Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:30:47 UTC No. 16627381

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:31:27 UTC No. 16627383

>>16627378
Arduous job experience needs to be a requirement for medicine admissions. Womb to Residency type people, where being an MD resident in their first job, aren't well-equipped to handle the throes of real life. Change my mind.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:09:09 UTC No. 16627412

When I went to the ER, there was a woman from the hospital administration that came around and asked everyone for their pronouns and sexual preferences. It was weird hearing her ask such questions to an elderly lady who had been in a car accident and a fifteen year old girl who was there for some other reason that wasn't obvious. The administrator said it was a new law called SOGIE and they had to ask everyone. The ER seems like a sneaky place to do it because people are vulnerable and more willing to comply to get treatment.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:45:54 UTC No. 16627447

No judgment just curious: how many of you went into this field because they were passionate about helping patients and how many went in primarily for the money?

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:54:08 UTC No. 16627457

>>16627383
if school didnt take so long, i'd possibly agree.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:23:09 UTC No. 16627481

>>16627457
make school shorter. 5 years is more than enough for basics (Y1) and MD stuff (Y2,3,4,5).
>no0o0o maturity, etc
That's the only argument against it.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:24:33 UTC No. 16627483

>>16627481
that wasn't clear. I mean scrap the undergrad requirement and go right to a 5-year MD format with a minimum age requirement.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:59:38 UTC No. 16627555

>>16627481
yeah we should make them take weight training classes
only philosopher warriors have what it takes to be a good doctor

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:00:34 UTC No. 16627558

>>16627555
better than u. the future is now old man

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:29:54 UTC No. 16627578

>>16627447
I freely admit that I'm in this field for the money since I grew up poor. However, I don't care about money per se, I just want the freedom (money) to pursue my interests and maybe retire early.

>>16627349
>I mainly struggled with anatomy this year. I feel like Anki doesn't work very well for me. I understand information best when it's organized into structures like tables.
I struggled with anatomy for the first semester and I barely passed with a C- so I totally understand you. I know you said you're not used to Anki, but I started using Anki this second semester and now I have a B+. But if Anki truly doesn't work for you, try to do some more practice problems if you're not doing that already. Wishing you the best, fellow OMS1 who is interested in pathology.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:54:00 UTC No. 16627599

>>16627447
I went into it later in life even though I already have a reliable business going on that i now have to compromise on while studying. I am literally doing this for shits and giggles, it's like a hobby.

Anonymous at Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:01:30 UTC No. 16627608

>>16627599
lol, I'm sort of the opposite. I was planning on going into consulting after finishing medical school but I failed to get into a good enough medical school so I guess I'll be a doctor now.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:17:21 UTC No. 16627879

>mfw patient wont stop telling me their life story
>even after i've tried cutting them off several times

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:50:47 UTC No. 16627932

I'm learning about the coagulation cascade right now.
>pic related

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:00:44 UTC No. 16627939

>>16627932
VII III X extrensic, PT

XII XI IX VIII X intrinsic, PTT

V
III
II
I
Common

no? Haven't reviewed in forever, it hardly comes up.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:53:35 UTC No. 16628051

>>16627939
Who makes this shit up. I learned it all but it’s probably all fake anyway. Med schools should teach total sasquatch unicorn topics as a meme just to see if anyone is paying attention

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:43:29 UTC No. 16628057

>>16628051
>total sasquatch unicorn topics
they do in DO school.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:10:28 UTC No. 16628059

>>16627939
how memorise

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:13:45 UTC No. 16628150

Is psychiatry genuinely helpful to people, or is it just used to make distressed people less of a nuisance?

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:53:52 UTC No. 16628161

>>16628150
I'm still in recovery but it's helped me so far. Though I will say psychology has probably been more helpful because of DBT, but psychiatry got me to the point where I could actually engage with it and not just flake out. It's a super long process and my meds are still being tweaked but yeah.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:07:27 UTC No. 16628239

>>16628161
Interesting. I might just stop my meds because they annoy me. I've never wanted psychiatric meds but people pressure me to take them.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:48:36 UTC No. 16628299

>>16628239
I can't find any links, but there was this method of treating mental health patients decades ago called 'naturalism therapy' or something like that. They'd basically prescribe you a rural lifestyle, especially if you were innercity. So some people were shipped off for major mental illnesses like schizophrenia and they improved without drug administration. All they did was hang out innawoods, and lived where hospital staff worked in case of an emergency. I think a lot of our psych shit is a 'dirty fish tank' problem more than it being a 'sick fish' problem. Though, changing the environment doesn't make money like drugs. iirc, their living conditions were basically the same as a low-care nursing home and they were encouraged to go hang out in nature and chill out.

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:23:39 UTC No. 16628339

>>16628059
Well, start by putting X in the middle, everything goes to X.

Then to one side put VII. Add III, and you're at X! The other side start counting down from XII.
XII, XI, IX (we already have X), XIII. Then common pathway is X V III II I, counting down. We already had 9, 8, and 7. 6 and 4 don't really matter IIRC.

I dont feel like drawing it out. As far as PT vs PTT, I think of PT like physical training in the military. You do it outside. Outside = external = extrinsic = VII, III etc

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:24:47 UTC No. 16628341

>>16628339
Or maybe III isn't in the common factor, might just be V, II, I (5 x 2 = 10, V x II = X)

Anonymous at Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:22:12 UTC No. 16628585

I know THERE IS LITTERALY A RULE about not responding to psych patients, but can anyone tell me if it's safe to increase my dosage of risperidone from 2mg to 3 or 4? My mind is outta wack, i was convinced my mom was cheating on my dad for absolutely no reason and that just shows my mind is gone. My provider is on vacation and the clinic is closed as the day's hours are done. Sorry again to bother people here, i'm gonna message them tomorrow morning about increasing the dosage but just wanna be safe and make sure I don't freak the fuck out during lectures tomorrow

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:19:25 UTC No. 16628609

>>16628585
Without knowing anything else about you 3mg is still a normal dose.

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:15:25 UTC No. 16628635

>>16628585
does your town/city have a crisis center you can go to tonight? Many big cities have a place you can go for acute needs like this that isn't a hospital.

