u/Bright-Currency-3999

I have a crooked bite, but weirdly enough it only really shows in my teeth, not my actual jaw bone. I don't know how to explain it. But the line of my upper teeth and lower teeth do not meet properly (teeth themselves are straight but the line of teeth are tilted) and I have a crossbite and gap on one side of my bite where the teeth don't touch at all. But when I look at my jawline, it does not seem crooked (maybe it is but I don't really see it). My bite itself shifted over time a lot, now I am late 20s and I don't know if my bite is changing anymore or growing

Now I read about "condylar hyperplasia" and I'm really scared, because I read that growth can continue for many years even in 30's. I do have some bite pain and I get a lot of headaches in my temples. How do you know if its just regular crossbite/crooked jaw or hyperplasia?

I'm terrified if I have this, what do I do? How do I find out? I'm panicking now, I don't want my jaw to change anymore. I'm clueless and don't know how to figure this out. Do I just ask an orthodontist? I don't go to one yet.. Ive never had any treatment done. What do I ask??

And if it is hyperplasia, how do you even treat it if the bone is still growing?

Can IR cause a "buffalo hump" or is it always Cushing's? I'm reading mixed things

I have IR and I was diagnosed with PCOS, but I also have a big neck hump and I'm really scared its Cushing's

I was diagnosed with PCOS and insulin resistance and I have the overlapping symptoms (heat intolerance, sweating, fatigue, insomnia, hairloss, terrible migraines) and I also have a giant neck hump, literally a huge handful of fat.. I'm scared it's actually Cushing's, however I DO NOT have stretch marks, moon face or thin arms and legs (I have fat arms and legs)

How worried should I be? What kind of test should I ask for? Do you think a buffalo hump truly means cushing's always? I'm scared

I have an uncurable painful skin disease called Hidradenitis and one of the treatments is laser hair removal.. the disease happens in places like the privates... I don't WANT to remove all the hair down there, especially because of pain and especially because of shame and enbarasssment. This is not something I've ever wanted to go through and it's extremely emotionally painful for me. But I'm running out of treatment options.

There is one problem and Im sorry if it's gross. When I've shaved down there, I end up getting a lot more discharge and sweat/BO, I seriously hate this, I'm extremely clean and use a feminine wash every night, especially because of my Hidradenitis im extremely meticulous about cleanliness. I don't want this to happen if I get laser hair removal. Is there any way to prevent this?? Its another thing preventing me from seeking this

This disease is horrible for someone like me with food anxiety and dislike of meat/seafood and fatty food. All the typical advice (eat more meat/seafood and fat) is basically my worst nightmare as those are my least favorite foods ever. I'd rather eat plain lettuce and broccoli every day and nothing else. Which apparently isn't austainable because everyone says pcos needs a ton of protein and fat. I don't like eggs, beef, pork, seafood, cheese, milk, butter, peanutbutter, or anything like that. Its a taste and texture thing and also all that fat makes me feel like shit. It's got to the point that I get scared to eat and I've skipped eating entirely some days just drinking water. Ive even seen warnings that even carrots are too sugary for a pcos/Insulin resistance diet. CARROTS.

My mom does not have PCOS but has prediabetes and takes Ozempic and has good results. She hasn't changed her diet just eats a lot less, less junk and greasy food especially. But she doesn't limit grains, beans, fruit, etc. Can you still eat grains and fruit on a GLP-1?? I can't imagine my life with no rice, bread, beans and fruit. Its miserable. I have a lot of pain and trauma in my life and not to sound dramatic but the fact that I read that we can't have an apple or watermelon after a long day is extremely depressing. Or that you seriously have to limit fruit to like half a banana or apple a day only. That's just depressing. I grow fruit trees with my mom so its a bonding thing. Its not like I want to eat a ton of oreos or cupcakes.

I've been off ALL psych meds for years now, and doing much better, but I'm worried about the past

When I was younger I was misdiagnosed with ADHD and severe depression, when really I had/have severe anxiety from trauma and constant bullying and harrassment at school and trauma from home. To put it in perspective, even the special ed kids teased me, it was that bad, literally the most humiliating period of my life which has left scars on me to this day. So of course when I'm being bullied, I have trouble focusing and my grades slipped and naturally I was sad.

