The Most Controversial Medical "Reddit" Advice 

"Never become sedentary" Me: laying on the bed literally all day* "A lot of things to go wrong" Me: changes to a slightly different position*

“Never remain sedentary” My teachers who make me sit for 6 hours in a row and stare at a computer screen “I’m gonna pretend I didn’t hear that”

Dr Mike: "Have you had over 5 sunburns?..." Me, An Australian: "This year?" Dr Mike: "in your life" Me: 👁👄👁

The family doctor wasn't afraid to tell me he didn't know what my skin conditions were when I asked about it and he sent me to a dermatologist and asked me to let him know my diagnosis. I respect him for admitting when he didn't know instead of making something up. It turned out to be vitiligo and eczema working together.

Dr mike - “when you’re constantly seated” Me in my wheelchair - *sweats profusely*

"Stop smoking right now" I'm 10 days into not smoking and feel so much better already!

Story time: I worked as a veterinary assistant for years, and one of the worst dog stories I heard was about a family with a 3 year old. The parents decided that they wanted to get a puppy for their kid. Great, right? The only problem was the parents had never taught the child how to handle the puppy, and would frequently leave the two alone together. The child would pick the puppy up, then drop the puppy roughly to the ground. the puppy would try to hide from the child, because being dropped like that hurt, but they were roughly the same size, so, the child could go wherever the puppy could. Well, things finally came to a head when the puppy hid under a desk, the 3 year old followed, and, because the puppy was terrified, he bit the child in the face. The parents reaction? They took the child to the ER, which, you know, good, but they also brought the puppy to the vet where the vet was told that the puppy was aggressive and had injured their child and they wanted the puppy put down. Legally, vets have to do this regardless of how the child's injuries happened, because pets are seen as property, not living beings by the courts of law in most states. So, puppy was put to sleep because of two neglectful parents who never taught their child how to handle a puppy and frequently left them alone together. In my opinion, that dog did exactly what anything living being would do if it was terrified, the child did nothing wrong because, you know, the kid was 3 and didn't know any better, and those parents should be looked into by CPS and should never be allowed to have pets again. Watch your children, teach them how to handle animals gently, and don't leave them alone together.

Im a massage therapist, and the most common advice I give is to office workers “try and get up and move around as often as possible, every half hour if you can” I am so glad to hear a doctor say the same.

Me: lies in bed watching this video Mike: "never become sedentary" Me: lies in bed but slightly more stressed

I always loved how REAL Dr Mike is, like before being a doctor he is a human being!

Heading off to get MTV to do a new season of Celebrity Death Match with their first episode to feature Dr. Mike vs Gwyneth Paltrow

I grew up in a Latino family and there's one golden rule for going out, pee before you leave cuz we not stopping nowhere to pee. 🤣🤣

"higher risk of cancer if you had over 5 sunburns in your life" Me: an Australian person who gets burnt very easily. 'guess I'll die.'

An orthopedic nurse once told me: "Motion is lotion." And it stuck with me.

Mike: don’t become sedentary. Me: *having been in bed for the last 17 hours* “you can’t tell me what to do, you’re not my real dad.”

"higher risk of cancer if you had over 5 sunburns in your life" I get a sunburn if someone's teeth are unusually white and are in a 10 ft. radius of me.

Mike: "Have you ever had more than 5 sunburns?" Me: *steps outside with my pasty Irish skin, gets burned in 10 minutes* Me: Let's just say the odds of me getting skin cancer are 100%

“Never become seditary” 8 hours of online school and several hours of homework 👁👄👁

My mother once got in a car with a full bladder and got into a serious accident. Her bladder didn’t rupture, but she said she had to hold a full bladder for several hours while she was being evaluated at a hospital

Peeing before getting in a car seems like just good advice in general.

"Never become sedentary, just take a walk ", 2019 me, pfff, easy. 2020: let's elevate the difficult level to "nightmare". 🤣

doctor mike: "NEVER become sedentary!" me: *shifty eyes*

Me: *Doesn't smoke.* "I'll stop for Dan."

