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endlesssummer77 · 5 years

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CICO works (with help from Contrave)

I'm never doing a fad diet again. Over the course of the past 5 months, I've slowly, but surely, lost a little over 30 lbs. How? CICO and contrave.

Contrave has changed my life. I know that sounds a little dramatic, but it's true. I can't believe it took me so long to get started on it. I'd had an almost-full bottle (120 pills) that Mom let me have last year when I visited for Christmas. She had gotten them prescribed because she wanted to try them out, but couldn't tolerate the side effects (she said they made her really irritable 😒).

Anyway, I was curious but skeptical. Contrave contains bupropion (antidepressant) and naltrexone (opioid antagonist), and not a single stimulant - or anything else that's been well-studied for weight loss. I'm not one to bother with OTC diet pills (they're pretty much all the same anyway) because they're unregulated and unproven, but I have been on phentermine a few times. Unfortunately, phentermine treatment is limited to 12 weeks at a time, and the awesome appetite suppressant effects diminishes quite a bit after the first few weeks, anyway.

I had a general idea of how contrave could work (background info: I have a formal education in human anatomy & physiology, biochemistry, introductory pharmacology, and human pathophysiology):

1. Naltrexone blocks endogenous opioids from attaching to opiate receptors, an action which mediates a dopamine response (dopamine is fundamental to the brain's reward center and the development of addiction). By blocking these receptors, one could theoretically reduce or eliminate the biochemical process that reinforces addictive behavior. This has already been extensively researched as a treatment for alcoholism.

2. Bupropion is an NE (aka adrenaline) and dopamine reuptake inhibitor. This means that bupropion prevents the "stop" of NE and dopamine activity, which leads to a whole bunch of other effects. Bupropion is chemically related to amphetamines, which explains this effect on certain neurotransmitters, but it also stimulates the release of 2 other molecules, alpha MSH and AGRP, which are involved in a lot of autonomic processes in the body, including regulation of appetite and energy expenditure. Most research that exists has focused on the psychological effects of bupropion as it is normally used to treat depression and to help people quit smoking.

So here's the interesting part:

Those 2 other molecules that are stimulated by bupropion? They each play a vital role in explaining how bupropion could be effective for weight loss:

a) alpha MSH does a lot of things, including appetite reduction and increases in energy expenditure (metabolism). Theoretically then, you could take just bupropion for weight loss right? Well, no. Like nearly every physiological process in our bodies, the cells that release a-MSH have a self-limiting feature to stop the whole process from going on indefinitely. Otherwise, humans could run out of energy needed to live.

b) This limiting feature works because cells release AGRP at the same time as a-MSH. AGRP's only function is to attach back to the cell that released it. When enough AGRP has attached, a signal is sent inside the cell telling it to stop producing both a-MSH and AGRP.

This basically means that no matter how much bupropion you take, its weight loss effects are going to be limited by your body's natural processes.

So back to my point, how does contrave work, exactly? I've already explained how it can help reduce appetite and increases metabolism via release of a-MSH, and how this process is self-limited by the concurrent release of AGRP. Theoretically, if we could find a way to eliminate or block AGRP without affecting a-MSH, then the potential of bupropion for weight control could be significant.

Well, here's the kicker... AGRP IS A TYPE OF BETA ENDORPHIN!

It's an endogenous opioid! This means that the sites AGRP attach to on a cell can be blocked by naltrexone without limiting a-MSH!

FYI, I didn't know any of this stuff until this past weekend, when I basically gave myself a mini neurochemistry lesson using articles available on PubMed. And sorry, I didn't bookmark any of them to use as references here.

Back to the story -

When I began contrave, I wasn't expecting much of anything. The bottle sat in my kitchen for a few months before I gave it a go, and even then it wasn't for weight loss. My psych was planning on possibly adding bupropion to my regimen anyway, so I figured I may as well try it out. Here's how things went:

Side effects are minimal due to the titration (slow increase) in dose that is prescribed to most people. The only thing I noticed was a short period of GI discomfort (nausea mostly) a few hours after taking a pill, but this stopped happening after about a week. It's probably due to the opioid receptors found in intestinal walls (something new I learned from my weekend of "research" lol) which affect intestinal motility. This is why opioids cause constipation, while opioid withdrawal produces nausea and diarrhea.

