My most darkest post. Beware readers.
I had Sibo (positive both meth, and hydrogen) on and off for 6 years. Then (not hinting, but curious) had covid/moderna vaccine and about 6 months after in 2022 I couldn't digest anything. It was like Sibo on steroids.
I felt faint dropped 15 pounds and then elastase levels went from 200-300 down to 22.
Like many of this community i was a healthy 20 now 30 something prior, no history of pancreatitis or pancreas issues before, I played soccer in college, go on 10 mile runs, etc very happy life, stress free great creative job on my own schedule no early mornings or stress, wonderful husband and both parents are still together, horseback ride, etc., many friends.
This blindsided my family. It's all they talk about. Getting under a 100 pounds was like slowing watching my parents and loved ones say goodbye to me.
For the past 18 months with zero diagnosis but only Sibo positive tests (they've been 4 very very positive one) one with all three sibos present and No pancreatic issues, normal blood work, normal ct, normal EUS, normal celiac, no autoimmune flag, normal mri, normal biopsys (4+).
We are all very stumped.
It's left my insurance after 18 months say I need to have a diagnosis or they will stop coving my creon.
My previous SIBO that was managable changed.
I'm dizzy, my stomach does this weird stomach drop thing frequently (hope it's not pvc), I can't digest meat or dairy or anything really. Saying no to running is a heart break. It's like having a cancer diagnosis but worse cause there is no diagnosis, fix or doctors giving you any attention or advice, I have been through 6. The frustration and confusion knowing that this is like your life now, living in vortex that you can participate only 15% of, makes me depressed as hell.
Creon does very little after 18 months of waiting, I would say does nothing, elaste numbers are the same. Still floating fluffy stools and same symptoms. They are getting worst, heart flutters, pee issues. It's now multi-organ, and debilitating.
I'm sulfur intolerant, allergies to everything, and nothing seems to help.
my next set of experiments is with copper, zinc ect. To understand floating stools and more importantly hydrogen sulfide Sibo or h2s which I believe is end-game, end stage, you die, non reversible Sibo and it's incurable... reflaximin does hardly anything. I did flagyl and reflaxmin together and it gave me shingles
Except bismuth... bismuth helps and I get a hard sinking stool that's black but is my only thing I do when I'm about to call it quits. The weekend or week I'm on bismuth and quite a bit of it it helps, I even gain a bit of weight back.
Love the community thoughts on this... it's dark for a reason. I believe Sibo like all disease states has a point where the host becomes unable to withstand the inflammation.
H2S might be the slow killer we as a community must lean into. If you have H2S, it may have previously been H or M before. I don't mean to scare us, but it's quite possible that we all at this stage we won't recover.
H2S might be a cause of Epi. If there are EPI sufferers out there take a h2s test!
Be interesting to hear others opinions.

Long story, but I will make it easy to understand. I have an autoimmune disease that requires iv infusions every 6 weeks to keep my disease under control and the infusions allow me to live close to a normal life.
For the past couple of years, my sister in law would keep sending me unsolicited texts about the potential side effects of my medication and she thinks that it would be better to use natural remedies. My sister in law doesn’t even have a college degree and has stopped doing her hobbies and has driven her other friends and some family members away because she is a narcissist. I asked her to stop and that if I ever wanted advice, I would ask for it. I would always ask nicely and then try to ignore her advice. I thought of cutting her out of my life over the past few years and would give her too many second chances.
A few months back, I was at home minding my own business and I started getting these texts and information about my medication. I first asked her nicely to quit sending me this unwanted information. She then preceded to send more texts about my medication and then I started to get less friendly and gave her a warning that I would go no contact with her if she didn’t stop. This went on for 24 more hours before I snapped at her (through texting and told her that I was through with her).
The next weekend my brother (who is married to this idiot) came and told me that I made her cry. I told him that I asked her to stop sending these unwanted texts and there are other more appropriate topics to discuss. For good measure, my sister in law’s birthday was a few weeks later and I didn’t send her a card.
On a side note: my youngest brother cut the sister in law because she made him feel guilty about not being in town when Hurricane Harvey hit in 2017 (youngest brother was in another country on vacation) and airplane flights were canceled for a few days until it was safe to travel back home. My youngest brother didn’t have any control over the situation and in my opinion he did the best he could.

I’ve (25F) been dating my SO (26M) for three years now, living together for almost two. He’s always been my best friend; we have periods where it’s lovely and I understand he has ADHD — but I cannot stand the consistent lack of initiative when it comes to.. anything. I take care of the dog, I remember all important dates, I remember where everything is, I clean and do the shopping for him to just venmo me.
The only chores he is “assigned” are taking out the garbage, recycling, and cleaning the bathroom. Literally nothing else, besides some occasional stuff like cleaning out the AC or fix the toilet/drain (for example) if I’m too exhausted to do it myself. (I have an autoimmune disease that can make me incredibly fatigued)
I’m doing my usual cleaning today and I take a moment to acknowledge the things around the apartment that he has failed to do: the recycling and garbage that I’ve been taking out for weeks again now, the broken closet door which I’ve asked him to do for a year now, his computer desk corner which is a monster mess. Here I am cleaning while he naps… because he is exhausted from staying up late playing videogames ……….. AGAIN. As usual, none of his chores are done.
He has made progress in other things like quitting smoking this year (both nicotine and weed), but like — c’mon.
My entire life has been doing things myself. Parents never gave a fuck or were too busy working odd hours so I had to figure out things myself— especially when I was in college. Had to work full time as a student just to afford textbooks and food. Had an ex too that would emotionally abuse me, wouldn’t do shit for himself either. Put myself through therapy for that with shitty insurance because of that trauma and SA I survived during my time at college. I’ve been on my own financially and have had to teach myself most things.
I know that I rather be independent and know how to be handy with stuff like plumbing and household fixes and etc. But I also exhausted to the point of tears currently — why is it so fucking hard to get my partner to help me? Why do I need to nag which is still to no avail? Why is it met with l jokes or labels like “nagging”?
I just want to be able to rely on one single person in my life. I’m tired of helping others and never getting the same energy in return. It’s impossible to trust another’s words or “promises”.

