# What The Hell Is Your Problem?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689 "2006-02-15T21:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/101 "2006-02-17T00:40:17Z")
> [@moonstarssun](#): > > I’ve been pretty lucky–my only things are nearsightedness and an overbite. But I’m also a bit of a hypochondriac, so I’ll be suffering from all the disorders described in this thread for the next 24 to 48 hours. Wow - sucks to be you, then. But only temporarily. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/102 "2006-02-17T02:07:30Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Pink and white? > > Hmmm. My “case” of granuloma is pinkish-mauve, no white. It’s small bumpy areas on my feet. Occasionally it itches, but I have a steriod cream that if I would just apply it regularly, it would probably get the thing gone, but I forget, since it doesn’t bother me. I have EXTENSIVE granuloma over my trunk, breasts, hiney and feet, and a bit on my hands and thighs. All these massive, pink bumpy areas. Otherwise I’m stark white-- almost greenish-white. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/103 "2006-02-17T03:11:42Z")
Bad knees… I’ve had 4 surgeries since mid-2003. The two most recent were November and December of '05. My left ACL has been repaired twice. It was stretched, then later torn. I had scar tissue from the aforementioned surgeries removed from the left knee in an attempt to eliminate the uncomfortable popping in my knee. It can still be heard across the room. Torn meniscus in the right knee. And I have no clue how I injured my knees! 😕 Also I have panic attacks and depression. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/104 "2006-02-17T03:38:53Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > Inability to keep my thumbs properly in their socket when putting stress on them (eg, opening jars). > […] > Amongst other psychological issues: social anxiety disorder, depression, ADD, and something called “adjustment disorder” (which my therapist never actually mentioned to me, but she wrote the DSM code on an insurance reciept and I looked it up.) Marry me. Just let’s not rush into the having-babies thing. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/105 "2006-02-17T04:04:09Z")
Depression/anxiety and rosacea (both under control). Mild acne. Insomnia. Several abnormal pap smears over the years. Really bad menstrual cramps. Judging from the rest of the posts, I would have to say I am very lucky! ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/106 "2006-02-17T04:54:34Z")
> [@suezeekay](#): > > I was diagnosed with Osgood Schlatter when I was about 10. It was painful while I was growing but no problem for many years. You are the first person I’ve known who has this. I only have it in one knee. Holy crap! I haven’t heard or used the phase “Osgood Schlatter” since sophomore year of high school back when I was still running track and growing! Good memories. I’m going to be hearing Europe’s “Final Countdown” whenever I read a **Hal Briston** post from now on. Better than the soft cries of sheep. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/107 "2006-02-17T05:46:14Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > I’m going to be hearing Europe’s “Final Countdown” whenever I read a **Hal Briston** post from now on. Are you saying I looked like Joey Tempest? Joey fricking Tempest? Eesh…I feel dirty now. Ironic, considering how exceptionally pretty he was. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/108 "2006-02-17T06:17:23Z")
I have or had, in no particular order: – Bi-polar disorder (was on lithium and assorted anti-deps for 9 years, but I gained so much damned weight I stopped taking them) – Mild panic attacks – Astigmatism – Myopia – Morbid obesity – There’s something wrong with my feet, but I’m afraid to go to the doctor and find out – I had a hemmorhoid last year (and it flared up just a tiny bit last month) – I’m always cold (just can’t get warm enough when it isn’t summer) – Receding hairline (but hey, I’m a guy. In my 30s. I’d be surprised if it wasn’t receding) – I have really bad social anxiety (undiagnosed, but I rarely go out in public because I can’t stand the thought of having to actually interact with people I don’t know – thank Og that most of my work is online and over the phone) All in all, I’m pretty healthy. Except for those parts where, yknow, I’m not. ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/109 "2006-02-17T14:18:33Z")
What? No fellow OCD 'Dopers to commiserate with? 😉 [SIZE=1]I kid, I kid. I wouldn’t wish OCD on anyone. Not that it’s the worst thing that could ever happen to someone but I wouldn’t want anyone who is OCD-free to have it.[/SIZE] ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/110 "2006-02-17T14:20:24Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > Marry me. > > Just let’s not rush into the having-babies thing. And on the top-ten list of all-time-worst pickup lines: “Hey, I’ve got all sorts of physical and mental problems! Wanna not make babies?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/111 "2006-02-17T14:41:06Z")
I’m so myopic, I’m almost legally blind. I’m sure some of you have it worse, but I’m freaking SEVENTEEN. I haven’t gone a day without my glasses since I got them when I was eight. What else? I’m pretty sure I have some sort of OCD. It’s not an official diagnosis but I figure when you actually have it, it’s pretty hard to miss. I hate cleaning and I never wash my hands unless there’s an actual reason for it, instead I sit around and bite my nails for an hour until they’re exactly the right shape and other crap like that. And my back is crooked, sideways AND forward. I should really go see a doctor about that. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/112 "2006-02-17T14:52:51Z")
