Hi Everyone,
I am going down a bit of a rabbit hole right now. I did a DAO test recently under suspicion that histamine was causing an issue. I had the results back and it confirmed my DAO was low (5.4 u/ml) so it looks like I am histamine intolerant.
But I have some problematic symptoms that aren't just gut-related.
My main symptom right now is joint pain all over my body. It effects my hands, fingers, wrists, knees, ankles and feet. It can change in severity daily and happens in flares after certain medications. These include ADHD stimulant meds and minoxidil.
Other symptoms include stomach upset after food, gas, sometimes pain or spasms, anxiety, back pain, hip pain, muscle cramps and stiffness, hair loss, dry eyes, muscle twitching and some vision issues.
I am currently being tested for Rheumatoid arthritis. But with the test results of the DAO, I am thinking it might actually be relating to this. I have looked into MCAS and Mastocytosis, and see that bone and joint pain is a symptom. With histamine intolerance, I am not sure it is?
My doctor has stated he will not perform a Tryptase test, so I will have to get this private. I am lost at what avenue to go down.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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Hi Everyone,
I am going down a bit of a rabbit hole right now. I did a DAO test recently under suspicion that histamine was causing an issue. I had the results back and it confirmed my DAO was low (5.4 u/ml) so it looks like I am histamine intolerant.
But I have some problematic symptoms that aren't just gut-related.
My main symptom right now is joint pain all over my body. It affects my hands, fingers, wrists, knees, ankles and feet. It can change in severity daily and happens in flares after certain medications. These include ADHD stimulant meds and minoxidil.
Other symptoms include stomach upset after food, gas, sometimes pain or spasms, anxiety, back pain, hip pain, muscle cramps and stiffness, hair loss, dry eyes, muscle twitching and some vision issues.
I am currently being tested for Rheumatoid arthritis. But with the test results of the DAO, I am thinking it might actually be relating to this. I have looked into MCAS and Mastocytosis, and see that bone and joint pain is a symptom. With histamine intolerance, I am not sure it is?
My doctor has stated he will not perform a Tryptase test, so I will have to get this private. I am lost at what avenue to go down.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hi all, 38yo male here
I've had some kind of fatigue for the last years. The thing is that during the last year I've had some kind of disnea and since a few weeks ago I feel pain/weakness on my hands and wrists.
Also I read in here some people had saliva issues and it made me think that since a few months ago I ocasionally had saliva coming out of my mouth when I was about to get slept at bed.
On the other hand I hired a personal trainer 6 months ago for the gym to gain muscle mass which I did (he makes me a diet and a gym routine we check weekly) and when I work out legs, if for any reason I can't train legs for a few weeks (like holidays/sick) when I do the following days I have heavy stiffness on my legs (I almost fell twice). However I'm not sure if that's normal considering I'm lifting
I also gotta mention that I'm very hypochondriac but I cannot stop thinking about this illness regarding the hands/wrists pain/weakness I've been having these last weeks. I know about ALS because the mom of a friend of my ex passed because of this.
Any advice comment will me more than welcome, thanks ☺️

