“It’s a vile illness with no respite” Absolutely! I even bloody dream in ocd!
Eg I have flat topped bins as I put/throw rubbish on top of them rather than touch them until there’s a point in the day I can touch them to put the rubbish in. My mum struggles with this aspect as to her that’s less hygienic than putting the rubbish straight in the bin but for me touching the bin is the difficult part.
Ocd has its own logic and it’s different for each sufferer. That’s why group therapy doesn’t really work at all well for the condition because each sufferer has their own set of rules.
“If your blood test is outside the reference range, that does not mean there is a problem.” On that note I’d LOVE to tell hcps that results WITHIN a reference range doesn’t mean there ISN’T a problem either!
They’re averages of what’s “normal” (and very often based on research many decades out of date!)
Dd has a naturally higher core temp than others so when it’s at the lower range of normal that’s very low for her and means she’s ill and has chills. And yes also means when she’s at HER normal temp she DOESN’T have a fever.
I have naturally low bp so when it’s at the higher end of “normal” that’s actually high FOR ME.
Various family members were told for many years that thyroid tests were “normal” and dismissed despite many other symptoms of thyroid disease. When finally diagnosed it was noted on their records that blood tests gave results that appeared to be “normal” but that this particular patient was an outlier.
From their experiences and reading on here and elsewhere this is far from an unusual situation with thyroid blood tests - maybe what’s “normal” needs to be re-assessed?
“That sleeping through the night for babies is a thing and night wakings must be ‘fixed’. All part of a formula feeding culture. If your baby sleeps that’s great but it’s healthy and normal if they don’t.” Yep! There’s been a few really worrying threads posted recently by posters with babies 9 months and younger “not sleeping through yet” they’re still tiny! Of course they’re not sleeping through! And ff doesn’t guarantee they will either. I’ve cared for over 30 babies in my time and how they’re fed has no impact on how they sleep.
“That you can have a panic attack or anxiety attack and not be hyperventilating”
Yes! I’ve a tendency to “fight” rather than flight or freeze and in a panic can lash out (Verbally) and I don’t hyperventilate - I’ve even had hcps even mh ones who don’t get this!
“It’s a myth that alcoholics have to drink first thing every morning, every day.” Yes my father and several other relatives who are alcoholics either active or recovering. It manifests in lots of different ways. Many many threads on here either by alcoholics or people who care about them desperately trying to deny the fact because
“But they don’t drink every day”
“But they hold down a job”
“But he only drinks wine/beer”
“But he can go x weeks without drinking”
“But they only just drink over the recommended amount” - that’s a max, it’s a guideline and refers mainly to long term physical effects, and most importantly as this is usually a comment not from the alcoholic themselves - that you know of! Secrecy can very much be part of the condition.
@whatisthisfuckery - I hope you told them they had to stop driving and if they didn’t contacted dvla?
“Morning sickness” yes - mine used to hit at 3pm on the dot! BUT if I had a cup of peppermint tea and a couple of ginger biscuits before I rose from bed of a morning - even though I wasn’t nauseous then - it really helped. So weird. And it also lasted till I was about 6 months gone.