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First of all, I am sorry that you have to go trough all this. An adverse event caused by any medical intervention just sucks, especially if the direct benefit of such internvetion is propably miniscule in young patients. You have to realize that you are an outlier in this case, since close to 100% of vacc-recipients do not encounter any long term side effects after getting the jab. How would I know? Well, I have personally vaccinated myriads of patients in the last year, none of which reported any crazy adverse events besides the usual stuff (pain, fever, headaches..). The hospital I work at is also one of the main centres who work with long covid/vaccine-injury patients. We just dont see our clinic getting overrun by vaccinated zombies. The only unit that struggles is our critical care unit because of the 90% unvaccinated patients that rely on intensive medical procedures to survive. This goes hand in hand with the available data and is consistent with the anecdotal evidence of first line heatlh workers around the globe. Every medical intervention is at its core a risk/benefit calculation. Any intervention that is enforced on a global level will reveal even the slightest signal. So far, we have adminstered more than 8 billion doses of the vaccine - so any side effect that can happen will happen. Neither Leo, nor your body or your favorite vaccination-conspiracy can tell how you are gointo react to it beforehand. Its basically Schrödingers-vaccination where the subject survives 99,999% of the time. The same goes for the covid-19 disease. You could be a healthy, 20 year old with zero medical conditions and the virus could still fuck up your lungs irreversibly. Its rare, but it happens and I have seen it happening. I have witnessed a healthy 29 year old dying from Covid - unvaccinated. See, there is no certainty in anything - especially when it comes to complex and chaotic systems. Our minds of course, try to to cling onto every piece of illusory certainty there is - and thats where all the anti-vaxx nonsense comes in. All we have is propability and the informed decisions we could base on that proxy. Myocarditis/Pericarditis is a well known side effect of the mRNA-Vaccines and depending on what statistic you look like, its incidence is about 1 in 10.000-20.000 (with Moderna). Pfizer comes with a significantly lower chance of developing such events. The reason behind that is propably the lower dose of actual mRNA in the drug. Each shot of Pfizer contains 30 micrograms of mRNA, while each one of Moderna contains 100. Moderna comes with a slightly better outcome regarding hospitalization and death. I would not recommend any person below the age of 30 to get the Moderna shot. The risk/reward equation is tilted into the wrong direction in my opinion. If you are below 30, have comorbidities or risk factors and the Moderna shot is the only one available - take it. Otherwise, everyone between 15 & 30 should get Pfizer and thats propably better than not getting it at all. Everyone above 30 should get any shot available + boosters, regardless of comorbidities or risk factors. I do not necessarily recommend the vaccination below the age of 15. There is a new preprint regarding Covid-risk in children, which is pretty clear on that issue IMO: 38669115 (medrxiv.org) Its not true that Sweden banned mRNA-Vaccines in general, they stopped vaccinating the young (<30) with Moderna and thats a completely rational decision (as mentioned above). Pfizer (which is a mRNA vacc. as well) is still the go-to option for everyone. As you can see, there are systems in place that look at global events regarding vaccination and their adverse effects. We saw the smoking pistol in the vector-based agents (Astrazeneca, J&J..) with the thrombogenic effects and we did see it again with in Moderna. Suppressing such data on a worldwide scale is impossible. Regarding your pericarditis: Most cases will heal out without any lasting damage to your heart. I dont know your specific condition but you should definitely talk to a local cardiologist about that. I cant raelly help you with the prognosis because I would need to take a look at your test-results. Is there scar tissue in the pericard? Is there a reduced ventricular output etc. There are alternative methods of dealing with this issue but I would wait and trust your local healthcare provider for now. Thats the only rational thing you can do at the moment. As I mentioned, most cases go back to normal, it just takes time. Any premature alternative treatment over the internet is highly amoral and could make matters worse. PS: The Pfizer vaccine seems to come with a high tolerability, even in elite athletes. 2 days ago, The Lancet published a decent paper about this issue: Tolerability and impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in elite athletes - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Around a year ago, I came across this youtube channel called "434". Its about this guy who claims that under the influence of psychodelic substances, he is able to get in contact with certain "hyperspace, elf-like entities" and ask them questions about reality. I have no doubt that this guy actually experiences the stuff he mentions, since those encounters with machine like elf entities during psychodelic journeys are super common to begin with (Terrence Mckenna, Joe Rogan..). Its really fun to get through his videos because they contain some important spiritual truths and can be super motivating. I will share my most favorite episodes here, but I would encourage you to watch for yourself!

