https://www.europesays.com/uk/312263/ Inside Nigeria’s Amazon Clinic, run by a traditional birth attendant selling unapproved herbal mixtures #cac #diabetes #DUBAWA #eyes #GynaecologicalIssues #Headline1 #Health #Hypertension #Lagos #lungs #MaleSexualHealth #Medication #NAFDAC #News #Nigeria #PCOS #PREMIUMTIMES #skin #thyroid #UK #UnitedKingdom #WellnessCare #Who

For several years, since I was experiencing a severe mental health crisis, I have been diagnosed with several different diagnoses. Some of them raise questions for me, while others are very obvious to me in my daily life. One of the first was "Intermittent Explosive Disorder." After several instances of aggression, self-harm, and severe physical confrontations, I went to a psychiatric hospital emergency room for help. After several months of diagnostic interviews, nothing was clear, and various possibilities were speculated about, including Borderline Personality Disorder. One day, I urgently asked to be admitted for fear of ending up killing someone or taking my own life. After almost two years, I had a mixed diagnosis of "Bipolar Syndrome." Apparently, the episodes of explosive disorder were confused with manic episodes and perhaps "something else."
The wrong medication (antidepressants) aggravated the bipolar syndrome, generating a permanent hypomanic state with unexplained outbursts of aggression. Things became clearer when I evaluated my post-traumatic stress disorder due to physical and psychological abuse in childhood and several extreme experiences at work and in dangerous situations, which I found myself entangled in due to my manic tendency to disdain danger. A diagnosis of high intellectual ability also came into play, resulting in a ton of tests I took for months.
Then I abandoned therapy and moved far away with my current wife. I lived a fairly stable, albeit difficult, life. Until I met an autistic hacker online and began to identify with everything he was going through, and I began to research.
Then, in 2018, my granddaughter was born, and in 2020 she was diagnosed with autism, along with my daughter. I then had no doubts, and in 2022 I received my diagnosis (I couldn't get it before because of the pandemic).
Although the picture is much clearer, I still see areas and aspects where symptoms and traits from all those diagnoses intersect and blend together. They all have traits and symptoms in common, and it's almost impossible to tell which one is which.
What is clear is that it is a double exceptionality (or triple, according to some), where Giftedness, Autism, and Bipolar Disorder are combined. It's not easy to juggle those three things and autoimmune diseases because often what improves one thing aggravates another, or medications like levothyroxine or corticosteroids have side effects that worsen autistic traits or mental symptoms.
One of the things that can seriously deregulate me is excessive stimulation, whether sensory or internal mental. That is, the sounds, smells, and stimuli of the environment or my own thoughts, which sometimes feel like a herd of wild horses or a track full of Formula 1 cars. The accelerated thinking of hypomania, combined with excessive stimulation, can be a ticking time bomb in my brain. If I don't explode into an aggressive outburst or a meltdown, it will surely be an implosion, with a tremendous surge of antibodies and a general inflammatory autoimmune storm in which I have to battle digestive issues, insomnia, extreme tinnitus, joint pain throughout my body, and of course, depression and brain fog.
A few days of very frugal and careful eating, much more meditation than usual, solitude, silence, and a bit of digital disconnection usually calm these storms. But honestly, I'd rather duel with ten police officers and come home with fingernail paint on my fingers, or at least die fighting, than have to go through autoimmune flares every time I lose control or become severely dysregulated.
Living is quite unbearable sometimes.
@actuallyautistic

Little bit of nervous venting, I have to go to thyroid specialist hospital for detailed examination. My GP checked my thyroid with ultrasound and told me to get detailed examination as soon as possible. “Cancer thing “or not, I worry about Medical Gaslighting as I met too many those doctors .

My GP is an angel for atheist me and many of locals but I don’t think he has some connections.

