#thing is ive been glutened a few times and never noticed any symptoms so i also dont think its coeliac

[plushri]

Every so often I'm tempted to eat gluten again so I can 1. get tested for coeliacs and 2. eat that delicious looking food at the farmers market

[celiacandsalty]

Kal Penn’s Nuts

Warning: the following blog includes strong language, references to gluten, and excessive whining.

When my brother Jeff got diagnosed with Celiac disease in 2014 (at age 34) I distinctly remember my first thought being something along the lines of, “oh god, that poor bastard.” Not only because many most of the best foods contain gluten, but because I was already imagining the inevitable day when he goes to some business dinner or something and the server mistakes him for one of THOSE people. You know, the people we all roll our eyes at because they claim to have a gluten “sensitivity” or “intolerance,” but we suspect they’re full of shit and make a mental note to mock them at a later date. It’s hard to say why I cared so much about what hypothetical Cheesecake Factory employees in Ohio might think about my brother’s diet but I DID.

(I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but on TV shows now if they want to quickly convey that a character is an annoying douchebag, usually all they have to do is throw in a line where that person orders a gluten free whatever and a vegan something or other. It’s been a “joke” (for lack of a better word) for at least a decade now and for some reason shows no signs of stopping, despite the fact that it is completely unoriginal, unfunny, and hacky. What I’m saying is, gluten free is the new Nickleback.)

Okay, now cut to 2018 when I, following in my brother’s stupid footsteps, also get diagnosed with Celiac disease1 and all those pitying thoughts I never would have verbalized to my poor bastard brother come flooding back, only now they apply to me too and I can hear them all because they’re in my head. I did not take the news well.

Now, it almost goes without saying that it is easier now than ever before to find decent gluten-free food, especially in Portland, Oregon (where I fortunately already happened to live), but I gotta say, it’s a colossal pain in the ass and it still sucks. It sucks that I have to spend so much of my free-time moonlighting as a gluten detective, looking at menus for places I might possibly be invited to eat at someday and reading every word on every food label and trying to get to the bottom of whether miso paste or Werther’s Originals are safe for me to eat.2 It sucks that I don’t even really WANT to go out to eat much anymore because it’s such a stressful experience that I barely enjoy it anways. It sucks that I once enjoyed traveling and now I’ve pretty much written off at least a couple of entire continents (and they were good ones too.) It sucks that I have frequent anxiety dreams about accidentally poisoning myself. It sucks that I only just discovered Shake Shack 6 months before getting diagnosed and now I’ll never again know the joy of a squishy hamburger bun. It sucks that I no longer get to be the easygoing person in a group or at the office who, when asked about dietary restrictions, could proudly say “Nope! I’m fine with whatever (aka I am a very cool and chill person).” I could go on and on, but I’d have to say the thing that actually sucks the most is the whole gluten-as-a-punchline thing because for me it is so terribly unfunny.

A couple of months ago3 I was at the gym, listening to one of my podcasts in which the guests, usually comedians, get a chance to rant for a few minutes on any topic of their choosing. That week, Kal Penn (of Harold & Kumar fame4) was one of the guests and he made the bold choice to rant about GLUTEN. My blood went straight to a solid simmer before he said another word. I considered shutting it off, but I thought to myself, “Easy does it, Jeanne! Maybe it’s not going to be what you think it is.”

Narrator: It was.

Kal Penn went on to say that as a person living with a severe allergy to tree nuts, it makes him very angry that people who claim to have GLUTEN allergies or intolerances are diluting the seriousness of his legitimate food allergy. The main takeaway being that GLUTEN allergies are FAKE and a FAD and they’re a PREFERENCE, unlike Kal Penn’s very real allergy to nuts.

Of course, Kal Penn included the caveat that there is a VERY small percentage of people for whom gluten issues are real, but I feel like that finer point may have been lost in the message of screaming FAKE FAKE FAKE for 3 minutes.5

The annoying thing though, is that Kal Penn is right. It IS a fad. (Especially in LA.) And I HATE that it is. One particularly annoying thing about this is that restaurants are catching on and more and more GF items items are popping up on menus everywhere. Unfortunately, they are often actually GF, unless you have Celiac disease, which makes my gluten detective job much harder.6

Now I don’t doubt that living with a nut allergy is hard. And I imagine that Kal Penn and I actually have a lot in common when it comes to anxieties and frustrations around food and eating out. I know that I shouldn’t say that I’m jealous of Kal Penn and his nut allergy, but in a way I am. Yes, I’m sure it is terrifying to go into anaphylactic shock and have to be rushed to the hospital, but on the bright side, at least people don’t think you’re a douchebag liar!

Speaking of being rushed to the hospital, here’s the funny story about how I found out that I can’t eat gluten. A little over a year ago, I ended up in the emergency room after dramatically collapsing in my apartment and completely losing all feeling in the entire left side of my body. After getting an MRI (and some other very expensive tests), I was informed that there were several areas of stroke in my 34-year-old brain.7

I spent 3 days in the neurology unit with puzzled doctors coming in every hour to scratch their heads and look at me with great concern. I didn’t find out for another full week that all of this was a result of undiagnosed Celiac disease. Apparently though I was asymptomatic in terms of gastrointestinal issues (very common in adults), I had become so severely anemic8 that I literally almost died. Malnutrition and malabsorption are common symptoms of Celiac, and at this point my hemoglobin was so critically low that I required a blood transfusion and 2 IV iron infusions.

Ok, so cool story, I know, but is stroke and near-death a common effect of eating gluten? Nope! I don’t think so!

So what’s my point? Fuck, I don’t even remember now. But I guess what I’m saying is...we all know the people Kal Penn is talking about. And I spend way too much of my mental energy worrying that when I tell someone I can’t have gluten9, they might, for example, still serve me a salad that they accidentally put the croutons on and then tried to pick them off but missed a few because they probably assume I’m just another asshole doing the Whole 30.10  

So, Kal Penn, believe me when I say that I am with you on the issue of THOSE people. But continuing to rail against them and their possibly exaggerated gluten sensitivities does nothing to stop them. (I suspect it might even make them stronger and more annoying.) It does however, continue to reinforce the already widespread belief that gluten is a made-up problem invented in the 2000s, by I don’t know, naturopaths and George Soros probably? And it’s this belief that is actually very dangerous to people like myself and my brother and the millions of other poor bastards with REAL incurable conditions, and, for what it’s worth, one that seems unlikely to change the way we treat someone with a nut allergy. And, last but not least, it is also a belief that occasionally ruins my workout/enjoyment of podcasts.

Anyways, thanks for letting me vent.

Oh, but sorry about your nuts, Kal Penn.

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Cool family, right?? (Also my maternal grandmother had it too and was diagnosed in the 1980s.)

Still unclear

I meant to write this sooner. Fortunately, my New Year’s Resolution was to hold on longer to more grudges.

Among other things, like Obama’s White House?