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:22:41 UTC No. 16628639

>>16628609
>>16628635
Thank you for getting back to me. I really don't wanna drive out to a crisis center as i'm just exhausted and I think less sleep will only worsen symptoms and I really can't afford to miss class. I'll update tomorrow but I think i'll be ok and will definetly reach out to my provider

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:51:34 UTC No. 16628715

I met my very first patient that claimed to have all of the meme diagnoses, POTS, MCAS, fibromyalgia, long covid, ehlers danlos, etc. with the exception of chronic lyme. It was funny to see the residents completely ignore any discussion related to these when rounding with the patient. Is this the normal standard procedure, or are we supposed to play along?

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:21:58 UTC No. 16628763

>>16627378
Fucked up my last application cycle for a variety of reasons, most noticeably shitty interview skills and really bad essays. I am aware of those pre-med application consultants that charge a gorillion dollars for "advice" and 1 hour of interview prep, but I think I need more, as in a shitload more. Anyone know where I can practice general social skills? I'm talking at the level of "remedial socialization for autistic people", if such a thing even exists. I have a feeling once I figure this out the other parts of the application will fall into place.

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:24:08 UTC No. 16628767

>>16628715
>I met my very first patient that claimed to have all of the meme diagnoses, POTS, MCAS, fibromyalgia, long covid, ehlers danlos, etc. with the exception of chronic lyme.
This is exactly why I don't want a patient facing specialty.

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:28:33 UTC No. 16628776

Anyone here get diagnosed with cancer or had to take a medical leave for anything else in med school? The professor said I had a mass when we were doing ultrasound practice today and he said I needed to get it checked out :(

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:30:47 UTC No. 16628780

Can you take an ADHD assessment to see if you have the condition WITHOUT getting a diagnosis on your medical record?

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:39:07 UTC No. 16628791

>>16628715
playing along with them is retarded. you either ignore the retardation if it doesn't matter that much or try to convince them theyre retarded if you need them to stop being retarded.

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:18:45 UTC No. 16628803

>>16628715
I have POTS but I wasn't seeking a diagnosis, I got diagnosed when I was in the hospital for other things. I rarely bring it up but I was previously listed as a fall risk. do doctors really just ignore it? idk if I even need treatment for it

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:23:21 UTC No. 16628915

>>16628776
Nigga go to the hospital

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:06:24 UTC No. 16628973

I quit eating fast food, fried foods, and sodium rich foods. My poops are now solid and a healthy brown color instead of a dark brown-green liquid spray.

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:15:07 UTC No. 16628977

>>16628973
Important post in the med general thanks

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:09:14 UTC No. 16629042

>>16628973
i eat a lot of fast food and other junk and dont have that problem. git gud

Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:42:01 UTC No. 16629442

I have never, not once ever, cared about a patient's chloride.

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:32:59 UTC No. 16629470

why do i make infinitely more simple mistakes when i have a female attending? is my misogyny leaking out?

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:21:38 UTC No. 16629503

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb4WcAXTa6o
How is the relationship between dentists, psychology, podiatry, and physicians?

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:23:15 UTC No. 16629505

>>16629503
>doesnt mention optometry
sad.

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:24:00 UTC No. 16629507

>>16629505
Vetsisters are seething

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:26:44 UTC No. 16629508

>>16629505
we need more clinical PhDs. I'd rather a BS, MS, PhD route for the speciality I want over the BS, MD, Residency route. It'd be a luxury skipping all of the general stuff

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:30:19 UTC No. 16629510

>>16629503
I like to think the psych - physician relations are pretty good, most md's are aware of psychs usefulness. But we don't really have anything to do with podiatrists and dentists so theres no relationship, positive or negative.

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:31:05 UTC No. 16629511

>>16629510
You don't see your dentist? Post teeth.

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:48:58 UTC No. 16629515

>>16629511
I thought you meant as a professional relationship. if you just mean as a friendly patient sort of thing, my GP awesome and I love her, my podiatrist is chill and good, my dentist is funny and always talking about weird family stories, my psychologist is very good, and my psychiatrists are great

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:53:45 UTC No. 16629520

>>16629515
no, you were right. I just wanted to rustle your jimmies.

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:53:58 UTC No. 16629521

Just saw an abscess get punted between Ortho and Gen Surg 4 times over the course of last night and today while Medicine had to serve as a go between because they "couldn't organize" an attending-attending discussion to look at a CT until 5 PM for something Ortho should have solved last night
Fascinating stuff
>>16629442
>hypokalemic hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:56:25 UTC No. 16629522

>>16629510
>we don't really have anything to do with podiatrists
They are thick as thieves with vascular.

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:57:39 UTC No. 16629524

>>16629522
I never heard of this until now. Why?

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:57:40 UTC No. 16629525

>>16629522
I'm in psychology, not a MD, but that makes sense

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 02:00:10 UTC No. 16629526

>>16629524
A lot of foot wounds are impact at least in part by calcification or stenosis otherwise of the lower extremity arteries, most diabetic wound infections get an ABI at my institution to rule out PAD as a factor - and if an amputation is preferred by podiatry they are definitely get an eval to see if that amputation is viable.

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:13:35 UTC No. 16629556

>>16627932
Learning about the physiology of the kidneys isn't fun either :(
>pic related

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:48:10 UTC No. 16629573

>>16627932
>>16627939
>>16628051
Coagulation cascade is something you need to know for literally everybody, am I going insane here or have none of you ever seen a patient on DOAC or warfarin or even plain DVT ppx? Fuck, have you never seen anybody bleeding before? Am I going insane here?

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:54:31 UTC No. 16629576

I sent a pic of the coagulation cascade overview to my gf without context and she immediately was like yeah it's obvious what this is and explained it to me like it was nothing. I felt so retarded.

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:59:43 UTC No. 16629578

Best Step 1 strat to pass in 4 weeks? I am starting from baseline 50% passing in CBSE and have been doing decently in clerkships

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 04:36:07 UTC No. 16629586

>>16629573
Literally splitting hairs mate, the coag cascade is obviously important you pillock and basic lab interpretation requires you understand it. Don't be obtuse, it's called shitposting.

The real irrelevant pathway is horseshit dumbfuck biochemistry nonsense like the cori cycle

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 05:35:17 UTC No. 16629604

>>16629578
id recommend studying

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 07:08:50 UTC No. 16629631

>>16629573
periop manages that for me :)

Anonymous at Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:40:47 UTC No. 16629929

>>16629586
I cut $0y out of my diet, and ate a bunch of it recently. The day after, I pissed out of my ass x20. Why?

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:37:10 UTC No. 16630393

I think I might have some form of androgen insensitivity, is the only definitive test the ones that look at the androgen receptor for mutations?

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 01:18:50 UTC No. 16630417

all these people going blind. why don't they just say no?

