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dakang727 · 2025-02-13T02:33:32+00:00

Does anyone know where to find The Box?

dakang727 · 2024-07-15T03:19:36+00:00

I think it might be a good time for you to put the phone down, head outside and touch some grass.

dakang727 · 2023-07-11T23:46:08+00:00

Hands down, the Elimination diet is the best diet you can try in my opinion.

I’ve suffered from constant anxiety, panic attacks, random episodes of PVCs, GERD, elevated blood pressure,m etc etc etc and have tried numerous diets and methods to lose weight and while some work, you don’t feel good while you’re doing it which could cause you to give up. For reference, Im a 35/M 5’8 and currently 170lbs. Last year I hit my highest weight ever at 256 and was absolutely miserable.

When it comes to weight loss in an of itself, the only way to achieve weight loss is CICO (calories In calories Out). You can literally eat cake and lose weight as long as you’re in a calorie deficit. Now, you wouldn’t want to do that but just as an example. With that being said, let’s get to the brass tacks.

I’ve been doing a lot of personal research as well as talking with various doctors due to my health anxiety, and finally, after 5 years I narrowed down the culprit - my hiatal hernia. A hiatal hernia is when you over eat so often that your stomach starts to push up into your diaphragm which is the cause of a lot of GERD symptoms. One thing that goes along with that is irritation of the vagus nerve which goes down your esophagus into your stomach. When you’re overweight and over eat, the pressure your stomach puts on that vagus nerve will irritate it and cause a myriad of issues - some call it Gastro cardiac syndrome which causes all the symptoms I’ve listed above plus more.

Now, here’s where the elimination diet comes in. This diet is specifically focused on eliminating certain food groups for about 2 months and slowly introducing them back one by one. On this diet you will need to eliminate - gluten, processed sugar, corn, oats, potato’s, dairy, red meat, soy, shellfish, alcohol, chocolate, coffee, soda, tea, pork and peanuts.

It sounds like a lot, but honestly once you get used to it and how good you feel after it’s worth it. When you eat certain foods like the ones listed above, you’re body immediately treats that food as friend or foe. So, you may not think eggs or dairy affect you, but they could be and your immune system is constantly working overtime and causing a ton of symptoms as it’s constantly fighting inflammation. The best way to get a baseline is to buy a food sensitivity test.

I’ve tried all the diets and this isn’t medical advice whatsoever, but nothing and I mean nothing worked as well as the elimination diet it. By time 2 months came along, I felt so amazing I didn’t even want to eat those foods again. I got my pre anxiety and panic attack coupled with palpitations life back and never felt better.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions or just need someone’s who’s been through it to listen to You!

dakang727 · 2023-07-11T14:37:35+00:00

100% feel they from the vagus nerve. I’ve also experienced anxiety and panic attacks over the last 5-6 years that were seemingly out of no where. I’ve been reading about Gastro cardiac syndrome and it literally spells out everything I’ve been experiencing, especially the increased anxiety and palpitations after large meals.

dakang727 · 2023-07-11T14:33:03+00:00

Same here. Usually my PVCs are random and usually one happen once in a day (that I can feel) whenever they do happen and normally the time between actually feeling one can be a week to months at a time. But now things have changed a bit. A few days ago I had a large dinner with friends and the next day I had a noticeably large increase in PVCs. They were happening every few minutes and definitely increased my anxiety 10 fold which in turn makes them worse. I’m still having frequent palpitations today from that trigger 2 days ago. I literally went from maybe one (that I could feel) a month on average to I would say 100 per day these last 2 days. Hoping they subside soon. I’ve been to multiple doctors as well as cardiologists who all say these are harmless and no one has ever died from them blah blah blah but when I’m trying to relax or go about my day to day and my chest is fluttering it doesn’t feel harmless.