“Had more than 5 sunburns” - cries in summer lifeguarding

Dr Mike: don’t be sedentary!!! Me: *shifts in my couch nervously as I’m sitting down, slouched, watching this on my tablet*

At the beginning of the year I said I wanted to quit smoking cigarettes... I did it! The one good thing that came from 2020 was being able to take care of myself

I get that he said the psych/mental stuff was maybe too specific and strict for most people, but for those of us with certain mental disorders, routine and structure are imperative and even lifesaving. My life falls apart as soon as I don’t have a routine

As a dog owner, thank you for what you said about dogs and children. My own dog is a pitbull, and people go to the extreme of thinking they're devil dogs that want to murder (not true, most of them are very sweet and friendly, OR they overreact against that by acting like there can never be any danger and there's no need for precautions. At the end of the day, most of them are good dogs, loving dogs...but still dogs. And one should always exercise common sense caution where children are involved, there's just no reason not to.

Dr mike: if you've had over 5 sunburns in your life time Every ginger ever: laughs nervously

dr mike: "dont become sedentary" me: nods in agreement while on hour 3 of laying in bed w my cat

"Have you had over 5 sunburns?" me: (frantically tries to remember how many sunburns I've had)

Quarantine: you're gonna have to sit for 10 hours a day to attend school and do assignments Dr. Mike: Never become sedentary Me: Looks like my ADHD brain has saved my life for once

I'm so distracted by how his arms basically wanna destroy those sleeves

I smoked for 35 years. Quit 14 years ago. Still not fully winded. Can’t run but I can walk for hours

End of Life Care is so important!! Recently, my 61 yo bestie wasn't able to get a transplant, and she passed at home. We had a quiet celebration with her, ate and drank all the things she wanted (in very small portions), listened to music, lit candles and loved on each other. She didn't tell us what she wanted; we just made up what we thought she wanted, and it was a beautiful experience. We all bonded together and have each other and all our memories of her, to remember her by. She left no will, no estate planning, etc so we just did what to we thought shed like. Make your wishes known, and have t all documented. Her daughter, while mourning, had to deal with estate issues, probate, etc. Terrible.

On the subject of avoiding addictions: I have a highly addictive personality, so I need to periodically go periods without certain things I enjoy in order to keep it from becoming an issue

Doctor Mike: “Had you had over 5 sunburns over your body” Me: “I’m in danger”😀

Doctor Mike: "Do you have over 50 moles? High risk of cancer." Me: *trying to ignore the over 200 ones on my body and accepting that I am going to die*

Going out for a walk? But there are people outside! I turned sedentary when I stopped working because of my second burn out. I'm kind of addicted to the stories I tell myself, I could spend days in my bed just doing that. It's really hard for me when I'm on a good story to break it off to do something. I enjoyed the covid lockdown we had, because I wasn't obliged to go out that often, there were much less people walking around if I had to go out, and I was not obliged to socialize. It actually helped me, I wasn't as anxious about people talking to me on the streets, wasn't freaking out about any social situation that could have happened. It's only after 10 months that I thought it would be great to get a hug from a friend again. Before that, I was working as the head of a cocktail and rum bar on med-fantasy festivals all across Germany. I guess I went way beyond what I could deal with for way too long. The break was more than welcome. Now, as an occupational therapist, I also know it's important to move. But I lack self discipline. I often think about getting a dog, because that would oblige me to get out with it a few times each day. But financially, it's not really possible (even if someone was offering me a dog, there's the food, the veterinarian costs, taxes, ...) and also... I'm working on getting back to work slowly (I start a rehabilitation program next month), and I think it wouldn't be fair for the dog to let him alone at home for so many hours five days a week. But watching your videos a lot seems to get me some motivation back, so I started going on my home trainer two days ago and do some exercises on the mat. Hopefully it will last this time.

Stopping smoking also improves your financial life.

‘Goop is poop’ - best statement of the year.

Every doctor I go to: ”How much exercise do you get each day?” Me: “Not much, really.” Doctor: “Didn’t you say you spend all day at your job walking around and lifting stuff?” Me: “Oh, non-intentional exercise counts? Then yeah, I get HELLA exercise, I just don’t want to.”

Omg you’re so refreshing. You’re the one social media health person that I can listen to without my health anxiety increasing because you’re so good about giving balanced realistic advice.

Story time: I used to go to therapy here in the USA for about three years (9th grade to 11th grade). I was first diagnosed with anxiety, then was finally properly diagnosed for the depression I was showing symptoms for (they were quite obvious), and then they kicked me out, or let go, as they called it, because quote "I didn't have the will to change". It wasn't until I started seeing my recent doctor that I figured out that I have ADHD. Once my doctor heard the story about the therapy clinic I was let go from, he was appalled, and right away did his best to get me the medication I needed to help my mental health (anxiety and depression and ADHD). The medication has been helping, though it took a while to find what worked for me (buspar messed with the signals between my brain and body, making me involuntarily move my hand whenever I typed on the computer, so we decided never to use that again).

