Redditors have recently been sharing about the interesting quirks they had that actually turned out to be mental or physical health issues. From being burdened with annoying headaches to believing that they could see the future, enjoy scrolling through these responses, and keep reading to find conversations with the person who started this thread and Dr. Shahina Braganza!
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“For one, I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety three years ago. Now I’m on medication and going to therapy to work through my problems,” minbye continued. “Even though I’ve been in therapy for so long, I still learn a lot of new things. And the topic of my thoughts, feelings and reactions being just symptoms, and not actually me or my ‘quirks,’ is a big one in my life.”
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“I often see posts where people share their stories saying, ‘don’t we all?’ about the things that they do or feel, and learning that they are not actually a universal experience,” the OP continued. “As Dostoyevsky said, ‘Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.’ For that reason, I find it almost impossible to understand that something’s wrong even if it’s obvious, as long as it’s not a sudden change.”
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“I still think about many of the answers, but the one that really stands out for me is the comment by u/lemonlemoncherry. They told about how they would always have irregular periods and didn’t think much of it. Turned out they had a brain tumor,” minbye noted. “Thankfully, it was benign and shrunk with medication, so they’re fine now.”
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“I’m genuinely glad I posted that question,” minbye added. “I learned a lot myself, and I watched people share important information with each other in the comments, so I really hope it helped someone.”
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“For example, extreme flexibility or hyper mobile joints [can be] part of a connective tissue disorder (e.g. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome) or episodes of odd behavior (e.g. Temporal Lobe Epilepsy that manifests not as jerky limb movements but affects a part of the brain related to memory and emotion),” Dr. Shahina explained. “Or beige cafe au lait skin spots, which can be related to a condition called neurofibromatosis.”
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“But if your health care professional had a knee-jerk response to extensively investigate every quirk, first, our healthcare systems would run out resources to treat the seriously ill among us,” she continued. “Second, some investigations require exposure to radiation, dyes or surgical procedures and these can cause harm themselves. And finally, the scans we do may show up a whole heap of things that were never going to cause us any problems, but now we need to work out what to do with them, potentially exposing us to procedures we didn’t need.”
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“Perhaps seek another opinion, until you feel that your health is safe. The patient-doctor relationship is always a partnership,” the expert added with a smile.
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