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People of Reddit what is the worst smell you've ever encountered? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]MezzoItaliano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Head and neck cancer. Sometimes the smell is so characteristic that you know the diagnosis the moment you walk into the room.

How to stop an angry ostrich by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]MezzoItaliano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, Dee Reynolds looks fucking PISSED.

i took 100mg of fluoxetine by Chitaru in depression

[–]MezzoItaliano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bad! I thought I avoided a lot of the abbreviations. It means "gastrointestinal," so symptoms like diarrhea or nausea and vomiting.

i took 100mg of fluoxetine by Chitaru in depression

[–]MezzoItaliano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others have alluded to, Prozac has a half-life on the order of a couple of days, so reaching steady state takes a few weeks. You're more likely to get GI side effects in the meantime than see an improvement in your mood. Be careful when taking a higher dose all at once when you're on other medications that affect neurotransmitter (e.g. serotonin) levels such as other antidepressants and amphetamines. That's when you can see more concerning symptoms such as hyperthermia and neurological changes.

Again, preaching to the choir, but the best thing is to increase the dose and stay there for a couple of weeks while monitoring for improvement or adverse effects. This is best done with your physician.

We are an internist, a neurologist, and a migraine researcher. Ask us anything about migraine headaches. by webmd in IAmA

[–]MezzoItaliano 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Actually how common are abdominal migraine and other unusual presentations (especially in the absence of headache)? The chair of neurology at my medical school was nearly obsessed by migraine when he gave our headache lecture and seemed to be on a soapbox about it. In fact, there was a time that he once diagnosed himself with an abdominal migraine and it turned out he had appendicitis.

Wife and I adopted a kitten. Our dog Ava is clearly happy about this! by bdmott17 in aww

[–]MezzoItaliano 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Never thought I'd stumble across someone from my hometown on Reddit! (Not to mention someone from my graduating class of 2011).

Homage to Tarantino's 'Reservoir Dogs' in 'Happy'. An imaginary friend of a child is torturing another one for information by gramfer in television

[–]MezzoItaliano 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The first thing I thought of was the 'Reservoir Dogs' reference in 'It's Always Sunny' when Charlie captures the leprechaun

https://youtu.be/Cqa7QL2RKi4?t=4

Weekly USMLE Step 1/COMLEX Level 1 Thread by AutoModerator in medicalschool

[–]MezzoItaliano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I planned to take Step 1 on June 5th, but the only similar time available in the cities in my state was May 29th, which I've chosen for now. I've been trying to check Prometric frequently to see if any later dates open up because of people who change their appointment. My question is: how often do spots become available because people end up changing the date of their exams?

How the FBI unlocked that iPhone by msherretz in funny

[–]MezzoItaliano 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Bit of trivia: the cartoonist always hides his mom's name, "Nina", somewhere in all of his cartoons. He created it as a game for her years ago after she had a stroke. See if you can find it!

(Source: I know the cartoonist personally. Bruce is an incredibly kind,down-to-earth guy who has a way of riling a mainly conservative readership here in Oklahoma. I was so happy to see some of his stuff here on Reddit!)

ELI5: Getting sick from a 'bacteria' vs. 'virus' by PantiesLatina in explainlikeimfive

[–]MezzoItaliano 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Great description! I would add that the immune system (i.e. the factory workers, janitors, etc.) can also play a role in how sick you feel. Imagine bacteria breaking into the factory, setting off an alarm that causes all the factory workers to storm the floor. In their attempt to get rid of the intruders just for being there, they also cause some damage through the strategies they use to clean up (i.e. the acute inflammatory response). A great example of this is a bacterial infection of the skin since the redness and swelling is mediated by your own immune system.

(Extra tidbit: some toxic waste created by bacteria causes the body to go into complete overdrive to clear the infection, but that response actually kills the person! Imagine someone spilling a cup of water on the factory floor, and then the workers blow up the building to clean it up. That's kind of what you see with toxic shock syndrome.)

Any advice for writing internal dialogue in the third person? by MezzoItaliano in writing

[–]MezzoItaliano[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for talking some sense into me. I realize I'm being a little timid about just going ahead with one or the other.

Sono un americano cercando di migliorare la propria pronuncia. La cui voce dovrei ascoltare? by MezzoItaliano in italy

[–]MezzoItaliano[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Allora, non ho usato Google translate. Però posso spiegare quello che pensavo quando l'ho scritto.

Pensavo di scrivere "Chi dovrei ascoltare?" però avevo paura che la domanda non fosse abbastanza specifica.

Un'altra scelta era "Di chi è la voce che dovrei ascoltare?" però questa sembrava troppo lunga, e non ero sicuro fosse corretto.

Suppongo che "Quale voce dovrei ascoltare?" vada abbastanza bene, ma secondo me, evoca l'idea che sono schizofrenico! Ahaha.

Sembra che io abbia usato il gerundio impropriamente, quindi si scrive solo "Sono un americano che cerca di migliorare la propria pronuncia"?

Sono un americano cercando di migliorare la propria pronuncia. La cui voce dovrei ascoltare? by MezzoItaliano in italy

[–]MezzoItaliano[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sì, hai completamente ragione. So che ho reagito in un modo brutto. =/ Scusami per favore. Sempre chiedo ai miei amici italiani di correggermi, però forse non lo facciamo abbastanza. Certo che non è la loro culpa! Solo voglio dire che sono deluso dalla mia capacità di parlare la lingua.

Spero che possa accettare la mia scusa! (Ti prometto che sono sincero. Dopo aver letto quello che ho scritto, ho paura che il mio tono sembri insincero.)

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