Genecks

No, man, throughout the years, I'm just not impressed by your posts or activity on SFN. That's all. But I appreciate your output, because who knows? Maybe I'm just crazy and delusional enough to be a hypochondriac. Yes, it would have. If the patient ends up more injured than before a misdiagnosis occurs, then the person is within the legal right to sue. Doctor assumes I have asthma. Maybe I don't. Condition worses: I get pneumonia. Doctor was wrong and didn't allow preventive measures. Patient is now worse than before.

Yeah, you're both idiots. I would know if I'm a hypochondriac. I've only gone to a clinic about twice in about 2.5 months. I have better things to do with my time. Seeing as the antibiotics removed the water-in-the-lungs feeling, I'm suspecting it removed possible pneumonia. Then again, maybe I should have kept the water, came in, got it on an x-ray, then sued. I'm an idiot for not keeping a worsening condition and using it to sue. That would have been within rightful grounds. There are plenty of ways for them to look at my tissue and physical organs to determine whether or not something is actually wrong. Then again, I have spent more time researching these facts than you, Jillswift.

If I was only sick for two weeks, I probably wouldn't be complaining, ydoaPs. But two months can become painful and energy sapping after a while.

So, I've been having a health problems as of late. It started about two months ago. By most standards, people will eventually feel better in two weeks from a generic virus and whatnot. However, I have been having complications for about two months. Two months ago, I went into a doctor about this breathing problem I had. I thought that perhaps it was asthma or some kind of lung condition. I thought it might be lung failure. Basically, I keep having this need to take deep breaths of air. And the action is quite involuntary. I'm pretty sure it's involuntary and not psychological. I don't think it's occurring while I sleep. I could be wrong. But when I wake up and start moving around, the need for deep breaths will occur. The need is about two times an hour. As the day progresses, though, it can become 4 an hour.. 8 an hours.. 10 an hour... So, I'm guessing as the day progresses and I get more tired, then the need increases. So, I suspect it has something to do with my body and stress, maybe? He checked my vitals, checked my respirations, used the stethoscope, suggested that I use an albuterol inhaler, and that I lose some weight. He also did an x-ray and said nothing was wrong with my x-ray. Well, my weight has never complicated things before. So, a month passed, and I lost about 15 pounds. I dieted, but I must say that I've never normally lost 15 lbs in a month without exercise; I didn't really exercise. I strength-trained two days out of that month. So, I eventually lost about 20 lbs in a month and a half. I don't think my diet was that strict either. Anyway, I eventually visited another doctor about a month later. She couldn't figure it out, but she did update my TB and diptheria vaccinations. I told her that I didn't care about her views about supergerms and wanted antibiotics. She got all angry and shit. I didn't care. She gave me the antibiotics. I waited about two weeks. About a week after visiting her, I started to wake up each morning with the feeling of water in my lungs. About after two days of that, I started taking the antibiotics. The antibiotics got rid of that water-in-the-lungs feeling, but my breathing problems is still occurring. I notice that if I simply lie down most of the time, keep my head propped up, and read a book, then I won't really have the need to take a deep breath. The need happens about once every hour and a half. I think that's a much better rate. However, I can't figure out why lying down helps. Since neither doctor was properly able to diagnose me, then shouldn't I have the legal right to sue them? They did not diagnose me. They did not help me. They wasted my time, and they sent me out of their offices without decent treatment. I came to them for diagnosis and treatment, and I believe they gave me the wrong treatment and diagnosis. Therefore, I'm under the assumption I should be able to sue them. Am I wrong here? Should I sue them? I am seriously contemplating pressing charges against them. Otherwise, I will come to them for treatment one more time, and if they plan on doing the same bullshit of misdiagnosing me, then I will threaten right then and there to press charges if I am misdiagnosed and given the wrong treatment. The doctor allowed me to have blood tests, of course, I had to freaking ask her for them. It's as if these doctors don't want to take the initiative to have anything happen that costs money. I think that's why these doctors are acting lazy. I thought it might have been some mono virus issue I had dealt with about a year ago. The blood tests came up negative for mono reactivation. They were also negative for Strept. No duh. I knew I didn't have strept. The doctor later called me and said that I might have some viral infection. She pretty much left the issue there. No diagnosis. No proper examination. Just, "You might have..." She also suggested that when I was in her office that I might have TB. I doubt I have TB. I was tested for TB about 5 months ago and was negative. I've been researching this, and I guess what fits my description of symptoms is SARS. The real problem is that I cannot figure out what is wrong with me. If I knew what it was, I would have absolute ground to sue these pricks. Anyone have some ideas as to how I can force these prickish, lazy doctors to diagnose me? Otherwise, I'm planning on taking legal action. Hell, maybe I should do so anyway. I have enough medical knowledge to know they can diagnose me. And if they truly can't, then I know very well it would be time to walk into a CDC office.

Perhaps the biggest retraction in progress was antibiotics.

I'll accept aspirin in all its molecularityness to fit a definition of a blood thinning agent. No one has asked for medical advice in this thread.

What kind of pumps and filter paper do you suggest? Any ideas for something small scale?

