Hi everyone!
Getting back into fitness after a long period away - I've been grinding since December, with downtime due to a knee injury in March, with an escalation of intensity beginning in April and have started to get some basic improvement in the mirror and am 15lbs down (slow and steady I guess..), currently at 185ish from high 190sish
Really been working on my diet in the past month and have been starting to lift heavier as well. My ultimate goal is to be able to run a marathon in October, get back into boxing 2-3 days a week, and be able to play tennis once a week - and to do all of this without getting injured (I feel I am relatively injury-prone and am always "tweaking" something, though never have had a bad injury requiring surgery or anything).
The main point of this post: what are resources you are using to keep yourself injury free? Here are some that I like: -Rotator Cuff Program -Knee meniscus injury program -Neck training routine -Intro to knees over toes workout -my daily stretching routine -Not a video but GET YOURSELF TESTED FOR SLEEP APNEA AND START USING A CPAP IF YOU NEED ONE. First night was like suffocating but since then I've adjusted and it's actually pretty comfortable now and my sleep metrics from my Whoop are waaaaaay improved.
As a bonus, here is what I am currently doing to try and optimize injury while escalating my training, definitely would appreciate recommendations on what to change: -I get 7+ hours of sleep on an average day -I take fish oil daily and get at least 70gm of protein/day -I work out 6+ days a week, on a 3 day lifting split with 1 hour of cardio on alternating days, I unfortunately find it difficult to take rest days because I always want to be doing something for training -I do dynamic exercises before working out and I average like 10 minutes/day of stretching (usually right after a workout) -I do a (typically weightless) version of this rotator cuff routine like 2ish days/week and (typically weightless) version of this knee meniscus injury routine like 1ish days/week. I have been focusing on strengthening my glutes/hamstring and external rotators of the shoulder, my next focus is to start strengthening my core/neck. -currently my knee issues are minimal (though I am always tweaking one or the other of my knees with the pain typically resolving in a day or two), but my shoulders are kind of always sore/irritated (with the pain typically resolving in 3ish days or so). I have worked with a PT on my knee for 6+ sessions and have graduated myself since the knee pain has resolved and an MRI was negative, I am not working with PT on my shoulder at this time.
Any recommendations/input?

Hi,
A few weeks ago I went to the doctor for a random small Lyme disease esque rash on my hand. While I was there I also brought up a recurring skin rash on my arm I’d been having for a while - initially this was a pretty big hives breakout that lasted about 2 weeks. I went to urgent care and got a steroid cream that got rid of it.
Since then, I’ve noticed occasional little bumps like the ones you get with contact dermatitis, but they go away quickly. I’ve also noticed this weird redness like in a pattern on my forearms, but it’s not raised or itchy. It changes daily, sometimes goes away and sometimes it’s really hot.
My Ana came back at an 80, which I know is not really concerning at all. They still referred me to a rheumatologist, and I’m not sure what other things I should bring up.
So you’re someone with an autoimmune condition could you let me know what things might be relevant?
I have a few lumps under my skin in my neck, under my chin and near my groin area, as well as one in my wrist. I assume these are just lymph nodes though?
I always hear a grinding noise in my shoulders when I move them, they are tense and hurt and cause headaches in the back of my head.
I recently started having tmj and my jaw always pops when I open it. It hurts a little bit, but I can still chew.
I have a difficult time sleeping and will often wake up at like 330 and not be able to go back to sleep. I will often usually feel tired even if I did sleep well.
I feel lightheaded/dizzy pretty often. If I stand up quick my vision will start to go out a little bit, and if I’m in a hot shower for too long I will start to feel sick and feel like I’m going to pass out.
I have low hemoglobin and am b12 deficient/ anemic
I’m 23F also.

Hi there! It's been 8 days since my extraction, almost no pain or swelling, and there's no bleeding at all at this point. But when I smile hard or laugh, the extraction site feels a bit sore (pretty bearable). My neck lymph nodes on the side also get a bit swollen at times. Has anyone experienced this? Does it necessarily mean it might be infected or the soreness is just normal at this point? Thanks!!

Hello!
I (25f) am writing this because I truly don’t know where else to turn and would like to know if someone has seen this or experienced this before.
About 2 months ago, behind my right ear randomly swelled up significantly. It was very puffy and tender to the touch. I went to a rapid clinic and she diagnosed me with an outer ear infection and prescribed me some drops, the swelling and infection eventually went down. As that was healing, my throat started to get progressively more sore and red, mostly on the right side. It started to really bother me so after about 3 weeks I went back to the clinic. I was tested for the flu (negative) and strep throat (negative). I was told it was probably allergies and to start taking Claritin and to wait for it to start raining more for it to go away. I did this for 4 weeks to no avail.
Eventually, the pain gets so bad I schedule an appointment with my GP. The lymph node on the right side of my neck gets very swollen and uncomfortable as well. I get tested for strep and the test is “faintly positive”. The doctor showed me the test but honestly I’m not sure what I was looking at. Anyways, I get prescribed a course of Amoxicillin, which does little to nothing to alleviate my symptoms. I then get put on Azithromycin, which seemed to help a little bit, but not completely. After I was done with that course, things just got right back to where they were. I went back to the doctor, got retested for strep, covid, flu, etc and was negative for everything. I was told to gargle with saltwater and to give it some time, but I feel like I have given it 2 months of time! She did say it was weird that it was only on one side.
I am wondering if anyone has ANY ideas or has seen this before? I’m not sure if I should be advocating for myself harder, as this pain is getting to be pretty intense. I know I should stay away from Dr. Internet, but I haven’t found anything like this on there, and anything I do find is suggesting it to be throat cancer. I’m trying not to go worst case scenario, but genuinely am at a loss for what this could be. I requested a referral to an ENT, but in the meantime I feel pretty uneasy.

I'm working on a mod that can change the weight of any NPC, but all the methods I've found only modify unique NPCs, and those non-unique NPCs don't change in appearance even though their weight value is modified.
At first, I searched for mods that could modify the weight of NPCs and found this one:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/101511
One of the key Papyrus codes is:
akTargetRef.SetWeight(newWeight) akTarget.UpdateWeight(NeckDelta) akTarget.QueueNiNodeUpdate()
It successfully modifies the weight of unique NPCs, but not non-unique NPCs. I used the “More Informative Console” mod to look at the non-unique NPCs and their weight values were not modified either.
I then used the setnpcweight 0 console command to change the weight of the NPCs and the weight of the unique NPCs was successfully changed, but the weight values of the non-unique NPCs were changed with no change in appearance. I then used the `disalbe` and `enable` commands, and the weight values of the non-unique NPCs were still modified, and the appearance was still unchanged.
Then again, I modify the NPC's weight using this simplified C++ code from the skse plugin below:
RE::TESNPC* npc; RE::Actor* actor; npc->weight = 0; actor->DoReset3D(true);
It successfully modifies the weight of the unique NPC, while the appearance of the non-unique NPC remains unchanged, only the weight value is modified.

