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What are some things that you strongly wish were common knowledge?

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What are some things that you strongly wish were common knowledge?
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What are some things that you strongly wish were common knowledge?
August 10, 2022 at 3:11 pm
My psychiatrist and I strongly suspect my psychotic disorder was caused by, or at least made significantly worse, by me taking paracetamol together with high doses of caffeine (because I have read that it can relieve me of a bad headache). So, please, don't do that! Many websites will warn you against taking paracetamol together with alcohol, because it damages your liver in a way that can easily kill you. But I have not seen anybody warning you against taking caffeine and paracetamol together, and that is also dangerous.
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RE: What are some things that you strongly wish were common knowledge?
August 10, 2022 at 3:18 pm
Never heard about that.....I'm a coffee addict!
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RE: What are some things that you strongly wish were common knowledge?
August 10, 2022 at 3:36 pm
What are you calling a high amount of caffeine?
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RE: What are some things that you strongly wish were common knowledge?
August 10, 2022 at 5:38 pm
I devoutly wish our Forum Rules were common knowledge.

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RE: What are some things that you strongly wish were common knowledge?
August 10, 2022 at 5:51 pm
That people knew to carry an aspirin in their pocket and to give it to anyone they thought was having a heart attack. Obviously checking that they are not allergic to aspirin.
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RE: What are some things that you strongly wish were common knowledge?
August 10, 2022 at 6:11 pm
That everyone should accept me as their Benevolent Dictator for Life.

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RE: What are some things that you strongly wish were common knowledge?
August 10, 2022 at 6:20 pm
(August 10, 2022 at 6:11 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: That everyone should accept me as their Benevolent Dictator for Life.

Yes ma'am.
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RE: What are some things that you strongly wish were common knowledge?
August 10, 2022 at 6:44 pm
(August 10, 2022 at 6:11 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: That everyone should accept me as their Benevolent Dictator for Life.

What makes you think I haven’t?

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RE: What are some things that you strongly wish were common knowledge?
August 10, 2022 at 9:16 pm (This post was last modified: August 10, 2022 at 9:19 pm by Jehanne.)
Taking too much caffeine (more than 400 mg) can cause issues in perfectly healthy people. Prescription medications will only compound the problem; it is probably impossible to model or predict some of the chemical reactions (especially, side reactions) that could take place.
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RE: What are some things that you strongly wish were common knowledge?
August 10, 2022 at 9:21 pm
(August 10, 2022 at 3:11 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: My psychiatrist and I strongly suspect my psychotic disorder was caused by, or at least made significantly worse, by me taking paracetamol together with high doses of caffeine (because I have read that it can relieve me of a bad headache). So, please, don't do that! Many websites will warn you against taking paracetamol together with alcohol, because it damages your liver in a way that can easily kill you. But I have not seen anybody warning you against taking caffeine and paracetamol together, and that is also dangerous.

Ibuprofen is my drug of choice since I discovered aspirin gives me gout flareups.
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