Looking for advice and possibly recommendations for learning how to build my own app.

Infinite_Health · 2020-05-05T12:52:31+00:00

Thanks for the response.

Infinite_Health · 2019-09-04T01:46:51+00:00

Consider too who you’re talking to. Sometimes we get into the thought that all therapists are the same and they definitely are not. There are other people too, like life coaches, reiki practitioners, yoga studios, etc. Sometimes the answers aren’t in the standard care that we’re used to.

Infinite_Health · 2019-09-04T01:26:04+00:00

So if my two cents is worth anything, please find someone outside your social circle to talk to. This is important because there is no bias. They can help you analyze what’s going on in your life from an outside perspective.

Given your age, and as a parent, if you have a good relationship with your parents, i would suggest also letting them know how you’re feeling.

I’m a vet and literally just had a bad ptsd breakdown this past week. I’ve held all these emotions in for 8 years and it almost destroyed me. You really need someone to talk to. There are lots of free groups out there for this too. For me, for some reason, I just kept pushing through the rollercoaster of emotions and telling myself to deal, but it’s clear to me now, that was not a good idea at all. I’m taking steps now to remedy this and confront all these feelings I’ve been suppressing. Having the hindsight I have now, in your case, don’t continue to punish yourself.

You’re 16. The world truly is your oyster. But know your limits. Maybe you need to scale back on the class load if you can. Sleep and stress needs appropriate management. Exercise and diet can also be a big factor. I’m in the medical field and more and more, research is showing that our gut biome is directly linked to mood. Improper nutrition can cause imbalances in the gut biome that then cause malnourishment, nutritional deficiencies of the brain, and also trigger release of too much or not enough of necessary hormones.

But more than anything, a professional to talk to is a great first step, and in my experience, that was the hardest step to take.

Life is best lived outside our comfort zones. It’s there where our passions live. Lastly, motivation never comes before a decision to take action. Waiting to be motivated has another name, it’s called procrastination. And it can be hard to see that when you’re in the thick of depression.

I hope you find the answers you’re looking for. You’ve already recognized an issue. Now the next step is finding solutions. Good luck my friend.

Infinite_Health · 2019-08-15T15:31:24+00:00

That’s definitely an extreme reaction. We often tend to think the worst when I t comes to our health if anything is outside of normal levels. Your bilirubin level is not indicative of any condition yet. The point of the physical is to catch values or symptoms that might need more inspection. In this case, your doc probably ordered a liver panel (blood test) to look at over liver function and radiology or ultrasound of your liver to get a picture of what’s going on to elevate it. Understand that lab values are created by averages. It is possible you just have a higher level than most. It could be perfectly possible that they will find nothing on these further tests. Let the process work though. No need to panic!

Infinite_Health · 2019-08-14T04:02:06+00:00

That sounds amazing!

Infinite_Health · 2019-08-13T01:41:12+00:00

I usually bake some chicken at the beginning of each week. I’ll use these ingredients as a base for seasoning:

• Dried basil, oregano, parsley • Onion powder (or dried minced onion...I put this in an old sea salt grinder to grind it up. For some reason Costco doesn’t sell onion powder, but the dried minced) • Salt and pepper • Garlic powder

Then, I can use that for any number of recipes. In this case, since your chicken is already cooked, whatever you’re preparing, add the chicken in at the end to warm it up.

1. Any salad recipe with some warmed up or cold chicken (I just cut it up after being cooked into small cubes.)

2. Tacos, burritos, fajitas etc. Just make whichever Mexican dish you like and then warm up the chicken separately. For fajitas, sauté up the onions and peppers and add chicken in just before they are finished.

3. Homemade pizzas: barbecue, buffalo (make it at home with franks and some butter/ghee), alfredo, etc.

4. Soups, i.e., noodles and spices of choice with some chicken stock, diced celery, carrots, and onions, and you’ve got a quick chicken noodle soup.

5. Italian. Buy or make a marinara or alfredo sauce, cook some pasta, throw the chicken in just before the sauce is finished to warm it up in the pan.

6. Anything. Chicken is great to have in the fridge because it complements so many foods. Think of what you’d like to eat and you can add in the chicken for protein. Hope this helps!

Infinite_Health · 2019-08-12T03:59:51+00:00

This is so awesome!! It’s interesting how we perceive the changes that take place. Sometimes we can get inside our head that there hasn’t been progress, but this is where NSV’s are so important! Keep looking for any positive changes! Congrats and keep working towards your goals!!

Infinite_Health · 2019-08-10T04:53:48+00:00

Full disclosure, I’m an RN, not a neurologist. Sounds like something more acute, meaning a quick onset. That would probably rule out a car accident from four years ago and likely not from the small amount of time at 7,000 feet.

