I have ADHD and chronic pain and have people say similar stuff. Which makes it even harder because I have pretty bad luck with medications, from side effects, to losing effectiveness, to just not doing what they should. So many people have told me to just walk more, or just take B12, but that's not the issue at all, and even doctors dismiss me. It's unfortunate because if something helps and isn't causing side effects, why not take it? I'd be happy to have anything to make my life less of a daily struggle.

Oh holy hell!! My mother had epilepsy. It is SO FRUSTRATING, the challenges and balancing act patients can face! By any chance, does your children's hospital (or whatever facility you work with) have some sort of advocate, or something similar? That person may have experience working with or persuading "lunk-headed" individuals. They may be able to offer you tips and tricks etc, even if they usually can't directly help? 🤞🤞🤞💞💞💞💞

@@KOKO-uu7yd I just work with his pediatric-neurologist. I can handle it, it's just people being a nuisance.

Try cbd or even thc.

Does he have a medical alert bracelet? I had a coworker who wore one and I never looked very close or asked because I figured it was none of my business as long as she was fine. It may be helpful if he has a seizure without you around at some point - even if a bystander didn't notice it, a paramedic would

Just gotta love that fake mint taste

Why would the nurses be concerned about you taking medicine for hypertension?

What is it supposed for

Try explaining to each new doctor that your spironolactone isn't for high blood pressure, your metformin isn't for diabetes, and your propranolol isn't for hypertension. That's a real field day.

@@KnakuanaRka I assume because in her pic she looks rather young. Young bp problems are never good

You're a patient who's supposed to take hydroxychloroquine because you have an autoimmune condition.

Allyvia F I definitely enjoy watching him

Mmmhmm!

Bold of you to assume I’m a lady

He is cute

Yep. Three years later he still is.

I wish some doc RX me this one then. Still haven't found a molecule that works. Except seroquel brain smasher/zombifier.

I once took a drug psychology course at uni. The way my professor described it, therapy does the most work, but for many patients, they are too affected to actually stick to the therapy. The meds can help them enough for the therapy to "get through to them", and once the therapy starts working, you can wean off the meds without reverting back. At least, that's the goal. But everyone's different, and some people will always need the meds to stay in control.

IceMetalPunk Yeah, in my flatmate's case, he wasn't able to afford to see a psychologist (Australia's public health system doesn't adequately cover mental healthcare). But with the severity of his anxiety, it was incredible to see what a change Propranolol made for him, even after just the first dose. I went with him to his GP appointment and the pharmacy afterwards. He took it as soon as we walked out of the pharmacy and 30min later (after we'd gotten lunch at his favourite quiet little place), he actually WANTED to get the bus home, because the difference in how he felt was so dramatic and he wanted to see how he'd feel in a situation that was usually awful for him. Of course, there's no guarantee that Propranolol would work as well for everyone -- pharmacogenetics, his own epigenome, etc. But it's certainly an interesting case, especially since he didn't believe it would do anything for him, haha.

I know that these molecules are designed to let the patient be receptive to therapeutic help, well for anti depressives one, i knew. But finding this rare pearl is hard. I've tried so many and doc up here in quebec are somehow relunctant to leave mainstream pills. I didnt even knew about beta block before this video :o And yea, many gets the ability to heal themselves. Im stuck in a sort of vicious circle atm :/

This might be helpful to explain the way that Propranalol is improving yourfriend's symptoms: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898127/

And the anti-anxiety properties are related to preventing the physiological effects of anxiety, like heightened heart rate. That's probably what makes it most useful for nightmares; your body no longer has an inappropriate physical response. Additionally, this makes it a commonly prescribed drug to people with PTSD for very similar reasons, with great results too.

I think it's used for fibromyalgia, too.

I was on Amitriptyline before, which is an antidepressant, but it was prescribed for me due to its ability to promote sleep and reduce nerve pain. But sadly it gave me nightmares that kept getting worse, making me always wake up sweaty and scared, which is apparently a rare side effect.