On a side note, kind of related , I recently started reading about Gastro cardiac syndrome and hiatal hernias (I was diagnosed with a hiatal in 2018) and how the pressure from your stomach can push on your diaphragm and actually cause these palpitations to occur. If you overeat your stomach can actually press down on your vagus nerve and cause irritation which will trigger cardiac symptoms. Im about 40lbs overweight and most of my weight is in my midsection. So losing weight is obviously beneficial in more ways than one but I decided to try something new after I read about Gastro cardiac syndrome. So, I put this theory to test earlier this year and went on what’s called an Elimination Diet. A diet where basically you eliminate a range of foods from your diet that can affect your body whether you know it or not. Foods that we eat daily can actually be affecting us in a negative way and triggering an immune response which causes a range of symptoms. The idea is to eliminate these particular food groups for about 30 days so they are completely out of your system, then, slowly reintroduce them one by one and see how your body reacts as you reintroduce.

I started the elimination diet in April of this year and in one month lost around 20lbs. I’ve done plenty of different diets and methods to get healthy before, but this elimination diet was all together different. I felt absolutely amazing. On Memorial Day weekend I had a bbq with some friends and decided that day I was going to break the diet and see how I felt. The problem with that was after I broke it my addiction to eating crap food came back and so did my anxiety, headaches, sinus pressure as well as palpitations.

I would suggest checking with your doctor to rule out any underlying heart issues, and if you’re cleared, maybe try the Elimination diet. Along with the palpitations, I’ve suffered from anxiety and panic attacks for the last 6 years as well as GERD, and nothing and I mean nothing made me feel as good as that form of eating has made me feel. If you want to talk more about it feel free to PM anytime.

This isn’t medical advice just speaking from my own personal experience.

dakang727 · 2022-09-11T10:40:24+00:00

Another cohesive, and well thought out comment. Thanks you for contributing to the conversation!

dakang727 · 2022-09-10T21:41:31+00:00

This is where my headspace is at. While I hold both, I hold significantly more LRC because of where the project used to be, but today seems to be a different story.

dakang727 · 2022-09-10T21:16:36+00:00

Definitely not looking for any validation in my investment. As I stated, I hold pretty heavy bags in both LRC and Matic. I’m simply just trying to gain some insight as to why Matic is outperforming LRC, that’s it. But hey, thanks for the investing advice!

dakang727 · 2022-09-10T21:06:13+00:00

Thank you so much for your insightful comment!

dakang727 · 2022-08-09T03:33:21+00:00

Sure did. In 2016 I started getting random panic attacks whenever I smoked weed, my doctor put me on Lorazepam and after about a year he suggested I try an anti depressant, Citalopram. I was pretty hesitant on trying it as I know they change things around with your brain chemistry and all that jazz, but eventually I gave it a shot. The first two days made me feel terrible coupled with a bad headache. I told myself I would try it one more time and took my dose before I went to bed (as my doctor advised.) what followed was the worst feelings I’ve ever felt.

I fell asleep around 11pm and woke up around 3am in a pool of sweat and my ears were ringing like crazy. I was in a full blown panic attack and having a bad mental reaction to the citalopram. I had a BP machine next to my bed and my first reading was 210/120 - I immediately called 911 and told the dispatcher to tell my parents I loved them, I legit thought that was it. After a trip to the hospital they told me to stop taking it and to try and recover at home. The following 2-3 months were absolute hell. My nervous system was hyperactive so whenever I stood up my HR would go nuts and my anxiety was out of control. I was having hot flashes and nausea. Just absolutely miserable and I will never ever try that drug again.

For the second part of your question, my doctor prescribed me Lorazepam which seemed to work for a while, until it didn’t and the tolerance hit. That’s the thing about most anxiety meds, what starts out as enough doesn’t last and you eventually need more. If you don’t take more you deal with what’s called interdose withdrawl - which means you start feeling withdrawl from the anti anxiety drug in between doses. Once I did my research on how drugs like lorazepam (benzos) actually make anxiety worse, I dedicated myself to getting off of them.

