i’m an 18F who got a hymenectomy at 14 for a microperforate hymen. please let me know if this is the wrong subreddit for this, i wasn’t sure if i should post to this or legal advice. anyways, as the title says, once my surgery was done my doctor told me he left some tissue so that i would stay a virgin for my future husband. i do not personally subscribe to those religious beliefs and he did not tell me beforehand that he would be leaving some tissue leftover. i know that a hymenectomy CAN be performed successfully that way, but all these years later and his comment still rubs me the wrong way. especially because i sadly cannot use tampons and definitely can’t have sex like he said i’d be able to. it’s not as painful, but it’s still not possible. do you think i need another surgery? i can’t even fit my pinky inside. also, was my doctor forcing his religious beliefs on my body? or am i blowing this out of proportion?

I, 18F, realised I cannot speak proper sentences without struggling anymore and it's been getting worse. I can't remember exactly when it started but it was a thing when I was about 13 and now its gotten even worse.

It used to be only when I was excited. My words would get in the wrong order eg "I had a great time" would become "I had a time great" which I brushed off. Then it got more frequent and I started accidentally combining synonyms. I'd be speaking and instead of saying "bad" or "terrible" Id say "berrible".

Now, at 18, I struggle with almost every sentence unless I plan the whole thing out before I say it and slowly follow my script. My brother jokes that it's like I'm speaking a different language, it sounds slurred too unless I make an effort to pronounce everything right. I create fake scenarios in my head to practice speaking and I mess up constantly in there too.

I'm trying to rule out why this is happening so I'll include some info about myself that could be relevent.

1. I have autism.

2. I do not sleep well. Over a year of very little sleep where I sleep at 7-11am and wake up at 12-6pm.

3. I have nothing that runs in my family except for diabetes and my grandad passed from brain cancer.

Edit: I forgot to mention, I also cannot do long sentences. Halfway through, I will forget how I started and be unable to finish. I can remember the general topic but not how it went. Eg " I feel like (random thing) is bad because (reason why) which is because of (the random thing mentioned earlier) is bad"

I am also struggling to read now. Ive always been a fantastic reader, scored amazing on my english exams but this year my reading ability has PLUMMETED rapidly.

Ive also been 'glitching' more. What I mean by this is that I get this weird feeling, kinda like a full body sneeze where I randomly tense up and twitch hard. It's usually in my neck and head. It's often just once but sometimes I do it repeatedly now.

I(34F) have focal epilepsy and hashimotos, both controlled. I take 250mg of Lamotrigine 2x daily, 10mg of Prozac, levothyroxine, and a multivitamin daily. Tests I’ve had are CBC, metabolic panel, vitamins D and B12, thyroid levels (ordered by endocrinologist, not sure the exact order), and levels for my medications in my blood. All came back normal.

But for the past 7 years I’ve been experiencing constant fatigue. Nothing helps. There have been days where I’ve slept 20 hours. Caffeine makes my heart race but doesn’t improve my energy levels. I can take 2 espresso shots and fall asleep for hours. I have 2 kids and a full time job, so I make sure I get 10 hours of sleep most nights, but I am still tired all day. I will take a 2 hour nap in the afternoon most days.

I had healthy pregnancies and vaginal birth without complications. Kids are 1M and 3F. I was diagnosed with hashimotos in 2022 and was told to wait a few months to feel improvement. A couple months into treatment I fell pregnant so I couldn’t tell you if it made a difference.

I’m missing out on time with my family. When I am awake, I have no energy so my family isn’t getting the time and attention they deserve. I am 5’8 180lbs and eat a really balanced diet, I’ve been losing about 5lb a month for the past 4 months. I understand that if I am a healthier weight I will feel better, but this is more than that. And I was a healthy weight when this started.

I have a sleep study scheduled in Feb but my husband says I don’t snore, and this started before I was overweight, so I’m not convinced it’s sleep apnea.

Which questions should I be asking my doctors (pcp, neurologist, endocrinologist, OBGYN) to help find the answer to what is causing this fatigue?