I was also going to go back and listen to the podcast again to more accurately transcribe his rant, but just thinking about it made my heart hurt. If you want to hear for yourself, it was the November 9, 2019 episode of Lovett Or Leave It.)

Plus the pay sucks.

I think it could still pass for 28.

My blood’s solution to this problem was to produce WAY too many platelets, which I didn’t know and perhaps my blood didn’t know, are what make blood clot.

“Just tell them you have CELIAC.” Well guess what–some of THOSE people are co-opting our magic word too now!

Sorry if you’re doing the Whole 30 and not an asshole.

[wlwdjh]

hi. i think i might have some early fibromyalgia but the internet isn't helping me too much. how did you get a diagnosis? how did it feel for you in the beggining? please i need some help i have been struggling with health for a few years but lately its gotten worse and neither my mum (undergraduate in medicine) nor any doctors ive been to know whats going on. Ive been on antidepressants for a while but stopped them. i cant say they helped. do you have any experience you can share?

Hi hun. First I want to preface this by saying I am in no way a medical professional so all I can do is share my experience. I also am located in the United States and have health insurance, which is going to make my experience different than a lot of others. I’m gonna put the rest under a cut just in case anyone has trouble reading about medical issues.

Fibromyalgia is a weird diagnosis, in that it’s a diagnosis by elimination. Before I was diagnosed by a Rheumatologist (a doctor who specializes in diseases of the connective tissue like arthritis) I spent years working with my doctor to figure out the source of my chronic pain. At 19 I was in a car accident and my doctor checked me over and took x-rays, all of which came out completely normal. Slowly over the course of the next few years though my health started to deteriorate.

At first I thought it was only mental. I was having major anxiety, to the point where I couldn’t go to school, and depression severe enough that I couldn’t get out of bed. I was sent to a psychiatrist, who listened to my symptoms for 15 minutes, diagnosed me with a panic disorder, and prescribed me Fluoxetine (Prozac) and sent me on my way.

Here’s the thing with meds - they work, but it’s often a struggle to find the right one. A lesser known symptom of Fibromyalgia is medication sensitivity. While Prozac works wonders for millions of people, it was way to strong for me, and left me feeling like a zombie. So after a few months of this drug, I went back to the same doctor. He maintained his previous diagnosis but switched me to Buspirone, a medication that is used just for the treatment of anxiety. I definitely think that it helped, but it didn’t do anything for my depression or any of my other symptoms.

While I was trying to figure out my mental health I started having more severe chronic pain. I was a dancer from twelve to twenty, and was in the best shape of my life when I started having severe joint and muscle pain. I thought I was just pushing myself too hard honestly, and just tried to slow down on my classes. I went from dancing 8-12 hours a week to not at all.

I also was having issues with memory - I was losing gaps in the day and couldn’t focus on things I used to love like reading. I was also exhausted 24/7.

It’s around this time that I dropped my psychiatrist and went without medical intervention for about a year. I realized at 21 that my depression was getting worse and worse - that summer I spent an entire week in bed, and my best friend had to come and make sure I was eating. I started seeing an MFT, and going through my own journey to mental health.

When I finally (through tons of incredibly hard work) pulled myself out of that hole I stopped being emotionally stoic and started noticing hey, my body is getting worse. My IBS symptoms started around the age of 23, and I lost quite a bit of weight just by not being able to eat anything. I also, through the encouragement of my therapist, started going back to my primary care physician, and he started trying to puzzle it out with me. First we thought the symptoms were depression related, so he put me on Welbutrin (which I still take to this day). It was unlike the other drugs in that taking it actually gave me energy and cleared my mind, rather than fogging it up further. Then he sent me to Physical Therapy. The PT was horrified at the state of my back at this point and put me through 8 weeks of grueling therapy. I would leave in incredible pain every day and then have to go home and do more exercises. While it wasn’t pleasant I can say that it gave me some of the knowledge that I use now in trying to treat my Fibro.

I also went through an elimination diet to try to find my trigger food for my IBS. I had never before in my life shown signs of dairy intolerance and then here at the age of 23 I was developing a rash on my arm any time I tried to eat mac and cheese lol. Cutting that out of my diet made a big difference in my gut health.

This whole time I was doing lots and lots of internet research on my own. I remember coming across an article about Fibromyalgia and its symptoms and how my heart stopped when I read it. I took it with me to my next doctor’s appointment and he admitted that he didn’t know much about the disease but that he could refer me to the doctor who did. In the meantime he put me on Gabapentin for my pain (which just made me feel drunk and dizzy half the time, not my fav).

The first appointment with my Rheumatologist was terrifying. I kept thinking that all my symptoms were just caused by my depression, that I was faking, that here I was about to be laughed out of another doctor’s office as a liar and attention seeker. Instead my doctor sat me down, asked me about my mental illness, my family history, my lifestyle, my diet, how bad my pain was, where it was located, and never once suggested that any of my symptoms were in my head. I went home and cried that night - I had never felt more validated in my life.

Before I could get my diagnosis we had to run some tests. My Rheumatologist had access to all of my results from previous x-rays and tests but had to run some blood tests to rule out anything else. I also underwent a physical test where she checked for trigger points - they’re basically small points on your body that cause intense pain when pressed. Almost all of the points hurt me haha. After a few weeks, at 24, five years after my initial onset of symptoms I had my diagnosis. I was prescribed Cymbalta and told to stop eating gluten, start exercising more, and to take care of myself. That’s the hardest part of this condition for me - the only way to treat it is by living a healthy lifestyle, which is incredibly difficult to do on my own due to my mental health issues.

It’s been a journey for me, and I’m sorry to say that everyone I’ve talked to with Fibro has had a journey as well. It’s just not a condition that doctors are quick to diagnose patients with. I know it can be hard but self advocacy is going to be your best bet towards getting a diagnosis. Remember that even without one your pain is still real.

[raybansandcoffee]

Thank you for that reply! People often think I'm being a baby or lazy cause I just wanna sleep but in reality I can barely function my head hurts so bad. Its hard not to have energy to do basic things. Regular ibuprofen also never works -- I take it for cramps sometimes. Do you have any tips you don't mind sharing?

I’m happy to share some of the things that I do or have tried. I’ll share with you tips but if you want any details on the different treatments I’ve tried (botox, acupuncture, different pain injections, etc.) I’m happy to give you info on that too, just ask :). My neurologist is super non-traditional and has tried a lot of different things with me, not all of them have worked but he’s always willing to try which is incredibly helpful.

So my go-to tricks are usually from this list (it’s a big long so it is after the jump but because every migraineur is different I want to let you know why they work for me in case you have a different symptom - I’d hate for my suggestions to make a migraine worse):

- Dark cool room: I have had black out curtains which are AMAZING! They help keep the room cool which is always helpful to me. I have my air conditioning cranked right now because it’s been hot and humid here all week. We were in the midst of a heat wave which was NOT my friend. I have a lot of light sensitivity so I try to have the room as dark as possible. If I can’t get it dark I wear sunglasses if I need to function and see or a sleep mask if I don’t.

