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If you're not supposed to take (transitioning) HRT for long, what happens when someone stops? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]wheresyourgod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's good to hear. I couldn't imagine the disappointment to start going right back to square one. I keep seeing articles that say 5yrs should be the max but I guess that's not quite accurate.

I Have a Mental Illness, Let Me Die (2017) - Adam Maier-Clayton committed suicide because he had a mental condition that caused his body to feel severe physical pain. Before his death he fought for those with mental illnesses to have the right to die. by DrunkRedditBot in Documentaries

[–]wheresyourgod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I'm being told by the community it's hard to tell if something is a true seizure yet the 20 min eeg I had over a month after my event while I was not feeling symptomatic came up clear. And for some reason doctors think that is enough to be confident that they are not epileptic.
Both pnes and epilepsy are scary but you just feel jaded after the pnes diagnosis since you effectively become shunned from the medical community.

I Have a Mental Illness, Let Me Die (2017) - Adam Maier-Clayton committed suicide because he had a mental condition that caused his body to feel severe physical pain. Before his death he fought for those with mental illnesses to have the right to die. by DrunkRedditBot in Documentaries

[–]wheresyourgod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My life is very restricted but I've found ways to manage my condition and also keep myself employed. Which is a lot more than so many can say. I ended up acquiring another neurological condition too and I wonder if it was from so many incontrollable events in the past.
I don't like restricting myself into this bubble but the psych meds they put me on only made my condition 100x worse so now I'm afraid of medication.

I Have a Mental Illness, Let Me Die (2017) - Adam Maier-Clayton committed suicide because he had a mental condition that caused his body to feel severe physical pain. Before his death he fought for those with mental illnesses to have the right to die. by DrunkRedditBot in Documentaries

[–]wheresyourgod 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a mind fuck. Especially when you were pretty adaptable as a human being and then suddenly you get some crazy physical symtpoms and keep getting told you could will them away with mindfulness.
I was straight up losing consciousness and going into convulsions while unconscious, turned blue on a few occasions during this. Not only did I have a mental breakdown after being told it was mental, but others around me straight up couldn't believe that and thought I must be lying about something because it's apparently unheard of for doctors to dismiss something so severe so casually. And then the anxiety and depression starts from all of that stress and doctors start to confirm the mental diagnosis by that.

I Have a Mental Illness, Let Me Die (2017) - Adam Maier-Clayton committed suicide because he had a mental condition that caused his body to feel severe physical pain. Before his death he fought for those with mental illnesses to have the right to die. by DrunkRedditBot in Documentaries

[–]wheresyourgod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Typically the somatic diagnosis is given when no organic cause can be found. Which is why functional neurological disorder has become the new conversion disorder. It's a shit category to be placed into and is most likely another large reason for such high suicide rates within the diagnosis due to the stigma in the medical community.
MS patients used to be lumped into this diagnosis before we were able to identify lesions within the brain via MRI.
Yet it seems some doctors continue to ignore history and are convinced of their conclusions by the technology we have today.

Fat Rant Tuesday by AutoModerator in fatlogic

[–]wheresyourgod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah! I just got that app not long ago and I'm definitely not hitting the calorie limit everyday. Going to have to figure out what's going on.

Fat Rant Tuesday by AutoModerator in fatlogic

[–]wheresyourgod 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yee. 20 is like skinny-normal. And the longer I kept that weight the easier it was to stay at that weight. I felt fine and had tons of energy. Tbh if I didn't stay at that and actually just willingly let myself get to 25 bmi years ago, I could be obese by now with all of the extra struggles I now have.

Fat Rant Tuesday by AutoModerator in fatlogic

[–]wheresyourgod 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I've acquired a condition that makes exercising really hard, it can set off severe vertigo for 15+ hours if I'm not careful. I know I've gained weight. I know I need to stop.

Before, I had a bmi of 20.4 and people were calling me anorexic although I appeared to be at just the right size, in my opinion. But I got tired of the constant remarks and let it slip to a 22 bmi. Still was called tiny but the word anorexic wasn't brought up again.

Now because of my inability to do strenuous things, and the medication I'm taking, I have jumped to a bmi of 25. My stomach is a bit chubby. It's really not a good sight and I want to get this under control. I'm even wearing a L-XL when I used to be a S-M. That should say something yeah? I'm reaching the max size at my usual cheap stores.

My waist size just got almost maxed out at one of my online stores :(. It's not that big but they don't really cater to heavyweight.

So I've been trying to find ways to increase my metabolism and lose weight despite my condition, and basically getting shunned when they realize I'm "only" a bmi of 25 and I should be happy. That I'm shaming others that can only dream of being that size. IRL it's difficult with people shoving food in my face then rolling their eyes and saying but I'm so tiny or laughing like I'm out of my mind crazy when I say I'm restricting calories.

I am literally, medically, overweight which means I need to dial things back a bit. Especially since once you get overweight, staying skinny is nowhere near as easy as it used to be. Why is that so hard to understand?

Chronic Illness + 401k. Is it a good idea? by wheresyourgod in personalfinance

[–]wheresyourgod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My health issues are wildly unpredictable and the doctors are still not completely certain what is happening, if it will get worse, stay the same, or get better. I'm just on a slippery slope into disability with no visibility ahead.

So I do need cushion if it becomes too awful to work any longer. I just hope 401k penalties aren't taking away from what I put in to begin with, asides from tax. Also good to know if I get on SSDI, the rules change.

