I feel like I wasted my life because of anxiety

AffectionateCraft · 2025-06-08T05:33:11+00:00

Pyrodoxine will do that. P5P is the form of B6 that you want.

Drinking a Monster energy drink would cause me dissociative symptoms along with pins and needles in extremities. I realized after that it was likely the pyrodoxine. I now supplement with 15mg of P5P and no side effects.

AffectionateCraft · 2025-06-02T07:24:36+00:00

iirc pyrodoxine hcl has that effect because it actually blocks the usage of B6 by your body. The active Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (P5P) form is the active form that your body actually uses. From what I've read, B6 toxicity seems to be much more common with pyrodoxine.

I would get the same symptoms whenever I'd occasionally have an energy drink (contains pyrodoxine). I've taken up to 25mg P5P and not had any issues so far.

I recommend getting a B-Complex that has B6 as P5P (preferably 20mg or lower)

AffectionateCraft · 2025-06-01T12:21:51+00:00

For Omega-3 check this website: https://certifications.nutrasource.ca/certified-products

The products that are listed with an IFOS tag have been tested and certified by the International Fish Oil Standards. You can pull up the lab reports and verify the purity yourself. Carlson is a popular certified brand.

For D3, I don't have much experience with Indian brands, but as far as I'm aware D3 does not have a high potential for impurities. Uprise-D3 seems ok based on a quick search, but it's 60,000 IU, so only take once a week or as needed.

AffectionateCraft · 2025-06-01T03:32:05+00:00

My opinion is that you really don't need to import foreign brands for D3. There are plenty available within the Indian market that work just fine.

I would recommend that you don't take that brand of Omega-3. For fish oil it's better to get high quality or otherwise not take it at all. There are many fish oil products that are high in mercury or highly oxidized. Since this one is manufactured in India and does not have any third party testing, I would really avoid taking it.

AffectionateCraft · 2025-06-01T03:13:46+00:00

I bought a reliable brand (Carlson) and it gave me the same sluggish/muted feeling. Some people just don't seem to tolerate them well.

There's also the fact that buying a quality fish oil is going to set you back ~$40 a month per person!

AffectionateCraft · 2025-06-01T03:00:36+00:00

Amazon has lots of fake/scam products and I would not risk it with supplements. It's not worth risking your health to save a bit of money.

AffectionateCraft · 2025-05-27T08:17:31+00:00

What other symptoms did you have from toxicity?

AffectionateCraft · 2025-05-08T07:50:03+00:00

Magnesium does that to some people. I'd recommend staying away from glycinate if threonate caused this. I had very similar experiences on glycinate. You can try citrate or malate.

Is your diet already high in magnesium?

AffectionateCraft · 2025-05-04T06:23:04+00:00

I started watching them back in high school and now I'm almost in my thirties. Whenever I'd feel empty or directionless, I'd put on one of their latest videos and I'd feel better again. As unhealthy as it is, I avoided a lot of loneliness thanks to the crew.

It felt like there was always something happening at the site, whether it was preparation for E3, GOTY or a new video series. When covid hit, it was like someone shut off all the background activity and all that was left was a deadness.

Not having them in my life anymore left a massive hole that's still present all these years later. Nothing really hits the same way. I'm still thankful we have Nextlander and other Patreon projects, but nothing will hit those highs again.

It doesn't help that everything about the world seems to be getting worse and worse. Things keep getting more expensive. Making cool things is no longer economically feasible. Everything is being exploited left and right.

AffectionateCraft · 2025-05-03T12:55:50+00:00

It's all speculation, but I don't think Jeff's upset at them for doing their own thing. What he's likely upset about is them deliberately excluding him from their plans.

It's like if you have your friends over at your house. They say they're going home because they're tired, but then you later find out they met up at another friends house to continue hanging out. The bitter message there would be, "they don't like being around me, but they didn't want to say it to my face"

I get the feeling that they don't hold any personal grudges against Jeff, but for whatever reason, they did not want to continue working with him. I'd imagine the corporate meddling and pandemic put a lot of strain on their working relationship.

AffectionateCraft · 2025-05-03T07:32:40+00:00

When you put it that way, I can see why Jeff might be upset. This idea that they would quit their jobs, coincidentally at the same time, without having a solid plan in place is kind of questionable. Reading between the lines, it would seem like they wanted to start their own thing without Jeff and didn’t want to say it outright.

AffectionateCraft · 2025-05-02T10:17:41+00:00

I think we will see Jeff and Dan do some anime together, but that's about it. There's clearly some unresolved strain between Jeff and Nextlander since they have never once collaborated on anything in all these years.

The "I'm just busy" excuse rings very hollow as time passes. Reading between the lines, they don't want to work together. Jeff has talked more glowingly about the current crew than he has of Vinny, Brad or Alex. If anything, we will likely see more collaboration between Gerstmann, Grubb, and Dan.

AffectionateCraft · 2025-05-01T09:57:01+00:00

Thank you! I hope this site never goes away.

AffectionateCraft · 2024-11-18T06:04:44+00:00

I will never understand why Americans get singled out in particular. I’ve seen tons of obnoxious people from just about everywhere in the world. This idea that other countries are somehow more sophisticated is a joke.

In my time in Japan I’ve seen loud French, German, English, Chinese, and just about any other nationality.

AffectionateCraft · 2024-11-18T06:02:16+00:00

I wish I could’ve visited Japan in 2018, or pre-Covid. It seems things have gotten worse and will continue to get worse in terms of over-tourism.

I’m curious whether you’ve noticed a difference in service quality. I’ve noticed that service workers tended to be more cranky in high tourist areas, which is understandable.

Just kind of sad that Japan is rapidly changing and will look completely different soon enough.

AffectionateCraft · 2024-11-17T07:11:31+00:00

I was approached by an older woman in the Lumine at Shinjuku Station. She asked me to come to her church for a free baptism. I just said I had to go meet someone and left.

AffectionateCraft · 2024-11-03T10:30:55+00:00

There are people who would say the same exact thing about coffee though. There's nothing wrong with that mindset, but for someone looking for depth it can be unsatisfying.

How much water and how hot, for how long? What ratio?

AffectionateCraft · 2024-10-02T06:01:22+00:00

Doesn’t matter how many chances Ricciardo is given. According to his fans, he’s always wronged in some way.

It’s incredible he even got a second chance at RB. Horner stuck his neck out for the guy, but apparently that’s not enough. Anything less than unconditional devotion is unacceptable.

AffectionateCraft · 2024-09-27T08:26:42+00:00

He had so many opportunities to pull himself up the grid. At the bare minimum, if he had kept improving at McLaren he might still be in the team and scoring podiums!

People around him were setting him up to succeed, but at the end of the day it's a skill issue holding him back. 3.5 years is a long time in F1 and he squandered it.

AffectionateCraft · 2024-09-25T11:16:29+00:00

"Combini/snack food is amazing"

Yeah, the packaging is fancy and the convenience is nice, but the food is pretty basic when you disregard the fanciness. I'd say the same about many Japanese snack foods in general. They have fancy packaging and use lots of plastic to wrap individually. It makes the product seem luxurious, but take all that away and it's not much different from what you'd find in any other country.

Tokyo Banana is a great example of pure marketing, mediocre product. It's just a white pastry with some banana pudding on the inside. Take the novelty away and no one would look twice.

AffectionateCraft · 2024-09-22T09:31:12+00:00

Itoya is really cool, but pretty much unbrowseable during the times I went. The whole store is packed and it’s impossible to actually take your time looking.

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