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@Schizophonia not far from Bournemouth. Might change again this year depending on where we buy our flat/house

@Schizophonia it said London when i created the account, we moved out of London few years ago. I'm almost a countryside boy now I have an organic soy farm and export all my produce to France, feminising your fellow country men one at a time Btw not 100% plant based, I quit veganism about 5 years ago. More like 85% now.

Well thanks God I'm neither vegan nor Londoner then 😉

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@Princess Arabia there's no need to spread your rant across 4 different posts. I'm sure he got it the first time. Also don't deviate from the topic questioning his personal life endeavors, that's none of your business - thanks

Sounds like its not the router per se but the memories attached to it that you're afraid to let go off? I've experienced something similar in the past, its normal. You can always keep it at home for some time, then (with dignity) when its time to let it go, just do it and allow yourself to process the transition of leaving behind those old memories

There are ways, mainly based on symptomology rather than specific tests. The Rome IV method is usually applied. But what you describe does sound like it. There is an easy way to test it by designing a few low FODMAP meals for 3 days and seeing if i gets any better. This is actually much easier than it seems. You don't wanna go straight to elimination diet (e.g. carnivore) but first want to see if you can spot a pattern in the types of carbohydrates that cause you the trouble. If you do 3-day low FODMAP diet and your symptoms get better, it is a very likely indication that fermentable carbohydrates are the problem. From there ideally you would find a doctor who would be willing to run hydrogen/methane breath test with you. A good gastroenterologist who is up to speed with the evidence should be able to do that. If you run positive on both tests and high FODMAPs, then you know where to begin. Along the low FODMAP diet, it helps to introduce a gut support protocol which is usually divided into multiple phases aimed at (but not limited to) reducing harmful microbes ( Rifaximin has the highest evidence for success, in the herbal kingdom things like Goldenseal, Oregano Oil, Berberine, Astragalus etc and other are often used - you'd have to work with a specialist to get the dosing right tho rebalancing flora supporting gut motility and MMC function supporting the integrity of the luminal walls and tight junctions reintroducing healthy eating habits like mindful eating, avoidance of snacking, having regular meal times, building up hunger before eating, not snacking at night, hydration etc etc. I like to take advantage of various herbal teas and tinctures along the way if people are open to that sort of thing Afterwards if you are on low FODMAP, after about 6-12 weeks you want to start reintroducing FODMAPS one at a time, allowing up to 72 hours to see if symptoms have improved or some foods still trigger. Gradual introduction is the guy as the gut may not be prepared to take a rapid onslaught of high FODMAP foods. If you are successful you should see improvements within 2-3 months. Sometimes the cycle needs to be repeated couple times. Hope this helps.

do you wanna take this to private messaging or shall I reply here?

Feel free to tag me anytime in the future when this comes up. I'm Slovakian. When I was leaving, the country was doing alright but now with the new pro-russian government and basically mafia in leadership, Slovakia is going to the wrong way. What are your biggest concerns with this opportunity? Maybe I can give you some thoughts

Couldn't say. Maybe go off the supplements entirely for some time, see if it helps.

Go for it. You can visit home couple times a year and you'll find yourself cherishing your moments with friends and family more. I don't know where you're from (Balkan somewhere I think from your past posts) but in US, for a young guy, the opportunities are unmatched. With dual citizenship one day, your life will be easier to travel as well. If you one day decide you want to settle back in home country, you can come back armed with new skills, awesome CV and maybe even start a business with the skills you learn. If you're in your mid 20s, this is a perfect opportunity to take I had such opportunity to move to UK 10 years ago and I took it. I'm grateful I did, my country is currently going down the hill and I foresee very little growth in next 20 years.

