# Help! Need analysis of medical symptoms quick **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559 "2023-12-13T17:30:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/21 "2023-12-13T22:05:40Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Thanks for helping you lot of goofs, kooks, thugs, ne’er-do-wells and one good Doctor. It really does help to have a place to mouth off and say my fears. Dibs on goof and kook! You others can be the thugs and ne’er-do-wells. Seriously, you’re doing the right thing, and may it be minor or temporary. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/22 "2023-12-13T22:29:31Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I realize my health concerns are my problem. > I have help and many doctors. You must be on several medications also. It is probably a side effect of one of them. I am on Digoxin (digitalis) to slow down my heart beat. I was warned that I may see things that I don’t want to, so I only take is 5 days a week, with two days off. They asked me, “Are you seeing anything you don’t want to see?” And I said “yeah, doctors.” They were not amused. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/23 "2023-12-13T22:42:07Z")
Every time I look at the news I see things I don’t want to see. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/24 "2023-12-13T22:44:48Z")
Ok. It’s not my eye. Opthalmologist wants me to see the neurologist. I kinda knew it. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/25 "2023-12-14T23:17:15Z")
Hmm, the day after I swallowed my first anti-depressant, I saw pastel polka dots twinkle in and out of my vision. They were pretty. They were also pretty scary. Other than that first day effect, I never saw them again. That was a good thing because the docs did not know what to make of it. May yours turn out to be a one-time thing only. **{{{Beck}}}** ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/26 "2023-12-14T23:39:07Z")
Neurologist today. I had a tremor in my left arm and shoulder before I got there. No more vision issues. I have an infection at my cannula site. It seems mild. He laughed about my pokie-dots. But also said always be on the lookout for things that are different. And report them. So I’m ok. Thx…all. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/27 "2023-12-14T23:45:35Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > He laughed about my pokie-dots. But also said always be on the lookout for things that are different. And report them. > So I’m ok. So glad to hear that all is well with you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/28 "2023-12-14T23:58:38Z")
About 3-4 years ago I got a bunch of tiny black dots, which would seem to flow across my vision. Saw a rather unprofessional opthamologist, she insisted they were floaters and not neurological or anything (if we define “floaters” as actual objects in the eye’s vitreous humor, which for me I’ve had for most of later adult life, and typically remain in the same spot in my visual field, are larger, grey, and out of focus). After about 3-4 months of seeing them they have gone away and ne’er returned. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/29 "2023-12-15T00:31:10Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > So I’m ok. And may you remain that way for many more years! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/30 "2023-12-15T01:29:59Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > So glad to hear that all is well with you! Me too! ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/31 "2023-12-16T00:00:01Z")
Glad to hear it. An abundance of floaters were a symptom of retinal detachment (which was never fully corrected and I am essentially blind in that eye). ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/32 "2023-12-16T03:10:41Z")
I’m waiting for Beck’s thread that starts out: > Well, I just came to on the kitchen floor. Looks like I’ve lost a LOT of blood… oh, it’s a gaping head wound, and I’m going to pass… ok, I’m conscious again, and wondering if I should maybe call a doctor of some sort (would a vet be ok? I like the vet in town). But I’ll be in town on Thursday, thought maybe I’d stop by the vet then. So what do the MPSIMS dopers think? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/33 "2023-12-16T03:11:41Z")
Hey! That sorta happened already. You know that time I almost died and was saved by the Dope? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/34 "2023-12-16T03:55:58Z")
The Dope loves you! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/35 "2023-12-16T04:04:57Z")
Aww. Thx ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559/36 "2023-12-18T03:07:56Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > I occasionally get a bright zigzag line in my field of vision. I get these. very hard to describe. The closest thing is from the [Star Trek nexus](https://www.google.com/search?q=star+trek+nexus&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=591746769&biw=1252&bih=525&tbm=vid&ei=0rZ_ZcHtF9mHptQP1_Sd8AY&ved=0ahUKEwjBno-bgJiDAxXZg4kEHVd6B24Q4dUDCA0&uact=5&oq=star+trek+nexus&gs_lp=Eg1nd3Mtd2l6LXZpZGVvIg9zdGFyIHRyZWsgbmV4dXMyCxAAGIAEGIoFGJECMgUQABiABDIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB5I-hdQpghYsgxwAHgAkAEAmAFkoAGfA6oBAzQuMbgBA8gBAPgBAYgGAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-video#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:639e9ad4,vid:fmIaHAtabSU,st:0). About 1.20 into the video [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-analysis-of-medical-symptoms-quick/994559.md?page=1)