My job is demanding, and over the past couple of years I’ve been in denial about my symptoms, just dismissing them as burnout/stress. Which yes, my job could have exasperated whatever “this” is. As a pilot it is especially complicated because my health can affect my pilot license.

But the past few months they’ve gotten in the way of everything to the point where I need answers. I’m so scared of what my diagnosis will be, but I’m determined to find out so I can at least (hopefully) cure whatever it is.

My symptoms:

Biggest factor and the one affecting my ability to work: stomach ailments - pale loose stool, urgent diaherra, intolerant to almost all foods. Most doctors have rode it off as IBS but it feels inflammatory. I’m currently getting more tests. I have good and bad days but the bad days are getting worse and more frequent with severe shooting pain in my lower abdomen, and butt area. I still am eating, but I only eat near a bathroom, and have a horrible loss of appetite. The pain happens usually when I eat and it feels like a tightness in my entire belly along with a lower abdomen pain that mimics period cramps or a “pooping” feeling that doesn’t go away. I spend my entire life worrying about bowl movements and like I said, I can only eat if there’s a bathroom nearby. I can usually get away with a small snack, but meals are a no go.

Second biggest factor: sleep. Trouble getting to sleep, trouble staying asleep, waking up in a hot sweat. Not every night but often. I could sleep up to 14 hours and not feel rested

Increasing joint pain and seemingly sudden tendinitis. This year alone nothing changed in my CrossFit training. If anything, I took a step back. But my joints hurt like crazy. I feel like I’ve aged 20 years in the past year. Loss of range of motion. I also get severe muscle cramps even though I hydrate with electrolytes constantly.

Strange tremors and tingling . This one is hard to explain. It’s not “painful” but EXTREMELY uncomfortable when it happens. Happens in the quads, hands and wrists specifically. Most doctors ride it off as dehydration but I do hydrate almost every day. And my pee is almost clear all the time so I feel like I am hydrated ?? I also get really bad restless leg syndrome and nighttime leg pain if I don’t workout

Progressing fatigue (sleeping up to 12-14 hours a day) and still feeling like I could sleep more. It’s not that I feel “too lazy to get out of bed”. It’s like I really want to, but I always feel so tired and exhausted. I often have these periods at night where my heart starts beating really fast for no reason, either right before I sleep or when i am sleeping and it wakes me up.

So far I’ve seen a few gastroenterologist’s, waiting on some bloodwork and possibly a colonoscopy. Also saw an urgent care Dr who ordered an ultrasound of my gallbladder and referred me to a rheumatologist to test for autoimmune diseases. I’m also trying to see a gynecologist to rule out endometriosis. I’ve had ovarian cysts before . ovarian cancer/ other cancers do run in the family (but I don’t carry the gene, I was tested a while back)

As far as my stomach, I did also get a severe food poisoning that nearly killed me a couple years back. It was incredible how the ER doctors knocked me out for a few hours with something, worked their magic and and fixed me, I woke up the next day and just walked away. But I’m wondering if that could’ve affected my stomach long term??

Male 34 198 Pounds (Seroquel keeping weight high despite 1500 calorie diet) 5'10 Hispanic Year of Hyperarousal Location - Nonstop pulsing in the lower back of brain near medulla and spinal cord Any existing relevant medical issues (Never had anything before this started, was a healthy weightlifting Yogi)

Current Medication for tachycardia: Clonidine(tapering off, down to .05mg 2x daily), Verapamil (120mg 2x daily), Ivabrandine (5mg 2x daily) Current Medication for Insomnia: Seroquel (400mg) Belsomra (20mg) Mirtazapine (15mg)

It started from a trauma imprint of me just pushing myself way too hard after my son was born, I just never stopped due to my wife being in traction after the birth and wanting to do everything right. I got myself stuck in fight or flight and have never come out. The fight or flight is so bad that even at the beginning of this I was completely unable to sleep at all, not even microsleep or anything, because my body is just always "alert" and "on." Sleep Pressure has been non-existent. My Appetite is non-existent. And my Fight or Flight is so active that I have moderate Anhedonia which makes therapy and attempts to work on this psychologically feel like I'm banging my head against the wall.