A bit of an unusual choice for treating an UTI, but a legit one. Did they test for the specific pathogen? (like neisseria gonorrhoeae?) Cranberry juice does up & downregulate some of the so called CYP-Enzymes, but its propably not the cause of the reaction. This is highly likely a plain and simple side effect and the easiest way to deal with it is to change the agent. Side effects can occur dose dependent, thats why there wasnt a problem with the 5ml. As I mentioned, AB's are not necessary in every UTI case - talk to your doctor about this. Depends entirely on the specific antibiotic and is not true in general. Penicillin should be taken before food for example.

First of all, what kind of antibiotic is your friend taking? Are there any known allergies? From the symptoms you mentioned, its propably Fosfomycin - headaches/nausea/vomiting are rare, but definitely not unheard of . There is a certain kind of irrational fearmongering that surround antibiotics and this is especially common in the alternative medicine/spiritual space. Most people who actually prescribe these drugs to their patients will tell you their experiences are mostly positive. That said, there is of course an argument to be made about the potential harms that are caused by these drugs (micriobiome etc.). There is also a huge problem with overperscription and doctors (yes, iam looking at you.. surgeons!) who just use the same agent against ANYthing resembling a bacterial infection. Side effects can happen with every drug or supplement on the market. Thats just how it is and thats exactly the reason why every treament regime is a risk/reward calculation at its core. Nothing is without risk. The mechanism of action is usually mostly unknown and highly complex. It could potentially involve all kinds of symstems in your body - from genetic disposition to enzymatic issues to simple allergic reactions and so on. Its important to avoid this kind of medication (this particular agent) in the future. There is no closeminded reason doctors are missing (I mean, there are 1000's of those, but propablynot in this case). How could they know that your friend will react like that? Thats not how it works. Most things in todays medicine are simply known/unknown unknowns and we have to deal with this issue every day. You will always find the occasional snakeoil-salesman or hobby-physician on the internet that wants to convince you otherwise..but I guess thats just how it is. There are alternatives to antibiotics that are kinda valid, but the data is super shaky and usually based on anecdotes or raw mechanisms. So here is the deal: Stop the drug (if it was a 1x treatment with fosfomycin then its over anyway) and contact your doctor. Depending on the circumstances, he will either get your friend another agent-class or the therapy will be stopped altogether. Some UTI's dont actually need AB's to heal out. Tell him/her to drink a lot.

As someone who was a pickup instructor in his ealy 20's I am actually pretty amazed by the quality of your dating advice. There is so much bullshit out there, but this is actually legit. Rare to see someone who actually put in the work,

For food storage, your best bet is to use glass, metal, or ceramic containers. If you do opt for plastic containers, use this rhyme to help you remember which recycling codes are safer and which aren’t: “4, 5, 1, and 2, all the rest are bad for you.” You can find the recycling codes printed on each plastic bottle or on the internet. Now, there is an exclamation mark on safER(!) - future reserach my show that even those are not neutral for you. Its always better to use inert marterials where you can!

You are not detoxing. You are depriving your body of the essential building blocks that keep it in a healthy homeostasis. You currently have 0 protein in your diet. Basically no essential amino acids. A incredible one sided nutritional profile. The thing you see on your tongue is a result of oralpharyngeal dysbiosis. Its not the drugs, pharmaceuticals or your family history - its simply the effect of your current "eating" habits. It might disappear because the body is incredibly adaptive, but you are not "healing" in any way or form.

