The title is the question. I had my annual physical and labwork came back with abnormal Potassium 5.7 ( 3.5-5.3 ) everything else is normal. My Dr. wants me to retest the whole Basic Metabolic Panel.
36f, 157lbs, 5'9, no medication, military.
Monday evening I'm scheduled for a neck MRI. I've had many an MRIs (both knees, lower back, left hip w contrast, right shoulder w contrast) but I'm really nervous about this one. My hip and shoulder MRIs were pretty painful having the contrast injected as the joints were very inflamed to begin with. I've received no information for my neck or where they inject the contrast. Would I be able to get some information on this? Will I be really sore for more than a day?
i haven’t eaten a meal in a few weeks now because when i eat, my ENTIRE body hurts and i get a migraine. i dont know what to fucking do. i tried eating today because my bf suggested it and i licked a drop of apple sauce and was on the floor for an hour in pain. i dont know whats going on but between eating and not eating, both of them have been causing unbearable pain. someone, PLEASE help me. every doctor i meet acts fucking stupid and tells me its just period cramps even when they KNOW im not on my period. i literally havent been able to eat ANYTHING. american healthcare is so useless. someone please help me bro because i cant do this. its so painful
Hello! Good day. I’m 26F, working 8.45 hours a day, Monday to Friday, and my job is mostly sitting all day. I also do freediving as a hobby.
I’ve noticed that I’m generally tired all the time, and I also feel cold very easily. I’m usually the person wearing a jacket in the office while everyone else seems fine, and I like wearing socks even at home. I’m also very comfortable wearing sweatpants, a long-sleeved top, and socks around the house. When I sleep, I usually use two layers of fleece blankets because I get cold easily.
This has actually been going on since before I got into my current relationship, so it’s not something that started because of my relationship.
Whenever I get home from work, I just want to rot in bed and do absolutely nothing. There was even a point when I was only eating once a day because I didn’t have the energy to cook or prepare food.
Now that I have a boyfriend, I’ve been eating three times a day more consistently, but I still feel generally tired. Sometimes it even affects my sex life because I’m just too exhausted or have very little energy.
I don’t take any vitamins or supplements, and I’ve recently started going to the gym because I thought maybe being sedentary most of the day was contributing to it. However, I still feel tired quite often and yawn in the middle of the session, even when I’m trying to be more active.
What do you think is a good action plan in this? Thank you.
I am not asking for medical advice.
I’m just wondering if it is normal for a colonoscopy to be done at the same time as an upper endoscopy. If so shouldn’t the patient be informed well in advance?
I’m 25F and from the Philippines and it’s been tiring going to doctors and hospitals and coming back with them saying “everything is normal.”
For context I started having symptoms in 2021, specifically a Right Upper Quadrant pain along with multiple GI issues. Until now 5 years later I still experience this everyday, mainly after I eat and sometimes randomly. Went to a gastroenterologist in 2021 and got an ultrasound with normal clear results. Went home and took pain meds and a Proton Pump Inhibitor med.
Returned again in 2023 because of more pain and doctor suspected of gallstones and requested an MRI (which is very expensive where i live btw) and got a very normal clear result of my whole abdomen. Went home and took pain meds again. Since then I haven’t gone back to a gastro, but just this year for months already, I noticed that my stool became yellowish. This was new and my stool was a normal brown even years ago that’s why doctors ruled out my case because they said everything was normal.
In 2023, I experienced major allergy issues that I can’t do everyday tasks properly anymore. Went to the doctor becuase I got severe sinusitis and was on meds and steroid sprays for months. Although that’s resolved now, it still returns from time to time.
In 2024, I experienced mental health issues and visited a psychiatrist and she diagnosed me with anxiety and PTSD from my childhood trauma. I was on Vortioxetine medication for about a year. It helped calm me and fix my sleep not until:
In 2025, I got hospitalized for vertigo and severe headache and ear pain. The psychiatrist told me to stop my medication and she referred me to a neurologist. I got a CT scan of my brain, blood, urine, and stool tests and everything was normal. Along with an ENT doctor, they diagnosed me with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and Vertebrobasilar Migraine. And although they said medications can cure it, I still experience symptoms now triggered by stress, lack of sleep, and heat. Right now even with no triggers, tinnitus and vertigo are the ones that bothers me the most. The tinnitus gets louder each day and I lose balance and fall sometimes. My medications were mostly Betahistine, migraine and pain relievers.
Now in 2026, I’m experiencing new kind of symptoms: fatigue, body aches, and joint pains. Just last month I went to the hospital because my ankles swelled like crazy, my skin was reddish and painful, and I couldn’t even walk. Did some blood and urine tests, and as expected, everything came back normal again. Put me on pain relievers and went home. But until now I still feel pain on my knees, ankle, hands, elbows, shoulders and back.
Another symptom emerging with the body pain are my nails: splinter hemorrhages on some nails and i noticed my cuticles slightly receding and nails a bit clubbing.
Honestly I don’t know anymore. I don’t want to go back to the doctors getting another “everything is normal” anymore. Nothing is normal with this. Everyday I’m in constant pain. I’m hoping anyone could answer here or have any slight idea what’s wrong with me. This is exhausting 😔
anyone else have to clear their throat like every day all day with no relief? been happening for like 5 months either im dying or my throats full of mucus or some crap idek
I have never felt this before. Should I go to urgent care? In America so of course I would need to take out a loan to do so
Hello! I’m an avid kidney stone (calcium oxalate) producer 😂. I’ve had several stones surgically removed, most recently last February. I’m now at the point where I’ve been working with a nutritionist and actively monitoring my diet and water intake, along with taking potassium citrate daily.