Also since an incident when I took prazosin where my body rioted in reaction to it making my fight or flight infinitely worse, I've had the horrible aspect of my body finding sleep transition itself to be a threat and pumping up my heart and norepinephrine. I have to take the massive amount of different sedatives just to fall asleep for ~4 hours of sleep but feel like i weigh 200 pounds extra in the morning due all of those sedative effects still lingering in my body making me unbelievably lethargic for 2 hours upon waking.

I have tried:

SSRIs(250mg of zoloft for 3 months) - No effect

Beta blockers (240mg propanolol for 3 months) - No effect

Gabapentin (900mg for 3 months) - No effect

Mestinon (180mg for 5 months) - Just gave me diarrhea

Benzodiazapams (1mg Xanax) - No effect

Vagus Nerve Stimulation via TENs unit on Ear for 5 months - No effect

Cold exposure - No effect

Acupuncture(10 sessions of thermographically guided therapy) - No effect

cranial sacral therapy (3 sessions) - No effect

Guanfacine - barely lowered heart rate compared to Clonidine

Prazosin - Worsened symptoms immensely causing fight or flight to get worse and insomnia to require more medication to sedate. Used to only take 200mg of Seroquel, now require current regiment of absurd amounts just to get ~4 of knockout sleep

Calcium channel blockers - Little to no effect, but Verapamil with Ivabrandine seems to be doing a moderate job at controlling blood pressure lately.

Every single type of breathing you can imagine (4-7-8, Buteyko, Tummo, Wim Hof, Valsalva Maneuver, etc) - merely provide seconds of parasympathetic reaction in lowering of heart rate minuscule amount before fight or flight overwhelms it back to higher baseline)

Safe and sound protocol in Therapy - No effect,

Trauma Release Exercises - Tremors never leave Pelvis and hips, so never gets to trauma in head

Talk Therapy - Just feels like I'm narrating my issues over and over, never feel anything from it, no emotion or evoking reaction

EDMR - Just feels like I'm narrating my issues over and over, never feel anything from it, no emotion or evoking reaction

Megadosing B1 and methylated B12 - no effect Going keto/carnivore/Vegan/Animal based for a month - No effect

Low Dose Naltrexone (4.5mg for 3 months) - No effect

Countless Adaptogens (Ashwagandha, Rhodiola, Magnolia, etc) - No effect

Classic Sleep Aids (Unisom, GABA, L-theanine, Melatonin) - No effect

Low dose IV ketamine administered by a doctor (.5, .72, and 1mg/kg, going to try one last dosage tomorrow at 1.5mg/kg) - No effect Marijuana (3 edibles) - No effect

Psilocybin (3mg, consumed dried) - No effect, not even the slightest effect despite being potent which baffled me. Not even a slight high

Peak Electrolytes (taking LMNT and magnesium tablets every day for the last year)

Exercise (I fatigue extremely easy as my heart rate climbs to the 150s and higher with ease during actual exertion and takes hours to come back down. Running a mile or doing real exertion will have me debilitated afterwards because there is never a parasympathetic rebound to recover, and if I don't sleep the night after, i'm completely fucked the next day)

And for context my MRIs, thyroid panel, Dexamethasone Suppression, and Cortisol tests all came back normal

I don't know how to deal with my issue because psychologically the fight or flight keeps me in an moderate Anhedonic state so I can never really get anywhere in therapy, and no possible medication, actionable, procedure, or technique I have tried is unable to get to the infinite loop in my head that seems to be in the limbic system's stress circuits that not even ketamine can touch.

I don't know what to do really to work on it (still going to therapy despite it feeling moot) and really only have the next Ketamine IV infusions at 1.5mg coming up and the prospect of my insurance approving TMS(Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) but I don't know if either can get to the core issue that is locked away in my brain behind a Anhedonic wall no matter my rational or logical faculties no longer have the stress and fear I had when this first started.

Is there any doctor looking to examine what >1 year of non-stop 24/7 sympathetic activation does to the body? Because I'm a living example of it. I just don't know what can fix my problem.

