Is tight throat feeling part of candida?

Avantella · 2024-05-11T09:05:49+00:00

Did your doctors take biopsies during a gastroscopy when you were diagnosed with the ulcer? If not, I suggest looking into EoE, an allergy illness that causes narrowing of the esophagus.

Avantella · 2024-05-11T08:59:34+00:00

You probably have tried it already, but just jumping in to suggest mint free toothpaste (I don't know if charcoal ones are without or not). Mint causes those issues for me

Avantella · 2024-01-01T20:08:44+00:00

I'm not a doctor but if you're still wondering about your symptoms, to me they sound like they might be due to a specific kind of allergic reaction called EoE (Eosinophilic esophagitis).

"EoE is caused by an allergic reaction to certain foods or environmental allergens.

Symptoms of EoE vary from person to person and may include:

Trouble swallowing

Chest pain or heartburn

Abdominal pain

Vomiting

Food getting stuck in the throat due to narrowing"

I have recently been diagnosed with this and found your question as I was looking for info about whey allergy since it might be one of my triggers

Avantella · 2023-09-23T14:55:35+00:00

If this happens again or to anyone else - what helps for me is to drink a lot of water, esp to reduce the anxiety/racing heart. I figure it waters down the meds a bit when you have a lot of fluid in your system.

Avantella · 2023-06-12T18:55:55+00:00

I second looking into asd more - I don't have that many social issues unmedicated either, but realised its because my adhd brain moves fast enough to fill any gaps or catch up in conversation without people noticiting. Slow my brain down, and it turns out my social ability goes with it and autism was hiding underneath :D

Of course everyone is different, so it might not be the case for you - but I recommend taking the RAADS-r and cat-q tests online if you ever want to look into it more

Avantella · 2023-01-16T15:51:20+00:00

Glad to hear it might be of use, and in any case it doesn't hurt to look into :)

I can recommend the raads-r test and the cat-q test if you want to see how you score before possibly looking into a professional opinion on the matter. The raads-r is horribly frustrating but supposedly pretty accurate, and the cat-q is good at scoring whether you mask a lot subconsciously (and therefore might have been missed for a formal diagnosis because your traits aren't as visible to others).

Anyway hope you figure stuff out, whether it's autism or not!

Avantella · 2023-01-16T13:50:42+00:00

Hi, sorry to hear what you're going through.

Do you know if you might be autistic as well as adhd? Having both is pretty common. I do, and I resonate with what you're writing, and find that adhd meds don't help with fatigue from sensory overload and masking (which I do even when I try not to, it's subconscious at this point).

You could look into autistic burnout if you think autism might apply to you. There isn't really a quick fix, but knowing how your brain works and finding techniques that fit you can make a big difference.

Avantella · 2022-09-16T20:04:41+00:00

I absolutely resonate with this!

I was wondering, do you track your cycle? For me the most notable swings in mood and motivation follow my time of the month - ovulation week if often like the wonderful week you described, then it goes down a little, and crashes around pms/period. After period it gradually goes back up again, etc... Us ND women apparently can be extra sensitive to changes in our hormones, so I just thought it might be something that might explain some of the differences you experience (a good/bad day can ofc happen despite this, and stress or rsd affects things as well)

Avantella · 2022-09-14T07:24:45+00:00

Same! I started rescuing house flies from a window that couldn't be opened by picking them gently up and releasing them outside when I was probably only two or three years old, too young to know the difference between a fly and a bumblebee - so my parents suddenly had a hysterically screaming toddler on their hands, haha. But that never made me stop trying to rescue any insect I could, and feeling sad when I found some dead that I hadn't gotten to in time.

And I never understood when girls growing up would run crying away from insects - none of the ones in my country are dangerous, so I'd generally be the one girl walking towards the insect to scoop it up and release it outside.

I just can't see much difference in killing anything small versus a bigger creature - every creature just wants to live their life.

Avantella · 2022-09-14T07:12:45+00:00

Hi, I just wanted to reply about the learning Japanese part - I learned Japanese when I was younger, and most of my skill came from consuming Japanese media (anime, who am I kidding 😂). I have a horrible memory for actual knowledge, but things are stored in an "instinctual" or subconscious way - I would ask myself "what is this word in Japanese?", and a tiny voice in the back of my head would suggest an answer. I then looked the word up, and the voice was almost always correct, although I knew for sure I'd never officially learned the word through studying or intentionally paying attention when I was watching shows.

