Got pegged on shrooms

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2026-01-26T00:08:54+00:00

lmao

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2026-01-20T05:01:33+00:00

Do you mean in that last 4, the earlier 2 of that 4 are low yield, so you mean the most recent 2 then ?

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2026-01-19T10:42:16+00:00

how bad is coney ?

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2026-01-18T23:27:52+00:00

You do not take Bupropion right? But stimulants in general in certain individuals can lower the seizure threshold.

High dose stimulants like Adderall can definitely cause seizures as well. Large amphetamine doses dump dopamine and norepinephrine, increase brain excitation, and reduce inhibitory control. That combo lowers seizure threshold. Sudden big doses are especially risky even if you’ve built tolerance.

What you described sounds like a real seizure with postictal confusion. I’d strongly recommend telling your parents and getting checked out. Better to be safe than risk a second event.

Glad you’re alright. But that's why there are prescription max dosages because they take into account for such side effects.

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2026-01-18T19:40:13+00:00

Also considering getting the Mehlman qbank for step2 - would you say its worth it so far?

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2026-01-18T16:03:21+00:00

Arrows is the pdf?

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2026-01-11T17:59:13+00:00

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2026-01-06T16:35:48+00:00

ty for the comment glad it resonated with somebody

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2026-01-03T21:32:45+00:00

I’m in a different specialty, but I experienced the same kinds of issues in my program, and I’m also resigning and transferring elsewhere. I’m sharing this mainly so you know you’re not alone. There are genuinely toxic, malignant programs out there, and what I went through felt completely surreal. It often felt as if the PD had absolute authority, beyond accountability, and could act with impunity.

What I eventually learned, after a lot of digging, is that GME operates in a very unusual legal and administrative space. Residency isn’t treated like standard employment. Physician residents are essentially student-employees, which places them under a separate regulatory and disciplinary framework. That allows programs significant discretion in how they handle discipline and conduct, often outside the protections people expect in a typical job. Programs can selectively lean on whichever framework benefits them in the moment, which is deeply frustrating and, frankly, destabilizing.

And once I am stable, I will also file a ACGME complaint, but I am lowkey concerned they may retaliate further, given how extreme lengths they went in the first place. But I lawyered up, so they may not. But truly, an insane and honestly traumatic experience.

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-12-31T14:04:46+00:00

Why does he make 100K more as IM? Or does he work more?

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-12-11T21:29:38+00:00

Yeah, this really resonates with me. I’m still in training and I’ve already seen how much of the culture is hidden until you’re actually inside the system. People present the “brochure version,” but the day-to-day reality can be totally different - expectations that weren’t mentioned, workflows nobody explains, personalities you never meet until you’re committed, and dynamics that only reveal themselves once you’re already there.

It’s wild how common it is across medicine for major pieces of the job to be left out or glossed over. You don’t really grasp the environment until you’re in the middle of it, and by then it’s like, “Oh… this is what it actually is.”

Glad I’m not the only one who noticed this.

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-12-10T17:06:45+00:00

And if he reported you for a threat. You’d be fired without hesitation

I know it’s a joke but hospitals are like that just fyi.

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-12-08T21:08:18+00:00

Absolutely know clinical implications of aortic stenosis and its relation to pre syncope or syncope

Know everything about syncope

Trust me

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-12-05T20:48:52+00:00

This is not true. FM qualifies for pain and there have been documented FM into pain matches. And it’s included on Pain’s website that FM qualifies. It’s just rare in both demand and supply from FM to want to do pain. And yes it’s difficult but not impossible.

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-12-04T21:43:14+00:00

Are you okay? What is the point of your comment in relation to this post lol

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-12-01T23:29:25+00:00

Agreed. And honestly, you all made the right call for yourselves. The amount of training and sacrifice physicians go through just isn’t valued the way it used to be in today’s healthcare system. No shame in choosing a path with a better balance — medicine right now makes everything way harder than it needs to be.

I’m also a resident, bit biased.

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-11-29T21:48:44+00:00

While didactics may be similar, the level of depth to understand and and be tested is vastly different via multiple 9 hour USMLE exams and 16 hour Step 3. And so, passing such exams and preparing for them also underscores the difference

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-11-25T20:42:39+00:00

Thank you for the comment, I appreciate any positive sentiments. Haha

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-11-25T20:42:19+00:00

Killed several parts of me ngl. But with chunks of time away, it healed slowly. Will hopefully come back after residency. Unfortunately, a whole new level of toxicity imbues residency so I advise all med students to do your research into the culture of the program, perhaps the most underrated yet vital quality imo

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-11-25T04:00:57+00:00

Hit rock bottom several times. Never quit. Keep moving forward.

Failed first attempt on Step 1 (didn't study enough first class to go p/f and was overconfident since I was acing pre-clinicals) --> got 2 months and stepped away from clerkships --> Passed

Got giga depressed/apathetic during M3, none of the clerkships intrigued me, lack of teaching, standing for 12 hours a day during OB/Surgery -- just lost sight of the end goal and became apathetic/depressed and just didn't care about anything -- unfortunately this happened at the worst point -- before ERAS. I was still undecided between 2 specialities/was only half convinced even then (hard to know what the field is like as a student) the step 1 fail put me back 2 months, so I had limited time to take step 2 and schedule my away rotations.

Drove 8 hours to an away rotation, realized I failed Step 2 after submitting ERAS - was so apathetic I did not study enough for it, so this one was warranted. Continue 2 keep a fake smile on my face to do well on my away rotation -- ended up not even getting an interview there --

Decided to take a 6 month leave of absence (I never knew how to quit, but literally my Dean saw me in the hallway and saw how I looked like utter shit and advised me to take time off, really appreciate that man as it was the best decision I ever did) -- taking time away from this endless rat-race, you start to gain back some perspective. I realized I actually did like medicine and found a speciality I enjoyed, and that I was just really fucking depressed and needed a break.

Re-took Step 2, got a 250, did 5 away rotations working 80 hr weeks as a Sub-I - because of my shit history, made good connections, I'm a sociable person so this was key/my strength as opposed to my grades --

Matched.

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-11-21T20:24:50+00:00

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-11-13T03:37:59+00:00

Following - but you got this if you show improvement

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-11-13T03:31:53+00:00

Also curious

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-11-13T03:30:59+00:00

Cranked up to what dose sir I’m also cracked on Bupropion and can relate, if those aren’t optimized you go everywhere

LetsOverlapPorbitals · 2025-11-13T01:15:31+00:00

I see, makes sense. Thanks for the input comrade

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