Price: you can go to the contrave website and get connected to a teledoctor who can write you a Rx (I used this service when I ran out of the bottle my mom had given me; consultation was $45). You can choose to have it sent to a local pharmacy, or use their preferred mail pharmacy, which charges $99 total to ship you a month's worth of medication. I chose this option because retail pharmacy prices are much higher. Total price: $144.00 first month, $99 monthly afterwards.

Insurance: most plans do not cover weight loss medications; mine certainly doesn't. The teledoctors they use also do not accept any insurance.

Regimen: you titrate up every week, starting with 1 pill/day during the first week (90mg bupropion+8mg naltrexone) until you get to 4 pills a day (360mg bupropion + 32mg naltrexone, all extended release).

Weight loss: at first, I had almost no faith that contrave would be effective for weight loss. I started off eating a 1200 cal/day (loosely tracked) and working out 1x a week. I'm still doing that, actually. I should also add that I used to crash diet a lot, often restricting myself to 500 cal a day, so I honestly didn't believe that staying under 1200 cal a day would actually do anything. Because of this irrational belief, I avoided the scale a lot. At some point - when I was up to 2-3 pills/day - I began to notice that I could go long periods of time without wanting or needing food. Even when I was physically hungry, eating felt like more of a chore. A few weeks after that started happening, some coworkers began commenting on my weight loss, which totally surprised me. I finally got the courage to weigh myself, and I was DOWN. 15. POUNDS. This all over the course of about 3 months.

Obviously, I was very encouraged by that, so I decided to continue with it. I'm basically doing the same now as I was then - 1200 cal/day (loosely) plus 1-2 days/week intense workouts (mostly CrossFit). It's now been 5 months and I'm down 32.6 lbs, to be exact.

Contrave has changed my life. It's like my brain has been reset; the damage done by all those years of starving and bingeing has been reversed. I have a normal relationship with food now: I eat when I'm hungry and stop when I'm satiated. I prepare nearly every meal I eat, which has eliminated almost all unhealthy, overprocessed foods from my diet. I'm trying to up my activity level, but I'm extremely busy with a full time job and another degree that I'm pursuing, leaving me pretty sleep-deprived during the weekdays. But weight loss is mostly diet, anyway.

I am more hopeful now than ever that I can achieve lasting weight loss. And the best part is that there's really no reason I can't be on contrave indefinitely, or for at least a few years. Bupropion is a medication that's already taken on a long term basis without issue. Naltrexone can damage the liver so it is typically not used long term; however, this effect has mostly been observed in people taking much higher doses of naltrexone (300mg+). Contrave contains a much smaller, extended release dose (32mg in 4 pills) that is even less than the dose used to treat alcoholism (50mg).

I'll update again when I remember to, lol. Hopefully I'll be down another 30 lbs 😁

#contrave #CICO #weightloss #success

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promptsforyourwhumpfic · 7 years

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A-Z of Injury / Illness ideas.

As a thank you for 100 followers - here a list of (hopefully) helpful illnesses/ injuries that could be used to create the perfect fic - you might even find that you can have up to 5 of these tropes for the ultimate whump/ sickfic:

-If it’s in italics that means it’s an idea that has been submitted in after the original post went up by an anon-

Amnesia

Anorexia

Anaemia

Appendicitis

Amputation

Abuse

Abdominal Pain (could be caused by food poisoning)

Allergies (the Star Trek fandom love to torture Kirk with this)

Agoraphobia (this could be interesting…)

Addiction

Arthritis

Asthma

Alcoholism

Anemia

Acne - this can be painful for some and could be used to write a fluffy fic about someone feeling self-conscious of their acne then someone does something nice to make them feel better.

