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It’s been 2 years #ADHD #SuicidalThoughts

It’s been approximately 2 years since I’ve last posted, and I will admit a lot has changed.

Two years ago I was in a dark place. I felt hopeless, and I saw myself as a failure. When I was younger, I never really understood what was wrong with me, and as a result, I chose to not seek professional help because I felt nobody would understand me especially since I didn’t know what I was going through myself.

Thinking back now, I now understand that my ADHD + my medication for ADHD (I no longer take this medication) is the reason why my mental health went downhill. ADHD affects my ability to do certain important tasks, and it also affects my ability to take care of my hygiene and physical health.

At the same time, I also lacked social skills because I spent most of my life inside the house doing nothing but playing games and watch YouTube. Because of my inability to get myself to do anything combined with my lack of friends, I felt lonely and like a failure. I saw myself as a failure because I couldn’t get myself motivated enough to do simple things such as getting myself a job or basically anything.

That’s why, I decided to plan my suicide after graduating high school, but at the last minute I hesitated so instead, I waited for my mom to kick me out of the house so that I won’t have any reason to live anymore. But later on, I attempted to get a job which wasn’t easy because I tried to resist my feelings.

Now two years later, I have a job, and I’ve been in college for about two years. I haven’t had suicidal thoughts since the day I got accepted into the job. I can say my mental health has gotten a little better, but I’m not completely healed.

I still do feel lonely sometimes because I still lack social skills, and I still spend a lot of my time in the house (and yes, I’m aware that it’s unhealthy to be inside the house all the time) . Sometimes I have small depression episodes. I’m assuming the reason why I get small depressive episodes is because of the lack of dopamine in my brain. I usually get these episodes after eating a large unhealthy meal or just random. Usually, when I feel this way, I tend to feel drowsy and sad. Listening to music is kind of like a dopamine booster to me because sometimes I’ll suddenly feel, happy, energetic, and motivated to do anything which is why I tend to listen to music when I feel sad sometimes.

To this day, I try to avoid thinking about negativity by distracting myself in playing games and watching YouTube, because my symptoms from two years ago would likely return. My symptoms would also likely return when my physical health starts going downhill because of my obesity or when I start living in a house of my own due to loneliness.

Overall, my mental health is a little better than it was before from 2 years ago, but I know I’m not fully healed as I’m still at risk of old symptoms returning.

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I’m new here!

Hi, my name is lostandalone. I'm looking for people to talk to. Who can at the very least understand what I’m feeling, even when I can’t find the right words to to express those feelings!!!

#MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #PTSD #ADHD #Asthma #Obesity

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I hate being hungry all the time. #Obesity

First just let me clarify that English is not my 1st language.
I've been diagnosed with BPD, Major depression and Social Anxiety. I also have high blood pressure and diabetes. It always seems like. I'm craving for something, at this time I'm unemployed so I don't know if this is because I can't find a job, because when I'm working, I'm totally ok with just one meal a day. Does anyone have any advice for me?
Thank you.

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Thunder thighs #Anxiety #HypothyroidismUnderactiveThyroidDisease #Obesity

All of my adult life I've been embarrassed to wear shorts or dresses above the knees because of my thunder thighs. Well, it's a new day and a new way. It's hot and I'm about to trot.

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Some interesting Facts from Netflix's New Documentary, 'Hack Your Health: The Secrets to your Gut'

The gut is the center of a biomedical revolution. This whole field is disrupting modern medicine.

Autism, Depression, Anxiety, Parkinsons, and Cancer are ALL related to the gut microbiome

Our gut affects our whole body. The gut is the second brain. Our brains have never existed without signals coming from the gut.

70% of our immune system lives in our gut.

You get your first habitable microbes when you are born out of your mother's womb. We shape our gut microbiome based on our experiences. The relationships you have, the pets you have, exercise, stress, the food you eat. Because of this, everyone has different microbiomes. It is a collection of microbial memories.

Knowing the microbiome is the key to health is key because you can't change your genes. BUT you can change your microbes by simple edits to your diet and lifestyle.

The modern-day microbiome is pretty unhealthy and is pushing up to this prevalent rise in chronic conditions such as hypertension, food allergies, diabetes, obesity, etc. The way we think about disease needs to change.

Changes to our environment. Western diet. the way babies are born (c-section), baby formula, sanitation, and antibiotics, all lead to decreased microbiome diversity, Exactly what we see in today's industrialized microbiome.

Currently, in the states, 60% of the calories eaten are ultra-processed and ultrally refined. This strips it of its natural ingredients and adds in a ton of processed sugars and chemicals.

When you look at quote healthy labels, it is hard to depict what is even in it. Most healthy labels are full of sugars and processed chemical components. Because of this, it is very hard to navigate what you should be eating. The food and wellness world is incredibly confusing.