This post will explain some of my health background
Basically a couple days ago I finally was able to get with a rheumatologist to check if I had an autoimmune disorder because I’ve had 8 doctors so far that didn’t have much to do for me regarding my symptoms- turns out it was a false positive. (That was a hard day, I had let myself get my hopes up of a diagnosis because I finally had a test indicate something). He suggested I get a new PCP and go to either to Mayo Clinic or the university hospital
So far the only test results I have that are positive are that I have mild lumbar facet arthritis and that my brain is weird, textbook for bipolar one while functioning similar to an epileptics- but instead of seizures I get migraines, severe chronic ones
Yesterday I had therapy, for context I’ve had this therapist the last 5.5 years- the best one I’ve had, she knows me very well. We were talking about how I was filled with self doubt since that appointment- and she brought up another patient she has, a veteran who has conversion disorder (in short psychosomatic non epileptic seizures and other pains- he’s been tested for everything but like me despite being in debilitating pain our scans always come back clean) and she suggested it might be psychosomatic and we could give some new EMDCBT methods a try.
I have a lot of internalized stigma here. Have I been some kind of fraud these last four years? Could’ve i just pulled through- is thinking this way my own fault?
I feel like an imposter, I’m an artist who’s built a cornerstone on having chronic pain, making comics to bring awareness and share my own experiences- is that a lie? Is that work an example of me faking it? Was I ever really sick?
It’s because of chronic muscle and joint pain, my own non epileptic seizures, the fatigue- that I lost my old job, changed careers, and have had to postpone college. I’ve missed out on relationships and experiences because of this- have I wasted those years?
I feel like a crazy fool. Like because it may be psychosomatic and that means it’s just in my head or not valid or real. I don’t know what to do, I don’t know who’s to feel.
It feels like every person who gossiped about me being a faker or seeking attention was right- I don’t know how to cope with this possibility

This post will explain some of my health background
Basically a couple days ago I finally was able to get with a rheumatologist to check if I had an autoimmune disorder because I’ve had 8 doctors so far that didn’t have much to do for me regarding my symptoms- turns out it was a false positive. (That was a hard day, I had let myself get my hopes up of a diagnosis because I finally had a test indicate something). He suggested I get a new PCP and go to either to Mayo Clinic or the university hospital
So far the only test results I have that are positive are that I have mild lumbar facet arthritis and that my brain is weird, textbook for bipolar one while functioning similar to an epileptics- but instead of seizures I get migraines, severe chronic ones
Yesterday I had therapy, for context I’ve had this therapist the last 5.5 years- the best one I’ve had, she knows me very well. We were talking about how I was filled with self doubt since that appointment- and she brought up another patient she has, a veteran who has conversion disorder (in short psychosomatic non epileptic seizures and other pains- he’s been tested for everything but like me despite being in debilitating pain our scans always come back clean) and she suggested it might be psychosomatic and we could give some new EMDCBT methods a try.
I have a lot of internalized stigma here. Have I been some kind of fraud these last four years? Could’ve i just pulled through- is thinking this way my own fault?
I feel like an imposter, I’m an artist who’s built a cornerstone on having chronic pain, making comics to bring awareness and share my own experiences- is that a lie? Is that work an example of me faking it? Was I ever really sick?
It’s because of chronic muscle and joint pain, my own non epileptic seizures, the fatigue- that I lost my old job, changed careers, and have had to postpone college. I’ve missed out on relationships and experiences because of this- have I wasted those years?
I feel like a crazy fool. Like because it may be psychosomatic and that means it’s just in my head or not valid or real. I don’t know what to do, I don’t know who’s to feel.
It feels like every person who gossiped about me being a faker or seeking attention was right- I don’t know how to cope with this possibility

This post will explain some of my health background
Basically a couple days ago I finally was able to get with a rheumatologist to check if I had an autoimmune disorder because I’ve had 8 doctors so far that didn’t have much to do for me regarding my symptoms- turns out it was a false positive. (That was a hard day, I had let myself get my hopes up of a diagnosis because I finally had a test indicate something). He suggested I get a new PCP and go to either to Mayo Clinic or the university hospital
So far the only test results I have that are positive are that I have mild lumbar facet arthritis and that my brain is weird, textbook for bipolar one while functioning similar to an epileptics- but instead of seizures I get migraines, severe chronic ones
Yesterday I had therapy, for context I’ve had this therapist the last 5.5 years- the best one I’ve had, she knows me very well. We were talking about how I was filled with self doubt since that appointment- and she brought up another patient she has, a veteran who has conversion disorder (in short psychosomatic non epileptic seizures and other pains- he’s been tested for everything but like me despite being in debilitating pain our scans always come back clean) and she suggested it might be psychosomatic and we could give some new EMDCBT methods a try.
I have a lot of internalized stigma here. Have I been some kind of fraud these last four years? Could’ve i just pulled through- is thinking this way my own fault?
I feel like an imposter, I’m an artist who’s built a cornerstone on having chronic pain, making comics to bring awareness and share my own experiences- is that a lie? Is that work an example of me faking it? Was I ever really sick?
It’s because of chronic muscle and joint pain, my own non epileptic seizures, the fatigue- that I lost my old job, changed careers, and have had to postpone college. I’ve missed out on relationships and experiences because of this- have I wasted those years?
I feel like a crazy fool. Like because it may be psychosomatic and that means it’s just in my head or not valid or real. I don’t know what to do, I don’t know who’s to feel.
It feels like every person who gossiped about me being a faker or seeking attention was right- I don’t know how to cope with this possibility