It was my cousin sister's wedding and we are Indians, so if you are Indian or know Indian friends/weddings, you know the drill - the daysss long wedding events, the heavy dresses and jewelry, and also, some serious family dramas.
My cousin and I are very close even if there is a huge age gap between us. Naturally, when her wedding came around I was very excited and I helped a lot with the planning and decoration and the food - literally everything. It was exactly as we have imagined her wedding to be like. Just perfect in every way possible. But again, it's a wedding. How is a wedding ever complete with a Drama Llama? So dear potato community, here is the tea.
The man that my cousin was marrying to, my current BIL, is an amazing man who has been with my cousin since their college days. They were friends in their college days and when they started working they joined the same company so they remained close to each other. Friendship turned into love and they decided to date and eventually get married. Both the families were informed and everyone was very happy with their decisions, except just one person. BIL's sister. She didn't have any personal problems with my cousin, her only issue was that her best friend liked my BIL, let's name this friend the 'idiot' (because she truly is an idiot and this is honestly the nicest word I can use for her).
When idiot found out that BIL loved someone else and is getting married, she went ballistic. She has been trying to get his attention for so many years and he didn't even turn towards her even for one day and he was being head over heels for my cousin. I understand her being upset, I have been a girl in love and in heartbreak too, but I wouldn't try to break someone's marriage because of my heartbreak.
Yes she tried to stop their marriage via BIL's sister. The two forged all types of absurd accusations on my cousin and tried to anonymously sneak in the accusations in means of messages from unknown numbers to my cousin's then future FIL and MIL, to emails and even letters delivered to their doorstep. My cousin was really stressed because she thought the FIL and MIL would think the accusations are true and would stop the wedding. I told her, "don't worry sisso, I am here." (add dramatic music here and imagine a cape on my back).
My cousin's father (my maternal uncle), me and my brother first went to the FIL and MIL to let them know that all of this was false and that my cousin is innocent. We asked them for some time and that we will find proof of who has been sending them those false news and will let them know of everything and then they are free to judge and make decisions from their side. We got the permission from them and decided to get to work immediately.
One thing I forgot to mention was that BIL used to live in his own house in a different state from where his parents lived after he got a job. Before this, my cousin and BIL used to live in one town and went to college together. Once they got their jobs, they both came to my city, BIL got his own house and my cousin came to live with me. His family came to live with him when he told them that he wanted to marry so they came help him with the wedding arrangements. What's unfortunate is that the sister also brought her best friend, the 'idiot', who was in love with my BIL since she was 15 and BIL was 17.
I mentioned BIL having his own separate house in a new town because it was important to mention. Both his sister and the idiot didn't know he installed security cameras in his house and that the camera was pretty well hidden so they couldn't have noticed either. We asked BIL if we can see the camera's recordings and we saw someone early in the morning at 4 am dropping a letter. Guess who it was... THE IDIOT!! We showed it to my cousin's FIL and MIL and they cross questioned the idiot about it and she was in tears and admitted to everything. She and BIL's sister apologized for everything. They were forgiven and it was a happily ever after... or so you thought...
Everything after that was pretty peaceful, all the arrangements were made and we are now at the wedding day. My cousin was really jumpy and on her toes at all times, she was panicking so bad about everything. My brother and I had to sit her down and talk her out of her panic. She however mentioned that she was scared that idiot might try to pull up some sick stunt to ruin her wedding day. I however told to her calm down cause I wouldn't let my precious angel's wedding get ruined. I have seen enough Charlotte's videos to know that we must always have a backup plan prepared in advance in situations like this. And so I did. I collected a lot of information and evidences and kept them in place in case they come in handy.
I had my suspicions that they would do something to mess up the wedding way before it even became a thought in my cousin's mind, so I did a little research about the two. Since we all belong from the same hometown, I got in contact with my friends who still lived in the town that my cousin and my BIL used to live in. I asked around about these two baboons and found out that BIL's sister had a boyfriend and has even slept with him. Premarital smex is a big no no here. As for the idiot, I found out that she was slowly getting BIL's sister into illegal substances and into becoming a call girl. Again, a big no no. And I think no parent in this world would want their child to do something that would end up in trouble for them and the child as well. I knew my cousin's FIL and MIL would be worried about their daughter and take actions immediately if I let them know of this. I would have told them this after the wedding was over anyway, but that would have been in private so no one else would know, but I guess the girls wanted something else.
Once the wedding ceremony started and the guests were all there, they were enjoying, everyone was having fun and giving their blessings to the new husband and wife to be. These two pain in the asses were going around and gossiping about my cousin to everyone. We noticed that, and we came up with a quick solution. I asked two of my male friends, who is very attractive to go and talk to the girls. However I told them to switch on their recorder and be with them no matter what. God bless my two friends, they did exactly what I told them without thinking twice. They came to me after an hour or so and told me what was going on.
The two girls were planning to ruin her wedding dress. When I tell you that shit was costly, IT WAS COSTLY. It was really heavy with all the heavy stone work that was done on the cream colored lehenga and if it was stained it would be ruined. We could not afford that in any cost. She was taking a glass of juice from the juice counters and tried sitting right behind the bride but I stepped in and told her to go sit behind her brother and that I would sit behind my cousin. She was trying so hard but me and my brother kept pushing her off and away from my cousin. Eventually she did manage to throw it but it accidentally landed on someone from the groom's side and she got scolded by her. While her grumpy face was funny to see, I still had enough because if that aunty wasn't there, it would have been my cousin. After the wedding was over and people were going to start taking the photos with the couple, I announced that me and my brother had some things to say. Initially we talked about the bride and the groom but then we shifted the attention to the groom's sister and her friend. We played the audios of the calls I had with her friends in the hometown as a surprise to the groom's sister. There were a lot of angry faces, some on the sister and some on me and my brother. I tried to explain, that had she and her friend not try to ruin my cousin sister's wedding dress, this wouldn't have been broadcasted to the entire wedding venue. I then called my two male friends and both of their faces was in gasps. Both of them pulled out their phones and I played the recordings on one of the phones, which explained how they were still spreading fake news about my cousin and also them planning to ruin my cousin's dress. We also got the video recording of them actively trying to throw the red colored drink on my cousin's dress.
Both of them got kicked out from there and weren't allowed to enter until the rest of the ceremony was over. Both of them stood outside, making attempts to convince anyone who would listen to them and let them in, but no one paid heed to them. Once everyone got home they were scolded badly and my BIL's sister kept screaming at me that I was so mean and rude to have their truths exposed to not just her family, but to every relative and friends who was there to witness the show. While my cousin was glad that I had her back and my brother is standing in support of me, my parents and some of our relatives think that it should have dealt within the family and shouldn't have been exposed to anyone outside of the immediate family members. AITA?
Note: I am so sorry if the post ended up being too long but I just wanted to give all the context that would be required to judge the entire situation and my actions as well. Also if something doesn't make sense just blame it on my sleepy head cause I wrote it in half sleep mode.