Anxiety/Anxiety attack(s)

Airsickness

Ankle Sprain

Broken Bones

Branding

Burns/ scalds

Blindness (this could be temporary or permanent)

Blood Poisoning

Bites (Animal, Bug, Human….)

Bruises

Beating

Bronchitis

Backache

Bulimia

Concussion

Cuts/ Grazes

Cancer

Choking

Collapsing (into someone’s arms is usually nice, bonus points for cradling their head as they lower the whumpee to the floor)

Common cold

Cardiac Arrest

Claustrophobia

Coughing Up Blood

Confusion

Coma

Constricted Airways

Chicken Pox

Captured

Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome (thank you @dinochickennugget for this suggestion! - dinochickennugget has told me that they are open to questions about this disorder as they are unfortunately a sufferer of CVS)

COPD - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease makes breathing increasingly more difficult.

CHF - congestive heart failure

Carsickness

Cramps

Constipation

Dehydration

Diseases (mystery diseases are the best kind)

Delirium (bonus points for this being drug/ fever induced)

Deafness (this could be temporary or permanent)

Drowning

Depression

Dizziness

Deaf blindness (this could be deemed as temporary, but still, imagine the panic in your character after a mission gone bad)

Diabetes (type 1 and 2)

Diarrhea

Dengue Fever

Dislocations

Emergency field surgery,

Eating Disorder

Epilepsy

Exhaustion

Electrical shock

Electrical Burns

Endometriosis

Ear Infection

Fighting (while injured)

Fracture

(trapped in a) Fire

(injured in a) Fall

Fainting

Flu

Frostbite

Fever

Fibromyalgia

Gunshot wound

Gastritis

High Fever (like dangerously high)

Head Injury

Hypoxia (Oxygen deficiency – this could be caused by strangling/ choking or near drowning experiences.)

Hypothermia

Heat Exhaustion

Heat Stroke

Headaches

Hemophilia

HIV

Hypotension/ Hypertension

Hypoglycemia

Hypo/ Hyperthyroidism

Hematophilia

Hungover

Hernia

Hay Fever

Home Sickness

High Blood Pressure

Heart Palpatations

Infections

Impalement

Internal Bleeding

Insomnia

Immunodeficiency

Indigestion

Jet Lag (I don’t know I just wanted to fill this section in with something)

Jailed

Kidnapping

Ketosis

Kidney Stones

Laryngitis

Leukemia

Lymphoma

Lupus

Ludovico Torture

Lumbago

Low Blood Pressure

Memory Loss

Meningitis

Migraine

Mumps

Muscular Atrophy (this could be after a being held captive for months or it could be a result of being in a coma)

Malnutrition

Mind Control

Multiple Sclerosis

Mono

Menstrual Cramps

Nosebleeds

Nightmares

N. Fowleri (a brain eating amoeba)

Open Fracture

Overdose

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (brittle bone disease)

Overeating

Overdosing

Physical Therapy

Poisoning

Pulled Muscles

Paralysis (this could be temporary or permanent)

Puncture Wounds

PTSD

Phobias (could lead to character stumbling and hurting themselves in an attempt to escape their fear)

PMS

Plague

Pneumonia

Pregnancy (morning sickness, self-conscious,hot flushes, tired and sleepy,general malaise, swollen feet, weird cravings, the whining is constant…)

Psychosis

Q-Fever

Respiratory Distress

Rashes

Rabies

Rape Recovery

Smoke Inhalation

Stomach Ulcers (a cause for vomiting up blood)

Self-Harm

Spinal Cord Injury

Starvation (whether this be self-induced or due to kidnapping)

Strangling

Seizures

Sunburn

Stab Wounds

Smoke Inhalation

Stress (this could induce headaches/ general illness)

Sepsis

Snake Bites

Sprains

STD

Shingles

Skinning

Stomach ache

Seasickness

Shock

Scraped Knees

Swollen Lymph Nodes

Stiches

Shrapnel

Sleep Paralysis

Trapped (whether this is after an explosion, car accident, natural disaster…)

Torture.