modlist

1. "DLC: HearthFires"
2. "DLC: Dragonborn"
3. "DLC: Dawnguard"
4. "Address Library for SKSE Plugins"
5. "SSE Display Tweaks"
6. "Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch"
7. "Backported Extended ESL Support"
8. "JContainers"
9. "NetScriptFramework"
10. "PapyrusUtil SE - Scripting Utility Functions"
11. "Fuz Ro D"
12. "FNIS Behavior"
13. "FNIS Creature Pack"
14. "XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended"
15. "CBPC - Physics with Collisions"
16. "RaceCompatibility with fixes"
17. "RaceMenu"
18. "SkyUI"
19. "SkyUI SE - Flashing Savegames Fix"
20. "MCM Helper"
21. "UIExtensions"
22. "Particle Patch for ENB"
23. "BodySlide and Outfit Studio"
24. "Faster HDT-SMP"
25. "SSE Engine Fixes (skse64 plugin)"
26. "AddItemMenuSE"
27. "Modern Brawl Bug Fix"
28. "powerofthree's Tweaks"
29. "More Informative Console"
30. "ConsolePlusPlus"
31. "Caliente's Beautiful Bodies Enhancer -CBBE-"
32. "CBBE 3BA"
33. "Fair Skin Complexion"
34. "Weight Slider Spells"

Over a year ago, I was going through a particularly stressful time and went to my neurologist concerned that I was possibly having Medication Adaption Headaches (MAH aka Medication Overuse Headaches aka Rebound Headaches) or would develop them.
I was having a migraine or headache almost daily. I had been cycling through pain meds to avoid using too much of the same thing and too many triptans mistakenly thinking that this would keep me safe.
My neurologist didn't take any time to discuss why I thought I might be having MAH or what should be done if I was already having them. He did give me the prescription for Aimovig that I asked for, but also a recommendation and prescription for Panadol migraine (same as Excedrin migraine) which I had never taken before. The prescription wasn’t needed to get the Panadol migraine, but it was needed to have it reimbursed by my insurance. I thought because it is OTC in the US (which is where I'm from) that it would be better (again mistakenly) than taking so many triptans.
The aimovig was like putting a bandaid on a gash that needed stitches. I made it another year before I had an absolutely horrible flare-up about 60 days ago that led me to do my own research because my neurologist had failed me horribly and I decided it was most definitely MAH and I needed to detox.
The Detox
I quit taking all pain OTC pain meds and triptans for 60 days (as is recommended in most treatment guides). It took me roughly 9 days to have a noticeable drop in my migraines back to episodic. My migraines have lessened in severity and length over the last 60 days. Though the first week or so was the most challenging to get through, I also had hormonal migraines that were tough. The few other non-hormonal migraines I had later in the 60 days, I was able to clearly identify triggers for. This hadn’t been the case for me in the past. I've also now been able to abort a hormonal migraine with other methods listed here.
Other Options for Pain Relief
(for any meds or supplements always consult your doctor)
Ginger is a great natural painkiller. There is some BS study that says it is as effective as sumatriptan, it most definitely isn't and I'm not going to try to sell it as that, but I would say it is probably as effective as an NSAID. Unfortunately, I’m unable to get GCRP inhibitors where I am so I didn’t have other migraine abortive options, just this.
Benadryl (note: this is the brand name in US & CA, it’s different in Europe) helps me with migraine pain during an attack (sometimes even helps avoid an attack).
A TENS unit was very helpful with migraine pain, but also with cramps during my 60 day detox and I’ll definitely continue using it going forward.
Migraine Cap was especially helpful after the migraine to help with the residual soreness.
Migraine Relief Nasal Inhaler, hot showers, decongestant meds, and decongestant nasal spray* help me because nasal congestion is a major symptom for me. When the congestion is worse, the pain is worse. If I can relieve some congestion, I can also relieve some pain. So I use these as needed depending on the severity of the congestion.
*It is important to note that decongestant nasal sprays can cause rebound congestion if used frequently, follow dosage and warnings on the label.
Myofascial Release & dry needling - this isn’t so much for migraine pain, but it helps me manage back and neck pain that contributes to my migraines and helps me with pain management overall.
The Pain Relief Options That I Wish I Could Have Used or Tried
Balms and patches that you put on your forehead- personally my skin is too sensitive for it, I have tried in the past and it just makes my skin burn (but so does most sunscreen when applied to my face). I’m mentioning these because I think they are a great option for some people and as I was looking through this sub for more ideas of what I could use, they are something that I saw repeatedly that I wish my skin would allow me to use.
Celafy, Nerivio, and Relivion all looked like interesting devices, but sadly aren’t available where I am.
Heated eye massager also looked very appealing and should have been available, but the wrong item was delivered when I tried ordering it and I didn’t feel like trying my luck again. I will definitely get one when I go to the US.
GCRP-inhibitors - these aren’t available where I am so I didn’t have the option to use these as abortives while detoxing from pain meds. I definitely would like the option to be able to use these as abortives for migraines. One study did note they could cause MAH (this is listed below and linked) but there's no good research regarding this as they are so new. I just feel obligated to mention this.
About MAH
Please educate yourself. I have included links to sources. Consult your doctor if you think you might have MAH and advocate for treatment.
1 You have to add up your pain med use!!!
2 OTC Pain Meds+ Triptans + Rx Pain Meds* = 10 Days Maximum Per Month
*Opioids and butalbital may lead to MAH in about 5 days
3 Approximately 50% of patients with chronic migraine have MAH that may revert to episodic headache after drug withdrawal.
Chronic migraine is classified as 15 or more headache days w/ 8 migraine days a month.
Episodic Migraine is classified as 14 or fewer headache and migraine days a month.
4 The name for MAH changed a few times and the one I chose to use is focused on the mechanism that causes the condition rather than the name that sounds like it is blaming the patient (Medication Overuse Headaches). Here’s an article regarding the name dispute.
5 One article even listed GCRP inhibitors as possibly contributing to MAH. But as these medications are new, the research isn't there yet to say if they really do contribute. I just had found it surprising to see and felt obligated to note it.
6 Risk Factors

• Having a primary headache disorder such as migraines.
• Having other chronic pain or gastrointestinal issues.
• Being less physical activity (defined as less than 3 hours of hard physical activity per week)
• Smoking
• Mood disorders
• OCD
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Substance-related disorders
• Cutaneous allodynia 7 (Cutaneous allodynia (CA) is defined as pain resulting from application of a non-noxious stimulus to normal skin)

8 Withdrawal treatment does not only reduce the headache attacks, but also improves responsiveness to acute or prophylactic drugs. Withdrawal symptoms normally last between 2 to 10 days, and do not persist longer than 4 weeks.
Going Forward
I have a number of MAH risk factors including migraines, other chronic pain, anxiety, family history of substance-related disorders, being less physical activity (especially during the time that the stressful situation was happening), and cutaneous allodynia. Had I known about all of these risk factors and that alternating meds would not protect me from MAH, I would have done things very differently. I’ll have to be very careful to not develop MAH again, and actually am thinking of extending my detox because of my risk factors and some concerning statistics regarding allodynia in particular. For now I'm going to try to continue managing my pain with other methods while I can comfortably. Actually just last night I had a hormonal migraine that I managed to abort with a combination of things I listed here that just 2 months ago it would have been at least a level 4 with triptans.
When I do start using pain meds again, I’ll definitely be tracking meds more carefully and adhering to a strict 10 day max per month for OTCs plus triptans. I’ve made an annual tracker that you can print with the maximum days noted for reference.
To the Mods - I’ve noticed many posts with discussion related to MAH being removed. I’ve instructed others to consult their doctor thereby trying to adhere to the sub rules, please let me know if there is something else that might need to be adjusted in order to adhere to the rules.