DAY: MAY 22 2024
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hi everyone i am 23F and just been told due to my lab work that there is a strong possibility of an autoimmune disorder, likely lupus (as my mom has it). I have always gotten sick easily since I was a baby (born prematurely). I also participated in college athletics and was always told that the constant exhaustion and physical pains I felt were due to workload and depression (granted that is very valid). But I always knew there was something more as I felt I would have adjusted eventually. I recently went in for reoccurring chest pain and shortness of breath and was actually heard for the first time. I’m writing this because I am really scared, I have severe anxiety and am a bit of a hypochondriac. I am not very well educated on this topic outside of recent google searches and the few posts I have read on here. But I am worried that my life will no longer be mine as I learn to live with this, and was hoping to get any advice and/or support to ease my fears. Anything helps, thank you all :)

Hello everyone. I am a 25 year old female. And I can find no hope in this world. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety when I was 21, with borderline personality disorder when I was 23 and was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune neurological disorder when I was 24. The worst part about these diagnosis, is how hard I've had to fight for my parents to take me seriously. I started getting depressed when I was 14. I tried very hard to reach out to my parents, cried infront of them, pleaded with them but they acted like I was doing it for the attention. Few reasons for my depression were that I loved someone who didn't love me, I had weight and body image issues and my parents were forcing me to pursue a career in medicine even though I didn't want to. This escalated to the point where they threatened to throw me out of their house at 15 if I didn't listen to them. It was a very dark time in my life. I cried my self to sleep,lost friends and self harmed. Then I tried to kill myself but couldn't do it. Then I went to college. Things improved but then they got worse. The second time I tried I went and got myself admitted in a hospital. I sa various psychiatrists and psychologist. I was diagnosed and I started treatment. I regularly started seeing a therapist. She stopped seeing me after 2 years of treatment. Since then I have not been able to find a therapist. In 2023 I developed severe weakness. I initially thought this was due to the fact that I had lost weight by severe dieting. Then, I developed burning feet syndrome. Literally my feet burned all the time. I would cry getting up or sitting because my feet would burn from the slightest change in position. Then I lost sensation in my hands and feet and developed distal muscle weakness of both hands and legs. My parents didnot believe me again and though I was being lazy and acting out for attention. They are again hounding me day in and out because they want me to get an MD. I don't have the energy to do anything to myself again. I have improved physically due to physiotherapy but I'm still very far from normal . Will it ever get better? Will I ever not have to fight to live? Also I don't have many friends so searching for empathy on reddit. Been abandoned by most of them and not very social to begin with .

Gardasil contains a widely-renowned neurotoxin:
Gardasil Vaccine Contents (FDA):

What are the ingredients in GARDASIL? The ingredients are proteins of HPV Types 6, 11, 16, and 18, amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate, yeast protein, sodium chloride, L-histidine, polysorbate 80, sodium borate, and water for injection.

https://www.fda.gov/media/74356/download
Basic chemistry courses inform us that ionic compounds, such as the aluminum +3 in aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate, dissolve in water, and thus in your body, into their constituent ions.
Here is an image of the representation of aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate
http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.16385247.html
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Aluminum-hydroxyphosphate

Its free ion, Al(3+) (aq), is highly biologically reactive and uniquely equipped to do damage to essential cellular (neuronal) biochemistry.
The Birchall Centre, Lennard-Jones Laboratories, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.
https://www.keele.ac.uk/scps/chemistry/ourfacilitiesandequipment/laboratories/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24779346/

Aluminum is an experimentally demonstrated neurotoxin and the most commonly used vaccine adjuvant. Despite almost 90 years of widespread use of aluminum adjuvants, medical science's understanding about their mechanisms of action is still remarkably poor. There is also a concerning scarcity of data on toxicology and pharmacokinetics of these compounds. In spite of this, the notion that aluminum in vaccines is safe appears to be widely accepted. Experimental research, however, clearly shows that aluminum adjuvants have a potential to induce serious immunological disorders in humans. In particular, aluminum in adjuvant form carries a risk for autoimmunity, long-term brain inflammation and associated neurological complications and may thus have profound and widespread adverse health consequences. In our opinion, the possibility that vaccine benefits may have been overrated and the risk of potential adverse effects underestimated, has not been rigorously evaluated in the medical and scientific community.
Neural Dynamics Research Group, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1L8, Canada.
https://www.ubc.ca/about/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21568886/
Additionally, aluminum is carcinogenic, likely causing or contributing to the formation of cancer.

Aluminium is present in the human brain and it accumulates with age.
...we know that aluminium is a potent pro-oxidant, its interaction with the superoxide radical anion establishing, fuelling and sustaining redox cycles.
The Birchall Centre, Lennard-Jones Laboratories, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.
https://www.keele.ac.uk/scps/chemistry/ourfacilitiesandequipment/laboratories/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1586/14737175.2014.915745
Pro-oxidant's cause cancer.

Under normal conditions, anti-oxidants outbalance pro-oxidants, but under oxidative conditions, pro-oxidants prevail over anti-oxidants, which can lead to many inflammatory diseases including cancer.
Cytokine Research Laboratory, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/departments-divisions/experimental-therapeutics.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990475/
Here is a general summary on aluminum from the CDC.
https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/ToxFAQs/ToxFAQsDetails.aspx?faqid=190&toxid=34
I would like to point out here that environmental aluminum exposure is something to avoid, only a very small amount will make its way to your blood. From past reading, ~99% ingested aluminum passes through via ingestion. Nonetheless, the CDC urges you to reduce environmental exposure. So why aren't they nearly as concerned about directly injected highly ionized aluminum?

Only very small amounts of aluminum that you may inhale, ingest, or have skin contact with will enter the bloodstream.

The CDC or it's agent doesn't have a position on carcinogenicity.

How likely is aluminum to cause cancer? The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the EPA have not evaluated the carcinogenic potential of aluminum in humans. Aluminum has not been shown to cause cancer in animals.

The CDC published document advises avoiding giving aluminum to kids with kidney problems. Do we regularly test children for kidney problems before administering aluminum injections?

Children with kidney problems who were given aluminum in their medical treatments developed bone diseases. It does not appear that children are more sensitive to aluminum than adults.

The CDC published document says birth defects in humans hasn't been tested, and in animals is at least not obvious.