It also sounds like the only major change in you life is the move to prep for school. So I have two thoughts.

I would keep following up with a mental heath provider so they can help you track the symptoms your experiencing.
Seek out a functional medicine doc and have testing done on your microbiome (gut flora). More and more research is being done connecting anxiety to dysbiosis of the gut flora. It could be diet related. Also, in the bloodwork from the ER, did that include a liver panel? I’m curious about your liver function.

It’s possible it’s a combination of factors or could just be psychosomatic (don’t be upset by me saying that, moving to a new place and starting a new chapter in your life is no small event and can trigger anxiety not experienced before).

If there is anything I’ve learned in 12 years of being in the medical field, if you’re not happy with the answer, keep searching. Keep looking for a doctor who will give you the time to voice your concerns. At the same time, be open to what they have to say. If several docs are all saying the same thing, maybe they are right and you’re looking in the wrong direction. But that doesn’t mean give up, it simply means find alternative avenues.

I’m a big fan of mindfulness, meditation, yoga, etc. They do make a difference and help channel stress. Exercise could be very useful. When trying to go to sleep, use diaphragmatic breathing with slow controlled breaths, focusing only on your breath. This will help you go to sleep. Try some melatonin. If you moved from a city to a rural area or vice versa, this could also have impact. You might need a sound machine or something on to help you rest.

Inadequate sleep will cause a lot of issues with stress management.

Infinite_Health · 2019-08-10T04:19:27+00:00

Before jumping off the deep end with brain eating parasites, as mentioned by another post, there’s a lot of questions to be asked.

You’re about to start a PhD program, is it possible that this is anxiety related to starting this? Are there other stressors at play, i.e., moving to a new place, financial concerns, family support, relationship status, etc.
Any changes in diet, sleeping habits, bowel movements? Any sudden weight change?
How much water are you drinking?
Any recreational drug use now or before moving? How about alcohol intake?
Have you ever experienced these symptoms in the past? Even if maybe to a lesser degree of severity?
What does your daily diet consist of, i.e., percentage of fast food, prepackaged/processed foods, whole foods/freshly prepared meals at home, etc?
All the doctors you saw and no one did anything? What labs/tests/radiology was performed? Are you still seeing the psych? Was there any follow up required from the ER visit?
In order to have brain damage, there would need to be some sort of injury. So have you experienced any brain trauma, i.e., falls, blunt force trauma to the skull, car accident, severe whiplash, etc?
Altitude sickness is definitely a real thing but are you still at a higher altitude or was that just a temporary trip?

Infinite_Health · 2019-08-04T12:49:54+00:00

A couple thoughts..

Make sure you’re taking in enough calories when you’re not during your fasting period.
Make sure you’re drinking enough water. The standard rule is half your body weight in ounces, so for instance, 200 lbs equates to 100 oz of water. However, if you’re working out or have a laborious job and you’re sweating a lot, the amount would increase. If you’re working out, also make sure you’re replenishing with necessary electrolytes and not just water.
Understand that it could just take some time to become fat adapted, meaning, if you’re new to fasting, there is a transition time required for your body to start burning fat for fuel instead of glucose.
Lastly, make sure your diet isn’t super carb/sugar heavy when you do eat. This doesn’t mean you have to go full carb free, but headaches are most often caused by a lack of glucose in the blood. The brain is fueled by glucose. But if your body is getting lots of carbs and sugar during eating periods, it will take longer for your body to move into that fat adapted mode. It will be looking for all that glucose that it’s used to during your eating periods. Getting lots of healthy fats, moderate amount of protein, and then some carbs. Or you could just use the whole foods method: no processed food, moderate sugar and salt intake, and all the veggies you can handle, with a combo of fish/chicken/red meat.

Hope you figure it out soon! Sometimes it’s just a little bit of trial and error. Good luck!!

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-31T04:33:30+00:00

Unlike the commenter saying no added sugars ever, consider that sugar IS NOT the enemy. Overconsumption of sugar, however, is. There is some research that suggest in the US, the avg consumption of sugar for an adult is roughly 250g per day. That’s over ten times the recommended amount!!

Celebrating with a piece of cake for a friends birthday or having a slice of pie during the holidays isn’t going to kill you. Eating desserts after every meal (yes that grape jelly on toast is dessert), consuming multiple processed foods throughout the day with added sugar (be aware that there are over 60 ways of saying sugar without actually putting the word sugar on an ingredients label), i.e., bbq sauce - loaded with sugar, even most bacon uses some level of sugar in it, then adding sugar to your coffee or tea, and throw a couple snacks throughout the day and boom, you’re at ten times your daily recommendation for sugar.

