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2024.05.21 19:53 windexcocktail696969 NSI Tips
Kind of a random thing to post but NSI season is back and I know that this time last year I was searching for some tips. If anyone finds this I was the girl who broke both her legs in Charlie 1 last year cycle 3. Anyways, here are some super random tips for those of you about to go.
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- Feminine supplies, you can bring your own and you SHOULD, what they supply are tampons and overnight pads, they will not take them from you if you bring your own. Also put your hairbrush, hair ties, and gel in a similar bag to grab. They took my bag with my stuff in them and I was stranded with 2 hair ties until we got to go to the recruit store.
- Bring a backpack, not a duffel, not a suitcase. Just trust.
- Wear a polo and khaki pants, if you have a unit polo and belt even better. My unit did not tell me that and it really sucked to stick out like a sore thumb. If you're a girl come with your hair done.
- If you have longer hair get a donut bun or bun twisties, I used both but much preferred the twisties. They will not issue supplies to do your hair.
- When you shower (if you're female or just dirty) grab your display towel and put it inside of your rack, then grab another towel from the rack and use them, you will be on your period for random times, if you stain your white towel you're screwed. Leave a tampon in until after you shower or whatever.
- You wash your waterbottles with bleach, they will taste like pool water. You're not drinking bleach you're fine. Really scrub the creases with a bleach papertowel if you can, mold will start to grow in them by week 2, and will make you more sick than you already are.
- You WILL get sick. Try and take 1,500mg of vitamin C every day for a week before hand.
- Try and get moleskin early your feet will be torn up, layer it on everyday BEFORE you get blisters.
- Get the shoe insoles and extra cough drops, drip drop, and hair gel from the recruit store.
- They don't use (a lot of) salt to cook the food, layer it on you'll start to pass out due to lack of electrolytes.
- ONLY PETTY OFFICERS ARE ALLOWED TO SEE CHITS, don't get bullied into anything else and don't do anything outside of your chit if you get issued one, they are orders from the medical officers.
- If you get allergy medication only take it at night, it will make you drowsy all day and fall asleep during classes.
- Fix your uniform and the organization of your rack at night.
- Learn to count before you go, you know who you are people who can't.
- Journal what you learn and your experience, you'll enjoy it afterwards.
- Just turn your brain off like 80% of the day, don't think too much into anything, it's good if the petty officers and MIDN don't know your name for being stupid.
- Try not to get pink eye or covid or foot fungus or strep or whatever candidate crud is floating around.
- Don't give up, I broke my legs (8 stress fractures on my left and six on my right from distance running pre-NSI and a bad accident at NSI) and I was out there doing fire fighting on 5,000mg of ibuprofen to pass, it's not that bad I promise. Let the Hooyah lobotomy happen. Enjoy being a boot while at NSI.
- Don't try and get your family to see graduation, let them travel for your commission, NSI graduation is lame, you get to see them for 15 mins and then get loaded on a bus right after to be shipped home anyways, but if they're close go for it.
- If you like keepsakes make a 'yearbook' I took a page off of my legal page and had all of my friends sign it on the last night, with words of encouragement/fun stuff. I framed it and love to see it and all the memories.
- If you're not good at something ask someone to teach you at night, people will help you if you ask. It's important that you know how to drill. You don't want to be the reason your division is smoked.
- For you nervous folks the gas chamber will be the easiest thing you do. Stress about it the least.
- When I was there they wrote the daily schedule on the fishbowl whiteboard every night for the next day, it's a nice way to be in the know. They also put the shit list up there.
2024.05.21 18:51 Visual_Connection_33 Possible shoulder sublux and crappy providers
TLDR; I may have subluxed my shoulder but the medical providers I’ve contacted either don’t understand HSD, don’t care, or are too busy to help
I’m not asking for medical advice, I am trying to figure out how to navigate the medical system so I can be sure I’m receiving appropriate care.
I slept funny on my shoulder last Friday morning napping on the couch. I ignored the soreness and took ibuprofen until Sunday night when the pain became severe. I really didn’t want to deal with the ER so I waited until Monday morning and tried to get an urgent appointment with my PCP’s office. I was unable to, so I booked an urgent virtual care appointment with a local urgent care chain.
The nurse that saw me yesterday was awful. She rushed me and I didn’t have the opportunity to tell her I had HSD or explain it at all. I tried to tell her that I subluxed my rib a few years ago from picking up a laundry basket. She seemed to think that my shoulder pain couldn't be anything serious because I ‘just’ slept funny and told me it was a pinched nerve. She prescribed prednisone and told me to keep taking the flexeril my PCP prescribes me as a PRN. It seemed like she thought I was drug seeking, and making up how bad the pain was.
I’ve left a few messages with my PCP but it’s a very busy office and I’m not hopeful I’ll hear back today. I’m debating going to the ER tonight because I have hardly slept since Saturday night, I’m in so much pain. My wife’s friend is a PA working overnights at the Ehospital associated with my PCPs office, so I think I might get treated well there. Unfortunately it’s almost an hour away. I can’t drive safely with my shoulder the way it is, and my wife would have to stay home to watch our kid.
I’m just at a loss as to what to do next.
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I’m not asking for medical advice, I am trying to figure out how to navigate the medical system so I can be sure I’m receiving appropriate care.
I slept funny on my shoulder last Friday morning napping on the couch. I ignored the soreness and took ibuprofen until Sunday night when the pain became severe. I really didn’t want to deal with the ER so I waited until Monday morning and tried to get an urgent appointment with my PCP’s office. I was unable to, so I booked an urgent virtual care appointment with a local urgent care chain.
The nurse that saw me yesterday was awful. She rushed me and I didn’t have the opportunity to tell her I had HSD or explain it at all. I tried to tell her that I subluxed my rib a few years ago from picking up a laundry basket. She seemed to think that my shoulder pain couldn't be anything serious because I ‘just’ slept funny and told me it was a pinched nerve. She prescribed prednisone and told me to keep taking the flexeril my PCP prescribes me as a PRN. It seemed like she thought I was drug seeking, and making up how bad the pain was.
I’ve left a few messages with my PCP but it’s a very busy office and I’m not hopeful I’ll hear back today. I’m debating going to the ER tonight because I have hardly slept since Saturday night, I’m in so much pain. My wife’s friend is a PA working overnights at the Ehospital associated with my PCPs office, so I think I might get treated well there. Unfortunately it’s almost an hour away. I can’t drive safely with my shoulder the way it is, and my wife would have to stay home to watch our kid.
I’m just at a loss as to what to do next.
2024.05.21 18:09 rainethompson Scheduled Surgery Turned into Emergency Surgery
I just wanted to share my story here! I was diagnosed with three uterine fibroids earlier this year, and scheduled my hysterectomy (laparoscopic) for June 20th. My doctor put me on megestrol acetate to help control my bleeding leading up to the surgery, as it was an anemia diagnosis that put me on this path in the first place. I found this subreddit and joined with the intent of using it to help me prepare for the surgery when the date got closer.
At first all was well, but two weeks after starting the megestrol, I started bleeding *constantly*. Some days were manageable, and some days had flooding so bad I just sat on the toilet for hours. Eventually my doctor doubled my megestrol dosage, but it didn't seem to make much difference.
On April 28th, I had terribly bad constipation and just general abdominal pain. I tried to treat with gas-x and plenty of fluids, but by the evening I started passing golf-ball sized blood clots and made the call to go to the ER. My husband drove, and as we got there I ended up passing a *softball* sized clot in the parking lot.
(It turns out you get admitted to the ER pretty quickly when you show up covered in your own blood.)
I spent about two days in the hospital as they tried to figure out what was wrong. A CT scan showed far more than the three fibroids we'd known about, and an MRI eventually confirmed that they'd detached and started deteriorating. Suddenly my surgery was moved up to May 1st, and as it turned out, my uterus was now too large to be done as simply as originally planned (equivalent of a 6mo pregnancy). I was in surgery for 4.5 hours, with five little incisions above my stomach and one 5cm incision below my belly.
They kept me two more nights in the hospital, as they wanted to do a full course of IV antibiotics due to the nastiness they pulled out of me. Moving and walking was like the game QWOP - learning to move each of my limbs individually, without engaging my core muscles. I was able to void on my own within 24 hours (because I'm stubborn and desperately wanted to be home again) and discharged on May 3rd.
I spent the first two weeks post-op laid up either in bed or my armchair downstairs, taking little walks as I felt able to. It was such a relief when I was finally able to sit down or stand up without risking searing pain! They gave me oxycodone, but it didn't seem to do much more for me than the ibuprofen/tylenol combo I was prescribed, so it's mainly sat untouched. As of this week I'm sitting upright at my desk and finally able to get back to work (at home, thankfully), but I can tell it's going to be a long while yet until I'm at 100% mobility.
One thing I've struggled to find help with was how to manage my lower incision as an obese person with an apron belly. The incision is perfectly in the fold of my stomach, and I can't quite tell if that's helped me or made things worse. If anything, keeping it clean is a struggle, and having my husband to help has been an absolute godsend. But I think it's managed to keep some pressure against a spot that benefits from having some weight against it (especially since the hospital-supplied belly band was too small, sigh).
At any rate, I'm so thankful for this resource, and I hope my story can help somebody else in their own journey. <3 Wishing all of us the best!
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At first all was well, but two weeks after starting the megestrol, I started bleeding *constantly*. Some days were manageable, and some days had flooding so bad I just sat on the toilet for hours. Eventually my doctor doubled my megestrol dosage, but it didn't seem to make much difference.
On April 28th, I had terribly bad constipation and just general abdominal pain. I tried to treat with gas-x and plenty of fluids, but by the evening I started passing golf-ball sized blood clots and made the call to go to the ER. My husband drove, and as we got there I ended up passing a *softball* sized clot in the parking lot.
(It turns out you get admitted to the ER pretty quickly when you show up covered in your own blood.)
I spent about two days in the hospital as they tried to figure out what was wrong. A CT scan showed far more than the three fibroids we'd known about, and an MRI eventually confirmed that they'd detached and started deteriorating. Suddenly my surgery was moved up to May 1st, and as it turned out, my uterus was now too large to be done as simply as originally planned (equivalent of a 6mo pregnancy). I was in surgery for 4.5 hours, with five little incisions above my stomach and one 5cm incision below my belly.
