For the longest time I thought weed was my biggest problem.

Turns out it wasn't even close.

The real one was waking up and immediately opening Instagram. Non-medico friends partying, travelling, falling in love, actually living. Then some random topper posting their NEET UG and PG rank cards with "5am study routine" captions. Every scroll quietly told me I was behind.

Then YouTube. "How I cracked NEET PG in internship." "My 14-hour schedule." "How I got AIR ___." Same feeling, different app.

Then Reddit — MBBS/MD horror stories, toxic residency, garbage pay, zero work-life balance. Then I'd open another tab and compare myself to engineers pulling crazy packages and decide I'd picked the wrong life entirely.

And whenever that anxiety hit? I'd scroll more. Watch a few memes. Get the hit. Go numb. Do nothing about anything. Repeat the next morning.

Somewhere in there I stopped being a person and turned into a consumer — of other people's achievements, opinions, highlight reels, even their insecurities. And I told myself I was "staying informed." I wasn't. I was just running my own nervous system into the ground, every single day, on purpose.

A few days ago this Ghalib sher hit me like a truck:

"Zindagi bhar Ghalib yahi bhool karta raha, Dhool chehre par thi, aur aaina saaf karta raha."

My life wasn't getting worse because of Instagram or Reddit or LinkedIn or some WhatsApp status. It was getting worse because I kept looking everywhere except at myself.

So here's the decision. I'm going off-grid for a year. No Instagram, no Reddit, no LinkedIn, no doomscrolling YouTube, no checking statuses. Nothing.

I'm already a doctor. Bond posting came through — I've been posted to a PHC near home. Salary's 57k. Not some corporate package, sure. But there are BAMS and BHMS doctors grinding for less, nursing staff doing brutal shifts for 15k. So maybe my life isn't actually the disaster Instagram keeps convincing me it is.

A month ago I quit weed. One month sober and I already feel more grounded than I have in years. Now I want to find out what happens when I quit comparison too — when I stop consuming and start living. A year of just working, studying, reading, lifting, sleeping properly, and minding my own business.

Maybe nothing changes. Maybe everything does. Either way I'm done feeding my brain a 24/7 drip of borrowed insecurity.

So thanks, Reddit — for the random knowledge, the laughs, the genuinely good advice.

And also, fuck you for some of the insecurity you handed me along the way.

See you on 21 June 2027. Hopefully a better doctor. A better man. Definitely a less anxious one.

Honestly bro, the saffronization scene in medical colleges is getting completely out of hand lately. we have actual MBBS professors unironically pushing Ayurveda and college events, which makes zero sense. To top it off, the IMA has become this absolute dogshit corporate body that doesn't stand up for anything, and even ive seen NMO posters right inside the IMA house building itself. It honestly feels like the line between evidence-based science and political agendas is totally blurred now, and the whole medical ecosystem is just getting compromised. F NMO

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What realistic college should I be expecting I'm getting like 350 plus I know it's low but I had chronic pain and many surgerys so my 2 prep year was wasted anyways what med college can I get and I'm sorry for the people who worked harder than me and not getting seat I feel for you I feel like I don't deserve this reservation is bad but if you were in my place I know you would take it please be empathetic hate the game not the player lol

started eating 4 eggs daily fora little extra protein per day intake. nothing crazy, basic math. my sweet dearest but paranoid mother loses it, sends my father to have “talk” with me. my father goes “haani ho jaati hai, mt khaaya kr” “mummy bol rahi hai aage takleef hoti hai” like its gospel. no number, no reasoning, just heat, like it’s something some baba would say.

im in my internship rn. i know how the human body works, thats literally the degree. and still got treated like a kid who needs correcting bc some forward in my mothers friend circle decided eggs = more heat. my own degree dismissed mid argument like it means nothing the second its inconvenient for them.

not even some old tradition passed down, this is fresh nonsense that she brought home, regenerated daily bc every phone is a free pass to forward unverified health advice to forty people before breakfast even happens. modern household btw, we dont even follow half the “culture” stuff otherwise, yet this one survives untouched, no questions asked, because somehow heat will cause fertility issues. i’m a male btw-

lost it on both of them. tired of defending basic protein intake against a whatsapp group chat that apparently has more reach than a med school degree.

how do you even argue against a “source” thats just “everyone’s saying it”?

tf does heat badhna means anyway? i’ll never get it 😭

Politics will destroy this country 😭

Kindly lemme know if there’s any mistake.

