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Interesting idea. My heart rate has been quite high for years - at least the last 10 - 12 years I would say. It isn't that uncommon for me to have a heart rate over 90, but these days I take a small dose of a beta blocker if it goes too high. For me, life with a high heart rate (100+) is...

Interestingly enough, Jo Daniels Twitter account seems to have been suspended. Edit : Turns out that the Twitter account has been restricted by Daniels herself such that tweets can only be read by members "approved" by her. When I click on the above link I get told the account has been...

I actually did well on low-dose (20mcg per night if I remember correctly) Amitriptyline for a short time. It reduced pain and improved my sleeping. Unfortunately, within a few weeks my heart rate shot up to 150 beats per minute. Tachycardia is a known side-effect of the drug which is listed in...

I find it disturbing that this psychological trash seems to be drifting into becoming a religion now.

I had a look at the website for the journal the above paper came from and found this page which might be of interest to people. https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/sections/illnesses-of-unknown-etiology

Like the medical belief in the four humours which originated with the Ancient Greeks, for example. That belief lasted for about 2000 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humorism#Four_humors

In my experience "First do no harm" has often been interpreted to mean "Do nothing".

Sorry, but I don't understand this sentence. Who is doing the stressing and conditioning, and who is being stressed and conditioned in this example?

You might find this (open access) paper of interest on the subject of high vitamin B12. Title : The pathophysiology of elevated vitamin B12 in clinical practice Link : https://academic.oup.com/qjmed/article/106/6/505/1538806 In my own case my B12 is high simply because I supplement rather a...

[My emphasis in quote] Do you mean "low growth hormone levels"?

Okay, this is annoying me and I want to understand the hodgepodge of nouns and verbs in the following title to try and make sense of it. Title of article : "BMC family practice integrated GP care for patients with persistent physical symptoms" "BMC Family Practice" is the name of the journal...

This must be one of my brain fog days. I don't even understand the title.

Title : 'It Really was Abandonment': Virus Crisis Grips British Universities Link : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/world/europe/virus-UK-universities.html

I've just found a reason why its good for the rich: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54446285 Title : Billionaires see fortunes rise by 27% during the pandemic

The subtitle of the above link is : I still haven't worked out why anyone rich or poor or middling would want never-ending lockdown. Can anyone give me some theories?

But...but...but... what about all those secondary benefits? :banghead:

I'm afraid that Abstract makes my skin crawl. It seems to suggest that the first and most important duty of the paediatrician is to put in place a mental health diagnosis, and the issue of checking for treatable disease is an afterthought.

Article continues at the facebook link above.

I disagree with this totally - whether this makes me different from other people I don't know. If the sensation or experience of pain is treated to either reduce or eliminate it then most of the other effects of being in pain on my life might disappear. To me, what I suffered from with all the...

I can only assume that the people working in NHS Pain Centres are those who have no experience of severe and untreated pain that almost never stops and rarely reduces. So, I asked the question are they humans or robots, and I'll answer my own question - they are sadists and robots. Both my...