Aside From What Brought You Here What "Normal" Problems Do You Have?

[theoutsider]

Nothing serious here, guys. I just thought this would be interesting.

Aside from SA, I have sleep apnea (another SA...lol), am claustrophobic and allergic to pollen.

I'm supposed to be using some type of breathing device when I sleep for the sleep apnea but have been putting off getting it. I don't think my insurance will cover it fully.

What about you?

 

[Kiwong]

Haemochromatosis

 

[theoutsider]

Do you have to take medication for that?

And I admit, I had to look it up first.

 

[deleteduser50890]

Anemia, costochondritis, eye freckle, pmdd and possibly endometriosis.

 

[SCP-087-1]

Haemochromatosis

I had to learn about that for a genetics paper this year. We practiced genetic diagnostic tests and stuff.

Do you have to take medication for that?

People with Haemochromatosis can manage it with lifestyle changes. They are better at absorbing iron than the rest of us. It was advantages way back when only the rich people had access to meat and everyone else was mostly vegetarian. Iron in vegetables is harder to absorb than iron from meat. So people who could absorb iron from from vegetables better had an advantage and were less likely to get anemia. They can limit their iron intake or regularly bleed to lose iron.



As for me, I was born with nystagmus. In other words my eyes shake. My vision doesn't shake. Probably because I was born with it so my brain just adapted to what ever input it was given during development. Apparently people that get nystagmus later in life have their vision shake. If I'm tired or drunk it makes it worse.

This one time I was refused entry to a bar because I was "too drunk". I was the sober driver and hadn't touched a drop of booze. The bouncers reasoning was because my eyes were shaking. When normal people drink a lot it can cause nystagmus until they sober up

 

[Snaphance365]

Avoidance personality disorder, possibly borderline personality disorder (probably minor if I do have it) but I'm not sure about that one, arachnophobia, it used to be really severe but I've been getting better about spiders lately, thalassophobia, (the fear of open/ deep bodies of water/the ocean), which has actually been pretty bad as I had a panic attack from it while swimming and almost drowned, although staying out of deep/expansive water isn't too hard most of the time, ocpd, ocd, and I almost always need something to do with my hands, regardless of stress, so I often end up picking at my nails or sometimes the skin on my fingertips until the skin is so thin it hurts to touch anything with that finger.

 

[theoutsider]

Avoidance personality disorder, possibly borderline personality disorder (probably minor if I do have it) but I'm not sure about that one, arachnophobia, it used to be really severe but I've been getting better about spiders lately, thalassophobia, (the fear of open/ deep bodies of water/the ocean), which has actually been pretty bad as I had a panic attack from it while swimming and almost drowned, although staying out of deep/expansive water isn't too hard most of the time, ocpd, ocd, and I almost always need something to do with my hands, regardless of stress, so I often end up picking at my nails or sometimes the skin on my fingertips until the skin is so thin it hurts to touch anything with that finger.

That is very interesting about your fear of open bodies of water. I remember as a kid I would have recurring nightmares about a large, deserted swimming pool. There was nothing ominous going on it was just sitting there, much larger than a normal pool. For some reason this would terrify me. I remember dreaming once that the water was red instead of chlorinated blue. Probably not the same as thalassophobia because I never have had a fear of the ocean. I just always wondered what that was all about.

 

[theoutsider]

I had to learn about that for a genetics paper this year. We practiced genetic diagnostic tests and stuff.



People with Haemochromatosis can manage it with lifestyle changes. They are better at absorbing iron than the rest of us. It was advantages way back when only the rich people had access to meat and everyone else was mostly vegetarian. Iron in vegetables is harder to absorb than iron from meat. So people who could absorb iron from from vegetables better had an advantage and were less likely to get anemia. They can limit their iron intake or regularly bleed to lose iron.

As for me, I was born with nystagmus. In other words my eyes shake. My vision doesn't shake. Probably because I was born with it so my brain just adapted to what ever input it was given during development. Apparently people that get nystagmus later in life have their vision shake. If I'm tired or drunk it makes it worse.

This one time I was refused entry to a bar because I was "too drunk". I was the sober driver and hadn't touched a drop of booze. The bouncers reasoning was because my eyes were shaking. When normal people drink a lot it can cause nystagmus until they sober up

Wow, great information! See, all that research you did in school paid off. Thanks for letting me know!

 

[TheNomad]

Panic disorder, and occasional derealization attacks, which is the worst of my problems. I used to have OCD but I beat it. And I can't graduate from my uni, because I keep missing classes.

 

[HandsomeHans]

OCD and ADD but my anxiety meds are helping with the OCD part. No luck getting help with ADD as it was not diagnosed when I was a kid. Meh.

 

[theoutsider]

Oh yes. I forgot about my OCD although I kind of consider that a social disorder as well.

 

[dannyboy65]

I don't have very many physical problems, although I do have a lot of mental illness's. I have autism, depression, anxiety, bi polar, insomnia, and schizophrenia. I take 2 types of medication and have to take 3 pills each dose. I soon have to go in and get my doctor to give me a higher dose. My pills in the morning are used for depression and anxiety, and my night pills are used for the other illness's. My autism I kind of just learn how to fight on my own and accept it.

 

[Xervello]

Nothing serious here, guys. I just thought this would be interesting.

Aside from SA, I have sleep apnea (another SA...lol), am claustrophobic and allergic to pollen.

I'm supposed to be using some type of breathing device when I sleep for the sleep apnea but have been putting off getting it. I don't think my insurance will cover it fully.

What about you?

Claustrophobia has always fascinated me. How would you define your own? Is it the size of a given space that triggers it, or just any circumstance where you feel surrounded, smothered?

 

[theoutsider]

Claustrophobia has always fascinated me. How would you define your own? Is it the size of a given space that triggers it, or just any circumstance where you feel surrounded, smothered?

I define it as somewhat mild although I fear it may be getting worse. I don't like being in closed places (so much so that I don't even wish to be buried when I die). I'm okay in an elevator with just a few people but can't handle a crowded one. Pretty much anytime I feel closed in, I will start to feel panicky. Here's something that's just started within the last two years. I can't stand being sick because when I get sick, my nose usually gets stuffy. If I can't breath at all out of one nostril, I will start to feel claustrophobic, as if I'm smothering (even though I can usually breath just fine out of the other nostril or through my mouth). For that reason, I try very hard not to catch cold. Luckily, my allergies aren't severe enough to where my nose plugs up. It just caused my nose to run and much sneezing.