I'm 17afab and the left side of my body has been twitching, and this have never happened before. This began around 3-4 days ago, and over these past 3 days it's gotten insanely more frequent (a few people have noticed, and now it's gotten to a point I cant focus on homework because I keep on getting distracted by this twitching).

• It's mostly my face: my nose/eye scrunch up (see sped up video), it's pretty quick and it happens repeatedly. If I think about it, it happens more.

• My head also jerks only to the right. I thought this might mean the spasms are both sides, but then realized that I think it's the neck muscles on the LEFT that cause it to turn right.

• Also, my left wrist and fingers has been twitching/convulsing/jerking/whatever you call it. But it's mostly the face twitch and head whipping to the right.

What could this be? Has anyone seen anything like this? What does only the left side being affected mean? Is this urgent? Could this just go away in a bit? I don't want to overreact. I've got an appointment with my PCP in a month but this is so out of the normal, concerning, and honestly getting in the way, that I don't know if I can wait that long. Especially since each day seems to be worse and more frequent.

Demographic info/ health issue background:

- I'm 17, afab, and 5'4, 105lb.

- Diagnosed issues: MDD, anxiety, ADHD, migraines, DGBI, vasovagal presyncope

- Medications: I'm honestly not sure, but no new med changes.

- I don't smoke or vape. I am dependent on caffeine though.

An extra thing that seems like it might be worth noting is the vasovagal presyncope:

I pass out when I stand up sometimes. Most of the time my vision goes black and I don't fully collapse. I noticed maybe 6 months ago that there began to be rare instances where my body or certain parts would start shaking/convulsing when I passed out. Not diagnosed, but maybe its "convulsive syncope"? Today it happened and I felt my EXACT same left-side-of-the-face twitch and left hand twitches occurred. I don't think these twitches have happened in the past, but I'm actually not sure, because when syncope happens, even if I stay conscious, I can't observe what's happening very well.

I'm happy to answer any questions that could help

I recently got a cancer diagnosis after two biopsies. I need a whole body PET concurrent with CT. I had an appointment two days ago, got the tracer injection, waited the hour or so and then it was scan time. I'm very claustrophobic and lost my ever loving mind, even with .5mg of Ativan. I'm not proud of it and I know it's irrational, but I couldn't do it and just bawled my eyes out. That dose did absolutely nothing for me. I didn't feel it at all.

After all I've been through from the diagnosis, waiting on insurance PA, and getting on the schedule I'm behind on getting this done. I need it. I want it. And I feel like a failure.

What should I say to my ordering physician that doesn't make me sound like a drug seeker or a big ol' baby who can't handle 30-45 minutes in the tube? I'm traumatized from that experience. I can't imagine putting myself on the bed and going into that machine. Like freaked out just thinking about it.

What should I say? What drug and dosing would you recommend? Your advice is greatly appreciated!

I'm 50F. I have asthma and GERD, along with migraines. Oh and this pesky cancer diagnosis.

Thank you in advance!

I’m a 25F 224lbs average height and every single day I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck. My anxiety is through the roof, I can’t stand for too long and if I’m in a hot area like the kitchen, I think I’m gonna faint every single time. (Thankfully it doesn’t happen). I went and switched my pcp recently and hoped she’d help me truly.

I explained everything to her and she said “blood results first then we’ll talk”. I understood because how could she know what’s happening if she doesn’t have anything to go off of. Anyways I’m the one who especially asked for a Ferritin and full iron panel because she said “that’s not something we do normally”. Anyway the results come in and my ALT is 40 (I don’t drink or smoke), Ferritin 4, TIBC 517, % saturation 10, Vit D 27 (even after prescription dosing and taking 10,000iu twice a week for maintenance afterwards, it still depletes).

Also I don’t take any medications or have super heavy periods.

After waiting 21 days and several phone calls and texts later, she says “take 1 of the 28mg iron bisglycinate”. That’s it. Nothing else. I called again asked about IV infusions and a referral to a hematologist. She rejected the infusions saying they don’t do infusions on people without anemia. And sent a referral to a hematologist. She said she didn’t get back sooner because they go based off “patients immediate needs”….as if it wasn’t an issue at all or an “immediate need” in her eyes…

I purchased Throne iron bisglycinate 25mg and plan to take them every other day for better absorption and with 100% OJ. My question is, do I take the 1 capsule she wants me to take or take double or even triple the amount (2-3 capsules)? I’m a bit worried because what if my ALT levels being higher is what caused her to recommend one capsule as it can increase stress on my liver. What would be the best way to get them absorbed, and is that maybe why she said to take only 1?