The birth control pill is a well known risk factor for alopecia in women. There are 2 ways to respond to this issue: a) Get off the pill b) Try a lower dose or different kind of agent In most cases this completely reverses the issue. I am sure you are aware of the potential risks that come with the pill, e.g thromboses and psychological swings. The absolute risk of suffering from one of these side effects is still very, very low - but there are other effective methods to contracept. Here is a comparison of the methods and their absolute contraceptive strength. If the pill wasnt the cause of the hair loss, we need to look for further abnormalities. Previous posters mentioned stress & thyroid-issues. Stress is a big one, thyroid issues could also play into it (both hypo & hyperthyroidism). In my clinical experience, hair loss in thyroid patients is usually pretty rare though. Anyway, getting your thyroid hormones checked from time to time is a smart move anyway, so definitely do that (TSH, t3 & t4). You dont need to do any lab testing for the stress (cortisol has a very low predictive value in that case) if there is a clear case for it in your girlfreinds life. Nutritional definicies are also very important in hair loss - in this case especially B-Vitamins and basically all the trace minerals. Try supplementing for at least 3 months and notice any improvements. Super rare causes are adrenogenital Syndrome , androgen -producing tumors or other drugs with androgenic effects. Iam 99% sure its the pill in her case. Take care

I take topical Minoxidil, oral Finasteride (0.2g daily) and Ketoconazole shampoo twice a week against hair loss. Its a really stupid idea because Finasteride is one hell of a drug, but I just dont want to worry about my hair falling out. I have more important things to do I take couple of supplements to counter the potential side effects.

I am currently on 3 products to fight my genetic hair loss....and its been one of the best decisions I have made in my life.

100% clogged up arteries are almost always caused by a luminal thrombus or a sudden plaque hemorrhage imposed on an atherosclerotic plaque with or without concomitant vasospasm. That means, with 46 years old - he propably has severe arteriosclerotic plaque formations in his heart/brain and everywhere else in his body. Thats what a shitty lifestyle can bring to you!

You die... and in 500 years, a grave-digging, mad scientist finds your bones.. He asks himself "Did God really create the concept of [your existence] to trick itself into thinking that the world is much older than it really is? Now, from your perspective in this moment - this seems like a ridicolous question, right? You are not a "concept" - you are you! You are concious! Or are you? Well, the mistake is how you define you... When we say time is not real, what do we really mean? We mean that time is an illusion in the absolute sense of reality - non-duality does not have time in it - it just "is" - now - forever. On the other side - from a relative truth perspective, there is a certain quality of time thats undeniable: Its programmed in the illusion/movie - its part of it. Its as real as gravity. To be honest, not quiet like gravity - because in modern physics there is a huge debate on what time actually is. From this relative perspective, dinosaurs are as many timeframes away from you, as modern science tells you. So if we take our man-made system thats approximately 66 million years (or 66 million circles around the sun) ago. They were as real "back then" as you are real now. They were concious. They were god. Just like you. In an absolute sense, you were the dinosaurs - and the comet that killed them.

Alright! Good idea - keep us updated!

Total cholesterol on its own is very limited as a tool for cardiovascular risk assessment. Pretty much useless without LDL, HDL and Triglycerides! 220 is not super high either - thats what I call normal in a person with a shitty diet or bad genetics!

I am sure there is one. Also, let me assure you - as someone who has a PhD to his name as well: Academic titles - in any quantity or quality, do not equal high intelligence or a lot of common sense. I know some really, really dumb people with a titles longer than their names. Some of the most biased and small-minded people I have ever met are highly educated idiots.

Whats your LDL, HDL, Triglycerides? Yes, eggs raise cholesterol in most people when heavily consumed. Its just one part of the calculation though... I highly doubt the felt blockage in your heart area has anything to do with real heart issues.

