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Ryan Fightmaster MD

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Why I Stopped Being Vegan (Because I Wanted to Be Myself)

April 20, 2023January 26, 2026 by Ryan Fightmaster, MD, posted in Quitting Medicine

I went vegan in the spring of 2013, and needed it, for many reasons. It was a five-year, cherished season, until it stood between me and myself.

Tagged Burnout, depression, ex-vegan, leaving medicine, Meaning, physician burnout, vegan diet, vegan physician2 Comments

When It Rains, It Implores (How To Survive Any Storm)

March 13, 2023March 21, 2023 by Ryan Fightmaster, MD, posted in Quitting Medicine

As I ventured through seasons of burnout and depression, I couldn’t forget that sunny memory in my soul. If I knew it once, I’ll know it again.

Tagged anxiety, depression, leaving medicine, Medicine, physician burnout, Purpose1 Comment

An Uncomfortable Reality—I Needed Those Depressions

March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 by Ryan Fightmaster, MD, posted in Quitting Medicine

I made it 28 years before the first depression. It was a good run. The darkness descended spring semester of my third year of medical school, the hardest year by my count.

Tagged anxiety, depression, leaving medicine, Medicine, physician burnout6 Comments
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