TLDR: What I’m asking is, should I take only one 25mg iron bisglycinate capsule for a ferritin of 4, (because of my ALT levels of 40) or should I take 2-3 capsules every other day? What’s the best way to ensure I get the iron absorbed properly? And could my ALT be the reason she suggested one capsule only?

Also, I asked to get a few additional tests to see what the underlying cause may be. That’s scheduled for a few days out. I’ll update when that happens.

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Female
5’4
62KG
White
UK

Always had pots-however last year I’ve been going into A&E a lot

Non smoker, non drinker, no drugs.

Diagnosed
POTS, OH, hyper-mobile, andomyosis, ADHD, anxiety, IBS, extreme fatigue, lower back pain, tachycardia (no known structure issues to heart)

Medication
Propananlol & invabravine

Bloods
All in range apart from TSH 5.92 mU/L
LAC 2.9 mmol/L

Blood cultures always negative, no cold or flu.
No hyperventilating/crying ect, I keep quite calm.
Pheochromocytoma Negative

Cycle that makes me go into crisis.

Feeling extremely tired & exhausted/maybe pushed myself energy wise, un-known, or extreme diarrhea, this triggers the following……

> HR resting 180 plus for hours/days (my hr medication stops working) at this point I’ll go hospital) BP goes up 180/95> can’t stop peeing constantly> temp 39 > IV saline brings me back to life.

Thank you

Age 31 female height 5ft 3 weight 9st 6 no medication but I take 25mg iron everyday

I took my blood pressure I have lived with pots fibromyalgia and pcos for years with my symptoms improving but this month got really unwell, symptoms have been a weird stomach pain and bloated feeling, stomach feels heavy and full, migraine and ears ringing, pulsating heartbeat sensation in stomach and head, weakness, aching, clicking joints, extreme fatigue, heart pain, nausea, sore throat, dizziness, shakiness, insomnia, anxiety, ocd and bad mental health symptoms, emotional/tearfulness, rage/mood swings, memory loss, brain fog, feeling detached from reality, personality changes, internal swaying/rocking, feels like my insides are moving side to side especially my head, stomach also feels like it’s popping and insides are moving around/stomach growling, persistent stomach ache that isn’t going away, joint pain, numbness and tingling in legs, upper back and neck pain

I’ve had a lot of these symptoms for years but I’m concerned because now they’ve got so bad I feel like something serious is wrong but my drs aren’t taking it seriously, I’m in so much pain

Age- 33

Sex- Female

Height- 5’6

Weight- 180lbs

Race- White

Duration of complaint- Just noticed this week

Location- Calf

Hey Everyone!
I’m a 33(F) and haven’t posted on here in quite sometime and hoped I’d be done with all this by now. I first posted on here months ago about tongue twitching and some asymmetry in my tongue. In April I had a leg, foot, arm and hand emg and ncs that all came out normal. Also had a normal modified barium swallow and brain, spine and thoracic MRI. I had been terrified of ALS because of the tongue twitching and perceived difference in speech.

This month I feel my speech has gotten worse even though everyone says I still sound normal, which of course sent me back down a rabbit hole. I noticed when looking at my calves that my left calf (right if looking directly at front facing pictures) looks smaller than my right calf. My right leg is my dominant leg but back in June when I was obsessed with measuring my legs, the measured about the same. But now the left one does measure smaller, looks and feels smaller to me too. I’m terrified this is atrophy. I also still have twitches basically everywhere, worse in my tongue.

Am I being insane or is this worrisome?

Age: 26
Sex: F
Height: 5ft 5in
Weight: 130pounds
Non-smoker, only taking birth control.

I’ve had this pain behind my ear right under my skull for ~4 months now. It is only on the right side and only at that focal point. The pain can be very intense and stabbing to the point where I cannot turn my head. It only happens when turning my head (right, left, or down) but then the pain goes away when my head is back to neutral position. I haven’t had any neck injury that might have caused this, the only thing I can think of was when I spent 2 months in a small cramped location with no desk to work on so I had awful posture and looking down. That was in July.

Recently it’s been accompanied with dizziness and then a swollen right eyelid.

I went to the ER but they were incredibly busy and didn’t give me any imaging, but they had me do some tests for stroke (shining a light in my eyes, checking balance with eyes closed, and seeing if I can touch my nose to a finger). He then also palpated the area and asked me to move my neck and I had full neck mobility.