They kept me two more nights in the hospital, as they wanted to do a full course of IV antibiotics due to the nastiness they pulled out of me. Moving and walking was like the game QWOP - learning to move each of my limbs individually, without engaging my core muscles. I was able to void on my own within 24 hours (because I'm stubborn and desperately wanted to be home again) and discharged on May 3rd.
I spent the first two weeks post-op laid up either in bed or my armchair downstairs, taking little walks as I felt able to. It was such a relief when I was finally able to sit down or stand up without risking searing pain! They gave me oxycodone, but it didn't seem to do much more for me than the ibuprofen/tylenol combo I was prescribed, so it's mainly sat untouched. As of this week I'm sitting upright at my desk and finally able to get back to work (at home, thankfully), but I can tell it's going to be a long while yet until I'm at 100% mobility.
One thing I've struggled to find help with was how to manage my lower incision as an obese person with an apron belly. The incision is perfectly in the fold of my stomach, and I can't quite tell if that's helped me or made things worse. If anything, keeping it clean is a struggle, and having my husband to help has been an absolute godsend. But I think it's managed to keep some pressure against a spot that benefits from having some weight against it (especially since the hospital-supplied belly band was too small, sigh).
At any rate, I'm so thankful for this resource, and I hope my story can help somebody else in their own journey. <3 Wishing all of us the best!
2024.05.21 15:07 eskarin4 Sleep issues after starting meds
We just started our five-year-old on 2.5mg Ritalin IR first thing on the morning. (I've posted about him before, we've been doing parent coaching for almost nine months and our pediatrician finally released and prescribed stimulants to supplement so we can curb his dangerous behaviors)
He's awesome when it kicks in. Fully himself, but his best version. Very kind and considerate toward his little brother. But he hasn't slept the last two nights.
The first night he woke up every hour. On the hour. The second night he didn't fall asleep until two hours after his usual bedtime (three hours after his usual 0.5mg melatonin gummy) and STILL woke up four times.
How long does this adjustment period last? We can't do the sleep deprivation for much longer, he's our oldest (of three). His behavior will quickly get worse, not better, if he's not sleeping.
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He's awesome when it kicks in. Fully himself, but his best version. Very kind and considerate toward his little brother. But he hasn't slept the last two nights.
The first night he woke up every hour. On the hour. The second night he didn't fall asleep until two hours after his usual bedtime (three hours after his usual 0.5mg melatonin gummy) and STILL woke up four times.
How long does this adjustment period last? We can't do the sleep deprivation for much longer, he's our oldest (of three). His behavior will quickly get worse, not better, if he's not sleeping.
2024.05.21 12:25 CleanPhotograph3048 How long did your pain last?
I need an idea on how long to expect the pain following my hysterectomy.
My story: I had a total hysterectomy/cystoscopy performed 5/8 due to endometriosis that decided to attach itself to various organs it didn’t belong on. It had been about three years of bleeding nonstop (this is not exaggerated-I should have taken up stock in pads) and horrible pain that no doctor believed. I saw five different obgyns before I found one who would listen to me and stay true to her word to give me a hysterectomy. Fast forward a few months and I got my surgery. They performed a cystoscopy in hospital with the hysterectomy and cleaned out my endo while inside. I was inpatient one night in the hospital to monitor pain/bleeding control. I can’t take NSAIDs so no ibuprofen for me- I am on blood thinners for a clotting disorder and history of several DVTS/pulmonary emboli.
I went home on Percocet because the norco was not controlling my pain. I used them sparingly after the first day or so home. I am not a big pain pill person. They upset my stomach & my dad was lost to substance abuse (started with script pain meds) so I avoid them like the plague. Started having signs of infection day 2 at home. Could not get past my triage nurse to get a note to my doctor. Day 5, 3rd try, after being told to take Tylenol and/or Benadryl, I ended up in my doctors office at her request. Immediately was directly readmitted to the hospital 5 days post op hysterectomy for a nasty, fast-moving infection-I said my pain was 7/10 initially but it only got worse from here. My initial liver labs were elevated so they wouldn’t allow anything with Tylenol. What does that leave? Something called roxicodone- oxy without Tylenol essentially-which gave me sleep paralysis and no pain control whatsoever. Was put on Vancomycin for the infection which then caused a systemic allergic reaction. Was given Hydroxizine to calm that down and Benadryl cream. It did not help much. Was discharged on day 10 post op, with clindamycin to take every 6 hours for 7 days for the infection. They sent home the roxicodone which I said did not help. Went home and began taking antibiotics. Had another allergic reaction, this time a full body, horrendously itchy and burning rash. Called my primary doctor and she took me off of it immediately. She sent me in Keflex. I’m allergic to amoxicillin so this should be a party as well. I have an appointment with the surgeon in three weeks. I have an appt with infectious disease this Friday. I have an appointment with GI for my liver problems (likely caused by surgery or the allergic reaction) Tuesday. I have no pain meds I can take, not even Tylenol or ibuprofen. They told me to take Benadryl and sent in a prescription for Gabapentin and told to use the Benadryl to “knock myself out”. Gabapentin isn’t working but I’m taking it anyways because I don’t know what else to do, hoping maybe it’ll build up some tiny amount of pain control in my system somehow.
I’m not on any weird registry for pain meds issues because I usually just flat out don’t take them, ever. Even when offered them. I don’t understand how this is okay.
So -here I am -2 weeks into this mess, rawdogging this hysterectomy and subsequent infection pain. I’ve been using ice packs and heat packs to do what I can, Zofran that my primary doc sent me in for extremely bad nausea (probably due to the pain), my third round of antibiotics, Benadryl for the leftover allergy rash, and I’m thinking about asking a wrestler to knock me out with a metal chair. I’m on day 13 with no pain relief in sight. I can’t sleep. I’m miserable. Please tell me the pain is going to diminish soon. Tell me what helped you with pain. 🙏
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My story: I had a total hysterectomy/cystoscopy performed 5/8 due to endometriosis that decided to attach itself to various organs it didn’t belong on. It had been about three years of bleeding nonstop (this is not exaggerated-I should have taken up stock in pads) and horrible pain that no doctor believed. I saw five different obgyns before I found one who would listen to me and stay true to her word to give me a hysterectomy. Fast forward a few months and I got my surgery. They performed a cystoscopy in hospital with the hysterectomy and cleaned out my endo while inside. I was inpatient one night in the hospital to monitor pain/bleeding control. I can’t take NSAIDs so no ibuprofen for me- I am on blood thinners for a clotting disorder and history of several DVTS/pulmonary emboli.
I went home on Percocet because the norco was not controlling my pain. I used them sparingly after the first day or so home. I am not a big pain pill person. They upset my stomach & my dad was lost to substance abuse (started with script pain meds) so I avoid them like the plague. Started having signs of infection day 2 at home. Could not get past my triage nurse to get a note to my doctor. Day 5, 3rd try, after being told to take Tylenol and/or Benadryl, I ended up in my doctors office at her request. Immediately was directly readmitted to the hospital 5 days post op hysterectomy for a nasty, fast-moving infection-I said my pain was 7/10 initially but it only got worse from here. My initial liver labs were elevated so they wouldn’t allow anything with Tylenol. What does that leave? Something called roxicodone- oxy without Tylenol essentially-which gave me sleep paralysis and no pain control whatsoever. Was put on Vancomycin for the infection which then caused a systemic allergic reaction. Was given Hydroxizine to calm that down and Benadryl cream. It did not help much. Was discharged on day 10 post op, with clindamycin to take every 6 hours for 7 days for the infection. They sent home the roxicodone which I said did not help. Went home and began taking antibiotics. Had another allergic reaction, this time a full body, horrendously itchy and burning rash. Called my primary doctor and she took me off of it immediately. She sent me in Keflex. I’m allergic to amoxicillin so this should be a party as well. I have an appointment with the surgeon in three weeks. I have an appt with infectious disease this Friday. I have an appointment with GI for my liver problems (likely caused by surgery or the allergic reaction) Tuesday. I have no pain meds I can take, not even Tylenol or ibuprofen. They told me to take Benadryl and sent in a prescription for Gabapentin and told to use the Benadryl to “knock myself out”. Gabapentin isn’t working but I’m taking it anyways because I don’t know what else to do, hoping maybe it’ll build up some tiny amount of pain control in my system somehow.
I’m not on any weird registry for pain meds issues because I usually just flat out don’t take them, ever. Even when offered them. I don’t understand how this is okay.
So -here I am -2 weeks into this mess, rawdogging this hysterectomy and subsequent infection pain. I’ve been using ice packs and heat packs to do what I can, Zofran that my primary doc sent me in for extremely bad nausea (probably due to the pain), my third round of antibiotics, Benadryl for the leftover allergy rash, and I’m thinking about asking a wrestler to knock me out with a metal chair. I’m on day 13 with no pain relief in sight. I can’t sleep. I’m miserable. Please tell me the pain is going to diminish soon. Tell me what helped you with pain. 🙏
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2024.05.21 07:04 Ok-Pianist-9729 Am I wrong for needing to go to the ER
(F20) I will try my best to keep this as short and to the point. My mom got sick a couple of weeks ago and I got sick starting 3 days ago after visiting a relatives house.
I have been struggling to breathe, gasping for air, walking even 2 steps winds me and I have to recover, coughing up mucus, throwing up, nausea, not eating, chest pain, back pain, cough, diarrhea, throat pain, headache, stomach pain, everything but a fever (as far as I'm aware. I didn't keep checking)
On Saturday I woke up literally gasping for air with 8/10 chest pain. I went to the ER and got 2 antibiotics. Had tests done and came back with pneumonia. I went home. Continued to struggle while waiting for antibiotics to kick in and I kept taking a bunch of meds my mom suggested (sudafed, mucinex, ibuprofen, Tylenol, vaporub etc) but nothing helped and she wouldn't really believe me.
I kept struggling and groaning in pain and while walking so much that my dad kept yelling at me to shut up about it and told me to get out, cussing me out and then he called out of work and told my mom he's not going to work because of me. Then I started feeling really sorry.
On Monday its been 3 days of taking antibiotics and I am still gasping for breath. I called my PCP’s Nurse hotline and she basically was threatening (not really but just very concerned) to call me an ambulance but I know that would make my mom very angry.