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 02:18:21 UTC No. 16630466

My school has required lectures on microaggressions and racism. Do you guys have the same weird lectures?

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 02:22:21 UTC No. 16630469

>>16630466
Can't even do Anki in the back either lol. No laptops or any other devices are ALLOWED.

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 02:33:37 UTC No. 16630473

>>16630466
Mine were on consent and first nations people.
As someone who was SA'd growing up I thought the consent lectures were comically useless.

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 05:17:49 UTC No. 16630554

>why yes I use 40mmol/L KCL in 3.3% glucose and 0.3% NaCl for maintenance fluids how could you tell?

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:34:46 UTC No. 16630610

>>16630466
Yes and they only make me even more racist

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:46:37 UTC No. 16630620

>>16627447
I went in for that passion and still have it but i feel increasingly alone in this regard as time passes by. Discussing this with my colleagues it also feels like i should guard and hide this somehow to not get laughed at because everyone is openly innit for money and i feel like a singled out retard sometimes. Alas, i don't give a flying fuck because it is important for me and i believe it is the right thing.

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 07:09:55 UTC No. 16630639

>>16630554
by the bodies that piled up at your department

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 07:28:27 UTC No. 16630652

I have 4 publications from undergrad, do I NEED to do research now in med school as well? I really don’t want to. Not going for derm or neurosurgery

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 08:00:29 UTC No. 16630667

>>16630620
Realtalk, how do you get past the interview if you're not in it for the money? It seems like admissions operates on the assumption that you're in it for the $$$ until proven otherwise, if they even believe you.

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 08:01:27 UTC No. 16630669

>>16630652
I'm in the same boat. The answer is yes, simply because everyone else is doing it. That said, shit might change with all the funding cuts since schools literally can't afford research anymore. For all we know, too much research might be a thing one day.

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 08:27:55 UTC No. 16630683

>>16630667
I'm not in US.
Also basically had lot of volunteer experience specially during covid i went as a free volunteer in icu, lot of multidisciplinary experience, even in fields that are far away from my chosen specialty. I'm just a regular type of dude with a bigass dick.

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 08:34:28 UTC No. 16630692

I heard there is a new law in some US states that makes it able to do straight fellowship for international doctors without need to redo your residency in US. All you have to do is pass USMLE. how true is this? where can i read up on this in detail?

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:38:08 UTC No. 16630751

>>16630669
>The answer is yes, simply because everyone else is doing it.
What is the point of research? Most of it is bullshit that no one cares about.

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:19:30 UTC No. 16630768

>>16630751
All of it is. The reproducibility crisis is exacerbated by the tonnes of meaningless slop shit out by gunners who only have an end goal in sight. I cannot tell you how many colleagues I know who shamelessly p-hacked their way into no-name journals to pack their CVs (and they get really defensive if you mention the reality of their slop lmao) The national average of “12 research items” for matching rads or something is such unapologetic smoke and mirrors to justify their bottlenecks

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:30:50 UTC No. 16630771

>>16630768
It's so stupid, and I'm glad that I want to do something that's not too competitive. School is important, yes, but I want to have the free time to just live and do my hobbies instead of doing slop research.

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:38:03 UTC No. 16630817

>>16630768
This system is repulsive.
> You must research to look good
> if you look good, then our program looks good
> if the program looks good, the school looks good
> if we all look good, then we invite infinite DIEs into the med ecosystem

Is laziness and racism the answer here?

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:47:52 UTC No. 16630944

Found a big ass descending aortic dissection aneurysm in a cadaver this week. That was educational.

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:19:05 UTC No. 16630973

>>16630944
whats his ass doing in his heart?

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:28:08 UTC No. 16631103

Can i get away with high cholesterol if im young and not fat? I just love meat eggs and booze so much

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:05:45 UTC No. 16631153

>>16631103
no, fatso

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 21:45:37 UTC No. 16631291

>>16630973
>descending aorta
>in the heart
ask me how I know you're not in med or a pre-med

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 22:06:17 UTC No. 16631321

>>16631103
I hate your kind (fatties)

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 22:33:42 UTC No. 16631348

>want to be a pathologist
>fucking hate academics
I'm not talking about what's required for a specialization program or just in general learning and advancing myself. I'm talking about the actual structured academic environment. I'm in chempath right now and I realized I can't spend the rest of my life as a glorified researcher spending hours every single day on academic meetings or lecturing, and spending my entire life outside of work making some or other gay presentation that the profs will listen to and not give a fuck about.

What branch of pathology would be the best for me to minimize this?

Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 23:16:39 UTC No. 16631377

>>16631348
You want a career in medicine with the least agency possible?

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 00:37:46 UTC No. 16631418

>>16630817
I wonder how successful my career has been because I'm a dei.

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 02:03:05 UTC No. 16631454

Some fucked up questions:

Can alcoholism in the presence of liver disease be grounds for involuntary holding? Can it be legally justified that binging when your liver is barely holding on qualifies as self-harm?

Opinions on idea: Partial excision of muscle tissue in the arms of patients at-risk of committing assault. This could include felons, mental retards, and agitated dementia patients with a history of violence.
The result is to render them physically weaker and less capable of hurting others, especially female caretakers.

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 03:52:46 UTC No. 16631494

>>16631291
im pretty sure the descending aorta is within 1 butt length of the heart especially a large butt length

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 06:03:24 UTC No. 16631526

>>16631377
Yes, actually! I fucking hate making clinical decisions and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I want to just work quietly in a low-stakes environment. I know there isn't really such a thing in medicine but at least in pathology there are no true emergencies and I can sit at a desk.
I made a mistake going into this field to begin with and I acknowledge it. But I'm not letting all those years of my life go to waste and I've got to make the best of the situation.

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 06:33:53 UTC No. 16631533

>>16631454
I think the ethics of it sucks, but you would need to argue that alcoholic intake is a symptom of a mental health disorder or alcoholism is causing them psychosis.

