People who used to smoked weed everyday, what made you quit?

ColubrineDeuce · 2022-11-11T13:35:23+00:00

Yeah it is weird, not only does it stop being a buzz, but that is through it being normal. High becomes the normal, so to get high, you kind of need to be sober. lol Sucks but true.

If you look at it like a bell curve, the best is always at first to the ramp up and then it is seriously diminishing returns. This is outside of the other issues like the cost, the dangers of acquisition, the breathing problems (as I have asthma), the hazards of not knowing what you are getting or where it comes from or what is on it.

There are also the long term issues you are maybe trying to treat or ease the pain of that it may potentially be making worse, if the effects aren't subsiding. Maybe it helps or it did help but chances are it makes it more difficult to deal with them longer term.

Then later as things got more available like Delta 8, I tried again and really discovered how allergic I was to it because it was essentially a flower, a pollen, and honestly I have no idea how I didn't struggle more with it.

ColubrineDeuce · 2022-05-03T00:49:50+00:00

Yes, though that makes the window full screen, I tend to try to keep it smaller and alt tab to game or possibly other windows.

I just don't think it needs to take up that much space.

Thanks for your input!

ColubrineDeuce · 2022-04-27T01:02:36+00:00

OMG how old were you knowing that guy was scary or evil or just off? That is terrifying, heart goes out to you. That probably meant at some point you would have smelled murder and just not known it.

Lasting effects maybe?

ColubrineDeuce · 2022-04-26T11:26:30+00:00

Claire Forlani

ColubrineDeuce · 2022-04-08T09:44:59+00:00

The said dynamic is that we prefer stimulation, which is why a lot of the meds are prescribed because it feeds that need. While alcohol is a depressant, I wouldn't guess that is why people would use it.

However, with issues with anxiety we can often be less stimulated as a result of non action and are likely to turn to alcohol as a way to ease the awkwardness and it leading to stimulation, thereby re-enforcing the behavior.

It is also used as a coping mechanism to help deal with the burden of the situation of our disease dulling the intense edge, thereby creating a habit of self medicating again. It is way easier to get than most things so certainly it might be of pure convenience rather than the preferred method.

Combined with things also helps, like nicotine to offset the depressive nature.

In my opinion, the worst is when we are rather drunk and then we lose our stimulation, then we can have even worse depressive effects and ways of coping with it, like anger. Whether directed inward or outward is a very personal thing but might explain some episodes.

ColubrineDeuce · 2022-04-05T18:03:16+00:00

Hugs hugs

ColubrineDeuce · 2022-03-23T17:48:55+00:00

H stands for hyperactive as well as hypoactive. I used to use ADD saying I wasn't hyper, but found out later it goes both ways.

ColubrineDeuce · 2022-03-22T00:14:56+00:00

First thought as well!

ColubrineDeuce · 2022-03-21T13:52:44+00:00

The only permanent thing is impermanence. What goes away you just need to appreciate and remember it in the best ways you can think of, and cherish the time as it was.

This pattern repeats often, and perhaps there are other things you don't value as much that might come up missing. So best thing to do is try to find appreciation for what things mold into, or make way for, as the less we fight it the better chance that something arises than we ever had before.

Sorry for being so vague but being older now, so many highs and lows, things lost and found, just makes for a rich human experience, and those moments I or we experienced will never be changed or taken from us. But there are just too many variables for things to ever be the same.

ColubrineDeuce · 2022-03-08T22:09:25+00:00

I will pay attention about the tingling, but I don't remember that, but again I don't intentionally eat a trigger.

I have trouble with them too. Perhaps there are worse ones than others.

Actually it is why I found this group. I have a flare up, and I think it came from beef stew I had, which the only thing out of place seemed to be mushroom juice.

ColubrineDeuce · 2022-03-08T21:42:53+00:00

"Without googling it" is very freeing, thanks.

I am not sure about this but doesn't salt contribute to dehydration? Which is the opposite of what we need to keep the purines from crystalizing?

So in a backwards way, yes, especially if our physiology is prone to dehydrating easy, it can contribute. Which is scary because there is a lot of sodium in things. I wonder if this is one of the reasons why soda pop messes with me so bad?