- Ice Packs: Some people say heat helps them, I find it does the opposite. Because migraines are technically a vascular headache the blood vessels leading to your brain expand, heat makes that worse. I have a variety of sizes from the kind that goes over your eyes to one that is basically like a velcro headband that can put pressure on my head while applying ice around the entire thing - It’s amazing! I also have one that is large enough that it can cover most of my back, so I use it on my shoulders and neck. My pain radiates from my left temple/top of my left head down into my neck and shoulder. And then they all just feed into each other.

- Water!: I don’t drink nearly enough but I also can’t stress how important it is. Evie’s experience at the neurologist being dehydrated is based on personal experience for me, unfortunately so was the panic attack that followed. I tend to get dehydrated easily when I’m sick. The case that I was basing Evie’s experience off of involves a prescription for prednisone pills that tapered off throughout a week. No matter how much water I drink if I’m on steroid pills I end up dehydrated and awake for like 72 hours. I have tiny veins, to begin with, so the bruises from that IV were HUGE. It’s important to make sure you drink as many fluids as possible (water, sports drinks, juices). I do have an app called My Water that I have a notification on that goes off every 30 minutes that reminds me to drink water, it can be set from every 15 minutes to every few hours all at your discretion. It pushes notifications to my Apple Watch as well which is helpful and has been wonderful the last two weeks as I’ve gone through this rough patch. It wakes me up just enough to take a few drinks.

- Caffeine and Sugar: I have had a variety of doctors have a variety of opinions on this but it works for me. I love coffee (thus the raybansandcoffee username) but I have had to cut back over the years because too much caffeine can be a trigger. But when a migraine is coming caffeine and sugar can help me kick the medicine into gear faster. I have a hard time with the over-the-counter migraine medications though most of them have caffeine in them. I take prescription strength naproxen (Aleve) along with Imitrex and an anti-nausea medication at the onset of a migraine. I had a friend who was in nursing school test a theory on me. I’m a Diet Coke addict. It’s my life. Fake sugar is also a migraine trigger for me, though Diet Coke has never caused problems on its own, it’s things with a higher amount of fake sugar mainly aspartame (NutraSweet). She told me to start drinking regular Mt. Dew at the onset of a headache and it sort of helped. I switched the energy drinks I use, stopped using sugar substitutes in coffees because NutraSweet itself would cause a headache. Sucralose or Splenda hasn’t caused as many issues with me which is the sugar substitute used in syrups at Starbucks, I had a friend that was a barista research that for me. I tend to avoid the substitutes just to be safe, my brain likes it, my waistline maybe doesn’t, haha.

- Sleep: I know that’s obvious and sometimes hard to achieve. Often times the pain is bad enough that you are left awake from it and the caffeine in the over-the-counter medications. If your migraines involve a lot of nausea I suggest asking a doctor for an anti-nausea medication, mine also helps me sleep which helps relieve the pain. If you don’t like prescriptions or don’t have access to health insurance Benadryl is a great alternative. My anti-nausea is an antihistamine that is a stronger medication than Benadryl but often times if I need to be awake early the next day for work I substitute it. Benadryl’s active ingredient is used to treat nausea and vomiting due to motion sickness and has worked well for me, it also is a sleep aid. Follow the directions on ANY medication I suggest and always, always, ALWAYS talk to your primary care physician or nurse because I am not a medical professional just a person with a lot of history with migraines.

- A good old fashioned orgasm: Yup, it sounds weird and every movie and TV show with a wife who ‘had a headache’ is lying…sort of. The orgasm is the key to it, haha and unfortunately that’s not always guaranteed. So whether it’s through sex or self-pleasure sometimes it works. I know my body well enough to know if sex is going to make it better or worse and when it makes it worse it makes it A LOT worse. The dude in my life flat out refuses to try and help in that manner because there were a few occasions where it made it worse and we went from being happy and snuggly after a round of good sex to me on the floor of his bedroom in the fetal position. That’s not a sexy thing to do, trust me. Haha. It’s a risk that I’m not usually willing to take anymore because of that. But I have friends who swear by it so I have to put it out there.

- Massage therapy and aromatherapy: Always be open with the therapist that you have migraines and let them know if you currently have one. I have gotten massages for about 3 or 4 years as part of my care. Either to prevent or relieve. Hot stones can be amazing but I have to be careful as does the therapist. If it’s too hot or too close to my neck it can cause an increase in pain. Cool stones can do a lot to relieve the pain I experience behind my eyes. A lot of massage therapists use aromatherapy, be careful if you have scent issues like I do you need to make sure that it’s not something that will aggravate your migraines. I’ve found safe scents for me are lavender and peppermint. Peppermint can work wonders when it comes to nausea too so I suggest keeping a roll on of that in a purse or backpack. I have one that is a blend specifically for migraines that I bought on Amazon that I used to keep in my desk at work when I was in a traditional office.

- Find support: This is the hardest one. I am lucky that I have family who is loving and caring and a few of them have a history with this shitty condition. It took a while for them to understand just how bad they would get and a lot of people, friends and family, thought it was an excuse and that I just didn’t want to go to work. It took them noticing the signs with me and seeing me fight through a lot of it to realize that I wasn’t lying. The key physical sign for me is my pupils dilate and get super huge…on my right side. My left side is trying to compensate for the pain my brain is in as well as the sensitivity to light and gets small. Yup, I have unevenly dilated pupils, it’s creepy and weird and sometimes I look like a drug addict. But once they were able to see the signs I’d have my brother or a parent say ‘how’s your head feeling’ because they’d see how huge my pupils had gotten. My friends learned to understand that when I was well I’d be there for them without question and happy to go out and have fun but if I wasn’t I did the bare minimums in life. I worked and slept. I found a counselor that was willing to listen to me about all of the things going on in my life and help me talk through some of my anxieties as well as how to approach life and new situations when my migraines cause problems. I am on my third neurologist but he is amazing! It took a lot of trial and error to find what would work for me but he kept trying. It’s also nice to know a few fellow migraineurs because we can compare notes and keep each other upbeat when the days get long…I mean fuck I’m approaching 16 days in a row with migraines. If I didn’t have a community of people to support me and a few to listen and not say “Have you tried going gluten free it worked for me and I used to get like 3 migraines a year” - on a side note I’d rather have a migraine every day than give up gluten, we all make life decisions that is mine. Haha. I am never going to tell someone I know what will work for them because what works for me doesn’t work for others and vice versa. 