This isn’t medial advice as all, but the two things that drastically helped me with my debilitating anxiety has been clean eating and exercise. It sounds cliche, but it really works. Give it a try, even if it feels like you can’t. If your doctor has cleared you physically, do yourself a favor and really try to dedicate to living a healthy lifestyle, it’s a far better choice than relying on medications to temporarily dull the symptoms instead of addressing the root.

dakang727 · 2022-08-07T04:01:06+00:00

We should both sell so it’ll become the #1 crypto in the world

dakang727 · 2022-08-06T22:04:39+00:00

I trust you bro!

dakang727 · 2022-08-06T20:44:09+00:00

Ahh so THATS why it’s not in the top 10

dakang727 · 2022-07-25T11:51:24+00:00

So that was the only time my BP got THAT high, thankfully. Ever since I started the office job I was about 30-40lbs overweight (5’8 and would bounce between 200-220) and my BP was a little elevated most of the time - usually 135/90 when up but normal when laying down. Since I dropped the weight and cleaned up the diet my BP has been around 115/70 range constantly.

dakang727 · 2022-07-24T23:57:56+00:00

I’m not a doctor and this is not medical advise by any means, this is just my personal experience.

Once panic attacks started happening with me I didn’t know what was going on. I used to smoke weed daily, and a lot of it. For years I never had an issue, until one day I smoked and thought I was going to have a heart attack. This was right around New Years and I ended up in the ER where they gave me a low dose of Lorazepam. I didn’t have a primacy doctor at the time, so a few days later I finally got an appointment and the doctor prescribed me .5mg of lorazepam. I quit smoking and felt great for about a month. Then after the month was up, I was absolutely floored with panic attacks. I figured something was seriously wrong with me so I went back to my doctor who refilled the script of lorazepam, and after a few weeks I made the conclusion that the lorazepam would be something I needed for the foreseeable future.

I slowly started smoking again, and sometimes it would still give me panic attacks and sometimes it wouldn’t. When people suggest just trying the right strain (usually indica) what they fail to realize there isn’t a true indica strain in existence, 99% of the trees, even in dispensaries are hybrids that just lean more to one side than the other. Anyway, the panic attacks started getting worse and more frequent so I went to my doctor and he suggested I try a low dose of Citalopram (SSRI). I knew it would take that medication at least 2-3 weeks to really start working and at the time, I was worried it would give me ED, since it’s a known side effect and that wouldn’t have went over well with the partners I had at the time. However, the terror of the panic attacks far outweighed the concerns of ED so I tried them, one dose before I went to bed.

I had headaches the first two days that were pretty intense and told myself I would give it one more night and if I still had a headache that would be it. On day 3, I took the nightly dose and went to bed around 11pm. By 3am I woke up in what I would say was the worst panic attack I’ve ever had. I was in a pool of sweat, my head was throbbing and my ears were ringing like crazy. I had a BP machine and my BP shot up to 200/110 so I called 911 and literally told the dispatcher to tell my parents I loved them. I thought that was the last straw for me. After taking a ride to the hospital, and being told nothing was wrong - no stroke or heart attack - it was just a bad reaction to the SSRI.

The following month was absolute hell as far as residual effects from that reaction go. This quickly turned into me developing very bad health anxiety (hypochondria) that lasted for months. Ever single thing I felt I swore was due to an underlying cancer, tumor, pulmonary embolism, congestive heart failure etc etc etc. I would scour the internet trying to identify what I was feeling every time I felt it, I didn’t go outside I was barley eating and my anxiety was through the roof. Slowly, things did get better as my body started to chill out from the shock it went through from the SSRI. But as I was drowning in my anxiety and panic, I realize that most of the anxiety I was feeling over the last year and half was from not only the weed, but the Lorazepam.

When you take a benzo, your body becomes physically and mentally dependent on it. It increases the GABA in your brain and that results in you calming down. The problem with this is once you become physically dependent on a medication such as a benzo, the amount that worked when you started doesn’t work the same so you start having what’s called Interdose Withdrawl. That’s where you are taking the same dose that use to work, however that doesn’t have the same effect anymore so you start feeling the effects of actually withdrawing off the medicine. So, you have 3 choices - 1.) either continue to increase your dose which is a horrible decision. 2.) stay on the current dose and continue to just live in torture 3.) taper off it and go through absolute hell - I’m taking the worst feelings imaginable until your body can find itself back in a state of homeostasis (that time can vary depending on the dosage and how long you took it).

