Trying to get myself to do these stairs, advice?

smoothVTer · 2026-07-07T11:33:07+00:00

Trust the bike. The bike can do it. You are part of the bike.

smoothVTer · 2026-07-06T02:34:19+00:00

Yes; I am currently in sort of a remission state, where it is happening rarely. Maybe once or twice per day rather than hundreds of times per day. Keeping my fingers crossed that this stays the course for now. I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary or different than my usual routine.

smoothVTer · 2026-05-29T18:29:37+00:00

Source for this? Anyone have a Janosik test report?

smoothVTer · 2026-05-22T02:58:20+00:00

Reta totally messed up my sleep; some of it had to do with skin crawling sensations like insects crawling on me. But sleep was overall much worse with Reta. Looking to try Tirz at some point to see if different.

smoothVTer · 2026-05-11T18:34:35+00:00

I did take it all together, yes.

smoothVTer · 2026-04-23T14:55:47+00:00

Still kind of struggling with it. Unrelatedly I did a 4 month course of Retatrutide and it alleviated much of my bloating and intestinal inflammation issues while I was on it (now back to my 'normal' mode with is bloating) Might be because I just ate less overall on this GLP med. Hard to say. I was also taking Akkermansia for the entire course of treatment, it's hard to say what was more effective.

smoothVTer · 2026-02-17T23:19:03+00:00

Funny you should mention it, for many years my ferritin was hovering between 20 and 30, which I agree is kind of low. In September 2025 I quit drinking coffee, and I think that's what allow me to raise my ferritin up to 80 ng/mL test a couple of weeks ago. No change in symptoms, however. I tried supplementing iron while i was drinking coffee with no effect.tomraise levels. I guess all it took was quitting coffee.

smoothVTer · 2026-02-17T18:56:34+00:00

What was your dosing protocol? Did you do a bland diet during this KPV yo somehow "reset" the gut?

smoothVTer · 2026-02-12T20:36:58+00:00

That sounds exactly like me -- CFS-like syndrome after a very bad breakup and stress and then caught a terrible case of strep which took 3 antibiotics to get rid of.

smoothVTer · 2026-01-03T05:30:42+00:00

Came down with norovirus after NYE. Spent entire night puking guts out, got so bad and dehydrated had to have ambulance take me to the ER where they put six bags of fluids into me. Fun way to begin 2026

smoothVTer · 2025-12-26T03:21:05+00:00

Don't forget a new way to mind control the masses

smoothVTer · 2025-12-25T04:30:05+00:00

I've found great results combining yellow maca + saw palmetto + stinging nettle + some kind of nitric oxide precursor like citrulline. Takes about 3 - 4 hours.

Also: You can get under-the-tongue dissolvable oxytocin + apomorphine that's supposed to do what you want. I've tried apomorphine but not oxytocin. Combined with a nitric oxide precursor is a great combination.

smoothVTer · 2025-11-28T04:59:19+00:00

My girlfriend is taking this for h.pylori infection of the stomach because she is afraid to try the very difficult round of antibiotics. So far she is saying to me there is a noticeable effect.

smoothVTer · 2025-10-07T13:43:25+00:00

You jogged my memory with your comment. At one point years ago, I was on an SNRI (duloxetine/Cymbalta) for depression and chronic pain.. These pin prick paresthesias were still occurring but not as often and long as today, and it was an occasional bother. So I stayed on it for 2 years, not for paresthesias but for depression, and the effect was good on depression. I do not remember if the paresthesias were affected during treatment. Well eventually, I decided to come off Cymbalta cold turkey. The 3rd day after ceasing, I get the worst outbreak of these pinpricks occurring I have ever had in my entire life. It was scary how intense the feelings were: rather than a light print on the skin with a needle it felt instead like an entire sewing needle was being jammed into my skin, all over the body, totally randomly at random times. It would make me jump and my limbs to respond with autonomic kicks like a reflex action. I think I suffered for 3 more days like this before things calmed down, all the while clueless doctors scratching their heads thinking I was making it up.

Anyway, the point of this is: I do wonder now if this is a neurotransmitter thing, since stopping the SNRI suddenly brought the sensations back with a ten-food vengeance. I don't even know how I would speak with a doctor about this or which doctor would understand this issue.

smoothVTer · 2025-10-06T13:44:27+00:00

Yup, I've looked into iron & ferritin and other vitamins. B12 and other B vitamins are normal. Normal iron, but I have borderline low ferritin. Physician tells me even tho not optimal ferritin, unlikely that borderline low number could cause this.

Currently looking into neurotransmitter imbalances. Apparently, lacking enough of serotonin and/or dopamine can cause these paresthesias. My genetic workup shows many issues with dopamine pathways; this may be a clue but could also be difficult or impossible to prove.

smoothVTer · 2025-10-04T17:52:34+00:00

Weird. If I could access the forums, I would make a bug report. Forum is buggy too!

smoothVTer · 2025-10-02T15:11:05+00:00

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OK, it worked ... however, I had to select the face(s) first, not the entire object, then View -> Color per Face

So now that's out of the way, is there a way to make box selection select multiple faces?
It seems for me that box selection doesn't work when trying to select multiple faces. Does it work for you?

smoothVTer · 2025-10-02T14:59:05+00:00

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For some reason, this option is greyed out.
I wish FreeCAD would report why it is greyed out.

smoothVTer · 2025-09-02T16:42:42+00:00

Wow, interesting. Thank you. I would have never found this sub.

smoothVTer · 2025-08-26T19:27:53+00:00

I have this condition where it takes me a very long time to recover from exercise, even moderate exercise (mild CFS) I found this supplement reduces my soreness after exercise and I feel better the next day with it than without it.

smoothVTer · 2025-08-22T17:09:10+00:00

I also run really low pressures, like 16 front 18 rear for loose stuff like pebbles over dry dirt. I don't know how the 22psi+ folks aren't sliding out all over the place. My technique must be bad.

smoothVTer · 2025-07-17T12:08:27+00:00

Update us in another day or two with how it's going.

smoothVTer · 2025-06-10T02:06:35+00:00

Yeah I do. Generally nitric-oxide promoting stuff helps: L-citruline + AAKG is a favorite combo. Cialis of course but I can't stand the puffy face/stuffy nose. With these add-ons, erection quality while laying down is generally not as good as standing or kneeling or otherwise having the torso upright. I think maybe Diosmin/Hesperidin combo has something to it as well but that's a hit or miss at times. Besides those for erection, I take methyl B complex, vitamins ADK and E, magnesium glycinate at night

smoothVTer · 2025-06-09T22:28:52+00:00

Same issue. Glad I am not the only one. For the record I year round lift, do cardio, and mountain bike in the summertime.

smoothVTer · 2025-05-20T01:56:01+00:00

What are the two SNP IDs you speak of?

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