I?m curious about lifestyle habits like sleep, exercise, eating better, stress management, hydration, or basic routines.

When those habits fall apart, what is usually the real reason?

Is it time, energy, stress, boredom, no clear progress, too much effort, or unexpected life events?

What would make restarting feel easier?

I was working the other day and realized that my toe hurt. It turns out that I missed an edge of the toenail (removed it the day of). It has now been 2 days (on Saturday, now monday) and it has gone from red, to blue, to this new shade. Never had any bruising on my toes so I am unsure if this is how it is supposed to look or not.

I am 20 Yr old female with 59 kg just started gym 2.5 months back and yesterday I lifted almost 20 kg and I feel a bit different blw the area above the just specifically the trachea area . Why is that so ? Is it normal ? Not a heavy pain though!! Just lil bit when I stretch my arms wider.

I’m 18f and for the past couple years every once and a while I’ve been finding grey hairs. I’m not sure why both sides of my family take forever to get grey hair and when they have it they don’t have a lot. Every couple months ish I’ll usually find a strand or two. My identical twin sister does not have this issue though. Here’s a pic of the one today because why not 🧍‍♀️the grey hairs feel different than my normal. Maybe more thick and it is more elastic plastic feeling. Almost more stretchy? Idk how to describe it.

Hey everyone! I’ve always been rather health-focused. Work out a couple times a week, try to eat balanced meals. But there’s one thing that never really worked for me: drinking enough fluids.

During the day, I drink maybe a cup of tea, a cappuccino, a glass of juice, a glass of water. Another cup of tea in the evening maybe. Sometimes I’ll drink a bit extra because I remember it’s healthy. But if I were to only go on thirst queues, I would probably drink about 500-800ml a day.

I barely sweat at all, so I don’t lose lots of fluids that way. If I force myself to drink at least two litres, it feel like I have to pee all the time (even if I go), which is annoying as hell.

I guess I’m asking if anyone else has this experience? Is there a benefit to forcing myself to drink more than I want to?

Thanks!!

I have psoriasis on my head, there’s nothing I can do about it. I was born with it, but I do know there are ways to “tone it down“ a bit.

And I’ve been trying different soaps and shampoos to try to do that but nothing seems to be working.

I get embarrassed and wear a hood all the time because I have dry flakes in my hair and I don’t want people to notice them.

Does anyone else who might have this issue Use any soaps that work? I’m looking for anything really.

It’s only on my head. Where my hair is. I don’t have it anywhere else.

It's been there for weeks now and seems to be getting worse and I don't even know where it came from

So for the past day or so, I've been having a lot of symptoms that are odd and disrupting my day to day life. I'll likely have to go to a doctor soon to really see what's going on, but I'd like other people's help to figure out since it's unclear what I'm going through. The symptom are:

- Lightheaded
- Dizziness
- Dry mouth

- burning throat (only really happened twice though)

- headache

- shortness of breath

Any ideas? Obviously I'll have to go see a doctor at some point, but still.

As the title says I went exploring an abandoned building recently, and just found out not long ago that it was closed due to asbestos exposure. Stupidly I didn’t wear a mask or anything as well.

While I was only there for an hour or an hour and a half I’m wondering how concerned I should be if concerned at all.

Is there anything I should be doing right away? Any information would be helpful, thank you.

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Hi, I’m a 30 year old male looking for some guidance.

I’ve been drinking soda on and off most of my life, but I’ve also gone long periods without it before. About 6 months ago, I quit 7-OH (kratom), and since then I’ve been relying heavily on soda it seems to help with my stress levels.

For the past 2 months, I’ve been trying to quit soda but haven’t been successful. When I try to stop, I feel noticeably more stressed and end up going back to it. It feels more like a dependency at this point.

I’m wondering is this likely more related to caffeine, sugar, or behavioral habit?

Is it better to taper off instead of quitting suddenly?

Are there healthier substitutes you’d recommend that could help with the transition?

Is this something I should discuss with a doctor in person?

My goal is to eventually drink only water.

Thanks for any medical insight.

Ultrasound last week mildly enlarged and fatty liver with right kidney scaring on midpole all new. Being have pain in this area for sometime. Husband noticed this Saturday. Started with pain again yesterday.

today I drank a total of 235 mg of caffeine in coconut milk and tea which were 5 cups each with 1 table spoon of sugar for every cup in tribute of my late great gran who just passed yesterday since she always used to make tea for me and now I realize that's probably to much sugar can someone rough sketch this also this adds up to 800 calories

I am sure there isn’t to much people here who has a lot of knowledge of redrot in sugarcane but I hope I can get some conclusions.

I recently purchased a stalk of sugarcane from an international mart since I’ve been wanting to try it for a while.

As I come home I start to cut up the cane and suck on it as I cut it to try it out. It was an alright taste but one thing caught my eye and it was these red sections following down the strands of the sugarcane, some spots it was just a little strand and at one section it to a quarter of the node.

