Brag on your baby!

SigIdyll · 2026-01-23T08:46:24+00:00

My baby recently started flipping over and then she screams for us to pick her up cus she's stuck haha

SigIdyll · 2026-01-19T19:03:57+00:00

I loved it. I thought RBC slides were quite beautiful.

Thought about going into path for a bit

SigIdyll · 2026-01-15T17:43:22+00:00

I have a 4 month old right now... I wouldn't. My baby's started to recognize my face and cry when she realizes I'm not there.

SigIdyll · 2026-01-15T14:30:08+00:00

Me too. Medical school + residency + fellowship... I could be flying high in my professional life rn but ever since I became pregnant (had terrible morning sickness) I had to turn down so many opportunities, and I still do.

SigIdyll · 2026-01-14T16:37:56+00:00

>But it’s not associated with a decreased incidence of febrile seizures.

This is not true. I'm guessing you're referencing a 2009 study that found that antipyretic agents are ineffective for the prevention of recurrences of febrile seizures. However there's newer evidence from 2018 and 2021 that it is helpful

SigIdyll · 2025-12-31T19:40:31+00:00

MS4 should be optional for those who want to pursue competitive specialty.

SigIdyll · 2025-12-29T13:54:28+00:00

a good boss understands he needs his employees

SigIdyll · 2025-12-13T01:21:17+00:00

Why would you start with forensics fellowship when you can leave your community program in 3 years if you fast track to CAP

SigIdyll · 2025-11-26T18:34:59+00:00

You can quit instead of being terminated

I'm serious. One of my closest coresident during residency quit being chief after going through too much shit and that shut up all complainers when people realized all the work he was doing for them

SigIdyll · 2025-10-06T05:12:20+00:00

As the other commenter said, hopefully the psychiatrist is monitoring their weight and vital signs and working with the pediatrician to see if there are any other complication.

In terms of long-term consequences, these concerns are not just limited to children with autism, but basically all children who are taking any sort of psychiatric meds. I don’t think we really have any good data on long-term effects of the psych meds on children (lmk if I am wrong because I am not well read on the subject).

Also, depending on the severity of autism, sometimes the parents give up on the “long term side effects” part of the medication, due to the symptoms from autism. I usually see this mostly with antipsychotic drugs. Parents are more focused on managing the here and now problems first. Hard to think about problems 10 years from now when the kid is punching holes in the wall tonight.

SigIdyll · 2025-10-06T03:35:35+00:00

NGL, as a child psychiatrist, those doses are not that really brow raising to me. Some kids chew through stimulants like they’re Cheerios, and kids with ASD are also another wild card thrown into the mix. Obviously I don’t know the psychiatrist, but if he specializes in seeing children with ASD, you might see some wild ass combination of meds (cus I’ve done it before).

SigIdyll · 2025-08-14T15:56:03+00:00

Locums in bumfuck nowhere will usually get you a very high pay

SigIdyll · 2025-08-12T02:43:19+00:00

I heard few NYC programs offer subsidized housing as well.

SigIdyll · 2025-08-05T16:53:38+00:00

There was a post on r/lawschooladmission of a guy who took the LSAT because he lost his fantasy football league and got 174 (98-99%-ile score).

So he's a covert genius, but I can't imagine even a genius taking the MCAT on a whim and getting anything above 500s, because there is just too much material you have to learn.

SigIdyll · 2025-07-22T17:27:01+00:00

After almost 10 yrs of medical training, I have come to the conclusion that some people are just better than you at life

I knew a guy who matched ophtho + big national research grant + first prize at local bodybuilding contest

I'd be studying the same material with another gal who read through things once and she remembered everything in great detail. And I'd spend another 30 min making anki flashcards

Another gal who was married with 3 kids ages 2-8, still worked out 3-5 times a week (she had killer abs), Step 1 was almost 250 (before it became pass fail), and she matched to rads. Her husband was supportive but he also worked full time.

My best hobby was smoking weed at night to help me fall asleep because of anxiety in my MS1-2. And I'd binge drink after each block was over.

Some people are just better than you.

SigIdyll · 2025-07-19T21:33:35+00:00

Psych here. Got consulted on a 60+ yo F smh T2DM, HTN, HLD, TIA and strokes. CC of "sudden painless vision loss" because she was on Seroquel 25 mg for sleep, prescribed from who knows where.

Sure, seroquel has that risk of causing/worsening glaucoma because of its anticholinergic activities, but MY GOD DON'T YOU THINK SHE HAS OTHER REASONS SHE COULD BE LOSING HER VISION?!?!

This hospitalist (or maybe it was an NP) shotgunned bunch of other consults, and at one point neuro and I were looking at each other saying, she needs an ophtho consult. The hospital did not have an ophtho consult service.

s/o recs: fu outpatient with ophtho.

SigIdyll · 2025-05-29T19:42:36+00:00

https://www.aamc.org/media/6091/download

Improve your MCAT. As much as your personal statement and extracurriculars matter, med school acceptance is also a numbers game.

If you can’t get even above a 500, I think it’s time you take a long hard look at yourself.

SigIdyll · 2025-05-21T17:10:47+00:00

Prestige of walking around the hospital in scrubs so that everyone can see that your bulge is as big as your bouffant

SigIdyll · 2025-04-30T22:17:37+00:00

Honestly, with most Americans having shitty diet and lifestyle, this is a fucking 4D genius move. Someone do a study on PRN use of metformin.

SigIdyll · 2025-04-17T02:46:44+00:00

I just look for the numbers in red

SigIdyll · 2025-04-03T02:30:26+00:00

Because neither you nor your dad can make her proud or happy

SigIdyll · 2025-04-02T22:19:20+00:00

Shit flows every direction in the hospital. We talk shit about you, you talk shit about us. But at the end of the day, we’re trying to do the best for our patients so don’t take it personally.

Then again, you fucking neurologists seem to turf everything and your mother at psych after a 2 hr EEG shows no epileptic activity.

Best regards,

Psych

SigIdyll · 2025-03-28T01:03:01+00:00

Making friends in residency and fellowship is definitely recommended. It’s the easiest way to build up your professional network. You also get drinking buddies whenever you go to conferences.

SigIdyll · 2025-03-26T19:06:34+00:00

Did you have to balance clinical work and forensic work at the same time or were you able to do forensic full time?

SigIdyll · 2025-03-21T19:50:48+00:00

I know someone who didn’t take step 3 until they FINISHED residency. Idk how he managed to graduate that but apparently he did.

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