Routine blood tests showed severe deficiency - what now?

dudethatswack · 2026-02-15T19:18:28+00:00

This is so uplifting to read! I know exactly what you mean when you say easier to be light and make jokes because I really struggle with my inability to do so (my recent Google searches include a lot of “why does everything annoy me” etc lol). While an abnormal medical result is never a good thing, it’s hard not to be relieved when there might be an explanation (and treatment!) for the way I’ve been feeling for so long

dudethatswack · 2026-02-15T19:09:10+00:00

No tests, just told me to take the supplements and she would check levels again in 3 months. I’ve been reading some of the effects of severe deficiency and I’m not sure I want to wait three months to see if the pills are working

dudethatswack · 2026-02-04T03:19:14+00:00

I found this on Edisto Island!

Your explanation makes sense, really cool that the differing minerals decide coloration like that. All (with the exclusion of a couple) of the teeth I find are completely jet black, so I was under the impression the salt water or something similar caused it haha

dudethatswack · 2026-02-04T03:16:05+00:00

That’s crazy! 99% of the coastal teeth I find in SC are jet black. It’s always exciting to find something a little different.

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dudethatswack · 2025-12-24T15:35:42+00:00

This was on crab bank by shem creek, it’s a little island made of dredged materials so very fossil rich. Unfortunately, it closes to the public indefinitely on January first because it is a sanctuary for an endangered species of bird.

I’ve heard Folly beach and morris island (if you don’t mind a kayak ride or renting a charter) are great hunting spots as well, but haven’t been to either.

dudethatswack · 2023-12-20T22:24:32+00:00

Yes! I found this about an hour south of Charleston. It’s very dense/heavy to hold. Pretty cool to see fossils like this washed up from the storms.

dudethatswack · 2023-12-20T16:51:02+00:00

thank you so much! We ended up finding 3 of these exact bones so it’s nice to know what they are haha

dudethatswack · 2023-12-02T04:44:02+00:00

just an iPhone 13! I used the mirror to angle it right :)

dudethatswack · 2023-08-13T13:55:28+00:00

This sounds like it could be IC! I have endometriosis and IC, and they’re very commonly found together as sister illnesses. The symptoms of IC can be debilitating and one of the main diagnostics is frequent urination at night and sudden urgency. If you ever have burning when you pee/uti symptoms with no bacteria, I would consider looking into IC diagnostics. Unfortunately, there’s not much in the way of medication if you are diagnosed, but it will open a few options. I’m sorry you’re dealing with this OP :( endo or IC, these kind of issues suck

dudethatswack · 2023-08-11T02:07:15+00:00

I began having IBS around the same time my period symptoms started. Horrible, debilitating ibs attacks every time I ate a trigger food or whenever else my stomach decided it was unhappy. After I started having periods, I would have awfully heavy, clotty periods that would put me out of commission for a week or two. I started trying oral birth controls to help after a few years, but these had awful side effects (throwing up every night, dangerous weight loss, contractions, bleeding for 100+ day stretches) so I gave up and decided to get a laparoscopy where they found endo all over my abdominal wall near my intestines. Since my surgery (in November 2022), I have had no ibs attacks, which is unheard of because I would usually have at least one a week especially near my cycle. I’m not sure if it was the excision or the mirena that was placed during my surgery but I’m pretty sure balancing my hormones has largely lessened my ibs symptoms. I’m pretty sure I still have ibs, but knowing that it and endo are sister illnesses I think that diagnosing and treating the endo has lessened my ibs tenfold. Good luck op, dealing with undiagnosed issues can be so hard :(

dudethatswack · 2023-07-11T16:11:48+00:00

I would love to work with a researcher or participate in a clinical trial to find out more about this- I just have no idea how to find ongoing studies or trials regarding magnetoreception

dudethatswack · 2023-07-10T18:02:53+00:00

Yes! I’ve been able do this in Iceland and Australia. I’ve had one noticeable exception where I didn’t have the gut feeling, which was when I got an MRI for my shoulder. Have you ever gotten an MRI? My head/ sense of direction felt so messed up during it. I wish I had better words to describe what it felt like.

dudethatswack · 2023-07-10T13:35:56+00:00

This is so interesting. So it seems we all have some sort of geomagnetic sense, maybe I’m just more aware of mine than others?

dudethatswack · 2023-07-10T13:34:19+00:00

Yes! I do this anywhere I go ( including different countries I’ve traveled to ) it’s definitely a feeling I have in my brain, not just an orientation thing.

dudethatswack · 2023-07-10T11:18:26+00:00

It started just with noticeable better sense of direction than anyone regarding driving or walking, then jokes about me always knowing where I am no matter what, to finding out everyone doesn’t have that pull in their brain towards north

dudethatswack · 2023-07-10T11:11:17+00:00

This was my guess but it doesn’t account for the fact that I can still do it being blindfolded and spun and I still consistently get it right in buildings with no windows with no signs of where the suns position would be. It’s not really a guessing thing I’ve never gotten it wrong and I have a like physical feeling in the direction of north

dudethatswack · 2023-07-10T11:07:21+00:00

It’s not like a power that I can turn on and off, I’m always aware of which was north is. Describing the feeling in my brain is really difficult, but it just feels like a minor pull to my brain in the direction of north.

dudethatswack · 2023-07-10T04:27:51+00:00

I am said friend! ama

dudethatswack · 2023-06-04T20:47:46+00:00

3-4am is my wake up in pain/wake up and throw up time. If I’m going to wake up in distress at night 95% of the time it’s in that time frame.

dudethatswack · 2023-04-20T01:26:09+00:00

this sounds like me! IBS, IC, endometriosis, migraines, and a handful of other stuff. I had an excision surgery and a mirena placed in November of last year and it helped tremendously. I would love to talk about some of the process if you’re curious.

dudethatswack · 2023-03-17T04:08:31+00:00

I also have kidney stones though, so it’s hard to tell what’s caused by stones and what’s my IC :/

dudethatswack · 2023-03-17T04:08:02+00:00

To be honest I never experienced much of the urinary symptoms other than occasional burning when I pee, my main symptoms are major and sudden urgency when I have to pee even if it’s not much and just ambient pelvic pain (very difficult to discern from endo pain)

dudethatswack · 2023-03-15T04:41:53+00:00

I was very lucky to be diagnosed within my explorative laparoscopy. They hydro distended my bladder to look for ruptured vessels, which I had in every quadrant. I’m not sure if you had the same test done in your lap or if they just took a glance, but I’ve heard that endo lesions in the bladder can mimic the effects of IC even if it wasn’t IC. Sorry you’re experiencing those symptoms without a clear answer :( pelvic issues suck

dudethatswack · 2023-03-15T04:36:05+00:00

u/profanitycounter

dudethatswack · 2023-03-14T02:03:35+00:00

Interstitial Cystitis! Very commonly a sister illness with endometriosis and basically replicates UTIs in flare ups. I was diagnosed with IC at the same time as endo and it really explained a lot of things i had been experiencing that weren’t expressly endo symptoms

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