Steven Jones3 said:......and at the end of the day, who actually cares about diabetes info besides doctors and people living with it?
Well, the general public cares! For instance, everyone should be aware of the symptoms so they can spot them early and get to a doctor right away.
How can you even say you don't know what rustymoose54 is talking about? Maybe she works in a field similar to medicine, so she naturally knows more about the condition. Even if she doesn't, there's absolutely nothing stopping anyone from looking up information on a disease. She might even have someone close to her dealing with it, so of course she'd want to understand the details better...
Mark Barrett95 said:Extrapyramidal disorders? I’d be super grateful if anyone could shed some light on this. I don't need a textbook definition—I pretty much get the gist—but I'm looking for indicators, why they happen, how to manage them, what the consequences are, and so on...
Also, just a general question: what exactly are those electrochemical processes happening in the brain?
I'm asking this totally sincerely, because knowing my own history, if I asked any psychiatrist this, they'd probably try to commit me to a mental hospital immediately.
Look, your questions are totally valid. But man, the answers could go on forever. My best advice? Hit up Google or head down to your local library. Look for a book called Poeck: neurology. You'll find plenty of info there regarding extrapyramidal syndromes. If you want to dive deeper into how the brain actually functions (including all those electrochemical processes), check out Guyton: physiology. Those electrochemical processes are basically the foundation for signal transmission between cells in the nervous system—without them, there's no life, no muscle contraction, no information transfer at all. To make that signaling work, you need substances we call neurotransmitters (one of which is dopamine, which plays a huge role in extrapyramidal disorders). Basically, it's all about electricity... 🙂
Both books are pretty straightforward and easy enough to follow. One of the most well-known examples of an extrapyramidal syndrome is Parkinson's disease (that's what you'll see if you search on Google).
I mean, they probably did something to cause those high blood sugar readings in the first place. The guy was just trying to get some extra clarity on the situation...
Sometimes, it all stems from psychological factors, like dealing with a sudden panic attack. But other times, you might be looking at an actual organic issue.
If you’re experiencing any of these symptoms, you really ought to check in with your primary care physician to get an EKG and run whatever other diagnostic tests are necessary.
I deal with extra systoles myself from time to time, even though my heart health is perfectly fine. It feels like my heart just skips a beat or does two or three rapid-fire contractions right after one another...
Poor 😢 They gave me anesthesia by poking me in three or four different spots on my finger, and then the surgeon just sat there waiting for it to kick in. He kept asking me to try lifting my finger, and he wouldn't even start poking around near my nail until he was absolutely certain I couldn't feel a single thing...
I honestly don't get what people are complaining about. I went into the minor surgery suite (not at the big city hospital), and everything was perfectly sterile—not a single bloodstain in sight. The doctor and the nurse were decked out in those standard green scrubs, masks, gloves, and all the necessary gear. I didn't even have to strip down; I just laid down, and they covered me up with sterile sheets. Thankfully, it never crossed my mind to actually look down at my hand to see exactly what they were doing. There weren't any weird noises either, so between that and the anesthesia, you don't feel a thing.
So, I actually had a slightly different experience with this. It was my fingernail on my right ring finger that ended up being pulled. Something weird started happening with it—first it turned yellowish, then it began peeling away, and eventually, it was barely hanging onto the finger at all. My surgeon, who happens to be a family friend, told me it really needed to be pulled out completely just to give the healthy nail enough room to grow back straight and looking good.
It wasn't painful, though the local anesthetic they inject into the finger is a bit gross, and there’s definitely a creepy cracking sound when he pulls it. Also, once the numbness wears off, it hurts quite a bit if you accidentally bump the spot through the bandage. My nail grew back in about three or four weeks, and I just wore the wrap for a few days. To be fair, dealing with a hand is a totally different story since it doesn't have to fit inside a shoe... 😁 Plus, it actually worked out well for me because I was already at that stage where I couldn't practice the piano anyway, so I had the perfect excuse! 😁
Stovall, I’ll be moving into phase two of my weight loss plan pretty soon. The initial bulk I wanted to shed is officially gone, though if I'm being honest—I think I still have a little ways to go. But for right now, I'm sticking to the plan and maintaining where I am...