I was forced to go to a pill pushing psychiatrist, who pushed everything on me: Multiple SSRIs, lamictal, ANTIPSYCHOTICS, and Adderall and Vyvanse, probably other garbage. None of which worked all of which only made me feel worse and his idea was to just imcrease dose or start a new drug. I gained weight, got insulin resistance, felt so sick, sweaty and tired. He never gave me Benzos which are the ONLY med that ever touched my anxiety and improved my symptoms (I know people treat benzos like the devil, I'm not here to debate on that.) I had horrible anxiety- stimulants are THE WORST thing for that yet he just shoved them on me, a clueless kid

Im worried about all the drugs I was forced on but right now I'm scared about the stimulants. Maybe it was 6 years I was on them, I genuinely don't remember how long I was on the meds, and I'm worried about HEART DAMAGE from taking them. That's your fucking HEART!! I can't believe they give drugs that can cause cardiac damage to CHILDREN!! I was a child!! I read studies that say five years or more on stimulants raises heart disease risk by 23%!! And I was not a healthy kid, I was very fat and insulin resistant and high cholesterol (no help from the SSRIs and antipsychotic) My heart is probably so damaged from evrything!!

I have severe anxiety and OCD as you can tell, this worry is causing me to spiral. I want to cry, my health is permanently damaged all for nothing. I don't know how to cope with this. How do I go on? I can't stop crying

I have dermatophagia (skin biting/picking) along with OCD and GAD and insomnia, it flares up at night when I can't sleep which is every night. I rip skin off my fingers which makes them look nasty and bleed, if I don't do my fingers, I bite my lips open and bite chunks out of my inner cheeks, which also bleed and I get jaw pain from it. Its my anxiety coping mechanism like biting nails or shaking your leg. I can't control it.

I feel bad because only benzos have touched this symptom and stop me feeling the urge to do this otherwise the urge is uncontrollable/unconscious. And the benzos also help with my sleep, tension, muscle ache and migraines from tension/stress and pounding heart at all times. Ive tried multiple SSRIs as a child, they even put me on lamictal and unfortunately even an ANTIPSYCHOTIC as a child (I was anxious and depressed from family trauma and bullying at school so they decided to give me this because SSRIs were not working). Nothing has ever worked for my anxiety. I feel guilty because only benzos have helped me. I have the opposite of an addictive personality, I'm very medication-averse, I have a lot anxiety over taking pills, I also have trauma from being abused by an addict family member so I know what addiction looks like. I'd rather take NO medication ever but Im struggling. I can't stop feeling guilty over the only medication that has ever helped me. I don't know how to ask for it from doctors (I'm not on any psych meds right now).

When I was younger, I was put on a TON of different SSRI's, all that never helped my anxiety at all. Some of them made it worse, some even made my hysterical and had to be stopped immediately. They all made me extremely tired and sweaty, and I just felt stressed and irritable all the time. I would pass out from tiredness right after getting home from school. They made me blow up in weight and I also have insulin resistance now. I don't feel comfortable ever trying an SSRI again. They never helped me, point blank.

It's been like 10 years I've been living completely off of psychiatric medication. I actually feel a lot better than when I was on SSRI's. But I'm still having anxiety due to trauma and stress in my life. My Heart rate is constantly over 100 and my body is always in fight or flight mode and I have trouble sleeping. Nothing helps.

The only medications that DID actually touch my anxiety, physical symptoms like racing heart and muscle tension, skin picking (I have dermatophagia along with anxiety and OCD), tension migraines and insomnia was Benzos. I was given Klonopin to take as needed, and it helped when I took it. I was very careful NOT to take too much. Its the only thing that actually calmed my body and helped me feel RELAXED for once in my life. But I figured that if I had to take an SSRI with it forever its just not worth it. I'm not even going to bother trying to get them perscribed, because I know I won't be able to get it and they are always demonized. They are the only thing that helped, but it's too much of a hassle.

So I want to know if it's possible to heal anxiety without medication? I'm worried because it feels like the constant stress is hurting my body over time. I'm just scared

My hair is EXTREMELY oily, I HAVE TO wash daily, if I even think about missing a night my head turns into an oil slick. I can literally start smelling the oil/sebum and I fcking hate it. I can't even touch my hair without making it shiny from oil. My hair is so thin that I end up looking like a wet sewer rat

Im even on 100mg Spironolactone for medical reasons which is SUPPOSED to dry things out, but I'm still oily as hell!