So if you don’t have any friends who also experience then know you can ALWAYS come to me. I will listen, offer advice where necessary and requested, and just be here to listen if you need someone to. If you don’t want to share it publicly feel free to PM me off anon and let me know that you don’t want it public and we can communicate back and forth that way. I also have my messages turned on so you can do that as well. Hell if you want my email or my KIK I’ll hand it over. It’s tough to find support when you’re always afraid people are going to judge you, think you’re lazy or in the case of the last week of my life a junkie who just wants drugs. You can also follow my main blog @iowagirlwrites. I tend to blog a little bit more about my health conditions (chronic migraines, anxiety, depression and a history with agoraphobia) over there. I also try and find humor in my migraines and often blog there about that too. I don’t want to overwhelm my readers here with a lot of bummery stuff but I also want them to know that I’m human and I go through shit and that I’m always willing to talk. I’m much older than a lot of my readers as I’m in my early 30s (what can I say Harry is cute and won me over easily when he was a wee 19-year-old). I’ve been through a lot of what my readers are going through and survived. So I am always here for them, sort of like a big sister or friend or something. I didn’t have a lot of people to turn to when I went through the worst of my health so I want people to know they can come to me. 

I hope something I’ve suggested helps you. If you have something you’re thinking about shoot it over and I’ll let you know if I’ve tried it and how it worked for me. I hope your migraines don’t give you too much crap.

But know I’m going to take something to try and get rid of my migraine or at least put me to sleep until morning.

xx AM.

[ten-and-donna]

ALL 53 :V

OH GOD HERE WE GO :V

1. What do you put on hotdogs? Just ketchup and mustard. This gal doesn’t have the patience or the will to attempt to handle an overladen hot dog.

2. Do you say “anticlimatic” or “anticlimactic”? “Anticlimactic”, and it genuinely pained me to write “anticlimatic”.

3. Do you check flyers before grocery shopping? No, I don’t, but honestly, I probably should.

4. Blue, black, or some other color pen ink? Black usually, but blue if it’s the only one available.

5. Do you use your parking brake? YES. I have seen what happens when that thing isn’t used. Not pretty. Not fun. Parking brake for me, please.

6. Look to your left. How many framed pictures are there on the wall? On the wall, none. There’s one sitting on top of a bin, though. (signed picture of Orlando Bloom as Legolas. I had a crush.)

7. Do you know how to play chess? Yes. The real question is “Can I play well?” to which the answer is a resounding NOOOOOOOOOO.

8. How often do you clean the interior of your car? Not often at all, seeing as I don’t have one anymore.

9. Do you ever read the last few pages first? Never on purpose, but I leaf through pages idly and sometimes spoil things for myself like a NOOB.

10. Ever fallen in the shower? YES, and lemme tell you, THAT SHIT HURTS.

11. On a scale of 1-10, how likely are you to swear at other drivers? PRETTY FUCKIN’ LIKELY, ‘SPECIALLY IF THEY DON’T USE THEIR GODDAMN BLINKERS!

12. What’s the worst thing you’ve called someone you cared about? I hate to admit it, but I have called an ex (who I was dating at the time) a bitch, though in recent years I have made sure to check my emotions at the door in very tense moments, so I thankfully have avoided that kind of insult.

13. Do you have a Snuggie? A Snuggie? In this economy? Lol nope.

14. Are you allergic to anything? OH LORDY AM I! Three types of grass, two types of tree, latex, codeine, and POSSIBLY FRICKLE-FRACKIN’ GLUTEN.

15.  Do you have any TV shows on DVD? I have the first season of Criminal Minds, which I still count among the greatest seasons of television ever created.

16. How many times do you hit the snooze button before getting out of bed? Out? of? bed? What is this “out of bed” you speak of? No but seriously, I hit that shit at least twice.

17. Ever driven away in anger? Can’t say for sure, but I’m an angry person, so probably.

18. What’s your favorite freezie color? BLUE ALL THE WAY

19. Are you a vegetarian? Vegan, in fact, about five-and-a-half years running.

20. Do you have a garbage receptacle beside you? What’s on top? not directly beside, but a couple feet away, and nothing but the lid.

21. Do you cross out your mistakes or erase/whiteout them? It depends. If I’m using pen, I’ll cross them out. Pencil, I’ll erase. If it’s important though, like a card or a letter, I’ll usually start all the way over on a sheet/card.

22. Ever torn something up that you instantly knew was too important for such treatment? Almost guaranteed, but I don’t recall any instance in particular.

23. Do you think that things will get better? Okay well that’s an interesting thing to ask, because yes and no. I’ve dealt with depression all my life, and am struggling particularly recently, so my instant answer is “no are you kidding?” but the fact that I’m able to nail that down as a symptom of my depression means that logically I am able to say “yes, absolutely, in time”.

24. Do you have an unpopular opinion? Oh shit, an unpopular opinion? On Tumblr? Do you want me to be banished? No but seriously, “unpopular” is so subjective, and honestly, I’ve stopped giving two flying fucks what’s a “popular opinion”, which I wholeheartedly encourage amongst all my followers. Don’t care what’s “popular”. Care what’s right. But if I must: “health days” at businesses, where they shut down elevators for the day to “promote exercise” should be illegal, period, end of sentence.

25. What’s your favorite quote? I honestly have so many quotes that I love. So many. If I really gotta choose, it’s actually a pretty simple one, from my favorite book of all time, The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss. ““Yes, I suppose I am,” Kvothe said, and his voice had iron in it.” I won’t say any more on the context. It just sticks with me even all these years later, “and his voice had iron in it” LIKE HOW AWESOME IS THAT WORD CHOICE?

26. Did you/are you going to prom? Yes, I did, three years, actually. I was dating someone one year ahead of me and was able to go to her junior prom when I was a sophomore. Not nearly all it’s cracked up to be.

27. What’s the most physically painful thing you’ve ever experienced? One night, a few years ago, I was lying in bed, and literally all of a sudden, I had the sharpest pain in my stomach. I was doubled over. I was cursing at my mom in pain. I was in tears. Went to the emergency room. NO ONE EVER KNEW WHAT WAS WRONG. Never happened again. Freaks me out to this day.

28. What’s the most emotionally/mentally painful thing you’ve ever experienced? Falling in love with someone who didn’t fall in love with me.

29. Have you ever legitimately saved a person’s life? Well, I played a part in the saving of one life, but I wouldn’t put it so directly.

30. What’s your favorite book genre? FANTASYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

31. Did you like “Gigli”? Be honest. Honestly, never saw it. Don’t care. If I don’t ever see it, I won’t count it a loss.

32. Have you ever walked out of a movie at the theatre? Walked? No. Wheeled? Yes. I mean, that is how one leaves a movie, is it not? Otherwise, I’d still be in the theatre for Lion King. Have I ever wheeled out in the middle of the movie? Probably, but I don’t recall (do you notice something about me? I don’t remember shit well)

33. Do you peek between your fingers during the scary scenes? NOPE! I’m either glued to it or muh eyes are SHUT TIGHT.

34. What was your reaction to Tatum getting killed whilst stuck in the pet door in Scream? Never saw it, not gonna.

35. Do dogs like you? They’re often scared of my wheelchair, especially small ones, but if they can get past it, they love me.

36. Would you say you project an air of authority? Not even close, y’all. Not even close.

37. Do people listen when you speak? The people I keep around do.

38. How are your elbows? Are they okay? Dry as hell in summer and anxious for the return of Stranger Things, but otherwise fine.