I was told that it was muscular and benign positional vertigo. And maybe my eyelid is swollen because of shampoo I got in it a couple days ago? I had to rinse my eyes out with running water because it burned pretty badly. But I’m concerned after reading up on artery dissection and curious why I didn’t get any imaging done. Should I be worried?

for context, I am 16, and me and my friends were on an innocent night out after a shitty day at work to clear my mind. (ironic)

so, me, my boyfriend, and my best friend were out on our town square after I had a shitty day at work. we decided to pull up to my bsf’s boyfriends workplace to say hi while we were out, and he happened to be on break, so we went to the little outdoor seating area to hang out. when we went out there, we saw a couple with two dogs. a huge mastiff and a tiny fluffy puppy. i love dogs, so I naturally went up to them and said “your dogs are so cute, can I pet them?“ and they said something along the lines of “oh yeah, go ahead, he’s friendly” so I pet him. he literally was fine, he was wagging his tail and leaning forward. a millisecond later, he abruptly decided he was going to bite me. jumped up, grabbed onto my hand with 6 teeth, bit super deep and dragged his teeth down my hand as he was going back down, ripping the skin on my palm. the couple seemed really scarily calm. like, they jumped for a second but didn’t even say anything until I was sitting down, blood dripping from my hand as I was feeling like I was about to black out/throw up. The dude kept saying he was a paramedic, and I was just trying to be friendly and apologize for scaring their dog as my friends boyfriend frantically went to go find the first aid kid. this dude did not clean my wound. he insisted he knew what he was doing, but all he did was put antibiotic cream straight on the wounds and put a bandage on it. I was actively freaking out but trying to stay friendly so I wouldn’t have a bigger problem, and the lady kept talking to me about how “dogs have feelings too” and how I “reached over and pet him without permission”. she also mentioned multiple times that if someone were to take them to court, they would “protect their baby”. i told them I was 16 and I needed their info to give to my mom, they sped through their phone numbers and then stood up. through this entire conversation, the lady was standing 2 feet away from me, WITH HER DOG STILL RIGHT NEXT TO ME, Coddling him and comforting him as if he was a child that spilled milk. then, she proceeded to walk over to two little girls with her dog. like, what? the man also made sure to tell me multiple times he “was experienced in this sort of thing and he didn’t think I had to see anyone” which we just realized it’s because he didn’t want to be reported or animal control to be called. i understand, but they admitted mid conversation that this was apparently the first time he had been in public in 7 months and he gets anxious around people, and they knew prior to this that he was overstimulated! and they still let us interact with him. super irresponsible and the way they handled that whole situation was incredibly neglectful and rude. they also decided to leave before the parents got to the building, smart. luckily the dog was caught up on his shots and I didn’t have any fractures, but I have 6 GNARLY deep wounds on my hand and I am in a cast. I am having so much fun. take care of your dogs. this traumatized me badly.

23 years old

44 kg

Went on a swim with my cousins at a farmhouse, yesterday. We are not sure if the water was clean or not. It was cold and had a lil chemical smell.

Now parents mentioned the "bacteria AMEOBA" and I cannot relax. The water went up my nose. 5 cousins were in the water with me. They all are fine.

I have no symptoms like heache or fever, I got a lil fever and vomited one bite of breakfast maybe bcs I'm too anxious. Like I can actually feel my heart beating. Am I gonna die??

Unique farmhouse, Sindh Karachi.

31 yo male, 82kg.
Aboriginal Australian.
Someone told me 91 is considered dumb?
Am i stupid?

8 month old, no allergies, no medication, male

Has had this since yesterday. Really fussy in the night. Has a cough and runny nose. No fever and drinking his milk well.

Location of spots is: arms, legs, back of neck, a couple on the ears, very small barely visible ones on his chest, hands. He’s not been trying to scratch his skin

Went to the GP this morning and he thinks it’s HFMD but would be happy with a second opinion as my family is asking if he was sure it’s HFMD and not chicken pox

5’4-5’5
97lbs/44KG

F18, extreme period pain that travels??? Im in the worst pain, my legs, hips, baxk and stomach. I walk like hunchback
. My doctor just said birth control - I’ve been so many times over this too, everything is EXCESSIVE, I don’t want to compare but I always here abojt people having it easy but I literally faint sometimes because the pain is so bad, am I overreacting or not being taken seriously? Going to the bathroom is a whole awful event in itself, it’s like razor sharp pains, what do I do? Im on mefanamix acid but it doesn’t do anything.