The nurse had me straight up give my phone to my mom to try to convince her to take me to the hospital but my mom was not having it. I'm aware and sympathetic that she is feeling sick as well, but at least she was breathing and able to sleep. I was constantly gasping for air, but since I could get out sentences sometimes she did not believe me. I eventually stopped being able to get out sentences. I seriously don't know how to get anyone to take me seriously.
She took me to the hospital very mad and frustrated and it showed and I felt more sorry and I just kept apologizing. She said that she will quit her job and that she should just quit. She started screaming and stomping. (F50) (she has PTO, I don't, so I will not be getting anything) (she also submitted my medical papers for her to miss work)
I kept telling her she doesn't have to take me and I will find someone else but she insisted but continued to keep blowing up on me.
I go and wait for about 4 hours then I come back with asthma and bronchitis with the pneumonia. I didn't know I had asthma prior. They sent me 6 medications to take.
I can now breathe currently after respiratory therapy. I'm still nauseous and in pain though.
We got home and I apologized to her, then she started yelling at me and then I cried (I always cry because I'm weak and sensitive) and then she says I need to go to a crisis center, get help, get back on my medication (I got off of it because it was messing up my body. Now I'm only just in therapy) and that my depression is ruining her mental health. I continued to cry and I called my sister then my sister told me how she's tired of hearing from us (my parents get drunk every night and they got drunk a couple nights ago and had a nasty fight and I was also targeted because my mom overheard me crying in my room because they were fighting long story)
My sister says she understands how my mom feels.
My mom denies anything that I say that she has ever said or done, even if they said or done that thing 3 seconds before. She blacks out and scares me.
I don't know how else I was supposed to get to the hospital besides calling an ambulance because she would be mad then. But I couldn't call anyone else for help (I don't have anyone) and the nurse wouldn't send me a ride because my condition was too severe I guess.
She only takes about herself and how I affect her and I feel like garbage for it.
She didn't stay with me or anything, just dropped me off and picked me up. There isn't an ER in my network that is nearby in walking distance.
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I have been struggling to breathe, gasping for air, walking even 2 steps winds me and I have to recover, coughing up mucus, throwing up, nausea, not eating, chest pain, back pain, cough, diarrhea, throat pain, headache, stomach pain, everything but a fever (as far as I'm aware. I didn't keep checking)
On Saturday I woke up literally gasping for air with 8/10 chest pain. I went to the ER and got 2 antibiotics. Had tests done and came back with pneumonia. I went home. Continued to struggle while waiting for antibiotics to kick in and I kept taking a bunch of meds my mom suggested (sudafed, mucinex, ibuprofen, Tylenol, vaporub etc) but nothing helped and she wouldn't really believe me.
I kept struggling and groaning in pain and while walking so much that my dad kept yelling at me to shut up about it and told me to get out, cussing me out and then he called out of work and told my mom he's not going to work because of me. Then I started feeling really sorry.
On Monday its been 3 days of taking antibiotics and I am still gasping for breath. I called my PCP’s Nurse hotline and she basically was threatening (not really but just very concerned) to call me an ambulance but I know that would make my mom very angry.
The nurse had me straight up give my phone to my mom to try to convince her to take me to the hospital but my mom was not having it. I'm aware and sympathetic that she is feeling sick as well, but at least she was breathing and able to sleep. I was constantly gasping for air, but since I could get out sentences sometimes she did not believe me. I eventually stopped being able to get out sentences. I seriously don't know how to get anyone to take me seriously.
She took me to the hospital very mad and frustrated and it showed and I felt more sorry and I just kept apologizing. She said that she will quit her job and that she should just quit. She started screaming and stomping. (F50) (she has PTO, I don't, so I will not be getting anything) (she also submitted my medical papers for her to miss work)
I kept telling her she doesn't have to take me and I will find someone else but she insisted but continued to keep blowing up on me.
I go and wait for about 4 hours then I come back with asthma and bronchitis with the pneumonia. I didn't know I had asthma prior. They sent me 6 medications to take.
I can now breathe currently after respiratory therapy. I'm still nauseous and in pain though.
We got home and I apologized to her, then she started yelling at me and then I cried (I always cry because I'm weak and sensitive) and then she says I need to go to a crisis center, get help, get back on my medication (I got off of it because it was messing up my body. Now I'm only just in therapy) and that my depression is ruining her mental health. I continued to cry and I called my sister then my sister told me how she's tired of hearing from us (my parents get drunk every night and they got drunk a couple nights ago and had a nasty fight and I was also targeted because my mom overheard me crying in my room because they were fighting long story)
My sister says she understands how my mom feels.
My mom denies anything that I say that she has ever said or done, even if they said or done that thing 3 seconds before. She blacks out and scares me.
I don't know how else I was supposed to get to the hospital besides calling an ambulance because she would be mad then. But I couldn't call anyone else for help (I don't have anyone) and the nurse wouldn't send me a ride because my condition was too severe I guess.
She only takes about herself and how I affect her and I feel like garbage for it.
She didn't stay with me or anything, just dropped me off and picked me up. There isn't an ER in my network that is nearby in walking distance.
2024.05.21 07:03 Ok-Pianist-9729 Am I wrong for needing a ride to the ER
(F20) I will try my best to keep this as short and to the point. My mom got sick a couple of weeks ago and I got sick starting 3 days ago after visiting a relatives house.
I have been struggling to breathe, gasping for air, walking even 2 steps winds me and I have to recover, coughing up mucus, throwing up, nausea, not eating, chest pain, back pain, cough, diarrhea, throat pain, headache, stomach pain, everything but a fever (as far as I'm aware. I didn't keep checking)
On Saturday I woke up literally gasping for air with 8/10 chest pain. I went to the ER and got 2 antibiotics. Had tests done and came back with pneumonia. I went home. Continued to struggle while waiting for antibiotics to kick in and I kept taking a bunch of meds my mom suggested (sudafed, mucinex, ibuprofen, Tylenol, vaporub etc) but nothing helped and she wouldn't really believe me.
I kept struggling and groaning in pain and while walking so much that my dad kept yelling at me to shut up about it and told me to get out, cussing me out and then he called out of work and told my mom he's not going to work because of me. Then I started feeling really sorry.
On Monday its been 3 days of taking antibiotics and I am still gasping for breath. I called my PCP’s Nurse hotline and she basically was threatening (not really but just very concerned) to call me an ambulance but I know that would make my mom very angry.
The nurse had me straight up give my phone to my mom to try to convince her to take me to the hospital but my mom was not having it. I'm aware and sympathetic that she is feeling sick as well, but at least she was breathing and able to sleep. I was constantly gasping for air, but since I could get out sentences sometimes she did not believe me. I eventually stopped being able to get out sentences. I seriously don't know how to get anyone to take me seriously.
She took me to the hospital very mad and frustrated and it showed and I felt more sorry and I just kept apologizing. She said that she will quit her job and that she should just quit. She started screaming and stomping. (F50) (she has PTO, I don't, so I will not be getting anything) (she also submitted my medical papers for her to miss work)
I kept telling her she doesn't have to take me and I will find someone else but she insisted but continued to keep blowing up on me.
I go and wait for about 4 hours then I come back with asthma and bronchitis with the pneumonia. I didn't know I had asthma prior. They sent me 6 medications to take.
I can now breathe currently after respiratory therapy. I'm still nauseous and in pain though.
We got home and I apologized to her, then she started yelling at me and then I cried (I always cry because I'm weak and sensitive) and then she says I need to go to a crisis center, get help, get back on my medication (I got off of it because it was messing up my body. Now I'm only just in therapy) and that my depression is ruining her mental health. I continued to cry and I called my sister then my sister told me how she's tired of hearing from us (my parents get drunk every night and they got drunk a couple nights ago and had a nasty fight and I was also targeted because my mom overheard me crying in my room because they were fighting long story)
My sister says she understands how my mom feels.
My mom denies anything that I say that she has ever said or done, even if they said or done that thing 3 seconds before. She blacks out and scares me.
I don't know how else I was supposed to get to the hospital besides calling an ambulance because she would be mad then. But I couldn't call anyone else for help (I don't have anyone) and the nurse wouldn't send me a ride because my condition was too severe I guess.
She only takes about herself and how I affect her and I feel like garbage for it.
She didn't stay with me or anything, just dropped me off and picked me up. There isn't an ER in my network that is nearby in walking distance.
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I have been struggling to breathe, gasping for air, walking even 2 steps winds me and I have to recover, coughing up mucus, throwing up, nausea, not eating, chest pain, back pain, cough, diarrhea, throat pain, headache, stomach pain, everything but a fever (as far as I'm aware. I didn't keep checking)
On Saturday I woke up literally gasping for air with 8/10 chest pain. I went to the ER and got 2 antibiotics. Had tests done and came back with pneumonia. I went home. Continued to struggle while waiting for antibiotics to kick in and I kept taking a bunch of meds my mom suggested (sudafed, mucinex, ibuprofen, Tylenol, vaporub etc) but nothing helped and she wouldn't really believe me.
I kept struggling and groaning in pain and while walking so much that my dad kept yelling at me to shut up about it and told me to get out, cussing me out and then he called out of work and told my mom he's not going to work because of me. Then I started feeling really sorry.
On Monday its been 3 days of taking antibiotics and I am still gasping for breath. I called my PCP’s Nurse hotline and she basically was threatening (not really but just very concerned) to call me an ambulance but I know that would make my mom very angry.
The nurse had me straight up give my phone to my mom to try to convince her to take me to the hospital but my mom was not having it. I'm aware and sympathetic that she is feeling sick as well, but at least she was breathing and able to sleep. I was constantly gasping for air, but since I could get out sentences sometimes she did not believe me. I eventually stopped being able to get out sentences. I seriously don't know how to get anyone to take me seriously.
She took me to the hospital very mad and frustrated and it showed and I felt more sorry and I just kept apologizing. She said that she will quit her job and that she should just quit. She started screaming and stomping. (F50) (she has PTO, I don't, so I will not be getting anything) (she also submitted my medical papers for her to miss work)
I kept telling her she doesn't have to take me and I will find someone else but she insisted but continued to keep blowing up on me.
I go and wait for about 4 hours then I come back with asthma and bronchitis with the pneumonia. I didn't know I had asthma prior. They sent me 6 medications to take.
I can now breathe currently after respiratory therapy. I'm still nauseous and in pain though.