39. What is one thing that you do exceptionally well? Be honest. Writing. I love it, and when I have the spoons, it’s all I wanna do, so I’ve gotten pretty dern talented if I do say so myself.

40. Do you use torrents? HOW DARE YOU INSINUATE SUCH DISHONOR UPON MY NAME?

41. When was the last time you paid for music? Technically, this month, when my Spotify subscription was renewed.

42. Are you addicted to technology? I’ve never been diagnosed with it officially, but I don’t like to rule things like that out. Anything is possible.

43. Pick a person (you don't need to give their name). How do you feel about them? Be as honest as you can get yourself to be. Okay so I got this friendo I met on here (super specific, I know) but like, they’re an incredible badass, and honestly every time they post anything, it makes me smile and idk I love them so much and they’re an incredible listener, and adorable, and kind, and always inspiring me to push through. They go through a lot of shit, but they’re always looking forward, and I think that is an amazing way to be.

44. Do you check your computer's dictionary for the definition of words you'd otherwise feel confident about using during in-person interactions? Just to be sure? Oh god, not nearly as often as I should.

45. How heavily do you rely on spellcheck and autocorrect? When typing on a computer, not much. on my phone, a helluva lot.

46. Have you ever gotten into an argument on the internet? Did you win? I don’t go into arguments looking for “wins”. I look to stick to what I know to be true, try to open myself to the possibility that I’m not, and being as close to true as possible by the end of the encounter.

47. Do you pause movies/TV shows if you have to go to the bathroom or the kitchen, or do you just let them keep playing? It depends on whether I’ve seen it before. If so, I’ll probably let it run. If not, you bet your ass I’m pausing.

48. If you use a regular alarm clock, do you have it set to music or that obnoxious beeping? I have it set to music from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

49. Peter Pan? Yes? What about him? He’s an overrated character in an overrated story.

50. How often do you fall up the stairs? Seeing as I almost never encounter stairs, not very often.

51. Do you pronounce "anti" as ant-eye or ant-ee? (Example: "That scene was very anticlimactic.") Both, depending on the moment. I’m not a prescriptivist when it comes to most pronunciations. (don’t you dare get me started on “gif” though)

52. Do you pronounce "via" as vee-uh or vie-uh? (Example: "We can get there via Tremont Street.") Vee-uh. Not sure why that one’s so consistent.

53. How often do you forget to close your parentheses? More often than I care to admit.

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I suffer from ???

Recently I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and CFS. I find that such a surreal thing to say now, considering in those 8 words is almost 2-3 years of the hardest period of my life, and now its over. Sort of. Kind of. Actually, not really, but that's what people think when I tell them. In 2015 I watched the entire series of House M.D (that’s 8 seasons, 177 episodes in case you were wondering. Here, normally, I would make a joke about not having a life but it was, in fact, my life for a good few months). Generally a person gets sick, doctors don’t know what it is - sometimes they shrug it off, tell the patient and their family its ‘nothing’ - House and his team somehow notice this special case, they go through a series of trial and error while the patient is suffering or perhaps nearing death and then they usually solve the riddle. This is the process many medical shows follow. Sometimes they recognize that the patient may never get well again, despite diagnoses, and its kind of sad and stuff. But life resumes and then it’s time to play the next episode.

This gave me a false hope for my health story. Maybe I’m one of the few who have dealt with the same, but I’d like to share my experience of the grey area of the medical world and the suffering that so many with chronic, invisible illnesses experience. Because it sucks. It really, truly sucks. Spoiler alert! You don't get your own special diagnostics team and noo one tells you of the ‘limbo’ period where you’re floating through tests, specialists and appointments while people around you are trying to figure out what you have. I, albeit childishly, thought life would stop while this all went on. But it didn’t. I still had the worries of rent and bills while I was being tested for a brain tumor. There was still those thoughts every person in their 20′s go through - what will I do, where will I go, what will I achieve - during a short synacthen test and seeing an Endocrinologist. I could go on, but I’ll save you my entire medical history. The fact is, life continues, even when its crumbling around you.

I thought I was dying. It sounds melodramatic, believe me I’m well aware, but I truly did. Yet it was like no one believed me, as if I was in one of those shitty dreams where you’re trying to scream and cry but you cant and people are laughing at you, but it wasn’t a dream. This was where I entered what I call the Judgement Era of invisible illnesses, and it’s an era that has not yet ended. Because suddenly general practitioners were getting bored of my case, my doctor who had studied harder than I could ever imagine to be a medical professional, whom we are told when we are children are trusted to help us when we are unwell, couldn’t figure out what I had. So she started reverting to the usual; you’re overweight, you’re lazy, you’ve been working too hard, you just need to wait a few months its just a - a um, thing, but you’ll be fine, here’s a name to a yoga place it might help, have a nice day. She sent me for tests less and less until eventually it got to The Question. I capitalize that for a reason;

“How have you been feeling lately?”

Now, don’t get me wrong. Mental illnesses are a serious issue and I’m happy that there's more attention surrounding it, but in my case where I certainly did not have a mental illness as a cause for my health issues this Question will forever be the bane of my existence. Because depression is suddenly the safe diagnoses and it angers me, not just for my case, but for people who actually suffer with it. It belittles their suffering. It damages the progress mental illness awareness has made in the past few years. By diagnosing people without depression with depression you are undermining a very serious illness. But, despite my physical symptoms (correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m fairly certain depression doesn’t cause extreme, unexplained pain) this was what I apparently had. I saw quite a lot of doctors and they all reverted to the same thing. Depression.

Ive always been a very positive person, even through all of the shit Ive had to go through in the past few years. People who know me will tell you, I’m not sick because I’m depressed, I am depressed because I am sick. How have I been feeling lately? Is that a joke? How do you think I’d be feeling after all this time. After being told I have a brain tumor, to cancer, to addisons disease, to cushings syndrome, to heart disease and now being told I’m just overweight, lazy and depressed? Pretty damn shit, if I do say so myself. But I couldn't say that, because any inkling that I might be a little bit sad they would refer me to a counselor, clap their hands and say job well done. I knew. I wasn’t stupid.

After so long of dealing with this of course I had done my own research. Dr. Google might be awful for many reasons and I don't condone self diagnosing at all, but sometimes you just have to trust yourself. Because during this period of uncertainty in my life - I had just given up my career for my health, I didn’t know whether I was truly dying or not and I still had a life out of my bed that I needed to try to live - I was being questioned by family and friends. What did I have? Well, I’m not sure. What was the new prognosis that month? When would I get help? I was playing 20 questions with everyone, the same questions I was asking myself. All I could say was ‘I suffer from ???’.

It’s disheartening to say the least. This limbo period where you cant trust doctors or just anyone to believe what you’re pleading so you begin to doubt yourself. And that, in my personal experience, leaves you in a very dark place.

