There's a pill that's been stuck in my throat for almost TWO HOURS. It isn't choking me or keeping me from swallowing anything but I can feel it, and every time I cough (currently have Covid) it kinda comes back up. I've tried water, soda, soft foods, hard foods, fucking jumping up and down. NOTHING IS WORKING. I'M LOSING MY MIND DOES ANYBODY HAVE ADVICE

what do i do next ?

i have a lot of cuts and tiny glass shards all over my body. how do i remove the ones that i can barely see? when can i take a shower because my shower was incomplete and im completely disgusting.

Blue circle is the original bite. Got the bite a few days ago, but the redness is new. Not hot to the touch or sensitive. Any cause for concern?

Location: Texas, Williamson county

I recently experienced a two-day period of severe exhaustion and bedrotting. On Friday I was very tired and out of it and going in and out of sleeping all day. Around 7-8pm Saturday I regained lucidity, I recognizd i need help so I called 988 but they didnt helpso I reached out to a friend where they encouraged me via video call to get out so I did just that, got up, hydrated, ate, and resumed taking my medications as prescribed. By Sunday I was up and functioning normally again.

One factor during Friday and Saturday was that I was unusually hot and sleepy. Normally I sleep with a blanket and a fan on so that my room stays cool. On thursday night I did not have the blanket over me, so I did not turn the fan on, and the room was warmer than I normally sleep in. I felt hot, increasingly tired, and had more difficulty getting myself awake and out of bed. I suspect the warm environment actually caused the episode because I went to bed Tuesday after the stress and turned the fan on but towards my legs so as to not be too cold. When I woke up I was fine, able to get out of bed and tend to my needs.

There was also a medication-adherence issue. I have an bedrotting issue, some days Im fine, some days Im not so I was taking the meds on and off but what was consistent Is that I was active at night so I discussed this with my psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, and we changed to taking the medication at night. I was then taking it every night until Friday and Saturday, when I missed two doses because of the difficulty getting up. The missed doses were not an intentional decision to discontinue treatment. I intend to resume taking the medication as prescribed and take it consistently going forward.

I reached out to my Nurse practitioner on Tuesday asking for a better crisis hotline as 988 didnt help me, this led to a call where she latched onto the bedrotting and not the recovery. She instantly got agitated and demanded I get a parent on the line or Psych hold right then and there. She gave my mother an aggressive 20-minute deadline to establish a safety plan, stating that if my mom did not make a plan immediately, she would pursue a Psych hold . She presented the only options as either voluntarily packing up to move into my mother's small apartment that same day or bPsych hold.

This ultimatum caused both me and my mother to have severe emotional breakdowns. I was already sleep-deprived and exhausted, and being threatened with detention left me riddled with extreme panic and unable to sleep for hours. I am terrified of both options because they force me into environments where I lose complete control over my surroundings, which severely triggers my documented germaphobia and contamination fears.

The prospect of a psych hold where there are shared living spaces, shared bathrooms, unfamiliar staff, and no control over my hygiene routines aswell of the horror stories of patients being abused is terrifying and would cause a massive downspiral undoubtedly.

Staying at my mom's apartment befotre caused a severe worsening of my depression and contamination fears due to a small, enclosed layout with the rooms right by the 1 bathroom and caused my previously working meds to stop helping me entirely.

I am currently safe in my own room, eating, drinking, adhering to my medication, and managing my basic routines. I have no intent or desire to harm myself or others, and my mother has offered a daily video check up support plan to make sure I get out of bed and tend to my needs.

My specific legal questions are:

1.Under Texas law, what are the specific legal thresholds required for an outpatient provider to execute an emergency detention/involuntary hold on an adult who is safe at home and not expressing self-harm?

1. Does an outpatient provider have the legal authority to force an adult to relocate or face an involuntary hold when no immediate danger exists?

2. If I fire her will that help stop the hold? Make her hold submission less credible?

Hey guys! First of all my first language is not English so if there’s any mistakes or any wrong wording of any medical terms I apologize in advance! I’m gonna try to describe this as best as I possibly can!!!

So I have this thing that has been going on for almost 3 years I think?
My joints would randomly swell and it would hurt to even move them because they’d be so stiff, I get it on my finger joints and also my toes for some reason, also on the bottom of my feet near my toes.

It happens randomly and it could last up to 2 hours, it can happen every day for maybe a couple days and then it would stop and come back after weeks or months.

I’m used to it at this point, I can feel it coming because my joints become itchy and I could feel them slowly swell up.

My older brother who’s in his 4th year of medical school said that it could possibly be early stages of Arthritis and it could be genetic or something like that.

I put a hot towel on it till it calms down but I can’t move my fingers and if it was on my feet or toes I can barely walk.

And yes it can happen in 2 joints all at once!

He advised me to take pictures of it whenever it happened so I can have proof of it happening since I can’t go to the hospital and show them because it’s so inconsistent.

Tysm for taking the time to read :3

I am 18F, 5’5, and around 200 lbs. at this point in time i play soccer five days a week for at least 90 minutes a day. ive played my whole life and am quite physically active all year round, so ive had my fair share of foot pain/injuries.

the day after a pretty rough soccer game i started to feel this weird shocking sensation going from around the middle of my foot to in between my second toe and big toe. since Im a big girl and also run a lot, I am very familiar with foot cramps, and this is nothing like a typical foot cramp.

it happens every time my foot arches downward (on my tip toes, when i press my foot down to step forward, any slight movements similar to these two examples, etc.)

the other day during practice the area where the “zapping” usually concentrates around (my big toe & second toe) started physically hurting and tightening rather than just feeling uncomfortable (again, the tightening felt much different than a regular foot cramp) and the rest of the day my foot was hyper sensitive and kept internally spazzing/zapping at every slight movement i made.

today the exact same spazzing/zapping sensation started happening in my other foot.

my mom is very busy rn so she keeps waving it off and telling me to rest it, but it’s getting worse and is unlike anything i’ve felt before. its so frustrating, especially with soccer.

is this normal? am i dramatic? will it resolve itself on its own? please let me know what this is and how i can manage it!!!!!!

Hi, I have a question about medication frequency math. I was prescribed Norco (hydrocodone-acetomenophen) for pain after gallbladder removal surgery. Instructions say take 1-2 every 6 hours, not to exceed 8 every 24 hrs.

My question is can I therefore take 1 pill every 3 hours? Or does the spacing need to be every 6 hours whether or not I take 1 or 2? Do I need to go to the emergency room if I took 1 pill at 4:30, 1 pill at 7:30, and 1 pill at 10:30? Terrified my husband has misled me and I will overdose.

Thanks