Doctor Mike. Have you ever encountered a very rare disease that you didn't hear.of in medical school or thought you'd never see in your life?

“Never ever leave your child unattended with a dog” more like “never ever leave your dog unattended with a child” mine child is crazy wild and doesn’t understand boundaries yet

“is this something i want you to think about? no” my anxiety: i’ll pass on that offer

On dogs- I grew up with the sweetest golden retriever in the world, wouldn't hurt a fly, the best boy. Except one time in his 12 years he bit a kid. My friends and I were running around the yard playing, and it seems like he just got over excited. Didn't draw blood or anything, but it was still a bite. My point is that dogs can bite in play or when they're excited, it doesn't even have to be aggressive, and a dog that doesn't realize its strength with a tiny kid could cause a real injury. And that they can act out of character.

Roses are red, Violets are blue, If there’s a code blue, CHEST COMPRESIONS CHEST COMPRESIONS CHEST COMPRESIONS

“Ever had more than 5 sunburns in your life?” **laughs in ginger**

I suffered from a prolonged depressive episode (months) and was sleeping 16 hours a day, only getting up to use the bathroom. Barely ate, drank water and/or beer (when I was able to get out of bed for an hour), and suffered from a TON of back, neck, leg pain. Movement is the key! In my depressed state, even a 10 minute walk could've helped a lot.

"There is no shortcut to good health." I like this guy.

"movement is the treatment for manyyy complaints" Me, who's been kinda training myself like a dog to get at least 1h of exercise each day since February: agreed on all fronts

"I hope Bear doesn't do me in my sleep"---- A pet owners worst nightmare 😂

The tip about asking doctors about their experience level reminds me of a story. I was at a routine check up with an eye doctor and I asked her to check for macular edemas because at the time I took medication that heightens the risk of them. That macular edemas were a common side effect of this medication was new to her despite having multiple patients who took the same medication. What I take from this story is that it's really important to advocate for yourself as a patient. Helping educate patients so that they can advocate for themselfs is something I'm hoping to do later as a career.

The last piece of advice! Yessss! That right there. I’ve suffered from really bad depression very recently actually for the first time in my life. I had no motivation to even move BUT laying in bed doing nothing was just as if not more painful. I’ve started doing routines and squeezing in 5 minute jump rope sessions every morning. It’s a start, but yes. Movement is everything.

“Have you had more than 5 sunburns in your life?” *cries in Australian*

Can we just appreciate the fact that in these hard times he's still managing to create some really great content being a doctor? Dr Mike.. why're you so good?

"Is this something I want you thinking about? Absolutely not!" Me: Too late.

i learned so much from his videos. the best advice i got from this video is the sedentary one. i sit on the computer all day all the time. for which i guess i am having all these mental and body issues. thanks dr. mike.

Which is crazier: Doctor mike’s thighs or his neck veins

"Pee before going in a car" Me: "Traffic jam!" Dr. Mike: "Ruptured bladder" Me: "Ight, Imma head out and pee, NOW"

I forget when and how I came across you, but I'm happy that I did. I learned so much from your videos, than I have from my normal doctor visits

02:45 proiblem with smoking is: long time smokers who drop it instantly will end up with even worse problems, so you need to do it in stages. willpower is a key here

Dr .Mike : focus on driving Also dr.mike : focuses on a spider in his car and gets into an accident 😂

“If you’ve had 5 or more sunburns in your life” I’m over here getting sunburns if I sit by a window for too long because I’m so pale

3:52 I’ve thought of it a million times before seeing these videos on your channel. Real scary thought cannot lie.

I understand the end message about movement being helpful in many cases. However, I’ve been to a doctor (GP) who, when I described progressively painful joints the longer I did activities, just kept repeating “walk longer” and “exercise will fix EVERYTHING that’s wrong with people these days.” Believe me I pushed back and discussed her lack of diagnosis, to no avail. Six months later I had my first anaphylactic reaction to nuts, and after the allergist’s diagnosis, cutting all nuts and peanuts out of my diet solved my joint pain because the nuts were causing widespread inflammation. The GP’s advice to walk more was like telling someone with a sprained ankle to get moving. That GP would probably have been just as adamant about “increase exercise” when, a decade later, my feet grew incredibly painful throughout the day with activity. The additional exercise would not have cured the peripheral neuropathy I was diagnosed with. Luckily I stopped seeing her after that “exercise will fix everything” visit.

imagine me trying to convince my dad to stop smoking like: do it for dan

I've gone from falling in love with the "hot Instagram doctor" to falling in love with Dr Mike's brain and patience for breaking important topics down for us. Honesty the best love story to ever exist.