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 09:45:49 UTC No. 16631606

shit myself on the toilet again
drank water to save on energy drinks for a week and then didnt have water for 1 (one) day and was also fucking around with my genitals
i had a wank wherein it felt like my prostate was fucking me over, was painful
i went to sleep and woke up screaming in pain (going "ow! ow! ow!") in the genital area, maybe the seminiferous tubes but it could have been the bulbs, or the small intestine. i stretched in bed and felt a sharp, stinging, sudden pain like i had sprained something by doing this
then i went to the toilet and when i sat on it i felt dizzy (this part has happened before)
i needed to lay down so i got on the bathroom floor (this has happened before)
i realized, on the floor, that if i die or pass out i could do a shit all over the floor, so i got back up to try and get on the toilet and sitting on it i had to lay back down again (this has happened before)
i got stuck in this loop (like the term "brain loop") (this has happened before - also when i took melatonin and went to sleep and woke up trying to escape my bed, with no thoughts)
i realized the problem and turned on the bathroom tap to have a drink and my body would just put its mouth next to the stream of water and do panting - i had to force myself to breathe normally and drink and had bad thoughts about if i didnt

most of this has happened before and could of been DXM (brain loop), lowered electrolytes via frequent urination, low blood sugar; sitting on the toilet and doing this could be POTS, heart problems, diabetes. the dehydration route is further supported by the small intestine problem and i guess constipation (i didnt poo in time to go lie down but pushing in this state might be problematic). it could also be a dopaminergic issue

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 09:52:42 UTC No. 16631611

i have severe dehydration when i dont drink for a day after having water prior- as in, i can drink an unlimited amount of water and feel thirsty. i can drink water and go to bed and wake up with my mouth burning, needing a drink and my brain telling me that i could die in my sleep if i dont
id say my kidney function is sub-optimal or that i have one functioning kidney. ive had kidney stones in the last 5 years i think

i mixed 200ml of isopropyl alcohol with water (1L) and then drank it, and then another 200ml when the water was at 500ml but the taste for that was too bad with no effect on drunkdness
but drinking isopropyl alcohol in a small amount i think did help because i urinated less frequently and mentally felt better. i did this to get some form of sugars or energy in my body because i forgot to mention that my diet in these last 2 weeks has been bread for a total of 3 loafs (i am in extreme poverty). i had vitamin C from oranges in week 2 and vitamin D tablets. the vitamin C was probably depleted by me drinking water and - less than 15 minutes later - needing to urinate in addition to the electrolytes
i didnt put table salt in the drink with isopropyl alcohol because i didnt want to - even though i was drinking water - cause dehydration in whichever form and whether its visible to me or not. i live alone


the obvious fix for this would be more money to have a better diet (with all of the nutrients my body needs, including sugar)
i neglected to mention that i was drinking weekly but now i am not (and havent had a drink in a few weeks) because i am trying to save money and it is too expensive to drink alcohol. but im not an alcoholic

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 15:47:46 UTC No. 16631850

>>16631606
You can't shit yourself on the toilet by definition, silly baka

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 15:58:18 UTC No. 16631857

Do a lot of people at your school use Adderall? I'm finding out that Adderall use is not so uncommon at my school.

There's no fucking way these are all legit ADHD diagnoses either. No wonder the averages at my school are so high.

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 17:31:33 UTC No. 16631920

>>16631857
>There's no fucking way these are all legit ADHD diagnoses either.
I taught an introduction to computers class that any non-technical major could use to satisfy their core requirement for a tech class. The first couple of classes was an endless parade of frat boys telling me they had ADHD and their university approved accommodation was that they could turn in their assignments late and miss classes as much as they wanted. No idea if they were taking meds but since they went through the trouble of having their ADHD certified by the university, they probably had a doctor giving them whatever drugs they wanted.

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 18:26:57 UTC No. 16631957

I'm having another oculogyric crisis from my antipsychotic again lads

I fucking hate this drug so much

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 20:49:29 UTC No. 16632066

>>16631957
I haven't taken lexapro in a week. I got over the serotonin syndrome, so that's that, I guess.

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 21:12:02 UTC No. 16632096

>>16631920
What year was this? I've been hearing about the increasing prevalence of students needing accommodations. Seems like education is going to shit. Glad I'm not a teacher.

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 21:37:52 UTC No. 16632109

>>16632066
Fair enough. I don't think I've ever had serotonin syndrome from antidepressants.

Also I've had withdrawals from antidepressants. But antipsychotics are more shitty in my view. I've had oculogyric crises so many times that I've lost count.

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 21:52:10 UTC No. 16632114

So I had a hearing test after suddenly hearing worse following a longstanding bilateral ear infection. Apparently its quite typical for people with that to go to the doctor too late, as it doesn't hurt or show any aggressive symptoms.

Anyways, what the fuck was that about? All I got was a
>Yep you will never hear right again
>have a nice day

Treatment concluded. What the fuck was taht about? I don't expect the doctor to pull a wonder cure out of his ass, but come on. This shit is unbelievable. Especially becuase they wasted my time and energy with that hearing test , which was utterly pointless when the diagnosis neither tells you anything useful and if ther are no treatments available to respond to what was found.
Modern medicine my ass, this stuff was 14th century tier bullshit.

Anonymous at Sat, 29 Mar 2025 23:01:45 UTC No. 16632148

>>16631957
just take some benadryl

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:47:59 UTC No. 16632190

>>16631418
This sentence is "how would you feel if you didn't eat breakfast" tier. Confirmed DEI.

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 03:13:01 UTC No. 16632237

>>16627578
Is anatomy the hardest subject pre-med that just requires raw memorization?

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 05:01:57 UTC No. 16632271

>>16631857
Not Adderall but I use vyvanse because I literally can't function without it. Not just I want to study harder but I'm literally incapable, even at my current dose it only helps a bit.
Btw if you ever get to see their Adderall pills I bet you they're smooth and don't have the ridge, because they're fake Adderall and I bet they're IR 30's. The fake Adderall isn't meth but it's dexadrone (dexamphetamine) made in a lab, so yeah it's pretty funny.

Also it's hillarious how not a single person who self medicated doesn't even try non-stims. They work too lol.

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 05:03:13 UTC No. 16632273

>>16632096
Nta but my accommodations give me an extra 3 days extention on assignments and let me bring my supports with me, nothing major really and it's not for BS reasons. I didn't even ask for the extention.

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 05:53:58 UTC No. 16632283

>>16632271
>because they're fake Adderall
From what I understand, the people taking the Adderall are getting an easy prescription through our school's counseling center. Like, I seriously know how some people are studying so efficiently and why the averages are so high in my class now. I got a 28/32 on a exam and I was still fucking below average lol.

>>16632273
>Nta but my accommodations give me an extra 3 days extention on assignments and let me bring my supports with me, nothing major really and it's not for BS reasons.
I'm completely fine with people who actually need accommodations. I'm more talking about the people who are taking advantage of them through BS reasons.

