with these issues, or your thyroid was messing up during ADHD treatment I’d love to hear from you!
Edit: (this is a repost here as I didn’t get any answers on another sub)
I started on 20mg and increased to 30mg at 1 month and have stayed there since.
I understand this isn’t a cure all, and it does come down to working on these things myself. But the main point is I believe it’s effecting my immune system, and 3 months in it’s gotten worse in those particular areas, like the focus of the post being thyroid TSH rising and was wondering if someone in here had experienced this or become diagnosed w/“subclinical-hypothyroidism”, or at least the same side effects that could mimic it. If it’s not common with anyone in the community I guess it shows it could be either a variable of the meds affecting me individually based on my own physiology or is unrelated entirely and is an underlying issue.

Almost 6 weeks old. Symptoms..
trouble passing gas/pooping. This takes up 90% of his life unfortunately. Sometimes cries but mostly uncomfortable and pushing and straining.
Unlatching and crying during breastfeeding. I believe this is due to gas as feeding makes it sorta happen. he arches back and cries , or sometimes just unlatches makes a concentrated face and farts but always ends up crying.
Occasional green poo, slightly mucusy like little bit of a sticky stringy texture but mostly normal I think. normally yellow or dark yellow.
Baby acne, however I noticed little spots on ears and head that seem to go away and come back.
Reflux, sometimes after a feed he vomits quite a lot, sometimes just milk sometimes curds, ovcasionally he doesn’t vomit at all but seems very uncomfortable and gets a wet sound kinda know it’s coming and choking sound when flat on back
Hiccups, pretty regularly gets the hiccups
Hates being on back suddenly , lots of contact naps
He cries but not excessively , usually seems to be because he’s having gas pain.
Went and saw an osteopath she thinks milk protein allergy, said if his guts sorted out he would be the chillest baby ever, cue I don’t think he really cries for much more than gut pains
I’m struggling with cutting out dairy and soy. we had 24 hours the other day he started smiling didn’t cry was very happy and now we are back to uncomfortable and it’s very disheartening
I have 6 week checkup in 2 days, talked to mhn and she wasn’t worried she believes he just needs to grow and handle my fast flow.

hey everyone, please help me. im so convinced i have a brain tumor. okay so a week ago, i noticed this head pressure. mainly when i get up, bend down, it's like a squeezing for a few seconds..and then i get headaches on my right side, does that mean that mean there's a tumor there ?! if it was big enough to be causing headaches on one side wouldn't there be more symptoms? the headache is mostly when i get up to do things. and head just feels weird when i stand up, like weird. lightheaded, fuzzy, pressure , and idk it feels tight by my nose. please reassure me this isn't a brain tumor. im making a appointment tomorrow and if it's to far im just gonna go to the ER but I'm terrified to sleep because I'm like what if I die in my sleep? how would I know if it's a brain tumor ??? I'm only 21. i have bad anxiety. this is so scary if it's not a brain tumor my anxiety is saying what if it's a vitamin deficiency and it stops my heart it won't right?.. also the spot below my eyebrow is twitching non stop my head mainly hurts when I get up and do things UPDATE: was at the ER today. told him about this. he said he didn't feel like a CT scan was needed plus I was already having a stomach ultra sound so he said he didn't want to use to much radiation. he checked my pupils, had me follow his fingers with my eyes, walk in lines and do more stuff with my hands and I passed. does that mean I'm okay? I'll def go back if I feel worse .

