What health ailments are you living with?

Hmm, I had to start wearing glasses a couple years ago due to astigmatism.

I have maybe arthritis in the front of my hips. It only hurts every day... although it has lessened some.

My joints are not feeling too great these days.

I get frequent sinus headaches.

But, I still work out a couple days a week.

I'm 31, BTW.
 
Less a physical ailment and more a mental one.

I've been on medication for anxiety/panic disorder since I was 16. I'm happy to say it's barely a problem anymore (must have been a phase), but I still try my best to avoid stressful situation and certain stimulants (like caffeine) or it tends to bring back old familiar feelings.
 
Soldier Gryphon said:
Less a physical ailment and more a mental one.

I've been on medication for anxiety/panic disorder since I was 16. I'm happy to say it's barely a problem anymore (must have been a phase), but I still try my best to avoid stressful situation and certain stimulants (like caffeine) or it tends to bring back old familiar feelings.
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What's the most common thing prescribed for that? Does it help? Are there any side effects?
 
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What's the most common thing prescribed for that? Does it help? Are there any side effects?
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The most common thing? I have no idea. My doctor put me on Citalopram. I have absolutely no idea if it ever actually helped. But I got better over a period of time, so as far as my doctor was concerned, "don't mess with success".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citalopram

Somebody I knew who took it said it caused them strait up impotency, but hehe, no problems for me in that area. Other than that, if I don't take it for a while, my mind feels cloudy, slow, and dumb. Perhaps a bit irritable as well, but hard to say.
 
Sjogren's Syndrome, Raynaud's Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, arthritis in my neck and spine, degenerative discs in my neck and spine and type 2 diabetes (have that under control with diet and exercise). Had back surgery for herniated discs. The last 15-20 years was when the majority of this all started up but had the autoimmune stuff going on all my life and caused me to give birth to my first daughter at 6 months pregnant and put on complete bedrest for my second pregnancy. Was lucky to be able to have both kids. The Sjogren's, Raynaud's and Fibromyalgia are all connected.
 
Nothing that i know of at the moment. I had fairly bad acne when i was in High school. I still get a minor break out from time to time. Other than that i've been really lucky for going on 30.
 
TDbank24 said:
Nothing that i know of at the moment. I had fairly bad acne when i was in High school. I still get a minor break out from time to time. Other than that i've been really lucky for going on 30.
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I had somewhat bad acne in high school as well. As soon as I started going to college it all cleared up.
 
Used to have to take medication for hyperthyroidism until the medication became part of the problem. I don't bother with the meds anymore. I still suffer from a couple symptoms, sensitivity to heat (anything above 78 degrees is too hot for me) and fatigue periodically.
 
I am not that old, mid 30s. So far so good, period.

My eyesight have not been as good (though I still need no glasses), & the frequency of the hearing probably have dropped as well, & some non life threatening stuff, like both knee get injured easily, & have went to hospital for fractured ankle, due to playing soccer.

The strain in my left arm, due to an injury in a ski accident last year, have not fully recovered, & I have poor knees that prevent me from stressing it too far.

But no medication need, so far. I do carry morphine when I travel, as I am sustain to injury on the ankle.

I try to eat healthy as far as possible, but I need to exercise a bit more. Winter is a good excuse not to run outdoor, but there is no excuse not to do so in gym.

Ok, I will hit the gym next Tuesday.
 
Nothing really, i get a pain in my inner right leg after playing hoops or running.





Its probably cause i ball so hard, im such a baller.
 
Another one with a trucked up left knee. Although no clue what's wrong with it. Last March had a skiing accident and twisted my left ankle pretty good which left me hobbling around for a while. Only pain I had in my knee was the outside of it when I stepped down. That went away after a week or so. Once I started walking normally that's when I noticed the knee. It just felt loose so I figured it was from not using it for a month or two. Did some therapy and he didn't think I did anything to my ACL. Maybe the other one in the back a bit but nothing serious. While it's a hell of a lot better than it was, it still doesn't feel 100%. Either way I can still ski without any issue so whatever. Never bothered with an MRI because of the price but if I continue to have issues I may eventually get it done.
 
Soldier Gryphon said:
The most common thing? I have no idea. My doctor put me on Citalopram. I have absolutely no idea if it ever actually helped. But I got better over a period of time, so as far as my doctor was concerned, "don't mess with success".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citalopram

Somebody I knew who took it said it caused them strait up impotency, but hehe, no problems for me in that area. Other than that, if I don't take it for a while, my mind feels cloudy, slow, and dumb. Perhaps a bit irritable as well, but hard to say.
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Variably causing impotence, mind cloudiness, irritability - sounds like finasteride aka Propecia.
 
Videodrome said:
Are X-Rays good for stuff like that?

I heard that if you go to a Chiropractor you can get X-Rays much cheaper than at the hospital.
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For knee injuries? Don't think so. Don't think it will show any of the ligaments and what not.
 
Deviated septum. For those that don't know, instead of having your nostrils divided down the center, the piece of cartilage in the center is curved to one one side, making one nostril smaller, and the other much larger. It's not a big deal and I don't even notice it unless I've got a stuffy nose.
 
Soldier Gryphon said:
Less a physical ailment and more a mental one.

I've been on medication for anxiety/panic disorder since I was 16. I'm happy to say it's barely a problem anymore (must have been a phase), but I still try my best to avoid stressful situation and certain stimulants (like caffeine) or it tends to bring back old familiar feelings.
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I also have panic/anxiety disorder. I've been taking meds since 2004 when I had my first panic attack. I had to go to the emergency room 3 nights in a row because they wouldn't stop. So I had to see a doctor and was diagnosed with GAD. Glad to say that it's under control.
 