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 08:24:01 UTC No. 16632328

>>16632283
If it's that easy I guess you could do it too but it's your decision. If 28/32 is below average your class is either geniuses or the exam is poorly structured.

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 09:38:28 UTC No. 16632353

>>16631606
>shit myself again
paki problems amirite?

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 11:18:40 UTC No. 16632481

any other /med/ kinos like this one?
https://youtu.be/8LZJz7GtJA0?si=6VBx2tk6G3OoNOMw

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:50:03 UTC No. 16632595

fml a pen exploded in my white coat pocket wanna kms

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 13:46:52 UTC No. 16632646

personal interest question: Is psychiatry, actually, NOT a hoax?
Currently I have psychiatric supervision\ interviews (sessions?) once every 2 or 3 months, and daily take 3 different pills (each 1 a diff. type of med). Im considering with extreme seriousness dropping it all overnight.
Will "benzo withdrawal" kill me? will NOT dropping benzos kill me soon?
What are some pro-psychiatry papers\journal defenses\Peer-reviewed compilations of data, wherein I can make sure Im doing it right (by not-dropping all meds)??

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 15:43:13 UTC No. 16632733

>>16632328
>If it's that easy I guess you could do it too but it's your decision.
I admit that it's tempting but I don't want to rely on a crutch like that. To make myself study more efficiently, I just block websites when I study and I have to be very intentional when I study too.

>If 28/32 is below average your class is either geniuses or the exam is poorly structured.
I'm a MS1 and my class has been scoring ~10 more points on exams than the MS2 class did on the same exams for some reason lol. Averages on exams in my class are usually around the 85-88 mark. Despite going to a DO school, I'm surprised by how many people in my class went to good undergrads (T20s + Ivy Leagues)

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 15:56:13 UTC No. 16632743

>>16632273
Same. For my entire undergrad, I dont think I used my extension accomodations once. I did choose to write in a comfy single room instead of the enormous auditorium for exams.

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 15:57:52 UTC No. 16632744

>>16632481
Not as good as that one, but there's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeSW2Gg1qIY

Anonymous at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 21:41:30 UTC No. 16633160

>>16632481
They got chud in this movie? let's goooooooo

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 01:29:27 UTC No. 16633312

If applying IM, should you get hospitalists to write your letters of rec or specialists in the field you're interested in?

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:13:17 UTC No. 16633437

>>16633160
chad too

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:01:47 UTC No. 16633474

Dr. Mike debates 20 anti-vaxxers
https://youtu.be/o69BiOqY1Ec

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:07:58 UTC No. 16633478

>>16633474
I hate anti vaxxers for being legally sanctioned child abusers but I hate influencers even more for the same reason

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:10:12 UTC No. 16633481

>>16633474
i dont trust jewish doctors

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:15:57 UTC No. 16633483

>>16633474
Does he even practice anymore? Did he ever? Also DO family med lol

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:08:40 UTC No. 16633516

>>16633474
Dr Mike looks like he has put on a couple pounds lol

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:19:12 UTC No. 16633543

>>16633483
>builds an entire brand on debunking fake science
>had videos on OMM
lel

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:01:56 UTC No. 16633573

>>16633474
I don't mind dr Mike but his content has largely just become another react channel. Every doctor that has a social media presence seems to go the same way

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:59:35 UTC No. 16633651

What's a reason that my pubic hair grew in so poorly? it's not even a small area but instead is really splotchy, like a few defined patches but none else. I'd post a pic but I have a partner so idk

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:01:10 UTC No. 16633652

>>16633651
*patchy not splotchy

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:47:40 UTC No. 16633689

>>16633651
am i suppose to guess pattern without photo? am i suppose to guess you're a male or a female? am i suppose to dream up all the details? fuckin retard. either provide detailed info and images or go to the doctor.

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 12:43:26 UTC No. 16633718

>>16633478
feeding a child mcdonalds and endless entertainment is abuse, but I don't think exercising the right to refuse a treatment is abusive.

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:08:36 UTC No. 16633735

>>16633689
Ok fair enough.
F27, no known physical conditions.
This is right above

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:26:41 UTC No. 16633741

>>16633735
>physical condition
Acute lack of my pp in your bagina

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:19:31 UTC No. 16633786

>>16633735
is your mentrual cycle normal?
do you have any other complaint or change at all generally?
is this isolated on pubic hair only?
history of waxing down there, electrolysis or excessive hair removal?
anyways you should check adrenal hormone levels to rule out that cause first.

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:24:07 UTC No. 16633792

>>16633786
It's regular.
This isn't a change, it's always been like this.
I have very light amounts of hair overall, barely any under my armpits and a little bit on my forearms (like barely visible).
Only shaving, but the last time I shaved was 2 months ago. It grows pretty slow I think. I use a Venus razor so it's gentle.
Adrenal hormones as in stress hormones?

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:22:24 UTC No. 16633953

>>16633792
DHEA is an adrenal hormone that is precursor for female sex hormones. shortly it is responsible for formation of such characteristics as a pubic hair.
is your hair on the head normal?
is the pattern in armpits also sparse?
any history of medication?
is your libido normal?
provide photo of your armpit hair and also pubic hair but at least up to umbilicus. if you don't want don't do it but at least go to doctor since this kind of presentation warrants a checkup.

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:28:59 UTC No. 16633957

>>16627378
I have the weirdest shit ever rn. Whenever I cum, my ejeculation causes a burning sensation in my urethra and glans. What's more is that it also causes a burning sensation in my wife, but only if my semen touches her.

What the fuck is happening, did my semen turn acidic?
For the record both my wife and I have only been with each other and have been together for many years now.

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:53:37 UTC No. 16634096

>>16633735
>F
doubt

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:40:33 UTC No. 16634141

>>16633735
Wait a minute. This looks like the assignment question I assigned a class a few days ago. Anon, I better not catch you cheating or I'll send you back to elementary school.

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:39:06 UTC No. 16634190

>>16627483
This is already how it works in Europe. Pretty sure the American system of requiring an extra four years doing some random bachelor's degree must be a type of gate-keeping, maybe to keep out poorfags?

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:41:17 UTC No. 16634192

>>16628299
>They'd basically prescribe you a rural lifestyle
Doctors have been prescribing some variation of this as a cure since ancient Roman times.

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:47:49 UTC No. 16634199

>>16631103
Gorging on meat and eggs will kill you but not because of dietary cholesterol. Booze will kill you even harder and only goybrained morons drink it.

