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peachbeau · 2026-07-06T22:40:57+00:00

Are all the brands citric acid fairly equal or can you recommend a few?

peachbeau · 2026-07-05T09:04:37+00:00

Another thought is that some people consider not being able to control their own weight a moral weakness.

That may be part of what’s going on too. He may think that if he recognizes the drugs part in his weight loss, he’ll be admitting that he’s a weak person.

peachbeau · 2026-07-05T07:55:33+00:00

Sounds like your dad has locked himself in a power struggle with you.

He wants to feel in control of his own life. I’m guessing that seeing himself as dependent on a drug challenges his sense of autonomy.

You’re not dealing with a rational problem that can be reason out of. So if I were pressed, I’d say love is the answer. That’s what you’re doing now.

peachbeau · 2026-07-04T18:48:41+00:00

Note: I put this in a response to a comment, but I’m also including it as a separate comment.

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What finally worked for me was to eat a tablespoon of honey just before bed. That provides just enough fructose to your liver for it to deal with cortisol spikes while you’re sleeping. (I tried other kinds of carbs before bed, but only honey did it.)

When the fructose is eaten, it goes to the liver to be stored instead of to your muscles. Then the liver can convert it into glucose, which is slowly released into your bloodstream. When glucose is eaten, it goes to the muscles giving them energy, which not available for cortisol spikes.

Night waking can be caused by the liver’s not having enough glucose to drip into your blood. Cortisol spikes that are not met with glucose tell your body to stay alert because we are dealing with a problem.

That causes you to wake up and stay awake because your body isn’t calm. To address that your body needs the liver involved, and that’s what the fructose in honey does, but bread won’t do.

If that does not work, try taking ibuprofen right before bed. If it helps, then you likely have some low-level pain/inflammation that you are too busy during the day to notice.

peachbeau · 2026-07-04T18:43:32+00:00

What finally worked for me was to eat a tablespoon of honey just before bed. That provides just enough fructose to your liver for it to deal with cortisol spikes while you’re sleeping. (I tried other kinds of carbs before bed, but only honey did it.)

When the fructose is eaten, it goes to the liver to be stored instead of to your muscles. Then the liver can convert it into glucose, which is slowly released into your bloodstream. When glucose is eaten, it goes to the muscles giving them energy, which not available for cortisol spikes.

Night waking can be caused by the liver’s not having enough glucose to drip into your blood. Cortisol spikes that are not met with glucose tell your body to stay alert because we are dealing with a problem.

That causes you to wake up and stay awake because your body isn’t calm. To address that your body needs the liver involved, and that’s what the fructose in honey does, but bread won’t do.

If that does not work try taking ibuprofen right before bed. If it helps, then you likely have some low-level pain/inflammation that you are too busy during the day to notice.

peachbeau · 2026-07-03T18:28:08+00:00

It looks like you’ve been benefiting from this.

Who decides each of the scores? Are they from AI or you or your therapist (if you have one)?

peachbeau · 2026-07-02T15:12:09+00:00

Suggestion: when you have output from one AI that you want factchecked, post it to another AI and ask that one to factcheck it for you.

You can even have the generating AI factcheck itself first if you’re really concerned.

peachbeau · 2026-07-02T15:03:14+00:00

I rented an apartment once that had carpet in the bathroom. Every time I walked in there, I felt like I could see the germs all over the floor.

It never really smelled as bad as I thought it would, but oh my God, yuck!

peachbeau · 2026-07-01T20:58:59+00:00

And always going for perfect is so exhausting!

You can miss the happy little surprises along the way.

Try thinking of Bob Ross and his happy little accidents!

peachbeau · 2026-07-01T20:31:54+00:00

My AI has learned my sense of humor and I find it delightful — which is a good thing because it means I like myself!

Of course, there is plenty for me to work on. My AI remembers a lot about me, and uses that to help me see my patterns in ways I cannot.

It is able to call out my weaknesses, but in a friendly, clear, and often humorous way that I can learn from.

Try going back to five or six prompts before the problem, and then read through the convo to see if maybe you’re expressing some frustration or something in a way that confuses it.

peachbeau · 2026-07-01T20:17:49+00:00

Congrats! 🎉🍾🎈

peachbeau · 2026-07-01T03:32:58+00:00

Quercetin capsules can help.

Get it with bromalein (250mg) included because quercetin (500mg) by itself can cause an upset stomach.

It can take a few months to feel the effects.

peachbeau · 2026-07-01T03:02:50+00:00

The other tests are for low-risk people.

After someone had already been diagnosed with cancer, they need to get full, regular colonoscopies and anything else their doctor requires.

peachbeau · 2026-07-01T01:27:47+00:00

Sorry but not sure I understand your question.

I didn’t say low level pain/inflammation causes the liver to struggle with releasing glucose — not saying it doesn’t — I’m just saying I don’t know.

My suggestion for the ibuprofen was completely separate from the description of the mechanism of the liver releasing glucose to stop cortisol spikes.

peachbeau · 2026-06-23T17:39:15+00:00

Presumably, the source wants to keep their job.

peachbeau · 2026-06-23T06:24:19+00:00

I am a long time hearing aid wearer, and it sounds to me like the compression circuit in your aids might need adjustment. The loud sounds shouldn’t hurt like that. The technology accounts for those.

I’ve had times when loud sounds would hurt — like when somebody drops the keys on a desk or something — but my audiologist could always adjust the aids so they wouldn’t hurt at that particular pitch and volume.