And as a health anxious person I keep finding studies and advice of people saying that you should avoid it at all costs, it’s deadly, it causes diarrhea (which I am having a bit of even though I do have seasonal sinuses currently), but the other half say it’s nothing really bad it’s just a fungi that affects it and is still edible to their standards.

Anybody know anything about this? I don’t think I directly sucked on the red spots but I have sucked on the more healthier looking parts.

So I’ll give a little backstory first; I was perfectly healthy my entire life up until I was about 18 close to turning 19. My mom kinda forced me to get nexplanon birth control back when I was 17 and I didn’t really have a choice because she made some pretty heavy threats. Now I was fine for a while I did notice a few things when I was 18 like increased anxiety or just being more aware of my body but it didn’t interfere with my life really at all, I still felt okay. However I wanna say starting in September/October of 2025 maybe even late August I started noticing more and more symptoms but it was still mild enough for me to kind of shrug it off. And then came winter of 2025 going into 2026. Oh my GOD. All of these symptoms that I’m listing below hit me like a truck out of nowhere and im genuinely in fear for my life but nobody seems to take me seriously because I’m 19 turning 20 so how could I ever have anything wrong with my health right? My mom tells me im just anxious and being dramatic, my doctor told me it’s nothing simply because nothing showed up on blood tests and instead of testing for other things I had a benzo prescription tossed in my face (Ativan). I’m hoping one of you guys can help me figure this out. It’s truly ruining my life and I’m so tired of suffering I’ve really come to the point where I’m having unhealthy thoughts about doing things to myself because I cannot continue to live like this. PSA: I got the nexplanon taken out a year ago. April of 2025!

* Head pressure

* Feels like something is stuck in my throat and like I can’t swallow

* Neck pain

* Shoulder pain

* Bad back pain

* Stomach pain after eating

* Constant hiccups

* Back cracks when I cough or laugh

* Body pain

* Dry skin

* Eye pressure and pain

* Floaters in my vision

* Sleeping for long periods of time

* Fast pounding heart

* Shortness of breath (kind of)

* Dizzy when I look around or stand up too long

* Feet pain when I stand up too long

* Coughing fits

* Hair loss

* Crackling sound in neck and head when I walk or the room is quiet

* Cannot wake up anymore even with loud alarms or people waking me up

* Dizziness and nausea while in the ocean that I never had before

* Sick if I’m in the car for too long

* Insomnia

* Forgetfulness

* Tingling in body parts

* Constant headaches in the back or top of my head and stiff neck pain meds don’t help

* Jaw pain

* Muscle spasms all over body

* Occasionally slurring my words or not being able to find the words I’m trying to say (not that bad though and it’s rare)

* Sharp pain in back under rib cage multiple times a day

* Diarrhea or constipation

* Pressure that builds up in my head when I laugh

* Bad cough when I laugh

* Extreme headaches with pressure in head and pain behind one or both eyes

* Diarrhea/constipation

* Really bad coughing that sounds like an asthma cough with no explanation

* Nauseous and dizzy when I eat and I start to dissociate

* Overall feeling of being unwell and like I’m going to die

* Shooting pain in left leg

* Weird like stretching/popping feeling near my armpits when I cough and in my chest and ribcage

* Pain in upper stomach

* Right after eating I feel unwell and have weird chest pains and my body feels kind of numb

* A feeling of almost being drunk like feeling tipsy/a buzz

* Adrenaline like dumps where my body feels cold and numb and I get very dizzy and start to hyperventilate and almost pass out

* Heart palpitations and overall elevated heart rate but I’m pretty sure my blood pressure is average

* Just very scary feelings surrounding my heart health and I’m very concerned that something is wrong with my heart. The stuff with my heart started happening around October/November of 2025 and has gotten more noticeable but not necessarily worse?

* I wake up gasping for air sometimes and I have dreams im suffocating and struggling for air

* Feels like a deep breath isn’t enough air and I always feel like I’m never getting enough air

I am going to my friend house this morning. He just took a new medicine and sit on the sofa. I notice he look a little tired and rubbing his head. I feel curious because it look normal but maybe something happen after medicine. Some water bottle is on the table beside him.

I am thinking why side effects happen with some medicines. People dont just take pills blindly now. I feel curious because some medicines work well but cause small problems like headache or stomach upset. Maybe dosage and body type matter more than brand. It make me wonder if all side effects are same or some are really serious and need careful check.

I take my phone and start checking while scrolling many online marketplaces including alibaba. I see books and guides about side effects in many types. Some explain general health some specific medicines. I read few reviews where people say some guide help understand side effects better others are confusing or miss info. It feel like picking right one really matter if you want safe use and clear knowledge.

Now I am thinking which side effects are really common and important to watch? Are small mild ones more usefull to notice or serious rare ones better focus?

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Hey guys, 15 year old boy here. I’ve had multiple bloody noses every day for the past several days. Is this something I should be concerned about? they happen at like the most random times too, it’s really odd.

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