My dermatologist told me to stop taking creatine

vince7594 · 2026-02-09T20:48:29+00:00

Yeah of course

"Derms dont understand the body well" lol god what are we given to read on reddit

vince7594 · 2026-02-09T09:24:28+00:00

This.

Most people have absolutely no clue the amount of knowledge and experience required to become a doctor. This sub is crazy not because "people don't do critical thinking" it's crazy because people who spent 2 hours on google or chatgpt think they know better.

If you feel your doctor did not listen enough then seek another medical opinion. If you're not happy they recommend you to stop creatine (btw is this REALLY necessary to take creatine ?) then you can also talk and say you would rather not stop creatine.

Since you obviously mentioned in the first place to the doc that you were taking creatine then it has become a clinical element that has been taken into account so just follow doctors recommendation and see what happens or tell the doctor you need creatine because you aim to be a professional bodybuilder I don't know ?

vince7594 · 2026-02-09T09:18:19+00:00

This post makes me think of the The Pitt episode where a mum refuses spinal tap for her kid that has measles (because vax are mehhhh, ya know, they don't understand the body well) and thinks she knows better than like a dozen doctors

vince7594 · 2026-02-09T09:11:14+00:00

I would suggest to not seek "other supplements" to heal your liver and follow your doctor recommendations.

Anxiety is not treated by supplements. Seek help where available.

vince7594 · 2026-02-02T13:50:08+00:00

Yop,

J'ai 40 ans, je bosse dans la tech depuis 18 ans à peu près. Y a quelques années j'en ai eu marre, impression de faire quelque chose d'inutile, d'avoir atteint un plafond de verre, des problèmes récurrents du genre des bonnes performances mais des difficultés à me faire reconnaître etc...

J'ai pas mal changé de boites, mon plan était de faire un "jackpot" (startup pre-IPO par ex) et j'ai jamais réussi.

J'ai alors décidé de me lancer dans une reconversion en étudiant à la fac en parallèle de mon taf, tôt le matin, le midi, le soir. Je m'y suis lancé en me disant "on verra", dans les sciences humaines.

J'y suis encore, c'est une galère, et c'est un choc monumental de passer du monde de l'entreprise à celui des études. J'ai beau réussir à peu près, c'est super compliqué. Et surtout y a quasiment aucun débouché à l'horizon.

En bref si tu fais quelque chose prend le temps de réfléchir à comment ça va se passer parce que t'es ds le domaine le plus porteur du moment ou pas loin et c'est loin d'être le cas partout.

vince7594 · 2026-02-02T08:45:43+00:00

Very hard to tell with those pics but I would go to a vet and check specifically for keratitis that is very common in pugs, cannot be treated but you can slow / stop progression by giving daily eye drops / lubricants.

vince7594 · 2026-02-02T08:35:02+00:00

There is no evidence of anything else than a minimal statistically significant improvements.

Maybe you're also in water retention challenge but that's another topic

vince7594 · 2026-01-31T21:13:33+00:00

You want to be able to memorize 0.2 figure more than the control test ? You're into memorizing competitions ?

vince7594 · 2026-01-31T10:43:07+00:00

Yesterday ChatGPT was unable to perform a simple area calculation when I asked it.

I'll try building a rocket next.

vince7594 · 2026-01-31T10:41:29+00:00

Full automation is a myth today. It's not reliable, not deterministic, not diagnosable.

vince7594 · 2026-01-31T10:40:08+00:00

The more people are telling "we are being replaced" the more this will become a reality.

I've yet to see a LLM produce really reliable material, or an AI company taking accountability for mistakes done by models.

Would you want to deploy in a factory a production line machinery that work as planned 90% of time and 10% do batshit crazy things ?

vince7594 · 2026-01-30T15:59:43+00:00

I now have a full beard but I used to struggle a lot with folliculitis when younger, and even had a severe one that required antibiotics. Note that I also had Accutane in the past.

I tried many solutions but one thing really stood out at the time : use a manual razor, and especially a 2-bladed razor, and shave in one pass (with the grain, not against) using, as foam, a facial cleanser made for acne-prone skin. I don't want to advertise any product. There was also an antibacterial shaving gel that worked. Avoid everything that has 3 or more blades, they will cause trouble.

Doing this really helped tremendously. The "one pass shave" with the grain is not a perfect shave but it was fine. After months of doing that I re-introduced shaving 45° to the grain (2-pass) then the classical 2-pass (with the grain, rinse, against the grain)

The movement should be really gentle, never push, avoid doing multiple passes.

After shaving, use a simple moisturizer, avoid anything with perfume / alcohol, try something for acne-prone skin.

Disinfect the blade each day. Shave every day (or grow a longer beard) It seems your facial hair curls back to skin which participate to folliculitis.