I’m pretty healthy, but some of the standard things: I’m fairly nearsighted. My doctor likes to joke how people like me never survived in the olden days because they usually fell off cliffs. :smack: I also have that stupid Restless Leg Syndrome. Not bad all the time, just when I’m trying to sleep! And I am clumsy. I just broke a wine glass a few nights ago. :o I’ve gotten tons better, but still about once a month I drop something. I usually don’t break anything, though, that was unusual even for me. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/113 "2006-02-17T17:49:59Z")
I don’t have any cartiledge left in my hips due to 15 years of ballet. My hips pop in and out of the sockets. That’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/114 "2006-02-17T19:44:44Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > I’m so myopic, I’m almost legally blind. I’m sure some of you have it worse, but I’m freaking SEVENTEEN. I haven’t gone a day without my glasses since I got them when I was eight. Heh, I got my glasses at age 9, and my myopia was so bad that I was legally blind by age 16. I should have gotten glasses sooner than age 9, but I thought it was normal to not be able to read billboards or see plays from the middle rows. Thank god it seems that my eyes have stopped changing as rapidly now. Its funny in a sad kind of way when your 18 year old eyes are worse than your 56 year old fathers. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/115 "2006-02-17T19:58:21Z")
I wasn’t going to post here since I couldn’t think of anything all that bad. Then I woke up this morning and was painfully reminded that, yes, I still do have TMJ. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/116 "2006-02-17T19:59:20Z")
ADD, but I’m off my meds. I’ve found a work pattern that allows me to be productive, and a job that requires me to change my focus many, many times a day. I have something _like_ hypoglycemia. I’ve had loads of blood tests, and my blood sugar levels have never dropped to the level it takes to be considered hypoglycemic, but my body behaves as if it had. So I have to live my life as if I did have the condition. Certain people have been noticibly unsympathetic, treating me as a “faker,” which makes it hard. I don’t actually **want** to be churlish, shaky and slurring, trust me. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/117 "2006-02-22T00:32:13Z")
> [@silver1](#): > > What? No fellow OCD 'Dopers to commiserate with? 😉 Me. Well according to the psych I have an obsessive compulsive _personality_. It’s not to the point of causing major problems or keeping me from daily activities. For me, \*most \*of the time it’s just a tolerable annoyance. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/118 "2006-02-22T00:43:18Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > I forget the medical term, but I have a valve in my heart that doesn’t seal properly, so there’s “backwash” and a murmur. Is it mitrol valve prolapse, by any chance? My mom and my sister both have it. I have three degenerative disks in my back, which severely limits my physical activity. I wish I could just get a spine replacement. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/119 "2006-02-22T00:45:16Z")
My eyes are pretty bad. If I didn’t have glasses, I’d have to hold a book a couple inches (maybe 3ish) away from my face to be able to read it. But then I’d get a headache. And I think I have allergies now too. But I don’t want to get one of those 89078734 needles test, so I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689/120 "2006-02-22T02:20:48Z")
I’ve had severe reflux for at least 17 years (I’m only 26 BTW). I had a scope done last year and miracle of miracles - no scar tissue. The doctor and I were both astonished. I have floating kneecaps - the left worse than the right. I frequently get extreme stabbing pains in my left knee which shoot up to my hip and down to my toes. I was recently offically diagnosed with astigmatism in both eyes. I’m on a Glaucoma watch for the next few years. I was also recently diagnosed with [Pseudotumor Cerebri](http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/pseudotumorcerebri/pseudotumorcerebri.htm) . This means my optic nerves are bulging - as if I had a tumor pressing on them. I had a CT scan which proved that I have no real tumors - at least not in my head. According to my opthamologist it commonly afflicts young, overweight white women. I am overweight. Despite losing 25 pounds in the last 3 months, the bulging has not gotten any better. It can be caused by steroids. I had 2 cortisone shots last year before finally having back surgery so it’s possible that was the cause. I have to have a couple peripheral vision tests over the next few months to see if my field of vision is lessening. We’re currently waiting for records from my neurologist. If he took cerebro-spinal fluid pressure readings before doing my cortisone shots we might be able to see if my pressure was elevated before the shots. If those records don’t show anything, I’ll have to have yet another big ass shot in my spine to test the levels. If they’re too high, I’ll have to take medication. If the medication doesn’t work, I may have to have some fluid drained. Yippee :rolleyes: People say that getting old sucks. I wouldn’t know. I’m not old. But my 20’s have certainley sucked the big one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-your-problem/344689.md?page=7)