Lamictal gang

Science and history are so cool. I didn't know about the pacemaker. That's interesting. I believe the inventor of sticky notes who was trying to make super glue, but ended up making a sticky substance that came off easy and put it on a piece of paper and now we have sticky notes.

Justin O'Brien I thought that was Frank Zappa?

That's some science you have there katie

KennethMichaels Boom and it’s done! 👩🏻‍🔬

Science with Katie : Science is full of examples of serendipity. Being a person of science I'm sure you know that.🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬🔭🐳🌍🌎🌏🌌🌃💫

Interestingly it's been also fairly successful as a myalgic encephalomyelitis treatment at low doses. The current theory for why this works is the low dose naltrexone gently encourages more endorphins to release during the natural endorphin process that occurs during sleep, helping cells heal (a similar effect to the healing effects that can come from a runner's high)

It also can show up in urine tests, showing Positive test for MDMA & meth, so take note cos not all Dr's know this & can write up a patient taking illicit drugs.

stinkykyle96 Same!! It doesn't 'cure' the mental symptoms of anxiety, bur BOY will it drag you out of a panic attack!! I told my doctor I was worried my heart was aging and starting to beat in a tachycardic rhythm! Besides mental illnesses, physically I'm healthy, so yeah I was freaking out. But it's changing my life! Proprananol ftw 💖

As an abortive or as a maintenance medication? It would be great if there were other options than benzodiazepines that had that much of an impact, able to stop a panic or anxiety attack.

Same! Though I take it as needed on bad days

I've just started this for anxiety, and I love it! Didn't want that Ativan monkey on my back.

I take it as well! For me it's a great medication for less severe anxiety, it's nice to have another option other than benzos (which for me is the nuclear option for super severe panic attacks)

Wright Family I take an anti psychotica for my depression and anxiety. Works better than most pills I have had before!

@@Ainiewainy bruh, those shits act like tranquilizers, that's why 😂

Brains are weird things. I'm guessing one of them was atarax. How did it work for you, assuming I'm correct and you care to share?

@@thetalantonx Hey, that guy didn't reply, but I shall. I took, hydroxyzine (Atarax/Vistaril) and it literally did nothing for me. I was at 50mg, but... meh. At 100mg I got kinnnda sleepy? That was all. Antihistamines will often cause drowsiness (think of diphenhydramine/benadryl), which is why a lotta people reach for zzzquil now, or even get hydroxyzine prescribed for sleep. I also took Valium (diazepam) for anxiety/seizures. It helped my anxiety a little. But NSM. Finally I got some Ativan (lorazepam) which is a lower dose than a lot of other anti-anxiety meds, and this one helps me. I take 0.5-1mg, depending on need. Doctors really prefer to stay away from what are termed "controlled" medications which include things like Ativan, Klonipin, Valium, Xanax. From working in the pharmacy I'd say that I saw Klonipin given to a lot of patients that were honestly a bit more in "need" and even edging to to treating other behavioral issues even. But by far Valium was what seemed to be most popular though, so popular it was one of most prescribed medications while I was working in the pharmacy a few years ago.

Anti seizure medications, especially Carbamazepine (Tegretol), are great for a variety of conditions, including bipolar, anxiety and migraine. Topiramate is great for migraine but has HORRIBLE side effects.

I'm on Topamax for my migraines, and that was originally developed for seizures. Still helps in higher doses I think, but for me, it helps my migraines

Trazedone is something I take for my insomnia (and depression), I take it before bed, maybe it helps you because once it kicks in it makes you so tired

You know what’s up ;)

LMAOOO

Joe LaRiccia Also topamirate treats migraines!

Good ol Dopeamax... It has an incredibly nasty side effect profile.

Roberta D. I forgot about that, my aunt is prescribed topamax for migraines actually

Robert Szasz oh ya, that's why she stopped taking it

Topirimate can also help with reducing food cravings and help with weight loss

Not just temporarily. They continue taking it to keep the restored brain function. Ending the comatose state is usually a one-way street.

Yes, quetiapine is most commonly prescribed as a mood stabilizer for bipolar, schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.

