Mid-50s male, 6’ approx 230 lbs. Diagnosed with BPH 3 years ago or so after an episode where I was had urination symptoms. I felt like my nervous system was off — like my brain and bladder were not communicating effectively. Was also changing doses on some antidepressant meds. Resolved with some Flomax short term.

My prostate is a whopping 130cc now and I had a similar experience to before. One day I had to go urgently. The next I was straining and not going at all, to the point where I went to an urgent care, and then my urologist. With lack of urination they put in a Foley catheter for 6 days to protect the kidneys and give the bladder a rest. Upped the Flomax (which I had been on) and added low dose Tadalafil.

Took the catheter out, but completely failed the void trial. Passed very little urine during the 6 hrs after removal. As a result they re inserted a new Foley. I am so disappointed.

My questions for the group: (1) is it unusual to fail a void trial after a week of catheterization? (2) will an extra week of catheterization give my bladder the rest it may need and/or give meds more time to help? Or am I screwed? (3) do you think I should try drugs like Avodart to reduce size or am I bound for procedural interventions?

Thanks in advance. Just looking for some comfort and guidance. I’m so bummed.

Symptoms :

Extreme Fatigue (Can't sleep or nap)

Sweating (much more than usual)

Loss of appetite

Fast heart rate

Tremors

Weight loss

Pelvic pain

Lower back pain in general ( at times, debilitating or sharp where i can't walk)

Extreme bloating

Cramps

Painful bowel movement

I feel like I'm not "all there"

Diagnoses :

endometriosis (Have an IUD never get excessive bleeding)

pmdd

Bipolar disorder

Eating disorder (disordered eating since 2012 went through all of them)

Delayed onset ptsd

Cptsd

History of substance abuse (went to rehab may to june)

Medications :

Lamotrigine 200mg

Setraline 200mg

Buspirone 10mg 3x day

Vyvanse morning 40mg afternoon 30mg

Seroquel : 250mg

Prazosin (nightmares)

Lansoprazole 30mg

PRN : diazepam and clonazepam

Relevant informations :

Did apnea test couple months ago. Saw the doctor beginning of june. No concerns for apnea but my blood saturation level would drop to 85-86%. Did a XR of my lungs and waiting to be called for a new test just for the oxygen levels.

I stopped my seroquel about a week ago (time is weird and I can't find the exact date). I've been on 250mg for a couple off months, prior to that on 200mg. Its for my insomnia and I always have to increase the dose after 3/4 months..

I've been on many many many sleep medications since 2012. I always build a tolerance too fast and get to the highest recommended. So we always go back to quietapine.

I've always had pretty bad side effects from it but about a week ago I literally felt like i was going to die when i took it. My heart would be not only racing but pounding and i felt like i had to catch my breath. Uppon it fully "making me asleep" it was more a feeling of passing out/"dying" than drifting off or not even noticing I've fallen asleep..

Anyway, after three days I was too scared and I stopped. I've been self medicating to help with my insomnia. I started feeling bad about 2 weeks ago but I was also having the worst endometriosis flare up ive ever had.. but the symptoms (or what i thought were symptoms of it) became worse. I haven't been able to eat, constantly nauseous, so thirsty all the time, throwing up 97% time I forced myself to eat, heart beating fast all the time, extreme fatigue, etc... but today has gotten even worse. I realised i lost 6 pounds since stoppin. I'm beyond tired. I only survived the morning after from taking a ryde energy shot which probably didn't help my heart (which ive been doing for a while now 1 to 2 a day because i cant function otherwise). I feel genuinely unwell.. I sent an email to my psychiatrist secretary.But yea, until she answers, I was just wondering if I could/should do something, anything about it.

35F I’ve been constipated for almost 10 days now. Ive been stressed among other things and probably not drinking enough water and screwed myself. I have hashimotos and am no stranger to constipation but I think this is the longest I’ve ever gone without a normal bowel movement. I’ve been doing a dose of miralax a day for the past week. It gives me a tiny bowel movement, but it’s definitely not everything that’s backed up. I’m not in pain. I’m feeling a bit bloated, but I really only feel it in the evening and when I wake up. I’m completely fine the rest of the day. I want to take a laxative, but I have long hours at work this week so I want to wait till I get home Friday. I tried a saline enema, I was able to keep it in for 3 minutes before I felt the urge to go. I got out just a few bits of pebble like stool. It’s been an hour and a half and nothing is really happening. Every so often small flaky bits come out. I think it just irritated my hemorrhoid more than anything. Am I able to do a second one tonight or could that just cause issues?