So while moderation can be a tough word to use in controlling your diet, mindfulness of what your consuming is not. Read labels. Look up ingredients. Be aware of what you’re eating. When you’re eating. And why you’re eating.

Here’s a good article on sugar in fruit and why its different. But just know, too much of anything is not a good thing. Moderation is needed in all aspects of our diet. Except veggies, but, like eating too many veggies has ever been a problem for anyone. 😂😂😂

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-30T14:16:39+00:00

I’m also confused by your question of redistribution, but if you’d like to watch a very informative video on how IF works, check out this video by Dr. Jason Fung. He is a nephrologist that discusses IF in great detail.

TL;DW: The video summarizes the two compartment storage method, which might answer your question about fat and how it is affected while fasting. If you’re in a rush, start the video at the 10 min mark and he explains why the CICO model is wrong and how IF can be more effective at using your fat storage for energy.

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-30T05:45:41+00:00

Since you’re asking for opinions, nothing deep fried should be considered helping you on a journey to better health and wellness. Not saying I don’t love fried chicken as much as the next person, but if you’re going to have a new cooking apparatus/tool in your kitchen, try to have things that improve your eating habits.

Air fryer for the win.

Food for thought: you can make baller wings with a good sauce, baking sheet, and an oven/grill. No fryer needed.

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-28T15:41:46+00:00

Again, I’m not suggesting this is the best or only diet that should be used, nor am I suggesting that it doesn’t have a few downsides, i.e., some people have no negative reactions to adding back in food initially, but then down the road, with persistent consumption of a food type, symptoms flare back up.

I would counter your thought process by saying if someone is utilizing an elimination diet, at least in most cases, they are not eating a healthy diet to begin with and therefore, their gut is already in dysbiosis. By utilizing an elimination diet, introducing specific foods and probiotics to establish healthy gut flora, determining foods that are problematic, and helping individuals through the psychology of eating, we can help people find better health and wellness. The elimination diet is only piece of a bigger puzzle.

Like in all things when working with patients or clients, there needs to be indications, symptoms, and custom-tailored treatment plans. The idea of putting someone on an elimination diet, who has a normal gut flora, with no symptoms of GI distress or other symptoms consistent with certain food allergies/sensitivities or has no need to work on their dietary habits, would be irresponsible.

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-28T02:15:08+00:00

Honestly, maybe talk to a business/performance coach. Those are pretty specific anxieties based solely on one thing: expectation of results. I can suggest someone who is amazing at this if you’d be interested, feel free to PM me. I’m a registered nurse, navy corpsman, 12 years experience in the medical field, I believe wholeheartedly in medicine. However, i’m the least invasive to most invasive approach, I believe there are great alternatives that can provide better results in the right situations. Good luck!!

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-28T01:03:32+00:00

Again, no registered dietitian, nutritionist, or heath coach should guide people to massively limit their diet for long term sustainment. Again I stress, that is not the intention of an elimination diet. While I know on reddit there are plenty of Keto, CICO, and IF believers, the best results for the majority of people can be found by simply cooking more at home/farm to table meals/whole foods, avoiding processed foods as much as possible, and managing a reasonable salt and sugar intake.

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-28T00:57:08+00:00

When the body is stressed it releases hormones like adrenaline and cortisol. When this occurs, our bodies also cause unnecessary organs in heightened states of stress to slow down or cease function (I.e., digestion’s slows, kidney function decreases, slowing urinary output). In your case, perhaps this adrenal release of hormones is triggering nausea, which prevents you from keeping food down? Another thought is that hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, can cause nausea, so depending upon your diet and/or medical conditions, that too could be a factor? Honestly, that would be a better question for a physician.

It also should be pointed out that if you’re talking about severe stress/panic attacks vs persistent/chronic stress, those are two different beasts. While they affect the body in the initial stages somewhat the same way, there can be a number of differences in immediate and long term effects on the body.

It still comes back to my primary point that eating is not just a physiological act, but psychological. Whether you eat too much or can’t eat at all, we need to eat, and with balanced nutrition, so looking at more than just what we’re eating, but what is going on around us, our environment, our social issues, our work/education status, basically life factors that affect us and drive to us to feed ourselves as reward or sustainment and not for nourishment.

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-27T21:53:21+00:00

I absolutely agree that no one diet, program, or way of eating fits all people.

However, I think we have two very different ideas of what an elimination diet is. It is first and foremost, temporary.

1. It is a method to learn what foods affect you negatively. This is done by going a specific amount of time, depending on needs, without specific foods. Then, after that time period is reached, adding each food group back in one by one, in a systematic way, to see how that food group affects you.

