Erronius
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I forgot to mention, while this was over a period of years, it wasn't really constant...it just came and went seemingly w/o rhyme or reason.
I was pretty out of shape, so I dunno.
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I was pretty out of shape, so I dunno.
Kuriin
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Could've been variable angina. I am assuming they had done stress tests and serial troponins on you, lol.
Erronius
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Woefully Inept
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I was on Ambien for a couple years a while back. Never again. That is one of the worst medications I have ever taken. Once it kicks in you will basically remember nothing. You won't remember any conversations and you'll eat food and not remember doing it at all. I lost track of how many arguments that shit got my wife and I into. I cold turkey stopped that shit once enough was enough.
Get some pot. That'll help you sleep no problem.
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DirkDonkeyroot
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Before I started on my CPAP my doctor in the states prescribed me this wonderdrug called Ambien. First night I took it there were no immediate problems, the second night I got up and cooked 2 weeks worth of lunch and dinner meals, and packed them into containers that were all perfectly weighed to within like .5g and stacked neatly in my refrigerator. The really scary part is that I had none of this food or these containers in the house when I went to sleep and have never owned a food scale.I was on Ambien for a couple years a while back. Never again. That is one of the worst medications I have ever taken. Once it kicks in you will basically remember nothing. You won't remember any conversations and you'll eat food and not remember doing it at all. I lost track of how many arguments that shit got my wife and I into. I cold turkey stopped that shit once enough was enough.
Get some pot. That'll help you sleep no problem.
Turns out the first night I bought over 1k USD worth of shit on steam. The walrus is not your friend. Never again will I take that shit.
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Bandwagon
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I dont have issues sleeping....I'm out cold and sleep like a rock. I just flip around all night. Wouldn't ever know it myself.I was on Ambien for a couple years a while back. Never again. That is one of the worst medications I have ever taken. Once it kicks in you will basically remember nothing. You won't remember any conversations and you'll eat food and not remember doing it at all. I lost track of how many arguments that shit got my wife and I into. I cold turkey stopped that shit once enough was enough.
Get some pot. That'll help you sleep no problem.
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I have a genetic heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Basically some areas of muscle in the heart start thickening without cause. I'm kind of a rare case in that I have major thickening, but my outflow is not obstructed. The worst symptom I've felt is PVCs (palpitations...thousands some days) but no fainting or shortness of breath like many with this condition have. I also had a short run of a dangerous arrhythmia picked up on a monitor once, so in February I had an ICD implanted. I'm just now starting to get a sense of normalcy back...trying to do the things I used to love, like biking. I can't exert myself too much, cardiologist said I ought to have enough wind to carry on a conversation at all times as a measure. Some things are off the table, like weight lifting, which is fine. The mental and emotional journey has been interesting. I noticed my self image has started to come back around from 'sick guy' to the other things I used to identify as. Another super bummer is my kids could inherit it from me, so that's no fun thinking about.
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Synj
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Synj so someone in the Politics thread said last week that if one does the T butt pellet thing, that when you go off of it, your production will be lower than it otherwise would have been. Is this true? Does it matter if you can stay on butt pellets for the rest of your life?
Yes, exogenous (outside) testosterone will inhibit endogenous (inside) production of testosterone. In cases where men are looking to be pelleted, they already have suboptimal production, so who cares? They weren't making enough to begin with and they are symptomatic. There is already a natural decline occurring as well. Someone on therapy might have had T levels in the 300s, 900 with therapy, and then 200 post therapy. Was it the T or was it their natural aging process? Either way they're still suboptimal and will likely experience symptoms.
The more likely result is that your endogenous T levels will return to their normal (for you) levels after a period of time.
That being said, if you start T, you should expect to be on T for life unless you are okay going back to being symptomatic at your pre-treatment levels.
Frenzied Wombat
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I think the major factor that goes relatively unmentioned when entertaining testosterone therapy is sterilization-- your sperm count is reduced to negligible levels after taking T for a while, and supposedly you're not guaranteed that sperm count will even return to normal after discontinuing TRT, not to mention going off TRT has all sorts of nasty side effects until your natural T-engine kicks back in-- hot flashes, super low energy, etc. So basically it's only really a viable treatment if you don't plan on having any kids and plan on taking it for the rest of your life.