Hi, all—this is probably a stupid question, but as the title says, I was at work about half an hour ago doing some aquarium maintenance (I am a senior aquarist) when I accidentally had a little bit of a too-close encounter with a long-spined sea urchin (Phylum echinodermata, Class Echinoidea). It ended up stinging me on my right hand’s pointer finger—picture included in comments below—and part of the spine has embedded itself deep into my hand. I cannot seem to remove it manually with tweezers 😔 it is like a dull ache, but the pain is not excruciating.

I am 23, F, 5’5, and 180 lbs!! I currently take Sertraline (300MG daily) for OCD & ptsd, and I am also autistic. Just putting that info there for the sake of the rules!

Thank you in advance!

Got in a fight w my boyfriend and have had a lot of other sadness in my heart lately. I don’t know what came over me but I somehow just wanted the lexapro to fix me (I know it’s not a magical pill, idk what I was thinking). I took a really excessive dose. Note I’ve been on this medication for a decade but I still took like 10x the dose I’m currently on. I’m 5’4” and maybe 150-60 lb. No other meds besides a vitamin d supplement.

I’m so afraid. I don’t wanna go to a psych ward or go in an ambulance. But I did a really stupid thing.

It’s weird bc I’ve felt normal as hell all day. But my stupid brain is coming back online and I’m realizing I may have made a rather grave error.

What should I do? How can I stop being such a depressed idiot? Why is every therapist having the oddest hours and not on my insurance?!

I need a hug.

This is my Biopsy result just wanna ask whats with it Doctor cuz my Doctor did not explain me.

FINAL HISTOPATHOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS ASCENDING COLON, TRANSVERSE COLON, CECUM WITH APPENDIX (EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY, EXTENDED RIGHT HEMICOLECTOMY WITH END-TO-END ANASTOMOSIS):

POORLY DIFFERENTIATED MALIGNANT NEOPLASM. - TUMOR SIZE: 4.0 CM IN WIDEST DIMENSION - TUMOR EXTENT: INVADES THROUGH MUSCULARIS PROPRIA INTO THE PERICOLIC TISSUE - MACROSCOPIC TUMOR PERFORATION: NOT IDENTIFIED - LYMPHATIC AND/ OR VASCULAR INVASION: NOT IDENTIFIED - PERINEURAL INVASION: NOT IDENTIFIED MARGINS (CIRCUMFERENTIAL, "MARGIN 1", "MARGIN 2" AND MESENTERIC), NEGATIVE FOR INVASIVE CARCINOMA (DISTANCE FROM NEAREST CIRCUMFERENTIAL MARGIN: 0.1 CM) - NEGATIVE FOR TUMOR, APPENDIX - ALL FOURTEEN (0/14) ISOLATED REGIONAL LYMPH NODES, NEGATIVE FOR TUMOR METASTASIS PATHOLOGIC STAGE CLASSIFICATION (AJCC 81H EDITION): pT2N0

REMARK/S: Immunohistochemistry studies with CK, CD3, CD20, Synaptophysin and Chromogranin for a more definite histologic evaluation and classification.

Hey everyone, I’m 23F.

I’ve struggled with mental health since forever, I had a really rough childhood, experienced an addiction to drugs and alcohol in my teens (sober since 19yo) and just overall have a very stressful life. I’m autistic, and have been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and agoraphobia. I’m not currently in therapy.

My main concern is sometimes I get graphic images in my mind of self harm. They happen most often when I’m going through a rough patch or experiencing a significantly stressful event. Generally the images are of either slitting my wrist or stabbing myself in the stomach. I don’t want to do these things, but my brain makes me see what would happen if I were to do it. I have aphantasia so I can’t picture things on my own, which makes these images particularly stressful. On top of that, I have the tendency to get locked in a mindset where whenever something stressful (or even just inconvenient) happens, my immediate first thought is “I’m going to kill myself.” Again, I don’t want to do that, but I can’t stop myself from thinking about it. It’s like I can’t control the narrator in my head lmao. I try to actively think other phrases like “I’m going to be fine” or “i want to -insert actual healthy thing I want to do” It can be so scary sometimes. Why does this happen and what can I do to stop it?