Yeah, Lamberts have been acquired by MercGroup, who among other have an entire pharmaceutical division. This means Lambers products have actually very high quality standards, almost pharmaceutical-grade. So their products are pure and effective. Overdosing on an adaptogen from a high quality retailer is much more dangerous than overdosing on a low-standard crap which lot of supplement brands are these days. So yeah, best not to do that. Get off it for a few days, then maybe consider just the Recommended dose Also Gingko can have both anticoagulative and hypotensive effects. When megadosed and combined with the other one, your blood pressure and heart rate might have dropped too low for a short time. That can lead to nausea and lightheadedness but it will reverse once the substance is detoxified by your liver & kidneys.

Evidently there is a popular TickToc , girls asking their boyfriends this question and getting surprisingly positive answers like "3 times a day", "5 times a day". I always though I was weird for being fascinated by this part of human history, visiting roman sites, reading books from 1960s about Punic Wars, invasion of Britania etc... but maybe its not that weird after all? What are your "Roman Empires" that you think all the time that would weird others out?

It can be hard to tell what you're up against without further testing. Sometimes temporary flare-up gets better on its own. With digestive health, especially things like IBS/SIBO, it is usually a very slow progress over time rather than a rapid flare up the way you would see in IBD for example. So it could mean that you ate something you potentially have a very high intolerance to, even allergy. Is there any possibility you might have lactose intolerance or even Coeliac? Did you anything unusual this time? New restaurant/ ingredient? How long have you had IBS? Was it diagnosed or self-diagnosed? What's the pattern? (diarrhoea IBA or constipation IBS) Do you find yourself being more sensitive to only certain foods vs other? SIBO has been suggested above. it could be part of the answer. Proliferation of bacteria in the proximal duodenum is quite common in IBS According to the American Journal of Gastroenterology, the first line of diagnosis is a breath testing for presence of methane and hydrogen. Your gastroenterologist could do this for you. The tests starts with you drinking a pure solution of lactulose then waiting a bit and then you take series of breath measurements where levels of both gases are being measured. If they ar enegative, you know you can rule SIBO out.

Slovakia & Poland I have to admit I'm not up to date with global politics at all...I hope you're right. Either way, its not great right now.

There are many things that can contribute to ADHD although not a single cause so natural remedies can be limited but there are things worth looking into Nutritional vitamin D deficiency has been associated with higher incidence of it, that one is worth exploring. low Omega 3 status in childhood also has some association - also worth looking into Overstimulation through substances which is more apparent like drugs and alcohol but also things like too much reel content, video games etc Sleep people with ADHD are more likely to suffer form dysregulated sleep. If you find your sleep being irregular or too insufficient that's worth looking into Exercise can stimulate release of neurochemicals that help calm the mind and slow down the overifiring between synapses. It is also a potent stimulant of BDNF and NGF, both which can sometimes be dysregulated in ADHD. notice how your mind shuts up once your heart rate goes up during a HIIT session. kids who exercise regularly are statistically less likely to receive ADHD diagnosis but that could be a proxy of overall healthier lifestyle rather than direct effect, personally i find sauna quiets my mind too especially after exercise microbiome some evidence shows higher odds of dysbiosis which could potentially lead to gut-brain axis disturbances. Also worth exploring. Evidence on probiotics is mixed tho glucose regulation it might help to eat diet that helps prevent rapid glucose spikes as in some people with ADHD it can worsen symptoms. So think high fibre, less high GL, moderate to higher protein, complex carbs toxins some evidence shows presence of neurotoxins but this is too complex to put in a comment. Best ask GPT i haven't even gone into environment, childhood trauma, growing up in a family with addicts with common fights, living in noisy environment, needing to optimise workspace, getting rid of major distractions, moving out of parents house if needed for quiter life etc, Those are all potentialy major contributors. Hope some of it helps. It goes without saying that you should practice meditation or something similar regularly and limit exposure to extremely dopaminergic activities like video games and scrolling reel for hours at a time. If ADHD is really messing with your life then getting some sort of professional help can be of benefit.