We got home and I apologized to her, then she started yelling at me and then I cried (I always cry because I'm weak and sensitive) and then she says I need to go to a crisis center, get help, get back on my medication (I got off of it because it was messing up my body. Now I'm only just in therapy) and that my depression is ruining her mental health. I continued to cry and I called my sister then my sister told me how she's tired of hearing from us (my parents get drunk every night and they got drunk a couple nights ago and had a nasty fight and I was also targeted because my mom overheard me crying in my room because they were fighting long story)
My sister says she understands how my mom feels.
My mom denies anything that I say that she has ever said or done, even if they said or done that thing 3 seconds before. She blacks out and scares me.
I don't know how else I was supposed to get to the hospital besides calling an ambulance because she would be mad then. But I couldn't call anyone else for help (I don't have anyone) and the nurse wouldn't send me a ride because my condition was too severe I guess.
She only takes about herself and how I affect her and I feel like garbage for it.
She didn't stay with me or anything, just dropped me off and picked me up. There isn't an ER in my network that is nearby in walking distance.
2024.05.21 06:55 Ok-Pianist-9729 Am I the A Hole for needing a ride to the ER
(F20) I will try my best to keep this as short and to the point. My mom got sick a couple of weeks ago and I got sick starting 3 days ago after visiting a relatives house.
I have been struggling to breathe, gasping for air, walking even 2 steps winds me and I have to recover, coughing up mucus, throwing up, nausea, not eating, chest pain, back pain, cough, diarrhea, throat pain, headache, stomach pain, everything but a fever (as far as I'm aware. I didn't keep checking)
On Saturday I woke up literally gasping for air with 8/10 chest pain. I went to the ER and got 2 antibiotics. Had tests done and came back with pneumonia. I went home. Continued to struggle while waiting for antibiotics to kick in and I kept taking a bunch of meds my mom suggested (sudafed, mucinex, ibuprofen, Tylenol, vaporub etc) but nothing helped and she wouldn't really believe me.
I kept struggling and groaning in pain and while walking so much that my dad kept yelling at me to shut up about it and told me to get out, cussing me out and then he called out of work and told my mom he's not going to work because of me. Then I started feeling really sorry.
On Monday its been 3 days of taking antibiotics and I am still gasping for breath. I called my PCP’s Nurse hotline and she basically was threatening (not really but just very concerned) to call me an ambulance but I know that would make my mom very angry.
The nurse had me straight up give my phone to my mom to try to convince her to take me to the hospital but my mom was not having it. I'm aware and sympathetic that she is feeling sick as well, but at least she was breathing and able to sleep. I was constantly gasping for air, but since I could get out sentences sometimes she did not believe me. I eventually stopped being able to get out sentences. I seriously don't know how to get anyone to take me seriously.
She took me to the hospital very mad and frustrated and it showed and I felt more sorry and I just kept apologizing. She said that she will quit her job and that she should just quit. She started screaming and stomping. (F50) (she has PTO, I don't, so I will not be getting anything) (she also submitted my medical papers for her to miss work)
I kept telling her she doesn't have to take me and I will find someone else but she insisted but continued to keep blowing up on me.
I go and wait for about 4 hours then I come back with asthma and bronchitis with the pneumonia. I didn't know I had asthma prior. They sent me 6 medications to take.
I can now breathe currently after respiratory therapy. I'm still nauseous and in pain though.
We got home and I apologized to her, then she started yelling at me and then I cried (I always cry because I'm weak and sensitive) and then she says I need to go to a crisis center, get help, get back on my medication (I got off of it because it was messing up my body. Now I'm only just in therapy) and that my depression is ruining her mental health. I continued to cry and I called my sister then my sister told me how she's tired of hearing from us (my parents get drunk every night and they got drunk a couple nights ago and had a nasty fight and I was also targeted because my mom overheard me crying in my room because they were fighting long story)
My sister says she understands how my mom feels.
My mom denies anything that I say that she has ever said or done, even if they said or done that thing 3 seconds before. She blacks out and scares me.
I don't know how else I was supposed to get to the hospital besides calling an ambulance because she would be mad then. But I couldn't call anyone else for help (I don't have anyone) and the nurse wouldn't send me a ride because my condition was too severe I guess.
She only takes about herself and how I affect her and I feel like garbage for it.
She didn't stay with me or anything, just dropped me off and picked me up. There isn't an ER in my network that is nearby in walking distance.
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I have been struggling to breathe, gasping for air, walking even 2 steps winds me and I have to recover, coughing up mucus, throwing up, nausea, not eating, chest pain, back pain, cough, diarrhea, throat pain, headache, stomach pain, everything but a fever (as far as I'm aware. I didn't keep checking)
On Saturday I woke up literally gasping for air with 8/10 chest pain. I went to the ER and got 2 antibiotics. Had tests done and came back with pneumonia. I went home. Continued to struggle while waiting for antibiotics to kick in and I kept taking a bunch of meds my mom suggested (sudafed, mucinex, ibuprofen, Tylenol, vaporub etc) but nothing helped and she wouldn't really believe me.
I kept struggling and groaning in pain and while walking so much that my dad kept yelling at me to shut up about it and told me to get out, cussing me out and then he called out of work and told my mom he's not going to work because of me. Then I started feeling really sorry.
On Monday its been 3 days of taking antibiotics and I am still gasping for breath. I called my PCP’s Nurse hotline and she basically was threatening (not really but just very concerned) to call me an ambulance but I know that would make my mom very angry.
The nurse had me straight up give my phone to my mom to try to convince her to take me to the hospital but my mom was not having it. I'm aware and sympathetic that she is feeling sick as well, but at least she was breathing and able to sleep. I was constantly gasping for air, but since I could get out sentences sometimes she did not believe me. I eventually stopped being able to get out sentences. I seriously don't know how to get anyone to take me seriously.
She took me to the hospital very mad and frustrated and it showed and I felt more sorry and I just kept apologizing. She said that she will quit her job and that she should just quit. She started screaming and stomping. (F50) (she has PTO, I don't, so I will not be getting anything) (she also submitted my medical papers for her to miss work)
I kept telling her she doesn't have to take me and I will find someone else but she insisted but continued to keep blowing up on me.
I go and wait for about 4 hours then I come back with asthma and bronchitis with the pneumonia. I didn't know I had asthma prior. They sent me 6 medications to take.
I can now breathe currently after respiratory therapy. I'm still nauseous and in pain though.
We got home and I apologized to her, then she started yelling at me and then I cried (I always cry because I'm weak and sensitive) and then she says I need to go to a crisis center, get help, get back on my medication (I got off of it because it was messing up my body. Now I'm only just in therapy) and that my depression is ruining her mental health. I continued to cry and I called my sister then my sister told me how she's tired of hearing from us (my parents get drunk every night and they got drunk a couple nights ago and had a nasty fight and I was also targeted because my mom overheard me crying in my room because they were fighting long story)
My sister says she understands how my mom feels.
My mom denies anything that I say that she has ever said or done, even if they said or done that thing 3 seconds before. She blacks out and scares me.
I don't know how else I was supposed to get to the hospital besides calling an ambulance because she would be mad then. But I couldn't call anyone else for help (I don't have anyone) and the nurse wouldn't send me a ride because my condition was too severe I guess.
She only takes about herself and how I affect her and I feel like garbage for it.
She didn't stay with me or anything, just dropped me off and picked me up. There isn't an ER in my network that is nearby in walking distance.
2024.05.21 06:47 Ok-Pianist-9729 Am I wrong for needing a ride to the ER?
(F20) I will try my best to keep this as short and to the point. My mom got sick a couple of weeks ago and I got sick starting 3 days ago after visiting a relatives house.
I have been struggling to breathe, gasping for air, walking even 2 steps winds me and I have to recover, coughing up mucus, throwing up, nausea, not eating, chest pain, back pain, cough, diarrhea, throat pain, headache, stomach pain, everything but a fever (as far as I'm aware. I didn't keep checking)
On Saturday I woke up literally gasping for air with 8/10 chest pain. I went to the ER and got 2 antibiotics. Had tests done and came back with pneumonia. I went home. Continued to struggle while waiting for antibiotics to kick in and I kept taking a bunch of meds my mom suggested (sudafed, mucinex, ibuprofen, Tylenol, vaporub etc) but nothing helped and she wouldn't really believe me.
I kept struggling and groaning in pain and while walking so much that my dad kept yelling at me to shut up about it and told me to get out, cussing me out and then he called out of work and told my mom he's not going to work because of me. Then I started feeling really sorry.
On Monday its been 3 days of taking antibiotics and I am still gasping for breath. I called my PCP’s Nurse hotline and she basically was threatening (not really but just very concerned) to call me an ambulance but I know that would make my mom very angry.
The nurse had me straight up give my phone to my mom to try to convince her to take me to the hospital but my mom was not having it. I'm aware and sympathetic that she is feeling sick as well, but at least she was breathing and able to sleep. I was constantly gasping for air, but since I could get out sentences sometimes she did not believe me. I eventually stopped being able to get out sentences. I seriously don't know how to get anyone to take me seriously.
She took me to the hospital very mad and frustrated and it showed and I felt more sorry and I just kept apologizing. She said that she will quit her job and that she should just quit. She started screaming and stomping. (F50) (she has PTO, I don't, so I will not be getting anything) (she also submitted my medical papers for her to miss work)
I kept telling her she doesn't have to take me and I will find someone else but she insisted but continued to keep blowing up on me.
I go and wait for about 4 hours then I come back with asthma and bronchitis with the pneumonia. I didn't know I had asthma prior. They sent me 6 medications to take.
I can now breathe currently after respiratory therapy. I'm still nauseous and in pain though.
We got home and I apologized to her, then she started yelling at me and then I cried (I always cry because I'm weak and sensitive) and then she says I need to go to a crisis center, get help, get back on my medication (I got off of it because it was messing up my body. Now I'm only just in therapy) and that my depression is ruining her mental health. I continued to cry and I called my sister then my sister told me how she's tired of hearing from us (my parents get drunk every night and they got drunk a couple nights ago and had a nasty fight and I was also targeted because my mom overheard me crying in my room because they were fighting long story)
My sister says she understands how my mom feels.
My mom denies anything that I say that she has ever said or done, even if they said or done that thing 3 seconds before. She blacks out and scares me.
I don't know how else I was supposed to get to the hospital besides calling an ambulance because she would be mad then. But I couldn't call anyone else for help (I don't have anyone) and the nurse wouldn't send me a ride because my condition was too severe I guess.