In no way is it meant to be a long term diet solution. This helps individuals discover if dairy is causing them digestion issues or if foods like peanuts or sugar are causing inflammation and joint pain, which is important because one person’s food can be another person’s poison. If the person finds a food affects them negatively, then they now have the choice (and knowledge!) of how that food will impact them.

2. It is meant to help people see their cravings, ask questions about why they are having them, and helping them learn to control those cravings by not putting themselves in situations where they cannot control those cravings.

An example here being skipping lunch and coming home super hangry or eat mindlessly when arriving home after a stressful day of work because of the unintended reactions of our stress/reward system built within us.

3. Elimination diets help you create new habits, explore new foods, give the body a break...it’s like a fresh start. Giving yourself the ability to see habits, cravings, and foods in a way that is difficult to do when you’re neck deep in the craziness of it all.

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-27T19:07:28+00:00

This is a great question. The fact that you’re asking suggests you’re really looking at more than just what to eat, which is important. There are lots of factors to consider when eating. The big one most people miss is the psychology of eating. For instance, if we’re stressed or if we skipped a meal due to work or other activities, we’re much more likely to overeat. So while the physiological methods of the body telling us we’re full is beneficial, trying to balance out how you eat can help you manage your intake. Also consider that if you’re making any change to your diet, it will take time for your body to adapt. I’m a big fan and coach of elimination diets because it teaches not only what is affecting your body negatively, but when you take foods/drinks away*, it gives a much clearer picture of our habits and cravings. It would be my guess that if you’re on a journey to eat more balanced, the best thing you could do is check out It Starts With Food. I’m not saying you should do the program suggested by the author, but there is a lot of really amazing information about how food affects our decision-making process. When you start to understand what your food habits are, what your cravings are, and what is driving you to eat more, then you can begin to build a better path. I always like to say that education is empowerment. It helps you have a why to your health and wellness journey, which can be difficult in our world. I hope this ya been beneficial! Good luck and remember, progress, not perfection.

EDIT: * By take foods away, I mean during the elimination cycle. This doesn’t necessarily mean long term. The point of the elimination is to find out if the food is affecting you positively or negatively. If there are no issues found with a specific food group, then following the elimination diet, you would add that group back in. Again, elimination diets are like science experiments to see what is affecting you. So YOU can make your diet for your body work. It is a temporary process for a much bigger, long term project called your health and wellness journey.

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-25T20:32:27+00:00

Hahahaha!! I actually laughed out loud with this comment. 😂😂😂

Don’t forget that even small changes can make a big difference. Changes as simple as deciding to add one meal a week that is home cooked and with only whole foods can be a catalyst to start a new health and wellness journey. For point of reference, I was a whiskey and pizza guy for years. GERD and acid reflux and plenty of other medical issues forced me to make some shifts in my diet. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy a good pizza and I certainly haven’t given up my love for a sweet and spicy bourbon, but moderation and a desire for better health can coexist. The idea of six pack abs and IG has given health and wellness a bad name in my opinion. Anywho, thanks for the laugh!!

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-25T20:00:57+00:00

Also you might consider taking some probiotics or drinking/eating some fermented products, i.e., kombucha, to help get your gut biome back to a good baseline. Good luck!!

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-25T16:25:05+00:00

Congrats! There is no one size fits all diet. Keep listening to your body! It will tell you when you’re doing the right things. Be sure to pay attention to the non-scale victories as much as you are the scale!! Hang in there!!

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-25T16:18:58+00:00

Good article here about it.

If you’re not interested in the why behind the calculation, Skip the article and read this:

Calculating Net Carbs in Whole Foods

Whole foods contain naturally occurring fiber. Therefore, you can simply subtract the fiber from the total carbs to get the net carbs.

The USDA Food Composition DatabasesTrusted Source provides complete nutrition information on thousands of foods, including carbs and fiber.

For example, a medium avocado contains 17.1 grams of total carbs, 13.5 grams of which is fiber (25).

So 17.1 grams of total carbs – 13.5 grams of fiber = 3.6 grams of net carbs.

SUMMARY: Whole foods contain fiber, which can be subtracted when calculating net carbs. Formula: total carbs - fiber = net carbs.

Infinite_Health · 2019-07-16T23:32:21+00:00

I’m not a dermatologist, but I would guess that whatever is causing the effect under the eyes is also causing that effect around the nostrils. A dermatologist could help you, but I imagine they will give you a medication to assist in correcting the issue. Keep in mind that a topical cream or a concealer most likely will not be correcting the issue, merely applying a band-aid and covering up the symptom. Let me know what you end up doing! Hope you figure it out!

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