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▲ 26 r/NightOwls

A way night owl-iness has allowed you to help others?

In a way that daywalkers might not be able to (or at least as easily).

My example is that one of my parents was planning to take an Uber to a more distant airport tonight (it’s always “tonight” to me until I go to sleep) bc they have a 6am flight.

I said, well, hello, I think if that means you need to leave for the airport at 3am, then you have me to take you, who will be happy and alert and FREE.

They were so excited!!! It was honestly kind of adorable and I suddenly felt mad-valuable for my sleep schedule.

I’m kinda excited too, that the tables will be flipped and they’ll be all sleepy and groggy and I will get to finally be the one who’s perky as fuck. lol

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u/WorkingOnItWombat — 7 days ago
▲ 19 r/GilbertSyndrome

A Study Showing Increased Risk of Death for Specific Chemotherapy Drug in Patients with Gilbert’s Syndrome

I feel like people would have posted when this study came out, so I apologize if this has already been shared and discussed (I looked but did not find any posts about it).

It looks like scientists have found some evidence that Gilbert’s Syndrome, at least in some people, may not be as completely benign as the medical field believes:

https://sop.washington.edu/common-genetic-disorder-linked-to-increased-death-rate-from-cancer-drug/

Personally, I have had a number of experiences over the years where I took a low/normal dose of a medication and had severe side effects from taking it. Usually doctor responses were in the surprised to disbelieving range.

This happened with very low dose birth control pills (terrible headaches, nausea, vomiting). I was prescribed Ambien at a low dose and was drooling and tripping and could barely function the whole next day.

Additionally, I have had disturbing reactions with narcotics. I got morphine in the ER and I was so out of it, the doctor ordered a head CT for me and I was having trouble “remembering to breathe, so the monitor alarm kept going off and my
mom had to verbally keep telling me to take a breath.

Several months later, I had gallbladder surgery, and they said they gave me a normal dose of a narcotic in my anesthesia, but then had to give me NarCan to revive me.

These narcotic experiences scared the crap out of me, so I made sure they put a warning in my medical records.

Has anyone else had specific types of medication responses that are more severe or even scary?

u/WorkingOnItWombat — 10 days ago