Current recommendations in the United States recommend 28-40g of fiber per day, HOWEVER on average we are only eating 15g at most in the average American diet. The field of microbiome science is realizing we need to be eating access to 50g of fiber per day. If you don't feed your microbes fiber, they start to eat you. If you stop eating dietary fiber, the microbes need to start eating something. If there is no fiber, it will start to eat away at your mucosal gut lining and spread to various parts of your body, causing inflammation all over. Which can lead to many diseases such as IBD or IBS.

If a gut microbiome is very diverse and has a different variety of bacteria, then it can adapt to what life throws at us. A bouquet of possibilities.

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#CheckInWithMe - Hello Depression My Old Friend

#Depression #Anxiety #Autism #AutismSpectrumDisorder

Well I am depressed again. I had a job interview for a full time at the library I work at a few weeks ago and I did not get it. I was heavily depressed during the weekend and it made me self-aware of a lot of things wrong with me. My autism, my obesity, my anxiety, etc. I do not know how to feel anymore. Any advice?

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What are we celebrating?! (MARCH)

national developmental disabilities month
Women’s history
National MS Education and Awareness Month
March 1-31: Alport Awareness Month March 1-31: Brain Injury Awareness Month
March 1-31: Brain Tumor Awareness Month (UK only)
March 1-31: Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month
March 1-31: Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness Month
March 1-31: Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
March 1-31: Myeloma Action Month
March 1-31: National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
March 1-31: National Cheerleading Safety Month
March 1-31: National Colorectal Cancers Awareness Month
March 1-31: National Endometriosis Awareness Month
March 1-31: National Kidney Month
March 1-31: National Nutrition Month
March 1-31: Problem Gambling Awareness Month
March 1-31: Save Your Vision Month
March 1-31: Trisomy Awareness Month
March 1-31: Workplace Eye Wellness Month
March 1-6: National Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week
March 2: World Teen Mental Wellness Day
March 3: World Birth Defects Day
March 3: World Hearing Day
March 4: HPV Awareness Day
March 4: World Obesity Day
March 5: Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day
March 7: National Hospitalist Day
March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 10-16: Patient Safety Awareness Week
March 10-16: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
March 10-16: Sleep Awareness Week
March 11-17: Brain Awareness Week
March 14: World Kidney Day
March 15: World Sleep Day
March 17-23: National Poison Prevention Week
March 18-24: National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
March 20: National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 20: World Oral Health Day
March 21: World Down Syndrome Day
March 24: World Tuberculosis Day
March 26: Epilepsy Awareness – Purple Day
March 26: American Diabetes Alert Day
March 30: National Doctors’ Day
March 30: World Bipolar Day
March 17: Saint Patrick’s Day
March: autoimmune diseases awareness month

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I'm new here!

Hi, my name is Jellybelly32340. I'm here because
I developed prostate cancer. I immersed myself in the study of health and nutrition. FFiber is the secret Dr. Denis Burkitt 20 years in Uganda, a country of 10 million people 150 rural hospitals. 1971 Interview. Far more fiber, far more starch, far less fat, far less sugar, far less salt, abolish fried foods. Eat more brown bread. Top two. More fiber. Less fat. Western countries diet has too much fat sugar and salt cause sickness/ diseases. Western countries diet 15 grams of fiber, 80-100 grams of stool increase risk for chronic diseases. In India/ sub Sahara countries diet 100 grams of fiber 300-500 grams of stool exempt from Western diseases.

Americans eat 240lbs to 300lbs of animal products each year. Meat Consumption in the U.S. Is Growing at an Alarming Rate

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The Lost Lectures from Nathan Pritikin - Dr. McDougall

Read the latest on serious health-related issues and what you can do about them. Hear success stories from people who were helped by the McDougall Program.
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Nature News: Obesity/diabetes drugs being studied on Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s

One of my favourite sites, Nature reports science news in addition to its academic journals.

TDLR: Drugs classified as GLP-1 receptor agonists reduce inflammation in the liver, kidneys and heart and APPEAR to reduce inflammation in the brain (neuroinflammation). Studies are underway to see effects on Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

Looks like drugs such as semaglutide (Wegovy/Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro/Zepbound) reduce inflammation independently of effects on weight, including in the brain. This is pretty exciting as inflammation (a sign of immune system issues) has been implicated in a whole range of syndromes and diseases. Hopefully research in this area will lead to prevention/treatment for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s and maybe other problems as well.

Obesity drugs have another superpower: taming inflammation

Obesity drugs have another superpower: taming inflammation

The blockbuster medications that reduce body weight also reduce inflammation in the brain, raising hopes that they can treat Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
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