Tomorrow i wanted to take off my soft lenses, but one of them had stuck in the eye, I know it was still there because i was able to take with my finger only a tip of it, but when i tried to remove it all my eye started to hurt a lot and I wasn't able to move it, several times i tried to massage it and i used eye drops a lot, still didn't help. Then i slept with them, on morning my eye started to be red and blinking brings me pain, i wasn't able to lift the lense at all this time, it was like i didn't even have lense, so i went to place where i bought them, because women there told me to go there if i need help to take them on or off, they tried to remove it but then said that it's impossible, because i have no lense in the eye. They checked the upper eye lid and on the right and bottom area several times as well and said there's also nothing. So I asked them what happened to my lense, because it was still there on the evening and then after an hour of trying to take it off I just went to sleep with it. They said maybe I was scratching my eye while sleeping so lens just went out from my eye by itself and that my eye is red and it hurts for me to blink is because i tried a lot to remove it. I still don't believe that lense isn't there, but I don't know what else to do. I'm so frustrated, what if I will never take it off and it will just be there and then I will be blind? What if i go to the optometrist and he will say exactly that this woman said to me because i live in small town and our optometrist isn't quite good. What if i go to city to optometrist there and they also will say to me that there's nothing? Omg, I wish I had never wore this stupid lenses...

I reside at the PH. I was bitten between 2019 and early 2021; I have already forgot about the details. I was bitten on the skin on my upper lip near the right. The dog is owned and it hasn't been vaccinated. I haven't been vaccinated. It was a small wound. The dog wasn't that wild and angry but I remember that it showed drooling.
I've searched for symptoms of rabies and excessive drooling was one of them. I have been drooling a lot since mid 2022 and I think my drooling has gotten worse during february I think until now since I have been drooling in sleep too.
I have recently found out that people with rabies usually are afraid of fresh air and water. I got a bit nervous when I found out, but I wasn't that afraid of water and fresh air. Though speaking of water, I noticed that I have been consuming lesser water than before. When I swallow water, it also feels a bit different than how it felt before.
I also feel slight tinglings in my bite area though it's pretty rare.
As for the vaccination, I wasn't vaccinated since I was still young before and the adults that were handling me wasn't that knowledgeable. Though I was aviced to be vaccinated by one of the adults during 2021 but I refused because I feared that there'd be pain.
Has the virus already made it's way to the brain? If so, is there really no way of surviving it?

So, I had to make up a running test a few days ago, and it was a disaster. When I got to the court, my teacher never told me when the run started so I started walking like everyone else. I walked the first lap, thinking I had time, but then I found out that the run had already begun. By the time I finished the first lap, I had wasted half my time and was basically guaranteed to fail. This shit is so unfair because I wasn’t told when to start running. Now there is only 1 day left of school and there is nothing I can do.