I posted in this sub a few times last year when I was really going through it. Brain fog, anxiety, fatigue, vision issues, debilitating headaches and hyper sensitivity (“mini” concussions from small bumps of the head). I had 4-5 concussions over the course of 3 years, with 3 of those occurring within 2 months of each other. Outside of some lingering neck issues, I’ve made a full recovery and want to share what worked for me.
Please don’t let this long list stress you out though. There were days when getting out of bed in the morning felt like an accomplishment. Every recovery is different and only you can know what your body and brain are feeling.
Commitment After my most recent injury I decided that getting better was the most important thing in my life and I completely dedicated myself to my recovery. That’s why this list is as long as it is — I decided I was going to try everything.
Research Learning about concussions is a great place to start! It really helped me plan my course of action and think rationally about recovery. This sub is a great source of knowledge. Complete concussion management on YouTube has some great intro videos too.
Exercise I think that exercise was the #1 most important factor in my recovery. I started by going on short daily walks and doing light yoga in my house and eventually built up to 2x cardio 3x weightlifting 2x yoga every week. I got in the habit of exercising early in the day and felt like it really helped with my mental energy throughout the day.
Diet I tried to eat an anti inflammatory diet but it was hard (I really love to eat lol). I couldn’t go completely keto but I cut out carbs where I could and made an effort to cook all of my own meals with a lot of protein and vegetables. Avocado and olive oils give you omega 9s which are important for omega 3 absorption. I also didn’t really drink at all.
Supplements I don’t know exactly what worked and what didn’t but you should definitely be taking omega 3 (and probably creatine). My stack: - 4000 mg Nordic Naturals omega 3. Can cut down to normal dose after a couple months - 5 mg creatine monohydrate - 2000 mg magnesium l-theronate - 1g ImmPower AHCC (mushroom-based immune supplement) - 125 mcg vitamin d3 - Multivitamin - Dietary fiber + probiotic (gut health is important)
CBD Only way I could get to sleep for a couple months. Great for headaches. It’s also a nice substitute for alcohol when going out with friends.
Concussion clinic + Neurofeedback I went to a concussion clinic in NC shortly after my last concussion. Most of my problems were cognitive so my doctor recommended a neurofeedback program. I was super skeptical at first but it definitely improved my screen tolerance and I felt like it helped with teaching my brain how to switch off.
Neurologist + Nortryptoline Neurologists are really only good for one thing: prescribing meds. There’s a good chance you don’t need to take an SNRI but I had nerve damage at the site of impact that, whenever touched, would cause me a lot of pain and trigger hours of concussion symptoms. I think that my meds (prescribed for nerve pain) helped get some of this hypersensitivity under control.
Meditation There are people on this sub who can speak to this better than me but after a concussion your autonomic nervous system can be in an “always on” mode where you’re constantly in a state of fight or flight. Meditation while concussed is very challenging and won’t immediately zen you out but it will help you notice just how overactive your brain is and help you train yourself to redirect your attention when your mind runs wild.
Physical therapy + dry needling If you have any neck pain at all, go to PT. Seriously! It might be causing most if not all of your headaches. A few months of stretching and strengthening exercises helped resolve most of my headaches. Also, if dry needling is legal in your state, seek it out for really intense neck tightness. My PT offered needling and it was a godsend on my worst days.
Brain challenges I’m a computer programmer so getting back into work was challenging enough but I also made an effort to try to learn a new language and do some daily puzzles to help foster some new neural connections.
Try to relax when I bump my head Idk I still freak out when I bonk. I probably have had 30-40 “flare ups” over the past 2 years. No one on the internet seems to have a great answer for why this happens. I think it’s probably some sort of learned response from the brain in response to a stressor. I recently took the approach of doing everything in my power to chill out when I bump my head on something (including taking cbd immediately after). Not sure if this helped or I just needed time but I hit my head on a cabinet pretty hard last week and experienced no symptoms! That’s honestly what encouraged me to write this post.
I hope some of this will be helpful to someone. Feel free to comment or hit my dm’s if you want any more detail on anything.