The frustrating part is trying to balance everything. Between being a woman, the amount of water I’m supposed to drink (which I never seem to hit 😩), and all of the dietary restrictions, I’ve actually gained weight instead of losing it.
I was told that a high-protein, low-carb diet wouldn’t necessarily work for me because I still need to meet my daily caloric needs while being mindful of my kidney stone risk. So right now, I’m doing moderate protein, moderate carbs, and lots of vegetables.
Has anyone else dealt with calcium oxalate kidney stones while also trying to lose weight? If so, what has worked for you? I’d love to hear how you’re managing your weight while navigating all of these dietary restrictions!
Hi Doctors of reddit, I’m hoping you can help me out.
I’m 22 AFAB, 5’3”, 205lbs, not currently on any medications, diagnosed with hEDS, POTS, and MCAS - all diagnosed about a year ago, all of which are fairly well managed on my own, but I can’t help but wonder if this might be a hEDS related symptom somehow.
I have a reoccurring pain in my lower left abdomen that none of my doctors can give me an answer for.
It’s been going on for just over 2 years now, it’s on and off, but when it comes back it is SO debilitating that i can hardly walk, get out of bed, move. It’s sometimes paired with thigh, hip, or lower back pain on that same left side, but not always.
I have yet to find anything that eases the pain, i just have to wait for it to go away. Strenuous physical activity and sexual activity sometimes make it way worse, but not always!
In these two years of dealing with it, i’ve had:
TONS of bloodwork
An x-ray of my left hip
A CT scan of my pelvis
An MRI of my pelvis
Internal ultrasound
Regular ultrasound
Colonoscopy
Upper endoscopy
Pap smear
STI/STD panels
And EVERYTHING has come back completely spotless. GRANTED, i don’t believe any of those tests were done while the pain was active and at it’s worst - that’s the hard part about it being on and off, i feel like it’s hiding from me.
I’m just at such a loss. My doctors don’t know where to go from here or who to refer me to next, i cannot keep living like this - putting my life on pause when the left side of my pelvis decides it hates me - and it’s just so baffling to me that i can be in THIS much pain and there’s seemingly NOTHING causing it.
If anyone has ANY ideas, please, please please help me!
Hello, I am a 35 year old female, 5’6”, 235lbs. For the last 3 years I have had extreme fatigue and brain fog. It feels like my brain isn’t even functioning and every day is a struggle to get through. I can sleep and sleep and no relief. I got diagnosed with extremely mild sleep apnea, used my machine for 2 years yet no relief. I got bloodwork done, went on supplements for vitamin D - no relief. My doctor said my thyroid looked fine but my NP was not convinced. I was on levothyroxine for a while but didn’t seem to make a difference… maybe I wasn’t on it long enough? I don’t seem to have post-exertional malaise so I ruled out CFS. I’m just unsure of what else it could be. I also have zero sex drive and my testosterone was on the low end. Just looking for some insight. Thank you.
Hello all!
So, here’s the situation. In the last 6ish months or so I have been gaining weight although I had no changes in lifestyle. On its own I figured it was whatever, my bestie is pregnant and maybe it was sympathy pregnancy or something 💀
In the last month or so I’ve also had extreme hunger but not really wanted to eat a lot (like I will feel hungry all day but after a few bites I’m stuffed, even if I felt the empty stomach growling and pain).
I’ve also been extra tired, usually have insomnia even with sleep aids but I’ve been sleeping a lot more lately and feeling tired more often.
Lastly, and the newest and biggest thing that has me reflecting is: pelvic pain. It started sort of dull and only on my left side but the last few days it has been progressively more painful and intense and spreading from left to right (in a smile shaped line almost tracing the underside of my belly between my ovaries).
I can be a bit health anxious, so if y’all are like “that’s just period” or whatever that’s cool, but was this something anyone else experienced and did it turn into something else? My doctor’s appointment isn’t for two more months and I just want to make sure it’s not urgent. Thanks Reddit!
I am not asking for medical advice. Is there a supplement my husband can take to help with leg cramps? He is the most hydrated person I know. And he hates bananas which is what I was always told to eat when I got them 😂
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So for the last few weeks I’ve been feeling these symptoms can you guys help me
1 both sides of groin hurting feeling sore
2 jaw and lymph nodes tight only on right side
3 dots around armpit going up to chest
4 left side of upper quadrant hurting until I burp pass gas or go to bathroom
5 legs feel fatigued and sleeping more
Hi! I was vaccinated for the chicken pox as a child over 20 years ago. I am supposed to go to a big lunch at my friend’s house with her family tomorrow, but she just informed me that her younger sibling has chicken pox. She has already had it, as have some of her siblings, but her other younger siblings have not.
Is it safe for me to go to her house? Am I at risk of contracting chicken pox if I’ve been vaccinated? Can I cause my older parents, who had chicken pox as children, to get shingles if I come in contact with chicken pox?
CDC and other websites have not been super helpful with this, thanks in advance.