Navratna jewelry, meaning "nine gems" in Hindi, is a vibrant and timeless tradition in Indian adornment. Each piece incorporates nine precious gemstones, meticulously chosen to represent the nine celestial bodies impacting our lives. Not only are these pieces imbued with symbolic meaning, but their dazzling colors and intricate designs can elevate any outfit. Whether you're drawn to the rich history or simply captivated by the beauty, navratna jewelry offers a unique way to add a touch of magic to your wardrobe.
The Allure of the Nine Gems
The nine gemstones traditionally used in navratna jewelry are:

• Ruby (Manikya) - Sun
• Emerald (Panna) - Mercury
• Sapphire (Neelam) - Saturn
• Yellow Sapphire (Pukhraj) - Jupiter
• Diamond (Heera) - Venus
• Pearl (Moti) - Moon
• Coral (Munga) - Mars
• Hessonite (Gomed) - Rahu (ascending lunar node)
• Cat's Eye (Lehsunia) - Ketu (descending lunar node)

Each gem is believed to possess unique astrological properties, offering its wearer benefits like good health, prosperity, and protection. While the traditional selection is based on these beliefs, modern navratna pieces often incorporate these gems based on aesthetics or personal preference.
A Spectrum of Styles
Navratna jewelry encompasses a wide range of designs, from delicate earrings to statement necklaces. Here are a few classic pieces to consider:

• Navratna Mala: This is a multi-strand necklace featuring all nine gems, often arranged in a specific order. Malas can be quite elaborate, incorporating gold or diamond accents, or more understated, showcasing the natural beauty of the gemstones.
• Navratna Choker: A choker is a shorter necklace that sits closely around the neck. It can be a more contemporary way to wear navratna jewelry, perfect for adding a touch of elegance to a formal outfit.
• Navratna Earrings: Earrings are a versatile choice, available in a variety of styles like studs, hoops, or jhumkas (dangling earrings). They're a great way to incorporate the vibrant colors of navratna into your everyday look.
• Navratna Rings and Bangles: These pieces add a touch of sophistication to your hands and wrists. Bangles can be rigid or have a hinged opening, while rings come in various styles, from simple bands to cocktail rings.

Modern Interpretations
While tradition holds a special place in navratna jewelry, contemporary designers are creating new and exciting pieces that cater to modern sensibilities. These pieces often incorporate modern cuts, lighter settings, and a wider variety of gemstones. You can find navratna jewelry crafted in different metals like platinum or rose gold, making them perfect for everyday wear.
Caring for Your Navratna Jewelry
Like any fine jewelry, proper care is essential for maintaining the beauty of your navratna pieces. Here are some tips:

• Store your jewelry in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.
• Use a soft polishing cloth to clean your gemstones regularly.
• Avoid exposing your jewelry to harsh chemicals or perfumes.
• Have your jewelry professionally cleaned and inspected periodically.

A Timeless Treasure
Navratna jewelry is more than just an adornment; it's a connection to a rich cultural heritage. Whether you're drawn to the symbolism, the vibrant colors, or the exquisite craftsmanship, navratna jewelry offers a unique and beautiful way to elevate your wardrobe. So next time you're looking for a special piece to add to your collection, consider the magic of navratna.

So last week marked then 2nd anniversary of the fateful day I went into the local family clinic in Holmfirth England and had my life changed in 10 minutes. Here is an over view of various aspects and how they have changed over 2 years

1. Pain. Far less than the first 6 to 7 months or so. When I was in constant agony with left sided nerve pain. However I have cycles. First 6 months awful. Winter 22 up to Jan 23 practically went away . Was sitting at work again. Jan 23 to March 23 pain on the right side and noticeable lump started. Very painful,and painful to ejaculate . Subsequently diagnosed as a sperm granola which has since gone . May 23-sep 23 return of left side pulling pain coinciding with summer and testes descending . Sep 23-Nov 23 little to no pain . Nov23 to Dec 23 rolled onto my front in a hotel bed asleep and up with sucking nerve type pain in my right for 1 month. Dec 23 to feb 23 some left side pain . Booked reversal see below . March 23 to may 23 slipped a disc in my neck. Agony . 9/10 on pain scale. Testicle pain was absent as brain was concentrated on greater pain . Now. Neck pain subsiding . Constant feeling on ache or fullness in both testicles with left being worse
   
2. Emotions. A rollercoaster . I’m living my life now and getting on with it . First 6 months was suicidal, second 12 months varied from grief to extreme anger directed at the doctor who performed my op. Now I’ve settled . I want to get back to normal but am starting to forget what normal feels like
   
3. Medication . Tried coedine for first 3 months . Now been on amlytryptline for 18 months 20 to 10 mg a day. Does it do anything ? Not sure he,ps me sleep and I think it’s helped my depression . Would like to come off it
   
4. Sex. Still enjoyable but orgasm release doesn’t feel complete . Am not sure if this mental or physical. I no longer ejaculate daily probably 2 to 3 times a week otherwise it’s sore
   
5. Future. Reversal was booked at best life for oct. I’m deferring to next year to allow my slipped disc to fully heal .
   
6. Life style . I’m back on my bike and go to gym. Can only do 1 hour max though. Still find cinema painful and have to do reclining seats at showcase . Running has stopped . I use a stand up desk at work (although this is for back and groin ). Done some physio for tight pelvic floor which helps.
   

Summary. I’m a lot better . Do I want to stay like this? No. Am I terrified of reversal yes but also really keen on feeling reconnected. Is the pain the worst I’ve had? No as the slipped disc put it into context . Will update in 12 months !

I always use to overtrain in soccer and came back one day my groin feeling sore 3 years later and its still not better. I can’t even run more than 5 minutes without getting sharp groin pain. This is my mri results doctor said there nothing wrong. I can’t live like this I want to play sports. It says A small cyst in the femoral neck if that means anything. And is this the right mri chosen because my doc thought I might have arthritis or nerve issue which I don’t.

Hi!
I recently bought this product and got a nasty itchy rash on my face and neck (on the area where I applied the product). This has now happened to me twice (first I wasn't sure if it was this product or not) and the second reaction came a lot quicker and my throat felt a bit swollen after the night.
I do have a diagnosed soy allergy, but it hasn't affected my eating for years. I have a sensitive skin but I have never had such a reaction. I use Cera Ve, Smuuti skin, Beauty of Joseon, Purito etc. and never got a reaction.
This is the INCI list:
Aqua, Dihydroxyacetone, Glycerin, Propanidiol, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Xanthan Gum, Panthenol, Lactic Acid.
I'm happy with any help!