I think Michael Pollan put it best:"Eat real food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

You will find people "debunking" the globe earth. That doesnt say shit. Think further - how do you know which side is true? Whats the epistemiological basis of both arguments? Part of my graduation thesis was the connection between cholesterol/sat.-fat & heart disease - there is so much data, a lifetime worth of information. How can you know for sure if you dont walk thorugh it for yourself?

VAERS has one huge flaw which is also a big selling point: Everyone can make a report. The good thing is that this brings a wide variety of potential side effects to the surface that arent regulated by some medical/pharmaceutical or administrational layer which could interfere in that process. On the other side, and we have seen this again and again and again with such systems, there will be a lot of bias including overreporting, unverified reports, inconsistent data quality etc. In a world where everyone is focused on vaccines and Covid - any hickup will get reported to the system if there is a chronological connection with the vaccination date. This fact alone makes VAERS very unreliable in making accurate assumptions. VAERS is US specific. We have (in my opinion) better systems in Europe which arent open access and have some regulatory component that insures that mostly valid data will come through. And it works - we had most side effects figured out pretty early, even earlier than VAERS. If VAERS data was true, we would see hospitals full of vaccination side effects - which isnt the case. We would see a clear rise of certain medical phenomenons, which isnt the case. We would something in the real world, not in some crude statistic - which just isnt the case! Its a screening tool - simple as that! If there is an accumulation of reports regarding a certain side effect that goes beyond whats normal background incidence, then we know that this might be potentially a hit. How often this occurs is then open for further investigation, studies and data analysis. Take care

Vaxxed people get Covid as well - it decreases the propability of getting it, especially in the first 6 months - but you can get it. Thats not the point of the vaccination... Vaccination drastically decreases the chances of a severe infection/dying from it. Thats beyond any doubt true. Vaccination decreases the chance of getting long covid. Vaccination will also come with some sort of spread-protection. Thats the selling point.

Tetanus is very, very rare here in central/western Europe. That said, if you get it - you will die in about 10-20% of the cases. It doesnt matter how healthy you are. Its highly unlikely but the vaccine is safe. Especially if you are traveling a lot, take it. You will get the vaccine anyway as a post-exposure prevention if you go to the hospital after an injury.

No medical intervention is without risk. If you vaccinate huge numbers - billions of people, you will obviously find cases where the vaccine itself causes massive complications in otherwise healthy adults - welcome to complex systems! If you are unlucky, you are one of them. Now, let me tell you where this video is misleading: As a doctor who works with Covid patients on a daily basis, I have also seen what this infection is capeable of: 1) Multiple - DOZENS! of young guys who had a really fucked up lung after sometimes mild Covid-Infections. To be fair, most of them got better and it usually was completely reversible - but I also know 2 cases of young triathletes in their 20's who had to end their career after getting covid. 2) In contrast, I have not seen one really bad, life altering vaccine side effect We are talking about young, super healthy individuals by the way. Basically all of my collegues see the same. I doubt that any honest doctor will come to a different conclusion. Your likelihood of getting shattered by Covid is much higher than any potential vaccine side effect - even if you take into account all those extremely unlikely long term side effects . Every vaccine we had so far in the history of medicine showed all their side effects no later than 2 months after the vaccination date. The risk-benefit equation is so one sided in this case. There is also a big problem with "choice" since we live in a society and that makes things complex. That said, you should know that I am against every kind of vaccine mandate or any passive enforcements. There are smarter ways to do that.. I also dont think this John Campbell guy is a great source of information. I have watched some of his videos in the past and the thing I noticed was that he cant analyze data very well. Seems like a nice guy though...