Yeah, colored contact lenses definitely exist. And no, they aren't going to ruin your eyesight. As long as you wear them properly and don't have any medical reasons to avoid them—meaning your eyes need to be healthy and free of infections or anything like that—you should be fine.
Personally, if I were looking into any kind of contacts, I'd head straight to an eye doctor first just to make sure everything is okay with my vision. That’s exactly what I did before I started wearing mine.
The price really depends on what you're looking for. You can find basic ones for around $133, but custom-made ones are way more expensive. Plus, there's a huge variety out there; some just change your eye color, while others have patterns like flowers or different designs. Then you've got the extreme stuff, like bright pink ones or even cat-eye styles.
You should do a little digging online. A few months ago, I stumbled upon this really detailed website from a big-name US optical chain that had tons of info on colored lenses along with photos...
There’s already been plenty of deep dives into the whole E-C-A thing, so maybe take a quick look through the old threads instead of starting a new one and repeating the same stuff...
Honestly, comparing Mescaline Phenethylamine to ecstasy feels like a total insult to the cactus. They just aren't even in the same league.
While most people associate it with Peyote, you can actually find it in several other species like Lophophora williamsii, Trichocereus pachanoi, or Trichocereus peruvianus. Classic literature covers this pretty well—you’ve got Aldous Huxley diving into it in Perception Gate, and then there's Carlos Castaneda and his whole series centered around Juan Matus.
That said, if someone is looking for those kinds of experiences, you don't necessarily need to track down a specific cactus; there are plenty of plants growing right here in the States that can get the job done. But man, playing around with stuff like Datura or Fly Agaric is incredibly dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. You never truly know the concentration of the active compounds in a wild plant... one bad dose and you're heading straight to the ER with kidney or liver failure.
But honestly? It all seems a bit pointless to me. I feel like you should be able to reach those states without needing any drugs at all...
I'm sending my Social Security number over just for you 😁 (Look, if you're really that obsessed, I could probably dig up my home address and cell number too. What else do you want? Since you've been tracking my every move on this forum, you already know all my business...)
Honestly, I live by this motto: Get a life!
Oh, and about that... you see, I've actually studied empathy from three different academic perspectives during my time in college. It’s funny how much the whole concept—and how people interpret it—can shift depending on which professor you have or even which field of study you're looking at.
The most recent way I learned about it was along these lines:
"Carl Rogers introduced a new technical meaning for the term “empathy,” using it to describe a particular skill and style of reflective listening (Rogers 1957, 1959).
In this style, the therapist listens carefully to what the client is saying, then reflects it back to the client, often in a slightly modified or reframed form.
Acknowledgment of the client’s expressed or implicit feeling state may also be included. This way of responding offers a number of advantages:
(1) it is unlikely to evoke client resistance,
(2) it encourages the client to keep talking and exploring the topic,
(3) it communicates respect and caring and builds a working therapeutic alliance,
(4) it clarifies for the therapist exactly what the client means, and
(5) it can be used to reinforce ideas expressed by the client.
This last characteristic is an important one.
You can reflect quite selectively, choosing to reinforce certain components of what the client has said and ignoring others.
In this way, clients not only hear themselves saying a self-motivational statement, but also hear you saying that they said it.
This style of responding is likely to encourage the client to elaborate the reflected statement" http://edtech.tennessee.edu/~dpatter...%20Empathy.htm
Wait, Casey Palmer5, what kind of wind builds a wall? 😉 Instead of building a wall, maybe it’s better to just feel things—to let them pass through you, like a breeze. That way, you keep that wonderful sense of empathy without getting weighed down by all those heavy, accumulated emotions...
You took the words right out of my mouth. That's exactly how I operate—I just let everything 🙂)) I didn't quite nail the whole "wall" metaphor earlier. And honestly, I wouldn't have even thought of the wind thing. Some things are just so obvious you don't even realize they're happening.
As for the empathy part, we clearly see things differently. And hey, that's fine, everyone's entitled to their own take. I was just sharing what they hammered into us back in college. They spent an entire year drilling us on empathy, clinical psychology, and communication skills.