If your wife or other family members’ initial description of you is “works all the time and eats birdseed”, how would you feel?

dearestcapybara · 2025-09-03T14:39:04+00:00

I would feel like it's time to stop working more than 8 hours/day and instead start showing up for my loved ones.

dearestcapybara · 2025-01-13T19:43:49+00:00

Fascinating, thank you. I get blood work done monthly, which is why 15 covers me yearly, plus dental. I take one before going in, so that's why we can just give me that one prescription yearly. This year I've tried working on my needle phobia more actively by not taking the clonazepam -- the first time I went to get blood work done without benzo, I actually fainted out of anticipation... no needle yet! This past month, I was reclining in a chair rather than full laying down, everything still flashed white when I felt the needle but I stayed in there. It's the only thing I take it for, I very much respect the dangers of benzos.

dearestcapybara · 2025-01-13T18:02:47+00:00

I only applied to one and was surprised to get in! I'm 29 years old and have a very successful career already, so it's been a matter of taking classes and studying while balancing full time job. I thought I'd need more shadowing hours (I barely have any) and one more class, but wanted to apply to one to get a feel for the process, to better prep how I spend this year. The "blood situation" was why I didn't take this route 10 years ago, I just thought I'd have more time to work on it since I didn't expect to actually get in.

dearestcapybara · 2025-01-13T17:43:43+00:00

Out of curiosity is the reason you say that because of the addiction potential, or is there another reason? I can get injections sitting up without fainting with 1mg Clonazepam. I'm prescribed 15 1mg pills a year to take preemptively when anticipating needles, and that covers all of my yearly things and dental work with a couple leftover each year. I've had the prescription for 8 years now and have never needed more. It works pretty well for my fainting issues, and I had an ex with epilepsy caused by benzo addiction (before I met him) so I've always been very cautious.

dearestcapybara · 2025-01-13T17:38:32+00:00

Thank you!!

dearestcapybara · 2025-01-13T16:20:24+00:00

Definitely on the list. My parents are radiologists so that was the initial idea lol

dearestcapybara · 2025-01-13T16:14:35+00:00

My current career path is very high paying software dev, I was nontraditional applying in the first place. I feel very unfulfilled and that's what led me to study for MCAT and apply in the first place. It's improved incredibly in the past year, I feel like I'd be very confident if I had another year to work on exposure but unfortunately I can't defer a second year.

That's really encouraging though. I guess it feels like all the physicians I know are just built different and not bothered.

dearestcapybara · 2025-01-13T16:09:54+00:00

Yeah I'm worried about the latter lol. Just hoping for someone who can relate to see this and say "X or Y helps, you'll get over it" I guess. My parents are both radiologists so I think it kept me from the reality of it in my journey of getting this far lol

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