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:59:02 UTC No. 16634207

>>16632646
Not going to try to change your opinion about psychiatry, just telling you that if you decide to stop taking your meds you should do it one at a time and taper your dose.

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:15:54 UTC No. 16634248

>>16633718
Parents can't refuse to have their kid undergo immediate life-saving treatment in this country EXCEPT if it's a vaccine (even though vaccines have been shown to be far more benign than many of the commonplace emergency interventions (transfusion, ECMO, intubation and vent all carry higher risks)

It's ridiculous moralizing by conservative politicians pandering to soccer moms at the expense of public health

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:52:58 UTC No. 16634278

>>16634248
>Parents can't refuse to have their kid undergo immediate life-saving treatment
Probably because vaccines are not immediate life-saving treatment? Why are you comparing them to transfusions? If we're going to make it illegal for parents to refuse anything, it should be ozempic shots for their fat kids.

Anonymous at Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:12:06 UTC No. 16634290

>>16633953
My head hair is normal as far as I know
Armpits is similar, but less hair overall
I just take a few supplements like collagen and melatonin
I don't know what a normal libido is like, I'm a virgin and I masturbate once a fortnight or so
Armpits attached, for pubic hair there's nothing else above what I posted. Between my belly button and mons there's nothing at all
>>16634141
Really? it's my actual hair and I'm just trying to figure out why. When I researched the main thing that came up was either menopause or that condition where you pick your hair that starts with t, but it's not a change which is what's tricky to explain, it's always been

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 00:11:08 UTC No. 16634350

>>16634248
Maybe you should have been a cop instead of a whateveryouare. I think you would enjoy power tripping.

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 00:12:39 UTC No. 16634353

>>16634190
Theres a med school in Europe with a 3 year degree. On top of that, if you speedrun an undergrad, you can maybe cram both degrees in 6 years (no summers off, ever).

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 00:21:19 UTC No. 16634360

>>16634350
>resorts to ad hominem out the gate
I wouldn't give a child a vaccine without their parent's consent only because I would get in trouble. I definitely pushed back hard on the anti-vaxxer parents I encountered in my peds rotation and will continue to do so in the public forum

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 00:23:05 UTC No. 16634362

>>16634360
finish this transaction:
>hello please vaccinatie your child
>No thanks. We don't want to.
>Why?
> We also don't want to talk about it.
>...

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 00:30:22 UTC No. 16634366

>>16634362
>What is your understanding of the risks and benefits of vaccination? What is your specific concern about vaccination?

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 00:42:07 UTC No. 16634372

>>16634366
this is tweaking-early-30s-childless female behavior.

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 00:47:25 UTC No. 16634378

>>16634366
They literally just said they don't want to talk about it and your response is to talk about it? Has that approach ever worked out for you?

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 01:10:34 UTC No. 16634410

>>16634366

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 01:16:13 UTC No. 16634419

>>16634372
Just because I'm a 20-something male mentalcel doesn't mean I'm comfortable watching children be neglected by their parents.
>>16634378
>>16634410
Why do non/med/ people come onto /med/? If physicians and other healthcare workers bent over without a fight for every retarded viral tiktok idea that patients bring in, there's no point to all the years of school and training. I got 2 out of 4 anti-vaxxer parents I encountered in my peds rotation to change their minds by sitting down and talking with them. If they clamp down and refuse to communicate, the best I can do is give them the reading materials. But most people are willing to have a conversation and have their minds changed, and many people do not understand what a vaccine actually is or its benefits and risks. Determining capacity is the most basic task of a physician, and patients should only be allowed to make informed refusal - the same way they are only allowed to make an informed consent.

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 01:21:22 UTC No. 16634429

>>16634419
oh my reddit

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 01:28:30 UTC No. 16634448

>>16634429

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 01:45:32 UTC No. 16634474

>>16634378
as long as you dont push it hard like a faggot and theyre not coming in angry, then most patients i've seen are fine about you rattling shit off even if they dont and wont give a shit.

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 01:54:49 UTC No. 16634497

>>16634474
You have to believe in what you're saying - if you look like you're checking a box then they'll treat you with zero confidence

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 01:58:45 UTC No. 16634506

Which is harder? Being a wagie or being in medical school?

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 04:58:36 UTC No. 16634617

>>16634290
so as i understand you didn't lose your hair, it was alway like that. my suggestion is the same as before, to check your hormones, go see a doctor.
Last question did anyone in the family have this? do you know if your mother or siblings have similar pattern? if not you should also find that out.

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 05:08:08 UTC No. 16634622

why do my patients think i have redhair? it's obviously dark blonde/light brown. even if they have 20/20 OD/OS and are pseudophakic with no other ocular pathology, they still think i have red hair.

Anonymous at Tue, 1 Apr 2025 05:13:32 UTC No. 16634625

>>16634617
Ok, I will ask my doctor about what you suggested thanks. My mum is normal, no idea about my father.

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 04:33:36 UTC No. 16634737

And we’re back, medcels

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 04:50:45 UTC No. 16634747

i spent all my time masturbating instead of studying, medcels...

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 05:29:15 UTC No. 16634764

>>16634747
What do you masturbate to? I like big tits!

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 05:40:28 UTC No. 16634767

Good news doc,

Hemorrhoid anon here, I finally went to the IRL doctor and she put her finger in my anus to check for cancer and then told me it’s not hemorrhoids, it’s Sentinel Skintag around a torn anus from taking too big shits. She said my anus is torn in 2 places and I have to be extra careful when shitting. Even gave me a anus cream and some kind of sugar (lactase?) that makes you poop smaller I suppose. All in all a good doctor’s visit with a clear diagnosis and way forward. Thanks and heil Hitler

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 05:45:51 UTC No. 16634770

>>16634764
anime girls of various types

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 05:49:03 UTC No. 16634773

>>16634770
I like anime girls with fat tits!

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 05:59:56 UTC No. 16634780

>>16634767
how do you get to the point where taking a big dump tears up the arsehole?

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 06:33:13 UTC No. 16634797

>>16634378
>Has that approach ever worked out for you?
Yes. you're not going to get people out of their retarded echo chamber by respectfully leaving them inside of it. You pry, and if they have any critical thinking at all, they might just get embarassed enough about their lack of knowledge to reconsider at some point. If they are beyond help, you didn't really lose anything.
>inb4 i lost time and energy arguing with a dumb retard
Choose another profession then, or go patho/radio, literally half of medicine is explaining it to laymen.