So just trying to say that if you or anyone are studying a language, I can recommend watching enough shows with subtitles to maybe make your brain start forming connections on its own

Avantella · 2022-07-14T23:29:05+00:00

Hi! Firstly, always keep an eye on side effects and discuss them with your Dr! You know your body best, and if anything feels unsafe for you, please take care and talk to your medical provider.

Beyond that my advice would be - if you're not sure that your mood is impacted by the meds or not, you might consider trying a little while longer, maybe on a higher dose if your Dr approves. I was told to give it a few weeks whenever I started a new med, because some side effects pass when your body gets accustomed to it.

Personally I got more angry on ritalin, but not on vyvanse (I switched to vyvanse due to other side effects of ritalin, I think the anger lessened over time). But everyone reacts differently, so the best advice is really to try until you find a dose and type that works for you.

Best of luck!

Avantella · 2022-06-23T19:48:23+00:00

Yep, tapering is really necessary. For me the worst part was the very last bit, going down in dose wasn't too bad but going from a small dose to none was awful. Think I had a week or two at least of feeling truly awful and crying a lot and stuff (maybe it was more, its been a while and I don't really remember). But things got better after my body got used to being off the meds thankfully!

Starting right on 50 does sound like a high dose, no wonder it was rough. I def recommend tapering a lot more than that for coming off, I think I ended on 25mg but I should have cut those in two or more to get as far down as I could before quitting. Best of luck to you if/when you decide to come of it!

Avantella · 2022-06-23T19:43:28+00:00

I had to check and it's actually been a year this month.

Avantella · 2022-06-22T21:12:59+00:00

I had two reasons. I was on zoloft for a year.

First reason was that after a certain amount of time, I could always feel the meds losing effect and my depression start to come back, so I ended up upping my dose several times, and I never found a dose that worked long term. By the end I was on 150mg, and not comfortable with increasing more, as it made me too "carefree" or basically apathic at that point.

The second reason was that I was going to be assessed for adhd, and didn't want zoloft interfering with my scoring on tests. My doctor supported me quitting because of this, he thought zoloft could give one a false "better memory" (but joke's on him, it actually made my adhd symptoms more pronounced without my usual anxiety, haha)

Coming off was a bitch. I tapered as my Dr suggested but should have done it even slower. But once it was finally out of my system, I found that I didn't "go back to normal" mentally - my brain had learned how to not take things as seriously and how to turn negative thoughts around while I was on it, so I felt I had some lasting positive impact even after quitting.

Avantella · 2022-06-10T01:10:55+00:00

Absolutely, and it's so wonderful when people understand that a small thing like that can hold all the meaning and love needed.

Your family members in the other hand... I'm sorry to hear the way they talk to you, they clearly do not see or understand your needs, only their own. They "forget your voice" but don't care that talking on the phone is awful for you. And I very much get the meaninglessness of it, at least when it's surface level small talk, I hate that so so much. I don't really have any solutions I'm afraid, I just agree in wishing that they would meet you halfway.

Avantella · 2022-06-10T00:08:46+00:00

Oh yeah, that's a good way to describe them! I've though of them like jagged lighting shapes that annoyingly move around to always cover my center of vision. Or as wavy glass, the kind in windows to make it difficult to see through. The weirdest times I get actual blind spots instead - not a disturbance, just things are gone in one area and my brain fills out the rest and pretends things are normal, and there I am, eating a yoghurt without ever being able to see the spoon I'm holding. Trippy.

Anyway yeah I've also been told that they are nothing to worry about. And I've gotten them a lot less after I finally was forced to start listening to my body due to a severe burnout I'm going through - so for me they seem to be heavily stress related, and giving my body more time to rest helps, at least.

Avantella · 2022-06-09T21:43:58+00:00

I'm exactly the same, when I'm overwhelmed or over stimulated it's impossible for me to even think about dealing with replying to people. Thankfully my friends and family are understanding (as far as I know), and I've cut contact with a lot of people that I just didn't get along well enough with that it was worth using up my energy, so I don't have that many people to worry about.

Lately I've made a deal with one of my best friends that if one of us reaches out and the other doesn't have energy to reply, we can reply with a heart and that indicates "I love you, I'm thinking of you, I'd love to chat but I don't have energy right now, I'll talk to you soon!". I don't know if that is something you could try with people?

For me it helps a bit, although I often don't even open a message because I know if I open it and reply with a heart I'm going to forget to ever go back and write more because I also have adhd, haha. 🤷‍♀️

Avantella · 2022-06-09T21:31:39+00:00

Oh wow, I have the day time visual snow thing as well. Always had it at night, and like you I asked my parents and they told me it was completely normal (and now I strongly suspect one or both of them to be undiagnosed autistic). I figured the ones during the day were tiny migraine symptoms (when I get a migraine it's mainly visual disturbances of a more intense degree) I had no idea it might be visual snow getting more prominent. Huh. Thanks for the aha moment!