She only takes about herself and how I affect her and I feel like garbage for it.
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I have been struggling to breathe, gasping for air, walking even 2 steps winds me and I have to recover, coughing up mucus, throwing up, nausea, not eating, chest pain, back pain, cough, diarrhea, throat pain, headache, stomach pain, everything but a fever (as far as I'm aware. I didn't keep checking)
On Saturday I woke up literally gasping for air with 8/10 chest pain. I went to the ER and got 2 antibiotics. Had tests done and came back with pneumonia. I went home. Continued to struggle while waiting for antibiotics to kick in and I kept taking a bunch of meds my mom suggested (sudafed, mucinex, ibuprofen, Tylenol, vaporub etc) but nothing helped and she wouldn't really believe me.
I kept struggling and groaning in pain and while walking so much that my dad kept yelling at me to shut up about it and told me to get out, cussing me out and then he called out of work and told my mom he's not going to work because of me. Then I started feeling really sorry.
On Monday its been 3 days of taking antibiotics and I am still gasping for breath. I called my PCP’s Nurse hotline and she basically was threatening (not really but just very concerned) to call me an ambulance but I know that would make my mom very angry.
The nurse had me straight up give my phone to my mom to try to convince her to take me to the hospital but my mom was not having it. I'm aware and sympathetic that she is feeling sick as well, but at least she was breathing and able to sleep. I was constantly gasping for air, but since I could get out sentences sometimes she did not believe me. I eventually stopped being able to get out sentences. I seriously don't know how to get anyone to take me seriously.
She took me to the hospital very mad and frustrated and it showed and I felt more sorry and I just kept apologizing. She said that she will quit her job and that she should just quit. She started screaming and stomping. (F50) (she has PTO, I don't, so I will not be getting anything) (she also submitted my medical papers for her to miss work)
I kept telling her she doesn't have to take me and I will find someone else but she insisted but continued to keep blowing up on me.
I go and wait for about 4 hours then I come back with asthma and bronchitis with the pneumonia. I didn't know I had asthma prior. They sent me 6 medications to take.
I can now breathe currently after respiratory therapy. I'm still nauseous and in pain though.
We got home and I apologized to her, then she started yelling at me and then I cried (I always cry because I'm weak and sensitive) and then she says I need to go to a crisis center, get help, get back on my medication (I got off of it because it was messing up my body. Now I'm only just in therapy) and that my depression is ruining her mental health. I continued to cry and I called my sister then my sister told me how she's tired of hearing from us (my parents get drunk every night and they got drunk a couple nights ago and had a nasty fight and I was also targeted because my mom overheard me crying in my room because they were fighting long story)
My sister says she understands how my mom feels.
My mom denies anything that I say that she has ever said or done, even if they said or done that thing 3 seconds before. She blacks out and scares me.
I don't know how else I was supposed to get to the hospital besides calling an ambulance because she would be mad then. But I couldn't call anyone else for help (I don't have anyone) and the nurse wouldn't send me a ride because my condition was too severe I guess.
She only takes about herself and how I affect her and I feel like garbage for it.
2024.05.21 02:21 Logical_Poem_9642 For those of you who experienced cramps in early pregnancy, How did or do you cope with it?
I am 4 weeks 1 day today, OB nurse said baby should be A - OKAY and that this amount of cramping is “normal”
But how the HECK do I cope with this? I have not had cramps this bad since I was a teenager. It is almost impossible to get comfortable or anything done and ibuprofen and tylenol are as effective as popping a tic tac, the pain is strong enough to wake me up at night and I’m lucky if I can sleep an hour before waking up in pain and/or having to pee again. I am so, so grateful to be pregnant but am absolutely miserable and I know this is going to get worse, I struggled so much trying to work today through the pain, any advice is greatly appreciated.
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But how the HECK do I cope with this? I have not had cramps this bad since I was a teenager. It is almost impossible to get comfortable or anything done and ibuprofen and tylenol are as effective as popping a tic tac, the pain is strong enough to wake me up at night and I’m lucky if I can sleep an hour before waking up in pain and/or having to pee again. I am so, so grateful to be pregnant but am absolutely miserable and I know this is going to get worse, I struggled so much trying to work today through the pain, any advice is greatly appreciated.
2024.05.21 00:53 SystemOfASapato How to ask for an increase in my medication's dosage
I recently got prescribed Elvanse 30mg. I have a very big history of amphetamine abuse/addiction, which my doctor knows about. I am now doing a lot better regarding that and actually, one of the reasons my doctor prescribed me the elvanse is because I told her that current I pretty much only use amphetamines in very small doses when I need to study for my exams or get something done. I feel like I have a decent tolerance to the drug due to how much I have abused it, and I really believe the 30mg aren't doing it for me, but I don't want my doctor to think that I am trying to abuse the medication and stop giving me the meds (This is the first time I have been diagnosed with add, yes it happened very late, and this medication has truly changed my life for the better) or to switch me to something like Ritalin, which I've heard makes you feel really numb and robotic and doesn't sound really appealing.
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2024.05.21 00:37 HugZBatman16 Post-medication realisation
Background: Had a trial of vyvanse 20mg, bp went up too much (suspicious that I took a bp incorrectly though, didn’t know there were all these rules to taking bp i.e not eating 30 min before). Moved to ritalin 5 mg. Definitely not enough, will try to go up to 10.
During the period of time between Vyvanse and Ritalin, I had an interesting, but pretty obvious realisation. I realised how much my adhd brain played tricks on me, making me think people hated me based on a few subconscious gestures, or that no one really cares about you as much as you think they do. Its like I have a had a peek through the other side of the door; I have visited the other side of the spectrum.
After this experience, being unmedicated makes the adhd feel more like an affliction. All of the negative feelings while unmedicated I can attribute to just being emotionally dysregulated. Being on medication, and then coming off it, basically confirmed the adhd diagnosis. I’m quite open minded about mental health e.g adhd might just be high anxiety, or depression, or both - but I also understand the comorbid aspect. However, I can definitely say that I got it. The way I explain it to people is that if you took away the anxiety and depression aspects, and you threw me onto a farm to see how I behaved, lets just say that things wouldn’t go too well haha.
It also made me realise that no matter how much CBT, or sleep routines etc etc that I have tried and failed over the years will ever ‘cure’ me. It made me realise how important medication is for ADHD, despite peoples stigma against. I honestly can’t keep seeing myself as this thing to fix, but rather, I have to accept the condition and find a way to make it work with the medication to live a life where I can sustain important habits e.g remembering to do your taxes, brushing teeth.
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During the period of time between Vyvanse and Ritalin, I had an interesting, but pretty obvious realisation. I realised how much my adhd brain played tricks on me, making me think people hated me based on a few subconscious gestures, or that no one really cares about you as much as you think they do. Its like I have a had a peek through the other side of the door; I have visited the other side of the spectrum.
After this experience, being unmedicated makes the adhd feel more like an affliction. All of the negative feelings while unmedicated I can attribute to just being emotionally dysregulated. Being on medication, and then coming off it, basically confirmed the adhd diagnosis. I’m quite open minded about mental health e.g adhd might just be high anxiety, or depression, or both - but I also understand the comorbid aspect. However, I can definitely say that I got it. The way I explain it to people is that if you took away the anxiety and depression aspects, and you threw me onto a farm to see how I behaved, lets just say that things wouldn’t go too well haha.
It also made me realise that no matter how much CBT, or sleep routines etc etc that I have tried and failed over the years will ever ‘cure’ me. It made me realise how important medication is for ADHD, despite peoples stigma against. I honestly can’t keep seeing myself as this thing to fix, but rather, I have to accept the condition and find a way to make it work with the medication to live a life where I can sustain important habits e.g remembering to do your taxes, brushing teeth.
2024.05.20 23:53 humanitarianWarlord A couple questions about Codeine extraction from pills
As the title suggests, I'm trying to extract codeine from two 24 packs of nurofen plus.
Each pill contains 12.8mg of codeine and 200mg of ibuprofen so expected yield is 614.4mg.
I'm planning on just doing a cold water extraction but I want to go a step further and end up with crystals.
I couldn't find much browsing the usual codeine subs, most seem to just drink it the liquid.
I assume I can just evap it for a while, but I assume this won't leave me with nice crystals or anything due to impurities. So if I wanted to crystalize it how would yall reccomend I go about it?
I know it's a little bit overkill but I've got a bit of OCD when it comes to substances I'm planning on ingesting.
I've extracted DMT a few times so I'm somewhat experienced with doing extractions, just not with OTC pharmaceuticals.
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Each pill contains 12.8mg of codeine and 200mg of ibuprofen so expected yield is 614.4mg.
I'm planning on just doing a cold water extraction but I want to go a step further and end up with crystals.
I couldn't find much browsing the usual codeine subs, most seem to just drink it the liquid.
I assume I can just evap it for a while, but I assume this won't leave me with nice crystals or anything due to impurities. So if I wanted to crystalize it how would yall reccomend I go about it?
I know it's a little bit overkill but I've got a bit of OCD when it comes to substances I'm planning on ingesting.
I've extracted DMT a few times so I'm somewhat experienced with doing extractions, just not with OTC pharmaceuticals.
2024.05.20 23:00 Fine_Chip2160 Too many medications?
I have been on a wide variety of psych medications in the past four years. I have tried most SSRIs, SNRIs, mood stabilizers and antipsychotics at this point. It has been a struggle to find any medication that really makes a difference on my low energy and depressive mood/anxiety. I was diagnosed with ADHD months back. I am seeing a PMHNP at the moment, but I am starting to feel as though she is very quick to add on medications. My daily medications at the moment are lamotrogine 150mg, ritalin 20mg, and bupropion 150mg. She has added in gabapentin 200mg for "as needed". I actually had stopped all of my medications back in December hoping to help my situation, as before I was taking desvenlafaxine, buspar, abilify, and the ritalin. We had to start medications back up due to me having a complete mental breakdown. Originally I took just the ritalin, which I didn't see much benefit from. Since then, we've added on the lamotrogine, didn't see a huge difference, then added the bupropion. My mood has been much better lately, but I have been experiencing extremely low appetite and frequent nausea spells. After my appointment today, I weighed in at 100 pounds. I have always been on the skinnier side but even this was really low for me at 5'4. She added on mirtazapine, I am not certain what dosage.