21 female in the USA I’ve been diagnosed with Epstein Barr since October 2023 due to getting blood work done because of a swollen lymph node. Since that October I’ve noticed how exhausted I’ve been. It comes in waves of 2 weeks where I am okay and then a month or so of me unable to do anything due to how tired I am. I’m currently in that period where I can’t do anything. I can barely get out of bed and I’m not eating due to me sleeping all day. I’ll be up for maybe 2 hours then I’m asleep for 8 hours. Alongside this when I get mildly sick, ie a headache or the sniffles my body sleeps for nearly 10 hours at a time. I cannot get work done, I can’t find time to do what I need to on top of all of this I’m worried I’m going to just sleep forever. And I hate naps, I hate sleeping, so all of this sucks. More information in February of 2024 I got diagnosed with Bells Palsy and parotitis. It was painful and I was on a whole bunch of medicine for it and it took several months to go away. My doctor thinks the Bell’s palsy was caused by my parotitis but he is not going to confirm it. Is this normal? As always google says I’m dying and for some stupid reason I believe it. Should I go back to my doctor, if so what would he be able to do? Can I learn to live around this?
Any and all advice is appreciated

(Sorry for the wall of text)
Hi all, I've been severely ill for well over half a decade with multiple diseases. My primary issues were finally located around 4 yrs ago thanks to a biological dentist located in MD (I'm in NY) via the use of the cavitat, a tomographic device demonized and eliminated by the corporate-influenced FDA. The issues were ischemic bone surrounding 5 cavitations, a phenomena that has been disgustingly dismissed by far too many dentists for far too long. This dismissal is mostly in the states and not Europe, funny, huh? All this automatic dismissal and ignorance despite comprehensive evidence of the existence of cavitations being published as early as the beginning of the 20th century. Those 5 areas I had became infected because my oral microbiome was largely pathogenic at the time of my extractions ~13yrs ago. This is why the draconian at best/fascistic at worst "preventative" extractions of wisdom teeth can be an insidious death sentence. The claim that cavitations aren't killing far more people than most realize has yet to be comprehensively disproved. I say insidious because I had no signs/symptoms of pathology in my dental regions until ~7yrs ago (increasing soreness around the cavitations). This is the same phenomena behind the termed "silent killers" associated with many root canals. A film was made about cavitations yrs ago but was booted off a major platform, Netflix I believe. I have no clear legal recourse since cavitations are dismissed by authorities and regulators and that first dentist didn't clearly act in negligence. A question, why the heck are DDSs in many if not all jurisdictions allowed to pull as many teeth as they'd like in one operation? So, the MD dentist saved my life, at least in the short-term, through a comprehensive couple of surgeries for primarily debriding these sites. Despite extreme dietary issues, he later showed that the sites filled with bone almost perfectly. My extreme soreness began slowly diminishing within months after the last surgery. I still however have had reversible pulpitis in most if not all of my teeth, literally, no exaggeration. Reversible since the teeth have been getting whiter throughout the yrs. The MD dentist of course recommended that I do my best with an intensive daily routine (primarily through nutrition) to try to restore the function of my teeth. There's plenty of evidence to show that root canals do not completely eliminate pathology, allowing it to fester. Pulling all of my teeth of course would've been borderline psychotic and all surgical options cost enough to bankrupt most people. I of course am unemployed and don't even qualify for disability in this lovely, fascistic country we live in despite my issues including CFS (not just occasionally tired, to most, narcissistic people, we live in a country of narcissists for the most part whether or not you accept that), chronic upper torso and neck pain, occasional heart pain associated with herxheimer reactions/endotoxemia, NAFLD, H2S SIBO/severe IBS, in addition to the massive dental pathologies. This all is how an extremist is made by the way, paying attention, oftentimes against your will, to the crises domestically and internationally. Anyways, sorry to upset you with these damning facts but I had to vent somewhere as I need an outlet to express this all when I've received such little help throughout the yrs.

My mother, my two dogs (both around 45 lbs), and I were on a walk on a quiet local trail that is familiar to us. I keep both leashed and when trail walking, harnessed with back grips to help them up rocks or grab them securely if needed. They can be great or they can be jerks; they’re both rescues and we’re working on it. I always move off trail with them to let people pass. Off leash dogs are my nightmare.
While walking, a dog (spitz-type about the same size as my dogs, maybe slightly larger) came running towards us from the other direction. I yelled for the owner to get their dog and tried to kick the dog away. My initial thought was the dog did not look like it was coming to say hi, but charging, which is why I yelled and kicked.
I pulled my male dog behind me with the leash, again trying to keep the dogs apart. Well, it didn’t work, I ended up between them as the other dog dove at mine. I did end up pulling my dog away using the harness, and when I did, the other dog bit the back of my calf, just below my knee. I don’t believe the dog intended to bite me, but was aiming for my dog. My dog seems fine. The dog was going for his neck and back/belly, which were protected by his harness.
Side note: I didn’t see this, but apparently the dog charged at my other dog after I pulled them apart, and she gave him a growl that had him go full reverse. She has now been dubbed “baddest bitch.” The owner grabbed him at that point.
As it turns out, the dog was off leash because the owner had twisted her ankle and was looking for a stick to help her walk. She didn’t realize anyone else was on this not-often-used trail. I suspect the dog was protecting her, as there were two unknown dogs coming up on its hurt owner. It’s also why it took her a minute to get to us.
The dog is vaccinated, I’ve gone to urgent care and am on two courses of antibiotics, probiotics, etc., all of which she’s offered to pay for. I had jeans on and still managed puncture wounds and a very pretty bruise. It’s sore but I’ll be good in a few days. I haven’t found anything on my dog, the harness protected him.
I don’t think this dog is vicious. It was a bad series of circumstances, she made some errors in judgement, and is trying to make it right.
I don’t want this dog put down nor do I want to sue or go to court. I’m fine with being reimbursed for my costs. I made the choice to not let the dogs fight it out or wait for her to help wheelbarrow them.
There is no leash law, but you are expected to have your dog under control. Reading the RSAs (state laws) I’m not sure if this dog would need to be removed/quarantined or if the owner would get a laughable fine. One seems extreme, the other a joke. I just want her to leash her dog in the future, and I suspect after this she will.
If this were you in this situation, would you report the bite to the pd? - if it matters, I’m in NH, USA

