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‘I don’t recall’: Ivanka Trump testifies in father’s New York fraud trial
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As someone with long covid memory issues who hopes to do things with their life (but not exploitative things like the Trump family), this comment hurt a little. I know it's not targeted at me but life already feels much harder without the reminder that I'm perceived as less capable.
That's probably also my long covid low serotonin though.
Have you tried 5-HTP? 5-HTP is an amino acid that your body produces from tryptophan and is the immediate precursor for serotonin. It's a dietary supplement rather than a prescription drug so if you try it look for a good brand that has 3rd party testing, especially with this one because it has a higher risk of contamination due to the process used to synthesis it producing toxic contaminates. Also ask your doctor before trying it because there are some potentially dangerous interactions with drugs that affect serotonin levels. There is some, but not enough, legitimate research on 5-HTP and for some depression patients, including me, it's more effective than SSRIs because it increases your body's production of serotonin rather than retaining serotonin longer.
Trying it as soon as I can make myself order some that doesn't look suspicious as fuck and isn't an overpriced predatory health grift / scam.
I do also unfortunately use a couple of the drugs which risk seratonin syndrome already, so I will be going as slow and steady on dosage as physically possible.
Health tinkering fucking sucks and I hate that this is where my life is at. Dr House is a fairytale made up to convince the masses that someone qualified will care when you have complex health conditions.
As someone who had a rheumatologist tell me the grinding sound my neck made was "everything getting better" when really my neck and spine were fusing (my neck is mostly immobile except the very top) I tend to agree.
Best part, my last appointment with her (years ago) was her telling me she was very excited to be closing her practice because she got a job instructing new doctors at a teaching hospital.
Sigh.
Lol, I'm sorry your healthcare providers have also been useless. Especially a rheum... Jesus wept. They're supposed to be better at the complex stuff.
A relative of mine was once told his pilonidal cyst was his spinal fluid leaking. Another person I know had a skin symptom dismissed as "women tend to be more sensitive (as in aesthetic awareness) to these things".
I've been misdiagnosed a few times too, thankfully with only limited (maybe, who really knows) damage done as a result.
Glad you're ok. My family doctor was like Gandalf so made up for it. :)