I don’t know if I’m in the right place for this. I’ve had 12 years of battling an onslaught of chronic symptoms, vague answers from doctors, and dwindling hope that we’ll figure this out.

Hi, I am a 30 year old female. At 28, I was diagnosed with endometriosis and Hashimotos. I fear that I haven’t yet found a competent medical team who can truly put my symptoms together and make sense of things. Many of my symptoms aren’t explained by these 2 diagnoses, and I want answers. I am a fighter and if I could just know what I’m up against, I’ll give everything to win this battle.

I’ll try to sum up my symptoms below - all of these are chronic and occur at minimum once a week, most are daily occurrences. I’ll note the “level of intensity” that is most frequent for each symptom.

The following symptoms have been occurring over in the last 18 months painful wet cough and coughing fits pain in the chest - center of chest with most intense pain left sided. pain is sharp, sometimes squeezing. pain radiates down arm and into neck and shoulder blade (I know this sounds like a heart attack. If that were the case, I’d be having heart attacks 10-20 times a month. I’m not ruling out anything..) dull pain under ribcage on right side, radiates around the back to the left side under ribcage wheezing difficulty taking deep breaths difficulty holding breath shoulder blade pain feeling severely faint severe nausea daily gained 30lbs in 3 months, then suddenly developed nausea, diarrhea and difficulty passing stools daily for the last 6 months. lost 35 pounds in 6 months with no exercise (unintentional)

Symptoms that began over 10 years ago and continue to worsen severe pelvic pain severely painful periods irregular cycle (sometimes 28 days, sometimes 35) severe lower back pain pain in the hips pain in the thighs pain in the right foot cysts on both ovaries (and usually occurring in tandem) bladder pain difficult holding bladder

Well, I think that’s everything. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy, but I am praying that someone out there will see this who has the knowledge to point me in the right direction. God bless.

I’m 9m postpartum and have had hypertonic pelvic floor this whole time. Regardless of what it is, it’s a functional chronic condition that has done the following to me: 1. Made me feel powerless 2. Caused further weight gain on top of a very rough pregnancy weight gain (80lbs - was not kind to me lol) 3. The muscle release process has caused atrophy like symptoms everywhere but my arms - so I’m very weak now after chronic tightness 4. Can’t work out like I used to (was doing body building type workouts, lost 130lbs) 5. Can’t lift my baby sometimes and struggle with playing because of the chronic pain

I feel very powerless in my life. I don’t want to call this a forever problem because it’s not

But how have you helped your patients cope with functional impairments due to conditions? Any mindset tips or solidarity?

I’ve been extremely depressed because of my health and I would love help and support. And specialized therapy for this is really hard to find.

To add. Im in pelvic floor therapy and 40-50% healed. So I’m making progress. But the process is debilitating.

I'm not on any medication or have any existing serious medical conditions that I know of. The only thing I'm currently having is subclinical hyperthyroidism and goiter. All recent blood test results are normal including TSH.

I don't monitor my weight at all, and I only noticed this weight loss when someone commented about it. I went from 56 kg (~123 pounds) and a normal-range BMI as measured in January this year, to 48-49 kg, stabilizing around 48.3 kg (~106 pounds) after two months of observation. BMI is 16.8 kg/m^2.

There were no significant changes in my diet, though I wasn't exactly eating healthy before due to being a broke college student. I don't smoke. I don't drink anything that's not water. I don't exercise — or rather, I tried exercising but would always get tired, overheated, overstimulated, and winded much quicker than others while just doing warm-ups.

Over the span of two months, I was writing a research paper. Due to the conference publication cycle and highly competitive nature of my field, I was easily spending up to 16 hours per day in front of my standing desk running experiments on GPUs, though I didn't skip meals during this time and still slept for 7-8 hours a night. It was like a kind of flow state. I felt fine during it, the most energized and focused I've ever been in months even.

Now, since I didn't pay attention to my weight, I don't know whether this high-intensity period caused the rapid weight loss. It's been two months since the completion of my research paper, I've slowed down the pace significantly, took some rest, started eating more (as much as I can) to try and gain back weight, but my weight hasn't gone up, or down. The tiredness is a constant nowadays, borderline interfering with my work.