I got the usual advice from friends and family. Try yoga, go gluten free or vegan, have you tried this? Has your doctor tested you for that? What if it’s this? I know they mean well, and I truly did try everything they suggested. People wanted to ‘fix’ me, and that’s okay, but I wasn’t getting fixed. I wasn’t getting better, only worse, and when you cant help someone you care about you get frustrated. Friends started to question whether I really was sick. Well, you don’t look sick today! That’s good, they would say, to which I could only laugh awkwardly and change the subject. I know I didn’t look sick. I’m a damn good makeup artist and my invisible illness is damn good at being invisible, but of course I couldn’t say that.

I thought after finding a doctor who believed me and promised to help would change all of this. I can tell you in the weeks that have followed my diagnoses little has changed. I’m still being judged as an overweight lazy millennial; just this morning I got back from a disability job provider appointment crying my eyes out and making a right fool of myself because my provider had concluded in her mind that I was exactly that. I’m not ashamed to say that it still upsets me. Even after finally having proof of my disability I will probably have to deal with this for the rest of my life but that doesn’t make it any easier. It doesn’t make it any less shit.

My medical story isn’t over. My episode hasn’t ended now I have a diagnoses. It’s still going. Ive had to accept that things don’t change overnight and it’s likely that many of the judgements that I face daily will never change until these illnesses gain more awareness. But now I can say without a doubt that I suffer from Fibromyalgia and CFS, and not just ???

In the end that it makes it a little bit easier.

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8 Ways ‘Dry January’ Can Kickstart Your Entire Year Of Fitness

This year, many people will conjure up some preposterous and unattainable New Years resolutions.

While these types of goals are, in essence, a terrific notion, they are oftentimes abandonedbefore the month of January is even over.

But dont fret. New Years decides are, in fact, realistic, if given goals are attainable and take place within babe steps.

A common resolve is to give up an addictive element, whether its cigarettes, coffee or booze.

Start by viewing your solvings as obtainable goals.

Initially, it seems like a great mind to consider long-term about giving up an addictive substance. However, an superb starting point shall participate in Dry January.

The concept of Dry January is simple. You can have no alcohol the whole month of January.

Thats 31 days without any liquor. That isnt so long, right? Well, that depends on your personal tier of overconsumption and the duration of age youve been binge-drinking.

For me, my first stab at Dry January was last year.

While I was successful at get the entire month of January without a descent of alcohol, I cant say it was easy.

Honestly, “its one” of the most difficult things Ive ever done in my bloom, young adult life.

I noticed numerous side effects of discontinuing booze cold turkey, and they will likely be experienced by most people taking on Dry January TAGEND

1. Withdrawals are real.

About 17. 6 million Americans abuse alcohol or depend to the substance.

Thats the equivalent of about one in every 12 adults.

Even if you dont think you are quite at the point of alcoholism, the first two weeks of discontinuing sucking can be amazingly challenging: both physically and mentally.

While alcoholism has never absolutely taken over “peoples lives”, Id be lying if I said I didnt have at least a few beers most evenings.

This is not scandalous. Its a way I undo after a hard day of work.

But this had the health risks to become problematic in the long run.

Its not easy to watch your friends around you suck while youre trying not to.

Every time you transfer a brewery or a table, your intelligence will likely debate finish and grabbing a quick drink.

The same can be said about going past the brew cool or wine area while at the grocery store.

We all have our special frailties, and thats okay.

We have libidoes. When those are put on the back burner, many beings suffer withdrawal symptoms.

The following are some common withdrawal evidences TAGEND

– Elevated temperature

– Increased blood pressure, inhaling frequency and pulse

– Excessive sweating

– Tremors

– Anxiety and depression

– Declined energy and metabolism

– Sorrows of invasion or hostility

– Declined sexual pastime or function

– Sleep disruption and nightmares

These symptoms are typically simply present for a maximum period of a few weeks.

Many of these effects flip-flop tenfold once the body and recollection are cozy performing without any alcohol.

2. You’ll have better sleep.

While insomnia may be an initial side effect of discontinuing drinking, sleep tone generally substantially increases in the long run.

An in-depth critique of 27 plausible examines found that while booze can initially generate people to fall asleep rapidly and deep, it drastically affects sleep caliber after that initial restful span.

It may be a challenge to fall asleep dispassionate at first, but the improved rank of sleep you get from not falling asleep wino leaves you much more rested than ever before.

3. You’ll find a clearer complexion.

Westlake Dermatology points out some largely negative impacts alcohol consumption has on skin caliber and longevity of young-looking skin.

Alcohol, especially in excessive sums, affects skin health because it induces dehydration and blood vessel dilation.

In cases of pre-existing skin conditions such as rosacea and psoriasis, drinking booze can cause flare ups and other complications.

4. There will be a noticeable lift in your bank account.

For me, this was hands down the best part of discontinuing drinking.

I was blown away by how much additional money I had after I discontinue hitting the bottle so often. I saved the thousands of dollars every paycheck.

The thing is, while I dont consider myself to be a downtown buff or rail regular, I do have one expensive evil: I utterly enjoy plane beer.

As most people know, that doesnt come cheap.

Even though I generally buy beer from accumulations and avoid paying additional cost the bar incident presents, I was downing at least a six-pack of workmanship brew a nighttime during my peak.

I was expending $10 a night on brew on average if I restriction myself to a six-pack.

Thats a very considerable amount of money. It’s approximately how much I normally spend on food every day.

I was investing hundreds of dollars a month on beer.

When I cut that expense out of my life, I was merrily surprised by how much fund I had.

5. You will lose weight.

Drinking oftentimes comes at a price, to its implementation of caloric intake.

Most alcoholic drink have hundreds of calories, and can contain a lot of gluten and other unhealthy ingredients.

When a multitude of boozes are exhausted, the calories can quickly stack up.

These calories — paired with the phenomenon of “drunk munchies” — can result in much more consumption than planned.

If youre strange about how many calories you drink in a nighttime, apply this handy alcohol calorie calculator after a nighttime of drinking.

6. Your liver will love you.

Its pretty much common knowledge that booze is filtered through the human rights liver.

Its the supernatural organ that represents going drunk possible and safe, as it handles our alcoholic tendencies.

However, too much booze is particularly coarse on the liver, and forces-out it to produce a noxious enzyme called acetaldehyde. This enzyme shatterings liver cells, and can even effect permanent scarring in some cases.

Furthermore, fatty liver sicknes is caused by overconsumption of alcohol. This is a serious matter.

Fatty liver can cause a plethora of questions, including inflammation of their own bodies and pre-diabetes. It can even put you at a larger hazard of having a heart attack.

When those with fatty liver illnes quit booze, the liver fatty lessens to an average of15 percentage, with some participants failing up to 20 percent.

7. Your productivity will skyrocket.

It may seem like common sense that restraint undue drinking and all the attributed byproducts( late nights out, hangovers, etc) will liken to more productive days.

However, its pretty staggering just how far a proper sleep planned and a fully sober judgment will get you during your work week.

I started a new role undertaking last year while I was experimenting with Dry January for the first time, and Ive never appeared such instantaneous success in the workplace.