I texted a family member today about my final wishes because of one of your videos. It was kind of an awkward discussion because I have a history of depression, but after i made it clear that this was just a precaution to make things easier should the worst occur and not anything sinister, she agreed that it was sensible. Always let someone in your immediate family, your roommate, doctor, whoever would find out quickly should you be hurt know what your wishes are in the case that you can't speak for yourself. It's a nightmare to make someone have to figure out what you would want if you're in a medical emergency or dead. Give your loved ones the gift of knowing they're doing what you would want with your organs/possessions/vegetative body/remains.

My uni offers an online sports break. 3 times a week an instructor shows some easy exercises for 20 minutes... I haven't attended for a few weeks now but you convinced me to start again - and luckily the next one starts in 5 minutes 💪

Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just breathe, and have faith that everything will work out for the best.

"Never become Sedentary" Is this a personal attack or something?

I agree with what you said about dogs and babies because you included the word "unattended". People need to monitor the interactions but as long as you're a good dog owner and can tell when your dog is stressed, a dog can be around a baby.

"It's very difficult to break out of that sedentary lifestyle once you get into it." Too true. I'm massively sedentary and it sucks

I think Mike looked straight at me when he made that sedentary lifestyle comment.

Patient: *Has Pericardial Effusion* Doctor: "The fluid shall be drained, get the patient to the OR stat" Reddit Doctors: *"Give CHEST COMPRESSIONS"*

Oh, this is great. Really top advice in an awesome human package. Love and respect to you Dr Mike 🤗

I've been trying so hard to quit smoking but I won't lie.. That "do it for dan" was the motivation I needed to try harder

Your point about asking your doctor about how many times they have performed the procedure is so important at least for me because I had this huge horror story about my doctor. I once had to get an ingrown toe nail removed when I was 11 and like 20 minutes after they were done I already felt the numbing going away but I thought I was just making it up but I just ignored it but by the time I got home I was in so much pain I was screaming at the top of my lungs. My parents just thought I was being dramatic so they just ignored it for a few days then they finally listens to me and we went to another doctor and they told us I wasn’t making it up and it turned out they BURNED my toe really bad when they cauterized it and it was basically a botched procedure. It literally hurt so bad I had to have crutches for a few days because I couldn’t bare to walk. Do your research on your doctor’s!!!

Dr Mike: _Never become sedetary_ Everyone: *sad quarantine noises*

I find your Channel so entertaining and funny, I’ve learned more about health then my own school.

3:46 the way he sings that

'I am nuts for nuts' -Doctor Mike 2020

Dr. Mike : “ NEVER have a sedentary lifestyle . “ Students going to Online Classes : ಠ_ಠ

As someone who has a LOT of moles and has had several sunburns, I like to use a parasol to create my own shade on the go when it's sunny to avoid burns or worse...now I feel more validated in my precautions, even if some think my method is silly ✌🏻💗

What I do to keep moving is to make an excuse too ok go and walk around. I tell myself ok time to go and walk downstairs to get water or I tell myself let me go and have a conversation with my mom for a bit and walk around while doing so. This has helped me stay active and keep in touch with everyone around me all day

"Goop is poop " That's about right.

I was smoking off and on for around 18 years. I quit about 3 months ago.