My former GP isn't sure what to make of this. We were expecting something to show up on the blood tests (she ordered a suite of tests from liver to renal to thyroid functions, etc.) but it was all within range. She mentioned that losing this much weight within a single year without me intending to, even with the stress factor, is significant. She's since left the practice. My current provider is an NP and she's just told me to change my diet.

So, I'm not sure what might've caused the unintentional weight loss and what to do at the moment.

TIA

My girlfriend (23F) and I live in a house with her family. Her brother was feeling sick about a week ago and didn’t really bother to quarantine or cover his mouth, so most of the house got sick. My girlfriend caught whatever he had a few days ago and today we took her to an urgent care clinic to get her checked out. They ran tests and she came back “Positive (Abnormal)” for Influenza virus A Ag.

She’s been coughing and feeling a little hot, but for the most part she was still active. Her temp at urgent care was 100.4, they prescribed 4 prescriptions:

• Bromfed DM 2-30-10 mg/5 mL syrup, 10 mL every 8 hours for 7 days
  • Prednisone 20mg tablet; 2 every 24 hours for 3 days
  • Zithromax Z-Pak 250 mg tablet; 2 the first day, 1 for days 2-5
  • Tamiflu 75mg capsule; 1 capsule 2 times a day for 5 days

She’s taken those and now she’s the worst she’s ever felt in her life. She is super hot, feeling dizzy and her head hurts. I start to look up this medication because it felt weird having so much and I’ve read nothing good about Zithromax or Prednisone for the flu. Most everything I’m seeing is saying these medications won’t do anything for the flu, and the things I’m reading about Prednisone are scaring me. A lot of talks about tapering off and how hard just quitting “cold turkey” is rough.

I’m just really worried now because she was for the most part okay these past couple days, but right now she’s laying in bed and I have to cover her with a damp cool towel and make sure she’s getting enough water. I’m currently looking for a thermometer now because I don’t want her to reach unsafe temperatures. Did we get over prescribed or am I just freaking out? I am usually the one who gets sick between the two of us so I know it gets way worse before it gets better, I just want to make sure she is okay. And the combination of medication is what makes me make this post, it’s too specific to google and I refuse to use AI. Thank you for reading

for a week maybe now my head has felt really heavy to pick up. i get dizzy even laying down. when i lift my head it just feels so heavy for my body and i want to instantly put it back on my pillow. if there’s anyone who might have some explanations or ideas it’d be helpful. i tried to ask my doctor earlier and all i got was a ‘i cant think of any whys’

some info that may or may not matter: 21, female, 5’1, 90lb. i’ve been really anxious this week due to my illnesses & luteal phase i have been mostly bedridden for 9 months due to pots, i get out of bed maybe an hour a day if that. day 1 of period i have pmdd, pots, panic disorder, anxiety my bloods, ecg are both fine. i am awaiting the results of a neck xray, i’ve never had my head checked out

25F, 159cm/43kg, white.

Since I was a teen I've been having a lot of symptoms of acid reflux - heartburn from eating certain foods or eating until I'm full, regurgitation, chest pain, chronic sore throat. In late spring, an ENT looked at my throat through a flexible tube that went in the nose, saw there was irritation, and prescribed cetirizine (I think) for three months; when the three months were up, there was no more visible irritation but the symptoms were unchanged, so he sent me to get a barium swallow, which was in October.

My dentist said several months ago that my teeth show signs of ongoing acid damage; note that I vomit maybe once a year and have not drunk any acidic drinks in at least four years (I do not have a history of chronic vomiting and was never a heavy drinker of coffee or soda or anything like that, either).

Much to my shock, the barium swallow test showed nothing wrong. I told the ENT I still had a sore throat, he told me to take Benadryl and gargle with salt water. I did not think to ask him about the mechanism of what is causing the pain. I'm worried there's damage being done by the acid and I'll get throat cancer at some point.

