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Night of the living brain fog dead or how I hacked myself better via open source

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Re: Night of the living brain fog dead or how I hacked myself better via open source

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Post by elkos »

aszantu wrote: post #153
elkos wrote: post #128

I'm a sleep technologist by trauning and profession for the last 18+. I wish all our patients were so much aware about their conditions and our doctors had the opportunity to spend enough time with those that would.

do you know, by any chance, about the connection between eating vegetables green and onions seem to trigger sleeplessness? I think it's a gut issue, but I can't find any doctor that knew this yet

Although this isn't a proper setting to provide consultation and I have to remind you that a trained physician in sleep medicine in a sleep laboratory setting could be more specific on answerimg your question, here are my thoughts.

Are there any signs of gastroesophageal reflux? Like burping, or feeling hearburn, maybe even non-cardial chest pain? If so, I would suggest consulting with a gastroenterologist before visiting a sleep laboratory. GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) is often associated with late sleep on-set phenomena and with fragmented sleep circle pattern due to central apneas taking place when the acidic reflux enters the esophagus.

If you already have ben checked by a gastroenterologist (and/or are under treatment) I would suggest visiting a sleep laboratory. They would perform a sleep study and will be able to better assess your sleep patterns.

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Post by LoganDark »

Mezzie wrote: post #152
LoganDark wrote: post #140

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> Same with me but PTSD. Like the fact that I'm remarkably functional in crisis mode doesn't mean that it's not a problem I live there all the time. Exactly! I wanna fix something wrong with me , not something preventing me from becoming a work slave . I want to be happy with myself , not just useful to society . My own happiness should trump most metrics of functionality.

It's crazy-making, isn't it? I realize in hindsight how much of my resistance to help was resistance to 'help': I've grown up surrounded by adults/authority figures offering 'help' with no consideration of my actual desires or wellbeing. I know that one. Of course I was wary: I had a good reason. You're right that it all relies around making people functional, not whole people who have come to terms with who they are…

In my opinion, the person isn't the organism, the organism makes up the person. That distinction is important when it comes to things like DID, which I have. Even "whole people" becomes questionable when a single organism contains multiple people~

But I still totally agree. My main concern when I was getting prescribed my meds was "will it help me mentally instead of just making me do things?" and the answer was "yes". I didn't actually believe it, until I tried the meds and they freakin' worked. Now I'm just so thankful and grateful I found something that worked so well. I feel like my brain is finally functioning the way it's supposed to. (Neurodivergence included of course~)

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Post by OOPMan »

hutzlibu wrote: post #241
sawyna wrote: post #237

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I used to have pretty bad sinus. I used to take antibiotics for 10 days a month and would be good for 20 days and this goes on each month. After 6 months, my immunity has gone to shit. The doctor recommended clearing out my sinus by a surgery but apparently that doesn't solve the root cause. It can happen again and again. I tried multiple doctors, treatments, tips etc and etc nothing worked. I finally visited a homeo…

"homeo doctor" Homeopathy doctor?

I.e. a quack

Seems even a quack can get some things right XD

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Post by OOPMan »

goldenkey wrote: post #302
halostatue wrote: post #288

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Funnily enough, cranberry juice does not show any clinical benefit for treating UTIs over and above simple hydration, and it shows minimal benefit for UTI prevention. https://www.healthline.com/health/baking-soda-for-uti#bottom...

That really doesn't mean shit since it anecdotally works to all the folks that have had UTIs. Whether the causal effect is indirect is really asides the point. It works.

Except all the ones it didn't work for who didn't crow about it working?

Your logic is kinda faulty...

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Post by ir123 »

elkos wrote: post #311
aszantu wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

do you know, by any chance, about the connection between eating vegetables green and onions seem to trigger sleeplessness? I think it's a gut issue, but I can't find any doctor that knew this yet

Although this isn't a proper setting to provide consultation and I have to remind you that a trained physician in sleep medicine in a sleep laboratory setting could be more specific on answerimg your question, here are my thoughts. Are there any signs of gastroesophageal reflux? Like burping, or feeling hearburn, maybe even non-cardial chest pain? If so, I would suggest consulting with a gastroenterologist before vis…

what could the gastroenterologist possibly do to help in this case? i do have GERD and fragmented sleep, after having gone to multiple gastroenterologists, i still haven't got help for this particular issue. any suggestions? it would massively help me.