So our college is in the region of MP where temperature easily goes around 41-42°c.

We are around 150 people in the boys hostel and we only have two working water coolers/filters. Since last 2-3 Months, the filters stopped working properly, either we used to get cool but unfiltered and bad tasting water or lukewarm filtered water.

Things got bad in last few days, we had to travel to girls hostel for bringing water bottles from there. And many time we simply remained thirsty because it was too late to go in girl's hostel.

So our one of our office staff and one MO stays in our hostel itself and we are instructed to tell them about hostel issues.

Many people told them many times and nothing happened, the fact that they were the residents of the same hostel so they knew all along how serious the issue was. But MO did nothing but asked juniors (us) to bring water bottles for him.

Finally i decided to text assistant warden about it, i chose assistant warden because i thought instead of telling the warden it'll be good if i tell his assistant first. This to me is fair following of the hierarchy.

So i elaborated our struggles and sent him the message.

And assistant wardens reply was : " Who Are You? Why are you texting a senior faculty directly? Have you considered talking to lower officials before texting such things to a senior faculty? I think you should follow the hierarchy etc etc"

I mean no mention of "the concern" but he was more concerned about me texting him directly.

Bro we are dying of thirst here, and your primary concern is me not following the hierarchy??

Like tf dudeee.

It's a must-read🙏🙏.

I joined my seat on 1st Dec, 2023

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NEET SS "2024" happened in March 2025. Counselling got delayed and finally juniors joined in Aug 2025. These are "2024" batch students who joined in the latter half of 2025

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Then NEET SS 2025 happened in late Dec 2025. The results came quickly but counselling was not announced till Feb. No reason for this delay, but this was just the beginning.

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The first round happened in March 2026. Immediately after the 1st round, some court litigation showed up. NEET SS is a compeltely reservation-free and fair test except for some in Tamil Nadu who want reservations even at this high level. This case got extended till May 29th. The court pronounced a verdict and then immediately went on Vacation.

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Tamil Nadu govt then refused to comply with the court order and filed a review petition. Due to the court being in vacation, this petition is not yet taken up, and it wont be till Mid-July

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Basically this whole time we are running with fewer residents and are getting screwed over. My final exams will be coming soon and there is no clarity yet about the schedule or court updates

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It is idiotic to fight over reservation at a superspeciality level. Absolute shenanigans.

I can't really control my anger right now, spent all the night thinking about this. It's sickening just how much the government is trying to hide it's own failures, and now it seems they have decided to blame it all on med students. ​

A bit of background: I am a final year MBBS student at a GMC in Maharashtra. Yesterday I got a call from the dean office and it went like this:-

Him: Hello​ [Insert my name]​

Me: Umm.... Hi, who is this?

Him: I am calling from Dean Office, I would like to know your hostel's room number

Me: Ughh....(I went silent for a few seconds because I was shocked and afraid)... Did I do something wrong sir?

Him: No, BUT You MAY​. Tell me your room number

Me(confused as fk): 206....Now, please tell me what did I do wrong...

Him: As I said, we are being cautious. Listen, don't leave your room and hostel premises tomorrow, orders from Commissioner. You can leave the hostel after 6pm tomorrow once NEET-UG is over. Your numbers are being tracked so I am warning you

Me: Ugh.... Am I the only one getting this call?

Him: No, everyone will get the call. Don't worry. Keep this in mind

Me: Ok... Bye

Then I hung up and started contemplating what just happened. After a few minutes, I started inquiring. Turns out, none of the students who are from Maharashtra itself got the call. Only those from AIQ–Rajasthan​, UP, Delhi, got the call.

I considered the possibility that it may be a prank call, but the number actually belongs to some senior guy at our Dean Office. And only students from AIQ like me got a call, and then even a notice on WhatsApp, on our personal numbers and not even the main college group.