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I also have panic/anxiety disorder. I've been taking meds since 2004 when I had my first panic attack. I had to go to the emergency room 3 nights in a row because they wouldn't stop. So I had to see a doctor and was diagnosed with GAD. Glad to say that it's under control.
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Yeah, mine were real bad when they started. Sometime multiple times a day. Never even wanted to leave home. First night I had one I was actually on my way to the mall with my brother to pick up our first Xbox 360 games when it launched (Quake 4, Dead or Alive 4, Perfect Dark Zero, Call of Duty 2. :grin:). I got real sick in the car and that led to my panic attack. I went completely numb from my head down and my brother took me to the hospital. I actually think I was 17 when that happened (not 16). The next year was complete hell. I sometimes thought I was literally going to end up in the psych ward.

Having my first job when I was 18 helped enormously. Made a lot of friends that helped me out of my comfort zone. Got in to schools two years later and got involved with Christian clubs. I'm 25 now and I can't remember the last time I had one. So thank God for that.
 
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I panic, & sometime cannot speak probably, when I am speaking with an attractive women. Is this a medical condition?
 
Mild IBS, its gotten better the past few years because I have cleaned up my diet a little and my fiancee is a great cook, still have stomach issues sometimes and it sucks.

Left shoulder is really messed up, hard to describe but it goes into my upper back and neck. I had a pretty bad car accident years ago so not sure if its from that or if I did something in the gym. I workout 5 days a week and lift pretty heavy, it really bugs me in the gym, I do lift lighter on some things but i dont want to lose my strength so I do go heavy on a few things. Saw a chiropractor, seemed to help a little but not as much as i hoped and it got to expensive so havent been for a couple months. Recently I have been getting headaches almost daily which is rare for me, starting to think it might be from this but not sure, the headache is mostly in the back of my head and pressure, sucks, hopefully it gets better at some point.
 
I think I have a strange situational hearing problem.

I have gone through hearing tests okay in the doctor's office listening to faint sounds. However, background noise really screws with my hearing.

I was thinking about this today when ordering food at a Sub shop while someone was running the ice maker behind me. I missed what the clerk was saying a couple times. If there are no distracting noises, I can converse with a small group of people with no problem though. Or in college when the teacher was lecturing I could hear them fine.

It seems like my hearing has always been this way, but it depends on what situation I'm in. If I wasn't in a lot of crowded places it wasn't as noticable. Yet, large family parties kind of wore me out because in a house full of people it becomes so much chaotic noise and it's gets harder for me to understand people anyway.
 
Also, I ALWAYS have a feeling that like my back needs to be cracked or just moved in a weird way. Sometimes moving in the certain way actually ends up hurting a little bit, but I find it hard to stop. What's wrong with me!?
 
Videodrome said:
I think I have a strange situational hearing problem.

I have gone through hearing tests okay in the doctor's office listening to faint sounds. However, background noise really screws with my hearing.

I was thinking about this today when ordering food at a Sub shop while someone was running the ice maker behind me. I missed what the clerk was saying a couple times. If there are no distracting noises, I can converse with a small group of people with no problem though. Or in college when the teacher was lecturing I could hear them fine.

It seems like my hearing has always been this way, but it depends on what situation I'm in. If I wasn't in a lot of crowded places it wasn't as noticable. Yet, large family parties kind of wore me out because in a house full of people it becomes so much chaotic noise and it's gets harder for me to understand people anyway.
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Man, I seem to have the exact same thing. I can actually hear the neighbors cats moving around outside when my wife can't, but put me in a noisy room and I can't hear a damn thing. It is all just noise. Get me in a crowded restaurant with a bunch of people and I am effectively deaf. It has actually impacted my job a little bit. I feel like an idiot asking people to repeat themselves. On the other hand, get me in a quiet room and I can hear all sorts of things. It makes no sense.

I caught pneumonia over the holiday and it doesn't seem to want to go away. I've never had breathing issues in 40 years but all of a sudden I've got the lungs of a chain smoker. I have a ton of sympathy for anyone dealing with permanent breathing issues.

I've got torn cartilage in both my knees thanks to playing floor hockey goalie. Makes it hard to limp when both knees are shot. :txbrolleyes:

Getting old(er) sucks!
 
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Man, I seem to have the exact same thing. I can actually hear the neighbors cats moving around outside when my wife can't, but put me in a noisy room and I can't hear a damn thing. It is all just noise. Get me in a crowded restaurant with a bunch of people and I am effectively deaf. It has actually impacted my job a little bit. I feel like an idiot asking people to repeat themselves. On the other hand, get me in a quiet room and I can hear all sorts of things. It makes no sense.

I caught pneumonia over the holiday and it doesn't seem to want to go away. I've never had breathing issues in 40 years but all of a sudden I've got the lungs of a chain smoker. I have a ton of sympathy for anyone dealing with permanent breathing issues.

I've got torn cartilage in both my knees thanks to playing floor hockey goalie. Makes it hard to limp when both knees are shot. :txbrolleyes:

Getting old(er) sucks!
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Yeah, I hung out with some people at an internship who went down the street to a Pub. Unfortunately, it was not one of those quiet pubs. We sat at a small booth in a small sports bar pub and there was an awful guitar player solo act noise maker. I was looking for the earliest opportunity to excuse myself from the gathering.

It sucks because you can see the other people having a conversation without a problem. Also, if the other people my table are having 2 conversations between the 4 of them it's even harder to follow.

When looking this up on Google I've seen it called "The Cocktail Party Effect" or the uncanny ability for people to selectively hear speakers in noisy crowds. My ability at this is a fail.
 
Allergy to one very widespread type of antibiotics. I remember it's called Amoxicilline, but it's been a while since I've been sick. My blood pressure also seem quite higher than usual and is chronic, even after months of workout that yielded significant results it hasn't dipped much.
 
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