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Synj
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This is true. Testosterone will blank your sperm count and it takes about 8 months to get back to normal levels. I always check reproductive age men’s levels before they start so we know they weren’t already low before therapy.
Ambiturner
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Kithani
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Lmao ok.
You do realize how far a clot would have to travel from the left atrium to get to the pulmonary artery? Anticoagulation in AFib is for stroke prevention, end of story. Nobody in the world is calculating a PE risk score in determining who to put on OAC for AFib.
You do realize how far a clot would have to travel from the left atrium to get to the pulmonary artery? Anticoagulation in AFib is for stroke prevention, end of story. Nobody in the world is calculating a PE risk score in determining who to put on OAC for AFib.
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Dandai
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I had chronic chest pain (that I eventually attributed to costochondritis) for about three years. It eventually led to my medical discharge from the army at the ripe age of 24. I’m 33 now, and it comes back for a day or two at a time but only a few times per year, if even that often. What eventually “cured” me was strengthening my core and regular chiropractic adjustments (once per week for a few weeks, then every other week for a couple months, then “as needed” - which is a few times per year, if that). That continuous, inescapable pain took me to dark places in my psyche that I hope I never visit again.
The silver lining from that experience is that I learned how to be empathetic with people who are clearly suffering but the cause of their pain isn’t obvious or even visible. Almost every medical practitioner I saw was either dismissive or insinuated my pain was psychosomatic. That kind of treatment does wonders for someone who already thinks they might be crazy...
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Borzak
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The hits keep on coming. 4 years ago when all this crap started one Dr. thought I might have had a stroke. So they tested my cholesterol which was fine. Did an ultrasound/sonogram (not sure which it is) on the arteries in my neck, Dr. said it was better than average for my age. So end of that. 2 years ago they checked my cholesterol again, slightly higher. Checked now and it's off the charts high. They ultraounded/sonogrammed my abdomen to check for gall bladder stones since the pain in abdomen is related to that area. Clear again. Now I have irregularities in my liver enzymes. Now I have to go to another gasto Dr. about my gall bladder again. The gall bladder I could see since it impacts cholesterol due to not enough bile breaking down food. The liver I dunno. Drank maybe 3 beers in the last 15 years, Maybe 6 in the last 20, not a drinker at all.
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sleevedraw
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Magnetized wire for cancer detection
Pretty slick. Do a cycle of chemo or radiation, drop the wire after the usual kill time for the chemo agent in question, see if it comes back clean or not.
Or for a tumor resected with curative intent, use this to make sure nothing got out and is attempting to met.
Pretty slick. Do a cycle of chemo or radiation, drop the wire after the usual kill time for the chemo agent in question, see if it comes back clean or not.
Or for a tumor resected with curative intent, use this to make sure nothing got out and is attempting to met.
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Lanx
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I was on Ambien for a couple years a while back. Never again. That is one of the worst medications I have ever taken. Once it kicks in you will basically remember nothing. You won't remember any conversations and you'll eat food and not remember doing it at all. I lost track of how many arguments that shit got my wife and I into. I cold turkey stopped that shit once enough was enough.
Get some pot. That'll help you sleep no problem.
where were you when Roseanne needed you!
Why Ambien Didn’t Make Roseanne Tweet Anything
jayrebb
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Sure you'd be correct-- under the poor care of an uneducated or uncooperative TRT doc.
Most doctors aren't worth the paper to wipe your ass and don't even know what FSH is or will try to get you to stop taking TRT and try to restart your HPTA to get your sperm count up. What's wrong with that? What's wrong is its dark ages bullshit propagated by doctors who can't read good.
Real life, real fertility, real pregnancy while injecting TRT after being sterile-- period. But yeah, keep dealing with dumbass docs (or would-be "forum gurus" regurgitating junk TRT protocols) and you can safely maintain your current position, and your cause for concern.
Misinformation's a bitch!
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