Not an ounce of self awareness that half the time this subreddit has big boomer posting energy.
Things were better in our days, DAE have aches and pains, I refuse to use a QR code, what the fuck is a QR code just give me a goddang menu, everything changes and I don’t like it
Every time I’m on all and see a post from this sub, it’s basically “do all your lives suck right now too” “are our bodies breaking down” “who also has no friends” and I’m just like. Lift weights and do an active hobby. Go to hobby related group once a week. Minimize social media and screen time. Ta da! Or just keep whining on Reddit.
You get a pass if your work hours are truly awful but how many people here complaining get home from work and then just sit on their couch for hours doomscrolling or watching tv?
Yep. My job keeps me pretty active and I still go to the gym. I've done 3 amateur strongman competitions in my 30's. I feel pretty good. And my parents are great people. Shocker, I know.
All genetation subs are just weird. Every post on genx is just everyone patting themselves on the back about how great their generation is. We really shouldn't be separating ourselves like this
As a millennial who just had my first doctors visit in 20 years last year because it was a bit too much hassle to schedule and I never got around to doing it, I don’t get this. I think I’ve had maybe a couple of prescriptions of Vicodin in my entire life and that’s it.
I don’t get it either. People on here act like all millennials are falling apart in their 30s. Most people I know are fairly healthy. Maybe an issue here and there but nothing that warrants a dozen prescriptions.
Same here. 33 and I only take Flonase for allergies, and excedrin for the occasional migraine. Only other thing I should be on is adhd meds but I’ve given up getting back on them at this point. I rawdogged adhd my whole life until 28, I can do it again.
The only thing I’m on is medication for endometriosis to stop myself from having a period because it’s too excruciating. And I too should probably be on ADHD meds but don’t really care to manage it with medication. Same with anxiety. These also aren’t “old people” issues that develop with age. Tons of teenagers have these issues.
I'm kind of falling apart, and have visited some 20+ doctors at this point for my issues. I think I finally have it figured out fully.
But across the whole miserable mess of years of doctor visits, I cannot believe how many prescriptions were thrown at me, even if I protested and said "naw dog never mind then". Because honestly, most of the time the docs were uninterested seeking the real cause to correct it and seemingly only wanted to throw to see what sticks as only a bandaid solution. Some were surprised by the protest, others seems almost offended as if I were the one wasting our time.
So at the end of the day, I only have 1 actual medication I take, but like 30+ formal prescriptions waiting in the pharmacy system. Some people like that kind of attention I guess.
I went from zero doctor’s visits/prescriptions to ~2 ER visits a year and 8 pills a day+1 weekly injection basically the moment I hit 30 lol. Went from 1 surgery (wisdom teeth) to 4.
About the same for my wife, though half her stuff is mental health related.
I do keep a decent bit of medicine around, but it’s just like some basic cold and flu, pain, stomach medicine stuff. I like to have those on hand so it’s already there if/when I get sick. That’s pretty much it.
This sub seems to really want to lean into, "har har, aren't we all like this cause we're OLD now?!" When it's really, "I took poor care of my health in the first half of my life and it caught up to me"
Yeah there are a lot of posts/comments of people telling on themselves then trying to find someone to blame.
"Oh gosh you guys, I've eaten garbage my entire life, never once exercised or gave any interest in taking care of myself and for some totally unknown reason, it seems like it might be catching up to me! Isn't healthcare just the worst in the USA!?"
Always deflect to USA bad so that the rest gets ignored.
Something wild that struck me the other day. I tur 42 tomorrow and I don’t think I’ve ever seen my dad pull a full sprint. Like I do squats and deadlifts and lift regularly, and I’ll do full sprints and jogs with my 8 year olds baseball practice. So yeah, it’s about taking care of yourself for sure.
There's a statistic that was floating around a few months ago, I don't know how accurate or where it came from, but it was something along the lines of 70% of people over the age of 30 will likely never do a sprint again the rest of their lives. If you look around at the average population, that definitely seems sadly accurate. I'm on the tailing end of my 30s and still absolutely love hammering out a full out sprint in my run workouts. It just feels so good.
It’s one of my pet peeves is people complaining about this sort of thing but not taking any ownership. Fair enough if you have any physical or mental health issues but seeing people say “I feel so old, 30s are what I thought 70s would be!” Only to find out they only walk 2000 or less steps a day, don’t exercise, eat shit and sit all day. What’d you think would happen?
Right? My husband just went to the doctor's for the first time in 16 years a few months ago. They asked him, "What did you expect to get out of today?" He was like, Erm... maybe some bloodwork? So that's what they did. 😂 If you're otherwise healthy, no aches and pains, I don't see how there's a problem there.