On the subject of Dr's level of experience with my illness is so dang hard when you have a less common disease like Behcets Disease. I have even had a nurse try and say that it didn't exist *till she looked it up and the Dr corrected her, I gave her the benefit of doubt since she was new* or argue with me on the pronunciation of that disease *like what?*. Most Dr's when they read Behcets they look at me and say something along the lines of "I haven't seen this since med school" or "I've only seen this once my entire career" or "I have only had one other patient with this condition". Its a constant learning experience for both myself and the Doctor. Its also an ever changing disease and incredibly hard to treat since as he has put it this disease can be different in each geographic region, or whether your male or female can change how it affects you, enviromental factors. Alot can be a factor in how it acts. Then there is the fact they still dont understand what triggers it, where it came from entirely or all of its symptoms. They know a lot, but there is an equal amount of what they dont know that is the scary part. I have a deadly form of this disease and its incredibly painful. We are just managing it right now the best we can since there is no cure. I trust in my Doctor because he has been honest with me right upfront. He was also the only one I could find that wasn't either across the state or that would take my insurance that even knew what the disease is and bonus he specializes in it *granted it was at the bottom of the list of things he specialized in*. Its been nice to have a doctor that can talk to me. After not being diagnosed for the first 19 yrs of my life and suffering then after being diagnosed and not being able to find a doctor who could help me or even wanted to try because its not an easy disease to treat or they just didnt know what to do, it was beginning to get frustrating. on top of all that I was recently diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis. I'm sure there are alot of people in these comments section in the same boat as me. It sucks and it is even more sh*tty to have it on top of behcets. I honestly hate living like this somedays and there for awhile I really was close to giving up because the pain is just so intense somedays. However I'm finding light in my life again and doing my best to fight through the rough days. I hope everyone else out there who is suffering can start to feel or find some sort of light in there lives. Find something that makes you want to keep going.

Doctor Mike absolutely correct!!!!! I sit for almost 10 hours a day at work! I make medical devices (e.g. catheters)I stand when I can, job depending, but he is absolutely right. I'm 36, I Cleaned houses for a living prior to this job, I've only been at this new job 1.5 years and I'm already falling apart from sitting for hours at a time. My back hurts, my knees crack, I'm extremely exhausted (although I do work 3 or 4am- 2pm ,5 days a week) and very irritable , im to young to be falling apart!!! I think back to when I had my own cleaning company and I realize I could never do that job in the condition I'm in.. So I've started taking 2 long walk daily while not at work (when I have the energy) . And it's made a huge difference..😊😊

I am a peds nurse on a trauma floor. When I took our initial trauma certification course, our ER attending told us about bladder explosions. 17 years later and I still can't leave the house without peeing first bc when I buckle my seat belt that thought haunts me 🤣😂🤣

"Never become sedentary." Me a freshmen in highschool that sits for one place 9am-8pm on my computer doing school every day, has pretty bad mental health, horrible back pain, and most days doesn't even go outside. me- "immmm fineeee"

as someone who has a pre deposition for skin cancer, dad even being the most sun conscious i mean long sleeves high spf zinc sunscreen hat still sits in the shade and avoids being outside when can, many burns especially as a child, lots of moles, plays multiple sports that last longer than recommended hour of reapplying sunscreen i wear a ton of long sleeve shirts like the fishing ones and spf ones which i don’t really believe or understand how spf works is not being applied to the body, i wear shorts and rash guard with my swim suit, walk my dog in the morning, if i want to do any extra lacrosse or swim training, (my 2 main sports) I wait until the sun starts to go down, it sets behind our house giving me time in the front yard to practice lacrosse and the neighbors behind us have huge trees so a little after dinner in the summer, we got a sail deck covering thing for my dad for christmas, during swim meets and lacrosse tournaments if im not on the field/in the water im under a tent again with the long sleeves im also a goalie so i’ve become accustomed to wearing even regular cotton shirts and pants like leggings or sweat pants, im still in high school so it’s still required to where protective shorts and recommended to wear shin guards, my goalie pants are a little big reaching down to my shin guards, ive got 2 sisters who are both very careless in the sun and my twin has a lot of moles as well and until recently had never really been burnt but she tans outside a lot given we live in nc sorta by the beach, my little sister doesn’t go outside much but when she does she doesn’t really seem to get burnt either she doesn’t have as many mole but more freckles which are caused by the su, neither of them ever wear sunscreen while i still get burnt sometimes while wearing it

I find it funny that Dr. Mike mentions CTE in relation to football because, when I am watching this video, I just watched a documentary about CTE in former NFL players three days ago for school. Funny timing!

The first three minutes of this video sounded like an “ask a mortician” video. She’s all about planning your end of life care and anything natural burial related. A collab would be amazing!!

Dr. Mike: "NEVER become sedentary" Me, a wheelchair user: :(

@ 7:54 Yes. As a sedentary person (can't function in extreme heat) that lives in a Texan trailer park, it is very difficult to break out of it. I do have a lot of motivation and drive, but the heat just won't allow me to function - 115 easy in the heat index.

When I worked at the hospital I saw patients with so many chronic issues related to smoking. My dad is a smoker and he has quit. But started again. And I’m praying and also having conversations with him about it. He wants to quit but keeps coming back to them for stress relief. Which is sadly ironic since they can increase stress.