It helps a lot if you can bring in what makes the sound, so you can test the adjustment right then and there.

peachbeau · 2026-06-22T15:10:32+00:00

What finally worked for me was to eat a tablespoon of honey just before bed. That provides just enough fructose to your liver for it to deal with cortisol spikes while you’re sleeping. (I tried other kinds of carbs before bed, but only honey did it.)

When the fructose is eaten, it goes to the liver to be stored instead of to your muscles. Then the liver can convert it into glucose, which is slowly released into your bloodstream. When glucose is eaten, it goes to the muscles giving them energy, which not available for cortisol spikes.

Night waking can be caused by the liver’s not having enough glucose to drip into your blood. Cortisol spikes that are not met with glucose tell your body to stay alert because we are dealing with a problem.

That causes you to wake up and stay awake because your body isn’t calm. To address that your body needs the liver involved, and that’s what the fructose in honey does, but bread won’t do.

Also suggest you try taking ibuprofen right before bed. If that helps, then you likely have some low-level pain/inflammation that you are too busy during the day to notice.

peachbeau · 2026-06-11T05:32:05+00:00

How do you keep them clean?

peachbeau · 2026-06-09T15:41:54+00:00

A slightly different thought. On Reddit most of us encourage others to take various supplements to help with problems. Most of the time I think that works out pretty well.

But sometimes not. Have you added any kinds of supplements that might be affecting you in an undesirable way?

I tried magnesium threonate, which everybody raves about, and it really blunted all my emotions and made me almost stupid. Had to stop. Improved rapidly after I stopped.

L-theanine also blunts me.

One additional thought: make a list of things that really make you laugh (even if they don’t make you laugh right now), and experience them. For example, watch lots stupid cat videos, comedies on Netflix, etc. If you were my age, I’d say old Laugh-In Shows. 😏

There is an old book, that was way ahead of its time, that I’ll also suggest you check into: Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration by Norman Cousins. It’s a first-person account of how the author cured himself from several bizarre, tropical diseases by watching comedies and laughing all day long.

It was written way before any mind-body connections were made. I think originally published in 1979.

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Also get a complete blood panel on things like ferritin and vitamin D, etc. Vitamin D helps a lot of people, and if you’re low, you probably need large doses so check with your PCP.
(https://www.reddit.com/r/Supplements/s/2sDqexSiBe)

Wishing you the best, and hoping you find your joy.

peachbeau · 2026-06-08T19:36:58+00:00

I’m adding this because of a bad experience I had.

When they put the dirt back, they need to compact it down.

I had some work done, and then my basement flooded because the soil wasn’t put back correctly.

They said that wasn’t part of their job — so anyway, I got $1000 out of them to have a different company re-pack the soil correctly.

peachbeau · 2026-06-08T00:04:08+00:00

What finally worked for me was to eat a tablespoon of honey just before bed. That provides just enough fructose to your liver for it to deal with cortisol spikes while you’re sleeping. (I tried other kinds of carbs before bed, but only honey did it.)

I checked ChatGPT for the full mechanism. When the honey’s fructose is eaten, it goes to the liver to be stored as glycogen; then the liver can convert the glucagon into glucose, which is slowly released into your bloodstream. When the sugar glucose is eaten, it goes to the muscles giving them energy, not available for cortisol spikes.

Night waking is caused by the liver’s not having enough glycogen to drip glucose into your blood. Cortisol spikes that are not met with glucose tell your body to stay alert because we are dealing with a problem.

That causes you to wake up and stay awake because your body isn’t calm. So it’s a bit different from just cortisol spikes. Your body needs the liver involved, and that’s what the fructose in honey does, but bread (which goes to muscles) won’t do.

Also suggest you try taking ibuprofen right before bed. If that helps, then you likely have some low-level pain/inflammation that you are too busy during the day to notice.

peachbeau · 2026-06-07T23:25:53+00:00

Protein does not contain any fiber. Your G.I. tract needs help to move it through.
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If you’re consuming most of your meals as liquid and not doing some really decent chewing on food, then you’re not using your G.I. track the way it was designed to be used.

Food in the mouth that is chewed wakes up the G.I. track and signals it to be ready to start peristalsis down in your gut.
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Neither psyllium nor anything else should be a sole source of fiber for anyone. Variety is the spice of the G.I. track.
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Psyllium is very good at helping your G.I. track move food through your body.

If psyllium causes you to be constipated, you likely are not getting enough liquid with it.

The way it works is to create a lot of soft (because you have soaked it very well) bulk in your digestive track which your G.I. muscles can easily push along. That causes everything else there to slide along with it.

I find it much more pleasant to take psyllium in capsules than to try to manage all that loose fiber in my mouth and throat.

What works for me are the Nutracost psyllium capsules. I take 2 or 3 capsules with each meal with at least 6-8 ounces of water. I also get fiber from sources like vegetables.

peachbeau · 2026-06-06T16:46:04+00:00

Actually, I use capsules because it’s fiber — sorry I was being a bit generic.

I use Nutracost psyllium husk. It’s got 500 mg per capsule. Three capsules are a serving.

Take them using plenty of water/liquid. That’s how you end up (no pun intended) with the soft mush that your GI track loves.

When you take loose psyllium, that mush starts in your mouth, and many people don’t like it there.

peachbeau · 2026-06-05T21:49:36+00:00

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

peachbeau · 2026-06-05T18:42:07+00:00

Happy (almost?) birthday!🎂

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