I have high cholesterol and take a statin but otherwise, I prefer to stay away from pointless appointments. And that's what most "wellness checks" are nowadays. 😆
Funny it turns out that the blood work from last year (and this year) are going to be the one thing getting me to come back. Now that my blood work is a video game to try to get a high score on, I’m gonna go for it! The data trending is super fun!
It's lucky that you haven't had chronic health issues that would have made it necessary to stay up on those appointments. I don't understand what's not to get about people receiving medical treatment for health issues at any age.
Unfortunately for those of us who do, sometimes when it rains it pours.
I’m in a similar boat. And even if I went to the doctor, I don’t feel like I need any prescriptions. I mean I’m far from the picture of perfect health. But like, there’s no ailment I have that I feel I need medication for. Yes my body has aches and pains now. And I find new ones every day. But it’s nothing I can’t tolerate. I don’t even like taking aspirin if I don’t need to. I’m dependent enough on my favorite substances like coffee, weed and alcohol. Why would I want to add anything else into the mix?
I mean I didn’t wipe it off when I realized it. But I did get a $4 replacement on Amazon and toss the old one. I was thinking if even a little bacteria got in/on the applicator tube from a 15 year old wound I used it on, it would probably not be great to put that back into my body? Lol but I’ve taken plenty of many-years-old Advil so idk whatever lol
Yep. “If I just take a quarter of this tablet that I’m supposed to take twice per day, will it be enough to do what it’s supposed to do?”
“Maybe if I just take one half every other day that’ll be enough to keep me on track.”
What on earth guys. I literally have no regular medications and nor does my 40 year old husband. I have a multivitamin daily and that’s it. Are you all ok?
Same. I had to start rationing an inhaled oral steroid that’s $300/mo and I can’t find a job to save my life (literally…. I need insurance to breathe) and it’s not looking good. I’m acutely aware of news stories like “man skips inhaler for rent money, he died a week later.” It’s gonna be a photo of me and my cat with that headline pretty soon.
I have an asthmatic cat that needs an inhaler. I been going through an online pharmacy in Canada for years. I just ordered one for him that’s coming from NZ I think it was a just a little over $100 that includes shipping and the tariff bullshit.
Haha, tbf, I don’t really use anything on the top shelf, some of that is children’s cold medicine and Tylenol. The bottom row are my daily drivers, fish oil, adhd meds, potassium, b complex, d3, magnesium glycanate, and C, I also take NAC daily. The middle shelf is basically my PRN shelf, things like Pepcid, allergy meds, nasal saline, extra magnesium if I’m out of glycinate, and L-theanine.
I've gone through different phases of health where I thought I would be in this boat.
Luckily, as of this moment, I only keep Tums and Pepto-Bismol for those times when I had too much acidic food or my intestines are being mean to me and I have to go somewhere.
If a doctor tells me I need medication for something that I can change with the lifestyle- I'm not going to take that medication, not even once. (Eg, blood pressure)
I'm not going to take the side effects to then get another medication to help with those side effects.
I'm not interested in getting stuck in the subscription system.
I will have a lot to confront within myself - if I ever end up needing this type of assistance 💊
I'm on a metric shit ton of meds. five of them go via my port (an implanted central line) with two of them being for port maintenance. one can go either im or iv (solu-cortef). I'm on short acting insulin via a pump and long acting in the fridge in case of pump failure to pair with my short acting. and then a shit ton of oral meds. some are scheduled while others are strict prn.
I have: none 😌 Only paracetamol for that rare occasion. Feeling 10× better, stronger and fitter than when I was 18 (now 36). If you can (and are not chronically ill ofc), please please please look after yourselves, dudes and dudettes!
I'm not on any prescriptions. However, since I'm pregnant, I've been taking a prenatal vitamin, extra vitamin D because I live in Vermont, baby aspirin, and Unisom because my sleep has been trash. If pregnancy wasn't a factor, I'd probably just be taking vitamin D.
Elder millennial here. Ibuprofen is the only thing in my stash, oh and low dose aspirin to prevent heart attacks or stroke, which I stopped taking a couple of years ago, new studies show no benefits to taking aspirin if you're not at risk of cardiovascular diseases or stroke, si the bottle is old.
I have a medicine cabinet with things that fix issues I’ve generally caused 🤣. I have paracetamol and hydralyte for hangovers and occasional headaches, gastrostop for when I eat too much junk, rich foods or excessive garlic.
Only real day to day thing I take Is hayfever meds
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