# Doper Afflictions **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145 "2002-04-12T01:31:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/21 "2002-04-15T13:22:47Z")
**Silentgoldfish** , I take amitriptyline for the neuralgia – it does a pretty good job of reducing the number of “spasms” to, at most, 2-3 a day at maybe 5 seconds’ duration each. (I used to have maybe 10-15 a day, and they could last over 10 minutes each.) I have found that amitriptyline makes me sleep much longer than I normally would, and I’m still tired after I wake up. That’s kind of annoying. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/22 "2002-04-15T13:56:00Z")
rosacea formerly had WPW, a heart condition, but its taken care of now. ---
**Author:** ![Tracytron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@Tracytron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracytron)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/23 "2002-04-15T14:11:10Z")
Cancer Cancer-linked depression and anxiety Cancer-linked weight loss Not really cancer-linked but using it as an excuse for it bitchiness. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/24 "2002-04-15T14:42:22Z")
dysthemia, a mild form of depression (at the time I was a lot happier, let us say) genetic alcoholism on both sides of my family psychosis which I fear is turning into schizophrenia (and won’t THAT make dopefests interesting) and either an abnormally (and I really mean abnormally) fast metabolism, or I fidget more than anyone on earth. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/25 "2002-04-15T14:53:16Z")
clinical depression nearsightedness chronic procrastination caffine and nicotine addiction ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/26 "2002-04-15T14:56:10Z")
- nearsightedness - generalized anxiety disorder - heart murmur - irregular heartbeat - rosacea - TMJ problems - sinus-annoying allergies I guess that’s enough for now. ---
**Author:** ![SweetLilKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@SweetLilKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetLilKitty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/27 "2002-04-15T15:33:39Z")
-Epilepsy (most of the time under control) -Nearsightedness -TMJ -PMS (yeah, I know, it’s a monthly thing, but currently I’m suffering) That’s it… ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/28 "2002-04-15T17:16:19Z")
( **SweetLilKitty** , I was born and raised in West Chester. Do you go to college there?) I forgot to mention my irregular heartbeat. Caffeine aggravates it terribly, but I feel it at random moments, too. ---
**Author:** ![SweetLilKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@SweetLilKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetLilKitty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/29 "2002-04-15T18:06:41Z")
\*\* gallows fodder \*\* yuppers, I go to school at the University. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/30 "2002-04-15T20:34:03Z")
eczema rosacea bad knees These are all really minor things at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/31 "2002-04-15T20:36:48Z")
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis Nonclassical Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia chronic sinusitis and allergies ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/32 "2002-04-16T00:02:19Z")
Irritable Bowel Syndrome or something like it i bite my finger nails mild apathy dead0man ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/33 "2002-04-16T00:19:33Z")
Depression Nearsightedness Costochondritis ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/34 "2002-04-16T00:39:46Z")
Nearsightedness Depression mild OCD Anxiety disorder Mitral-valve prolapse Allergies Dry skin & rashes (probably allergy-related) Teeth & jaw problems galore! An ever-so-slight (but yet-present) lisp Stupid Hair Syndrome ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/35 "2002-04-16T01:01:11Z")
Lousy skin (TMI) Had ambliopia as a kid - it’s been corrected, but I’ll never see any of those “Magic Eye” 3D things unless I have corrective surgery. And THAT ain’t gonna happen, thankyewverymuch. Somewhat pigeon-toed. It’s more noticeable when I’m tired. Oh, and I just _looooove_ it when people point it out to me. Yes, I’m fully aware that I walk sorta funny sometimes. Thanks for noticing. :mad: Bruxism (grinding teeth at night, usually due to stress) ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/36 "2002-04-16T01:07:51Z")
I was told often when I was young that I am pigeontoed. I think I still am, but, like **drewbert** , it’s more noticeable when I’m tired (or tipsy). Nobody has actually pointed it out to me since I was six or seven, but then I don’t get out much to socialize with people for them to notice my feetses. I think **Gunslinger** has noticed but I may have pointed it out to him myself. It’s not major. Like **Nocturne** , I also have a lisp - not debilitating, not incredibly bad, I’m not Gopher from _Winnie the Pooh_ (he’ssssssssssss not in the book), but it’s there. And it’s worse when I’m embarrassed. So whenever anybody notices it and says something to me about it, I get embarrassed, which makes it worse, which makes me _more_ embarrassed, and so on and so forth… I also have allergies and occasional asthma-type symptoms that have been linked to the allergies. I have a puffer for 'em. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/37 "2002-04-16T02:00:28Z")
- asthma - anaemia - chronic back injury - heart murmur - nearsightedness - migraine headaches - you know, the They-Have-To-Hospitalize-You-And-Put-You-On-An-IV-Drip kind - multiple concussions I think that’s about it - I’ve had a couple of pretty nasty back injuries, but exercise mostly keeps those under control. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/38 "2002-04-16T02:03:04Z")
Oh - I forgot to mention this really nasty hole in the bottom of my foot where I steped on a big metal spike last Thursday. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/39 "2002-04-16T02:46:53Z")
Uh, depression (Say, is there a trend developing here or is it just me?) Mild social anxiety disorder Irritable Bowel Syndrome Gilbert’s Syndrome (I get jaundiced when I’m really stressed out) And I’ve got a hole in my mouth where they yanked a tooth out today. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145/40 "2002-04-16T02:55:06Z")
It’s possible that I have ulcerative colitis; my father has it and studies have shown that often fathers pass it on to sons. It probably won’t manifest itself for a while. Tendonitis in both my knees, and my right shoulder has been bothering me after I fell off a dirtboard, I should check it out. I also might have a problem with my lungs; whenever I get a cold it’s accompanied by horrible bronchitis and I seem to have lost breath capacity a little more permanently after my last bout. Oh well, I’m a teen, I’m invincible. I used to have flat feet but I got better arch support. I also have a Superiority Complex, FWIW. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-afflictions/103145.md?page=3)