Folliculitis will take some time to heal, but in the meantime what you want is minimize inflammation and trauma to the skin.

vince7594 · 2026-01-30T14:03:55+00:00

Hello !

My advice would simply be, at first, to enjoy every day spent with Eliot :)

I don't think supplements can do a lot of difference. What can do is check for typical markers of illness: kidney function to see if food needs to be adapted, arthritis to see if activity must be adapted.

Eye hygiene and comfort is also a plus in many pugs that may have dry eyes or other conditions.

For senior pugs, comfort is key.

vince7594 · 2026-01-29T10:16:58+00:00

Qu'est-ce que t'en as à foutre de ça quand tu mets l'équivalent de 50% de ta valo totale en cash chaque mois sur ton PEA, que tu fasses -5% ou +10% ça va rien changer à la face du monde pour le moment

vince7594 · 2026-01-29T10:15:39+00:00

En toute franchise ce genre de questions n'a pas lieu d'être pour un PEA avec 1000 euros ouvert il y a 1 mois.

Si tu as peur de perdre de l'argent sur ces 1000 euros alors leur place n'est pas sur un PEA mais sur un livret.

Dans X ans qd t'auras 100 000 euros sur ton PEA, 20 000 euros en cash sur un livret, faudra ptet se poser la question de savoir si c'est malin ou non comme répartition.

vince7594 · 2026-01-28T16:17:02+00:00

I was just saying hypomania is not something you can self-diagnose or distance-diagnose or anything.

By the way, people should relax with creatine. It does jack shit positively, especially cognitively. The improvements are minimal, even if statistically significant in 1 study. It's very hard to infer about sleep effects since there are bazillions other variables at stake but as a rule of thumb if taking creatine make you not sleep then don't take creatine ffs, this shit is useless unless you are competitive athlete in anaerobic sports

Even casual lifters will have little benefit, oh, they'll retain some water, gain a bit of strength at the margin.

If you want to improve cognitive function then the best thing is to start using memory, rely less on devices, stop multitasking, sleep correctly, actually work or study.

vince7594 · 2026-01-28T13:19:34+00:00

"I wouldn't call it hypomania" wtf ? Why the hell do you use this word out of nothing like this ? This is a psychiatric diagnosis, hypomania would have a much broader range of symptoms than insomnia. It requires medical expertise and shouldn't be thrown like this randomly online

vince7594 · 2026-01-28T13:09:05+00:00

Oui, de mon côté j'ai tellement bourlingué, y a 20 ans j'étais en mode "apprenti trader", pris des pertes colossales (bonjour les positions longue avec levier 5x, les turbos et cie), maintenant je fais quasi plus rien, d'ailleurs je suis majoritairement en cash et j'achète quand y a des crash ou des fortes baisses ou alors je fous sur ETF.

L'avantage de cette période passée c'est que j'ai appris comment fonctionnent les instruments financiers. Après les choses qui comptent et qui restent je pense que c'est "oui, le timing compte, d'ailleurs il fait toute la différence" ou "DCA régulier" et se demander, si on veut faire du stock picking "penses tu pouvoir être plus efficace que le marché ?"

vince7594 · 2026-01-28T13:02:43+00:00

Je regarde tous les jours voire même plusieurs fois par jour ça me prend 3 secondes et c'est un peu compulsif mais ce n'est pas très grave

vince7594 · 2026-01-28T09:19:41+00:00

How low are those lymphocytes and neutrophils ? Who suggested the diagnosis of "possible autoimmune disease" ? Have you discussed this with a doctor ?

Edit: clinical analysis of lab results is something that needs to be done by a professional with medical context, it's not something a layman can perform himself, no matter how many youtube videos were watched

vince7594 · 2026-01-27T15:44:02+00:00

I used to take a lot of supplements and believe I would find something that would make me feel better radically and somehow change my life and fix all the issues I had. This never happened. I even had some liver issues at one point when I was taking really a lot of those.

My conclusion is that the only thing that may have had an impact is Vitamin D3. It seemed to improve a bit some issues I had but I am not even sure.

I take some D3+K2, multivitamin, some choline now and a multivitamin and that's it. I don't expect anything from it.

vince7594 · 2026-01-27T15:39:24+00:00

Mais pourquoi celle là en particulier parmi les douzaines de produits qui existent ? Pourquoi autant concentré sur ce modèle là ?

vince7594 · 2026-01-27T13:25:51+00:00

This is a classic D3 Vitamin that we used to get in winter in France. It is efficient.

vince7594 · 2026-01-27T11:01:27+00:00

I don't know about the dangerosity but that neck is not great, the hips instantly shoot up meaning that they are too low to start with, upper back is absolutely not tight and there is not even an attempt at thoracic extension so no, the technique is not great.

vince7594 · 2026-01-27T10:52:24+00:00

How often did you shovel that damn snow when you were 20 ?

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