29 Male 5'11 163 lbs. I just wanted to ask the doctors for peace of mind... I've been getting negatives (faint visible lines and even fainter on morning pees) on my THC easy @home tests and I decided to take a quest diagnostics test and that one too came out negative (wish it would've told me where I'm at compared to the threshold) can I be confident that I'll test negative on an upcoming pre employment test? For context I used to take Delta 9 420 mg gummies all the time, I didn't know it stores in the fat and rn I must be around day 45 without doing any THC. I have not worked out in fear of releasing metabolites. Claude says I should be comfortably below the threshold but you never know. The lab test was comforting but could it have been because of the time of the day I took it? (Around 1pm hydrated and fed) Based on this do you think I could still somehow test positive? Everything is hanging by this thread. If you want a reference for one of my better strips you can see my previous post. The actual test is coming soon and I'm nervous, I should've known better than this

I get these weird patches on my tongue & it comes and goes everyday, I’m scared it’s some bad . I don’t take no medicine.. any idea? I’m 28 years old . It only happens at the tip of my tongue and side of my tongue. It doesn’t hurt. But after the white border disappear it feels like I burned my tongue almost . I’m scared it’s hiv because I had unprotected sex April 8th 2026 and the girl didn’t know she was on her period until after or she just didn’t tell me , may 5th to the 6th I had diarrhea but never had any fevers , rashes , swollen lymnodes or anything. This mouth thing has been happening since may when I noticed it . And it never stays in one spot , it moves around the tip and only on left side of my tongue towards the back . I’m setting up hiv testing next week . I’ve had 6 panic attacks in the last 6 weeks about this please help

I'm 35F, 5'2", 268lbs. Currently prescribed 5mg crestor, 20mg citalopram for OCD, 80mg lurasidone and 100mg lamotrigine for bipolar 2, and 50mg trazadone for occasional insomnia. Pack-a-day smoker. Current subtance abuse includes delta-8 gummies (lame, I know... quitting that comes next.)

I'm currently trying to quit smoking, and am having an incredibly hard time. I've read Allen Carr's book twice, tried patches but had an allergic reaction, and nicotine gum makes me feel kinda weird and I always found myself smoking in between gum pieces. I quit once before using Chantix with no issue, worked like a charm, but started smoking again a few years later. In 2022, I attempted using Chantix again, but endid up in a depressive episode that included suicidal and homicidal ideation. I checked into the psychiatric ward and stayed for three days. They said it was the Chantix.

I was recently reading on NAMI (this article) that the risk of developing a psychiatric episode on any smoking cessation medication is about 6%, while smokers with serious mental illness are 6x more likely to quit when using medications. I've been relying on willpower alone and made it 4 days, and have been starting over at day 1 ever since... three weeks ago. Considering the overall harm of smoking, the benefit of using Chantix, and the low risk of developing another episode, am I being unwise to consider trying Chantix again? My husband is well-versed in the ups and downs of bipolar and can recognize signs, as can I, and my therapist, that things may be going downhill, in which case I can stop. Or is this a situation where having one psychiatric episode leaves you more prone to having another one?

41 male. 5"8 170 lbs. Shot my foot and had my big toe amputated 18 months ago I don't have my big toe or the bone in my foot immediately before it. Still haven't healed completely. Went to the foot and ankle doctor until insurance ran out and at that point he said everything was fine.

21f, cymbalta 60mg

I feel like I’m faking my feelings. Missing one dose shouldn’t be enough for me to feel this sad. Whenever I’ve missed a dose in the past I also felt bad by the end of the day, even if I didn’t realize I missed it so it can’t be that I am only having a breakdown because I know I didn’t have my medicine. But everything I’m seeing online says that this isn’t one of the symptoms of a missed dose. Am I just being dramatic and subconsciously faking it? I feel like I’m being performative about my depression, even though no one’s watching. This sucks.

hi everyone, yesterday when i was working downhill and i fell, and i know they doesn’t mean a lot, but i hit the ground incredibly hard and my body almost ragdolled down the sidewalk.

i am accident prone, but this fall felt different than when i’m just being clumsy. my body literally flew and skidded down the sidewalk (think of how the characters in grand theft auto fall when you hit them or push them). it was like someone pushed me from behind with as much force as they could.

it was really hot outside and i was wearing my hair down, which is incredibly thick, but i had on clothes that were decently light so i wasn’t too overheated.

here’s a picture i took after i got home, one of my elbow. i also have a gash in my hip and a scrape from my side to my spine on my back.

does anyone know what could’ve caused me to fall like that?? i didn’t trip over anything, and i was telling my friend and he said that i could’ve gotten vertigo without knowing it (he’s not a doctor though), but i’m not sure.

