So I finally sorted out what happened to my brain
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#2Seems more related to starvation than hacking.
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#3Seems more related to starvation than hacking.
Yeah, or some form of diabetes. The body is great at making glucose out of pretty much anything, specially muscle and fat tissue. I don’t buy the diagnosis, there has to be something else on the metabolic side that’s missing if that were the case.
Occam’s razor points to a psychological disorder, he went straight to psychiatric medication with no attempt to deal with the compulsive component of his behavior.
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#4We do a pretty lousy job most of the time of providing the support the body needs. This story kind of touches on or points to the need for us to get better at understanding that kind of thing.
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#5> I don't know how I would have done it without my family.
> My brain didn't work.
> I couldn't have done it myself.
Well that is scary.
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#6> I don't know how I would have done it without my family. > My brain didn't work. > I couldn't have done it myself. Well that is scary.
The first two lines of that tweet:
> The healthcare system in the US is a failure.
> You have to do it yourself. You have to research things yourself. You have to hunt for doctors & specialists yourself.
It is pretty scary.
It's not a matter of whether you're going to need the healthcare system to work for you, it's when. Everybody gets older, everybody starts to lose function in various ways, and everybody dies.
The US healthcare system is an unmitigated disaster.
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#7> I don't know how I would have done it without my family. > My brain didn't work. > I couldn't have done it myself. Well that is scary.
The first two lines of that tweet: > The healthcare system in the US is a failure. > You have to do it yourself. You have to research things yourself. You have to hunt for doctors & specialists yourself. It is pretty scary. It's not a matter of whether you're going to need the healthcare system to work for you, it's when . Everybody gets older, everybody starts to lose function in various ways, and everybody dies. Th…
I think this is also, to a lesser extent, the case in other first world countries. A family member of mine in Germany who had a serious incapacitating health issue needed to be advocated for for almost a year to get a life-saving surgery.
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#8> I don't know how I would have done it without my family. > My brain didn't work. > I couldn't have done it myself. Well that is scary.
The first two lines of that tweet: > The healthcare system in the US is a failure. > You have to do it yourself. You have to research things yourself. You have to hunt for doctors & specialists yourself. It is pretty scary. It's not a matter of whether you're going to need the healthcare system to work for you, it's when . Everybody gets older, everybody starts to lose function in various ways, and everybody dies. Th…
> You have to do it yourself. You have to research things yourself. You have to hunt for doctors & specialists yourself.
That's true everywhere, though. Just because basic stuff is paid for in Canada doesn't mean we've got crack teams of doctors tracking down your diagnosis.
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#9I have had something similar to this (heavy fog and inability to continue creative work) and I use coffee, bulk vitamins and regular walks with music to work through it.
I also started eating more fresh food and less frozen food, even if it meant eating-out fresh, because it was much worse when I was reheating a lot of tasteless frozen food.
But no matter how hard I try, I have focused my career into an area that requires a lot of creative effort, and I think that this has given me nearly permanent long term memory problems. Over the years, my relationships always get irritated that I don't remember anything. Actually, I thought my memory was normal, until I started to contrast it with people around me who worked in hospitality and such.
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#10> I "depleted my brain of dopamine and glucose" causing "Functional Neurological Disorder" (FND - DSM-5 code 300.11)
Is this a real thing? I can't find any evidence of Google about this and the author didn't link any sources. "300.11" is pretty vague and seems to refer to a problem that doesn't match any other criteria. I can't find any reference to it being caused by glucose or dopamine levels.
Edit: https://twitter.com/TinkerSec/status/1388269323295338501 says "I went to a neurologist first to make sure it wasn't a stroke or epileptic seizures. They gave me MRI and EEG tests. Then I went to a neuropsychologist. It was the neuropsychologist that diagnosed me." which means it was diagnosed by a psychologist rather than a medical doctor with an MD.
The parts about stress are probably valid but the "glucose and dopamine" depletion is probably bullshit.