This is a sequal to u/uktabi's Yulpa GF one shot, since he seems to LAZY to make a sequel. (that's a joke, god I'm so tired its almost 3am as I write this god fucking dammit why did i do this to myself)
He was originally inspired by u/FrostedScales' art., (God, please make a cover for this I want one so fucking baaaaaaad)
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I make my way into my house, a small part of me is hoping for relief from the harsh Savannah heat. Only to be brought back to my unpleasant reality of my house being just as hot and dry as the outside.
Ugh, why do I willingly live in this hellish place without AC?
I hear mewing and tapping hooves getting closer, a small blood red calf comes running towards me and runs circles around me. I extend my free hand and she readily forces her head into it, wrapping her tongue, upper and lower lip around it to return the gesture of connection. The barbs irritate my skin, but she's old enough now not to unintentionally draw blood.
I look down at the pleading eye, happy to see me again.
Ah, right. While I'm in hell she's in paradise, I guess I’ll have to suck it up for her.
I give her a closed lip smile and rub her ears.
“Hi honey, how was school?” She inflates her nostrils and begins to talk to me in learned English. It is… unsettling how accurately she can mimic almost anyone with only her nose. I am reminded of that fact as she speaks in my voice.
“Good, bunny lunch was.” I forced down an indignant laugh at the child's broken grammar. It seems Yulpa are able to understand words, but grammar doesn't seem important to them. I remember how off puttingly dense their spoken language is, they can communicate in infra sound over vast distances. Their phrases were spoken in single words, so a single “word” was a bit of a conversation. Like “Over the river” or ”up the tree is food.”
It was insane how dense their language was.
“Do you know if mom is back?” The little head in my hand nodes while still wrapped around me.
“Garden she eating is.”
I rub her head one more time before I make my way out the back door. The child quickly scampered off to do who knows what.
Out in the back I see her, draped in golden jewelry, with a well maintained main, green cloth and jewels to accentuate her natural deep red coat. She was laying down with what looked like roughage in her maw. She was absentmindedly chewing and staring off into space.
I walked over and rested myself against her side, I let her breathing rise and lower me. Being in the presence of such a large person really made me feel how insanely varied our body masses were. Despite being married and … constituting it, we had to sleep in separate beds, lest she roll onto me and I die of suffocation or all my bones breaking.
I absentmindedly picked some grass and twirled it around. “So, what's wrong?” She rolled her eyes towards me.
“Hungry.” She spoke in perfect English, I looked down at the grass I began to weave together.
“You need to get the cure.” She raised her massive head ever so slightly. “No, betrayal, life lived one way. Too late, already sacrificed too many.” She blows out her nose.
I grab more grass and weave it into the mass I was creating. “I thought I was too old, set in my ways to be married when we met. But now look at us.” I point to the child in the window clearly talking to someone on the home computer. “I’m glad you hunted me, forced me into this. If you didn't I'd still be a lonely S.O.B. jacking it to venlil stuff right now.”
She flicks an ear. “I wanted sacrifice YOU.“ She spoke.
I smirked as I continued to weave. “Yeah but ya didn't. Cause I’m just so sexy!!!”
I can feel a ruble as she laughed, I didn't notice the twitching of her neck mussels as she swung her head over to slap my head with her upper lip. “Ow!!!” I screamed at the surprising strength of the dexterous lip.
I will never get used to how she can hold me like a rag-doll with just her lip. Nor do I want to.
As I nursed my wounded pride I placed the straw hat on her head. “Besides, this is a better use for the hay than causing you pain.”
She breathed out sharply and made a sound only a multi-ton mammal can produce.
“Okay, me get cure.”
I smiled and rubbed her ears, she adjusted the hat I made for her and rested her head on the ground once more.
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She seemed antsy as she rocked back and forth, she was making a loaf of herself on the ground. But she could still reach up to my face with her lips as I sat down in a chair beside her.
The waiting room of the Xeno walk-in clinic reminded me more of the vets as species of every size and shape sat in chairs meant for humanoids, or sat on the ground or in perches or, rarely, species specific chairs. Though they were a rarity, a luxury whose expense was used for the most populous non-human species in the area.
Most of which were in a separate waiting room. I saw a family of Farsul enter it, opening the door to the KolSul wing of the clinic. Most everyone in the office instantly scowled when the mother and her pups walked through. They got both the separate wing and specialty chairs as they were by far the most populous Xenos on earth. Thanks to resentment building to massive levels all across the S.C. pushing them here.
I ran my hand through her main, careful to not undo any braids or tug any of her excessive adornments.She was still shifting this way and that as we waited to be called on. I spied a venlil with a deep scowl near the door of the separate wing, he seemed to be wearing a coat. Something highly unusual for his species, especially in this climate.
“Hello uh, we are not sure you… should be seeking care here.”
I was jolted out of my observations by a young farsul attendant addressing me.
“What?” She seemed to stammer.
“We, uh, are a xeno clinic, we specialize in ailments for non humans. Since we are on a human majority planet, human specialty clinics are open here. They can give you much better focused care."
I stared at the young farsul for a few moments, I studied her nervous stance. She seemed to resemble a great Pyrenees breed of dog. I continued to stare for a couple of seconds, enough to make the awkward situation even worse before I shook myself out of it.
“Oh, uh, I’m not here to receive care, my wife is.” I run my hand through her main and look down at her. This is the most nervous I've ever seen her in all my years with her. “She recently got the cure injection and is here to test it out in case something goes wrong.”
The farsul then takes on a deeply confused expression, snapping her head between me and her in quick succession. “...You two… are married?”
I smile and straighten my back and respond in the most enthusiastic voice I can muster. “Yep!!!”
She continued her confused expression before resigning herself. “...Alright then, I’ll get her tested… just follow me.” She turns as she reads our file, we were heading to a farm outside of town to test her on some authentic meat. As we exited the office I tapped her shoulder. “By the way, I saw a venlil by the Kolsul section door, I think is planning something bad.”
She took on a look of annoyed apathy, as though it was a daily occurrence. “Oh, him. Don't worry security is on their way to search him, you'd be surprised how many expats from Scalga we get.”
She rubbed the back of her head and I could barely make out something she whispered. “Not nearly as weird as a human yupla couple, Jesus Christ.”
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There, the object of my fearless and terrifyingly powerful wife's hesitation. A single skinned chicken leg, sitting on a metal table. The farsul nurse was making superficial vital checks on her as she stared at the drumstick.
Her lips were curled under her chin.
“Common honey. It's not going to bite you.” I say to comfort her. She glances at me with a look of I don't want to do this, why did i let you convince me to do this onmygodi’mgoingtosacrificeyouyousonofabit-
Her simultaneous death stare/ pleading eyes were pulled away as the farmer spoke at us.
“Eat it and get off my property, I got enough animals to take care of. Don't need two more.” He pointed to my wife and the farsul nurse, they both gave him a scowl as he turned back into his house.
She gently unrolls her lips and tentatively brings out her barbed tongue and wraps it around the drumstick. She brings it into her mouth and I hear a series of slow crunches.
The farsul nurse looks over at her medical doodad as she chews.
“Hmm, it seems everything is in order, the cure has taken and she is handling the meat fine. Just call our clinic if she seems to be having-”
My focus was pulled away from the nurse as I saw my wife's eyes light up from the taste. She looked at the ground at the pecking chicken that was so near. I could hear her imitate the clucking of the chicken, I saw it shoot up and looked confused. Before my wife coils it in her tongue and quickly brings it into her maw, I hear crunching again and a loud gulp. She looks around at the pens and she spies a pig.
She stalks towards it and I can hear her imitating the pigs, she steps over the fence and quickly grapples the approaching pig and bites down hard on its head. I can see her tongue quickly strip the skin off as her lips dig in with their own bards to force the corpse up and into her mouth.
I stare in shock at the display, by this time the other pigs notice the smell of blood and my wife devouring one of their companions and they quickly run to the farthest corner of the pen.
Before I know it the corpse is gone, she licks her lips and walks back over to us.
“-mitochondrial flux drive. As long as that looks good over the next week you should be all set!”
“I , uh, she ate a pig! D-did you see that?” I point to my wife cleaning herself of the mud of the pen.
'Yes, you'd be surprised how suddenly ravenous former omnivores get when they get their appetites fulfilled for the first time, heck I remember I ate a guinea pig when I got cured I was so hungry!’
I wave my arms about. “SHE ATE AN ACTUAL PIG AND YOUR NOT ONE BIT IMPRESSED OR SCARED???”
She turned her gaze to my wife, who was currently spying yet another pig in the corner. “I’ve seen yulpa do it before, trust me, get used to her eating vast amounts of meat.”
I looked at the simultaneously nervous and unimpressed Farsul. I was still reeling from my wife's actions, but decided to deal with them another time. “O-okay”
“Good, now I'd suggest you get her to not eat another. The farmer will definitely notice two pigs missing.” She begins to laugh in her throat. “Heh, I guess he’ll have two less animals to take care of after today heh.”
As we rode back to the clinic my wife was fast asleep in a food coma. The way she just… ate that thing so fast… I think I have to worry about being eaten now. It felt… oddly exhilarating, like when she was still trying to convince herself to sacrifice me all over again.
I think I might have a problem.