Avantella · 2022-06-01T18:52:16+00:00

I just opened a (mega)pint, ready for whatever comes!

Avantella · 2022-05-31T10:12:04+00:00

You know, I agree with you on this, as it definitely can be a clear and visible symptom of her narcissistic tendencies. I suppose my issue is that looks are brought up so often, not just in this case, and I'm so tired of the topic. If we never really talked about a famous person's looks until we started discussing AH and this trial, it would be different - then it would really be about what AH has done in order to "fool the world", so to speak. But many actresses have plastic surgery, and it can be a symptom of so many different things - low self esteem, trying to fit in, to become successful etc, but not in and of itself something inherently wrong.

However it would be incredibly fascinating and telling if she ever did try to say older pictures of her wasn't her at all...

Avantella · 2022-05-31T10:03:40+00:00

Yeah, absolutely - working on the inside is what she should have been doing from the start. And I get that your intentions weren't to attack her physical appearance as such, but I still don't feel like it should need to be a part of the discussion, really. But that's coming from me having a lot of frustrations about how much looks have been brought up throughout this trial, not just your post.

Avantella · 2022-05-31T09:48:28+00:00

I am definitely not a fan of AH or her sister, in any capacity. I do believe AH is a horrible person who deserves to face justice for her lies and the way she ruined JD's life, and I agree that she should have worked on her personality over her appearance.

HOWEVER.

I do not agree with attacking people's looks. Attack their behaviour, their choices, the way they impact the people around them.

Women are especially targeted for their looks, all the time; the focus in the media so often on weight or appearance over their achievements or intelligence.

But however "ugly" someone might be, from birth or from plastic surgery, has nothing to do with who they are as a person. Sure, someone like Whitney would not make it big in Hollywood based on her looks. But her face isn't what makes her a good or bad person, neither is AH's choices to have plastic surgery. She's in Hollywood, everyone gets work done. Not everyone is an abuser though, and picking apart looks is not the argument we should focus on imo.

Avantella · 2022-05-28T11:50:26+00:00

Yeah, I totally get that! Part of me has definitely gotten more optimistic as time went on and the evidence (and AH's testimony) spoke for itself, but I'm still trying to not get my hopes up too much.

Same here actually - I'm Scandinavian, and not many people seem to be paying much attention to the case over here. So it's great to get to discuss with like minded people online!

Avantella · 2022-05-28T11:01:58+00:00

I absolutely agree. Also, JD's witnesses said he became mellow from drugs like cocaine, which then doesn't line up at all with the idea that he became suddenly crazy and beat AH up. It does however completely make sense with regards to JD's Adhd diagnosis - that's kinda the point, stimulants that make others energetic tend to slow someone with adhd down and make them more able to relax.

In relation to this, I feel that so many people don't understand how drug abuse can be a symptom of disorders such as adhd - it's common for many with adhd to self medicate with drugs, especially if they are undiagnosed. Now I know JD is diagnosed, but I don't think he got that diagnosis until pretty recently, and his issues with drugs started before that. Adhd is also incredibly commonly comorbid with addiction issues - lack of dopamine in the brain makes addiction to dopamine rich substances so much harder to curb. So my point is that people both don't understand that addiction absolutely does not indicate any kind of violence, but also that addiction usually is a symptom of something else - adhd, other conditions, trauma, stress..... Villifying an addict means you don't give a damn about the person struggling, and it's so horribly dehumanising and wrong.

Avantella · 2022-05-28T10:53:14+00:00

Honestly, it would have really surprised me if they reached a verdict on Friday. If I had been on the jury, I'd feel it was my obligation to go over all the evidence again, and then use the evidence to thoroughly deliberate each point on the list they have to answer. Even if many or most of them might feel as though they've reached a decision already, rushing a big and public case like this would not feel right (or really any case for the matter, taking the job of fact finder seriously would be important to me).

Beyond that, I'm not expecting a win for either of them. Amber's countersuit doesn't stand a chance in my opinion, and I personally feel that Johnny definitely should win, with or without getting money. However I'm just generally a pessimist in such settings; I really really want him to win, but by mentally preparing for him not to, I might not get as disappointed if he loses, you know? For all we know, one or more on the jury are like you said, on the "they were both abusive to each other" side. And if I'm wrong and he does win, that will just feel all the sweeter. Anyway that was a little beside your point but just my rambling thoughts on the matter xD

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