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 11:40:21 UTC No. 16634934

>>16634622
Sir, this is a Wendy's.

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 13:45:47 UTC No. 16635027

>>16632733
> Despite going to a DO school, I'm surprised by how many people in my class went to good undergrads (T20s + Ivy Leagues)
I wonder how much of this is grade inflation. Admissions doesn’t REALLY care where you went to UG bc their ranking doesnt factor it in, so someone with a 3.6 from a T20 is at a disadvantage to someone with a 4.0 from some southwest north dakota state ass school

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 13:50:44 UTC No. 16635031

>>16634622
>ginger in denial
you will never have a soul

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 13:55:22 UTC No. 16635037

>>16634366
The onus is on you to demonstrate their safety. Until you have successfully demonstrated the safety of all 20 jew poisons prior to their market release, I will refuse you doc.

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 14:14:09 UTC No. 16635067

>>16635037
Cocercion, or forcing a view on someone in medicine is unethical. Patients and family need to make an informed decision, not a pressured decision (i.e. through propaganda techniques). For example, saying that the covid vaccine 100% protects you (literal claim) is a lie. That it 100% prevents transmission is also a lie (the virus can transmit by being on your skin, clothes, or other things). All of this vaccine stuff, since it came out, sounded like pop-science. There was no pros and cons. I've only ever heard pro after pro after pro. This alone made me skeptical. But, then, all of the pop-science changed and that 100% effectiveness slowly dropped to wherever it stayed (iirc 60% effective?).

🗑️ Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 14:46:41 UTC No. 16635090

How can I look like him without dying?

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 16:41:50 UTC No. 16635223

>>16635031
is that why im stuck here?

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 20:10:04 UTC No. 16635402

>>16635067
Informed decision, yes, but that means informing them, not standing back and allowing them to be misled by fearmongering clickbait social media posts. I agree that doctors should not attempt to coerce anyone, obviously, but they should give their patients all the facts and attempt to influence them to make the clinically optimal decision.

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 20:56:22 UTC No. 16635431

>>16634797
Has it ever occured to you that your profession is a retarded echo chamber of its own?

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 21:19:37 UTC No. 16635456

>>16635431
Has it ever occurred to you that the alternative to medical doctors is an industry of supplement salesmen and grifters trying to convince people to treat their cancers with vitamin C infusions and ivermectin?

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 21:20:52 UTC No. 16635457

>>16627378
Why is measles coming back now in areas that are heavily anti-vax? If your theory is correct, shouldn't it be hitting everywhere randomly and equally?

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 21:24:44 UTC No. 16635458

>>16635457
Anti-vax views are heavily correlated with poverty, poverty means bad infrastructure and poor education about hygiene practices.

Anonymous at Wed, 2 Apr 2025 22:48:48 UTC No. 16635504

>>16635037
Their safety has been demonstrated to bee outweighed by their benefit. Otherwise they would not be recommended - people stake their careers on this shit

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 00:03:22 UTC No. 16635553

>>16635504
>people stake their careers on this shit
Which incentivizes them to all cover for each other. Didn't you read the NYT story a few weeks ago about how all those important conspired to publish a paper together in Nature and lie about COVID not being a lab leak? Massive conspiracies in medicine to conceal the truth are both plausible and normalized.

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 00:20:12 UTC No. 16635567

>>16635553
This is true.
>>16635402
>fearmongering clickbait
vs
>fearmongering MD approach
Whats the difference? If you tell them the pros and cons of a treatment (you should, anyway), and without any persuasion, then you've done your job. Putting your own emotions behind education is retarded and dangerous.

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 01:33:21 UTC No. 16635612

>>16627378
Which one do I believe?

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 01:59:38 UTC No. 16635632

>>16635612
Schizo infographics >>>> (((official sources)))

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 02:04:20 UTC No. 16635636

if only le covid vaccine wasn't so retarded, i imagine antivax would've just stayed stable rather than increase in number.

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 10:22:41 UTC No. 16635883

Give it to me straight docs, are psychiatric drugs a good idea, or are they stupid?

All drugs have risks and side effects right? So if you can be healthy without a drug then that's always the better option isn't it?

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 16:47:16 UTC No. 16636177

>>16635883
Do you have a diagnosed psychiatric condition?

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 16:53:26 UTC No. 16636179

Redpill me on venlafaxine, why do they still prescribe this trash drug and how do I reverse the damage it has done to my nervous system?

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 18:01:01 UTC No. 16636261

>>16635458
Anti-vax populations who are not in poverty also experience disproportionate infection rates with VPDs. This is not news and the orthodox Jewish population is a recurring example.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10602685/

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 18:42:07 UTC No. 16636309

>>16636261
Orthodox Jews are not impoverished lol. They just commit a lot of welfare fraud which politicians are too scared to go after them for, this is a well-known issue.

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 18:58:42 UTC No. 16636335

>>16635612
Similar graphs. Also, the "polio" spike in the 40s and 50s corresponds with DDT use. Neurological symptoms from the pesticide were being misdiagnosed as polio. That's why all the other fecal-oral diseases that get passed around in unsanitary conditions did NOT see a corresponding spike in the same time period, which you would expect to see if the conditions that spread polio were back. Epidemiology 101.
The conditions that allow fecal-oral diseases to flourish, namely crowded living conditions and a dirty water supply, were everywhere in turn of the century America. Industrialization led to rapid urbanization led to overcrowded and dirty cities. Communicable disease skyrocketed. Slowly, over the first half of the 20th century, public water sanitation was introduced to more and more municipalities, gradually but steadily reducing communicable disease. Mass vaccination programs came out in the 50s and 60s, after 90% reductions across the board. American History 101.

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 19:45:27 UTC No. 16636388

>>16636177
Yeah, two docs have said I had anxiety and depression, and they prescribed psych meds

I think the psych meds probably do make me function better, but I always worry about potential damage that these drugs might be doing to me

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 20:07:59 UTC No. 16636421

>>16627932
I understand the coagulation cascade and everything now. Just had to sit down and draw it out.
>pic related

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 20:10:22 UTC No. 16636427

>>16636421
I FEEL LIKE A GOD WHEN I LEARN SOMETHING!

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 21:19:36 UTC No. 16636527

>>16636388
Not really any evidence of long-term harm with standard depression meds desu. Anyway, eat a good diet and get lots of sleep and exercise if you're worried about your health.