Torn Muscles

Tuberculosis

Trapped Limbs

Tetanus

Tendonitis

Tonsilitis

Tachycardia

UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)

Vomiting blood

Vertigo

Wisdom Tooth Removal (added purely because of all the funny fics that could be written as the person rides out the anesthetics - or the character could wake up in pain the next morning feeling like absolute trash so the second character looks after them by bringing soup and ice packs for their jaw)

Whipping

XMRV is a newly identified human retrovirus that is similar to a group of mouse retroviruses (called murine leukemia viruses, or MLVs)

Yellow Fever

Yeast Infections

Zika Virus

Zoonotic Hookworm

Zosler (Shingles)

Zygomycosis

Zoonotic illness (It's a disease carried or transmitted by animals to humans like tularemia or psittacosis)

*open to more suggestions though I tried to fill in every letter!*

Once again thank you for 100 followers! Edit: Ill be posting the url and number of contributions individuals have made. So thank you so much to: @marril96 (1) @adrianasl (17) @outofworkshinigami (2) @ultimatefandomtrash61 (1) @yeahscienceao3 (2) @the-whumpy-fangirl (3) @adages-of-team-free-will (3) @jaydpuppycat (1) @blazingcitrine (1) @xxnonbinaryeevee (1) @criaturita-eterna (22) @gradienttaint (3) @kismetkiss (9) @mynightfuryblr (1)

#100 followers #prompts #whump #illness #fanfiction #rape tw #nsfwwhump #nsfwhump #vomit tw #cancer tw #eating disorder tw #bulimia tw #depression tw #anorexia tw

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drellisor-blog · 6 years

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Top 5 Signs of a Leaky Gut in Your ADHD Child

What Is a Leaky Gut?

The syndrome also called intestinal permeability is a condition that happens when the walls of the small intestine are harmed in any way. This causes undigested food particles, bacteria, and toxic waste products to 'leak' through the intestines and get into the bloodstream. It is not often diagnosed right now, even though many people seem to be suffering from it. The main causes of leaky gut are chronic diseases related to your gut health. If you are not sure whether you have this gut syndrome, here are some of the most common signs of it.

Top 5 Signs of a Leaky Gut

1. Eczema and skin rashes

Eczema, rosacea, acne and skin rashes are all the results of irregular processes in your body, whether it is the damaged microbiome of your digesting system or just a skin sensitivity to certain products. However, such reactions reflected on the skin are often the outcome of the syndrome in question. When the waste and bacteria get into your bloodstream, they are quickly transported through your whole body. After that, your organism understands that it is being 'poisoned', and one of its reactions is then projected onto your skin for everyone to see.

2. Chronic diarrhea, constipation, gas or bloating

Chronic diseases are widely associated with the condition, but this example may not seem like an obvious symptom at first. The problem is that we tend to associate these factors with merely a food poisoning, when the problem may lie in something much bigger. Chronic diarrhea that doesn't go away no matter what, constipation that you seem to be unable to manage, gas or constant bloating - these are the signs to look out for. They can often come in a combination with another symptom.

3. Food allergies and sensitivities Food allergies are very widespread, while sensitivities are even more common. In fact, you might even have no idea that you are highly sensitive to certain foods. More often than not, you will either have a dairy-related allergy or one related to nuts. However, these might range from anywhere around soy to starch or even gluten. Another risk that food allergies, and especially sensitivities hold is the fact that the foods 'toxic' for you may severely damage your intestines with a very low chance of fully going back to normal or the process of healing being way too long. This is why it is always important to have yourself tested for any kinds of allergies you might have.

4. Headaches, brain fog, memory loss These signs are probably some of the least leaky gut-associated ones, but they are as alarming as anything else. Headaches, memory loss, brain fog, and brain lesions all become a symptom once they turn into a chronic condition. Just like the ones in number two, these factors come with other defining signs. On the other hand, you should never try to diagnose anything yourself, because they might just be the red flags for something else.

5. Depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD Leaky gut has been closely associated with mental health too. Depression and anxiety are considered some of the most common reasons for having the condition, while ADD (attention deficit disorder) and ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) are the chronic diseases most often viewed as being the reason or the consequence of leaky gut. Unfortunately, some of these need close treatment for long periods of time in order to achieve any positive results. On the other hand, there is always a chance of improving the situation.

Leaky Gut Syndrome Treatment

While this condition has not yet been explored a lot, there are some ways to get treated for it. For instance, a diet is recommended for people suffering from it. Usually, all of the harmful foods are excluded (the ones causing an allergic reaction) and more 'soft' or 'gentle' foods are introduced. These help your intestine heal properly along with any prescribed medication. When it comes to treating other symptoms such as mental illnesses, according to treatment and programs are secured for the person. If it is a child, ADHD and ADD can be worked on to prevent the illness from overtaking their adult life.

Conclusion

This syndrome is obviously a problem we are facing right now. Not everyone recognizes it and not everyone is willing to understand its harmfulness, but hopefully, we all will come to an agreement on the matter and start providing the right treatment for people suffering from this syndrome. Read the full article

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newidaho · 5 years

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16. Reactions

Don’t have the time/patience/desire to read with your eyes? Don’t have eyes? Well, have your friend read you this: You can check out the audiobook for free on Apple, Google, Stitcher, or Spotify. Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday!

Selected Clippings from Various News Sources, 25-26 December 2054

I. Source: Harris, Jordan. “Lucidity: An Unexpected Sea Change.” News Idaho. 25 December 2054

Just hours ago, the world received an unsolicited Christmas Present in the form of a guerrilla Lucid Event.

Compelling Keynote presentations for new technology have been the norm for 80 years, since Steve Jobs first took to stage to present the Mac in 1984. Rarely since then, however, have many CEOs and entrepreneurs been able to stand up to Jobs’ legacy.

Enter Lex Lucid and his company, Lucid Labs: The 20 year king of paradigm shifts in industry and technology.

There’s no need to recap the ways that Lucid Labs has changed the way we go about our lives. If you’re one of the 75% of Americans, or 87% of New Idahoans with Augmented Reality Lenses, you have seen it for yourself (and if you’re not, feel free to watch today’s Lucid Labs Keynote to jog your memory). If the Lucid Lens was his iPhone moment, now, 20 years later, Lex may find a moment of world-changing integration that Jobs only hoped for, only one year younger than Jobs on the day he died.

It’s Christmas Day, 2054, and Lucid Labs has announced “Lucidity”.

Lucidity is an earth-shattering technology that few of us saw coming. Lucidity is a small patch containing a computer that is (allegedly) so sensitive to brainwaves that it can essentially read your mind.

So what can you do with this powerful new technology? During the event, Lucid discussed three applications that you will be able to find on the device upon it’s release in February:

-Lucid Dream: The flagship application for the device. Lucid Dream can already record and playback the user’s dreams. Further updates are expected to integrate the software with the Imaginary Friend capabilities that have been evolving with augmented reality for the last 20 years. After that, you can finally be with the girl of your dreams. Literally.

-Lucid Creation: A native software package for Lucid Labs technology since the Lucid Mask in 2024, Lucid Creation is expected to take strides right along with the new Lucidity hardware. During the keynote, Lex Lucid hinted at what was already in the works, including an update to Lucid’s animation and music software that allows the user to simply “think” his or her creation into existence.

-Lucid Idea: Lucidity’s messaging application. Exactly how close we are to legitimate telepathic communication was unfortunately missing in the Keynote, but the promise is there.

Lucidity is a computer unprecedented in power and sensitivity, providing expansive fertile territory for new explorers of the technology. The new era of PCs and VR have passed—Lucidity is the new wild west for developers.