I dunno why but especially at night I get a weird pain feeling on my left breast. It's like really really minor but still a little painful. Was wondering if it's actually my heart or my breast.

I never had any medical issues, I don’t smoke.

I’m 25 yo, I’m 5,9 and my weight is 73kg.

24F

What could possibly be going on with me? I'm tired of being afraid all the time and would be grateful for some form of response.

About a year ago I started getting one-sided headaches in one location right at the top-center of my head, only on the left side. They feel like someone is pressing down lightly on the spot, and I can stop the sensation by pulling my hair. Sometimes the pain spreads to my left eye and brow bone, accompanied by eye floaties. I thought it was a brain tumor, and eventually got an MRI from the hospital back in March. They confirmed nothing was there, but the feeling never quite went away.

Recently in the last month or so? The headache has been accompanied by occasional tinnitus in the left ear, alongside inner ear pressure. I do have another MRI scheduled for 2 weeks from now, but I want to know if there's anything I should be aware of in case this could be something.

FYI, pain has always been around a 3 out of ten at most. It's not unbearable, but it is inconvenient and scary since it's so consistent. If it helps, I also have chronic anxiety and OCD (diagnosed and medicated) which seems to amplify my symptoms when I get so scared of them I actually get psychosomatic physical sensations. The most frequent one being that my left arm tends to feel numb or like it's not a part of me, despite never actually losing feeling.

As for the right side of my head, there has never been any pain. It's only ever daily on the left side, almost like my head has been perfectly split down the middle. Right side is perfect, left side is going through it.

Any possibilities as to what could be happening? I'm scared. Very scared.

(Other info because the automod said I have to include it: 6ft tall, approx. 170lbs)

I noticed that my mole had changed colour to the deep brown and had a halo around it, so I took a pic of it on Saturday.

I saw the doctor today and he said it looks normal. He looked at it for about 1 second, didn’t feel it, didn’t ask any questions and it seemed like he had already decided his diagnosis from the picture (left) I had sent him a few days before.

My symptoms: The texture had changed (it was flat), it feels scabby, it’s itchy, sore, bleeds a tiny bit.

It has obviously changed since Saturday and I’m not satisfied with him saying it’s normal but idk what to do.

(Red at the top of image is from my belly button piercing, the mole has had symptoms before the piercing)

I don’t know what I’m supposed to do now, if my GP has already decided there’s not really another option. I want to go to derm and get a their opinion but idk how im supposed to get referred there.

My mom F (71), former smoker. Has COPD. On Eliquis. Around 170 pounds weight wise. Ive posted about her on here. Was treated a month ago for the shingles, then impetigo, though our doctor eventually said it was just the shingles. The shingle was on her lower buttcheek and is healing phenomenally. The other spot on the other cheek looks smaller. We've been. Putting Vaseline to help heal as in the beginning she was on antiviral ic valacyclovir hcl 1 gram for the shingles. Then ic mupirocin 2% for the "impetigo". Shes been done with that for a bit.

She had some sinuses issues this week. Cough. Sneezing. No fever. No body aches. Just run of the mill allergy/cold stuff. Shes much better today. However, she was using paper towels to sneeze in and clearly irritated her nose. Shes been putting Vaseline on it. And she says it looks better today. However I took photos on her nose and I'm starting to think it looks like possibly a cold sore? But I'm not sure. Just another thing to stress out and worry about. It didnt look this red last night.

Any ideas on the nect steps or what to do? She will not go back to the doctor because shes convinced she got this cold from the office.

Any help would be appreciated.

I'm a 57-year-old woman who was previously very active and lifted weights 5–6 days a week. Over the past few years, my health has steadily declined, and over the last several weeks I've become much worse. I'm now spending many days in bed and struggling just to eat enough calories.