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 21:59:00 UTC No. 16636629

>>16636309
retarded or ESL? Because anon just said that orthodox jews aren't poor but still have higher rates of VPDs because they don't vaccinate

Either way your opinion no longer matters

Anonymous at Thu, 3 Apr 2025 22:51:39 UTC No. 16636715

>>16636629
Yeh I read his post too quickly. OP image is dumb anyway because cases per capita is a better metric for evaluating vaccine efficacy than deaths.

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 00:11:30 UTC No. 16636818

>>16636179
venlafaxine is one of the better antidepressants, desvenlafaxine is usually better though but I can't remember the specifics. I think it's something like desvenlafaxine is a proper SNRI but venlafaxine starts as an ssri and only becomes an SNRI at high doses

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 00:15:28 UTC No. 16636829

>>16635636
I mean enemy states exploited uncertainty to amplify anti vax rhetoric, and "experts" spread misinformation because they were desperate to get everyone vaccinated, so even as a provaxxer my scepticism of "official" sources was high and I will admit I delayed vaccination as long as I could to try and observe any side effects among those around me.

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 00:22:11 UTC No. 16636839

>>16636829
https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/biontech-rna-based-covid-19-injections-contain-large-amounts-of-residual-dna-including-an-sv40-promoter-enhancer-sequence/

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 01:17:52 UTC No. 16636908

>>16636839
this honestly means nothing to me because I have almost no understanding of immunology and infectious disease. it's probably one of my least favourite topics to study

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 02:42:25 UTC No. 16636938

why do i constantly have a headache even if i drink enough water and eat enough food?

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 04:41:19 UTC No. 16636988

What’s the point of all this studying and backbreaking and aggressive malding when the world could just blow up tomorrow anyway

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 07:21:41 UTC No. 16637045

>>16636988
nothing ever happens m80

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 10:31:26 UTC No. 16637145

>>16636335
>Similar graphs
Perhaps, but OP's lies about the date the polio vaccine was invented, which was 1953, not 1957. And it was distributed en masse in 1955, which is when the first major dip in death rate occurred.

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 19:37:02 UTC No. 16637536

>>16627447
There is no money in this field, my compassion to help people went away one year in. I went into medicine because it is applied biology, in other words interesting.

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 19:40:45 UTC No. 16637542

>>16627932
>>16636421
remember when you get into the clinical
>aPTT is short for playing table tennis something you do inside, thus it measures the intrinsic pathway
>PT is short for playing tennis something you do outside, thus it measures the extrinisc pathway

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 20:16:28 UTC No. 16637565

>>16637145
https://deeprootsathome.com/the-hidden-history-of-polio-the-disease-that-never-was/
Worth a read

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 20:37:39 UTC No. 16637577

>>16637542
Appreciate it, that kind of thing is probably going to show up on my exam later.

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 21:56:04 UTC No. 16637643

>>16627378
Psych patient nurse and premed here. Should I cure my crippling compulsive masturbation with mega-doses of psilocybin?

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 21:57:05 UTC No. 16637646

>>16627939
Get rid of those ridiculous roman numerals and it becomes a LOT easier to remember.

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 22:03:15 UTC No. 16637653

I've got seriously ill at the end of M2 and started living with my parents to recover. I fully recovered, took+passed step1, but I really don't want to go back to school.
I start school again in a little over a month (with rotations starting in a little over 2 months) but I don't want to live with a roomate again: I really don't want to go to rotations.
Is there a persuasive but not dishonest way I could convince the school to let me live alone during rotations I really can't share a living space with another person outside of family without going insane.

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 22:39:40 UTC No. 16637669

I'm near the end of my first year of medical school and I just realized this upcoming summer will basically be my last Summer Break :(

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 22:46:41 UTC No. 16637677

>>16637669
Continued. It's probably going to be the last time I have dedicated time to get better at drawing with no other obligations :(

Kind of tempted to take a leave of absence just to have 1 whole year of improvement.

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 23:25:11 UTC No. 16637695

>>16636988
Life, the world, existing here: it's all fleeting, corrupt, and strongly homosexual. Buy an axe, go deep innawoods, and chop a random tree down. Go build a fire while you chop through the night. Shout racial slurs, piss against the wind, dig a hole and sit in it, then fill it in with rocks. Sit in the twilight-sunrise while drinking some ground chilled beer and smoking a dirty cigarette. Write poetry about the first girl you fucked.
TL;DR we are not made for the system. We are meant to enjoy life. It's supposed to be a gift. Not a hippy btw

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 23:30:21 UTC No. 16637698

>>16637653
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32959776/
I'd like to introduce your new accessibility request to match your new diagnosis.

Anonymous at Fri, 4 Apr 2025 23:33:30 UTC No. 16637700

>>16637698
>We present a case of a 40-year-old male soldier evaluated in our sleep clinic for multiple episodes of sleep masturbation occurring over a period of 2 years. The patient was concerned about his suitability for deployment to a combat zone and participation in field training exercises (both require sleeping in groups in an open environment).
>>16637653
anon, that's you.

Anonymous at Sat, 5 Apr 2025 00:09:17 UTC No. 16637725

>>16637677
4th year is nice for that

Anonymous at Sat, 5 Apr 2025 00:15:43 UTC No. 16637729

>>16637725
Is it really that chill? I'm the guy that had a mass found in my LUQ >>16628776 and I've been thinking about what I'd like to do before I die and getting good at drawing is one of them.

Anonymous at Sat, 5 Apr 2025 00:18:06 UTC No. 16637730

>>16637729
I've heard so, but I'm a second year. On the bright side, halfway through rotations and they've been a blur. This is where I've really started to feel the drinking through a fire hose stuff

Anonymous at Sat, 5 Apr 2025 00:45:03 UTC No. 16637740

>>16627381

Anonymous at Sat, 5 Apr 2025 01:11:38 UTC No. 16637748

What actually is the psychologic importance of lactate dehydrogenase? I'm seeing it increasingly in my clerkships but at best I've vaguely understood it to be an inflammatory lab similar to lactate - also Light's criteria means too much of it in pleural fluid = exudate?
Pls help

Anonymous at Sat, 5 Apr 2025 01:15:37 UTC No. 16637754

>>16637748
>psychologic
*Physiologic

Anonymous at Sat, 5 Apr 2025 04:16:03 UTC No. 16637818

>>16637565
All this nonsense hinges on the idea that the polio situation got better on its own after 1952. It didn't. 1952 was a particularly bad year, and 1953 was better, but then it got worse again in 1954. It only got consistently better after 1955.