We do not know if aluminum will cause birth defects in people. Birth defects have not been seen in animals.

The CDC published document then advises that certain amounts of aluminum causes skeletal and neurological development disorders. But... the CDC document just stated that they haven't seen birth defects? Am I misunderstanding these two statements? Do smaller amounts also cause issues, but less noticeably?

Aluminum in large amounts has been shown to be harmful to unborn and developing animals because it can cause delays in skeletal and neurological development.

Aluminum is being transferred from parent to nursing undeveloped infant.

Aluminum is found in breast milk, but only a small amount of this aluminum will enter the infant's body through breastfeeding.

Aluminum is everywhere. In the air, in your water, in your hygiene products, as a regular ingredient used in your food.

How can families reduce the risks of exposure to aluminum? Since aluminum is so common and widespread in the environment, families cannot avoid exposure to aluminum. Avoid taking large quantities of aluminum-containing antacids and buffered aspirin and take these medications as directed.

Aluminum accumulates long term in your bones. It doesn't simply "flush out".

Is there a medical test to determine whether I've been exposed to aluminum? All people have small amounts of aluminum in their bodies. Aluminum can be measured in blood, bones, feces, or urine. Urine and blood aluminum measurements can tell you whether you have been exposed to larger-than-normal amounts of aluminum. Measuring bone aluminum can also indicate exposure to high levels, but this requires a bone biopsy.

Additional source:

Aluminum (Al) is a neurotoxicant; however, efforts to understand Al toxicity are limited by the lack of a quantitative biomarker of cumulative exposure. Bone Al measurements may address this need.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7112220/
School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
Zunyi Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
*Corresponding author: Ellen M. Wells, address: Purdue University, School of Health Sciences, Hampton Hall 1269, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, ude.eudrup@45sllew
These authors made equal contributions to the work
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7112220/

Been caring for mom since last August. I worked 2 jobs and left one for a mental break I was so burned out sending kids to college and my brother was stessing out family. Didn’t get a week off to get my mental break and mom fell, broke shoulder and had a heart attack and that was 2 months of care. Then she had spells of afib each month before every holiday . She was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and she’s better but I take her to dr appts each week. Luckily she hired a cleaner and gets groceries delivered bc I was doing that too. Now my husband has a mass on his lung. He had a stroke 7 years ago and has been ok since then after surgery etc. they think it’s cancer. We will know more in a couple of weeks. I’m scared, cry everyday at work, and just so depressed. He’s grumpy too and snaps at me and it doesn’t make it easy when he’s mean bc I am already fragile. I have autoimmune hypothyroidism and a herniated disk I can’t take care of due to everyone else’s stuff I take care of. Any advice or just hey you got this would help. I feel like my life is just existing.

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I've (afab18) been struggling with my heart rate for years but up until recently it's been mostly tolerable. Doctors thought it was anemia (feeling like im gonna pass out) because my blood pressure is perfect while I'm sitting. but tests came back negative so they just stopped investigating. I've personally been doing research and think that POTS fit a lot of my symptoms better (sustained 50+bpm heart rate jumps, presycopal episodes, some other weirder ones ). The main issue is I don't know how to go about bringing this up to my doctors. They tend to ignore my concerns and it makes bringing anything up really stressful which doesn't help anything. My family also keeps trying to blame it on anxiety and it makes it hard to want to advocate for myself on top of not knowing how.
Unfortunately after 2 mild heat strokes last year and living in Southern Oklahoma (100°-115° summers freaking suck) I'm afraid of how the heat intolerance will affect me going to things like pride/other outdoor events. I can't even be out in 80° weather comfortably anymore. On top of that I have the new stress of moving to college this year and I'm not sure how I'm going to manage to get around campus while it's hot. It makes me genuinely nervous that I could pass out on campus or be late because i feel like death trying to get to class. I have issues getting around my highschool campus on days where I'm flared up, much less trying to walk from one end of campus to the other. Genuinely had to lay down in the middle of a TJ Maxx the other day because the AC was broken and I couldn't get my heart rate back down but I was too disoriented from it I couldn't drive home safely. I've started to run out of hope that I'll get any better simply because i don't know what to do or how to go about getting treatment.
I should also mention that autoimmune disorders run heavy in my family. Doctors currently think I might have RA, but eventhough they said they'd refer me to a rheumatologist they still haven't. As much as I love free healthcare it makes it hell to get anything confirmed. This was also after I finally broke down crying in the office after 5+ years of telling them something was wrong.

Female, age 20, 5’3”, 135lbs. No current meds. Had Alopecia areata for 2.5 years but don’t have it anymore.
I started working at a daycare about a year ago. I know that most people who start working at daycares get sick very often, but I get sick about once a month with either a cold and twice with the flu since I started working there.
Not sure if this is relevant, but I had alopecia in high school, which I know is autoimmune disease and nobody in my family or any relatives have any autoimmune diseases.
As a child I would get sick way more often than my classmates.
I also am a college student and have noticed I always get sick before finals/midterms. Prob due to stress.
I feel like by now I should not be getting so sick this often if I’ve been sick such a large number of times. Is my immune system just like genetically garbage, or should I be getting checked out for something? And how would I go about that?