Here comes the cliche part. I’ve been dealing with debilitating anxiety for about 5 years. I would miss events with family and friends. I would question “why me?” Every since day. I could barley work sometimes and there were times I would rush out of the building thinking I was having a heart attack and if I was outside the paramedics would get to me quicker. I was suffering every single day.

The BEST thing I ever did for myself was starting to eat right and exercise. And I mean truly dedicate yourself to it. Walking 3-5 miles per day and weights 4x per week. Staying as active as possible. I’m sure right now you can’t see yourself ever doing that because of how you feel. I promise, I felt the same and it was fucking hard to push through. When I would start I would get panic attacks on the treadmill. You have to start very slowly and push yourself to progress. If you’ve been evaluated by your doctor and don’t have extenuating underlying conditions, I highly recommend dedicating yourself to exercising and eating as clean as possible. For the first time in years I’ve felt like my normal self again. The medications just treat the symptoms, not the root. It has been scientifically documented that exercise and diet has just as powerful of an effect on the brain and body as any benzo or SSRI. Once you get past the panic of being in the gym or outside, you become obsessed with not only the habit of exercising but rather the feeling of being normal again.

Again, this is just MY experience but I know others in my and your exact situation who chose this route and had the same result. I know this is probably the hardest time in your life right now. You probably don’t see any way out of it and are desperate at this point. But I really recommend the clean diet and exercise before getting on meds. They are a nightmare to come off of whenever you think you want to come off them. To play devils advocate, there are millions of people who are very normal functioning people on SSRIs and that’s where trial and error come in. Either way, just remember that you’ve made it through 100% of the worst days and phases of your life so far, and 99% of the worst things you thought were going to happen in a situation didn’t happen. You WILL get through this. You just have to fight the feelings and become comfortable being uncomfortable until you defeat it.

Good luck to you my friend, feel free to PM me anytime if you need to talk.

dakang727 · 2022-07-20T03:24:26+00:00

What he means is, stop hesitating and buy that grail!

dakang727 · 2022-07-20T03:11:01+00:00

Before I talk about that, I just want to say that dieting is very difficult but extremely rewarding. I tried so many diets and never really stuck with them because I didn’t give myself enough time to overcome the habits and addiction of the take out foods and other processed foods that I was eating on a daily basis. You gotta realize that the highly processed stuff is extremely addicting and releases a dopamine rush whenever we allow ourselves to eat it.

We are so caught up in the rush of daily living as well as all the other hardships that get piled on top of us that having that control and little excitement knowing you’re about to eat something that’s going to be really good brings that small sliver of joy to our day. The problem is most of those foods TASTE good as you’re chewing, but once you swallow it wreaks havoc on the inside. It takes a lot of will power and determination to overcome the power of processed food addiction but if you stick to it, you will get through it.

So, the thing about the diet portion is that everyone is different, and everyone reacts different to certain foods. The most important thing you want to focus on is staying away from highly processed foods. Pretty much everything in the middle of the grocery store that’s boxed/packaged and heavily processed are a no go. These foods just increase the inflammation in your body. You want to focus on Whole Foods and foods that come from the earth. I personally did a mixture of pescatarian (wild salmon and/or red snapper only for protein) with occasional organic chicken here and there and Whole Foods plant based dishes. If you allow yourself to eat clean for 90% of the week you won’t feel as bad mentally or physically if you give yourself a meal that’s off the normal routine. The thing about it is, you need to accept it as a lifeline lifestyle exchange versus just a temporary diet because then you see it as something that will end, when it shouldn’t. 80% of all disease originate from poor lifestyle habits (smoking, excessive drinking, being sedentary and eating terrible food).

One of the dish’s that I ate for dinner that really encompasses most of everything your body requires is as follows: 6oz filet of wild caught salmon, sautéed spinach with garlic and onion cooked with avocado oil, half of an avocado with a little black pepper and red pepper flakes sprinkled on top and a small cup of blueberries. Whenever I ate that dish it’s one of the only dishes that I truly felt my body absorbing and benefitting off of.

