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So basically, I (18f) have been quite a heavy drinker since i was about 15. nothing crazy but definitely every weekend. i've never had a low tolerance. i will usually drink 3 buzz balls (13.5%) and a vodka coke to be the "perfect" amount of drunk, not sick basically.

However, in the last few weeks its completely changed. It all started when i was at a house party last week, i had one buzz ball and half a vodka coke which i instantly threw up, which was insane to me considering i've never thrown up from drinking and was shocked as id barely drank anything. and then it happened again last night, even more shocking as i only had 2 drinks which were both below 5%. can someone please tell me how this could be happening?

Apologies in advance I’m not an avid Reddit user but I e heard people find good help hear so here is my shot in the dark.

I (24F) since I started working at age 18 have always found it hard to stay on my feet for longer than a couple hours at a time before they hurt so bad I’m on the verge of tears. Along with that i can’t stay sat on chairs or at a desk for to long either because the top of my back starts to get incredibly painful and almost gets a numb sensation if I sit for to long on a stool, office chair, bench, anything that isn’t extremely comfortable I guess.

I also get bruised very easily, like… if I itch myself to hard a bruise will come up the next day. I once slid off my bed and got a bruise that looked like I’d been kicked by a damn horse, huge and dark for weeks.

Somtimes if I step in a certain way my ankle will just hurt to put pressure on, this also happens if I move it somtimes idk what moment even causes it but. Similar thing also occurrs in my hips (which click when I walk regularly like daily at this point), my wrists, my shoulders and my jaw also clicks basically always and has started in the last year straight up locking completely and randomly and if I don’t catch it before I either open or close my mouth from reflexes it makes a horrible crunching sound and hurts for literally days.

I get tired faster than everyone else. If I get to cold I shiver so hard my chest hurts when everyone else is fine. I’ve had so many blood tests and I’m not deficient in anything other than folic acid which I take suplimenrs for. I did physio which didn’t help, I did stretches that didn’t help. They told me to lose weight which I did. I’m currently 72kg 5”4 and have lost basically a stone in the last 3 months from my adhd medication.

These issues have been ongoing for like I say the best part of 6 years but are just getting worse and the doctors offer me absolutely no help. I have no idea what is wrong with my body

Any help or anyone who knows of anything that has all these symptoms please, I cannot keep on like this! I really truly do not believe this is normal when I’m otherwise healthy according to all the medical professionals.

For context, I’ve been smoking for 4 years and am currently 16 about to turn 17. I quit smoking for a few months after being a drug addict for a year nd a half but relapsed in December and now, for the past 2 nd a half months I’ve been smoking everyday.

But recently, for the past almost 2 months I’ve been really sick. It’s weird because I’ve smoked everyday for several months in different eras of my life before, and I’ve never had symptoms like I’ve been having now.

Everyday has been torture. I struggle getting up in the morning because I get so nauseous and feel like throwing up any minute. One gag and it’s over, i immediately start throwing up. (Sorry this is tmi) I also always need to go number 2 multiple times and it’s painful ASF if I don’t go as soon as I start feeling it. I’ve also had a lost of appetite. Sometimes thinking of food or seeing it for too long starts to make me feel sick. I’ve lost quite a bit of weight because of this, as I can noticeably see I’m skinnier. So as you can assume, it’s hard for me to eat so I’ve been not really eating lately.

Because I started noticing my symptoms were never going away and they were worsening, I started doing research on it. Now since yesterday, I’m convinced I have chs because it sounds exactly what I’m experiencing right now. But, I also don’t want to self diagnose myself. But then again… I’m almost 90% sure I have chs… could I be right?

I have chronic health problems that I’ve been going to the doctor about, and one of the prescribed things to do is drink one Gatorade drink each day. My father has been making me drink three which makes me feel icky since my stomach doesn’t work well. He also applies this to himself and deeply encourages my sister to drink as much Gatorade. it kinda feels like he just discovered it and is using it to the max. For context, I don’t move that much. Standing up and walking around is tiring to me but my father and sister do not have such issues. They don’t work out or do sports, if they do it’s just going to the pool three times a week. I saw on the website that it’s not recommended, but I don’t know how trustworthy that is.