Do people also abuse Levothyroxine for weight loss?

yeah but its the worst! it increases the risk of Heart attacks and irregular heart beats.. Its even fatal to use in patients with heart diseases. Unfortunately its even a constituent in some weight loss formulations sold..

BergletteMom whoa nerdfighteria deep cut ❤️

I take it for my essential tremor! Works a treat

Me too.

surprising, eh? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

such as.....?

Who does these?

you know making this profile is very insulting to the actual hank right?

Which is weird cause he's left handed... lol

My doctor told me to put salt on everything now

it's not perfect (i took spiro and i'm nonbinary, not a trans woman) but yeah

This channel is generally very good about that, it’s nice

Except it's "trans women" and not "transwomen" it's a big difference

@@xenianth. wot

@@xenianth. what's the difference?

Gpcas9 only one of the chiral molecules is dangerous

there are enzymes in the body that can and do racemize an enantiopure dose, so in practice they have very similar effects

We did an episode about that! Chirality is fascinating. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9iEe8lzqMrZgnU.html

The horrible side effects stemmed from a mistake in testing, back in time the animals that where used for testing showed NO negative side effects. Only with using different animals ( a New Zealand bunny) showed similar effects. Secondly there is R-Thaliomide and S-Thaliomide, only the latter prevents regular embryonic development. Alcohol and Meth in the same states of pregnancy for example are much worse, as they influence brain development rather than the physical development which is the effect of thalidomide (contergan)

Both are dangerous. It is true that S-thalidomide causes the teratogenic effects and R-thalidomide the sedative effect, but even if you take the pure R-enantiomer there is a biotransformation process in your body that turns it into the S-enantiomer.

Richard Jones Nerve pain, especially fibro pain.

Both Cymbalta and Effexor work really well for neuropathic pain. I'm on Cymbalta for that.

Amitriptyline? I started taking that from trapped nerve pain - two weeks later, no more pain. Magic stuff.

Yup! Duloxetine helps for my depression and for fibromyalgia. Still nothing for EDS though

I totally agree with lyrics helping with all those things but I use gabapentin which is in the same family as lyrica and it completely stopped my extreme restless leg syndrome....fixed my insomnia too.

@@courtneyskyla *Lyrica* is the brand name for *Pregabalin* , so it's exactly the same thing. I've personally found that *Magnesium Supplements* are very effective at suppressing the *Restless Legs / Formication* neurological dysfunction symptoms of *Fibromyalgia* .

I mean, it *does* help their heart, too. The erection thing is a secondary effect.

No, especially Viagra is contraindicated for men with heart conditions.

I don't think you understand how men think. In reality, it was more like this... Doctor: "Well, Mr. Smith... It turns out all the tests we did showed that you had no improvement whatsoever in heart function. And it turns out you weren't getting a placebo--it was the real test drug, after all! I know, it sounds disappointing, but that's just how these things go, sometimes. Anyway, we're wrapping up the trial. So, we'll need you to bring the leftover pills back." Mr. Smith: "Err... D-do I have to?" Doctor: "Oh, yeah! The drug is an unapproved chemical. The trial is over. And it's not like it was benefiting you, anyway. Leaving it lying around in your medicine cabinet would violate every rule of medical ethics _aaand_ probably break a half dozen laws. The drug company does _not_ need the FDA tearing it new orifices! So, anyway... Can you make sure you bring the bottle back at your next visit?" Mr. Smith: "No." Doctor: "What!?" Mr. Smith: "What?"

It is still used for pulmonary hypertension but we use different doses for the two conditions. The reason we want you to check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking sildenafil and other heart drugs is that it can definitely reduce your blood pressure especially if taken with a family of drugs called nitrates that are most commonly used for angina pain, this combination can drop your blood pressure so quickly that you can go into cardiac arrest. That’s why if a man is having a heart attack the paramedics will ask if he has used any drugs like viagra, cause first line treatment is aspirin and nitrates which could kill him quicker if he has sildenafil in his system. - Australian Pharmacist

Finasteride and dudasteride are designed to block dihydrotestosterone for causing hair loss. The later one, dudastéride is 10x effective and better for the body, take this one if you have an overload of DHT.

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