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Post by halostatue »

goldenkey wrote: post #302
halostatue wrote: post #288

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funnily enough, cranberry juice does not show any clinical benefit for treating UTIs over and above simple hydration, and it shows minimal benefit for UTI prevention. https://www.healthline.com/health/baking-soda-for-uti#bottom...

That really doesn't mean shit since it anecdotally works to all the folks that have had UTIs. Whether the causal effect is indirect is really asides the point. It works.

Anecdata aren’t data, and via experimental results, cranberry juice does not work. It’s often recommended, but it has the same scientific basis as drinking 8 glasses of water or walking 10,000 steps. Which is to say, it’s a marketing ploy.

Cranberry juice is no more effective on UTIs than chicken soup on colds and flus. That is, it can have an impact in part because of the placebo effect (which is substantially more powerful than is currently understood), but it is not because there is any inherent benefit to cranberry juice ("chicken soup" — that is, any clear broth — is at least partially effective because it’s warm liquid fighting diseases which cause dehydration; there’s no medicinal benefit).

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Post by CapstanRoller »

goldenkey wrote: post #301
CapstanRoller wrote: post #276

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How does coconut water deviate one's septum or cause sinus infections? What's the mechanism behind this?

It tends to spoil or already be spoiled. Even the pink phenolic young coconut travels a long way to its final consumption. It's overall just not really meant to be consumed so far from the source. Sourness means bacteria, and sinuses are infamous for falling prey to weaker or sparse bacteria in the orifices.

Reminds me of the stuff about chronic mycotoxin exposure from bread-type products. I wonder how much of our food is like this.

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Post by CapstanRoller »

sawyna wrote: post #305
CapstanRoller wrote: post #276

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How does coconut water deviate one's septum or cause sinus infections? What's the mechanism behind this?

I don't know the mechanism behind this. Coconut is accentuating the sinus infection in my case? My situation (deviated septum) makes me allergic to coconut water?

I also (used to) have a deviated septum. This almost seems like a general issue with swallowing, where stuff just backs into your sinuses due to pressure weirdness, and certain types of stuff really promote bacterial/fungus colonies.

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Post by olejorgenb »

lmohseni wrote: post #32
agrue wrote: post #27

Sleep apnea is strange. Good news! We have a diagnosis, sleep apnea. You're bad at sleeping now, the thing everybody has to do all night long every day since birth. The solution is to wear a modern iron lung whenever you want or need to sleep forever. Many times it's because people are overweight but you aren't. Is that really all there is for treatment? No throat exercises or therapeutic sleeping positions? No diets…

I read a book called Breath by James Nestor, it’s all about the benefits of nose breathing. Anecdotally this has completely fixed my sleep apnea/ snoring/ energy levels/ etc. Highly recommended!

Assoc https://hubermanlab.com/how-to-breathe-correctly-for-optimal...

Re: Night of the living brain fog dead or how I hacked myself better via open source

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Post by [deleted] »

tootie wrote: post #189
rolisz wrote: post #168

Anyone got any other experiences with things that cause brain fog? I don't think I have sleep apnea (my wife often falls asleep after I do and she doesn't report any kind of weird breathing issues for me, nor snoring). But even though I generally sleep 8 hours a night, I am quite tired during the day and I often have trouble focusing. At night, I fall asleep like a log and I don't wake up during the night.

Talk to a doctor. Idk why OP spent so much time solving what a doctor could tell them. I had similar symptoms and doc pinned it on narcolepsy before I could finish explaining. Googling symptoms never turned it up. Getting tested for sleep apnea is very easy with an at-home device. Narcolepsy is more involved. Long COVID is another candidate. So is thyroid which requires a blood test.

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