I use a cleansing shampoo every night and condition my ends

I think one of my problems is hard water! The hard water makes my ends smoother/less tangled, but makes my scalp oily! At my old house, the soft water made everything extremely dry and tangled :( Usually I read the opossite so idk why its like this!!

Any advice?? Products?

I'm a cancer rising and capricorn sun. Throughout my life so many people use me as a listening ear to vent all their trauma and emotional stuff and its really getting to me because no one ever cares enough to listen to MY problems. People talk to me like I'm their diary. I'm not even capable of giving good advice or offering comfort - the most I can say is "wow that sucks, I'm really, really sorry". I'm a very sad person and I don't have comforting words to offer anyone. If anything Im very negative and would bring people down if I actually spoke my thoughts. A lot of times it's very unprompted - they wil literally just bring up the most traumatic horrible stuff and it honestly brings me down. idk what to even say to that!! What is it about me that causes people to do this? is it a Cancer thing? Honestly I feel like I'm just bad at saying "sorry, I'm busy right now". I always have to listen to people because I suck at saying no...

I havent had a flare open up on my underboobs in a long time, my flares seem to be moving places now and I'm really upset. Last time I used a bandage on my boob it ripped skin off and left a horrific scar. What should I do? the wound is an open hole. Im so depressed

I'm a Capricorn Sun with a Cancer rising and I'm trying to understand my rising sign better, so just wanted to hear people's thoughts...

I could never relate to the stereotype of Capricorn being cold, independent, and not caring about anyone else... I'm really sensitive and a major worrier, I care too much about what other people think. I'm also not a workaholic, I'm actually lazy and care more about comfort lol

When I read about Cancer rising, theres a lot of things I don't relate to... Like I'm not a nurturer, as I'm just not strong enough to be. I'm too pessimistic and weak. I also suck at giving people advice because again, I'm not really a positive person. Even though for some reason a LOT of people use me to listen to their trauma dumping, idk why. Really I want to BE nurtured by someone else.. I'm really drawn to people that are warm and caring like that... but idk anyone like this :(

what do you think it means for a person's chart? What does it say about them?

Of course it's not all Aquas but the Aquas that I've met just seem to think they are better than everyone else. And the friends I've had that were Aquas were always so true to the stereotype- detached, emotionally distant, basically never connected at all. But they always used me for something. My ex had a lot of Aquarius placements and would always ignore me and acted like an emotionless robot. It got so bad it made me cry, I felt worthless, I'm a really sensitive and sort of clingy person. Not only that, but acting like they are just soooo unique in a pretentious "I'm not like other people" way. Idk I just find it so offputting. I know I sound like an asshole lol. But the weird thing is I have an Aquarius stellium (Venus, Neptune, Uranus) but I can't relate AT ALL. I'm sensitive, self-conscious (I have zero self esteem), always worrying what others think of me. I don't want to be "weird" or "unique", I want to fit in, or better yet just be ignored... I get so scared about what others think of me, even strangers I'll never see again. Im basically the opposite of the Aquarius stereotype which is why I struggle to bond with them... I honestly see why my personality would be annoying to them.

Is this because of my Capricorn Sun and Mercury?

I'm really worried, I have anxiety and a lot of stress so my heart has always been fast but I'm scared. Drs have only pointed out that my blood pressure was high once but never said anything else about it. I DON'T wear a watch or FitBit or anything because I know that will make my health anxiety even worse, I refuse to use those. But I can definitely feel my heart racing, just from sitting up, walking, and even just doing nothing relaxing in bed. Like I've been laying in bed for a couple hours, and I counted my heartbeat at around 108 bpm (I did it multiple times to make sure, I listened to my wrist and set a timer). Another time I'm sitting on the couch, and I counted 104. This REALLY scares me. If it's that high when I'm doing nothing, how bad is it other times??Sometimes my heart beats so hard I feel it in my back when I'm sitting against a chair, like my heart is literally pounding against the chair. The weirdest thing is I don't really feel my heart in my chest, it's always like in my back or in my head. I don't want to have a heart problem. I just want to cry. Im scared of going to the doctor and getting tests. I really don't like it. I don't know what to do!!