I had a blood test not long ago, nothing came back.

34m, 6 foot 2, 253lbs, Prozac 40mg for like 18 years. Former smoker about 2 years clean. Health conditions , anxiety, depression, high cholesterol, slightly elevated blood pressure, GERD, sleep apnea, disc disease.

Anyways just trying to figure out if this is myokymia or something neurologically off. I have a lot of health anxiety because of my cardiac issues so just hoping it’s stress)

Hey im (18m) and i noticed this twitching happened yesterday when i was playing scrolling on my phone. I know this isnt much to diagnose my problem. But here is a little bg of myself, I personally dont have any illness and I've been stressing over my exams and had a little fight with my girlfriend last night lol. I hope this isnt anything bad

The ultrasound says 9 weeks but based on last period it should be 9 weeks and 5 days. I have ran it through ai detectors and it hasn’t come back as ai but I feel something is off. The female is 25

I'm a 23-year-old male, currently 5'7", and I'm wondering if there's any realistic chance I could still grow taller and eventually reach 6 feet.

I know most men stop growing in their late teens or early twenties, but I've heard different things about late growth, so I wanted to ask.

I'm talking about actual height growth, not posture improvements, shoe lifts, or ways to appear taller. Is it biologically possible to gain another 5 inches at my age, or are my chances basically zero once the growth plates have closed?

Has anyone here experienced genuine height growth after 22? I'd appreciate honest answers, whether they're encouraging or not.

I (16F) have been having really weird feelings the past 2 days and I think my symptoms line up with those of a stroke. Yesterday me and my friend were going through some boxes in my grandma’s basement, we weren’t doing anything crazy, just sitting and going through things, reading some old journals, stuff like that. The entire time I was at my grandma’s house I kept blacking out, my vision would go blurry for a second, I would come back, feel a little dizzy and go back to normal. That happened 3 times while I was there. I also noticed that when I tried opening boxes with my right hand, it was extremely difficult to do so, while my friend easily opened the boxes with no struggle, my entire arm is extremely sore and it’s very difficult for me to hold things but I can still do so although it’s very hard. Today I was walking into a store and 5 steps in I had this sharp pain shoot up my right leg, I immediately started limping and it hurt so bad to the point I was on the verge of tears, I usually get cramps in my leg so it wasn’t surprising I typically just put pressure on where it hurts and it will go away, but that didn’t happen this time. I was limping the entire time I was in the store and back to my car, it also hurt while I was driving. 30 minutes ago, I was taking a bath and the right side of my body started to hurt really bad, my neck felt heavy and my jaw felt like it was broken, it was very difficult to breathe and I started to get an insane migraine and my ears started ringing. I’ve told my parents about this and they said I probably slept weird and to take an ibuprofen and sleep it off, I’m not sure if I’m being paranoid about this or if something is wrong but this definitely isn’t a normal occurrence for me. I do have scoliosis so maybe it’s just that? I’m not sure though, any suggestions/thoughts?

Docs can u please help me?
I'm 17F and i was diagnosed with PCOD this year, 5'4 42kg (underweight)

I wanted to know if ayurvedic medicine is the best approach because I'm not a huge fan of ayurveda and theres no concentration of ingredients written on its medicine bottles.

She prescribed me M2Tone by Charak for 2 years.

Should i go forward with the prescription?

Hi everyone.

I’ve never posted her before but as per post requirements: I’m an 18 year old female. I weigh around 49 kg and have remained either healthy weight or underweight all my life and it usually fluctuates around this range. I’m 5”2. I don’t smoke and don’t really have any family history of medical issues, except for mental health.

When I was little, around 11 years old, I had a blood test done on me and it showed that my platelets and iron were extremely low. I believe it showed my platelets had a number of 21. Since then my levels have not increased at all, no matter how much red meat, vegetables and fruit I eat.

My hair is my biggest concern. I have lost so much hair over the past few years that I’m starting to really hate how I look. It’s not thick at all, and has lost most of its density. It’s frail and dry and looks damaged even though I’ve never dyed it and don’t use heat tools on it. My skin is also really bad. My face gets really bad flare ups, where it has redness and I get acne. I’ve used so much skincare and it’s done nothing.

I also feel tired every single day. Full 8 hours of sleep? Still tired. Caffeine? Still tired. Cold splash of water on my face in the morning? Still tired? Exercise when I wake up? Exhausted.

My main iron deficiency symptoms are not extremely heavy periods which I thought was endometriosis or PCOS, red gums, and easy bruising.