Sorry for the super long post, theres been a lot on my mind. Also, sorry if this is the wrong tag for this
To get down to it, I've been unable to get a therapist to start the diagnosis/evaluation process (thanks to the shitty healthcare system) of a few different disorders I suspect I have; autism, BPD and more recently, DID.
I like to think of myself as a very self-aware person who constantly psycho-analyzes both myself and those around me. I do my research and do my best to be diligent about how much my symptoms actually overlap with the symptoms of the disorder. Over the last 4-5 years I've done my research and have determined with 98% confidence that I'm autistic (especially now that my sister recently got officially diagnosed) and about 80% confident that I may have BPD.
About 2-3 years ago a very close friend of mine decided to trust me with the knowledge that they're a system, and in doing my due diligence to better understand them and what they might be going through, I dove into researching the disorder. Looking at articles, research papers, and of course; testimonies from other systems.
Over the course of doing this with the combination of my friend being almost completely open to me about what's going on in their head, how they see the world and how different alters interact with the world, I began to notice a pattern; I seemed to share a lot of the symptoms. However, I am well aware of how symptoms of different disorders can overlap with each other, even if you don't have both disorders.
I want to make it clear that I do have diagnosis for multiple disorders now, PTSD, ADHD and depression/anxiety. I always assumed all of my memory issues that I've had for as long as I can remember were due to either the ADHD or the PTSD, but recently (in the last 6ish months on and off) I've started to realize that the two disorders don't inflict the type of memory issues I have, among other things.
It's not that I "blackout" and then become conscious later on with no memory of how I got where I am or what I was doing, it's just... Things sort of move without moving. It's very difficult to explain but I'll do my best. I sort of just don't remember things, but I know the memory exists or sometimes I'll remember things that I previously couldn't, it's like a shoe cubby, sometimes the shoes are in there and sometimes it's not. One of the things that has tipped me off recently is the resurgence of an issue I had to deal with almost daily during covid, having a discussion with someone and coming to an agreement/understanding only to later, be it hours or days, not have any recollection of the conversation and having a completely different viewpoint.
I also recently have potentially begun to reach out to alters??? This one I'm not so sure about because I don't really get, errr, answers back? It's more of a presence/"feeling?" of a response or complete silence/lack of presence. In the last week or so I've noticed something slightly beyond that, I've begun to (only sometimes) notice when my head feels more "full" or "loud" and when I attempt to reach out to the presence, usually with thought, I'm met with sudden silence and the feeling of the presence moving away. And sometimes it feels as if I am communicating with someone, but I get headaches the more I try and the further into discussion about DID I go. If I am a system, I am a host who fronts 95% of the time but is co-con/co-fronting quite frequently.
I have shared this information with my friend who shared that they're a system and their response has been... mildly disconcerting. We both know how much of a mess each other are and how much co-morbidy messes with things, but they've said both that me having other dissociative disorders is likely, especially BPD since it's called "borderline" for a reason, however... They've also said that of all of the people they've talked to, I'm the only one who seems to understand their symptoms and how it affects them. And not in the academic way, the way they explained it was that I seem to understand it as if in some ways I experience it and that that's why they share with me as much of their experience as they do, because I understand. But they were very careful/gentle about how they approached this conversation as they know I've been grappling with it for a while now and they want to neither confirm or deny the possibility of me being a system as they're not qualified to give diagnosis, which I respect. But while in discussion with them about this very subject about a 3-4 weeks ago, potentially 3 different alters named themselves when previously there were no other names than the one I go by irl. They've helped me try and talk through it, to the best of their ability, giving ideas to try and establish contact/communication and it all feels so... foreign and wrong, even silly if I'm being honest. It's very frustrating as the more I try to figure it out and potentially form connections, the more confused I get.
I think I'm just wondering what other systems did/do when first being in the process of discovering they were a system. What was it like? How did you establish communication between the alters? What does communication look like for your system?

I don't really know how to start this, but I'm an overall healthy 30 year old female, and is an issue I've had all my life but was never severe enough to mention to my doctor. As I've gotten older, however, the symptoms have ramped up/ its been brought to my attention no one else really experiences these things.
My feet can sometimes go through periods of being uncomfortably hot. It's almost like all the heat in my body is coming out of my feet. My feet aren't red, itchy, or swollen at all- my skin is just hot. At first I was worried it was in my head/ a nerve issue, but other people around me have commented that my feet are extremely hot to the touch and can feel the heat radiating off of them during these spells. It happens randomly and doesn't seem to have a consistent duration; sometimes it can last for 2 minutes or 20. The only thing that really helps is letting it go away on its own or putting my feet on something cold/running them under cold water. It's quite uncomfortable and can keep me from falling asleep at night sometimes. I can't wear tight pants that trap the heat in my legs for too long or my legs and feet will get hot.
I can't find anyone else who's had this type of experience, and I'm super curious if anyone on the sub would be able to at least point me in the direction of a potential explanation