I know it’s stupid to ask random people on Reddit, no need to point it out.

TL;DR: is it okay for someone to drink a lot of Gatorade as someone who doesn’t do sports/work out?

Hello all :)

My husband has been going to the gym consistently for the last month. He sticks to weight lifting and swimming, sometimes 1-2 hours at a time.

He follows a low carb diet for health reasons and as recommended by his doctor. He is currently fat and not fit.

Over the last two days, he's been suffering these crazy cramps in his stomach and all over his legs at random times of the day. He'll double over and hiss in pain like I've never seen before.

Any ideas of what this might be and what the remedies we could follow? Thank you in advance!

Is it normal to have fevers after eating raw ground beef? It seems every time I do I feel a little under the weather. I do have a imunnocompromised disease should I continue on this diet? If so what can I do to minimize these effects I’m tired of feeling like this every time

I am at a loss. I have been experiencing this for about 2 years where a couple days after sex, I develop internal itching and burning in what feels like my vagina but who the fuck knows at this point. It’s never yeast, BV, any STIs, I’ve been tested for mycoplasma, anarobic and aerobic bacteria, and my dr has looked at a swab of my vagina under a microscope and saw nothing abnormal. I wear cotton underwear and don’t use anything scented, including any condoms or toys. My gyno prescribed me estradiol cream to use after sex and estradiol tablet insert things to use twice a week for 3 months back in December. I did that and it did seem to work, but now I’m trying the estradiol again and it’s not working, and no one can tell me why that would have even worked in the first place because I’m 30 years old, healthy, not menopausal, I’m on birth control so that’s also providing estrogen, and all my pelvic exams look normal and I don’t experience any dryness.

WTF IS WRONG WITH ME?? I asked the NP the other day if I’m a medical anomaly and she was like tbh yeah…she referred me to a urogynocologist just because I asked to see another specialist. I haven’t seen them yet. However, I did see a urologist a few years ago and I was normal.

Right now it's 91 degrees and 59% humidity. I've been up for 32 hours and right now im sitting at a park bench and my swaying and internal trembling has gotten worse. I just walked 3 miles or so amd have dipped a ton of tobacco the past 32 hours. My head feels foggy and the sides of my head about 2 inches from the temple feel sore and like there's a lot of pressure inside. I don't think there's any chance I'm not screwed. I've been to the ER 36 times the past year and all they've found is mild disc disease in the lower lumbar, mild stenosis, mild spondylosis and radiculopathy. Also mild chronic mastoiditis in my left ear. I think there's something very wrong with me. I feel offblalance even sitting down right now. My eyes are getting worse despite the ophthalmologist saying they're fine. A puslating spot in my right eye, tons of floaters snd small side of the rye flashes. I keep getting sensations like my body is being tugged slightly. I sway when standing and walking it'll be a random almost full body glitch moment where it feels like the ground just sunk and came back up.It's ramping up the past month. Everything just feels wrong all the time. I'm really considering ending it all. I don't want to keep living in fear and can't get an answer for what's wrong with me. I've been alone and a loser my whole life. No family or friends. It's been a year of everything getting worse and just being told it's anxiety. Now I'm starting to get headaches. I'm only writing this sub because I'm terrified and this is all I could think to do.

Hey guys. I am a 17 year old white girl, 5'5 and 185 lbs. I don't take any medications, but before about a couple of days ago I was getting high almost every night (via edibles). Other than being obese and a bit of a stoner, I'm fairly healthy? My problem is that I've been nauseous every single day for the majority of the day, for about a week. Before this began I weighed 195 lbs, and I've lost 10 lbs since. I can barely eat, and on maybe the third day of persistent nausea I decided to stop using any weed just in case they were related? I get super duper nauseous, no other symptoms. I'm not throwing up from the nausea, but throwing up does relieve it so I do tend to make myself throw up so I can feel okay for a bit. If I wake up early-ish (which I've been doing for work at 8am) I feel much more nauseous than later in the day, but if I sleep through it I don't feel that level of nausea. I'm not pregnant, I've taken multiple tests. I really don't know what to do, this isn't contagious as other people around me haven't contracted any sort of nausea. Please help I'm genuinely losing my mind