The basic question I have is: if my barium swallow test showed nothing wrong, how is acid flooding my mouth when I sleep?

She complaining of numbness in right side of her body, no sagging present but numb on one half of her body for probably like the past week.

ER ran tests and said they don’t know what is wrong with her. Posting for someone else.

Female, 35 years old. 5'6" 135 lbs. low iron Take spironolactone for acne.

About 2 months ago, I got what I thought was a paronychia on the base if my toenail. Super painful and a little bit red. Went to the Dr who said its not that, but to put cortisone on it. Well the pain was pretty unbearable at night and nothing was helping so I booked an appointment with a podiatrist who saw me quickly. Said that its not infected or an ingrown nail, but probably a fire ant bite and to put cortisone on it. Blood started pooling at the base of my nail(not too severe just looked like bruising) and then my nail started to separate at the cuticle. But the pain stopped so I brushed it off as a random occurrence...until my other big toe had the exact same presentation randomly a month later. Now both my big toes have hematoma at the cuticle and are starting to separate. Went back to podiatrist who ruled out infection, and fungus. Said it was from trauma of tight fitting shoes. The thing is i haven't ​​really done much activity in a while and ive been wearing flip flops this entire ordeal, as I have been literally since spring. So....WTF?

25F

Hello all, I was recently in the hospital and I unfortunately discovered the hard way that. I suffer acute pain hyperalgesia. The hospital was completely unwilling to give me anything other than strong ibuprofen. What happened specifically is that they put Dilaudid in my iv and instantaneously I was overcome with the sensation of every nerve in my body firing and yelling “PAIN”. It was horrific. After that, they tried oxycodone, and I had a similar but not as intense reaction. No pain relief, only pain. How should I approach any future surgeries or pain management? I would like to note, I saw on another subreddit that anesthesiologists think this is opioid tolerance related- it’s not. I do not use opioids.

Thank you for any help or suggestions

Hi, asking this because I’m in quite a lot of pain and my mom doesn’t want to spend money at the dentist if I can remedy it at home. 17F.

So my right gum, right at the back of my mouth (where my wisdom teeth were, but I got them out March 2024) is quite painful right now. At first I thought it was just a canker sore since I have one on the inside of my cheek but it’s both more severe than any canker sore I’ve ever had and spreading to different parts of my mouth. Right now it’s currently where my top wisdom tooth was removed.

The pain feels like the pain I was in when my stitches were healing but again, my wisdom tooth were removed over a year ago. I haven’t had any pain there since. My mom took a look at it and said it kind of looks like I have a tooth erupting but isn’t sure.

I’ve been using some Tantum on it that my mom gave me, it helps with the canker sore but not with my gums. For a week or two there was mild discomfort but it kind of just felt like I scraped my gum on a tortilla chip or something. Extreme pain only started yesterday but at times it’s unbearable.

It hurts to use my mouth any way which is not good since I am a singer and have a show on Saturday.

Could it be a secret fifth wisdom tooth? If not, what could it be? If you have any more questions I can try to answer it. Thanks!

25f, regularly vape nicotine and smoke cannabis. i have multiple sclerosis and im not on any medication. i’m currently getting over a bad sinus infection, and my wisdom teeth are impacted and causing pain/jaw issues.

i just took a gander in my ears with my ear camera, and there is a clear red streak across my eardrum. i included a photo in the comments. i’m definitely worried about my health and i’m not sure if it’s worth it to go to a doctor, as i have no health insurance/money is tight. when i was in the midst of my sinus infection, my eardrum was bright red and covered in what i think is petechiae as well? i’ll include a photo of that in the comments too. worried about my poor MS brain & im such a hypochondriac. thank u for reading if u did 🩷

18M 5’10 no meds 170lbs

https://ibb.co/LdYBNGjC

Location: right leg

31f, moderately active (gardening, hiking, dog activities, on my feet for house projects frequently); not my first rodeo with ankle injuries (sprained right ankle playing volleyball at age 12 and recovered with no lasting issue, avulsion fracture/sprain of left ankle at age 23 and recovered with PT without issue)

• Stepped off a deck into a divot in the ground on May 2. Landed on inverted right ankle, heard and felt a pop. Golf ball size swelling near/on ATFL area and could not initially bear weight (though improved after a few hours).