Im nearing 1 month into toxic mold exposure. Cleaned up some throw up with a towel and forgot it in the hamper (i know). When doing laundry mold powder (?) got in air the whilst unsticking the towel from my other clothes.
For the first two weeks i was sleeping in the same room with no air purifier. I started to develop worse symptoms, such as tight chest, delusion, issues remembering words, body twitches, abdomen aches, and so on. In the thick of it I had horrible insomnia.
Last week, I made the mistake of washing a contaminated pillow with the rest of my bedspread, being uneducated on how to "clean mold." That completely ruined me. Horrible body aches, tight chest, and most of the things in that room cause my symptoms to flare up as well. Im not yet able to move out, but I have since moved to a different room in the same house, albeit on a different floor. I didn't take anything from the room with me except a desk that ive wiped down.
Although, since the contamination of my pillows and bedspread, I've been experiencing what seems to be an all day, never ending headache. Often times this is my only noticeable symptom. Even when I leave the house, the back of my head still pulses with pain. I am only able to find relief when I wash my hair with cold water and shampoo, even if for a few minutes. Some days it goes away, then returning when I come into contact with contaminated clothing. I have dreadlocks, which are highly porous, hence why I fear that I have mycotoxins secured in the kinks of my hair. I notice that when i dry my hair, the fingers I'm using get stiff and hurt a bit. Hair touching my body also tends to cause a burning sensation.
Headaches, above all are my biggest concern with mold toxicity because of the inflammation in the brain it may cause. Am I correct to think that I have mycotoxins lodged in my hair, and how would I go about resolving this?
I already take magnesium and daily vitamins with my morning Adderall. I plan on acquiring activated charcoal, omega 3, as well as dosing 3mg melatonin every other night as I heal from this. I have a weeklong vacation next week that I hope will provide me some, at the very least, temporary relief. Any suggestions for longterm are greatly appreciated.

After months of my practitioners barely giving me enough medicine to keep the yeast at bay following multiple rounds of powerful antibiotics. They said I qualified for the appointment based on the duration of my symptoms and the yeast not responding to traditional care. I have tested negative for STIs, autoimmune disorders, and multiple scans of my body have revealed absolutely nothing. Most of my tests have returned negative for yeast despite obvious yeast as witnessed by myself and several doctors.
My symptoms
Oral thrush mostly on tongue Burning tongue Sore throat Sore glands
Anal itching and discomfort Red yeast rashes Pain
Vaginal thrush Constant tingling and itching sensation across entire vaginal area
Severe low back and pelvic pain Occurs randomly Shoots down legs Hard to tell if nerve or muscular Started at same time as yeast
Symptoms flare with alcohol and sugar and with sweating
Has anyone gone to ID and had a successful encounter? I feel like this yeast is slowly killing me.

Long story…I can answer any questions but I don’t have the energy to even type everything🤔. I’ll post some pics or a video if I can and hopefully someone can identify…been dealing with SO MANY issues I’ve never dealt with in my life. I started expelling these after all the herbal protocols and oils, pinworm prescription for 3mg ivermectin and pairing it with Reese’s pinworm banana shot…in my nose, lips , nails, etc…seemed to also be fungal and Candida/biofilm stuff. Been doing enemas with tons of ingredients that thin out and pull the stuck things out. Just started passing what I assume to be flukes but have no idea about the worms this is so embarrassing and I keep trying to not give up…I’m so done you guys.. - the biggest things and worms were taken recently, smaller ones happened over the months, I do have pets and believe it started from my feet as I get “athletes foot “ and the symptoms just worsen. -spreading rashes, sores or weird marks, scar tissue inflaming, etc.,

I was having jaw pain super dull it’s something that has came and gone, pressing on it felt like a sore muscle but nothing too bad. I started massaging it &’ BOOM the pain went away. Instantly my mind went to fear. Fear that “what if I had an abscess” “what if I just gave myself sepsis” omg my heart rate was boosting instantly and then the panic kicked in my chest &’ i got up so quickly my heart started pounding even felt on the back of my head.
Not going to lie I almost health anxiety spiraled. Also I’m still super scared but I’m trying really hard to focus on my breathing.😭

Hello, 4 weeks back had hooked up with a lady. Had unprotected penetration for few seconds. Came back to my senses and wore a condom and carried on.
Last week noticed a boil on my penis shaft. I should have left it alone. I tried to pop it out . Also , foolish of me to apply undiluted Dettol on it. This led to skin irritation and caused burn like sacrs near the area. Now it has dried out but still have bumpy scars .
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Could this still be a STI or something. Had no other symptoms like blisters, cold sores ,fever, discharge or painful urination.