It’s a long story, but I’ll summarize it the best I can.
I’m in a toxic work environment where I semi-regularly have to apologize to the customers for how poor our service is and struggle to work because of how embarrassing it is to be an employee there. It’s been over a year since I graduated and have been applying all over the place for jobs in and out of my major, but the job market is so saturated with applicants that I can barely get interviews. I’m basically living off my savings at this point and got the first interview in months where I hoped I could at least break even each month that didn’t go well and I’m honestly not expecting a call back from. I have an autoimmune disease that has slowly been making it difficult to do basic physical activities and have been struggling to get medical professionals to look into what it is. I have another appointment and hope that this one will listen, but these medical bills have been eating my checks up even with insurance and the treatments for conditions like that are horrifically expensive.
“Why don’t you seek out therapy” you might be asking? I do and had an incredibly rough session where we argued nearly the entire hour. I must admit, though, that it was out of me very desperately wanting him to tell me I was a bad person for a laundry list of reasons that is long enough to be a post by itself and say that I may have a mental illness that is causing a lot of the problems I’m experiencing, but I didn’t get the answer I wanted. At the end, I asked if he had any clients who were in a similar situation and what treatment plans he had in mind because I felt very lost. He said I should think for our next session if I’m going to genuinely put in the work to change or see therapy as a quick fix for problems and that will determine where to go from there. And, honestly, I don’t think I can force myself to get better? I can’t consistently eat at least two meals a day or fully take care of my teeth (I’ve had gingivitis for years now, which is lovely) when asked to, so I feel aversive to even thinking of tackling my serious problems. It’s not that I don’t know why I do things, I just can’t commit to anything. I’m going to quit therapy during my next session because I’m giving up. Even if I don’t say that I’d quit, saying I don’t want to get better will most likely lead to my termination as a client because of him previously stating that therapy isn’t meant for quick solutions. I went to a college therapy program twice, then a private practice with a therapist, and now this counselor through a program for people with low income. I don’t have the energy to restart therapy again for a fifth time.
I’m here because I have no real support system. I have a girlfriend and one friend (who I don’t like but I also really need the company of someone else) that I have been the emotional support person for lately because of his friend dying. Even if he wasn’t grieving, he tends to say something like “well, that sucks” and changes the subject if I’m complaining about something so I don’t do that anymore. I cut my parents off years ago, and even if they weren’t as abusive as they were, they don’t understand mental health stuff and wouldn’t comfort me regardless of how badly I felt. My girlfriend asked if she could help in any way and I told her that she couldn’t.
Because how could she help if I can’t help myself either? I’ve been waiting around for my life to improve and it just hasn’t despite how much I tried. I want to give up at this point. The only thing preventing me from ending everything is that my mother is still listed as my Payable on Death person from back when I was coerced to do so at 19 and that I have no access to methods that are guaranteed to work where I also can’t be revived in time by anybody. They say that your twenties suck, but my life is just plain dogshit at 23 and I genuinely can’t think of how it can get better from here in a way that makes me want to still be alive.