Edit to say something I forgot, I had three drinks tonight (Sunrise Lemonade Vodka 4.5 apv) and it's made me feel even more like shit. I'm not throwing up from it but I am incredibly nauseous and throwing up isn't helping. I've thrown up 4 times tonight

I (15F) Can’t seem to be able to eat as much food as the average person does and i struggle because it’s not associated with things like anorexia or any other mental disorders associated with body image: i am very much fine with my body and i never cared about ever being “too big” to the point of not eating, although that’s what my mom thinks.
My mom has brought me to the hospital two years ago when this situation was so bad i felt pain on the daily constantly and could barely stand up for more than 3 seconds, the doctors there made me take meds and injections (i believe they are called sorry english isn’t my first language) for a while until i was in a better state.
Now i struggle less with eating and manage to eat just enough to function on a daily basis (although i still struggle with simple physical activities and have often felt close to fainting while doing those activities (thankfully i know when i feel like i’m about to faint and can prevent it easily before it happens)).
This is a problem though because even though i’m doing better i still struggle to eat a regular amount of food enough times everyday, my mom is fully convinced i have anorexia or even that i’m trying to hurt myself or spite her by not eating (which is insane to think of even if i always try to convince her otherwise) and even though she has mentioned getting me to a nutritionist she’s never brought me to one. (i wasn’t even rejecting her idea of visiting one and was convinced it’d probably help)
I’m kinda just desperate for advice on how to fix this habit because my mom still has yet to take me to a nutritionist and she probably won’t get me to a hospital unless the situation gets as critical as it was beforehand.

• Zinc: 74 µg/dL
• Vitamin B12: 331 pg/mL
• Serum Iron: 78 µg/dL
• Ferritin: 57 ng/mL
• Vitamin D: 39 ng/mL

Starting 2 months ago I've been having constant anxiety, and nausea to go with it. They're both at a small scale when I'm at home but still bad enough to prevent from walking and getting up too much. Once I leave my house they both ramp, mostly the nausea. It's been getting worse, and I've been to the doctor and they said it was anxiety related and that they would call back but I haven't gotten anything from them yet. I'm still in school but currently in summer break. Whatever this is started like a month before school ended, and it made my last few weeks at school miserable. I got nausea pills from the doctor and they work at a moderate level but I can't use them too frequently. My parents have tried home remedies but they barely work. I can't function normally and it makes every such a burden. I can't go anywhere out in public because my nausea will ruin it. I can also barely eat, I've lost all appetite. Any food just makes me nauseous thinking about it, and eating makes the nausea worse. I can't do anything normal like I used to, I can't hold conversations, I can't walk for too long, I can't even stand for too long without feeling uneasy. Even while typing this I feel terrible. I need to figure out what this is, please, I can't live like this.

she is so super stressed and for the past few weeks says she just feels like her heart is fluttering. shes been staying hydrated and went to urgent care the other day. they did ekg and too vitals and said everything looked fine and that its just stressed. today she had me pout her a cup of juice for her to drink and when i came back she was extremely startled and yelled because i guess i had scared her but at the same time she was expecting me to be there which is why it worries me. she then started crying and telling me how she didn’t feel good.

i just am not sure if she needs to go to the hospital or something or if its truly *just* stress. i do everything i can to help her but i do know its hard being a single mom. im worried and am not sure if i should stay home tomorrow to make sure she is okay.