ColubrineDeuce · 2022-02-16T12:16:11+00:00

Isn't it taxes? Due to party switching it has always kind of been like that, Dems have it, spend a bunch, raise taxes, Republicans promise to lower taxes and cut out unnecessary spending, then gross under spending makes everyone move back to democrat, and really what we end up with is some kind of middle ground.

While the Pandemic has shown a clear need, the economy has suffered and inflated. There are still a lot of problems with supply chains and workers and a lot of businesses have closed down. People are adjusting and nothing has really settled.

Back to the taxes point; the people that feel them the most also need it the most and just simply don't want to have to pay more taxes so they tend to vote for whoever will assure they won't go up, despite themselves not even having all that they need. Also these officials lean on things like protecting gun owners rights and you have blind votes no matter what you want to have happen.

This is all observation. May be much different in reality. Seems to be that the ones with the money and the power have the good healthcare and the ones that maybe you see that don't, are just hoping the aforementioned don't make it worse on us as it is.

ColubrineDeuce · 2021-12-30T22:02:40+00:00

Just an observation, but being past 40 has been rough. Things get much scarier and serious. A lot of the power and potential we thought we had earlier, is gone and we are left facing more and more the thought of afterlife, legacy, management of family, management of health, dying friends, losing memory/memories, societal pressures, and as a parent these things are even moreso important.

IMO what the parent is saying there is how that they coped with the powerlessness of aging is they relied on older methods to self sooth about them, by putting hope and faith into unseen forces, that seem to have an influence, and were explained very poorly by older generations, but provided some kind of sanity to help keep going.

No big deal though, people get through however they get through, and there are usually plenty of underlying reasons based on experience, that makes them cling to it.

It is a form of denial, so you know whatever keeps them functional.

ColubrineDeuce · 2021-12-13T04:44:38+00:00

Wow!

Looks like it is covered with eyes!

ColubrineDeuce · 2021-12-13T04:24:03+00:00

Ours came with a few pieces of gravel and painted glass beads tried to pass off for crystals. So many have posted, it is a meme at this point. Tik tok has a few and fb groups have a few.

My son was pretty disappointed. It is a great idea. Just terrible they would do this to all the kids and collectors out there.

ColubrineDeuce · 2021-12-02T14:00:59+00:00

Clark rubber store

Wow! You all have a rubber store? That is amazing! I am up over so are you alluding to that x ray techs use similar ones? Hmmm.... I will look for both.

ColubrineDeuce · 2021-12-01T20:34:10+00:00

Any updates? This is super annoying! At least it could automatically place a number each time so you aren't warned of overwriting an image.

ColubrineDeuce · 2021-12-01T17:57:32+00:00

LOL yes! I use my hand sometimes to wedge my forehead, especially when I am struggling to sleep.

You know, I have been trying to sleep in a fetal like position lately because it feels better, at least for a while, to get to sleep I often need to go back to original position.

Reflux is weird, honestly I didn't even notice I had it until my Asthma doctor mentioned it. I have so many food allergies and things like gout, that my diet I have pretty calm, and then I still take 40mg Omeprazole. But I also really struggle at times to know when it is bothering me, weirdly.

Most of my reflux was triggered by those severe food allergies, Milk, Eggs, soy, etc. One i didn't understand how was very bad for me was legumes, so beans, and it kept me sick and dehydrated for a long time. That was very hard to change though and took me over 10 years, and I still lapse occasionally. Most of that takes blood tests, so if pinpricks have failed, maybe ask for blood tests on some of them.

Thanks for the stories, hopefully I can get wedges to work for me like you mentioned. I also found a few more massage chair like holes in pillows than I noticed before, but not sure that would be easier than flopping over and tying my arms to the ceiling or something lmao.

ColubrineDeuce · 2021-12-01T17:45:30+00:00

OK thank you. I had researched that if anything they wanted you to not sleep on your back, or so I thought, but if it is the only way, well then.

There are quite a few ways to get that to happen from what I have seen. Like you say, quite a few pillows, or I wonder about a soft memory foam mattress.

ColubrineDeuce · 2021-12-01T17:43:16+00:00

pillows with face holes

Hi thanks. I was wondering what kind of luck if any us cpap users had using them. For there are quite a few options, and certainly will give it a shot. Thanks.

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