The only way I can explain the feeling of grief is the world turning dark. Everything reminds you of your person. Nothing can snap you out of the darkness. Anything can make you burst out in violence and sadness. Grief is an unspoken about feeling but it’s so powerful. The pain makes you want to punch and lash out. All you crave is ur persons touch. The mornings feel like it’s happened all over again. You remember you no longer have your person. You wake up feeling sick and exhausted. I am still feeling that way 4 weeks down the line sick and exhausted. Why doesn’t it get better. I want him back it’s all I want . He never coming back and I can’t handle that information. Grief is not eating not sleeping. Grief is just 24 hour hurt. I’m hurting I’m hurting every 24 hours of each day. We’re coming up to two months since my world was taken and I’m waiting to feel happy again. I’m waiting to feel hunger as I wake. I’m waiting to find and feel a purpose again. I have a permanent headache and pain in my heart. I miss you so much my best friend. All I want is one more cuddle with you. I just wanna tell you I’m going to uni. I just want to tell you I’m still following my dreams to make you proud. I want you to know when you drifted off holding my hand I wish it was me. You was my dad I never had. The dad that stepped up to make us feel special and loved. It got better now I’m slowly starting to feel ur absence again. Just come back I want a cuddle. I wanna tell you about my interview I know you’d be so proud. Please fucking come back. I can’t live without you. I love you so much. You made me feel content. Im searching for an escape like you were. I’m doing it today I’m starting my journey all for you. I hope you’re looking over me smiling proudly. Everything I do is for you my beautiful angel. I’m sorry I’m sitting outside arsenal I know you’d be shaking ur head and telling me to decontaminate later ha ha. All jokes aside I miss you and I hope I’m doing you proud my hero. 4 months later I’m still feeling so much pain I think about you every night just wishing you will come back. All though the thoughts of reuiniting with you have calmed I’m still longing for your touch. I still see everything from that horrible night. I see it and I wish that you was at peace and glad that I held your hand through your 7 years of heart ache and pain. You never deserved that. 6 months without you and I want you more than ever. I want a cuddle from you. I want to tell you so many things. I feel so guilty when I don’t speak about you but I don’t want to make people feel sorry for me.

Hi, been suffering from shoulder discomfort for years, only namely when I sleep on either side.
Idk much about muscles etc but it's directly on the 'ball' bone joint at the edge of the shoulder blade - just above the armpit. Was told by a Physio that it's not rotator cuff.
After looking it up, I think it's at the glenohumeral joint? and then either teres minomajor muscles. It's directly on the ball, both sides. Funny I can't seem to find much relatable stuff about the discomfort. Been hitting gym for a while - doing dumbbell pullovers, lat pulldowns etc it's better but I still haven't found the exercises/weight lifting that directly targets the area. Any advice?
Thanks

