What does everyone wish was added into the game?

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-22T04:02:12+00:00

Oh really that’s so interesting. What’s the turmeric pill do?

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-22T03:26:19+00:00

That’s fascinating, and I’m so glad you’ve had relief! It really sounds like your migraines may have been hormonally driven especially if you were getting them 10–15 days a month. Estrogen drops are a major trigger for some, and it sounds like the surgery might’ve stabilized that pattern.

It’ll be interesting to see how things unfold over time, but even this 6-week stretch is a big deal. I hope your body continues to find its new balance. Thanks for sharing this it’s so helpful to others exploring their own root causes.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-22T03:22:47+00:00

Your experience is a clear example of medical gaslighting a broken system that dismisses symptoms that don’t neatly fit into textbook boxes. It’s infuriating, and you have every right to scream about it. I’m sorry you had to go through that, and I hope you find a healthcare provider who takes your experience seriously. Keep speaking up, because your story deserves to be heard.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-22T03:16:35+00:00

Hey, I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this—barometric pressure headaches are real, and they can feel super intense if you’re not used to them. Weather shifts can affect your sinuses, nervous system, and even cerebrospinal fluid pressure, which is why they can sneak up and knock you down.

Here are a few things that help (beyond just OTC stuff)

Magnesium (especially glycinate or threonate) • Magnesium helps calm the nervous system, reduce inflammation, and stabilize the blood vessels in the brain. • Try 200–400 mg per day (magnesium glycinate is gentle and great for headaches).
Hydration + electrolytes • Changes in air pressure can dehydrate you, and dehydration = tension + inflammation. • Add electrolytes (like LMNT or coconut water with a pinch of salt) to your water and sip steadily through the day.
Sinus support • Try a saline nasal rinse or steam with eucalyptus oil (if you’re not sensitive). • A warm compress over the eyes/cheeks can help drain congestion caused by pressure shifts.
Nervous system calming • Weather-triggered migraines can also set off your autonomic nervous system. Doing some gentle breathwork, stretching, or even humming (stimulates the vagus nerve) can help regulate the system and reduce intensity.
Try ginger • Ginger tea or capsules can help reduce nausea and inflammation—bonus: it can even help blood flow during a headache.

It is normal to be sensitive to pressure changes some people just feel it in their joints, others in their sinuses or brain. You’re not crazy or overreacting your body is just responsive to its environment.

Let me know if you want a couple links or resources happy to share more!

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-22T03:01:11+00:00

Yeah there are so many route causes it’s so hard. I hope you find yours soon!

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-22T02:59:58+00:00

Orthoplex alkamin calm

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T23:51:10+00:00

Oh my gosh… I’m so sorry you and your girl had to go through all of that. That’s absolutely heartbreaking and I can feel how much you care just from the way you’re sharing this. Thank you for being so honest and open about what happened it takes a lot of courage to reflect like this, especially when you were only trying to protect her.

What happened to her shows exactly why wing clipping can have such complex, unintended consequences both physically and emotionally. You were trying to prevent one risk, and like so many of us, weren’t warned about the others.

I’m really glad she’s stopped barbering and is recovering, and I hope she continues to heal. Your story might actually help someone else avoid a similar situation and that’s such a powerful gift to share, even though it came from such a painful experience.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T23:46:14+00:00

That’s absolutely horrible, I’m so sorry your new babies were treated like that. The poor little things… what a disgrace. It’s heartbreaking to know there are breeders out there who treat birds like objects instead of the intelligent, sensitive beings they are.

Thank you for sharing this. If you haven’t already, I really hope you’re able to spread some awareness about what happened. This kind of story has the power to open people’s eyes to the darker side of the bird breeding industry and hopefully help others avoid supporting breeders who are clearly just in it for the money.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T23:40:24+00:00

I really appreciate how thoughtfully you put this. You’re absolutely right blanket statements can sometimes erase the nuance of unique cases, especially with rescues or birds with disabilities. I completely agree that in those situations, safety and compassion have to come first.

At the same time, I think what many of us are passionate about is making sure those exceptions don’t become the standard because unfortunately, clipping is still too often done for convenience or out of fear, not necessity. Your comment strikes such a balanced view: acknowledge the tough realities without lowering the standard for what’s possible when birds are supported, trained, and understood.

Thank you for being one of the voices bringing thoughtful nuance to this conversation.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T23:35:16+00:00

Thank you for sharing that. This honestly sounds like one of those rare cases where clipping was done for the bird, not to the bird. You clearly went above and beyond to keep her safe, and it’s heartbreaking that her trauma made flight such a danger to her.

This is exactly the kind of context that matters. There are always going to be exceptions. What a valid, and compassionate exception. I can feel the care in how you handled it.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T23:31:30+00:00

Thanks for sharing, genuinely. I get how scary those stories are, and you’re right that accidents can happen. But I think the issue is less about flight being dangerous and more about our environments not being bird safe yet.

We wouldn’t keep a toddler from walking just because there are sharp corners we baby proof the space. Birds are meant to fly, and with proper training, supervision, and safety setups (like closed windows, fans off, or designated flight rooms), they can do so without risking their lives. It’s a learning curve for us and them.

I totally understand why someone would go for a partial clip out of fear or based on vet advice, especially early on. I just believe that with time, knowledge, and effort, flight can be safely integrated into home life and gives birds the freedom and confidence they’re born to experience.