When will neck swelling go down
I'm a 20 year old female. I have pcos.
My left lymph node started swelling a week before May, and then my tooth started to hurt. I went to the dentist, and I needed a root canal under one of my crowns. I did a round of amoxicillin before they started the root canal on May 9th. They had to just open it so it could drain and would finish on the 16th. I did another round of amoxicillin, and for 3 days before my appointment, my neck hurt a lot and swelled more. This is the first time the lump hurt since the swelling started. I finished my appointment, and my tooth was in a lot of pain, and they prescribed me ANOTHER round of amoxicillin (quite a stubborn infection). My tooth pain stopped completely on the 20th, and the root canal doesn't hurt anymore, so I think the dentist did a good job. How long is this going to go on because it's uncomfortable; like it doesn't hurt at all, my neck just kind of feels full. So I'm wondering if y'all know when this might go away? I've had this damn lump for over a month. Is this a wait it out situation or a "go back in a week bro" situation.

Hey guys, so I recently got bloodwork done. Everything came back negative and I had not hooked up with anyone for weeks. I hooked up with a guy the day after my results came in. Someone I’d been with before. They only wanted to service me. I did, however, perform oral and kissed him briefly for about 10 seconds combined. (I wasn’t really in the mood…). Anyway, a week later and I’ve swollen lymph nodes on both sides of my neck and my gums are bleeding excessively. I got tested for strep throat and it came back negative, although I will say last time I had it the test also came back negative so I don’t necessarily trust the reliability.
My throat is in so much pain. I want to cry. Are these symptoms typical of an std? I’ve never had one before and I’ll admit the thought of one scares me. I should have updated bloodwork in by tomorrow but want some opinions in the meantime.

Hi! I am new to rebounding, I bought my rebounder in March and just started using it daily this week. I went from a super sedentary lifestyle to jumping for 15 minutes on this at a pretty high intensity.
I feel amazing! I love it and really think i’m getting stronger in my legs.
But my question is, has anyone experienced any lymph pain when you started? I noticed this week my armpit was sore and today it is more swollen and tender. Could it be the flushing of the toxins?

I'm not sure if it was last night or the night before. I try very hard to remember my dreams as I don't dream often. This was an odd one to say the least, but because it was so vague and ominous I thought it needs to be interpreted. I mean I feel like they all do because they typically feel like they are supposed to symbolize something.
So, sorry for all that explanation I just thought some context were needed. In my dream I woke up and went to the bathroom, to get ready for the day. The second I turned the light on and walked inside I instantly noticed I looked completely different. My neck had swollen and so had my face, unnaturally so. It looked like a caricature of a fat person. I'm not skinny but I'm no where near fat. I freaked out and instantly started to find a solution. I'm not sure how I found out this info I was told. It could have been me looking it up on Google or me calling a doctor. Probably was the latter. I was told it was "natural swelling and it will go down." I remember touching it and it felt numb. Whether it be pins and needles numb or medically numb I couldn't tell but it felt... weird... and normal I don't have like any feeling in my dreams so that's another reason it stood out. A few details I forgot to add was the fat on my face was so heavy it was pulling my eyelids, and I had like no hair. I don't remember anything else so it probably ended with me staring in the mirror in despair over how ugly I looked and felt. I'll draw a picture for reference.