And so far, it would appear Lucid wishes to allow and encourage developers to work to his newest computer’s level: Lucidity was rolled out with a guaranteed shelf life of five years. God knows what you’ll be switching to in the sixties.

In these early days, it’s hard to know what applications Lucidity will evolve to have. Even more open to speculation are the implications, which are sure to be a near-constant conversation from today onward.

“From today onward”. It’s a rare and awesome occasion when humanity can say this so profoundly. Lucid’s Christmas gift to the world has been unwrapped, whether we like it or not.

The first Lucidity will ship in February. Until then, if you are living in New Idaho, you may want to drop a hint to one of your peers at the Labs—rumor has it that Lucidity has already been passed out and is in use by Lab employees.

II. Source: Reefer, Banananut. “What We Expect from Lucidity” The Ringworm. 25 December 2054

Hello again! It’s your local bloodthirsty newshound, Banananut Reefer, here to report on the new sensation that’s sweeping the nation.

That’s right, we’re talking about Lex Lucid’s latest: Lucidity.

Now, Lucidity basically takes a look at all of your unfiltered thoughts, and somehow organizes them into doing different tasks.

After the announcement this Christmas, The Ringworm sent a team of reporters to camp out on the mountain ring outside the Labs and see what they could find out. After staring at what was mostly just an empty building for seven hours and losing four toes to frostbite, they decided to report back. Here’s the applications we know from the Event and the ones we speculate are coming in the future.

Lucid Dream: Now, Lucidity is, more than anything, a deep probe into your disturbed psyche. Nothing points this out more so than “Lucid Dream,” An application native to the device that allows you to play back those unacknowledged scenes from the depth of your consciousness.

Lucid Creation: If you can think it, you can make it—Lucid plans to help more people come to terms with the harsh reality that they lack imagination in addition to skill.

Lucid Idea: Well, we finally did it—we are getting to the point as a society where we can read each other’s minds. I wonder if we can still use autocorrect? In the meantime, Paranoia is expected to skyrocket among those who already thought their friends were talking behind their back.

Lucid Potato Patch: Judging by our researcher’s observations, there is a large patch of soil near the front parking lot of Lucid Labs. This being Idaho, we at The Ringworm believe it likely has to do with a Lucidity application that allows you to grow your own potato patch with energy from the mind.

Loosened Bowel Movement: There’s only one explanation our researchers could think of for why they hardly saw anyone at the Labs—chronic constipation! We can only hope for an app in Lucidity that allows you to save the experience of all your best bowel movements in order to play them back again later in all their glory. The fact that so many workers at the Labs appear to be out due to constipation, we must conclude that they are blocked up by anticipation (consticipation?) for the app, which we have guessed will be called “Loosened Bowel Movement.”

Lucid Bank: It’s not a new technology these days without a new form of cryptocurrency. We expect the Bitcoin of Lucidity will be based on your thoughts—if you invest more time mining other people’s thoughts, you can get more thought coins, which you can invest as you would any currency. Hopefully nobody sends any dirty thoughts over to muck up the whole system!

At the end of the day, you never really know where all this hype is going to end up. We can only hope for the apps that we were promised and the apps that we have speculated on. Here at The Ringworm, we’ve been paralyzed with despair after forgetting a defecation we expected to remember forever. Now that Lucidity promises to change that, we will be wearing that patch on our temple all day every day.

EDIT: Sources have confirmed that Lucid Labs employees were given the day off for Christmas, though we see no reason to rule out the idea that diarrhea was still in full force for many employees

III. Source: America, Tommy. “So Long Self-Control, Hello Mind Control.” Truth Quest. 25 December 2054.

Well, folks, the day is nearly here. We’ve been calling it or a while, but the powers that be have made a move today that could very well put the free man in checkmate.

I’m talking, of course, about Lucidity—the huge Christmas announcement, the world-flipping new technology. Some people are excited as hell to get their hands on it and think sweet nothings to their little boyfriends and girlfriends, not knowing all the while these trivial pursuits will be causing them their freedom and the freedom of everyone in America as we know it.