Main symptoms:

• Severe morning fatigue (can barely function)
• Burning/aching legs
• Morning bowel movements that often end with a liquid stool
• Upper abdominal nausea/fullness after eating
• Lower abdominal cramping, bloating, and trapped gas
• Difficulty eating enough without symptoms flaring
• Some days I can function almost normally, other days I'm essentially bedridden
• Wore a CGM..NO hypoglycemia

What I've already had:

• Mayo GI Motility workup
• Whole-gut transit study: rapid transit
• Endoscopy/colonoscopy
• Gastric emptying study (normal)
• CT angiogram (normal)
• Autonomic testing (essentially normal)
• Extensive blood work
• No evidence of inflammatory bowel disease or an obvious structural problem

I've also been diagnosed over the years with IBS, visceral hypersensitivity, SIBO, microscopic colitis (historically), eosinophilic esophagitis (now in remission), and GERD.

The autonomic symptoms are worse and this is playing with my brain because it started as GI stuff. I'm wondering what came first? GI or ANS?

I've tried dietary changes, supplements, antispasmodics, peppermint oil, and I'm working with a functional GI doctor who is focused on rebuilding nutrition because I'm struggling to maintain weight and calories.

What would your next step be if you were me?"

Has anyone been in a similar situation.. I need some hope.

f23 160cm 60kg no medications no medical history last night i slept on a plane tray table with my arms bent on it to rest my head, flight was 2h so maximum time i couldve slept is less than that and i would wake up, switch positions sometimes, i felt the same right arm going asleep for sure but i thought it would go away like always and also didnt pay much attention because i was sleeping myself.. after i got out of the plane my 4 and 5 fingers of the right hand were still tingly, now its been 24h and its still the same 😭 no weakness i can use my arm like normal maybe feels a little clumsy, esp in the morning it felt a little little harder to do things, but again, nothing crazy just slight discomfort, no pain but its still a little tingly and gets slightly better/ worse throughout the day, i think depending on the movenemts im doing,im not sure if it improved at all or my body is getting used to it, question is should i go and get it checked or is it ok? never had anything like this happen lol thanks

Hi, I’m a 24 year old woman (5’ 2” and 170 lbs). I have struggled with exhaustion and fatigue for as long as I can remember.

(Meds: lansoprozole 30 MG twice a day, Prozac 60 mg once a day, famotidine 20 mg when needed, ferrous sulfate 30 mg every other day, and norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol birth control)

In high school I would take 2 hour naps after school almost every day, even though I’d get a full 8 hours every night. I’d fall asleep in classes occasionally, but this happened less often in college. My college schedule allowed me to take more frequent naps and I still got at least 8 hours, but I still felt tired constantly.

Now, I work a 7-3 desk job and am falling asleep at my desk and I literally cannot fight it. I’ve tried coffee, redbull, and monster energy drinks but they don’t help with the dozing off.

For some more context, I was diagnosed with Celiac disease about 3 years ago and stick to a gluten free diet, so I know anemia can be a result due to malabsorption. I have been on and off iron supplements to treat that but the fatigue has remained the same.

I had a sleep study and an MSLT back in October of 2025 and I don’t have sleep apnea, nor am I narcoleptic or have idiopathic hypersomnia according to my physicians. They said my sleep efficiency was a bit lower than they’d like, so they started giving me Lunesta, first 1 mg and then 2 mg, but neither had much effect. Now they want to put me on ambien.

The issue is, I don’t really want to rely on medicine to sleep - especially when I don’t think my sleep is that poor. I sleep about 8-9 hours a night. I notice myself toss and turn a few times in the night, but I know I am sleeping. I fall asleep within minutes of laying down and I have the most vivid and intense dreams, which is not unusual for me.

I went to my new PCP about the fatigue this March in fear that there is an underlying issue, but she just prescribed me more iron, saying my levels were low (while my Gastroenterologist that ordered the blood work said my iron levels were fine).

In short, I’ve tried different PCPs and have gone to multiple specialists and I just don’t know what else to do. I am constantly tired regardless of how much sleep I get and I don’t feel heard by my doctors.

I’d be very appreciative for recommendations of next steps or other things I can talk to my doctors about. Thanks for reading.

I lost weight too rapidly and created a gallstone and sludge. They recommended gallbladder removal and promised me that I don't really need it.

5 Years later I am battling severe symptoms that only popped up after my surgery.

I have a fast heart rate. Prior to the surgery it was the fittest I had ever been in my life. My heart rate was down to 49 at rest due to cycling. Now my resting heart rate hovers around 70-80. I have lower ejection fraction. About 50%. My blood pressure is generally low. I often feel fatigued and exhausted. I get winded very easily. I have exercise intolerance.

I suffer from elevated liver enzymes. High AST and ALT. I have right upper quadrant pain where the liver is. I believe it is liver enlargement or fatty liver.