(19M, 5'9 155 lbs.) Hi, this is gonna be a bit long, but let me explain the entire situation so far:
Going back about a year or so, I started noticing an elevated heart rate above what I usually would have. I have an apple watch that allows me to check my heart rate, and around this time I started to get notifications that my heart rate was above average (in the 120s to 130s range while resting as opposed to my normal 60-80 range). This happened a few times along with some very minor chest pain / tightness, however after laying down for a few hours / going to bed it would usually return to normal. Around the same time I got diagnosed with anxiety and ADHD and placed on an SSRI to help my anxiety after trying ADHD meds and not liking them. I never really had any incidents with high heart rate after that, so I had assumed it was just anxiety causing it (and that may still be the case). A few months went by and I ended up starting college and got myself a girlfriend. As I ended up finding out, SSRIs, while great, have the unfortunate side effect of erectile dysfunction, so I weaned off my meds so I could prioritize my love life. There were a few incidents after this where my heart rate was above average, but again I just chalked this up to anxiety, as it would usually go away on its own. At one point I went into my on campus doctor's office just to verify my heart was okay after an elevated heart rate the night before, and they gave me an EKG which came up clear. Months go by, and things are fine, besides a slight uptick in anxiety. Unfortunately however, my relationship began to crumble and my anxiety skyrocketed, and we eventually broke up, which led me to talking to my doctor and getting placed back on anxiety medication. However, I really didn't like how SSRI's impacted my libido, so after trying a few more SSRI's I was placed on Buspirone. I love Buspirone, and it's made a noticeable difference on my confidence / reducing anxiety. When I take my full dose at once (30 mg), I tend to get a bit dizzy / nauseous, however when split up into 10 mg taken at breakfast lunch and dinner I have no noticeable side effects. I will say (and I don't know if this is in any way important but I'm just naming everything possible), I have noticed that since stopping the SSRIs and starting Buspirone I tend to ejaculate VERY fast which is abnormal for me, and although I would like to fix that it is not my main concern. Moving on though, after about a month or two after being placed on Buspirone, we get to where my heart problems start. As someone who had never used any substances my entire life, leaving home and going to college gave me the freedom to try new things, and although I know it's not great, on weekends me and my friends will get together and drink or occasionally smoke weed / take an edible. I was worried at first about interactions with my medication, but after some research all anything online could tell me was that I may get drunk faster / more nauseous and dizzy, which wasn't too big of a deal for me. I had tried weed earlier in college and didn't like the way it made me feel, however after being placed on Buspirone I decided to try it again and actually enjoyed the feeling, so I started doing it more on the weekends as opposed to just drinking, which leads us to the incident. Me and some friends had just sat down to watch a movie, and all taken an edible. Time passed, and I started to notice that my heart rate was extremely elevated, way more than I was usually used to. I checked my heart rate, and found that my watch was displaying an average of 160 bpm. At first I thought I was just having a bad high and tried to calm myself. I laid on the floor and put some ice on my forehead, but nothing was helping. I checked my heart rate again and saw that my watch was displaying 190, which really freaked me out as that was way higher than I had ever seen before. I had my sober friend call Public Safety for me, and they came to my dorm room and did a basic check up on me. They said that I had a fever, and when they took my heart rate they got something in the 160s range. Their explanation was that my anxiety, when combined with being high and likely being sick made my heart rate elevated, which made sense at the time. I went into my college's health services to follow up the next day since my heart rate was still elevated (in the 120s-130s range), however they again told me it was probably just anxiety. A few days went by and my heart rate was STILL above average, so I decided to double check with my real doctor off campus. About a day before this I had also stopped taking my medication to see if it could be the cause for my elevated heart rate. The doctors took my vitals and immediately noticed that had very high blood pressure and an elevated heart rate, to the point where they sent in a second doctor to recheck my vitals and make sure it was correct. After talking to me and having me give a run down of my symptoms, they had me schedule an appointment with a cardiologist and told me that if I ever experience chest pain and a heart rate above 100 bpm that wouldn't go down to go to the hospital. I had also told them about how I stopped taking my medication and they told me that that was fine and to tell the cardiologist about it. About a week passes, and I have my cardiologist appointment in a few days. I had been up the night before working on my final exams, so I hadn't gotten much sleep, and besides a breakfast sandwich that I had for lunch I hadn't eaten much either. I had been experiencing chest pain all day, but I assumed it was being caused by my lack of sleep, so after classes I went and took a nap. After a few hours I woke up, and immediately noticed that I still had chest pain. I checked my apple watch, and my heart rate was displaying roughly 90-110 bpm while laying down, which on top of the chest pain made me worried since my doctor had told me that that was cause to go to the hospital. I called my parents to tell them about it, and they drove to the school and had me sit in the car and eat some food they had made to see if it would help at all. However, even after this, my heart rate was still above 100 bpm and I still had chest pain, so my mom made the call to bring me to the hospital. While on the way to the hospital, out of nowhere my heart rate increased to about 170-180 bpm, which freaked me out. We arrived at the hospital, and they immediately gave me an EKG to make sure I wasn't going to drop dead. During this time, I also was shaking a lot and couldn't make myself stop. Eventually they took me into a room and decided to run some tests on me. The tests they did are as follows: BASIC METABOLIC PANEL, CBC WITH DIFF, TROPONIN NH, D DIMER DEEP VEIN THROMB LEVEL, TSH REFLEX, X-RAY CHEST PA AND LATERAL, and ECG-12 LEAD. While I'm not a doctor, from what they told me and from what I can see, everything turned up pretty normal. My potassium was a smidge low, as well as my MCV and MPV, and my Monocyte (absolute) was a tad high, but generally nothing to worry about. The website where I'm viewing my test results display my ECG as abnormal and an attached document says I have left atrial enlargement as well as sinus tachycardia, but they only mentioned sinus tachycardia in the hospital so I assume that it was just the machine reading my test results and giving its own diagnosis. Long story short though, I left the hospital a few hours later, and although I still had a slightly elevated heart rate they said I was fine to go about life normally and to follow up with my cardiologist. Cut to the present, and I just met with my cardiologist a couple days ago. I gave him the general rundown of the above story (but didn't mention the edible as a precursor to the 190 bpm heartrate as my mom was in the next room over and the door was wide open), and after checking my vitals he told me that although I did have an elevated heart rate and high blood pressure, my chest pain probably wasn't a huge concern and that he wasn't too worried it was anything life threatening. He told me I could resume taking my meds (which I had temporarily replaced with ashwagandha supplements while I waited for the appointment and have since stopped taking), and had me wear a little device that monitored my heart rate for 24 hours, which I'm set to return in a couple days. He also told me that when I returned it he would check my results and give me an echocardiogram and go from there. So, with any luck, he should be able to figure things out then. However, I wanted to post this to see if anyone could help me get any ideas on what it could be that I could run by him to help speed things up. Oh and one last thing, if you can't think of anything in regards to what could be causing my elevated heart rate, I actually would like to know why I'm ejaculating so fast so I can fix it because its gotten to the point where I can't even enjoy masturbating because of how fast I cum.
In case I missed anything, here's a list of my symptoms (although I have no idea if they're all correlated):
- High heart rate (anywhere from 90-190 bpm)
- High blood pressure
- Chest pain / tightness on my left side and does not hurt more when I breath in / out (every now and then pain extends to my neck and shoulder)
- Frequently tired
- Insomnia (could be correlated with the above symptom lol)
- Get out of breath faster than usual
- Anxiety (already had this though)
- Mild depression (probably from my breakup)
- Lack of motivation (probably from my ADHD)
- Very rare and random spasms in my neck
- About 10 pounds weight loss in the past few months
- Headaches (could be from the meds)
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Minor rash under my eyes that’s been coming / going
- Eczema / rash flare ups past few months above my eyes, on my inner elbows, on my hands, and on my neck that I’ve been able to get rid of with a steroid cream
- Wrists, elbows, knees and ankles (although many joints in general) tend to bother me / crack a lot
- Glands under my neck are frequently swollen
- Rashes on the tops of my feet and toes
- Multiple gray / white hairs appearing in the last few months
- Probably something minor that I'm forgetting but if I can't think of it it probably isn't important (will update this list if new symptoms arise)
Brief family history:
- Grandma (moms side) has rheumatoid arthritis - Grandma (dads side) had multiple sclerosis - Great Grandma (moms side) had Alzheimer's - Aunt (moms side) has an undiagnosed heart problem - Aunt (moms side) has rheumatoid arthritis and Reynaud's, inconclusive testing for lupus - Aunt (dads side) has something? something to do with swelling of feet and ankles? not too sure - Mom had anemia
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My personal theories (I'm not a doctor though so obviously not too sure): Autoimmune Disease + Dysautonomia: - From a list of symptoms, I have experienced all of the following at some point over the last month: Lightheaded when standing up, nausea, brain fog, fast heart rate, high blood pressure, changes in bowel movements over the course of the past few months (both constipation and diarrhea), fatigue, sexual dysfunction, chest pain and discomfort, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sleeping problems, dizziness, sweating a lot, watery eyes, frequent headaches, changes in body temperature, drooling (when I sleep), mood swings, anxiety, and sensitivity to light. Based on this a potential theory could be an autoimmune disorder on top of a heart condition? Also explains the elevated monocyte (absolute) levels. Serotonin Syndrome: - I was doing research and discovered that Buspirone, when taken with other medication that increases serotonin, can cause serotonin syndrome. After another google search, I found out that weed can increase serotonin levels. The only hole in this theory is that I stopped taking Buspirone after the initial spike in heart rate / blood pressure but had no noticeable changes.
TLDR: I have a high heart rate and blood pressure and can't figure out why

