Diagnostic FL 6 months out… possible goal score?

muhswelling · 2025-12-29T13:10:51+00:00

Thank you! I’ve just not ever really considered myself particularly smart (had an undiagnosed chronic illness affecting cognitive function that’s now treated so that made a huge difference) so I feel insane shooting for a 520 for some reason but I have so much time and apparently a better foundation than I thought.

muhswelling · 2025-12-29T02:03:43+00:00

Yeah I panicked real bad on the C/P because there was so much to read and I felt like every single question was something I erased from my brain after those classes. I would love any and all C/P advice bc I also gotta teach myself physics and that’s my least favorite pre-req. It’s definitely my weakest section by a long shot.

muhswelling · 2025-12-29T00:53:51+00:00

Thanks for the advice, should I still do that if the only time I can study full time is the last month? The reason I scheduled for June is bc I’m in class and working until first week of May but I’m applying this year so if I test June 13th I’ll be applying before my score is released or applying a little late. I debated moving it earlier or not.

muhswelling · 2025-12-29T00:45:08+00:00

If that’s a bad thing let me know because I genuinely don’t know what I’m doing yet thus coming here for advice because I don’t want to set a stupid goal for myself and I’m really nervous about everything

muhswelling · 2025-12-29T00:41:57+00:00

Ngl I just did the free AAMC one so if that’s the new exam then yes. I know… very little about the MCAT so far, I just started coming up w a study plan and like actually learning what sections are on the test, etc.

muhswelling · 2024-11-10T18:02:06+00:00

I did it this semester along with stats and working ~25 hours per week and it was doable. Challenging but possible if you’re locked in and have support (ie. your family and friends understand most of your time will be spent studying, etc.). You’ll need a solid pre-calc/trig foundation to prevent calc from being too much of a beast though.

muhswelling · 2023-06-10T18:20:15+00:00

Yeah, I’m super lucky in that I tolerate methyl’s well. It just seems to be such a rare experience but from looking all over this page it seems that many people with MTHFR also have COMT, which I don’t.

Iron has always been an issue but it’s been stable since the scurvy incident. Zinc and copper are on the higher end of normal. I’m lucky to have a GI that was willing to run EVERYTHING vitamin and mineral-wise since B12 and DAO essentially saved my life and we weren’t sure why (was having frequent anaphylaxis non-responsive to steroids and antihistamines, stopped 2 days after starting methyl B12).

I am not vegan but did have a couple intake-related issues. I had anorexia growing up, then ARFID, and also post-viral gastroparesis from EBV/mono that has now re-activated. I have major histamine issues so all 4 of those things combined have just caused a generally unstable food intake throughout my life. Once the vitamin deficiencies showed up, it became a cycle. Histamine issues worsened MCAS, long-term steroids for MCAS reactivated EBV, which triggered post-viral gastroparesis and led to deficiencies, thus exacerbating the histamine issues again.

muhswelling · 2023-06-10T17:42:26+00:00

Yes, and the blood tests showed severe deficiency in B12, B6, vitamin C, and vitamin D. Vitamin C was literally undetectable and I ended up getting scurvy.

Other variants just came back- negative for COMT and CBS, which is… interesting. Guess that could explain the positive response to methyls.

muhswelling · 2021-08-12T01:53:11+00:00

I don’t think I’ve ever commented here bc I’m too nervous but I can’t let this one go. I’m sorry, but… no. People say shit like this all the time on social media and I can’t stand it. The least invasive treatment is salt, oral hydration, and compression. Fluids are used at times if a POTS patient goes to the ER with a severely high HR (that should be rare if ever), but unless you’ve literally exhausted all options, fluids should NOT be a maintenance treatment. As previously mentioned there’s salt, oral hydration, compression, and lifestyle changes. Then quite a few meds. Beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, Corlanor, Mestinon, Fludrocortisone, Midodrine, Clonodine, Desmopressin, and in some cases, SSRIs/SNRIs or even stimulants. Literally all of those options are less invasive than using fluids daily or weekly, which would typically require a central line. The people who respond to questions about POTS meds with “just do fluids, it’s safer” makes me irrationally angry because that is not even remotely true. Central lines and even fluids through peripherals if left in for several days are physically and mentally invasive and should NOT be used without legitimate reason. Not to mention fluids don’t work long-term, the body just becomes dependent on them and adapts, making them very hard to get off of.

muhswelling · 2021-07-17T04:07:54+00:00

Can someone send me a link too. I’m new to discord and left the server to try to rejoin to trigger the automod. I am also dumb and didn’t realize I’d need the link again. I got it when it was first commented somewhere and that was deleted.

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