@hibiscuswahine Just a quick question... For people with problems associated with low blood volume, giving them saline helps them because it...
I think this is the obvious common nexus of our problems, and I know 0 biology too. I posted this just a few weeks ago :...
I've had internal tremors in the past. I have found out that, in my case, it is connected with my cortisol level. When I first tested my cortisol...
I've been weighed (in hospital) sitting down in a chair with weights that could be slid along a bar at the back of the chair. It wasn't anything...
I didn't think that the articles I read were particularly aimed at the GP. Nor did I think that the message from Maeve was damning of the GP....
At a tangent from the inquest... The hospital nursing and medical staff who think ME is "psychological" are, in effect, admitting that they think...
My father and his family called this "resurrection broth" when he was young.
From the transcript linked in post #18 I found this quote : I would like to understand why trainee doctors are taught to dismiss patients as a...
Licorice raises my blood pressure to a disturbing degree, and this is often mentioned as an effect of eating it. Having discovered this quite a...
I doubt that care work is well paid. The idea that a patient would be so desperate that they would spend very limited funds on private clinics...
I have never tried botulinum toxin but I've always thought it sounded terrifying. Would it be used to inject migraine sufferers in the head? I've...
Use a reward system. Consider using a visual means to see how much you exercise over time. Put a bead, marble or penny in a cup for every five...
They vary. They aren't as bad now as they were a few years ago. The chest pain I was getting was mostly eased by improving my nutrient levels and...
I was referring to cortisol/adrenaline/stress hormones. I'm assuming that an "adrenaline rush" is when one or both of those stress hormones rise...
I think we are talking about the same thing but we have a different starting point. I have had my cortisol levels tested with a 4-part saliva...
Your description of an adrenaline rush actually sounds pleasant. My experience of an adrenaline rush is very unpleasant, and I will always try and...
Things I've been taking in the last year... 1) Beta blockers - Bisoprolol 2.5mg per dose, one taken just before bed - every night, although I...
I had to look up interrater. Assuming I'm not the only one who doesn't understand it.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-rater_reliability
I'm always puzzled by the meaning of the word "somatic". It seems to get used in connection with psychogenic explanations for illness but...
I think they mean "abolition"? And I've seen "abolishment" being used before. Please tell me that it isn't a valid word in any other...
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