me, experiencing fatigue, hair loss, skin issues, and brain fog doctor in the US: you’re getting older, try going on birth control and taking antidepressants, that’ll be $200 :) doctor in Chile: your blood work shows multiple vitamin deficiencies causing your hormones to go wack, let’s get that fixed. $10 please
@holaivory ME: “I’ve had these mysterious headaches over the last year that won’t go away.” DOCTOR: “Let’s put you on some statins, to lower your blood pressure.” ME: “This is a Zoom call. You have no idea what my blood pressure even is.”
@brentdavis @holaivory Something similar happen to me but with exertion headaches. Dr wanted me on blood pressure meds (no need) and triptans The fix was stretching and foam rolling. How did i figure it out? Strangers on Reddit messed up by medication side effects telling people to not trust Drs
@brentdavis @holaivory Statins don't lower your BP anyways
@brentdavis @holaivory Fucked up cuz statins ain’t even for that
@brentdavis @holaivory Statins for bp wtf lol
@brentdavis @holaivory My mother had headaches for decades doc prescribed some typical bs “women’s drugs” like Valium. Turns out she had a brain aneurism, it finally burst.
@brentdavis @holaivory Statins don’t affect BP. But cool made up story.
@brentdavis @holaivory Man I guess you have wrongly identified a doctor