Let's say I want to test the levels of pollution inside of a room versus the air from outside in a particular spot (perhaps the area around beyond the room's window). I suspect I would have to take multiple measurements, but I'm thinking it could be done. Does anyone know how I could go about doing this? What I mainly want to do is test and examine the levels of air pollution. At the moment, I'm under the belief that the air outside of my window is more polluted than the air inside the room. Yes, unusual, I know. But I want to see if I'm right about this, as I seem to smell more smog and filth outside rather than inside the room.

Yes, it is. I haven't looked up the term in a long time.

Anyone know of some OTC blood thinners? Perhaps a type of aspirin with the side effect of thinning blood? Aspirin is a generic term. Anyone know of some brands or chemical names?

Yeah, iNow? Devil's advocate for child porn? Are you serious?

Freedom of speech? I think most of you have forgotten the Bill of Rights.

We've created various philosophy/religion boards, and we've tried keeping them established. However, here are my views: 1. We should keep them around. Yes, it'd be an excellent idea to continue philosophical discussions about science and what it "is." 2. We should stop moderating them or taking them too serious Yeah, I think that would be the best way to keep them around. Perhaps a disclaimer: "You are entering the unstable/argumentative part of SFN. Be warned that opinions and views may not be on part of SFN or the aggregate of SFN. Caution is advised." Leave it like that, and let people bicker, argue, discuss, discover, etc. on their own.

UPDATE: Nevermind. I have found this: "If you do not want to receive visitor messages, you may disable the visitor messaging system." Before update: When I delete a visitor message, I would really its existence and what it was and who made it to disappear. That didn't happen when I recently removed a visitor message. Personally, I don't like the idea of visitor messages. We have a PM system. I would like to either be able to remove all traces of deleted visitor messages and/or the ability to simply turn off the visitor messaging system on my profile. Thanks, Genecks.

I believe love is a neurological state induced by encounter(s) with a psychological environment. The environment influences various neurological factors, which have been caused by genes, to be expressed. As such, since each person has a different neurological chemistry and a different genotype, it is feasible to suggest that love and how it feels is different to each person.

I think PChem is evil, and we should eat it. We should eat it for dinner.

That's curious. Does the U.S. government give Fox money for being a public channel? Is there anything like that involved? If so, then you'd think the government could force Fox to at least clean up its truthiness.

I really think it has to do with dominance and aggression. Those are my psychological beliefs. For instance, I will tend to manipulate women by not looking directly in their eyes. Why? Because it shows shyness (lack of aggression and dominance). Also, I attempt to be very kind and sweet during such periods. Does it work as a psychological tactic? Yes, to a degree. Eye contact is only one aspect of the game. Rhetoric is another. Stuttering. Kind words. Perhaps gestures or lip biting. Abuse of psychological knowledge is awesome. I will say, however, that in some cultures, eye contact can be disrespectful when talking to a "superior."

As a child, I had always been interested in the mechanisms of how things work. I would always string things together to examine classical mechanics, such as creating zip-lines for toys. And then I would do experiments from school library books, such as playing with matches and watching how a pool of water can get sucked up into a cup. And then there was my interest in electronics. I was always into robots, electronics, and physics. I grew up interested in the physical universe. Eventually, however, I became self-aware and became interested in psychology and biology. On a philosophical ground, I decided that exploring the human mind is perhaps one of the best ways to better understand the physical universe. So, I study psychology, philosophy, biology, and neuroscience. However, I still study electronics and technology.

hbedz, you may be interested in researching "long-term potentiation." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_potentiation There are a lot of aspects of human memory and psychology. However, for a lot of these aspects, neuroscience has taken over as a main way to explain various mechanisms of memory. Furthermore, neuroscience and psychology relate when trying to describe aspects of memory that cannot be so easily discussed by physical means, such as how emotional stress can block memories. Here is something else you may find of interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgetting_curve One of the best ways to keep a good memory is to write-up a vivid, detailed journal/diary. Such a documentation of historical events can allow the mind to rewind and review various things that occurred. Journals also have the power to bring back emotional states, too.

1) Marijuana 2) Opium 3) Coca plants Get the idea? Things that are somewhat illegal to possess and use in some countries without approval.

During steps 1 and 2, I could imagine an energetic material being ignited/excited and thus undergoing an exothermic reaction. That's what I'm thinking.

Let's say I take a substance and put it in a mass spectrometer. I don't know what the substance is, so I want to know about its mass. Well, is there any chance something could go horribly wrong, such as the compound exploding? What procedures do forensic scientists undergo before putting an unknown substance into a mass spectrometer?

You ought to major in Biochemistry and minor in psychology. Other than that, supposedly the brain can undergo infinite storage, which I think is false. Some modern psychologists support that view; I don't, because there has to be a limit unless the brain matter can become more condensed and can evolve as the knowledge increase, which would be possible but highly improbably and a far-out, LSD like idea. In other words, as the mind gathers knowledge, a person could gain the voluntarily ability to morph the physical structure of the brain on the spot. Although people can do this to a degree from constantly using the mind and brain, it's impractical to turn the brain into a universal black hole that holds all knowledge of the universe. There would have to be inter-dimensional storage (think of the Green Lantern's hidden lantern spots; imagine putting a thought in another universe to later bring it back to mind). Yeah... not going to happen anytime soon.