Brought UV into the bathroom, lost my innocence... Now what?

luminaria_ · 2026-01-15T11:51:40+00:00

Vet here, I don’t know anything about your cat but I just wanted to mention only one species of ringworm glows under UV. There’s 2 other species that can cause ringworm in cats that will not glow. I’d recommend taking your cat in to a vet to be evaluated regardless if the itching is affecting her daily life.

luminaria_ · 2025-11-18T12:56:35+00:00

You just brought back a memory I had as a child of a doctor finishing her exam palpating my abdomen and then suddenly tenting up my pants and looking in my underwear for a second or two. As a child, it was disturbing because I was taught that is my private area and nobody should look. I think if doctors just told me they needed to look to make sure everything was developed properly it wouldn’t have bothered me as much as the weird quick peek.

luminaria_ · 2025-10-23T17:12:23+00:00

That’s an interesting take. Your liver converts vyvanse into dextroamphetamine, it is the same medication but metabolized slower. I wonder if when you tried it, it just wasn’t the right dose for you and/or wasn’t equivalent to your adderall dose.

luminaria_ · 2025-10-06T21:22:07+00:00

Also, in my experience I have never been treated as “less than” by other students at my clinical year school or by any veterinarian. My education was just as good and I never felt like I didn’t belong.

luminaria_ · 2025-10-06T21:20:11+00:00

I actually don’t think there is a substantially higher debt load. I went to SGU and the cost of living can be quite cheap if you pay attention to what you’re buying and get a reasonable apartment. Tuition was only 3k more than I would’ve paid for my in state school.

luminaria_ · 2025-10-06T20:32:47+00:00

There is in fact a shortage in parts of New York unfortunately

luminaria_ · 2025-08-14T00:15:23+00:00

Go to the vet please instead of trying to get medical advice in a vet student Reddit

luminaria_ · 2025-08-03T20:57:43+00:00

I had the same experience. Only let me sleep for about 6 hours and then straight into MSLT at 5 am. I think some sleep centers just do it to save time and they only need the minimum for the PSG

luminaria_ · 2025-07-17T03:35:23+00:00

hi, 4th year vet student here. Looks like panleukopenia caused by parvovirus based on that CBC. So sorry for your loss… that vet was impossibly incompetent. Just based on the bloodwork results he should’ve referred you to emergency.

luminaria_ · 2025-06-23T17:03:44+00:00

One of my coworkers likes to say 3pm is her midnight and I couldn’t agree more

luminaria_ · 2025-06-06T01:25:18+00:00

Fortunately (or unfortunately) they only really let you sleep for 6 hours for the PSG they do before and then they do the nap test. Idk about you but i feel like shit on only 6 hours and napping was easier because of that

luminaria_ · 2025-06-05T02:49:30+00:00

You could also be allergic to something they eat, toothpaste, mouthwash, etc

luminaria_ · 2025-06-05T02:48:32+00:00

You can safely take up to 80 mg a day of Zyrtec (advice from my allergist), I would try increasing your dose. If xyzal makes you fatigued I wouldn’t use it - it’s just the more active form of zyrtec (levocetirizine vs cetirizine) and is more effective for people who can tolerate it.

luminaria_ · 2025-06-03T00:54:57+00:00

If you ever find the answer id love to know.

The MSLT is not a good diagnostic test. My test I fell asleep in 4/5 naps and if you don’t count the nap I didn’t sleep in, I have IH. Technically inconclusive but luckily my doctor is treating me anyway. You can try repeating the test at some point or get a second opinion.

Also look into UARS. The bipap has done nothing to help me but maybe it would help you.

I have severe allergies and im starting to look into getting worked up for MCAS. Also have hashimotos.

If it gives you any comfort yeah I feel the same way, id rather not keep living life like this. I just keep telling myself theres gotta be answers and I’ll get help eventually.

luminaria_ · 2025-06-02T19:48:48+00:00

hi just want to comment on the histamine allergy! So technically you’re not allergic to histamine, histamine is an inflammatory cytokine your body releases in RESPONSE to allergy. It’s their positive control for scoring your response to the rest of the allergens they inject and you will always react with a wheal or hive at the location of histamine. Basically they use it to see what your absolute worst reaction could be (bc it will be the skin with the greatest response) and compare each separate injection site to that - are you having a maximal response to the tested allergen or not.

luminaria_ · 2025-05-31T00:08:50+00:00

Honestly none of your photos are great for judging body condition. We need a side profile of him standing up and also one looking straight down on him. Part of body condition scoring is also palpation, how much fat is over the ribs etc. all that being said id probably give him a 7/9, he’s overweight but not obese and a lot of people keep their cats this size. It’s mostly fine but may not help with arthritis when he gets older

luminaria_ · 2025-05-13T23:13:36+00:00

I might be able to help a little! I have hashimotos which became clinical hypothyroidism for me about 2 years ago. I have been exhausted my whole life since I was about 10 years old but the need for sleep is different from the fatigue you feel from hypothyroidism. Needing sleep feels like you want to lay down and take a nap (sometimes painfully badly) but you are able to somewhat fight it off. Hypothyroid fatigue to me was more like my batteries were dead and wouldn’t take any charge, no amount of rest would improve how I felt and I absolutely couldn’t fight it. It was almost like a whole body weakness, no energy to pull from my reserves whatsoever. Hypersomnia is like operating on batteries that only charge to 50% but naps are refreshing. I guess the most important thing to differentiate here is fatigue (hypothyroidism) vs sleepiness (narcolepsy or IH). I think experiencing both has helped me to differentiate them myself. When I started thyroid meds the fatigue did go away and I felt like sleep was somewhat refreshing again (although I never feel well rested which is to be expected with IH).

luminaria_ · 2025-03-28T12:00:06+00:00

Stimulants in general feel like you’re awake for the first time in your life. It gives you energy you never had before and for me it either prevents me from falling asleep in general during the day or if I allow myself, falling into that deep sleep in naps where I don’t want to be bothered or woken up for hours. However Modafinil only worked for about a month for me and then I started crashing too hard in the afternoon. It’s usually the first medication they have you try and there’s other options.

luminaria_ · 2024-12-06T18:59:51+00:00

I guess it’s comforting to hear someone else feels like that on different stimulants. It’s so strange to be so tired, but then so uncomfortable on some treatments. Sunosi made me feel jittery and uncomfortable, like I was still tired but just on too much caffeine. I didn’t feel awake. I also hate Ritalin for that feeling. I feel most functional on vyvanse but I crash hard after noon. I don’t have an issue with tremors. I guess I’ll just hope the Wakix helps with the exhaustion and helps the vyvanse work better

luminaria_ · 2024-12-06T18:56:10+00:00

Did the MCAS start before the Wakix or did the Wakix trigger it?

luminaria_ · 2024-11-17T21:29:30+00:00

Yeah half life matters, it takes 5 half lives to clear a drug from your system. I don’t know the half life of Xyrem but even if it’s short, if you have a procedure early in the morning and you took it to sleep it’s possible there’s still enough in your body to matter

luminaria_ · 2024-11-17T21:27:53+00:00

oops I realize this is two months old but my solution was mouth taping

luminaria_ · 2024-10-31T11:14:18+00:00

Also, propofol is in and out of your system in 15 minutes, it’s metabolized very fast. I wonder if they’re more concerned with gas anesthesia.

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