First time poster here so go easy on me :) 33M. Gay. 5 years of talk therapy under my belt before the dam broke.
About 9-10 months ago while meditating I hit what felt like an intense energy. This was during an incredibly stressful period of time for me when a bunch of major life events came to a head. The sensation would make my body vibrate but I felt safe enough to allow it rise. Easiest way to describe it was like leaning into a big ball of strong, tense energy. After a few weeks of “inhabiting” it I started crying daily. Huuuuuuge cries. I’m talking devastation/ catharsis. It freaked me out the first few times but felt amazing afterwards. My more traditional anxiety symptoms also vanished and haven’t returned as of yet. The chest tightness, nervous sweating, ruminating all seemed to be swept away and replaced by this new all consuming grief/anger bodily sensation. The next phase was weird. I developed insane fatigue and something like agoraphobia and just didn’t want to travel. I was fine leaving the house and doing normal things like buying groceries, but I couldn’t go more than like 30mins from home because I had this idea I needed to be close to my bed because it was my safe place. I also didn’t want to commit to meeting up with people/ needed to know I could exit at any point. The crying continued but in a controlled way, I could also start to schedule it. The agoraphobia lifted after about 2 months and the fatigue started to come and go. I’m still slightly spooked by the agoraphobia and think I worry it will come back.
Cut to now. I can do things again, like meet friends or get on a plane. But I still feel super fragile. Sometimes the exhaustion rolls back in and I just need to nap. I still cry, not as much though. I also yawn like 100 times a day lol. I’m talking huge, mouth locks open as far as it can yawns. They feel great. Also smells. Literally every smell triggers a memory from childhood. I can get a whiff of something and I’m taken back to my school classroom, a birthday present, Christmas 1997, all sorts of places. None of them feel threatening, but they all feel kind of sad.
Where I’m at now is a sort of healing frustration. I’ve given the process all my time and energy and although I can resume most activities, I don’t really enjoy any of them. I feel like I have to force myself to make use of time I’m not crying or resting.
I also feel like I have way too much new information about myself and what I want from life, but I’m unable to go after it. It’s like a yearning to join the party I’ve just found out is being held…but an inability to muster the energy to dress up and show up for it. There’s also the grief of having missed so much of it.
My question, then, is what symptoms of processing and healing signalled you clicking into a new, more stable everyday routine? What were the signs before you started feeling excitement about doing things again, feeling less consumed by all your new insights? Where am I atm in relation to your own journeys?
Oh PS - a bonus question for anyone who experienced similar. The only activity I physically cannot do, after almost 9 months, is work at a computer comfortably. Soon as I look at the screen my whole body tenses up or I space out. I’ve been able to work part time but I have to kind of jump in and out of screen time. 20mins on the PC is the most I can manage without having my neck and shoulders start locking up. I also feel a huge rage in me I can’t seem to access. This literally only happens when I open a computer lol.
Big love to you all.

I don't know if I have schizophrenia, I show symptoms but I'm too afraid to get diagnosed but I'll outline some of what I presume are symptoms and maybe some of you guys could help me decide if I should seek help.
In no way am I asking for a diagnosis from the internet aha.
So sometimes I have multiple internal monologues that are me I do control them but they sometimes split off from one another. For example I'll say a sentence to myself in my head then it will split off into two voices one that repeats the last word said and the other that continues the sentence. If that makes sense. Kinda like "Oh I should really, really really really....." Go get something to eat" Something along those lines if that makes sense. I always also have a radio playing in my head separate to my own internal voice that sings songs and stuff and my only way to change the song is to shout at it alot.
Alongside the voices that sound like my own I also sometimes hear voices from outside my head like from walls or ceilings. They're not mean they're just random. Like I had an old man shout "I want matching pajamas". I didn't really think anything of it as it only really happens when I'm alone in silence.
Alongside these "auditory hallucinations" if you want to call them that, I see faces when I close my eyes very occasionally not usually pleasant ones and I'll see figures that aren't there but one I look directly at them they disappear.
I have also recently developed troubled sleeping. For example tonight, I'm extremely tired it's 4:12 in the morning and I've been up since 8am I have work in 4 hours but I can't sleep my mind is constantly racing and constantly thinking of things or talking to itself.
EDIT: To add, I have previously taken acid multiple times which didn't have any negative effects on me mentally as far as I can tell. I do enjoy it and would like to do it more but if there is a decent chance I could have schizophrenia even acute I would like to potentially get an idea before I take any more as it could absolutely ruin me ahaha.
Anyways to reiterate I'm not asking for a diagnosis just wondering if it would be worth seeking help.
Also sorry if this makes no sense I'm absolutely shattered ahah