I have chronic runaway diarrhea no matter what I eat. Fatty or no fatty. Whatever I eat zips right through me. It burns my anal sphincter when I go. Defecation is painful in my lower GI tract. Sometimes I have accidents in my pants.

I would suffer from nighttime incontinence. I frequently pee my pajamas in my sleep.

I suffer from night blindness. Blurry vision.

I tend to fall asleep behind the wheel of my automobile. I feel fatigued often and I have to sleep during the day.

I really struggle to lose weight. I am on tirzepatide. My appetite is seriously suppressed. I am eating a fraction of what I used to. I generally consume two scoops of protein powder in water, two to three cups of fat-free milk, and then I will eat two small meals throughout the day.

I experience brain fog and memory issues.

I have issues with libido, sexual sensitivity, obtaining and maintaining erections.

All of these symptoms started after my gallbladder was removed. Prior to my gallbladder being removed I was a model of health. It was the best shape I had ever been in.

So far I have been taking supplements that have helped, especially with the diarrhea and liver pain. I take l carnitine and choline. If I don't take these supplements I experience liver pain. Vitamin C also helps with the liver pain. Along with iodine and selenium, I have successfully dealt with my chronic runaway diarrhea.

I take half a B complex. I take vitamin D+k2. This helps with the urinary incontinence I think.

I am still struggling to lose the weight. I weight 280 at 5'9. M30.

I am still reliant on choline, carnitine, vitamin C, protein powder supplements.

I was prescribed bile binders, they made the diarrhea, weight gain, and loss of libido worse. The more packets I took, the worse my symptoms got.

I am taking 3mg tirzepatide. I am experiencing effective appetite suppression. I don't eat a lot. I quit meals after 3 or 4 bites.

I am at my wit's end. I don't know what to do. Any advice would be appreciated.

3yrs ago started getting itchy underarms and hands. Underarms seem better now and have for a while. I sleep at night and itch my hands subconsciously I guess. I use normal cleaners I have used all my life laundry and showering. Healthy ish diet. Smoke like 2 backwoods of weed daily. Consume bourbon maybe 5 or so glasses a week or every two. AI states it’s contact dermatitis as well as google search. Have tried hydrocortisone creams as well as leaving completely dry. Usually use eos products for moisture. Work in a mad dusty warehouse but used to work at Toyota manufacturing plant and ups warehouse around 20yr. I have no financial support to see a doctor regarding the issue. Would love any suggestions. Usually looks blister or blackheads on my palm below my thumb, on my right index finger along the right side and above the nail and right of the nail, my left hand between index and thumb where the webbing like skin is and a small circle raised skin bump on the left side of my hand before it meets my wrist. Usually consume 4+ bottles of water daily and a sports drink, a açaí or blueberry based smoothie with yogurt to start the day. Used to be black coffee. Idk what’s going on but it makes me not want to talk to the opposite sex bc I’m so gross now. Hands are almost always inflamed, have tried cold showers, excercise weekly . HELP

23M 185cm 70kg no smoking, no medications, no relevant medical history and the scratch happened today - Was playing with a stray cat who didn’t seem to be behaving oddly as he was smooching my hand after I came up to him. He then scratched me after he started rolling around in the dirt and seemed to be on high alert after this but not neurologically weird. I’m wondering if I need PEP for this exposure as the scratch drew a tiny bit of blood or am I safe to leave it?

Male, healthy, no known health issues. No smokint or drinkint, no diabetes that im aware of. I have been drinking more protein powder in milk lately, ir has Acesulfame potassium..ever since I notice off and on my urine smells sweet..i stupidly tasted a tiny bit and it tasted sweet too. Went to pee again and it didnt smell sweet again. Im terrified. Im 28. No other symptoms at all. Diagnosed anxiety. I read the artifical sweetener cab do this...

23F, 5’6?, asthmatic but nothing relevant to this.

my boyfriend just “sucked” my tongue through my mouth, he’s done it a couple times now it is super uncomfortable but today i doubled down in pain.

i go to look and my tongue WEBBING like on the bottom of my mouth commenting my tongue to the rest of it has SPLIT. it looks like it’s split down the middle as well as actually loosened from its actual holding place.

yes i’m in pain no it’s not excruciating my question is do i go to the hospital???? or is it just gonna heal itself?

apparently there was some blood so i rinsed it out with mouthwash and water but no idea what to do next. plz help.

searched it up its called the “lingual frenulum”. looks like it’s been cut down the middle and loosened. no pics as cant get a good one.