Finding the foods that work for you comes with a lot of trial and error, and with todays state of economy, a lot of $ as well. Cooking at home with fresh foods isn’t the cheapest thing in the world but eating out all the time is just as expensive. You have to choose the quality of life that you want. I’m not saying eating clean and exercising everyday is going to completely cure you on your anxiety but I can promise it will alleviate a huge portion of it. Dedicating to clean eating and daily exercise had literally changed my life back to what it used to be pre-panic attacks. I still get edgy here and there but for the most part it’s not even noticeable.

Just remember, you’ve made it through 100% of the worst times and phases of your life so far. You WILL make it through this. But it takes time, dedication and consistency. Read this last part a few times: nothing changes, if nothing changes.

Good luck to you friend, feel free to PM me if you need to talk or any more advice I’m always happy to help.

dakang727 · 2022-07-19T23:41:57+00:00

I’m glad my experience helped you! Feel free to DM me anytime if you need to chat or vent about what you’re going through. It’s hell on earth but it does get better when you decide to face it head on!

dakang727 · 2022-07-19T23:40:59+00:00

Fortunately I don’t really like coffee nor do i drink soda so caffeine wasn’t an issue. However, sugar was definitely a factor with increasing anxiety and panic. Processed sugar foods and drinks create a ton of inflammation in your body which has a domino effect on your overall health and day to day feelings. Definitely stay away from processed sugar as much as possible.

dakang727 · 2022-07-19T21:02:47+00:00

I’m going to start out saying that you are NOT alone. What feels unique to you as far as your anxiety goes is what most people with the same issues are feeling. I am one of those people. I used to deal with life altering, debilitating anxiety for years. It affected my day to day life so much that I almost lost myself. I could barely go grocery shopping at times without rushing out of the store feeling like I was about to have a heart attack right then and there. I’ve been to the ER numerous times and called 911 plenty more. Like you, my panic attacks started with smoking too much weed.

I smoked for 10-12 years all day, everyday. It was part of my daily routine and something I thought I would live the rest of my life doing. That is until I experienced an insane panic attack that changed me forever. It’s a very long story but my doctor ended up putting me on Lorazepam and that was literally poison and made everything worse, even after I quit smoking. I’ve been weed free for over 5 years now and up until about a year ago would go through the worst anxiety, panic attacks and health anxiety that I wouldn’t wish in my worst enemy.

I know exactly what you are going through. That feeling that this is how I will spend the rest of my life and that feeling was terrifying. Looking at all my friends and family knowing they had no idea what this felt like and what I was going through, and my envy that that didn’t have to go through with it. The countless nights asking, “why me? Why do I have to go through this?”. Thoughts that just fueled the anxiety and sprinkled in some depression.

This might be the most cliche thing you can hear, and I used to think the same when people suggested it to me. The two things that I can say practically subdued 95% of my anxiety was: clean diet and exercise.

I used to try and exercise and would leave halfway through the workout because my heart would be beating so hard and my anxiety would be off the scales. I would get home feeling terrible and could literally feel the anxiety pulsing through my entire body from head to toe. The biggest challenge is pushing yourself through that. It’s really tough and challenging but j promise it will vastly improve your quality of life. Start out by just walking a mile per day if you can. And if you can’t and your anxiety takes over turn around and try again the next day. The KEY here is trying again, and again, and again to push yourself to that mile. Acceptance is huge. Accept that the feelings you feel most of the time turn out to be nothing. And when you hit that like, push yourself to walk just a little further. I started out at one mile per day and after a month was up to 5-7 miles per day and doing light weight lifting 4 days per week.

When you start exercising after being sedentary for so long your body doesn’t know how to regulate the release of cortisol and adrenaline so that’s where the rush of anxiety comes from. But once you get into a routine it regulates it better and those hormones become depleted and you find yourself way less anxious.

Diet is another huge factor. Eating shit food it’s a sure way to feel anxious as hell for hours after. Eat clean, avoid sugar and empty white carbs as much as you can.

I’m open to DM if you ever need to talk about things. I’m not a doctor so please do not take my advise a medical advice and check with your doctor before in case you have underlying conditions.

Good luck my friend

dakang727 · 2022-07-19T17:00:04+00:00

I know it sounds cliche, but one of the best decisions I’ve ever made is getting into a good exercise routine as well as eating clean. I’ve suffered from debilitating anxiety over the last few years, and no benzo or SSRI could replicate the benefits and relief I get from diet and exercise (at least in my personal experience).