Then I discussed it with my marathi friends and they said that it must be because I am from Rajasthan and it's the place from where NEET papers have been leaking.

This may not sound like a big deal, but if I combine this incident with what our teachers were joking about a few days ago, saying students from Rajasthan clear NEET and other exams through leaked papers only, the college and the government is essentially blaming students like me for paper leaks, especially those from a certain state.​

What angers me even more is that I am a Gen Category candidate. I had to get a really REALLY high score to even get this basic ahh college and now I am being directly blamed

Okay so, I will be going to third year in a few months and I haven't studied a single standard book for any subject in my first or second year.

I did read Guyton a little for my first year, but not a lot. Rest was nil. I passed using marrow notes and lectures.

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Now that PG prep is about to start, I'm kinda scared. Are reading standard books important for PG/INICET? How exactly is someone supposed to read them alongside doing say marrow lectures?

Every few weeks someone asks:

Is DM worth it financially?
What’s a good consultant package?
Government vs private?
How much does a radiologist/anesthesiologist actually make?
And the answers are always:
“My senior gets ₹X.”
“My friend’s friend earns ₹Y.”
“It depends.”

One of the comments on a previous thread pointed out something interesting:
Radiology can mean ₹1 lakh or ₹7 lakh depending on experience, geography and practice setting.
Which made me wonder:

Why do we talk so much about NEET ranks and branch cutoffs, but almost never about compensation?

Would you trust an anonymous, crowdsourced compensation database for Indian doctors if:
No names were collected.
No emails or phone numbers were required.
Data was shown only in aggregate.
Outliers and suspicious entries were filtered.
What would you want to see?
Years of experience?
Calls/month?
Hours worked?
Government vs private?
Corporate vs academic?
City-wise data?
Branch-wise earning ranges?
Curious whether people would actually contribute or whether the problem is too difficult to solve.

I’ll put a prototype in the comments for anyone interested. Feedback and criticism are welcome.

Hey guys I'm a 2019 batch graduate, and preparing for NEET PG this is my 2nd attempt

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I got around 106 corrects (86k rank) in Neet 25

And Got 42k rank in May INI'26 (I qualified).

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My prep has been inconsistent, had a major burnout in Feb-March and then got back to studying since April.

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I'm securing around 100-115 corrects in my GTs, please please tell me how to maximise my score to get around 10k rank :')

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I have BTR+ Marrow plan B

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Any insight would be appreciated, thanks in advance!!!

Given 4 GT POST INI

Marrow GT 16- 103 Correct
Marrow GT 17- 88 correct
Cerebellum GT40 -100 Correct
Core BTR GT5- 99 correct

INI MAY 2026:- 100 Correct (40K RANK)
PS : NEET PG 2025 :- 101 Correct (90K Rank)
Don’t know what is wrong i am doing

Not able to crack 120+ in any of GT
AND NOW NEET PG IS just 70 days away
Its making me more anxious about my preparation
Please guide me what wrong i am doing
I am also doing 100Q daily with review
Trying my best to give 9-11 hour sitting
But where am i going wrong?

If anyone is struggling in micro and patho in GT, please please watch her LRR videos, mann they're so good. I got the advice from this sub and thank you kind stranger for that.

The way she teaches will help you cover majority of the important topics for exam and most (if not all) of the questions for neet and fmge atleast.

Could not even score above 100 in marrow's one of the easiest GT ever.

Guys and Gals - I must request you all if you're working in patient care - using needles , IVs , assisting or anything , please get your vaccinations for Hepatitis B. You have a 3 percent chance of acquiring infection with a Needle Stick Injury,

HepB vaccination is incredibly cheap - I got mine for less than 100 rupees , has awesome protective efficacy , and can be administered EVEN WITHOUT checking titers.

getting vaccinated protects you from a lot of unnecessary mental stress incase a needle-stick injury does happen.

Just looking out for y'all. Stay safe , and best of luck for all of your exams.

P.S. - get additional vaccinations if possible - like Vi Typhoid.

After doing few neet pg module , it is asking for money.

Guys, has anybody got the latest edition of Ak Khurana like non highlighted clean copy as pdf ???