I'm really worried, I have anxiety and a lot of stress so my heart has always been fast but I'm scared. Drs only pointed out that my blood pressure was high once but never said anything else about it. I DON'T wear a watch or FitBit or anything because I know that will make my health anxiety even worse, I refuse to use those. But I can definitely feel my heart racing, just from sitting up, walking, and even just doing nothing relaxing in bed. Like I've been laying in bed for a couple hours, and I counted my heartbeat at around 108 bpm (I did it multiple times to make sure, I listened to my wrist and set a timer). Another time I'm sitting on the couch, and I counted 104. This REALLY scares me. If it's that high when I'm doing nothing, how bad is it other times??Sometimes my heart beats so hard I feel it in my back when I'm sitting against a chair, like my heart is literally pounding against the chair. The weirdest thing is I don't really feel my heart in my chest, it's always like in my back or in my head. I don't want to have a heart problem. I just want to cry. Im scared of going to the doctor and getting tests. I really don't like it. I don't know what to do!!

Everywhere I read on the sub the main thing that gets mentioned for PCOS and insulin resistance is protein, also fat, but especially protein.. I see people saying you should be eating 4 eggs for breakfast or something! I can't, I don't like meat, seafood, eggs, cheese, or yogurt so I have no idea how Im supoosed to be consuming this much. I also hate eating fat. Then I read that plant proteins comes with too much starch for insulin resistance, so I guess I can't eat those either. Honestly don't know what to do

Can HS be associated with hairloss from the full body inflammation? I mean the hair on your head. Ive been balding progressively. I'm a woman and the mental damage is unexplainable.

I have PCOS but my androgens have been completely wiped out from Yaz and Spironolactone. Still, my balding and HS have not improved whatsoever.

Minoxidil (hair loss med) causes me cardiac side effects and can make your body hair grow thicker, which would make my HS a million times worse. My HS is concentrated on the only area of my body with thick hair, if it got thicker, it would explode. Its not worth it.

I would like to try Finasteride (which according to studies helps HS and hairloss) but because I'm female they won't give it to me.

I'm extremely depressed

You ever just look and get so shocked and disgusted? Like oh my god, that CANNOT be me. It just can't. How can that be me?? I try to not look in the mirror, but its always in the corner of my eye in the bathroom and I try not to look when I wasg my hands but its always there, I just can't believe other people see me this way, I wish I was invisible

I have PCOS and have been on Yaz BC and 100mg Spironolactone for more than a year. Last time my hormones were tested my androgens were completely nuked by these meds. In fact my estrogen and SHBG is high. It also wiped out my acne. So if androgens are the cause of hairloss, why hasn't my hair grown back??

I still have insulin resistance but I don't know if that's the reason I'm still losing hair.

Minoxidil is not an option, I had bad cardiac side effects, it's not worth it.

I'm guessing this is just permanent forever.

I really don't know how to make a PCOS/insulin resistance diet work. I have ARFID and some very specific restrictions on the low-carb food people say we need a lot of (protein, fat, meat, eggs, cheese). My fav foods are plain rice, noodles, things like that which obviously are a problem..

I don't like meat or fat, so I don't know what I'm supposed to do. The only meat I can tolerate is fresh not frozen chicken breast, no bones, it can't be ground up or anything, I have to cut all the fat globs off of it, and it has to be grilled or fried, overcooked and overseasoned so it doesn't have a meaty taste or wet texture anymore. And to be honest I don't even eat the chicken very often. No pork or red meat, I just don't like it. Absolutely no seafood, just the smell makes me gag. Not a fan of eggs or cheese either, they honestly make me feel gross after eating so It's a rare thing for me

And I have high cholesterol so I really need to be AVOIDING fat, I was specifically told this by my Dr.

So I've thought about a plant based diet, because I actually love veggies, but I've read on this sub that this would be too many carbs adding up and that you need to have meat in your diet.. Read about meditteranean diet but apparently this is too many carbs too?

And about fruit. My life has been very difficult and stressful and Im very upset that after a long day, I can't even have apples or watermelon. Not cake, not oreos, not donuts. Just fresh fruit. I'm extremely depressed that I have to worry about eating FRUIT. I don't know. It's just the straw that breaks the camel's back for me

Basically I feel screwed, like I can't eat anything. I've honestly started avoiding eating because of fear of carbs, like if some veggies have too much sugars in them, I don't know, this is just really difficult for me. Eating is now something stressful that I'd just rather avoid and I'm tired of it. Most people would say a diet with lots of veggies, fruits and whole grains are healthy but apparently not for PCOS?? I'm just so upset, I don't know how to navigate this