A year ago I accidentally ingested 600mg of THC candy. I thought it was just regular candy and about an hour later I started to feel wrong like everything was slowly shutting down. Went to the hospital and don't remember most of the visit. That was June 26th of last year. Two months later and I'm watching UFC and suddenly notice the fingers in my left hand feeling numb and cold and then around the left side of my face. Freaked out and was taken by ambulance to the hospital where I was told I'm fine. After that event things have gotten strange. Would have random moments where my face on the left side would feel cold while the right was fine and then it felt like my left arm was in a freezer. Numerous trips to the ER where they said I'm fine. A couple of of paramedics have said my hands are super cold. Then I started having near daily eye strain. Several months ago I noticed a pulsating small dark spot in my upper right eye vision. It would come and go and then become near constant only really noticeable when outside looking at the sky. A lot of floaters and quick small flashes of light. I had an ultrasound of my eye which said it looked fine and then a dilated eye exam where they said the optic nerve is fine, no tears or detachment and I have 20/20 vision. Just noticeable floaters. I also started having vibrations at night. It felt like I was vibrating internally. More ER trips. Normal EKGs, troponin level 3 and my blood pressure averages around 123/81. Legs started feeling shaky and would have random muscle twitches all over. Went back to the er and the er doctor looked at my hands and said I have atrophy in my hands which is caused by a neurological condition. This scared me and had more CT scans done. Head CT scans were clear as well as chest. Found disc disease in my lower lumbar. A couple of weeks go by and I feel very shaky and start to panic and go back to a bew hospital. They do a CT scan and found narrowing of the spinal canal. Did an emergency spinal MRI and found mild disc disease in the lower lumbar, mild stenosis, mild spondylosis and mild stenosis and radiculopathy. But nothing serious as they say and they looked at my hands and said they were surprised an er Doc said I have atrophy because it doesn't look like it and he's not a neurologist. Symptoms have stayed. Tons of unsteady like feeling and vibrations. I would have sensations where it felt like I was slightly off balance or swimmy like and when I walked it felt like I was stepping down further than the floor. Another CT scan revealed mild chronic mastoiditis in my left ear. Im guessing from build up. I've had issues with this ear for many many years. To note lately I'm still dealing with symptoms. I was on librium for 5 days and felt much better but felt tired and I'm in sales so I stopped. Lately the pulsating spot in my upper right vision has calmed down a lot but when looking at the sky I still notice fuzzines in that spot. I'm obviously very anxious. I've been told I'm fine to possibly having MS and I'm in a daily constant alert scanning for what's wrong and googling every symptom and driving myself crazy. To note I dip nicotine very heavily. If I'm awake I usually have nicotine in. Chewing tobacco or 15mg pouches and when I drink its very heavy which then severely increased the intensity of the pulsating spot in my right eye. I spend 8-10 hours a day sitting up with my back against the wall looking down at my laptop or laying prone on my stomach neck cranked looking at my laptop. AI seems to think it's mechanical flair from my poor posture and back issues and cervical dizziness from my ear. I'm deathly afraid that I have a neurological condition like MS or early Parkinson's. The last 4 night have been extremely stressful as it feels like my bad is rocking or I'm swaying and it causes me to have severe panic attacks. Ive lived almost all my life isolated snd depressed. No friends or family so I imagine that's not helping. I'm just exhausted being paranoid everyday. Any idea what could be wrong?

Bit of context, used to go to a real pilates studio twice a week and absolutely loved it, but after having my first baby 4 months ago thats just not happening anymore. I miss it so much, the mind body connection thing was honestly part of how I stayed sane in my 20s. Tried two apps to ease back in.

Started with Wall Pilates which is the cheaper/free option. Its fine for what it is, has the 28 day wall pilates challenge, 5 and 7 min sessions, some chair yoga stuff. Honestly tho the workouts dont narrate form which after having a baby and being scared of my own core is kinda essential for me. Also got bombarded with ads during sessions which made it really hard to focus.

Switched to Nord Pilates after a couple of weeks. The thing that won me over is the personalized plan, the quiz at signup actually asked about my fitness level (I said beginner bc postpartum) and built a plan that scaled with me instead of throwing me into challenge mode day 1. The sessions are short, audio AND video guidance so I can follow form properly, no ads interrupting.

6 weeks in, doing 4 sessions a week during baby naps, slowly getting my core back. Nothing replaces a real instructor but for now this is what works

About 2 weeks ago, I had UTI like symptoms (insane pain with peeing and increased frequency) and shortly after had such intense lower right side pain that I had to go to the ER. They did an ultrasound (abdominal and trans vaginal) which came up normal. Urine revealed high white blood cells plus I had high neutrophils in my blood. They said I likely had a kidney infection and put me on antibiotics. I had a low grade fever during all this too. I saw primary care right after and bacteria culture + STI results came back totally normal but had high white blood cells and residual pain. I also had a shit ton of mucus (I mean like a 6 inch long strand). I started my period shortly after, and it’s been just strands of clots. Like just stringy blood. I don’t even need a pad- it’s just like mucus and stringy. And sometimes when I pee, I get this awful ripping sensation and then look in the toilet and it’s just clots. I’ve felt so fatigued lately too, and I’m just burnt out.