yeah, that's probably true. Lot of people got messed up by war. Entire generations in fact. To give you an example in my family. My mom's father was brought up with 2 other brothers in 1950s. When the Red Army marched over central Europe in 1944-1945, they were taking over small private enterprises during collectivisation effort of Soviet Union. My dad's father had a workshop where he was doing carpentry, smithy etc which made his living. It got taken away from him. He started drinking and beating his eldest son, my grandfather's brother. He would beat him with stick, call him a useless fa*****, a scum etc. For nothing basically. The father died a broken man in age of 65. His son (the one he beat) grew up a neurotic and would then move on to beat his own son later in life. His son (my mom's cousin) grew up neurotic with mental health problems, unable to form relationship with women. He chased away his wife and his son ran away to live in Italy. I don't know anything about the son but I heard he has a kid now at age of 20. You could say that a war fucked up 4 generations of people and caused abuse and mental health disease. Only the young boy in Italy, if he is lucky, now has a chance to get some therapy and stop a family shadow. If not, maybe his son will..the 5th generation. We often don't realise how severely this incidence messed up generations of men and women for 50 + years. If you talk to people enough and ask questions and if you also study history, you'll notice connections and patterns. And suddenly everything makes sense. People act out of impulses embeded in them by generations of abuse , its almost never anybody's fault if they are messed up. Not just Europeans. You could be an Aussie or Canuck and still be the 4th generation of PTSD great-granddad with 6 years of battlefield experience who messed up the whole family When I now see people hailing , glorifying far right and empathising with Hitler...it makes the hair at the back of my neck stand up because it looks too much like late 1930s in Europe . But people don't read, they don't care, they don't know their own history and they make history repeat itself making dumb selfish decisions. i dont think they'll be another war, but it worries me how alienated we are from one another and there'll be consequences of that anyway, i'm deviating from the topic..soz OP

@Something Funny after 30, i find it requires a bit more effort because people get busy but it helps to have some people you have common interest with. It can be colleagues or high school mates but also you could consider discovering new people, things like sports clubs (volleyball clubs, football, dance classes , running clubs, outdoor exercise clubs or places like CrossFit classes etc. if you ended up doing some low key competing those places are good for socialisation and bonding You also have hobbist clubs like D&D and board game types of venues, crafting hobbies, book clubs .. Then there are meetups for single people in most major cities which are often dating oriented but not necessarily just that. There are websites that connect people with common interests..my wife found her best girlfriend like that I mean...try asking GPT for some creative options but it all starts with wanting to make an effort, it won't come to you while you're chilling at home 🙂 @Schizophonia yeah plenty of older people with bad social skills but those who didn't grow up around social media naturally do a bit better. It's not just sexual intimacy, humans developed around each other and for most of our existence we lived in proximity to others, engaging in group duties z sharing labour, sharing meals with the group, even if just the closest family. Now its like we are even afraid to say Hi to people less so to talk or sit next to one another on a train. No, Internet socialisation isn't the same. People are fake, shallow, transactional and quite rude to each other. We can't see each other's body language, subtle facial signals, postural changes..it is something but it's not enough. Personal socialisation brings people closer together than any virtual ever could. Especially now with AI....I've spoken to a few people around here after speaking to them virtually and you see how much people are pretending... sometimes I'm thinking like "is someone writing all your comments"? The disparity between the virtual and real life presence is almost staggering It is what the world is right now but it partially explains rise of depression and anger among young men. It's not the only factor of course, there is much more to it.