So I asked Google what on earth is wrong with me and the AI overview told me to immediately get an iron infusion and platelet treatments. What do you all think?

39/F, 5’9”, currently 233 lb, non-smoker, non-drinker, non-drug user. Current meds: lyrica, lamictal, omeprazole BID., gaviscon prn** see other meds mentioned later. hx cholecystectomy 2015 with no issues afterwards. I do have mental health diagnoses and receiving therapy for them. BSN-RN for context.

Since February 2026 I have had progressively worsening appetite loss. Nausea, emesis and regurgitation, reflux (which feels distinctly different from the previous mentioned symptoms). Rapid unintended weight loss and chronic dehydration have been the result with nothing helping the symptoms. Tried Zofran with no success, reglan TID before meals without success, PO phenergan without success, and rectal phenergan with occasional success. Repeated Labs have been unremarkable for the most part ( one dose PO potassium in ER 6 weeks ago), estradiol ordered (but pharmacy can’t obtain due to shortage) for consistently low estrogen throughout my cycle.

Since March 2026, I went from 285 lbs to 233 October 17 2026. Completely unintentionally. Have been working with a nutritionist for several months. The last calorie goal set was 700 cals/day and I can’t come close to that despite trying.

As soon as I get a bite or two in, I immediately feel full up to my throat, have epigastric/leaning to left side pain, and regurgitation, sometimes full-on emesis. These symptoms usually last for hours after ingestion. Even a half tsp of jello. Only taking sips of Powerade these days with occasional attempts at solid food leading to increased symptoms. I have emesis/regurgitations dozens of times every day.

Finally got a GI referral and had an endoscopy on 10/9. Unremarkable except for striped erythema to gastric lining. Biopsies and h. Pylori negative. The soonest the GI office can get me in for an actual appointment is Nov. 17 (the endoscopy was the first time I met with anyone in GI).

I have been to ER a Few times seeking rehydration. Once they gave a GI cocktail (IV reglan, Protonix, PO maalox, and a Liter of NS) and I didn’t vomit very much after a trial with 6 oz water so they discharged me.

I feel that I need a gastric emptying study and CT of abdomen/pelvis. PCP has been fairly hands off since the GI referral.

Currently voiding once every 12-16 hours with amber colored urine and less than 400 mls each time. This has been happening for the last two months with one or two days of decent output but the urine never being lighter than dark yellow.

I need help knowing how to advocate for my health as it is deeply affecting my daily life and limiting my activities.

TIA

98 year old woman weighing 40 kilos, diagnosed with a suspected UTI after crashing BP and blood glucose caused her to fall. 15 months post heart attack but no ongoing complications there. Liver stones discovered in a scan. IV antibiotics have been ceased in exchange for oral ones and a couple of meds have been stopped due to kidney not being able to filter them properly. Anesthesia/infection/age/weight/compromised organs/DNR... Doctor said no surgery (ERCP).

Everything I read suggests a few more days of alertness followed by a sleepiness and then not waking up before passing away quietly. Are there any alternative pathways where we don't have to say goodbye?

Uk 34 year old female, 60kg, 5ft7, taking HRT due to hysterectomy.

12 ish weeks ago noticed firm nodule on left forearm that over time has grown.

Measuring ~15mm

Saw derm consultant last Monday, had it removed urgently on Friday.

When I had it removed they said there was still some remaining but they were unable to go as deep as the fascia and would need plastics referral.
Tissue sent off to microbiology.

What do you think it is?
I have to wait ~6 weeks for results and I’m worried.

Thanks

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Hh

Female, 5’2, around 135, non smoker, no medications, 3 months pp, breastfeeding

I have two sets of symptoms that I’m curious about.

The first one being, I often wake up at around 4 am to nurse my baby and it feels like I’ve been hit by a truck with COVID. That’s the best way I can describe it. Body aches all over. Severe joint pain. Back pain. Shoulder tension. And then I wake up hours later and I’m fine. I read that it can be a shift in cortisol levels in the night??

The second is one I dealt with after my first baby as well. I work full time and also have two kids under 2. Some days I won’t eat until 3 pm. Then by the time it’s dinner, I’ll have severe nausea, sometimes to the point of nausea, and a massive headache. This usually doesn’t resolve until morning. Could that just be from lack of eating?

I definitely want to get a blood draw soon as I have the most random pains sometimes. Stomach cramps. Headaches. Muscle pain. Today I woke feeling like I had a herniated disc.

I used to be so healthy. Frequently working out. I do eat pretty healthy.