Long read
I had this originally written under a previous post asking about potential health effects of Quetiapine in this sub. I thought it might be a little much to blow up on someone else’s question. So here is my (long ass) experience and current investigation underway with my rheumatologist in Boston who was an adjunct professor and graduate from Harvard with an expertise in pharmacokinetics.
This will be a dumbed down version the best I can explain as layman with a mere masters degree in physical therapy. While I have a strong grasp of the concepts and language, I may get verbiage or premises incorrect but I believe this will read mostly correct. If you’re a medical professional or chemist, feel free to correct me. Im no writer and I’m sure this will be evident by poor grammar and run on sentences but I did try to do a quick proofread. It’s Reddit though, so…whatever lol.
This is a super individualized account to my neurobiology. Much of it will read as though I’m trying to scare off anyone from ever taking this medication. If you get through it, you’ll see that my doctor’s theory mostly shows the opposite, and the safety profile is extremely good. The people at the highest risk of suffering my fate, that is if he is even correct because this is still just a theory(but well backed) are people in the large cohort of patients being prescribed Quetiapine off label for sleeplessness or “insomnia” as a primary diagnoses.(Spoiler: insomnia is not a real diagnosis, it’s a secondary symptom and why the manufacturer warns physicians against prescribing for sleep).
Seroquel destroyed my life. Prescribed by a “Noctor”(mid level nurse playing with shit she doesn’t know thinking she’s as smart as a doctor) an insane dose of 300mg a night for simple nighttime induced anxiety that messed with my sleep.
This was after suffering an issue where I was on the road and didn’t sleep at all for 4 days. I was really struggling and my employer paid for me to see one of the top psychiatrists on the planet that works specifically with people in my industry(entertainment). We happened to be coming up for a stop in Nashville(where she practiced) and they setup the appointment. I had 6 hours with her where she walked me through the fallacy of insomnia as a primary diagnosis, and that I needed to find the physical or psychological root cause. 90%+ of “insomnia” is just a secondary symptom of mild anxiety with a nighttime onset. That is what she diagnosed me with. Simple anxiety that was triggered at night because my career was so mentally vigorous and non stop that all anxiety was building up with no where to be expressed other than the only time my mind wasn’t occupied by work…laying in bed.
She sent my diagnosis back to my primary in New England and wrote me a script for 8mg of Xanax a month with instructions that I had 2x1mg doses per week to utilize as an emergency med but the goal would be through therapy and self moderation of work to utilize the medication as little as possible.
When I got home from my work trip the only appointment I could get was with the Noctor as my primary physician was booked out for almost 2 months. She looked at the diagnosis from a world class psychiatrist and inserted her own biases about Xanax use under any circumstance being extremely dangerous. Even as an emergency or rescue medication taken a couple times a month. So she choose to nuke my fucking brain with a high daily dose powerful antipsychotic for some night time anxiety.
For a year it was fine other than a little weight gain. Wasn’t too bad for me though because I worked 16+ hours a day on the road 9 months a year.
Then the nightmares started. Like insane, traumatic, horrifically vivid nightmares that would make Stephen king blush. I’ve seen every person and pet I’ve ever know or loved, including myself murdered gruesomely in the most gorey ways in realistic acts of violence, accidents, as well as supernatural monstrous hell fuel.
I’d wake up soaked, covered in sweat and my back and neck would be sore from my entire body being contorted and stiff in terrible positions whilst waking up completely hypertensive due to the vivid hellscape I just awoke from that was indistinguishable from reality.
I went back to her and begged her to change it because I was no longer feeling like I was sleeping. I was just going from one world to another and waking up feeling like I was just in a car accident. She told me it was the only thing she prescribes for sleep because everything else is addicting and dangerous. So I tried to tough it out but after a few more weeks couldn’t take it anymore. I got another appointment and told her I was done whether she liked it or not. I wasn’t getting any rest and I’d wake up in pain like I was hit by truck. She then essentially threatened me. She told me the only way to get off it was to see the psychiatrist at my practice and told me if I went anywhere else she would flag me as a drug seeker. The first date available with that psychiatrist…6 months. So I set an appointment as early as possible with my actual physician(nearly 2 month wait) and figured I’d start weening myself off and by the time I saw my doctor I would be fully off or mostly off.
About 2 days later(I hadn’t even reduced my first dose yet so I was still on 300mg) I was hospitalized. I woke up from my normal nighttime alternate universe of horror completely immobile from my armpits up. I wasn’t numb, but I woke up with my head kinked under my right arm and bent almost completely around. Any movement felt like my spine from my upper thoracic all the way through my cervical spine was going to snap. My wife had to call an ambulance because it was not loosening up like it normally would. While the paramedics tried to board me from my bed I went into shock from the pain and went unconscious.
I woke up in the hospital a few hours later where I learned the doctors had to pump some drug into me that essentially made all of my muscles go completely limp in order to move me out of the position because my muscles were so rigid they couldn’t untwist me. The ER doc said he had never seen anything like it outside of some extreme situations of rigor mortis when someone was found dead in an awkward position and the body locked into that position.
Even once released from that position I felt like I had a knife in my neck. The ER called into my primary physician to update them and they moved my appointment up. In the days that followed my neck only got worse. I couldn’t stand, sit or lay in the same position. I obviously stopped Seroquel immediately. I spent all day flat on my back crying with my wife encasing me in and changing ice packs every 15 minutes. I was ready to kill my self the pain was so bad.
When I saw my doctor a couple days later we were going over my records and I emphasized this was a direct result of the Seroquel that I begged to come off several times because of the side effects and I had learned that even the drug manufacturer didn’t approve of it being used off-label for sleep. She was shocked I was being prescribed 300mg for sleep. I asked her that if she was shocked, why would she approve it considering she was the supervising physician for the noctor that prescribed it to me? She showed me the offices internal notes and the noctor has diagnosed me with mania and disassociation.
Like, WTF!?
There was no record in the practices notes of the diagnoses and recommendations from the psychiatrist I saw in Nashville other than “patient saw a “pill doctor” out of state”, “says he has “anxiety”.
Reading through her notes it essentially accused me of psychosis and drug seeking because I saw a doctor out of state that prescribed me a medication she didn’t agree with.
On my doctor’s end in her oversight of her nurses prescribing she just saw that she was prescribing a patient Seroquel for manic episodes, which is a standard course of action. She agreed that this was a horrible misjudgment, viewed the physical copies of the notes I brought home from Nashville, and immediately changed me to that physicians plan of Xanax as an emergency/rescue med vs 300mg of Seroquel daily.
It was too late though. The pain in my neck never went away. I couldn’t move, I was completely bed bound. The pain in my neck felt like I was wide awake whilst someone dissected my cervical spine with a rusty box opener. They sent me to “interventional pain management” where they then did more non-fda approved “healthcare” by repetitively injecting corticosteroids into my spine.
It only got worse and worse. The pain began to spread from my cervical spine, down into my thoracic spine. I started losing feeling in my arm. Then it was neurological medications like gabapentinoids, muscle relaxers, high dose NSAIDs, tricyclic antidepressants, physical therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy etc…within 8 months that noctor was no longer employed at the office(I don’t officially know if it was from her destroying my life).
After about a year there was still no answers. I lost my job that I had busted my ass for over a decade climbing the industry ladder after getting and advanced degree, and was on the verge of losing my house because I was still completely bed bound 90% of the day.
My doctor out of desperation and lack of answers starts me on narcotic pain management. I had never once touched opioids outside of anesthesia inpatient surgeries related to sports injuries growing up. I was staunchly against the use of opioids outside of that setting. Other than some moderate cannabis use after college(when I was no longer being drug tested for the first time in 6 years) I was pretty brain washed by the drug war zealots. Now I’m a pariah. Both doctors and people in my social circles keep me at an arms length because people drank the koolaid and believe anyone taking an opioid must be a raging addict sucking dick for heroin.
I’ve managed to claw back and slow down the total collapse of my entire life because my pain is now controlled to about 60ish% by pain meds while I go doctor to doctor trying to figure this out. By working as a part time consultant in my industry I’m making just enough money to stop complete asset loss but I’m still eating into my retirement and investments. If it wasn’t for the fact that my wife makes a decent salary we’d already be homeless. Even then we’re hemorrhaging money and are likely going to have to sell our house. At 32 I was on track to retire by 50 and travel the world. Now at 37 I don’t know if I’ll be alive by this time at next year as the inflammation and connective tissue deterioration runs rampant.
Doctors absolutely hate and refuse to try and pin serious medical conditions on bad medical professionals or bad medication. I’ve been through every major “world famous” hospital system here in Boston and they’re willing to look for the answer everywhere accept where I’m telling them it started. Until a few months ago.
I hired a high profile private patient advocate. A woman who is a former internal medicine expert that was the lead in a department at Brigham with a PhD/MD from Harvard and her law degree from Cornell. She found me an expert here in Boston that is a rheumatologist who investigates pharmacokinetics. He produced several redacted papers by the patent holders on Seroquel that show them shutting down the research by a hired lab that found Tumor Necrosis Factor spikes in high doses of Seroquel administered to mice with normal neurological function. 3 other labs confirmed the research and wanted the medication held for retrial in humans.
TNF when not properly regulated by the immune system causes a cytokine storm attacking healthy tissue without the presence of disease/damaged tissue. This is the foundation of most autoimmune diseases.
Seroquel regulates various neurotransmission and endogenous processes in the brain when they are not at their normal levels. Even then the science isn’t perfect on it so often an SSRI is prescribed along side because SSRIs are better understood and it’s kind of a protection from the unknown actions of the Quetiapine(Seroquel).
If those neurotransmitters are functioning correctly and neurological function is fine, introducing something like Seroquel in high doses at constant intervals can be incredibly dangerous.
This is where the black box warnings and requests for bans from the manufacturer of seroquel about off label prescribing come from. They only reported redacted and halted research on TNF production increase associated with the drug because they only ever confirmed the research with mice.
This rheumatologist has essentially shown to me with pretty indisputable evidence that I’ve likely developed a severe medication induced autoimmune disease that is rapidly destroying the connective tissue in my spine and is now jumping to organs. It falls outside the diagnosis of any single autoimmune disease and can only really be classified as MAS(multiple autoimmune disease). Because the research papers are all heavily redacted and were never entered into peer review for final patenting and fda approval there is no case or action for me to bring.
Furthermore seroquel has a pretty high safety record because it’s statistically more normal to have an imbalance of the neurotransmitters that it regulates which means it’s rare to cause the reaction the research found with the mice. Most people have some form, even if mild, imbalance that most often goes without symptoms. But the manufacturers did know the consequences of introducing a high dosage of the compound to a perfectly balanced brain.
I fell into a perfect storm. My neurotransmission was such that a small dose of Seroquel daily likely wouldn’t have hurt me but it was as close to equilibrium that flooding it with a drug that regulates neurotransmission that I exhibited the same outcome as those mice forcing my immune system to drive up TNF production. There is a well known list of medications that can cause autoimmune diseases and the way the drug was patented and approved it escaped this labeling given the uncommon instances of the phenomenon.
I am now in the phase of trialing every biologic/TNF inhibitor known to man to try and get it under control before it completely disables me, or jumps to a vital organ and kills me.
This is still only a theory by an extremely educated expert in the field as autoimmune diseases and tumor necrosis factors are only recently in the last couple of decades becoming more understood. We got a more substantial confirmation that he is correct over the winter when I got my first case of Covid19. I rarely get sick. I am an extremely healthy person that exercises regularly(as much as possible through my pain now) as a former division 1 athlete and eats super clean and balanced. This was the first time since this began to see what my immune system did under duress.
My pain dropped by easily 50%. Meaning my immune system had something to do other than attack and inflame the healthy tissues in my joints and organs. While I felt like shit of course, my neurological pain dropped significantly. Within a week of recovering I had to increase my pain meds back to normal as everything became inflamed again.
The entire point of this rant is this: Seroquel is extremely dangerous…to a small population of people. This isn’t uncommon of most pharmaceuticals. It is a cautionary tale about the off label prescribing of this drug for sleep, and sleep only. DONT ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
If a psychiatrist, neurologist, or behavioral therapist has well documented diagnostics and evaluation that leads them to believe you have a significant neurological imbalance that leads to a true psychiatric diagnosis you will almost certainly be just fine with Quetiapine.
Unfortunately Seroquel is the most prescribed off-label sleep medication on the market. It needs to be stopped. The primary indication for Seroquel cannot be “insomnia”. The manufacturers tried to hide the pharmacokinetic reasons as to why, but they did black box it and request physicians not to prescribe it for such. Read the insert. Back, neck, and joint pain are all warnings to speak to your doctor immediately and this is why.

