Well, I had a blood test because I was having heart palpitations and under extreme stress, so not exactly “just collapsed”. But they found I have hypothyroidism, and life’s much better and much easier with the medication.

Turns out you’re not supposed to feel tired after doing nothing, sleep 12 hours, then wake up tired…

Annoyingly this must’ve been an issue for years, but I was raised to “shut up and get on with it”, and told the problem was that I’m “just lazy” :/

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Turns out you're not supposed to feel tired after doing nothing, sleep 12 hours, then wake up tired..

Source?

[–] player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This was me except I was disappointed when the blood test came back completely healthy. I guess it's all in my head after all...

[–] DoYouNot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

I know nothing about you or your situation, but food allergies can really mess up your life, and they're often overlooked (speaking from experience).

[–] player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you, I think it was a mix of anxiety/depression and life circumstances. The stress causes me not to eat enough in the first half of the day and I would feel very low energy.

Since then I've started a new job, moved across the country, got back into the gym, and that reset has helped a lot.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago

Source is Pictures For Sad Children, if anyone's unfamiliar. Not that it's been available online in the last decade.

[–] match@pawb.social 0 points 2 years ago

I have incredible news for some eggs

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Magnesium for me. I don’t know why but it makes my brain work better. I feel horribly anxious, depressed, and intolerant of others when I forget to take it for more than three days or so.

[–] archomrade@midwest.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My wife started giving me her electrolyte mix and feeding me sardines everyday and I can't tell you how much better I feel

It has magnesium in it, but I think it's the particular form of potassium in it that's hitting my deficiency. It tastes like potatoes and it's.... I guess it's not bad. Like drinking starch water.

Shout-out to my wife who i'd probably whither away and die without.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I imagine you as a seal, happily awaiting his yummy sardine treat

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

The actual pill in reality for us: PRESCRIBED METH!

[–] Album@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

That's basically what therapy is. The lack of vitamin is the damage you received in your childhood that you just thought was normal.

Then you actually recount the experience to a therapist and they tell you how not normal that is and help you to recognize the fact that you had to go through that without support and that the way you are is because you had to cope to support yourself to survive when no one else was there for you.

Once you know it then you can tell all your friends and get them to awe at your seemingly inhuman perseverance.

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Boo, that's far more complicated than popping a pill once a day.

[–] Cypher@aussie.zone 0 points 2 years ago

I’m curious, are you American? It seems to be such a phenomenon that Americans love talking about therapy.

I find it perplexing.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Living through trauma isn't really a super power. And I wouldn't wish what happened to me on anyone. In fact, I don't usually share what happened to me with anyone but my therapist and my wife.