My side effects from these medications is starting to take a toll on me, and I find that I have to take multiple other as needed medications on top of the medications I already take daily. My anxiety has been much worse than usual, so I have been taking multiple 10mg propanalols and gabapentin before work just to try and make myself calm down. My stomach bothers me so often that I take dramamine to help or when I'm worried about something triggering a vomiting episode. I can't eat during the day, I'll take a few bites of something but I just don't feel the reason to continue eating. The only time I can eat a decent amount is at night. All of this is bothering me, but at the same time I feel like I can't change anything because I don't think about killing myself anymore and I do have more energy and get things done during the day.
There has got to be a way I can manage my depression without taking 4 different medications daily, not to mention a bunch of others because of the side effects. I saw a psychiatrist a few years ago, but had to switch when he changed practices. He kept me on max three medications at once and I felt as though he was more mindful about how much and what he was prescribing. Would it be beneficial for me to see a psychiatrist at least as a second opinion in this case? I've become exhausted with trying so many medications to see what helps, I wish that a doctor could look at my history and what I've taken and what hasn't worked for me and just make some sort of connection that could lead to me just taking one or two medications. I've tried atleast over 20 medications in four years. I can't pick out any of the medications I've taken and say "that one really made a difference". Everyone is telling me I just need to stop taking medications, but I know it is going to be difficult for me especially given what happened the last time I quit. I am just so lost in my situation and I don't even know what steps to take to change any of this. If there is any advice that can be given, I'd appreciate it all.
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My side effects from these medications is starting to take a toll on me, and I find that I have to take multiple other as needed medications on top of the medications I already take daily. My anxiety has been much worse than usual, so I have been taking multiple 10mg propanalols and gabapentin before work just to try and make myself calm down. My stomach bothers me so often that I take dramamine to help or when I'm worried about something triggering a vomiting episode. I can't eat during the day, I'll take a few bites of something but I just don't feel the reason to continue eating. The only time I can eat a decent amount is at night. All of this is bothering me, but at the same time I feel like I can't change anything because I don't think about killing myself anymore and I do have more energy and get things done during the day.
There has got to be a way I can manage my depression without taking 4 different medications daily, not to mention a bunch of others because of the side effects. I saw a psychiatrist a few years ago, but had to switch when he changed practices. He kept me on max three medications at once and I felt as though he was more mindful about how much and what he was prescribing. Would it be beneficial for me to see a psychiatrist at least as a second opinion in this case? I've become exhausted with trying so many medications to see what helps, I wish that a doctor could look at my history and what I've taken and what hasn't worked for me and just make some sort of connection that could lead to me just taking one or two medications. I've tried atleast over 20 medications in four years. I can't pick out any of the medications I've taken and say "that one really made a difference". Everyone is telling me I just need to stop taking medications, but I know it is going to be difficult for me especially given what happened the last time I quit. I am just so lost in my situation and I don't even know what steps to take to change any of this. If there is any advice that can be given, I'd appreciate it all.
2024.05.20 22:09 iiamuntuii Maybe controversial, but my experience with NUCCA so far.
So, it was on this sub that I first read about NUCCA, and it was after getting a CINE MRI that showed nothing unusual, so I was feeling really hopeless and willing to try, literally, anything.
I had two back to back NUCCA appointments the first day, which took four hours. I have never had any health care provider be so thorough. He took of bunch of imaging, did some tests, and then did an adjustment at the end.
First of all, he showed me the misalignment in my cervical spine - it pulls to the left, and explained how that was tugging and pulling on certain areas, MOST INTERESTINGLY, he confirmed that I do have low-lying tonsils AND that the amount of tension in my neck could have actually caused them, putting so much downward pressure on my spine and skull that it tugged them downward. He also pieced together some of my other symptoms that no doctor or specialist, ever, has been able to explain in a way that made complete sense.
After the first adjustment, I had some of the side effects he had mentioned like sore muscles and a headache at the base of the skull, but, unfortunately, I started my cycle immediately after the appointment which always gives me insane migraines and neck pain, so I didn’t notice a difference otherwise.
Hoooowever. I went back a week later for a second appointment, and after some tests he told me my posture was 70% better than the first time I came in. He did another adjustment (if you don’t know anything about NUCCA, you just lie on your side and they very gently poke your neck. I have no clue how this shit works).
Almost immediately after the appointment, I could tell I was in less pain. Fast forward a week, and I realized that I hadn’t had to take pain meds that week. At all. Fast forward another week, and it’s now been 14 days since I’ve had to take ANY pain medication. I used to have migraines every single day. I have not had a single one.
I still have to move positions frequently and have some non-pain symptoms that can be disabling, but for contrast, even when I was on a preventative migraine med that worked really, really well, I was still taking excedrin or a prescription abortive med at least every other day, often every day. I absolutely can’t fathom that I haven’t even had to take ibuprofen for two weeks now.
Now, let me preface this by saying, I have no clue how well this would help with Chiari-caused symptoms. But I wanted to share this here because I know EDS, cranial-cervical instability, and neck/head trauma are often co-occurring and can exacerbate Chiari symptoms.
I have an old whiplash injury, cervical kyphosis, two bulging discs, low-lying tonsils, and hypermobility/lose ligaments in my neck, and I honestly can’t believe two sessions has minimized my pain so drastically for these two weeks.
I am not trying to give medical advice, but I do want to share my experience here because even though NUCCA clearly can’t cure Chiari, if you have co-morbidities specifically around your neck and head… maybe it could be kind of miraculous for you too.
Unfortunately, I live in a rural area so I have to drive five hours there and back for every appointment, and beforehand I was sure that I’d make an effort to go maybe once a month, likely every two months. Now, I’m digging through my network to see if there is a way I can stay in the city for a week at a time and get more frequent treatments. Because if two sessions helped this much, what could regular sessions do?? I’m really blown away tbh.
A final note to add that I read some stories on Reddit about really sketchy, skammy NUCCA practices. I have no doubt they exist, so if you ever do consider going, I recommend checking out the directory at www.nucca.org, always read the reviews of the business (even do a Google search to find websites with 3rd party reviews) and Google the chiropractobusiness name and click the “News” search option, just to make sure they’re not doing anything sketchy.
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I had two back to back NUCCA appointments the first day, which took four hours. I have never had any health care provider be so thorough. He took of bunch of imaging, did some tests, and then did an adjustment at the end.
First of all, he showed me the misalignment in my cervical spine - it pulls to the left, and explained how that was tugging and pulling on certain areas, MOST INTERESTINGLY, he confirmed that I do have low-lying tonsils AND that the amount of tension in my neck could have actually caused them, putting so much downward pressure on my spine and skull that it tugged them downward. He also pieced together some of my other symptoms that no doctor or specialist, ever, has been able to explain in a way that made complete sense.
After the first adjustment, I had some of the side effects he had mentioned like sore muscles and a headache at the base of the skull, but, unfortunately, I started my cycle immediately after the appointment which always gives me insane migraines and neck pain, so I didn’t notice a difference otherwise.
Hoooowever. I went back a week later for a second appointment, and after some tests he told me my posture was 70% better than the first time I came in. He did another adjustment (if you don’t know anything about NUCCA, you just lie on your side and they very gently poke your neck. I have no clue how this shit works).
Almost immediately after the appointment, I could tell I was in less pain. Fast forward a week, and I realized that I hadn’t had to take pain meds that week. At all. Fast forward another week, and it’s now been 14 days since I’ve had to take ANY pain medication. I used to have migraines every single day. I have not had a single one.
I still have to move positions frequently and have some non-pain symptoms that can be disabling, but for contrast, even when I was on a preventative migraine med that worked really, really well, I was still taking excedrin or a prescription abortive med at least every other day, often every day. I absolutely can’t fathom that I haven’t even had to take ibuprofen for two weeks now.
Now, let me preface this by saying, I have no clue how well this would help with Chiari-caused symptoms. But I wanted to share this here because I know EDS, cranial-cervical instability, and neck/head trauma are often co-occurring and can exacerbate Chiari symptoms.
I have an old whiplash injury, cervical kyphosis, two bulging discs, low-lying tonsils, and hypermobility/lose ligaments in my neck, and I honestly can’t believe two sessions has minimized my pain so drastically for these two weeks.
I am not trying to give medical advice, but I do want to share my experience here because even though NUCCA clearly can’t cure Chiari, if you have co-morbidities specifically around your neck and head… maybe it could be kind of miraculous for you too.
Unfortunately, I live in a rural area so I have to drive five hours there and back for every appointment, and beforehand I was sure that I’d make an effort to go maybe once a month, likely every two months. Now, I’m digging through my network to see if there is a way I can stay in the city for a week at a time and get more frequent treatments. Because if two sessions helped this much, what could regular sessions do?? I’m really blown away tbh.
A final note to add that I read some stories on Reddit about really sketchy, skammy NUCCA practices. I have no doubt they exist, so if you ever do consider going, I recommend checking out the directory at www.nucca.org, always read the reviews of the business (even do a Google search to find websites with 3rd party reviews) and Google the chiropractobusiness name and click the “News” search option, just to make sure they’re not doing anything sketchy.
2024.05.20 21:33 CompanySubstantial68 Hysteroscopy experience
Hi everyone, the nightmare continues for me and I wonder if someone can share their experience with hysteroscopy and hopefully calm my nerves.
I tfmr'd for T21 in February and about 2 weeks ago I had an ultrasound and confirmed RPOC. I took misoprostol and hoped that was it... However, it seems there is still some RPOC left ("shadows" on the ultrasound according to my doctor). She sent me to have a hysteroscopy next week. And if anything is still there, they will remove it.
Now the part that terrifies me, there will be no anaesthetics. They told me to take ibuprofen before. I'm really really scared. Is it standard procedure to do this procedure with no anaesthetics? How much pain should I expect?
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I tfmr'd for T21 in February and about 2 weeks ago I had an ultrasound and confirmed RPOC. I took misoprostol and hoped that was it... However, it seems there is still some RPOC left ("shadows" on the ultrasound according to my doctor). She sent me to have a hysteroscopy next week. And if anything is still there, they will remove it.
Now the part that terrifies me, there will be no anaesthetics. They told me to take ibuprofen before. I'm really really scared. Is it standard procedure to do this procedure with no anaesthetics? How much pain should I expect?