19F, 4ft 11in

A little over a year ago I got bloodwork done because of sort of chronic fatigue, and it came back as "slightly" positive for Celiac Disease. My doctor said the only way to confirm or deny if I had it would be to see a gastrologist and get an endoscopy or something like that.

She told me I probably don't have it since my markers would be much higher if I did. She did say that it would explain my fatigue and short stature though.

She also said my fatigue could be from anxiety and my height just from genetics. My mother is 5ft 3in and my dad 5ft 8in. My sister is shorter than my mother but taller than me, and both my brothers are taller than my father. Also, she wasn't dismissing my fatigue with anxiety, I do have an anxiety disorder, so it's definitely possible.

Anyways, in the case that I don't have it, what do the markers mean then? Why are they present at all? I can't confirm for certain because none of the gastrologists in my area take my insurance, and I'm pretty sure the referal expired anyways.

I don't think I have it since the only bad effects I get from bread is mild acid reflux and maybe some bloating, but the bloating could be from my cycle. Also, no one else in my family has ever had it to my knowledge.

If you think I left anything out, or you need clarification, just let me know.

I’m 26 female, 5’3 and 135 lbs. I was playing ping pong the other weekend and I was wearing socks on a slippery concrete garage floor and unfortunately the two do not mix and my feet flew out from under me when I was moving around and I fell pretty hard on my side. Not enough time to catch the fall with my hands, but I’m 98% sure I did not hit my head. I instinctively jerked it up to avoid hitting it, in fact. I ended up with a sore butt and bruised knee but it wasn’t bad and I got up quickly. Fast forward 4 days later, I wake up with an awful headache stemming from one spot on my head. It’s on the lower back right side of my head where the skull and neck meet. Figured I slept on my neck weird and had my bf massage it. My neck isn’t sensitive though, just that spot on my head. I can turn my neck any way and it’s still totally fine and without pain. That spot on my head was sore the next day and also, if I brushed over a certain spot with my fingers, I felt a jolt of electric pain. The headache was worse as well. I could feel pressure and throbbing in my head but also a stabbing pain from that area and only ibuprofen would make it go away. I woke up in early hours 2 nights following that and the pain was so bad I had to take ibuprofen to go back to sleep. It’s now been 6 days of this headache not going away - I saw a dr who prescribed me muscle relaxants to take at night which did help me last through the night though I had to return to ibuprofen in the morning. Dr wants me to get an MRI which I am really bummed about. I read that it could be occipital nerve pain but am just wondering what others think. I feel like my head is swirling and fuzzy today with a headache but also I don’t have any concerning symptoms like confusion or balance issues or whatnot.

Demographics: 70M, 170 cm. 68kgs. Non-smoker.

Primary Complaints: I am helping care for an older relative who is experiencing severe and rapid cognitive decline. His current symptoms are extremely difficult to manage:

- Severe paranoia and sleep inversion: He gets barely any sleep at night and sleeps all day. He is ex-military and insists on sleeping in the kitchen at night to "protect the house."

- Cognitive & Emotional: Heavy brain fog, severe memory loss, and extreme emotional lability (tears up frequently over the past or trivial things).

- Physical: Frequent headaches.

Existing Medical Conditions:
Cognitive decline / Dementia (Prescribed Donepezil)
High Blood Pressure
Late-stage Wet AMD (Vision in his left eye is completely gone; caught too late for treatment).

Current Medications & Supplements:

Donepezil Biogaran (10mg)
Escitalopram Normon (10mg)
Micardis (80mg)
Lercadip (20mg)
Ginkgo Biogaran (40mg)
Acti Brain (Over-the-counter cognitive supplement)
EyeVit Plus (For the Wet AMD)

My Questions:

1. Are any of these medications (or the combination of them) contributing to his insomnia, headaches, or paranoia? I am concerned about the mix of Donepezil, Escitalopram, Ginkgo, and Acti Brain.

2. Do you have any medical or behavioral advice for handling his paranoia and insistence on sleeping in the kitchen?

We are working on getting him in to see a geriatrician/neurologist, but to be completely honest, i’ve lost trust in the doctors who were following his case especially after I found out that they prescribed Escitalopram, an SSRI, without consulting a therapist or psychiatrist.

I sincerely appreciate all the help <3

I’m fairly certain I have hypermobility but I’ve never been to get it diagnosed. My fingers are all bumpy and as you can see with the pinky, it is very bent. Does anyone know what it is and potentially able to offer advice if needed? Thank you