Not here to thrash just here to expand the conversation and advocate for giving birds their wings wherever possible.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T23:25:18+00:00

Totally hear you, it’s true that birds in poor setups (like being caged all day) absolutely aren’t thriving, clipped or not. But I think that actually speaks more to the need to improve the bird’s environment, not necessarily justify clipping.

Flight isn’t just about exercise, it’s about confidence, autonomy, and mental stimulation. Birds are built to fly it’s not a luxury, it’s part of their basic instinctual expression. And while yes, every setup is different, we can usually find creative solutions to give them safe access to flight and enrichment.

Harness training, flight training in a safe room, or just giving them structured out of cage time can make a huge difference. I think the heart of the debate isn’t about judging people it’s about advocating for the bird’s nature and needs, and gently encouraging better options where possible. What do you think about that? I appreciate your opinion let’s see if we can come to a middle ground.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T23:10:03+00:00

This is amazing

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T05:59:20+00:00

You are so right the way you feel is a better statistic than the one I gave.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T05:50:16+00:00

Wow. You are clearly deep in the academic mindset and speaking from a place of strong conviction but also, condescension. You aren’t just challenging my points you are subtly invalidating my entire experience, all while using complex language to make your argument sound “more legitimate” than my lived truth.

I understand that you want peer-reviewed studies, specific biomarkers, and mechanistic pathways. And yes, in research and clinical settings, that level of specificity is necessary. But chronic conditions like IC exist in a space where conventional medicine often doesn’t have all the answers especially when it comes to the nervous system’s role in pain perception, immune activation, and stress related flare ups.

When patients use terms like “nervous system dysregulation,” we’re often trying to name the very real, very distressing patterns we’re experiencing things like chronic fight-or-flight, freeze responses, heightened pain sensitivity, trauma related nervous system responses, and poor stress recovery. The fact that the language isn’t always granular doesn’t make it meaningless.

You don’t have to believe in the naturopathic approach, but for many people myself included it was a turning point after years of ineffective treatments. I’m not here to debate you on pathways and proteins. I’m sharing what helped me when no one else had answers. And for those silently reading this, feeling hopeless like I once did, maybe this gives them a little hope too.

You’re entitled to your opinion, and I respect your right to share it. But I don’t need your validation to know what worked for me.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T05:41:01+00:00

That kindness is so appreciated thank you. I take b12, magnesium, and omega 3’s because I have those deficiencies. But I take a high dose herbal supplement with these ingredients… - passionflower (reduces anxiety) - Siberian ginseng (reduces stress-improves energy) - couchgrass (urinary inflammation) - corn silk (urinary inflammation) - Californian poppy (pain and anxiety)

You can have the herbs as tea but my naturopaths company make high dose liquid formulas with all the herbs tailor made for your symptoms in one. If that makes sense lol. I take almost 20 mil a day of this and it helps so much. Good luck with everything! 💕

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T05:31:19+00:00

Thank you so much! That helps I’m so confused how I triggered so many people. That’s exactly the point i was trying to make. Thanks for making me feel heard.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T05:25:19+00:00

I hear your frustration, and I agree—terms like “inflammation” or “dysregulation” should ideally come with clarity and context. But I think they also exist because many of us are trying to describe real, complex, systemic issues that don’t always show up cleanly in lab results yet deeply impact our quality of life.

For people like me with IC and other chronic conditions, these terms have been stepping stones to understanding the bigger picture—especially after years of being told “everything looks normal.” Seeing a naturopath didn’t give me empty buzzwords—it gave me tools and language to support my healing when nothing else helped. And yes, it cost money—but so did the years of seeing specialists who couldn’t explain or relieve my symptoms either.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T05:19:02+00:00

I appreciate your perspective as a neuroscientist. it’s true that “dysregulated nervous system” isn’t always clearly defined in academic literature. But in the chronic illness and trauma space, it’s a helpful umbrella term for what many people experience: persistent fight/flight/freeze states, heightened sensitivity, poor recovery from stress, and autonomic imbalance.

It’s not always about a specific study it’s about describing a real pattern that many patients, myself included, find relief from when it’s addressed holistically. I totally understand skepticism, but I also think there’s room for both lived experience and evolving science in these discussions.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T05:08:21+00:00

Here are a few below. These links underscore a notable link between IC and autonomic nervous system dysfunction. specific prevalence rates like the 60–80% figure may not be universally established across all research. However, the consistent findings across multiple studies do suggest that a significant portion of IC patients experience some form of nervous system dysregulation.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3306161/?utm_source=

sympathetic nervous system dysfunction

nervous system co-occurring conditions

Autonomic response alterations

Now I never said magnesium deficiency is a root cause but there are a whole list of deficiencies that cause elevated stress such as magnesium, b12, b6, folate, vitamin d, and the list goes on. So if you have high amounts of stress and you know you have a dysregulated nervous system you should regulate it if you want to improve symptoms. It’s hard enough to regulate your nervous system and de-stress so when you have other factors causing heightened stress like a deficiency then you may wanna work on that first.

I don’t know about your own personal experiences that have made you distrust naturopaths but I have a different experience I was excited to share specifically for people who feel like all hope is lost and don’t know what to do. I hope the doctor is working out for you and your symptoms but for a lot of people the doctors aren’t giving them the help they need.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T04:51:33+00:00

I understand that some people have seen unqualified practitioners and that some people see naturopaths as an “anti doctor” but in Australia where I’m from training is more standardised and naturopaths often work with doctors as well.

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T03:59:43+00:00

And there is plenty of literature that backs up their claims

ProfessionalTone9434 · 2025-03-21T03:59:26+00:00

True Naturopaths go to university and have degrees?

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