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• 5-17-2024RESEARCHER DISCOVERS DRUG THAT MAY DELAY ONSET OF ALZHEIMER’S, PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND TREAT HYDROCEPHALUS
• 5-17-2024KEY PROTEIN BEHIND BRAIN ASYMMETRY UNCOVERED BY SCIENTISTS
• 5-17-2024CELL TYPES AND MOLECULES USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES FOUND TO BE NORMAL COMPONENTS OF GUT IMMUNITY
• 5-17-2024RESEARCHERS REVEAL MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DIFFERENT DONOR ARTERIES FOR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
• 5-17-2024LIMITING CERTAIN LIGHT EXPOSURE HAS POTENTIAL TO PREVENT INHERITED RETINAL DYSTROPHY
• 5-17-2024STUDY REVEALS THAT THE BRAIN MODULATES VISUAL SIGNALS ACCORDING TO INTERNAL STATES
• 5-17-2024RESEARCHERS MAKE STRIDES IN MICROBIOME-BASED CANCER THERAPIES VIA IRON DEPRIVATION IN THE TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT
• 5-17-2024STUDY OPENS THE DOOR TO DESIGNING THERAPIES TO IMPROVE LUNG DEVELOPMENT IN GROWTH-RESTRICTED FETUSES
• 5-17-2024WASTEWATER REVEALS SOCIOECONOMIC LINK TO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
• 5-17-2024A MULTIFACED BRAIN MAP OF RHESUS MONKEY
• 5-17-2024MORE LEPTOSPIROSIS CASES OCCUR AFTER FLOODS, STUDY SHOWS
• 5-17-2024RESEARCH FINDS THE PROTEIN VISTA DIRECTLY BLOCKS T CELLS FROM FUNCTIONING IN IMMUNOTHERAPY
• 5-17-2024GUT BACTERIA ENHANCE CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY IN MOUSE STUDY
• 5-17-2024NEW IMAGING SOFTWARE IMPROVES LUNG DIAGNOSIS FOR 30% OF PATIENTS WHO CAN’T TOLERATE CONTRAST DYE
• 5-17-2024BLACK ADULTS AT RISK FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE LIVE IN MORE POLLUTED AREAS, STUDY FINDS
• 5-17-2024STUDY SUGGESTS CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE UNLIKELY TO MOVE FROM ANIMALS TO PEOPLE
• 5-17-2024BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS PRECEDES ESOPHAGEAL CANCER, BUT NOT ALL PATIENTS NEED ABNORMAL CELL REMOVAL
• 5-17-2024THE NEURAL SIGNATURE OF SUBJECTIVE DISGUST COULD APPLY TO BOTH SENSORY AND SOCIO-MORAL EXPERIENCES
• 5-17-2024NEW BLOOD TEST FOR STROKE DETECTION COMBINES BLOOD-BASED BIOMARKERS WITH A CLINICAL SCORE
• 5-17-2024WEB-BASED SELF-HELP INTERVENTION FOUND TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR BINGE EATING DISORDER
• 5-17-2024MARYLAND GOV. WES MOORE SIGNS BILL REQUIRING MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE COACHES
• 5-17-2024NEW TECHNIQUE TO FREEZE BRAIN TISSUE WITHOUT HARM
• 5-17-2024STUDY UNCOVERS KEY FACTORS FOR RESILIENCE AFTER TRAUMA
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UPDATE: I called my mom today as I do every day. Dad had dialysis last night and they gave him some kind of injection (mom supposed it was a vitamin one but my dad's cognition is so that even he doesn't really understand these things and so she doesn't get the info). The injection made him really sick and he was up all night throwing up bile and is still really sick today.
I gently asked her if he has his end of life wishes in order. She told me the hospital sent paperwork home but he refuses to consider it. She keeps offering to help him but he keeps burying his head in the sand.
She also told me he is on so many different medications right now and they just keep throwing more at him, all with a lost of side effects a mile long.
I told my mom my feeling about this being the beginning of the end and she agrees. Whether he has a few months or a few years, we do not know.
Hello everyone. I'm 37F and I'm worried my father, 65M, is dying.
My dad has had ill health for a long time. He was a hardworking miner so worked hard, long hours, drank a lot and smoked a lot and didn't have the best diet.
When I was in college he suffered some heart attacks, but it wasn't until about 10 years ago that my dad's health really took a turn for the worse. He had several strokes in the period of about two years and they completely changed him. Gone was the whip smart, silver tongued, charming, short tempered man who when I was a child was warm, funny and loving and abusive, cruel and frightening depending on his mood.
His strokes weakened him physically and mentally. Later on he was found to have a bad autoimmune kidney disease which was causing the strokes. He has diabetes and uses insulin. He has stopped smoking but has not changed his eating or exercise habits.
A month or two ago he has to be in hospital because he was having so much trouble breathing. He stayed for a week or so and they found out his kidneys were very weak and could not be managed by medication anymore. They gave him dialysis in hospital and now he is on permanent dialysis thrice weekly.
Dialysis has been a real struggle for him. It makes him sick and exhausted. The doctor gave him chemo drugs for the nausea but they didn't work. He's not feeling as nauseous now but he has a lot of diarrhea issues. His mobility has gone way down and he can only take a few steps with the help of a walker. He can no longer get in and out of the bath himself. He has trouble sleeping so his doctor gave him sleeping pills.
His verbal aphasia sounds so much worse and his face looks so unwell to me when I see him. His mental health is suffering and he cries every time I talk to him. He tells me things like "the mountains are getting too hard to climb." His doctor upped the amount of his antidepressant so I hope that helps.
I can't help but feel like he is dying. I try to think positively but it feels like the beginning of the end. I just have this gut feeling that he won't be long for this earth and it saddens me so much. I do have OCD so that could be it but this feels so real to me.
I keep reflecting on his life, on all the things that could have been if he hadn't gotten sick. In a way him getting sick changed him to the point where he was able to apologize for past abuse and become a nicer person, but he's so different now. I think about him and imagine him as a little baby and a young man and I think about him now and the state he is in and it's just so heavy and sad.
I don't want my dad to die, but that doesn't matter. I wish he didn't have to suffer so much emotional and physical pain.
What do I do?