2024.05.20 19:57 bakedbaguette42 Qelbree diary with updates
I've seen a lot of people ask about any positive experiences with Q. here's a detailed post from a year ago from my previous account with one of those automated usernames
OP: https://www.reddit.com/qelbree/comments/13ej5ck/qelbree_diary_woo/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
[copy pasted here too]
Yes, I am writing this at 4am bc of qelbree insomnia
context: 30F, combined type ADHD + bipolar 2. currently on a gap year career wise in the medical field, which made it easier to deal with side effects. Have tried adderall (increased irritability, barely helped with focus, stopped after a month). Ritalin, guanfacine, clonidine, and strattera did nothing, but I also had no side effects.
slowly titrated up because I'm pretty sensitive to new medications. On 400mg and moving to 500mg today, the positives are definitely worth it. Waited until the side effects calmed down before titrating up each time. also switching mood stabilizers throughout this ordeal.
Update: on day 4 of 500mg and just really angry, so staying on 400mg
-dry mouth finally significantly better 4 months later (june) -insomnia still sucks, started taking Doxepin for sleep due to potential interactions with other medications I take. Started at 10mg (less than starting dose), moved up to 20 pretty quick, and now that's starting to not be very effective unless im deadddd tired so will probably move to 30 sometime soon.
Qelbree 100mg/ February:
200mg/ March
-loss of appetite continues, lost 10lb in total. Had to look up eating/food strategies people on stimulants use because I was getting lightheaded from eating very little from not recognizing hunger cues
300mg/ April
TLDR lots of side effects for months but totally worth it because my brain doesn't feel so broken woo. Hope this helps someone!
1 year 3 months after starting qelbree the difference is night and day, I can actually function and DO THINGS without being 500% exhausted.
-Still on 400mg. Take it at night (w/o food even!) bc I get this weird reaction if I have caffeine within ~45mins of taking it. I get dizzy and fall asleep immediately for half an hour, but caffeine in general makes me sleepy and Q apparently exaggerates the effect it has on you. So checks out.
-side effects: dry mouth isn't bad, just use the mouthwash in the morning. insomnia still there, have to take doxepin 30mg or can't sleep. I eat less, probs I'm using less brain power on small things.
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OP: https://www.reddit.com/qelbree/comments/13ej5ck/qelbree_diary_woo/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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Yes, I am writing this at 4am bc of qelbree insomnia
context: 30F, combined type ADHD + bipolar 2. currently on a gap year career wise in the medical field, which made it easier to deal with side effects. Have tried adderall (increased irritability, barely helped with focus, stopped after a month). Ritalin, guanfacine, clonidine, and strattera did nothing, but I also had no side effects.
slowly titrated up because I'm pretty sensitive to new medications. On 400mg and moving to 500mg today, the positives are definitely worth it. Waited until the side effects calmed down before titrating up each time. also switching mood stabilizers throughout this ordeal.
Update: on day 4 of 500mg and just really angry, so staying on 400mg
-dry mouth finally significantly better 4 months later (june) -insomnia still sucks, started taking Doxepin for sleep due to potential interactions with other medications I take. Started at 10mg (less than starting dose), moved up to 20 pretty quick, and now that's starting to not be very effective unless im deadddd tired so will probably move to 30 sometime soon.
Qelbree 100mg/ February:
- so much nausea. Dear God. wish I knew to take it with meals!
- dehydration even though I drink so much water??
- insomnia wasn't much of an issue
- fatigue lasted about 2 weeks? exhausting but you'll get through it
- increased irritability the first 2 weeks
200mg/ March
- increased irritability for 10-14 days after increasing dose. clonidine and guanfacine are used for kids, mostly for impulsivity and hyperactive kids, and they're preferred over stimulants for them. no studies of it showing changes in adults. psych said don't bother adding it but i've read it helps some people on here. didn't help me when i gave it a go 5 years ago
- insomnia kicked in mid-March. awake roughly 2-7am. Even if I took 10mg melatonin vs 5mg it had the same effect.
- didn;t see much of an improvement, like maybe 10%
- no more nausea, fatigue, but dry mouth started.
-loss of appetite continues, lost 10lb in total. Had to look up eating/food strategies people on stimulants use because I was getting lightheaded from eating very little from not recognizing hunger cues
300mg/ April
- increased irritability for 10-14 days after increasing dose.
- insomnia still kicking my butt. I wake up exactly 2 hours after falling asleep, generally 2:30-7:30am I'm awake. and so focused it's so strange. I sleep maybe 5 hours daily? previously would've never survived on that.
- vivid dreams started
- dry mouth still an issue- tried xylitol mints which help for a bit
- seeing real improvement, excited for 400mg
- increased irritability for 3-5 days after increasing dose, but went away really quickly
- the vivid dreams are to the point where sometimes idk if I'm sleeping or awake
- insomnia has started to calm down after 2 weeks of 400mg and split dosing. Initially still got up 2 hours after going to sleep, but now I sometimes get a solid 4-5 hours of sleep and it is life changing
- dry mouth is intense. I use biotene toothpaste, doesn't help much. Xylitol mints are a quick fix. the biotene mouthwash does actually work for a few hours! dunno how you'd incorporate that into your work day though without being noticeable :/
- iMPROVEMENTS ARE NOTICEABLE!!!! easier to start tasks, switch from one task to another, feeling more motivated after months of burnout and the qelbree irritability + insomnia package. It's only been a week or two but man the last few months of side effects were worth it. I feel like my brain is possibly functioning to the potential it has.
- sometimes the go go go/running on a motor energy has me thinking maybe this is anxiety increasing? Sort of having a hard time "relaxing" between tasks but ive never really known how to relax without losing All focus so idk
- tea/coffee normally makes me sleepy, recently tea has been making me even sleepier and the new studies about qelbree and caffeine metabolism are worth looking into
TLDR lots of side effects for months but totally worth it because my brain doesn't feel so broken woo. Hope this helps someone!
-Still on 400mg. Take it at night (w/o food even!) bc I get this weird reaction if I have caffeine within ~45mins of taking it. I get dizzy and fall asleep immediately for half an hour, but caffeine in general makes me sleepy and Q apparently exaggerates the effect it has on you. So checks out.
-side effects: dry mouth isn't bad, just use the mouthwash in the morning. insomnia still there, have to take doxepin 30mg or can't sleep. I eat less, probs I'm using less brain power on small things.
2024.05.20 19:01 almondbug I give up
I just received the MRI results and the report says nothing is wrong. I am still in pain, so guess this is how it's gonna be now.
When the doctor visited me he checked for specific spots and the pain was almost unbearable. I keep having abdominal pain, even in this right moment because I am crying and I am stressed so it's showing up.
Doctor seemed pretty sure we would see something on the MRI and I will be going with this report as needed. He even said my symptoms looked like a checklist from a medical textbook. But I read the exam report and it has nothing. This has been the script for each damn thing that hurts in my body. I keep hurting but no exam no test in the world can give me a single reason why.
I spent so much money and energy trying to get some answers and here we are back at point 0.
Why does everything hurt, it's not even just the abdomen, in the past years my body feels like it's slowly dying in front on my eyes. My head, my back, my damn legs... everything is broken.
I don't have the money to keep testing and I'm pretty sure we ran out of tests at this point. That will be my last visit to any doctor. I am giving up on trying to heal and I don't need to pay a guy to tell me how to take ibuprofen.
Fuck this
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When the doctor visited me he checked for specific spots and the pain was almost unbearable. I keep having abdominal pain, even in this right moment because I am crying and I am stressed so it's showing up.
Doctor seemed pretty sure we would see something on the MRI and I will be going with this report as needed. He even said my symptoms looked like a checklist from a medical textbook. But I read the exam report and it has nothing. This has been the script for each damn thing that hurts in my body. I keep hurting but no exam no test in the world can give me a single reason why.
I spent so much money and energy trying to get some answers and here we are back at point 0.
Why does everything hurt, it's not even just the abdomen, in the past years my body feels like it's slowly dying in front on my eyes. My head, my back, my damn legs... everything is broken.
I don't have the money to keep testing and I'm pretty sure we ran out of tests at this point. That will be my last visit to any doctor. I am giving up on trying to heal and I don't need to pay a guy to tell me how to take ibuprofen.
Fuck this
2024.05.20 18:55 bainebarray Question on Switching between electrolysis and laser
Hey all, I've been doing electrolysis roughly weekly (about 25hrs total so far), since January (been on HRT for about 14 months now). I've been enjoying the results, especially it being permanent, however I'm getting impatient and sessions going back over areas that had previously been treated to pick up new growth/regrowth has been much more painful than the first time around.
I've been debating switching to laser to try and speed things up a bit especially to eliminate the remaining beard shadow, and have some questions.
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I've been debating switching to laser to try and speed things up a bit especially to eliminate the remaining beard shadow, and have some questions.
- If I do switch to laser how long should I wait between my last electro session and my first laser session?
- Can I do both at the same time? (I know for laser you typically go 4-6 weeks between sessions so is there a period within that 4-6 week period I could do electolysis to pick up the finer and lighter colored hairs?)
- Should I just try to be patient, deal with the pain and stick it out? (If so, any tips outside of stay hydrated, avoid caffeine, take some ibuprofen before hand?)
2024.05.20 17:49 Affectionate-Kiwi270 Undiagnosed auto immune disorder?
I 24f am 2 years into what we originally thought was musculoskeletal damage from multiple accidents and child birth, but we are now thinking this is auto immune.
