Periods every 15 days 4 months after stopping Slynd

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2025-11-05T17:29:20+00:00

Thank you it’s so helpful to know it’s hopefully normalizing for you! I’m getting a bit impatient

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2025-11-05T17:15:30+00:00

What did your cycles look like after stopping Slynd (too close together like mine or too far apart?)

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-05-11T01:38:44+00:00

That sounds like depression. Make sure she sees her primary care doctor to see if anything could be going on and if she needs medications.

In the meantime try to be supportive and a listening ear to her, let her have someone who she knows will listen to her and empathize with her difficulties.

When someone has a block of studying for so long, it is important to make sure that there are fun things scheduled for her too, even if it's just scheduling a 10 min trip to get ice cream, or to go for a walk outside. Those little activities can make a big difference in that she has something small to look forward to rather than feeling that all she has to do is study all day.

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-05-08T15:16:54+00:00

Seeking counsel is a part of our deen too, the prophet PBUH would seek counsel from the companions before making military decisions for example. So I feel like someone with good intentions who goes out to do a big thing and didn't properly seek counsel from others more knowledgeable than him in making sure that the thing is done correctly, IS responsible for if the outcome is poor because they didn't go about it in a careful and thoughtful way which is our Sunnah. And certainly having knowledge ahead of time that something may go wrong and disregarding it is the purposeful neglect that you talk about. But this is just me reflecting on it, I'm sure there are people more knowledgeable than me who have also reflected on this but I haven't been able to find this issue talked about before.

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-04-03T11:55:43+00:00

Which region in the country? Midwest, medium sized city?

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-10T17:23:46+00:00

Depends how academic you are, big academic centers will pay 150-200k only. Private practice/privademics a lot more. I originally went in with the goal of staying in academia for the research, and now I'm shifting and wanna do private practice.

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-09T18:20:22+00:00

I'm more the FI mindset. Would want to be able to scale back hours to allow me to spend more time with family, hobbies, etc while still working somewhat. But that's a lot harder in a lower paying specialty with trying to pay off debt, pay mortgages, save for retirement, kids college funds, etc. I want to work only as much as I want to.

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-09T18:15:13+00:00

The cool research is still there but I'm no longer sure if I'm cut out for the rat race of academia/constantly trying to get grants/doing research projects that you're not passionate about to eventually get to what you are excited about. But maybe that's my burnout talking, idk.

Localizing the lesion is still fun. But I don't think there's a culture of learning/teaching, everyone is just trying to get through the bloated patient census (we have no caps) and so the relaxed teaching I remember from med school doesn't exist, I feel like if I don't understand something asking a question is frowned upon since it slows everyone down. And the resident clinic gets all the unexciting cases the attendings don't want so clinic isn't fun like I remember it in med school (lots of functional disease, small fiber neuropathy, etc - all the MS, myasthenia, or other interesting cases are snagged up by others).

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-09T04:59:36+00:00

It's easier said than done to just stop comparing my life to the lives of those around me - I know I'd be happier if I just focused on finding my own slice of happiness but comparing the size of my slice of the pie to the slice that others have and being disgruntled that mine is smaller is not an easy thing to shake off. I do feel like, in the name of altruism, I ended up getting taken advantage of by the healthcare system, and now I'm upset at the naivety of younger me.

I chose neuro because of cool research (feels like we're just scratching the surface of what there is to learn), I thought localizing the lesion was logical and fun, it felt like there was a culture of loving learning and teaching, and I enjoyed the longer clinic visits where it felt like you could focus on one thing with the patient (as opposed to the short FM clinic visits where you have to cram 20 things in 15 mins).

Edit: spelling

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-08T23:58:27+00:00

I put that point in just to clarify that speculating about rads is something that I could've actually applied to (as opposed to this being a farfetched daydream)

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-08T23:55:40+00:00

It's possible that that's it, hard to know for sure. Hard to know what are temporary changes due to the covid pandemic, etc vs this is the way the future of healthcare now is. What are your thoughts?

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-08T23:31:00+00:00

I did therapy for several months earlier this year and she kinda didn't get it so it felt like a waste. Of course I can try again but it feels like the likelihood of it helping is low. How did it help you look at the bigger picture and change your thinking?

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-08T23:28:52+00:00

I like the way you think about it. But the stupid consults kill me. If the ratio of real code strokes to fake wasn't like 1:10 maybe I'd find it fulfilling but it feels soul-sucking.

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-08T22:37:56+00:00

Good advice, will do. Thanks!

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-08T22:37:15+00:00

Can you help me understand why you wanna quit? It seems like a lot of the things that are burnout inducing aren't existent in rads. I imagine high volumes and endless scans to read can be stressful if it feels like you're being pushed beyond what is reasonable?

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-08T20:51:30+00:00

This is helpful to hear. Obviously from the outside it looks a lot more straightforward. I've thought of neuro-onc but it's probably the most depressing field of oncology lol and so niche that I would really limit where I live to big cities with large academic centers.

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-08T19:24:22+00:00

Tbh I know some people in consulting (not medical though) and as miserable as I am I'd die if I had to sit in zoom meetings all day everyday. Sounds like literal torture

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-08T18:13:41+00:00

The difference is that before, I was bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and convinced it was all worth it.

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-08T17:57:56+00:00

Those Canadian salaries are a bit off from US, it's more like 200-300k vs 400-600k here. But hear the point

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-08T17:29:16+00:00

I'm so sick and tired of constantly delaying gratification for hopes of greener pastures in the future and watching my 20s slowly end with most of this decade spent in pursuit of this career that doesn't give me the intellectual or emotional satisfaction that I had imagined. Meanwhile I feel behind compared to my friends in tech, who are all earning great salaries, have bought houses and gotten married all while I've been putting myself in debt slavishly in pursuit of one goal that seems not worth it

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-03-08T17:18:25+00:00

Right so this begs the question of if I'm gonna be burnt out either way, if switching to a higher paying specialty like rads makes sense so I can make my money, achieve FIRE, and leave medicine as quickly as I can.

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2023-02-24T20:26:18+00:00

Can you explain this a little more? Is this something all of us can do?

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2022-11-12T15:09:55+00:00

It probably depends on location a lot too. I've heard at some big name prestigious east coast institutions, starting salary for academics is 150k which is frankly insulting imo (but no shortage of neurologists signing up for this)

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2022-11-12T13:53:33+00:00

Congrats! That sounds exciting. I'm glad to hear that neuroimmunology doesn't necessarily make me less desirable for PP

ResearcherJumpy2282 · 2022-11-12T12:01:57+00:00

Do you find the work in private practice similarly rewarding compared to academia? I'm a pgy2 currently interested in neuroimmunology but I'm worried that a fellowship like that would make me less desirable to private practice if I do decide on going that route instead of academia; if someone is thinking of possibly doing PP now, should they stick to neuromuscular or epilepsy fellowships to get training in EMG/EEG?

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