• FumpyAer [any, comrade/them]
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    9 months ago

    This happened to someone I know. It was Potassium and he was about to die from a deficiency caused by a genetic problem (he needed extra).

    • Cromalin [she/her]
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      M
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      9 months ago

      oh shit, it sounds like he's ok but that's terrifying

      • FumpyAer [any, comrade/them]
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        9 months ago

        It was... the first symptoms were confusion and bad short term memory, then his eyes turned yellow.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      9 months ago

      Got a severe vitamin D (the actual vitamin, not euphemism) deficiency back in college. Nearly ended up in the hospital. Not pleasant in the slightest. Vitamin D is used to transport calcium into cells. Calcium is used in muscle tissue, among other things. So, with muscles being unable to contract, unfortunate things happen, like the GI tract stopping. 0/10 - Do not recommend.

    • Cromalin [she/her]
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      M
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      9 months ago

      going through a training arc where the wise mentor reveals to me that actually my spirit isn't aligned properly and has me start taking estrogen and it's like rock lee taking off the weights

  • RION [she/her]
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    9 months ago

    Lord I've seen what you've done for others

    • RION [she/her]
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      9 months ago

      Also I kinda had a milder version of this when I got diagnosed and treated for sleep apnea. Prior to it every day was a struggle. Nodding off in class, immediately napping after school, waking up at 4am to do homework because my sleep schedule was so fucked. Constant exhaustion, I begged for caffeine pills or some other stimulant just to get me through.

      Turns out I was getting choked out by my body thirty times per hour of sleep 🙃 have a CPAP now and it's much better although kinda worse in the past year or so, I think the machine is crapping out

  • SnowySkyesM
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    9 months ago

    I'm going to refer to my weekly injection as a vitamin infusion now.