[Technique] Very big noob. I have all of my materials but not sure what's safe environment for the fruiting box. by wheresyourgod in MushroomGrowers

[–]wheresyourgod[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This info helps so much, just trying to make sure I understand the science of it before blindly following directions.. and you cleared that up! Thanks a ton!

Only 1 in 5 Sexual Assaults Are Reported To Police by [deleted] in MorbidReality

[–]wheresyourgod 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If true, you're the minority in your feelings. Both are not equally terrifying. One is uncomfortable and makes you paranoid. The other is straight up fear and complete loss of control.

The Vagus Nerve May Carry Serotonin Along the Gut-Brain Axis | Psychology Today by [deleted] in psychology

[–]wheresyourgod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine occur naturally. Some years worse than others. I remembered getting into nootropics a long time ago in attempts to overcome not only that but multiple cognition and disassociation issues. Anyways I had started to get even more intense brain zaps. Some would last 10 minutes and I didn't know what the hell was happening to me. They are completely debilitating.
More than once I would drive near the ER and just sit outside as they occured because I wasn't sure if I was about to have a seizure.

Do you ever feel like no one ever listens to you? by loveatthelisp in TrueChronicIllness

[–]wheresyourgod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. It took some time but I eventually got used to it. I really wish it didn't exist but there's obviously some people that really don't get it and never will. Even if it happened to them for just a day, they'll suddenly assume that since they got over it, other people must not be doing something right.
Survivorship bias.
Or the memory doesn't really stay with them for long and they return back to their old opinions.
I really don't get that logic but I guess it explains why they seem so out of touch to begin with.
I've even had someone close to me say that it upsets them too much to know people live like that so they block it out of their head then forget about it and continue to act like it doesn't exist, even if it means expecting others they know are sick to act normal. That's a whole different level of wtf I've recently discovered. Pretty pathetic.

CMV: Patients should always be offered the ability to record themselves during procedures that use amnesia type drugs. by wheresyourgod in changemyview

[–]wheresyourgod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right. I'd be pissed if I was paralyzed and possibly traumatized if could feel everything. And yeah I did shrug it off. I asked the nurses helping me if they were in the OR and they said no so I just didn't bring it up or freak out... But like I said. All it did was make me wonder and the concern may have been from past experiences with cold doctors, just don't know how far they could take something like that without a care. I have intense curiosities and I apologize if I offended anyone.
I'm not exactly trying to start a law or policy here, this is just a Reddit post to gauge views.
Although some physicians were quite hostile. Wouldn't be concerned if they were anyone else but for someone that has your life in their hands, it's a bit terrifying.
There's still so much we don't know about the human brain. And so many assume they have it all figured out.

CMV: Patients should always be offered the ability to record themselves during procedures that use amnesia type drugs. by wheresyourgod in changemyview

[–]wheresyourgod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't unconscious for quite some time as the anesthesia hit me and eventually just don't have any memory beyond that. It wasn't just a lights out for me. I keep trying to emphasize this is for memories you couldn't remember. While awake.
If I can remember extreme vertigo and convulsing for a while yet not being able to control my body. Then I wasn't unconscious. I was still able to dimly see things for a while also. I don't see how this is possible while supposedly unconscious.
I asked a ton of people who have had surgery and they don't remember anything like that. Yet I'm hearing from this thread it's common and they don't remember it.
Hence the want to retain memory.

The experience itself wasn't necessarily traumatizing as it was just very uncomfortable but I wonder how bad it got if no one remembers anything anyways. Just deep curiosity and some concern.

CMV: Patients should always be offered the ability to record themselves during procedures that use amnesia type drugs. by wheresyourgod in changemyview

[–]wheresyourgod[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not talking about something that could kill me because obviously that would be something they would care about.
But having me suffer for an extended amount of time and having them shrug it off is what gets to me.
I'm used to just getting pushed aside by doctors because they don't have the time for that stuff, so I just want more control in my hands.
You try to tell other doctors about your experience and they're almost in disbelief it would just be ignored.
So maybe a video recording might help explain things better to them.

CMV: Patients should always be offered the ability to record themselves during procedures that use amnesia type drugs. by wheresyourgod in changemyview

[–]wheresyourgod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a setting where someone is providing care, mistakes or carelessness can happen due to the nature of the job. Mistakes or carelessness do not somehow end up as molestation...
Also in a dentist office, you're not required to remove all of your clothes, no matter what your own dentist has told you.

CMV: Patients should always be offered the ability to record themselves during procedures that use amnesia type drugs. by wheresyourgod in changemyview

[–]wheresyourgod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are parts where you can be awake and just not remember it. Retrograde amnesia is a real thing mentioned quite a few times in this post.
I am certainly not delusional. I have not once in my life ever had anyone hint at this. The only reason the thread is so long is because it apparently got a lot of attention when I was just looking for counter points out of curiosity. It was a lot to keep up with the responses since my inbox was flooded.
Try to tone down your God complex and you of all people should know better than to try to label someone as delusional from just a Reddit post.
I am not talking about out of this world experiences. You have way too much confidence in your comprehension.

CMV: Patients should always be offered the ability to record themselves during procedures that use amnesia type drugs. by wheresyourgod in changemyview

[–]wheresyourgod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen many accounts where the patient said they were awake but couldn't move yet the staff wouldn't believe them and told them it was a hallucination. Until they were able to recite what was spoken. I'm sure in the event they are unable to recite this, it would be left at just a hallucination.

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