#i Love neurology

[duckyfann9871]

Just remembered that there is a Sonic-Hedgehog gene and how if you discover a gene you get to name it whatever you want, time for me to dedicate my PhD to the up and coming Shadow-hedgehog gene

[sneezes-and-stuff]

I HAVE A JOB INTERVIEW AT THE EEG CLINIC WHERE MY FRIEND WORKS I'M SO SCARED

[thetragicallynerdy]

people with brain injuries i love you, people with brain damage i love you, people with neurological disabilities i love you!!

[st7arlight]

hey :) headcanon that jon develops motor tics during s5 because the human body wasnt built to hold that much power in it :)

[redularium]

Hollis stuck in traffic and is road raging … obviously annoyed by Dr. Potts . i HATE HIM!!!!!!!!!! she should run him over

Don’t they know she’s in a um a Hospital van?!!!

[lightyakami]

hdgfkdg i had these fun ideas for celebrating the final chapter of stay but am slowly encountering the fact that i maybe forgot i was disabled(tm) and wildly overexerted myself yesterday so leaving the house may not be in the cards BUT i will persevere and find something

[dinosaurwithablog]

What is it about Zachary Quinto? He is such a great actor. There is a calm intensity about him that tranfixesres me to whatever screen he's on. Somehow, he became Spock and did it so well, I thought he was as good or dare i say maybe better, than Leonard Nimoy. I'm watching his new show, Brilliant Minds. I'm the first couple of minutes, I was transfixed again, and I had goosebumps tickling my soul. I'm gonna watch this show because Zachary makes it great. I love this guy!!! I've already gotten goosebumps, and I've cried, and the show is only half over. I love Zachary Quinto!!! ❤️ it's nice to have a new show that I'll actually watch. I wish they made more shows like this one, but then again, there's only one Zachary Quinto to go around 😁

[a-sassy-bench]

i got up the guts to ask for accommodations at work. spoke to my boss at 4pm and first thing the next morning they texted me saying "it's all settled". 😭

everyone deserves this. if you've been thinking about it, read up on the ADA so you can walk in with a request you're confident in. the more you think about what the boundaries of "reasonable" are, the more likely you are to be able to pitch accommodations that are impossible to deny. there is a bit of an art to it, and my dream is for the disabled community to be able to support one another in navigating it all because then we're all more likely to succeed.

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[princescar]

the cuteness aggression i get from these two is gonna make me crash tf out

[prince-liest]

Night shift in the hospital on Christmas week is so delightfully boring, hahaha. It's my first time covering nights on inpatient and I was relatively nervous about it at first because it involves covering nearly 30 patients alone (well, normally alone; this is a "practice" nights week for me so I have a senior with me)... but unlike day shift, you're not generally managing actual patient care at night, you're just fielding calls from the night nurses in case they need something that an MD/DO has to order. It's also generally day team's job to be like, "Hey, we anticipate X might happen with this patient. If that happens, do Y or Z."

So far it's been a couple of shifts and they've been quite delightfully boring, which is how I like it. Come in at 6pm, take signout from the two teams we're covering, admit anywhere from 0 to 3 patients and staff them with the night attending (admissions done by 10pm, he leaves at midnight), scour the emergency department tracking shell a few times to see if we're going to have to do any admissions after that (we're required to do admissions for any residency clinic patients - so far we haven't needed to), waffle around and finish our notes until it seems like a reasonable time to get a move on, have midnight lunch, and then retire to the call rooms until our alarms ring at 5:45am and we do sign out at 6.

Throughout this, we also get calls for things like "Can this patient have a melatonin?" and follow up on anything that was pending overnight (day team usually tries to make sure we don't need to but sometimes it can't be avoided - usually it's been trending troponins or hemoglobin), and on one occasion yesterday we went to a mildly funny rapid response that occurred because someone freaked out about a patient's pre-existing neurological deficits (she was super stable; not sure what the rapid team was, like, meant to do in that situation, lol).

Anyway, I've been sleeping from somewhere between midnight and 1am until 5:45am so far which has been great. The mattress in my call room is absolutely horrific, though, lol. It's like 4 inches thick and somehow has springs in there. Better me than my senior, though - she's got the slightly nicer mattress but still gets less sleep than me because I'm pretty good at just knocking out.