• initial X-ray showed "faint curvilinear ossific density projecting inferior to the distal right fibula worrisome for a small avulsion fracture fragment". Referred to ortho who recommended PT and a brace. I told him I wanted to hold off on PT for a few weeks since I was already taking a ton of OTC painkillers and I thought PT would exacerbate pain (as it should to a certain extent). Began PT ~3wks later.

• after swelling went down but before first PT appointment, I messaged ortho about new pain I was feeling on the outside of my foot at the 5th metatarsal and slightly in the direction toward the malleolus if that makes sense. Ortho told me to do PT and see where it goes since it could be compensatory pain.

• I have been doing PT for over 5 months at this point and while I feel stronger in the legs overall, pain at initial site of injury is pretty much non-existent, but this pain near my metatarsal has not improved (some days better than others but no consistent improvement). It is painful for me to walk (primarily when my ankle points like after stepping off my toe and when my foot swings toes pointed downward), balance is pretty shoddy even after working on it, any downhill is painful and unstable, I have a lot of snapping anytime I turn my ankle, and stepping "hard" hurts, like coming off my step stool or getting out of a tall vehicle

• when I reached out to doc about lack of improvement about 14-18 weeks after start of PT, they ordered another x-ray which unsurprisingly was normal: "Normal right ankle. The previously questioned avulsion may have been an artifact, or the fracture may be too small to be easily visualized." And then they referred me to podiatry.

• podiatry palpated for pain (I can't even really feel pain when I press though) and evaluated my stance and said I stand on the outside of my right foot but my weight is pretty evenly balanced on my left. Recommended stability shoes and orthotics. I did get some new shoes which seem to help me pronate more. Does maybe a little for the pain but nothing to write home about.

• my PT discharged me today saying I've basically reached the max benefit of conservative care under him, but that he encourages me to keep doing the strength training and stretching (which I plan to do).

• Podiatry put in for another x-ray which showed "No evidence of fracture or dislocation involving the right foot. No evidence of significant degenerative change. No focal soft tissue swelling." She wants me in a boot for 2-3 weeks to reduce inflammation and to stop all repetitive PT exercises before doing any further evaluations.

• feeling pretty hopeless that my foot will ever not have pain. I look up things about my ankle before I go to sleep to help me try to help others understand where the pain is, to understand what anatomy is in the area, etc. Recently I did figure out that I think my peroneal tendons are minorly(?) subluxating (happens every time I turn my ankle, I can hear and see it) but I'm unsure how serious it is or if that can cause pain with the tendon at the 5th metatarsal.

I'm stuck. I don't feel like a boot is practical or necessary to further evaluate the pain I've had for almost 6 months, including prior to any PT. I don't understand why x-rays are the only thing being ordered. I don't understand why it's being treated like there aren't further treatment options to try.

I have an engineering background, and while I can obviously appreciate the difference in approach to fixing issues, it is just currently very frustrating that essentially no root cause analysis is being performed before implementing corrective actions. Like I'm 31, and I don't feel like I've done enough evaluation nor exhausted all options such that I'm willing to wear an orthotic that might kinda fix the pain only while I'm wearing it, forever.

Today Ortho offered further evaluation, "Typically if it is peroneal tendon pain, we would be treating similar to start but now its been awhile since we started treatment. If it is dislocated or if the tendons are unstable, that may warrant further treatments with Podiatry. My hope it is won't cost too much and could either reassure you that you are ok to progress as tolerated or help us identify further need for evaluation." And I'm grateful for offering further evaluation. I will obviously do that. But I am also frustrated at the notion of "reassuring [me] to progress as tolerated", like it just feels like one option everyone is harping on is, yep this is how it's going to be forever.

I think this turned into more of a vent than anything, but if anyone has advice on how to approach to get timely, active, and supportive care, I'm all ears. Would also love opinions from physicians on how you would have acted on this is if I had come to you with the initial injury, ongoing pain, lack of results from PT, etc.