I got hospitalised 4 times in the span of 5 months. I was vomiting blood ranging from 1 day to 3 days straight before going to hospital. I'm apparently prediabetic, "have the liver of a 60 year old" at 21 (I'm an ex-drug addict as well) and suspect I have neuropathy. Totalled 1 car, a DUI and I've also got a bunch of scars and nerve damage in some of my fingers due to being so sloshed I accidentally injured myself. My withdraws got so severe my body wouldn't take the oxygen I was breathing, my throat would close up, and my limbs would curl up and lock due to the lack of oxygen. it would last upwards of 30 minutes. My 2nd to most recent hospitalisation I was so ill they had to put an IV in my neck (aka means super serious) and I was on deaths door. Cold to the touch, grey, weak, hardly breathing and in a lot of pain. To add onto that, my ex-boyfriend didn't even help me in. He threw me out of the car 2 rows away from the ER entrance. Since i couldnt walk or barely do anything, I called 911 to tell them i needed to be wheeled in. They could barely understand me because I could hardly speak. I've since moved back in with my parents and still drink but not like how I did. I never even considered alcohol withdrawals being a thing despite my history in illicit drug use. I never saw myself as an alcoholic despite my entire family all being severe and mean drunks. My dad drinks actively in front of me and I stay unbothered and its only been 3 weeks since I moved back in. I can go to a restaurant and have just one beer. I don't know why I let myself drink like that. I met that ex a little over a year ago and he was a severe alcoholic. Compounding with that was the fact I had just moved from a different state and I had been very lonely and depressed even before moving, coping with alcohol. I reached a breaking point way before the hospitalisations (last one was March 17) but I got so used to the routine I didnt care I guess. Didn't mind dying because I put myself in another mess being with this guy. It was the only activity we actively enjoyed and could "share" together. We bonded over drugs and couldnt find a common ground and a 14 year age gap didn't help. Ishould've known better but I guess that's what happens when you meet a guy at a bar buying cocaine with your aunt and uncle. He took me into the bathroom, offered me a bump, and I snuck off to his hotel and lived with him since. Slept in my car and hotels for a couple months partying like crackheads. Eventually got an apartment and everything was really good in the beginning then we moved to a new apartment and it all spiralled worse.
Anways that's my story. I'm not sober but I'm not off the fUcking deeeeeeep end. I've had a few glasses of wine and beer. I live in walking distance of a liquor store and I don't really feel like going.
I just wanted to talk about this experience. Its similar to how I quit drugs except instead of giving myself the ultimatum he did it for me. He left me 7 hours from home at a hotel with nothing but the clothes on my back. I wasn't upset we were over I was only upset he took my stuff. I knew it was a mutually toxic relationship, both interpersonal and chemical romance. I figured after finally having a clear(er) mind that I wanted a sense of freedom? I love my parents but it's ass having to live with them. I've moved out 3 separate times as knee jerk reactions and this was just a rerun.
The amount of damage I've caused my body in the span of a year due to the severe amount of alcohol intake feels irreversible, especially because I had the extra disadvantage of being anorexic. I've never had health problems before despite it but alcohol is the most dangerous substance. I was a heavy drug user for 4 years and I never experienced the reaper looming over me before.

My boyfriend(28) and I(25) had a huge fight almost a month ago. Masakit mga nasabi niya sa akin. Sobrang sakit. He told me that he used me to get over sa ex niya and that hindi ko deserved mabigyan ng efforts sa relationship namin. Yong mga words na nagamit sobrang below the belt din. For instance, he told me na ginawa niya akong pampalipas oras niya. Out of pettiness, after ng away namin, i messaged his family. Hindi pa nila ako nameet but aware sila na may jowa na anak nila. I introduced myself nicely and told them about what happened. I also told them na he’s a good man pa rin sa akin despite sa mga pain na nacause niya. Maayos naman jowa ko pero he’s merciless kapag galit. Nakakapagsabi siya ng mga bagay that intentionally could hurt me.
We were able to talk about our issues and naging maayos naman kami. A part of me says na dapat inamin ko yong ginawa ko kaso hindi ko na ginawa and inisip ko na lang na baka hindi nila pinansin or nakita msg ko since wala naman akong reply ka nakuha at all sa family niya and niremove ko yong msg ko.
Nalaman ng jowa ko and he was mad. Pinagmumura niya ako sa chat. He didn’t ask me kung bakit ko ginawa yon, instead he told me na ayaw niya na. I asked him to calm down and pag usapan namin ng maayos kaso ayaw niya. I remember isang episode sa expecially for you when tyang amy said na kapag nag aaway sila ng asawa niya, sa mother in law niya siya nagsasabi and may explanation siya regarding doon. Tho alam ko naman na may kagagahan ako sa nagawa ko. Hindi rin ako sure kung nabasa ba msg ko or since i removed it naman agad or nakita na lang na naremove msg.
ABYG kaso nagsumbong ako sa parents niya about our fight?

Tw: depression, sad thoughts
Actually thought I was going to be okay while writing this but I'm not. Some people are ridiculous because they tell me i should stop being sad and depressed but I'm trying so hard. Got broken up nearly a month ago because of my exes problems with himself (I think he's fighting an internal problem with him) and god I feel like I'm alone again, trying not to talk about the breakup and doesn't help that someone told me to stop being depressed and just be happy.
And another thing is that I'm just trying to cope and survive in this world, I feel like it's bad enough that I'm trying my best to adjust to this and feel like it's not enough. Fkkkkkkk my life, I'm just tryna live with this damn pain.
Some days I can cope with it but one of these days, I'm not. Tonight's not my night like I was hoping it.
All I just want is a big fkn hug and cry.