Stop the dogmatic nonsense about coffee and show some nuance... How coffee-consumption affects your body in good/bad or neutral ways depends on a variety of factors that heavily vary from person to person. This inclundes genetic variations in your cytochrome P450 system, adenosine receptor density, as well as many psychophysioligcal dynamics that regulate the propensity of your autonomous nervous system. There is no "ab initio" way to tell which way you are going to respond, so there is only one way to find out - and thats the same way you test all the hypotheses in complex systems like your body: You try it out and observe the effects. Cut out the coffee for some weeks - see how it affects your other cycles. Does your sleep get better? Do you feel more awake during the day? Did you suffer from any withdrawal-symptoms? How is your mood? Are there cravings? Does it affect your blood pressure in any significant way? Is there a spike in anxiety? Do you need to go on the toilet less often? Then drink coffee again - maybe there is a dose-response relationship. Maybe you wont feel any negative consequences if you keep it below 3 cups a day. Maybe there is a certain brew you like better. Maybe its all about not drinking coffeinated beverages after a certain time of the day.... Thats how your ulitemately find out if coffee is good or bad for you. Not in some armchair-philosophy way - but in actuality. As one of the most drunk beverages in the world, coffee has been studied extensively. There have been studies saying coffee drinking increases longevity and general health and also studies to the contrary. Ultimately, if you enjoy it like I do - and if you are good at metabolizing coffeine, there is no reason why you shouldnt drink it. There is nothing "low conciousness" about it (lol). Drinking tea or coffee DOES NOT hinder the process of spiritual enlightenment - in fact, many spiritual teachers drink coffee. Personally, coffee doesnt affect me at all. The only thing I noticed is to not drink it after 16:00 (4 PM). My father drinks coffee right before sleep and sleeps like an angle. A friend of mine used to suffer from high blood pressure as a young adult - not drinking coffee helped him to stay in healthy ranges. Take care

Chronic fatigue, anxiety, brain fog ... - those are the kind of unspecific symptoms that often lead to a big journey for the needle in the haystack. Its particulary difficult to find the right etiology (the causing factor) in these cases because there is an almost unending amount of issues that could cause such complaints. Quite often there is a psychological component that plays into some physilogical disturbance of homeostasis. Sometimes the cause is very simple and it just takes some intelligent screening method to find out whats wrong. If you want to get better, the strategy I would advise you to follow is the following: "Common things are common" The most important thing - and thats why I am not a big fan of playing the internet doctor - is an extremely detailed medical history of all your symptoms in their temporal process. This is by far the most important step and you need to find a good doctor in your area that is willing to do that. This is especially important if the things I mention below come back without any saliences and we have to dig deeper. Before we are going into weird territories like heavy metal toxicity, mold-exposure or subclinical viral infections, lets talk about the common causes: These are the things I would do: - General blood lab screening - ANYthing out of whack could hint us into a direction - Specifically those markers up to date: Blood panel (+Differential), T3,T4,TSH, ALT, AST, LDH, Bilirubin, GGT, Amylase, Lipase, Cortisol-panel (Cortisol-DHEA-quotient!!), Creatinine, CK, B & D-Vitamin-Levels, Natrium, Potassium, Calcium, Iron-panel, Copper, Immunoglobulines, ANA, CRP, ESR. prolactin, testosterone!!, progesterone, Transglutaminase-antibodies, NT-proBNP - Get an ultrasound of: Heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, carotid arteries - Tests to rule out a fructose, lactose -, histamine -, gluten intolerance - ((Eventually a MRT of the brain)) - Regarding your blood pressure: If your blood pressure is too low, this could pontentially cause fatigue/anxiety. You should check this asap - buy a blooodpressure device from amazon and start measuring 2 times a day for 2 weeks. Try to sit down for 3-4 minutes before measureing. Dont measure twice, the first value you get is the one you write down. Dont forget to write down the heart rate as well. - For potential SIBO I would think about a diagnostic test with Rifaximin/Neomycin for 7-14 days. If it gets better, its propably that. There is a lot of literature on the "perfect" combination of several antibacterial substances - check out the work of Dr. Pimentel and Dr. Siebecker. - Get evaluated by a psychiatrist! So many times, the real cause of such symptoms is a psychological one. ________ Now, after that - you can go into the direction of the weirder theories! But then, a really good medical anamnesis is even more important and I would say even indispensable at that point! These are some ideas, maybe they are helpful to you - TAke care