Has anyone been through anything similar?? I’ve had lots of period pain in the past, but this is all just pretty odd to be honest. I’ve met with primary care multiple times, meeting with gyno soon too. Ugh- sorry for the rant just looking for people who have at all had similar experiences://

I had a few recent injuries that resulted in me having something going on with my left ulnar nerve. Xray ruled out breaks or fractures. I was seen at urgent care who referred me to neurology to be seen within 7 days. But they forgot to send the referral, which i found out after a week of ongoing pain and mobility issues while working full time and living alone. I had to go in person to ask them about it because they never answer their phones. I digress.

The neurologist called, is leaving for vacation and said “Well, this won’t be within 7 days but I can see you the day I get back.” So, that’s a full week away, two weeks since I orig ally went in. I’m treating with Tylenol, advil, a series of splints and pullies that I have to keep changing ( i think my shoulder may be fucked too?).

My question is: Am I supposed to be chill at a 5-8 pain level, intermittent swelling, disrupted sleep, and having to do everything with one hand for another week? I can’t really half ass my job, I do a lot of typing, and work in a 10 day adolescent crisis program, and my other wrist and shoulder are starting to pay the price. I am wicked high masking autistic lady, with a pain tolerance that has actually scared people; I can deal if I have to but this sucks

I don’t ever really go to the doctor so I don’t know if I’m under-reacting or being a baby.

For reference, my pain scale is 0fine—10childbirth/bone deep tooth infection

62, female, 5’ 2”, 185 lbs, non smoker/drinker, never had any health issues. No medication other than eye drops for dry eyes. I take my blood pressure at home with two different, high quality brands of bp monitors. I average out at around 132/70. But in any medical setting, my blood pressure skyrockets. I went to a new gynecologist the other day, and it was 190/75. As soon as they take out that cuff, I go into a completely panic. The doctor didn’t believe me that this is a common occurrence for me and told me that I need to see my regular doctor and be put on medication. My regular doctor retired last year and he always understood my problem and took the reading 2 or 3 times, by which time it would come way down. It’s been happening to me for a good 10 years now. So I have to find a new GP, and I’m so frustrated with this problem that it’s stressing me out my experience at the new gyno only made things worse. Any advice on how I should proceed?

I was recently diagnosed with PCOS a couple of months ago, and so far I’ve had the common symptoms: irregular periods, fatigue, etc. (thankfully I don’t have cysts).
I’m also on metformin (1000mg a day for 4 months now) + zepbound (2.5mg for the first 4 weeks and 5mg for the past 7 weeks) as prescribed by my doctor to help me lose weight. I’m a female, 20 years old, 156cm tall, I weigh 76kg (I’m working on losing weight and have lost 11kg since late February), I don’t smoke, and I’m from Ontario.
Here’s where I need help: usually, my periods are manageable, still painful, but manageable. The last period I had though, which was about 2 weeks ago, was one of the most painful ones I’ve ever had. It was definitely top 3. After it ended, I expected my cramps to end, however, they haven’t. It’s nothing painful, but it’s definitely uncomfortable. These cramps have stayed for the last 2 weeks, and honestly I’m just getting annoyed as to why they’re still here. I can’t take painkillers because it’s not like it hurts. Moreover, I’ve also been having period-like cramps (very very very intense ones in my pelvis) every time I need to do a number 2. These cramps get so painful that I break out in sweat, get chills, and need to immediately find relief. Even after I find a washroom, they stay for like 20 minutes. I’ve noticed now that sometimes when I need to use the restroom for a number 2 and I don’t get the awful cramps, that I just won’t know I need to go because it doesn’t hurt. This has been happening for about a month now.
Bottom line, I wanna go to the doctor to get it checked, but I don’t want to go and be told that these things are normal side effects of PCOS or the current medications I’m on. What should I do? If these are just side effects of my meds or PCOS, how can I aid myself in feeling better?

TLDR: I’m having very light period cramps even tho my period ended, going to the washroom is extremely painful, and my last period was hell, but I don’t wanna go to the doctor and be told it’s normal for PCOS or my meds, what do I do?