So basically I started HRT 3 weeks ago and I'm visiting my very catholic portugese family over august. This had me scared shitless because my nipples have already widened slightly and hardened a bunch.
I probably don't have a choice as my mum has already bought tickets and I didn't want to say no because I love my family and love visiting portugal but also don't want to make my mum suspect anything.
I'm scared that in 3 months time (about 4 months on hrt) that not just my parents but also my greater family will pick up on the fact that I am turning into a girl.
Also for meds I'm doing 8mg EEn monotherapy every week, so feminisation is coming in fairly hard compared to low dose E pills (2-4mg per day) and AA's.
I'm already starting to consider buying bra's perhaps online because buying in store would be awkward as hell. (Unless I could pay one of my cisfem ally friends to do it for me).
I've also considered lowing doses or just straight up getting of E but with how much of a pain proper breast development can be for transfems, I'm scared I'll fuck up the process by getting off or underdosing early.

This might be heresy to many, but for me Multi-fx units are the logical option due to many reasons. I've been using a Zoom G1x four for a couple of years, and honestly it's everything a beginner might need. However it has only two footswitches, which makes switching between presets a pain in the ass. Nothing quite like forgetting to tap the switch twice and ending up playing the clean guitar part with a death metal tone.
So for this reason I've looking for a multifx with atleast 3 footswitches which would allow me to switch between clean, rhythm, and lead tones with just a single press. However many of the budget multifxs recommended only have 2 footswitches. Any recommendations for a budget multi fx with 3 footswitches and other features to make live playing a smooth experience?

So I kept up with Ninjago since it first started until I think season 10, and I remember liking most of it (but I only remember like 2-3 plot details about each season). I'm finally going back to revisit/catch up, and I'm almost halfway through season 2 (they just destroyed the mega weapon) and so far, holy fucking hell this might be one of the most irredeemably bad seasons of tv that I've ever seen. The pilot and season 1 were pretty good for what they were trying to be but this is just insultingly terrible. I could actually write an entire essay about how bad this is, and I'm not even halfway through yet. People tell me the second half is better but to salvage this they'd need to create like the greatest work of fiction ever created, and something tells me they didn't quite get that far.
Like I said earlier, just on these six episodes I could probably write like a 1500+ word essay on how painfully low quality the writing is in this story arc. It seems as if nothing was even remotely thought through, especially in the back half, this is about as phoned in as it gets. Sure, I've seen maybe one or two worse seasons of tv but at least with those (the only examples that come to mind are Velma Season 1 and Santa Inc.) it was clear that they were trying. Here, it seems like they wrote the first draft in one night and then just moved on to the next episode without bothering to do the slightest amount of revision, and it's borderline insulting. The plotlines are all garbage, Lloyd and Jay, the two worst parts of the first season, are somehow even more unbearably annoying, and the dialogue doesn't make any sense, and it actually feels insulting that this was allowed to be aired on tv.

Hi, I am training aerial and as you know one of the strengthening exercises for straddle inversions are supine straddle ups: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d3qU6YMNEs. I am quite flexible, can do a middle split (not straddle split) without hip pain. In this exercise, the first part is trouble-free, I can straddle my legs and move them behind my head, the problem arises when I have to do the reverse movement-complete the hip circle and bring my legs together.
When my legs are directly over the hip joint in the supine straddle, one of my hip locks up and when I try to move it further away I feel pinchy pain and eventually loud and painful hip snap that makes my hip sore. Increasing external rotation as Dani Winks suggested in this post (https://www.daniwinksflexibility.com/bendy-blog/help-my-outer-hips-hurt-when-i-straddle) unfortunately doesn't help. The same pain occurs when I incorporate this exercise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eKwmQqju7g again when my hips are directly over the hip joint.
My physiotherapist did not find any abnormalities in the structure of my hips, but unfortunately he does not specialize in circus/pole or extended flexibility and it's difficult to find one in my city.
Does any of you also have a similar problem and have you perhaps managed to solve it? I find this exercise to be one of the best and I get angry that I can't complete it and get stronger for my inverts:(