Symptoms:
Head: migraines, oral ulcers (red with white edges sometimes circular sometimes oblong), excessive hair shedding with out hairless patches
Face: butterfly like rash occurring after sun or heat exposure (is rapid onset after 5 minutes of exposure, will gradually reduce then flairs hours after being inside and cooled down to bright red, burning, itching)
Abdomen/chest: IBS like symptoms, pleurisy, pain in right and left lower ribs felt front to back, heart palpitations, high heart rate (resting 100-110 flares 120-160), stage 3 endometriosis
Skin: discoid type rash (occurs on neck, lips, eyelids, chest, and elbows and is red, mostly flat, scaley, flaking, and occasionally blisters or cracks), sun sensitivity(not always visually inflamed but results in burning and itching lasting days after exposure)
Muscular: muscle spasms, muscle pain non localized with worsening trigger points (worst in neck/upper back, and low back but occurs every where), muscles easily banding/knotting with difficulty releasing
Skeletal: joint pain and inflammation (primarily hips and knees but occasionally in shoulders, wrists, fingers, ankles, and toes), arthritis right hip, deep bone pain
Nervous: occasional numbness/tingling in fingers and forearms, sciatic nerve pain in both legs, occasional shaking hands, during childhood and teen years never had a temperature taken below 99°F (has lowered with age), hot/cold flashes, night sweats
No DR has put all of the symptoms together until recently. Not putting it together has led to IBS, DDD, eczema, TMJ, and other diagnoses. I saw pain management last tuesday for my musculaskeletal pain and he brought up fibromyalgia, gave trigger point injections (didn't help), and prescribed tizanidine (also didn't help). I woke up with the start of my usual rash and felt like i had just woken up the day after a surgery so i called my PM they were closed. Called my primary and she sent me to their priority care to have me seen by atleast someone. The priority care DR brought up lupus and said she doubt's this is fibro, ran a auto immune/ inflammation panel, prescribed Medrol (tapering pulse doses), and gave adequate pain management.
The panel ran included an ANA panel, RH factor, CRP, and cyclic citrul peptide. All of which came back negative. Previous blood tests have been a bit all over the place nothing often going too high or low. Most recently a GFR estimate came back low a week prior to other testing but other levels were with in normal ranges.
We have previously tried medications such as gabapentin, lyrica, LDN, duloxetine, robaxin, flexeril, tramadol, various NSAIDs, epidural steroid injections, lidocaine creams, etc. None of which worked, and i would need a combination of ibuprofen, robaxin, and hydrocodone to even take the edge off of daily pain. The steroid is working though, and i haven't had to supplement it much with pain meds. I havent had this level of relief since I was 16. It has improved all aspects of my symptoms. While i still have aches, a rash, and various other symptoms they are atleast tolerable. Where i used to need all of my rescue pain meds to even get out of bed, three days into the steroid, i only find my self needing them at night.
I am very confused as to where to go from here because my symptoms don't match my blood work. I see my primary wednesday and she has already said in advance she will be sending me to a rheumatologist. These referals usually take about a month until im seen so i don't know how to ask her for help managing until then or what to even ask to try at this point. She doesn't want to prescribe opiates any more because of how often id need them previously because nothing else would help. Im open to trying anything but am worried we will be very limited because my blood work doesn't show anything. Im scared once im done with this steroid the symptoms will return and i will be left completely unable to function again. I also don't even know which direction to push testing any more when i do see the rheumatologist and am afraid everything is going to be dismissed because of my blood work. To me, this seems autoimmune but im not a doctor so i dont know for sure if this is the real thing or just a coincidence of collective symptoms. I feel like we are so close to having a break through but yet still light years away. Any one in a similar situation or already on the other side?
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Symptoms:
Head: migraines, oral ulcers (red with white edges sometimes circular sometimes oblong), excessive hair shedding with out hairless patches
Face: butterfly like rash occurring after sun or heat exposure (is rapid onset after 5 minutes of exposure, will gradually reduce then flairs hours after being inside and cooled down to bright red, burning, itching)
Abdomen/chest: IBS like symptoms, pleurisy, pain in right and left lower ribs felt front to back, heart palpitations, high heart rate (resting 100-110 flares 120-160), stage 3 endometriosis
Skin: discoid type rash (occurs on neck, lips, eyelids, chest, and elbows and is red, mostly flat, scaley, flaking, and occasionally blisters or cracks), sun sensitivity(not always visually inflamed but results in burning and itching lasting days after exposure)
Muscular: muscle spasms, muscle pain non localized with worsening trigger points (worst in neck/upper back, and low back but occurs every where), muscles easily banding/knotting with difficulty releasing
Skeletal: joint pain and inflammation (primarily hips and knees but occasionally in shoulders, wrists, fingers, ankles, and toes), arthritis right hip, deep bone pain
Nervous: occasional numbness/tingling in fingers and forearms, sciatic nerve pain in both legs, occasional shaking hands, during childhood and teen years never had a temperature taken below 99°F (has lowered with age), hot/cold flashes, night sweats
No DR has put all of the symptoms together until recently. Not putting it together has led to IBS, DDD, eczema, TMJ, and other diagnoses. I saw pain management last tuesday for my musculaskeletal pain and he brought up fibromyalgia, gave trigger point injections (didn't help), and prescribed tizanidine (also didn't help). I woke up with the start of my usual rash and felt like i had just woken up the day after a surgery so i called my PM they were closed. Called my primary and she sent me to their priority care to have me seen by atleast someone. The priority care DR brought up lupus and said she doubt's this is fibro, ran a auto immune/ inflammation panel, prescribed Medrol (tapering pulse doses), and gave adequate pain management.
The panel ran included an ANA panel, RH factor, CRP, and cyclic citrul peptide. All of which came back negative. Previous blood tests have been a bit all over the place nothing often going too high or low. Most recently a GFR estimate came back low a week prior to other testing but other levels were with in normal ranges.
We have previously tried medications such as gabapentin, lyrica, LDN, duloxetine, robaxin, flexeril, tramadol, various NSAIDs, epidural steroid injections, lidocaine creams, etc. None of which worked, and i would need a combination of ibuprofen, robaxin, and hydrocodone to even take the edge off of daily pain. The steroid is working though, and i haven't had to supplement it much with pain meds. I havent had this level of relief since I was 16. It has improved all aspects of my symptoms. While i still have aches, a rash, and various other symptoms they are atleast tolerable. Where i used to need all of my rescue pain meds to even get out of bed, three days into the steroid, i only find my self needing them at night.
I am very confused as to where to go from here because my symptoms don't match my blood work. I see my primary wednesday and she has already said in advance she will be sending me to a rheumatologist. These referals usually take about a month until im seen so i don't know how to ask her for help managing until then or what to even ask to try at this point. She doesn't want to prescribe opiates any more because of how often id need them previously because nothing else would help. Im open to trying anything but am worried we will be very limited because my blood work doesn't show anything. Im scared once im done with this steroid the symptoms will return and i will be left completely unable to function again. I also don't even know which direction to push testing any more when i do see the rheumatologist and am afraid everything is going to be dismissed because of my blood work. To me, this seems autoimmune but im not a doctor so i dont know for sure if this is the real thing or just a coincidence of collective symptoms. I feel like we are so close to having a break through but yet still light years away. Any one in a similar situation or already on the other side?
2024.05.20 15:20 bettertrends GF (F27) got diagnosis a week ago. She's really struggling and I don't know how to help
I (M27) don't know if this post is welcome here because I'm an allistic man, but it concerns my girlfriend who got diagnosed AuDHD a week ago. I really just don't know how to best support her right now and would appreciate some advice or insights if that's ok...
So my partner had been very very stressed about having an appointment with a psychiatrist because she was worried they wouldn't understand her and misdiagnose her. Thankfully, she was diagnosed with ASD and ADHD. For me, this doesn't feel like a shock at all because she'd self-diagnosed herself a couple of years ago, and after reading a lot about autism in women, that really seemed to describe her experiences. So personally, I've basically accepted she had autism/ADHD since then, and was really happy for her that she was diagnosed at last. But instead she has been on the verge of meltdown ever since, completely overwhelmed by everything even more than usual. I think quite relatedly, her feelings of self-doubt and low-esteem have been much worse too.
So yeah, she's just in a really bad place right now, and I don't really know how normal that is and if there's anything I can do to help her?
I feel very ill-equipped to help, and it's a week until she sees her regular psychologist, and a month until she sees her GP, who will prescribe her the ritalin that the psychiatrist recommended. Any tips on how to help in the next couple of weeks and months would be greatly appreciated :)
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So my partner had been very very stressed about having an appointment with a psychiatrist because she was worried they wouldn't understand her and misdiagnose her. Thankfully, she was diagnosed with ASD and ADHD. For me, this doesn't feel like a shock at all because she'd self-diagnosed herself a couple of years ago, and after reading a lot about autism in women, that really seemed to describe her experiences. So personally, I've basically accepted she had autism/ADHD since then, and was really happy for her that she was diagnosed at last. But instead she has been on the verge of meltdown ever since, completely overwhelmed by everything even more than usual. I think quite relatedly, her feelings of self-doubt and low-esteem have been much worse too.
So yeah, she's just in a really bad place right now, and I don't really know how normal that is and if there's anything I can do to help her?
I feel very ill-equipped to help, and it's a week until she sees her regular psychologist, and a month until she sees her GP, who will prescribe her the ritalin that the psychiatrist recommended. Any tips on how to help in the next couple of weeks and months would be greatly appreciated :)
2024.05.20 13:48 georgehill1199 Chest, armpit and back pain
About two months ago, I started getting a burning sensation in my chest, sore upper back and pain in armpits. I went to my doctor and they said it seem to be stress related because when I went in, I was quite upset about it but they didn’t do any test to make sure that everything was okay and a week later It was still really intense pain so I ended up going to the ER I got an x-ray and an ECG and they both came back fine, so the doctor there said it seems to be muscular or a sprain in my chest/back, something along those lines. It started to get a little bit better, but a week after that I got hit with some sort of flu/Covid and I’ve been out of it for close to a month and now this chest pain has come back really badly and I’ve got really bad pain in my ribs, underarms my back and abdominal pain. I actually went back to the doctor, did a blood test and a stool sample. The blood test came back perfect. My stool sample came back slightly over and they said it seems to be a viral infection that I had this was about a month ago, but I have still been having really bad chest back and armpit pains. I guess I kind of just want a little bit of advice or reassurance in a way,that after having a viral infection, if you’ve already got a sprain or anything, is that likely to be flared up from this viral infection just be causing this pain to linger up little bit longer than normal it’s obviously hard not to worry when it’s in your chest and it’s constant. Or how long do sprained muscle last for? I’ve always been really healthy and always worked out I have been going to physical therapy for the past six months because I also have a pinched nerve in my trapezius which was pretty much healed until all of this happened and that flared up as well so this is another thing that could be contributing to this pain, but no doctor that I’m seeing is really giving me that reassurance, my concern is is that I’m going travelling in two weeks for three months. I’ve been resting I haven’t been going to the gym I have been just going for walks I’ve alternating between naproxen and ibuprofens and paracetamol. It helps a little bit, but not for too long.
Any advice for input would be great :)
I am 25, female average weight for my age and height
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Any advice for input would be great :)
I am 25, female average weight for my age and height