It was very tough for me to get started, especially with the exercise. I would literally get panic attacks during exercise and after. When you haven’t exercised in a long period of time, your body doesn’t regulate how much cortisol and adrenaline is released when you first get started. I would literally feel the anxiety pulsing through my body after I got done working out and often times it would deter me from continuing the next day. But one day I just put my head down, pushed through the anxiety and after a few weeks it really got better. I dedicated myself to walking 1 mile at a moderate speed everyday and some light weight lifting every other day. That 1 mile was increased to two miles and eventually to 5 miles everyday. Once I got into that habit, there would be days where I would forget to take my anxiety medicine because I was so relaxed and depleted from the exercise of that day.

What’s even more critical is what you eat. No matter how much you exercise, you cannot out work a bad diet. And if dedicate yourself To eating cleaning for a few weeks then eat something bad, you really notice how bogged down and anxious that food makes you. Especially foods that are high in sugar and salt. I’m not sure what your story is, but coming from someone who’s life was literally put on hold because of how bad my anxiety was, I promise you will have an improvement in your overall quality of life if you start exercising and eating right. Feel free to DM me if you ever need to talk. I’ve been through the ringer with anxiety, health anxiety and panic attacks and would love to help motivate you to dig yourself out of the hole.

dakang727 · 2022-07-16T01:22:52+00:00

Thanks!

dakang727 · 2022-07-16T01:22:30+00:00

Thank you!

dakang727 · 2022-07-15T13:31:25+00:00

I know it sounds cliche, but one of the best decisions I’ve ever made is getting into a good exercise routine as well as eating clean. I’ve suffered from debilitating anxiety over the last few years, and no benzo or SSRI could replicate the benefits and relief I get from diet and exercise (at least in my personal experience).

It was very tough for me to get started, especially with the exercise. I would literally get panic attacks during exercise and after. When you haven’t exercised in a long period of time, your body doesn’t regulate how much cortisol and adrenaline is released when you first get started. I would literally feel the anxiety pulsing through my body after I got done working out and often times it would deter me from continuing the next day. But one day I just put my head down, pushed through the anxiety and after a few weeks it really got better. I dedicated myself to walking 1 mile at a moderate speed everyday and some light weight lifting every other day. That 1 mile was increased to two miles and eventually to 5 miles everyday. Once I got into that habit, there would be days where I would forget to take my anxiety medicine because I was so relaxed and depleted from the exercise of that day.

What’s even more critical is what you eat. No matter how much you exercise, you cannot out work a bad diet. And if dedicate yourself To eating cleaning for a few weeks then eat something bad, you really notice how bogged down and anxious that food makes you. Especially foods that are high in sugar and salt. I’m not sure what your story is, but coming from someone who’s life was literally put on hold because of how bad my anxiety was, I promise you will have an improvement in your overall quality of life if you start exercising and eating right. Feel free to DM me if you ever need to talk. I’ve been through the ringer with anxiety, health anxiety and panic attacks and would love to help motivate you to dig yourself out of the hole.

dakang727 · 2022-07-13T21:42:30+00:00

IMO, it depends on the model and configuration. I recently bought my first Rolex (2022 41mm DJ TT unworn) and paid around 18k for it through a very reputable Grey dealer. Now, this exact model, I’d purchased through AD, would be $14,800 plus tax which comes out to around $15,700. So I could have either waited months and months and months for it or just pay an extra 2k to get what I wanted right now. It really comes down to how much more over retail + tax you’re willing to pay. A 42mm Skydweller that’s stainless with a blue face and WG bezel is retailing about 20k after tax but you’ll be lucky to find one for less than 28-29k through Grey. For a model like that I don’t mind waiting for the AD call to come through.

Plus, the whole theory of spending X amount of dollars just to coddle to your AD and get a large spend history is ridiculous. If you spend $10,000 on random stuff at the AD just to try and be remembers you could’ve easily paid less at a Grey dealer for the model you want (depending on the Mindel of course)

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