Absolutely, isolation is terrible for us and young people are losing important social skills these days. We can talk about dating all day long but going out with bunch of people, having fun and chatting to different girls is actually how most people would have found a partner...at least in past generations. We all need to socialize more i think

@numbersinarow this is your final warning to stop harassing this user

Not disagreeing with you, the 3 exercises i mentioned are by no means a full repertoire. Ideally you would rotate a series of trainings for mobility, strength, speed, endurance, explosiveness and agility. Those 3 were just random examples. You guys do whatever you like just remember me when that mace lands on your toe 😉

Unless you're practicing to defend a narrow crossing point from a barbarian horde with a two-hander sword or have a desire to smash your own toes I'd stick to those pullups, pushups and dips. Lot of this could be done with the bulgarian bag which is much safer in case it drops on your food or smacks you over the head. If you do end up buying, let us know how it went. Happy to change my opinion

More like the principle of homeopathy being based highly on psychosomatics and on dilution of a known effective substance. The whole things about "remembering the substance" after it has been so diluted that it remains mostly water...Its odd. And if it was effective, we would know. Like, we know some herbal medicines like Saffron, Echinacea, St John's Wort are almost as effective as pharmaceutical meds in some cases. We have the evidence and patient reports to confirm it....with homeopathy its a wild west. Things like herbal medicine work on similar basis to pharmaceuticals. We can understand the effective substances and we can design experiments to hypothesise how they work and we can measure results. Whether botanicals also work beyond the physical body , I don't know. That's a a realm I don't have lot of knowledge about nor a lot of certainty whether that's real or not. And once we start going into energetics, quantum particles etc...anything goes. And you can sell anything to people because all of a sudden it affects this new thing that can't be measured and can't be seen but has a profound effect And that's exactly the area where quackery thrives. Each time a quack is challenged, they will make up some gobbledygook about chakra allignment, and the endless continuum of metaphysical celestial organisms and what have you.....and good lack arguing with that. I'm a strong believer of exploring the tested and known before delving into these mysterious treatments. Wouldn't make it my primary go to. But then I'm quite biased because I have a vested interest in that..so take that as a limitation

See if that was so, it would work for everyone just like aspirin does. 98% people , if they take aspirin, it makes them sweat and drops their temperature (if they have fever). The rest can't take it because of allergies to salicylic acid. Assuming that at the quantum level (whatever that means in this context) we are all more similar than we are different, the argument is that homeopathy should work for large majority of people... that's unfortunately not the case at all. If 100 people take homeopathic remedy for the same condition, almost none of them will feel any different. We can speculate about how it works but if it's not been proven to work outside of random claims on internet then its no better than diluted sugar pill. I've only had one personal experience with it for a 2 month treatment that did absolutely nothing other than cost me 300 euros. Meaningless subjective experience, yeah, but still an experience albeit negative one. But even if there is something to it..maybe. it would still be a stretch to call homeopathy "king" of remedies. I don't think there is any such thing as as kind remedy. There are just people looking for answers and many treatments available, some more effective than others. Placebo effects is certainly a factor and so are individual biasee, the skills of the practitioner, the quality of the substances used, the correctness of diagnosis (if any) and the type of health ailment presented by patient /client. And if we can use something to help us make decision such as existing evidence, and if that evidence shows that homeopathy is indistinguishable from placebo corn starch pill then we would to well to at least consider that information. Or at least to compare it to a more favourable evidence (if any), say for example herbal medicine or even pharmaceutical medication should they repetitively demonstrate superior effect for the particular health condition.

Something similar is being used to test presence of lead in a water. I did that with our water supply couple months ago. It sort of colours the sample if there is contamination. Problem with these things is they work on yes or no basis so the next question we have to ask is what is the trigger threshold. Its kinda like buying those over the counter antigen tests for iron deficiency. It says "yes" or "no" but you don't really get any specific info other than "I'm not anaemic." But anaemia is the most extreme spectrum of low iron levels and there are tiers of low iron that are already suboptimal yet not low enough to meet "anaemic" criteria. You could be one point over the trigger threshold and if the thing is not setup for any deviation tolerance then you wouldn't know. Its a good start for sure tho. I can see it working great for testing lead contamination in your wall paints for example, that's probably one of the reasons it was invented. Bet my landlord would love me spraying green pain all over our walls Hopefully one day we'll have something that you stick into your food like a thermometer and it will evaluate contamination with herbicides, pesticides, heavy metals etc. Hope someone's already working on that.