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A possible consequence of whiplash and/or traumatic brain injury is pituitary and/or hypothalamus damage. Both types of damage have potentially devastating impacts on all sorts of hormones in the body.

The first commenter on @dave30th 's latest blog (the Danish letter with lots of signatories) seems to have a bit of a bee in his bonnet about something, and the author of that comment has been really condescending. Unfortunately he has been cryptic and so his comment is memorable just for the...

Thanks, Trish. I obviously still have much to learn on this subject. :)

Regarding heart rate variability... I discovered info on HRV for the first time very recently and was surprised about it. I had got completely the wrong end of the stick about it in relation to health. I had assumed that a healthy heart would maintain a healthy heart rate more of the time than...

I would assume that in many areas in the UK doctors are diagnosing fibromyalgia because it's a fabulous get-out-of-spending-money card for them. There is no treatment for fibromyalgia that I'm aware of, other than possibly CBT and GET.

@Dolphin I think keto is easier than any other diet I've ever tried, although I admit my carb and sugar addiction is a stumbling block for me with any kind of diet I try. My biggest issue is still wanting to eat when I'm full! If you want some papers and articles on low carb and/or keto these...

My emphasis : I was put on pregabalin some years ago. What I needed was something for pain, but I'm female so my pain couldn't possibly be real, I must be anxious instead. (sarcasm off). I refused to take it after about 2 months because I was sleeping for about 18 hours out of every 24. I...

@dave30th In your article this sentence takes people to post #7 in the S4ME thread you refer to rather than the beginning of the thread. Was that intentional?

In gynaecology the preferred diagnosis for those irritating women who won't go away is (or was - I could be out of date) primary dysmenorrhea. When I was diagnosed with this I was just told to go away and get pregnant to cure pain. In hypothyroidism the preferred diagnoses for MUS is Chronic...

I had a false negative on testing, despite being able to see dark red blood in my poo. I had been taking vitamin C.

Fecal occult blood tests can give false positives and false negatives under quite a lot of different circumstances. It is possible to reduce the risk of false positives and false negatives but, strangely, patients aren't very often told about them. The following advice comes from labtestsonline...

I think my main problems with any diagnosis of depression or mental health issues is that a) Normal emotions that make sense within the context of the patient's circumstances and experiences are often pathologised, and made out to be a problem originating with the patient themselves. b) The...

Err... The man knew he was going to die. Isn't that enough? Aren't people allowed to be depressed for any reason now without being told they are mentally ill and should be treated or dismissed, according to the whims of a doctor or therapist? In my opinion depression is a normal (i.e. not sick)...

My "dissatisfaction" with the whole depression issue is that doctors decide that if a person has disease X or illness Y and they have also become depressed since developing disease X or illness Y, that fixing the depression will also cure the disease or illness. This is absolutely ridiculous...

In post #26 : https://www.s4me.info/threads/differentiating-psychosomatic-somatopsychic-multisystem-illnesses-and-medical-uncertainty-bransfield-friedman-8-oct-2019.11667/page-2#post-226697 I noticed a reference to hyperventilation syndrome. I've suffered with that in the past, perhaps 12 - 15...

What a strange thing for someone to write a paper about!

Title : Are Regulatory Bodies Prioritising Drug Company Interests Over Public Safety? Subtitle : The Disturbing Case of the Street Drug Ketamine https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/12/are-regulatory-bodies-prioritising-drug-company-interests-over-public-safety/ Article continues at ...

As someone who went through psychotherapy (not CBT or counselling) about 40 years ago I can assure people that it was not in the least supportive. If anything, it made me more depressed than ever. The woman I was seeing wanted me to take the blame for anything and everything I spoke about. The...

Nice find, thanks for posting.

I know it sounds odd but my alarm clock is not just an alarm clock and it is really rather big, solid, and heavy. It is a gadget I once used to help me learn to live with tinnitus (a tinnitus relaxer). I can't use it for that any more, I'm too deaf, but I got enough use out of it that my...