I was born to two young (early 20s), mentally ill people. My mother had untreated bipolar disorder, and my father was an angry, stern asshole. I know my father was physically abused growing up. My mother is a very unreliable narrator, so I'm not sure what happened with her. My maternal grandparents seemed nice and always treated me well. From what I've heard, she was a very troubled teen. Hung out with the wrong crowd, got pregnant at 16, she would go randomly into fits of rage.
They always blamed me for the abuse, saying I was a difficult child. I talked back, and slammed doors. I was strong-headed. It would enrage them. A common scene at my home was that my mother would get upset over some perceived slight, like my bedroom was too messy. My father would come back from work (he was the sole breadwinner, my mom refused to work), would hit me, and go through my room systematically destroying everything in his path. Books, torn to shreds, stuffed animals ripped apart. I would be left to go pick up the pieces in the dumpster, crying.
I never did drugs, slept around, stole... And generally kept good grades, until I was too depressed and suicidal in high school. I just stood up to them and their treatment of me. They hated me talking back. I'd get punched, kicked, slapped, dragged down the stairs by my hair. My father would scream that he would "tame" me until my ears rang.
I was about 15-20lbs overweight as a kid. My mother was obsessed with weight and appearance - "fat cow" was an insult she'd throw around a lot. I grew up in a country and time when being an overweight girl was just about the worst thing you could do. She would discourage physical exercise, her focus was on diet. We'd go on slim fast diets together, which would never work. Later as a teen I'd live on diet coke and the occasional binge eating episode. I used Ipecac to make myself purge. I developed an eating disorder. I never got really skinny though to her great disappointment, as an adult I learned I had a thyroid autoimmune disorder.
My mother cheated on my father a lot, and made me cover up for it. Yet, they blamed me for "ruining" their marriage. They were two high-conflict personalities and would get in very nasty arguments. At 17 I messed up my back really bad, carrying heavy school books to school and back, and school was really far. I ended up in chronic pain for decades afterwards with two herniated discs.
My mother's bipolar disorder would make her a big spender on my father's working class salary. She'd go on wild spending sprees and "spoil" me with makeup or clothing to make up for the physical abuse from my father. Yet, I never saw a dentist in 18 years. I had to get so much dental work done when I got my first job and dental insurance. I always felt guilty and responsible for the abuse - if I had been more respectful, if I had been more tidy, worked harder in school, maybe this wouldn't have happened. They took no responsibility, I was just "out of control" to them. I think the worst thing I ever did was accidentally putting a scratch in the car paint getting my bike out of the garage. Other things, like refusing to wear socks in shoes. Looking back, I probably had sensory issues/autism. Socks would make my skin crawl.
I have a sister who I am also NC with. She didn't endure any abuse. She was born with a minor heart, stable defect, and my mom was really absorbed with it. They would be so careful with her. She was more docile than me. She was given so many chances. She never managed to start her own life, and still lives with my parents to this day, in her mid-thirties, with a part-time job. I don't think she's ever had a romantic relationship or any of the milestones adults usually go through.
I recently reconnected with my godmother after going NC with my parents. My parents would also keep me from other family members, usually over some drama they'd instigate. My godmother told me I was a colicky baby. My mother had psychotic episodes, hearing voices and screams, and postpartum depression after having me. I had to be weaned pretty fast as a result, and dairy formula hurt my tummy. I'd cry for hours. They would shake me and scream in my face.
A baby is just a baby. You can't hold them responsible for being a "difficult" child. A lot of my shame and self-blame evaporated upon learning of this. I'm doing pretty good now. I left home early (honestly thought they would end up killing me, either by hitting me or pushing me to suicide). I got into, then left a toxic marriage, went to therapy, did EMDR, went on SSRIs, put myself through college, bought my own place, and met a wonderful partner who is the best man I know. I just sometimes ache for what could have been, and for the fact it took me two decades of struggling to get there. I could have gone so much further in life with the proper support, but I was chronically burned out.
I got a lot of plastic surgery to not physically look like my mother and because I was pretty homely. I was bullied a lot over my looks. I had wild swings in weight too, which wrecked my body early. I realize that's crazy, but I'm happy I did it. I stopped at a reasonable point, and am happy with the improved quality of life it brought me.
Anyway, just getting this off my chest. I made it, but at what cost.

20m in 0.5mg of Fin daily. Seen positive signs so far however I’m required to be hep B vaccinated for college.
I didn’t think much of this but I stumbled upon articles that I wish I hadn’t suggesting that hair loss has been linked to hepatitis B vaccines.
Apparently it can induce autoimmune alopecua aretea in those prone to autoimmune disorders and I’ve family history of MS.
Has anybody experience with this?
Further apparently vaccines can induce Telogen Effluvium. This is temporary but I’m also curious if it does cause TE and then recovery how does that effect regrowth on Fin and MPB progression?

My SO is going to be the absolute death of me and I just need to rant because I’m losing it 😭
I’ll preface by saying that I’m chronically ill/have an autoimmune disease, this pregnancy is very high risk because of my health issues. I have two other kids and I’ve been staying home for 7 years, but I’m in college full time. This is his first baby and my third. He just doesn’t seem to understand the severity of the way pregnancy affects your body, especially when you’re already not in good physical health - no matter how I explain it.
This morning he told me because he knows of so many people who work full time jobs while they’re pregnant, that I shouldn’t be so useless and use it as an excuse all of the time. Which… I don’t. But before even being pregnant I couldn’t lift more than my toddler because of my health issues, so I’m definitely not doing it now. Meanwhile I do all of the housework/cleaning/laundry/shopping/my own schoolwork/taking care of my two kids 100% while he does…. Nothing. he quit his job 3 weeks ago and isn’t even working either!! Hasn’t looked for a new job. Im losing it here 😭 can anyone relate!? Why did I do this to myself??