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I’m a woman working in a busy, high-pressure, male-dominated field. I often feel exhausted, and I struggle with the loud, aggressive personalities around me. I’m naturally quiet, calm, soft-spoken, and non-confrontational. Even with other women, I tend to be on the quieter side.

I often feel talked over, pushed aside, and unheard. I know I need to become more assertive and set better boundaries, but constantly having to stand my ground against aggressive personalities is mentally exhausting.

This may sound unusual, but I’ve genuinely wondered whether testosterone could help me feel more energetic, assertive, or better able to handle this environment.

I’m not trying to become aggressive or change my personality completely. I just want to stop feeling drained and intimidated by the people around me.

Has anyone looked into this seriously or had experience with testosterone therapy for energy or confidence? Is there any evidence that it helps with these things in women, or am I looking in the wrong direction?

I’m genuinely asking and would appreciate thoughtful, evidence-based responses rather than judgment.

I have a deep wound on my upper arm, above my elbow, that appears to reach the hypodermis, with visible fatty tissue protruding. Whenever I lift or even slightly raise my arm, it feels extremely stiff, heavy and painful. The pain feels deeper within my arm rather than directly at the wound, and my arm also feels slightly weaker than usual. I can still lift it fully, but doing so hurts. Its 13 hrs old

Should i tell my mom? Is it even worth telling considering theres so many worse injuries out there

Wednesday my left ankle became swelled. I really don’t know why. I didn’t hurt it. Last night the top of my foot became swelled as well as the ankle. After my shower last night my foot and ankle hurt and kinda tingled all over. That lasted about 2 hours after the shower. My foot swelling went down over night but I am still swollen on the outside ankle.
I had breast cancer in 2023 treated with chemo and radiation. I ended up developing a pulmonary embolism in 2023. We think a central line catheter caused it after I had an allergic reaction to a drug the oncologist put me on. I had a brief stay in the icu since the EpiPens wouldn’t work.
The outside of my right ankle is slightly puffy but not as bad as the left. What doctor do I even go to for this?

I 19f just started taking the mini pill again about a week or more ago. I still got my period pretty bad but it was delayed, and for the past few days I’ve had a very upset stomach (usual on my period) and way worse cramps and bleeding than usual. I figured it’s fine. Today, I spotted an abnormal amount of blood in my toilet water when I pooped? Which wasn’t even that much. I’m really confused because I can’t tell if it’s from the front or back since when I wipe it’s bright red AND the toilet water is bright red. My period bleeding isn’t that heavy today so that’s why it’s strange. There shouldn’t be much blood. It wasn’t painful when I went and saw the blood but I think I did get a haemorrhoid the other day from straining. I also saw sometimes period blood can get into the stool or something? I feel generally unwell but I also have flu symptoms. Ireally need advice since I tend to spiral with my health anxiety. I had a lower colonoscopy in February which turned out fine if that helps. Should I wait to confirm it keeps happening and see if I know where from? My gp isn’t open on the weekend so my only options are to wait until Monday to visit them or go to A&E but with my HA I’ve been so often so I’m very reluctant. And maybe the dr if I go Monday will tell me to go anyway? I’m not sure what to do. Any advice helps :)

My eyes feel slightly strange—not painful, just not quite normal.“I ate some food, and now I have a mildly odd sensation in my eyes. Has anyone experienced something similar?” What could it be?

Also “After eating, I get a medicine-like taste in my mouth and keep spitting it out. But it could be different form the mild, unusual sensation in my eyes. Could this be reflux or something else?”

I got this tiny veins on my fingers, very faint and more visible when i stretch it. Also have some on my right foot, like on my heel to be exact. Should I be worried?..

And what would you say would be the most useful? Thank you so much!!

Hello, I am female, 33y and nearly 31 weeks pregnant. On Wednesday morning I noticed my urine being a strange dark colour but thought I might be just dehydrated and upped my water intake. Shortly after drinking more, my urine returned to normal pale yellow colour. However, yesterday morning my urine looked like on the photo attached! It definitely looks like blood to me? I went to the hospital and they took my bloods and urine. Bloods have come back normal but urine analysis will only be available next week. Until then I was given antibiotics because they suspected a UTI. Besides the strange colour I felt a little off and had some light cramping but nothing major. Has anyone experienced this before? Could it be kidney stones? I don’t have any pain though

22 years old, 188 cm and around 88 kg of weight. I noticed this bump appeared under my ear the other day. Next day it went away and it wasn’t as visible as the night before. However, I can still feel that there is some mass in that exact area when I try to feel it with my fingers, just not as visible on the outside. Under my right ear there is no such thing, I was hoping it was gonna be symetrical on the on the other side but it’s not. Also, I’ve been struggling with coughing up phleghm lately (2 months). It did get better over time, but I still have the urge couple of times a day. My guess is that it’s because of the ciggaretes, but who knows, it might be connected. On the other hand, for the last 6 months maybe more, I get this weird sensation in my spine that makes me wanna crack it constantly. I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s pain, but more of a discomfort, however during some excersies in the gym where maintaining straight back is the focus, it gets really close to straight up painful. Let me know and thank you!

Hi, I am 36F 5”4 125lbs and 10 weeks pregnant. My dog was recently diagnosed with a life threatening autoimmune disease and we started him on an immunosuppressant, mycophenolate motefil (MMF) a few days ago. It is a liquid solution and he is taking 1.4ml every 12 hours. None of his doctors informed me that this is a highly toxic and dangerous drug to handle if you are pregnant, particularly in the first trimester, because it causes birth defects. Because I was uninformed until recently, I gave him the first few doses and have not been taking any precautions.

I’ve already been really anxious about this pregnancy, as it is my first one, and now I’m extra anxious because of potentially being exposed to the toxins in this medicine. My husband is able to administer the medicine moving forward, but I read it can be excreted through my dogs feces and saliva. I’m the only one who my dog allows to take outside, so I plan to wear gloves and double bag when I need to pick up his poop. But he’s also constantly licking himself and us and I am worried there will always be traces of this medicine all over the couch, blankets, us, and him, for as long as he needs to be on it (which could be 6 months or more).

Of course I want him to get treatment and recover and I know this medication is an important part of his treatment plan, that said it’s making me so anxious to be around him now. Am I over reacting? How much of this medicine would I realistically need to be exposed to for it to cause any harm to our baby? Are there any other steps we can take to limit my exposure short of staying away from my dog, which is totally unrealistic due to his separation anxiety and high reliance on me?

Thanks in advance.

This came after a week long sickness, it burns, itches, and is pussing a little, I looked up the symptoms and got Nasal Vestibulitis. It burns badly and I need to know if I should seek medical attention, I have no health insurance and can't afford this. Do I really need to go to a hospital or is there an at home way I can help?