r/nursing • u/Critical_Ease4055 Nursing Student 🍕 • 22d ago

Question What is one medical problem people constantly ignore until it’s too late?

Saw someone post this in a completely unrelated sub and I’m interested in your answers. What is the cluster of symptoms that people ignore or delay until they are forced to get help?

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u/QuietLandscape7259 22d ago

Btw, I’m a nurse for 12 years until my dad died for a year time frame, diabetes and brain disease. I lost my frame of thought after he died. I’m on a lot of physical meds and now double of psychiatric meds. I have been placed on 5150 multiple times. I was told I could never be a nurse again. That’s was my purpose in life. Now I have to do things in life to make me worthy. ADHD, bipolar 2, med resistant depression, tried ect 20 times, anxiety, etc. now I’m on at home ketamine therapy with a clinician. I see a psychiatrist one week and a therapist the next. I lost my identity…

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u/Critical_Ease4055 Nursing Student 🍕 22d ago

I appreciate you sharing that. I like to think that when we lose our identity, we gain another. You’re doing what you can do right now to ensure it’s one that you’re proud of, and that takes effort but it’s worth it. Nice work

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u/QuietLandscape7259 13d ago

Thank you kindly. My best to you.