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25m

170lbs

I live in florida usa, we been having storms lately and i went to unplug a surge protector power strip from the wall outlet in my room before i left for work to keep my pc safe It was kind of hard to remove and i ended up touching the prongs as i pulled it out tryna get a better grip.

I only really felt a little shock in my hand then like 5-10ish minutes later my arm up to my elbow had a tingly feeling in the middle that was slightly noticeable but if i was very distracted if forget it was there my hand was mostly fine. Didnt seem to go past the elbow kind of like hitting ur funny bone but milder. It went away after a couple hours.

Ive been walking and doing stuff just fine but im kind of thinking about it again. Its been like 9 hours since then ive felt pretty much fine. I imagine this is probably a common occurrence, does this seem like i should go in and be seen? Is there any point since i waited 9 hours. Debating whether i should bother with urgent care.

No observed burns or marks of any kind. Google gave me mixed opinions and im broke so i hesitated.

I’m 29F, 150lbs, 5”7, diagnosed with depression, and I cannot f\*king sleep. I have tried melatonin, running a mile, workout out vigorously and consistently throughout the week, Trazodone, eating before bed, not eating before bed. Absolutely nothing helps besides weed but I don’t want to smoke anymore. The only reason I smoke is because nothing else gets me to sleep.

I smoke a few bowls and I’m able to fall asleep, but still not stay asleep. And yes, I’ve tried to stop smoking for over a month at a time, and every single night has been exactly the same. I can’t sleep. It takes me FOREVER to fall asleep, and if I’m lucky to do so, I’m awake for the day every single morning by 2am. I constantly toss and turn throughout the night. If my fiancé even breathes too heavily, it wakes me up. And once I’m woken up, I of course can’t fall back asleep.

At this point I have 0 libido which is killing me because I want to be intimate. I have 0 appetite and food feels like a chore. I have 0 desire to do anything besides sit in bed. I feel angry and stressed all of the time, and my brain feels like it’s in a fog. I feel like I’m unraveling. My health insurance starts in November, but I’m so sick of this. I feel horrible, is there anything I can do until I see a doctor about this???

F25

My dad got hit by a car three weeks ago. It’s awful, but he’ll be OK - but the financial toll on my family is hard as well.

Before incident: I had alcohol misuse, some prescription drug misuse, functional difficulties (executive function most likely).

I have felt for last year in escalation that life is functionally over due to worsened, severe executive functioning issues that now leave me disabled. Went from having a few things in my life to focus on and strive for, to no desire or mental ability to do these things (not depressed).

Since incident: I’ve had worsened alcohol misuse, worsened functional issues, worsened taking care of self (dirty hair and clothes), worsened prescription drug abuse (resolved now)

I drink two every drinks per day and take Adderall. Since the stress of the event, I’ve been getting chest pain and constant thumping heartbeat. I was glad this was happening and secretly hoped I’d die suddenly.

Erratic behavior followed from worsened alcohol misuse (weird texts, embarassing professional group chats, exploding at a peer over past event my mind connected to the incident [gave away a piece of furniture peer subsequently threw out that my dad could now use]).

Last weekend, conflict occurred with mother (basically blamed me for incident because dad was on way to see me when he as hit) - severe escalation in alcohol misuse.

At this time, had overwhelming desire to consume as much prescription medication as possible and die, but was too drunk to move / immobilized and could not get pills.

Frequent crying this weekend, drinking constantly, unwell.

Now: drinking has improved, did small load of laundry finally. However, feeling glad / comforted by chest pain and thumping persists. Plan to take pills if father ends up getting worse, but no concrete plan to take them otherwise (but not feeling notably confident about sustaining this).

History: pseudo attempts / gestures x 4 (3 in one week almost resulting in death), last “attempt” 2024.

Contested criss line today but found it largely unhelpful.

Obviously I’d like to not have this get worse as I don’t want to cause family additional stress.

Age: 28, Female, Weight: 125lbs, Height: 5’7”, Medications: hydroxyzine for anxiety as needed, Iron and Vitamin D supplements, Mirena IUD, Smoking status: non-smoker, Medical issues: iron deficient without anemia, vitamin D deficient, Duration of complaint: IUD placement appointment lasting approximately one hour.

I F(28) have a history of difficult Mirena IUD insertions. It took two attempts, and a combined total of 60 minutes to place my first one 7 years ago. I have a “stenotic os and significant flexion” in my cervix.

So for my second placement I went in to my OBGYN with my list of things that I need to consent to the procedure: paracervical block, anti-anxiety meds, and most importantly to me, ultrasound guided (for my complex situation).