Today will be my first day taking calls independently, so fingers crossed it goes as boring as yesterday! I brought a couple fancy mini-bundt cakes for me and my senior because we both deserve something for working night shift on fucking Christmas, haha.

[lilacerull0]

once again feeling mentally closer to my lecturer than my peers. the pure joy in our eyes when 💫physiology💫. i am the loneliest creature in the world.

[nuks]

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[a-totally-reasonable-username]

Fearing a doctors appointment but then you find out the doctor is actually the most amazing medical professional you have ever met in your life and he? Actually? Genuinely? Cares???

Is this what it feels like to be high?

[afriendofmara]

Happy one year anniversary to my ex-best friend who got married 5 minutes away from my home and didn't invite me. I thought we were still chill and good enough for wedding invites but, I guess not. Still hurts, hope y'all are happy tho.

[ohumokay]

Firstly, this is a long post about romanticizing and misinterpreting OCD. If you "ain't gonna read allat", MOVE ON. This is a topic I am very passionate about and willing to debate. Secondly, if you are an individual struggling with OCD or OCPD, I commend you and open my messages to you if you ever want to talk <3.

OCD - "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is characterized by unreasonable thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead to compulsive behaviors... excessive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions)." [Google]

OCPD - "Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is a mental health condition that causes an extensive preoccupation with perfectionism, organization and control." [Google]

Now that we have the definitions that anyone can look up on the internet so I'm not denounced, let's talk about the fact that romanticized OCD is just water downed OCPD.

Good afternoon.

We all have seen some person on tiktok or any social media saying "Oh my gosh, I'm so OCD lol" and they simply reordered their desk or something. And, depending on which side of the internet it falls on, the response will either be "OMG SAMEEE", or a long paragraph arguing how OCD is a real disorder and shouldn't be the butt on a joke.

Both are entitled to their opinions, it makes me no difference. And, from a 10 second video, I can neither confirm nor deny that the person has OCD, but I can firmly say that rearranging a desk is not a definitive sign someone has OCD. Too many people claim OCD or use OCD to degrade and invalid another, and not only are they mocking the very real and very destructive disorder, but the symptoms that they claim correspond with OCD are more commonly diagnosable in OCPD.

I'll admit, I was a part of the problem for longer than I'd have liked, but I corrected myself after researching OCD, OCPD and the contrast. Again, Google is free, and the definitions above come from there, so no one has to take my word.

Romanticized OCD is typically associated with perfectionism, over controlling tendencies, and habitual cleaning. There are cases of people without OCD claiming they want partners with OCD specifically for the reasons listed above. On the other hand, there are people who are separated from their partners for the reasons above and claim they couldn't handle their ex-partner's "OCD". While both parties are well within their right to these opinions, classifying these behaviors solely as OCD is where they are wrong.

True OCD is the act of appeasing reoccurring compulsions in order to soothe irrational fears or obsessions. Individuals with OCD often perform repetitive behaviors to ease intrusive thoughts (which are also romanticized in the media and mistaken for impulsive thoughts). True OCD is an anxiety disorder and is commonly aligned with GAD (General Anxiety Disorder). True OCD can and has included perfectionism, over controlling tendencies, and habitual cleaning, but it's because of irrational fears blown out of proportion that need the ritualistic acts to calm them.

True OCD is commonly labeled as crazy (which is universal for most neurological disorders), while Romanticized OCD is labeled as relatable. OCPD is never mentioned nor given its credit for being the true foundation of Romanticized OCD, and consequently, both True OCD and OCPD are backgrounded to Romanticized OCD.

Similarly to many other disorders, an individual can be obsessive and compulsive without having a disorder, and can have a controlling personality without having a personality disorder. Relating common behaviors to the severity of a damming disorder not only negates the intensity of said disorder, but can also lead to self-misdiagnoses.

I am, in absolutely no way, shaming self-diagnosed OCD, nor am I invalidating it in any way. I'm just a girl with Google and a scattered brain. This is me trying to present what I believe is true with evidence that is accessible by the masses. If you have any disagreement with what I've said, feel free to debate me publicly or privately. I am not prideful nor immobile to opposing opinions and factual information. And if I'm spreading false information, please check me.

[fndcultureis]

FND culture is explaining gait disruption/disturbance as ‘like wobbly cat syndrome’

(I think it’s a fun analogy for me at least <3)

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