#Thyroid

#MedicalGaslighting
#Medical
#Health

Mediterranean diet helps manage rheumatoid arthritis and Hashimoto’s, study shows https://www.diningandcooking.com/2034619/mediterranean-diet-helps-manage-rheumatoid-arthritis-and-hashimotos-study-shows/ #AntiInflammatory #Arthritis #bacteria #ClinicalTrial #Cytokines #Diabetes #DiabetesMellitus #diet #FattyAcids #Genetic #ImmuneSystem #Interferon #Mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #nutrients #OliveOil #RheumatoidArthritis #Spondyloarthritis #Thyroid #Thyroiditis #Type1Diabetes #Vegetables

Des retours de personnes sous néomercazol* ? Surtout pour les premiers jours de prise
Merci

Health.com: New Study Links Popular #Thyroid Drug #Levothyroxine to Increased #BoneLoss
https://www.health.com/synthroid-bone-loss-study-8755980

Common Thyroid Medicine Linked to Bone Loss

Levothyroxine, prescribed for hypothyroidism, may be associated with bone loss in older adults, even when following current guidelines.

Levothyroxine is the second most commonly used prescription medication among older adults in the U.S.

Approximately 23 million Americans take #levothyroxine daily.

Th research is a collaboration between Johns Hopkins and the BLSA, the longest-running study on aging conducted by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Aging #Bones #Health #MEdical #Aging #Thyroid

https://press.rsna.org/timssnet/media/pressreleases/14_pr_target.cfm?ID=2538

Any #pwME have Thyroid issues?

I may have Hyperthyroidism which is so interesting to me, since Hypothyroidism was ruled out before I was diagnosed with ME/CFS almost 2 decades ago and my thyroid panel was always a little low until very recently.

video uploaded 12 Oct. 2024:

Black plastic items could contain harmful chemicals, study finds - CBS News
https://youtu.be/e9fEP-JjrpI?si=WAgdoJzmM17hlvp5

A new study found that black plastic items found in home products could contain bromine, a toxic flame retardant, through recycled electronics. Dr. Leonardo Trasande, professor of pediatrics and population health at NYU Langone Health, joins CBS News to break it down.

Opposed to restarting nuclear power plants
#TEPCO #東電 #福島第1原発
#原発再稼働反対
#原発いらない #さようなら原発

from Leilani Athenaire （@LeilaniAthenai1　X/Twitter）
【　Sewage PLs in #Fukushima still report spike of highly hazardous I131 in sludge
Likely residue of med pills(max 1.8 giga Bq/capsule) for #thyroid diseases.
48 terra Bq/dy estimated to be generated in Dai-ichi RCVs leaks?
Either way, #radiation behind
#Nuke aftermath beyond control　】
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https://x.com/leilaniathenai1/status/1840382865961587105?s=46

Fun fact: a few years ago I learned I take HRT, but not the kind you may be thinking (my thyroid doesn't work good enough).

The dangers of losing weight faster than your doctors can keep up - Enlarge (credit: Getty | Spauln)

The dose makes the medicine—a... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2041166 #hypothyroidism #trizepatide #science #obesity #thyroid #health #dosage #glp-1

#Wisconsin #Republicans block #PFAS cleanup until #polluters are granted immunity
#GOP-controlled committee thwarting distribution of $125m budgeted by legislature until #polluter immunity approved
PFAS chemicals used across dozens of industries to make products water-, stain- and heat-resistant. Compounds are linked to #cancer, decreased immunity, #thyroid problems, #birthdefects, #kidney and #liver problems and a range of other serious #illnesses.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/15/wisconsin-pfas-cleanup
Why protect polluters?

First vlog posted!

Welcome to Burlington Diaries. A vlog of my day-to-day life with chronic illness here in the city or Burlington.

If you're tired of all the fake stuff on the internet you've come to the right place. This is as raw and real as it gets.

Thank you for joining me, I love your company!

https://youtu.be/1jhUZqpsm20?si=h02riZV0P9QnePGx

Have any of my Mastodon peeps had a #thyroid (needle) #biopsy ?

I’m having one tomorrow morning—I have no idea what to expect, & my anxiety is thru the roof.

Sadly, John Midgley, a pioneer in #thyroid diagnostics and co-author of multiple papers by our group, passed away. Read Rudolf Hoermann's obituary at The Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/02/john-midgley-obituary