Its like I became a most robust, sharper version of myself.

In addition to not drinking, I took other productivity gratuities to heart. I began to hold myself much more accountable in the workplace.

This gave me a big boost in confidence.

8. Your hangovers cease to exist.

This last one is definitely obvious.

But simply should be considered how much better youll detect and how much additional era youll have if “youve never” have to face a harsh hangover again.

Personally, I think back to some examples of hangovers from my life.

I have invested full epoches on the shower flooring in unrelenting pain.

Those hangovers that seem to last-place for days are on par with food poisoning and the stomach flu.

The all-day-hangover lifestyle is not a glamorous one. Rather, it is a nauseating one.

Although we are already well into the first week of January, its not too late to experiment with starting a month without alcohol.

Consider taking a break from your binge-drinking.

If you find these efforts to be worthwhile, upright your experience in the comments part of this article.

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8 Ways ‘Dry January’ Can Kickstart Your Entire Year Of Fitness

This year, many people will conjure up some preposterous and unattainable New Years resolutions.

While these types of goals are, in essence, a terrific notion, they are oftentimes abandonedbefore the month of January is even over.

But dont fret. New Years decides are, in fact, realistic, if given goals are attainable and take place within babe steps.

A common resolve is to give up an addictive element, whether its cigarettes, coffee or booze.

Start by viewing your solvings as obtainable goals.

Initially, it seems like a great mind to consider long-term about giving up an addictive substance. However, an superb starting point shall participate in Dry January.

The concept of Dry January is simple. You can have no alcohol the whole month of January.

Thats 31 days without any liquor. That isnt so long, right? Well, that depends on your personal tier of overconsumption and the duration of age youve been binge-drinking.

For me, my first stab at Dry January was last year.

While I was successful at get the entire month of January without a descent of alcohol, I cant say it was easy.

Honestly, “its one” of the most difficult things Ive ever done in my bloom, young adult life.

I noticed numerous side effects of discontinuing booze cold turkey, and they will likely be experienced by most people taking on Dry January TAGEND

1. Withdrawals are real.

About 17. 6 million Americans abuse alcohol or depend to the substance.

Thats the equivalent of about one in every 12 adults.

Even if you dont think you are quite at the point of alcoholism, the first two weeks of discontinuing sucking can be amazingly challenging: both physically and mentally.

While alcoholism has never absolutely taken over “peoples lives”, Id be lying if I said I didnt have at least a few beers most evenings.

This is not scandalous. Its a way I undo after a hard day of work.

But this had the health risks to become problematic in the long run.

Its not easy to watch your friends around you suck while youre trying not to.

Every time you transfer a brewery or a table, your intelligence will likely debate finish and grabbing a quick drink.

The same can be said about going past the brew cool or wine area while at the grocery store.

We all have our special frailties, and thats okay.

We have libidoes. When those are put on the back burner, many beings suffer withdrawal symptoms.

The following are some common withdrawal evidences TAGEND

– Elevated temperature

– Increased blood pressure, inhaling frequency and pulse

– Excessive sweating

– Tremors

– Anxiety and depression

– Declined energy and metabolism

– Sorrows of invasion or hostility

– Declined sexual pastime or function

– Sleep disruption and nightmares

These symptoms are typically simply present for a maximum period of a few weeks.

Many of these effects flip-flop tenfold once the body and recollection are cozy performing without any alcohol.

2. You’ll have better sleep.

While insomnia may be an initial side effect of discontinuing drinking, sleep tone generally substantially increases in the long run.

An in-depth critique of 27 plausible examines found that while booze can initially generate people to fall asleep rapidly and deep, it drastically affects sleep caliber after that initial restful span.

It may be a challenge to fall asleep dispassionate at first, but the improved rank of sleep you get from not falling asleep wino leaves you much more rested than ever before.

3. You’ll find a clearer complexion.

Westlake Dermatology points out some largely negative impacts alcohol consumption has on skin caliber and longevity of young-looking skin.

Alcohol, especially in excessive sums, affects skin health because it induces dehydration and blood vessel dilation.

In cases of pre-existing skin conditions such as rosacea and psoriasis, drinking booze can cause flare ups and other complications.

4. There will be a noticeable lift in your bank account.

For me, this was hands down the best part of discontinuing drinking.

I was blown away by how much additional money I had after I discontinue hitting the bottle so often. I saved the thousands of dollars every paycheck.

The thing is, while I dont consider myself to be a downtown buff or rail regular, I do have one expensive evil: I utterly enjoy plane beer.

As most people know, that doesnt come cheap.

Even though I generally buy beer from accumulations and avoid paying additional cost the bar incident presents, I was downing at least a six-pack of workmanship brew a nighttime during my peak.

I was expending $10 a night on brew on average if I restriction myself to a six-pack.

Thats a very considerable amount of money. It’s approximately how much I normally spend on food every day.

I was investing hundreds of dollars a month on beer.

When I cut that expense out of my life, I was merrily surprised by how much fund I had.

5. You will lose weight.

Drinking oftentimes comes at a price, to its implementation of caloric intake.

Most alcoholic drink have hundreds of calories, and can contain a lot of gluten and other unhealthy ingredients.

When a multitude of boozes are exhausted, the calories can quickly stack up.

These calories — paired with the phenomenon of “drunk munchies” — can result in much more consumption than planned.

If youre strange about how many calories you drink in a nighttime, apply this handy alcohol calorie calculator after a nighttime of drinking.

6. Your liver will love you.

Its pretty much common knowledge that booze is filtered through the human rights liver.

Its the supernatural organ that represents going drunk possible and safe, as it handles our alcoholic tendencies.

However, too much booze is particularly coarse on the liver, and forces-out it to produce a noxious enzyme called acetaldehyde. This enzyme shatterings liver cells, and can even effect permanent scarring in some cases.

Furthermore, fatty liver sicknes is caused by overconsumption of alcohol. This is a serious matter.

Fatty liver can cause a plethora of questions, including inflammation of their own bodies and pre-diabetes. It can even put you at a larger hazard of having a heart attack.

When those with fatty liver illnes quit booze, the liver fatty lessens to an average of15 percentage, with some participants failing up to 20 percent.

7. Your productivity will skyrocket.

It may seem like common sense that restraint undue drinking and all the attributed byproducts( late nights out, hangovers, etc) will liken to more productive days.

However, its pretty staggering just how far a proper sleep planned and a fully sober judgment will get you during your work week.

I started a new role undertaking last year while I was experimenting with Dry January for the first time, and Ive never appeared such instantaneous success in the workplace.

Its like I became a most robust, sharper version of myself.

In addition to not drinking, I took other productivity gratuities to heart. I began to hold myself much more accountable in the workplace.

This gave me a big boost in confidence.

8. Your hangovers cease to exist.

This last one is definitely obvious.

But simply should be considered how much better youll detect and how much additional era youll have if “youve never” have to face a harsh hangover again.

Personally, I think back to some examples of hangovers from my life.

