• Windex007@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Yeah I don’t think I could handle my kid complaining about being dizzy while also insisting on only eating one meal a day either.

    I have a suspicion that the reaction to seeing this tweet would be a really accurate way to infer someone’s age.

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        If you’re not complaining about being dizzy then I’d have no issues!

        And, side note: I’m really happy it’s working out for you. Trying to dial in the habits that keep our bodies working/feeling good past 40 is a fucking minefield. When you’re 20 you can fall off a house and think nothing of it… When you’re 40 you sleep funny and are fucked up for a week.

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          This is so true, especially now I have kids and just have to get up at 6:30 or 7 when I’m lucky. Even if I’m alone now I can’t sleep anymore after 7 because my body just makes sure I’m wide awake (even though I’m still really tired).

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      I will throw up if i eat more than one full meal a day. For some of us its just not feasable.

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          I’ve been to doctors. The closest things ive gotten do a diagnosis was ibs, but the doctor seemed pretty certain that didnt cover all my symptoms. I live in the US so effectively i just deal :/

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    3 days ago

    You typed 2 words.

    He typed 95.

    And four of them were “when I cremate you”

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    I sent this to my mother captioned as “Other parents acting as crazy as you” and then received a my own text lecture about health and eating properly.

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        She gave me the speech about the heartache of ever having to bury her only child…

        No mention of sardines, though. 👍

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    3 days ago

    It’s like my mom complaining her headaches are chronic but she refuses to drink a glass of water

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      If your mom has chronic headaches, chances are that she’s already tried and it doesn’t work.

      As a migraine sufferer, I’ve never heard of more useless advice than ‘drink water’.

    • ᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Could be real. I get cluster headaches. They’re called that because they occur in clusters. Mine happen every year around early spring, and usually last less than an hour. It’s a damn miserable hour though.

      This year they came on once or twice a day for two months. Usually I only suffer for roughly a month. The amount of people I had to explain why I needed to not talk and hold my head in a certain position, who then told me I was dehydrated and should have some water. Well I wanted to kill them. I know my body better than anyone. My piss was nearly clear, I was plenty hydrated.

      Your mom probably knows her body and knows that the water will not help.

      Fun fact, some people get cluster headaches year round and they can last for over a day. They are truly miserable. It’s like all the muscles in your temple and behind your eye tense to max and won’t let go. I’ve had black eyes from them. They literally squeeze the tears out of your eyeball.

      I can’t imagine getting them worse than I do. They have a fun nickname too- suicide headaches. When they’re happening I have a recurring fantasy of drilling a hole in my skull to relieve the pressure. But it’s not actually pressure, just kinda feels like it.

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        Of course it can be real. But you want to remove all the easily manageable factors, like dehydration. We had this with my kids a few times:

        • My head hurts
        • Do you remember drinking water or other stuff?
        • Will the water help with my headache?
        • Could help, could not, but you can try
          It was kinda hard to explain that this is not a game mechanic where you have a clear countermeasure to a negative status, but they more or less understand it now
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        Still not convinced. My ex also had them and I was sympathetic for many years, doing my best to help her through them.

        But it was eventually too much. She identified a few things as likely triggers. I realize that’s not 100% but every time she had another episode, she exposed herself to a trigger. When she successfully avoided triggers, she had them much less frequently, even going years between. I eventually lost my sympathy: if you have good evidence of triggers yet don’t avoid them, then you FaFo

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            I apologize, that I didn’t mean to doubt your experience - sometimes there is something you can do, and if you don’t follow through with it, the rest of us will be much less patient. However I also realize there’s never a perfect way to prevent them and not everyone has identifiable triggers.

            Allergies?