37, type 2 diabetic (BS well managed with ozempic and insulin after years of barely tolerating metformin), PTSD, ASD, OCD, ARFID, PMDD. NB/AFAB. Fat, muscular, active. believe in health at every size and ability. big maintenance phase fan.
i have been dealing with alternating sinus and gum infection for last 5 months.
i'm posting here bc i just discovered this subreddit and think it's dope. also bc my therapist told me not to go on google and im an idiot (as you'll soon see) and now have myself freaked out. also terrible self advocate and blew it at the health center today IRL, so why not go talk to strangers on the interne.
respiratory history- off and on but more on 10 year spliff smoker (never a pack a day- 5/day max), quit for several months at a several times the last several years, but keep falling off the wagon like an idiot. use thc tincture to avoid smoking. also feels relevant to share that i have always lived in wood heat houses. i def have had exposure to plenty of badly vented houses, smoke, mold, n other toxins over the course of 17 years of dirtbag life. i have treated my lungs terribly for too long, i know. last two years i have been living in an early 90s double wide with kerosene heat and discovering how incredible it is to just turn up a thermostat.
timeline - maybe too detailed but fuck it
2020- didn't complete a course of antibiotics for a boil, it resolved and i stopped early. short time later had the first and worst gum infection of my life. imagine trying to get a dentist appt in summer 2020 in a rural area. anyways. took full course of antibiotics, resolved, bought a power toothbrush, great.
2021- dx type 2 diabetes, ARFID
2023- dx ASD
jan 2024- start having these insane night sweats- absolutely drenched, sheets wet, skin running with sweat like i've been ina sauna. perimenopause?! da fuq. PC says yup maybe perimenopause.
feb 2024- go to dentist with gum infection, dx periodontal disease, prescribed 250mg amoxicillin and 250mg metronidazole, referred to periodontist
a few days later, see PC for regular check up, she ups amoxicillin to 500mg
a week later, see periodontist who agrees infection is not fully resolved after antibiotics. she applies antibiotic pellet directly into gums. infection fully resolved, periodontists gives all clear.
april 2024- get sick from work (i do mask), resolved but lingering sinus infection. PC prescribed z pack
may 2024- last few weeks have been feeling tender gums, feel like i have a sore throat, lungs feel sore/infected, ears clicking, neck, chest, jaw, all feel achey and tender. armpit groin knee and elbow all feel sore/overused. exhausted, fatigued, can't sleep enough. everything is hard. i usually come home from work and work in the gardens til dark but now i feel like i just need to come in and rest. headache a lotta days. had a few ticks crawling, no bites but sometimes it's hard to know. make appt, PC can't see me but i see a new NP. tick borne panel comes back negative, blood work looks decent but kinda high WBC (? it was 11.9) an low MCV/MCH, borderline anemic. prescribed 10 day course of augmentin 125mg 2 x day.
wednesday- i call on day 7/10 of antibiotics to report no change (boogers are less bloody but otherwise same). schedule for appt friday
today-friday- see NP again (PC booked out). NP agrees antibiotic should have helped by now, advises i can stop (im scared and don't want to plus tmrws the last day). NP suggests we can check blood work again, add thyroid and autoimmune to the list, doesn't redo tick bourne panel. suggests allergy meds (i've never had seasonal allergies but it's been a bad pollen season?). discuss mental health and recent intense stress with housing issues. brings up fibromyalgia, given the tenderness in multiple body parts and stress. i start to cry and shes very nice and gives me tissues. we agree to start with blood tests and allergy meds. i don't want to be an AH, i like this NP even tho im more comfortable with my PC. it just feels crappy to hear those things as possible answers. esp the FMS one- yes im afab and "overweight"- but why does it feel like the first suggestion is always FMS?. i know this isn't a tv show but can't we rule a few more things out? i've met my deductible for the year ppl let's go. lol. but seriously- FMS is all 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🤷‍♀️🤷🏼‍♂️ prescribing low impact excercises mediation and reduce stress. like ok??? and?! y is women's health so mysterious and under researched. /rant
anyways. i can see my blood work results tonight as they come back. pretty much the same as two weeks ago, high WBC and low MCV/MCH. thyroid, vit d, rheumatoid all average.
so i go on the google like a dumbass. and obvi ok- i know i shouldn't. i need to stop. and at the same time i can't help but feel like i have a lot of early warning signs for something serious. this doesn't fee like FMS. this feels like infection- heavy and tender. maybe i don't understand FMS, maybe i'm talking out of my ass with all of this bc i don't know the full picture. but from what i've read, gum disease def infect diff parts of the body and i've now had 4 rounds of antibiotics (1st scripts, pellets, zpack, 2nd scripts) in the course of 5 months and im not better. is breath work and allergy meds gonna heal me or do i ned to be hitting a panic button before something (idk what but something!) goes to town on me? the comorbidities got me stresssing yall.