I have invested full epoches on the shower flooring in unrelenting pain.

Those hangovers that seem to last-place for days are on par with food poisoning and the stomach flu.

The all-day-hangover lifestyle is not a glamorous one. Rather, it is a nauseating one.

Although we are already well into the first week of January, its not too late to experiment with starting a month without alcohol.

Consider taking a break from your binge-drinking.

If you find these efforts to be worthwhile, upright your experience in the comments part of this article.

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8 Ways ‘Dry January’ Can Kickstart Your Entire Year Of Fitness

This year, many people will conjure up some preposterous and unattainable New Years resolutions.

While these types of goals are, in essence, a terrific notion, they are oftentimes abandonedbefore the month of January is even over.

But dont fret. New Years decides are, in fact, realistic, if given goals are attainable and take place within babe steps.

A common resolve is to give up an addictive element, whether its cigarettes, coffee or booze.

Start by viewing your solvings as obtainable goals.

Initially, it seems like a great mind to consider long-term about giving up an addictive substance. However, an superb starting point shall participate in Dry January.

The concept of Dry January is simple. You can have no alcohol the whole month of January.

Thats 31 days without any liquor. That isnt so long, right? Well, that depends on your personal tier of overconsumption and the duration of age youve been binge-drinking.

For me, my first stab at Dry January was last year.

While I was successful at get the entire month of January without a descent of alcohol, I cant say it was easy.

Honestly, “its one” of the most difficult things Ive ever done in my bloom, young adult life.

I noticed numerous side effects of discontinuing booze cold turkey, and they will likely be experienced by most people taking on Dry January TAGEND

1. Withdrawals are real.

About 17. 6 million Americans abuse alcohol or depend to the substance.

Thats the equivalent of about one in every 12 adults.

Even if you dont think you are quite at the point of alcoholism, the first two weeks of discontinuing sucking can be amazingly challenging: both physically and mentally.

While alcoholism has never absolutely taken over “peoples lives”, Id be lying if I said I didnt have at least a few beers most evenings.

This is not scandalous. Its a way I undo after a hard day of work.

But this had the health risks to become problematic in the long run.

Its not easy to watch your friends around you suck while youre trying not to.

Every time you transfer a brewery or a table, your intelligence will likely debate finish and grabbing a quick drink.

The same can be said about going past the brew cool or wine area while at the grocery store.

We all have our special frailties, and thats okay.

We have libidoes. When those are put on the back burner, many beings suffer withdrawal symptoms.

The following are some common withdrawal evidences TAGEND

– Elevated temperature

– Increased blood pressure, inhaling frequency and pulse

– Excessive sweating

– Tremors

– Anxiety and depression

– Declined energy and metabolism

– Sorrows of invasion or hostility

– Declined sexual pastime or function

– Sleep disruption and nightmares

These symptoms are typically simply present for a maximum period of a few weeks.

Many of these effects flip-flop tenfold once the body and recollection are cozy performing without any alcohol.

2. You’ll have better sleep.

While insomnia may be an initial side effect of discontinuing drinking, sleep tone generally substantially increases in the long run.

An in-depth critique of 27 plausible examines found that while booze can initially generate people to fall asleep rapidly and deep, it drastically affects sleep caliber after that initial restful span.

It may be a challenge to fall asleep dispassionate at first, but the improved rank of sleep you get from not falling asleep wino leaves you much more rested than ever before.

3. You’ll find a clearer complexion.

Westlake Dermatology points out some largely negative impacts alcohol consumption has on skin caliber and longevity of young-looking skin.

Alcohol, especially in excessive sums, affects skin health because it induces dehydration and blood vessel dilation.

In cases of pre-existing skin conditions such as rosacea and psoriasis, drinking booze can cause flare ups and other complications.

4. There will be a noticeable lift in your bank account.

For me, this was hands down the best part of discontinuing drinking.

I was blown away by how much additional money I had after I discontinue hitting the bottle so often. I saved the thousands of dollars every paycheck.

The thing is, while I dont consider myself to be a downtown buff or rail regular, I do have one expensive evil: I utterly enjoy plane beer.

As most people know, that doesnt come cheap.

Even though I generally buy beer from accumulations and avoid paying additional cost the bar incident presents, I was downing at least a six-pack of workmanship brew a nighttime during my peak.

I was expending $10 a night on brew on average if I restriction myself to a six-pack.

Thats a very considerable amount of money. It’s approximately how much I normally spend on food every day.

I was investing hundreds of dollars a month on beer.

When I cut that expense out of my life, I was merrily surprised by how much fund I had.

5. You will lose weight.

Drinking oftentimes comes at a price, to its implementation of caloric intake.

Most alcoholic drink have hundreds of calories, and can contain a lot of gluten and other unhealthy ingredients.

When a multitude of boozes are exhausted, the calories can quickly stack up.

These calories — paired with the phenomenon of “drunk munchies” — can result in much more consumption than planned.

If youre strange about how many calories you drink in a nighttime, apply this handy alcohol calorie calculator after a nighttime of drinking.

6. Your liver will love you.

Its pretty much common knowledge that booze is filtered through the human rights liver.

Its the supernatural organ that represents going drunk possible and safe, as it handles our alcoholic tendencies.

However, too much booze is particularly coarse on the liver, and forces-out it to produce a noxious enzyme called acetaldehyde. This enzyme shatterings liver cells, and can even effect permanent scarring in some cases.

Furthermore, fatty liver sicknes is caused by overconsumption of alcohol. This is a serious matter.

Fatty liver can cause a plethora of questions, including inflammation of their own bodies and pre-diabetes. It can even put you at a larger hazard of having a heart attack.

When those with fatty liver illnes quit booze, the liver fatty lessens to an average of15 percentage, with some participants failing up to 20 percent.

7. Your productivity will skyrocket.

It may seem like common sense that restraint undue drinking and all the attributed byproducts( late nights out, hangovers, etc) will liken to more productive days.

However, its pretty staggering just how far a proper sleep planned and a fully sober judgment will get you during your work week.

I started a new role undertaking last year while I was experimenting with Dry January for the first time, and Ive never appeared such instantaneous success in the workplace.

Its like I became a most robust, sharper version of myself.

In addition to not drinking, I took other productivity gratuities to heart. I began to hold myself much more accountable in the workplace.

This gave me a big boost in confidence.

8. Your hangovers cease to exist.

This last one is definitely obvious.

But simply should be considered how much better youll detect and how much additional era youll have if “youve never” have to face a harsh hangover again.

Personally, I think back to some examples of hangovers from my life.

I have invested full epoches on the shower flooring in unrelenting pain.

Those hangovers that seem to last-place for days are on par with food poisoning and the stomach flu.

The all-day-hangover lifestyle is not a glamorous one. Rather, it is a nauseating one.

Although we are already well into the first week of January, its not too late to experiment with starting a month without alcohol.

Consider taking a break from your binge-drinking.

If you find these efforts to be worthwhile, upright your experience in the comments part of this article.

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