My OBGYN enthusiastically agreed to my list during my consult. The day of the appointment, I have a resident physician that is going to place it with his attending, neither are my regular OBGYN, which I was prepared for. I talk to the nurse who checks me in and tell her I will be having it ultrasound guided and she brings the machine in and turns it on. The resident physician comes in and we talk through the medication, the ultrasound, and the resident physician even tells me about risk of perforation but that with the ultrasound it’ll be much smaller a risk, so I think we are all on the same page about the ultrasound since I have now told my doctor, the nurse, and the resident physician doing placement. I have emphasized my need for it multiple times.

They give me lorazepam and tell me they’ll be back in 15 for placement. Resident physician and attending return 40 minutes later, and the drugs have fully set in. Attending comes in and says “are you feeling loopy” and then tells me they are not going to do the ultrasound “unless they have to”. It’s not framed as a question of if I want it, it’s just a statement. At this point i’m not in the right mindset to advocate for myself, I just let it happen.

They try to place it once and it doesn’t work, they then have to manually dilate me (I think three times) up to a size 6 Denniston dilator (per my clinical notes) they get it in the second attempt but at that point I was crying uncontrollably and unable to speak.

I don’t know if the ultrasound would have made it quicker or less painful, but it would have given me peace of mind during and after, and the last second change of plans would not have increased my anxiety at the last second. I couldn’t stop crying afterwards on the way home, I felt like my consent was violated. I hate that my medical consent was disregarded at the last second while I was under the influence of a benzodiazepine and unable to advocate for myself. I’ve teared up about the incident in the two days since the incident.

I keep feeling mad at myself for not sticking up for myself in the moment, after all the work I put in to communicate clearly before the procedure, but I’m trying not to blame myself for not being able to communicate effectively under the influence of medication.

I messaged my regular OBGYN about the incident, and she has messaged back with an apology and that the resident physician and doctor may be reaching out to me directly. She apologized about the “miscommunication.” But I don’t feel like it was a miscommunication, I feel like it was a disregard.

I called the patient advocacy line for the clinic and am waiting to get a call back.

My question is, I’m unsure how far to escalate this. I still feel like my consent was violated and like the apology isn’t enough. I feel angry and sad. Should I stop after I get in touch with the patient advocacy department? Is this bad enough to report to the medical board? I’m not sure what the appropriate level of escalation is.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, I really appreciate it.

Last night My dad (64M, 5’7, 170lbs, non smoker, no medications, second night at the hospital) got beaten to a pulp by his brother. Every bone in his face has basically been shattered and he has a large pool of blood in the center of his brain and the doctors say it’s too severe to surgically drain it. He’s currently on a ventilator and is showing no signs of improvement so far, all that’s changed was a drop in his glucose levels. I would like to add that he does have a pacemaker, high blood pressure issues and type 2 diabetes. My question is.. is there a chance of him recovering or living? I’ve spoken to the nurses and they say that the body can possibly reabsorb the blood ( very low chance) or it can drain down to his spine which will cause him to become completely brain dead. I just want to know if any doctors have dealt with a case like this and if there’s any chance of hope? I know even if he does wake up, he’ll have some/ severe brain damage , but is him waking up even a possibility?

16f 5’ 86lbs
My medical history is weird because my mom was actually making me sick and lying about stuff to my doctors for a while. Overall I’m actually mostly healthy but I do have epilepsy and adhd that are for sure confirmed so I take meds for those but I haven’t had a seizure in years. Like it’s been super long time and I only ever had one. I told my doctors when I realized what my mom was doing. Social worker got involved and yeah things are okay now but I haven’t had any big medical issues since all that. But now…

I’ve been getting these episodes where my chest feels heavy, and I feel cold and my skin is damp, and my heart beats feel weird, and I get sick to my stomach and lightheaded. I don’t know how to explain the heart beats. Kind of fast and soft I guess? But I can feel them really distinctly and it makes me feel really weird. This usually is happening when I’m trying to do something, like I biked home from school the other day and going up a hill I started feeling it and had to lay down on the grass by the side walk. It happened once when I was shampooing my hair in the shower too. My arms started feeling weak while I was scrubbing my hair and then it happened.
I’m kind of worried about it, it’s happening more often. I haven’t told my mom because I’m too nervous to and I don’t know how to handle telling her. But also I’m afraid my doctor isn’t going to believe me or take me seriously because of what my mom has done in the past. Plus it’s not like I can predict when it’s happening so it probably wouldn’t happen during an appointment so I can’t prove it.

It’s probably been about 8 hours since she took them, did she suffer in the process? And will she survive? She’s in the hospital currently.

For some reason, I didn't receive the MMR vaccine during childhood, and I discovered this by chance when getting a tetanus shot as a preventive measure at age 40. Shortly after, I noticed the genital warts shrinking, though they began to grow again weeks later. I know that administering the MMR vaccine directly into the wart is a treatment that activates the immune system and helps the body eliminate the warts. I want to know if it is worth getting the second dose of the MMR vaccine in my arm at age 43 to get rid of warts.