Hello all,
I have an irregular cycle ranging from 32-35 days. I took an ovulation test the 30 which was positive. I am now on cycle day 35. I took a clear blue early test today and it was negative. I usually have very sore boobs and cramping a few days before my AF. I don’t have any of those symptoms. I was extremely bloated last week which is uncommon and had some sharp pain cramps for about an hour on and off last Sunday the 12th. I use an ours ring for BBT- my temp is up a little bit at the last two mornings .6 degrees. I know the clear blues are sensitive and mostly accurate- any opinions? Thank you in advance. 🙂

one of the biggest ways my anxiety manifested itself through my life has been the constant, overwhelming fear of illnesses, especially ones like cancer, tumors, or any other life-risking diseases.
i'm self aware enough to understand that most of my worries are baseless, mostly because i've had constant check-ups and they always come out fine. however, this does not calm the lingering thoughts in my head that i still have something; what if the doctors were wrong? what if the tests simply didn't detect what i have? it makes me dread my day-to-day.
it's exhausting that everytime my body shows a slight issue the first thing that comes to my mind is "oh my god, i totally have cancer. i'm going to die very soon and there's nothing i can do about it." it's a tiresome existence, really. i've recently felt a bit lightheaded in the past few days, and i'm already eating my head away thinking that it's a symptom of an ultra-rare, deadly illness that i totally have and it has no cure.
i would love to know a way to calm these thoughs, because distracting myself doesn't work, and i can't be constantly going to the hospital because i got a minor headache or a small ball on my neck.

So, I have been questioning my actions for a while now and wonder if the things I do and say are because I was abused physically and emotionally. I am an 18-year-old female and have been wondering if my actions are the result of my abusive father. I think of it often, but I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately because one day I happened to remember that I did not stop wetting the bed until I was about 12-13. Based on my knowledge of abuse, I know children who are being abused tend to wet the bed. I used to wet the bed a lot, sometimes for no apparent reason.
I was not allowed to drink anything past a certain time and would be made to use the bathroom before bed. I didn’t want the embarrassment of wetting the bed, so I wouldn’t sneak anything to drink, but even then, I still ended up wetting the bed. This continued until I got my period. I brought this up to my mom hesitantly because I thought it was a stretch, but she explained to me that she used to ask if I was okay because I wet the bed so much. She said I always said yes, and I think I said yes because I didn’t know that my dad hitting me was wrong.
I searched for symptoms of abuse in young adults, specifically emotional abuse, and everything listed is how I act now: lack of self-confidence, anger issues, and difficulty maintaining relationships. I also think this could be the aftermath of abuse because I think I have social anxiety. I’m not completely sure, but I’m about 80% sure because I’m not very fond of talking to people, asking questions in class, or asking questions in general. I fear I will be judged, though I’m not sure why. I think people will think I’m stupid, so I try not to ask much.
I always dread people making conversation with me because I’m so nervous. Usually, when people try to talk to me, I try to make the conversation as quick as possible. This might come off as mean to them, but typically, I look down and play with whatever I can find, like my hands, my jacket, my pants—anything to avoid eye contact. I hate eye contact.
I also have a very bad temper with people over what I now see as little stuff, but in my body, it feels so big, like I’m being attacked in some way. Every emotion I have comes out as anger, except for excitement. I hate the feeling of being ignored because, for some reason, I feel like you’re not listening because you don’t care, even though that clearly isn’t the case. Maybe this is because when I finally realized that what my dad was doing wasn’t okay and I told people, nothing was done. Or maybe I wasn’t explaining well enough, like I do with everything now. I have a hard time putting my words together the way I want people to see them and get upset when they don’t understand because, in my head, it makes perfect sense. But I’m really not sure. As I’m typing this, I feel like it’s still a stretch, but I just need to know if I’m correct about my hypothesis.
If anyone needs more detail im happy to add or explain :)

I’ve been reading a lot about chiari malformation due to a family member’s diagnosis. In addition to the bump, symptoms have included mood disorder, numbness, nausea, pressure in the head, memory issues, back pain. Thanks for any insight on similar symptoms others have experienced! Thank you!