When Snowden told us all the NSA was spying on us, we just shrugged our shoulders and moved on. When we learned the social media companies were getting rich off selling our information, we shook our heads, but we just kept scrolling. Sure, the Data Privacy Act of 2025 was a small victory, but just because it’s harder for companies to sell our information doesn’t mean it’s not out there.

After all, we’ve been running around with cameras attached to our heads for nearly 20 years—what more could the puppet masters want?

Turns out the answer is a resounding “YOUR MIND.” Fake news and fastidiously calculated manipulation on an extreme scale wasn’t enough. Now the powers that be are going to look past our behaviors and into our thoughts themselves.

I don’t need to tell you how dangerous that is. I don’t need to, but I’m going to anyway. If the NSA and major corporations (and their marketing teams) have access to our thoughts, they can finally carry out the mass manipulation the elites and the American government have been planning since the days of the robber barons.

We’ve known it for a while here at Truth Quest, but now there’s no question. The play is just way too obvious. New Idaho is an incubator for the new world leaders. It’s a haven for globalists. Why else do you think the federal government gives Mayor Krispyman special treatment? Why did America and Idaho just sit back and allow the “City of the Century” to be built, along with a hyper train through the mountains and a freakin’ jungle?

All I can think is, you get a lot of passes when you’re in on the game. Now that it’s more evident than ever that Lex Lucid is in the game, it’s official: Lucid is not the “Jobs of our lifetime”. He’s the Zuckerberg.

Slowly but surely, technology is ramping up to allow the globalists to take power over the world through taking power over the individual. Don’t let your mind be taken captive. Fight back! Don’t give up your mind to those whose only goals are to manipulate you and take over the world! Boycott Lucidity and boycott Lucid Labs!

IV. Source: Thompson, Acacia. “Penny For Your Thoughts.” The Midcentury Ungrateful. 26 December 2054.

So this is where capitalism leads to. Trust me, I’m as surprised as you are that it’s hung in there so long—guess it just goes to show the ever-powerful force of greed.

What the “Free Market” has decided we all need now is a way to communicate with objects and each other with our minds. That’s right, yesterday Lex Lucid took to stage to reveal “Lucidity”, the newest computer from Lucid Labs that syncs your brainwaves up to your glasses.

That’s right—two channels wasn’t enough, so we made 500. Boxy TVs were too ugly. We made them flat. Then we put more flat screens in our pockets. But it was too much of a hassle to keep pulling something out of your pocket all day—so we started to wear these computers on our face, with the screen projected right into our eye. And now, if we weren’t lazy enough, we have been given the ultimate convenience: A computer that reads your freaking mind.

Now, we’ve known for a while that capitalism can’t hold up. We just keep using more and more resources to make more products to make people more lazy so they keep buying more and more and depleting our Earth’s resources.

That’s how you end up with jungles in the middle of America.

But now the capitalists have taken it one step farther and one step closer to totally controlling us: A computer that gets inside our very heads.

Just think what ads will start to look like: Pretty soon, marketing companies will know about your perfect woman. They will know what your dreams are. What motivates you. They will start selling it to you in their virtual ads. They will start using characters from your own head to manipulate you into buying what they tell you you need.

Not to mention how much money Lucid Labs and friends will get from selling your information to these marketing companies—as there is no doubt they will do it.

So, is Lucidity something you need? Well, we’re not so blind as to think that this impressive (to say the least) new technology won’t be widely used and applied by the masses. So you might be leaving yourself out.

My question for you, however, is why you want to be in in the first place. Why spend time playing this useless game of making the fat cats fatter at the expense of your health, wallet, and those around you?

It’s hard to say, but it seems America’s here to stay. We’re hoping the tragedy of Lucidity will be the straw that breaks capitalism’s back, but we’re not holding our breath.

#New Idaho #Ben Vizy #New Novel #Writing #Writing Community #Novelist #Novel Writing #2054 #Augmented Reality #Futurism #Reaction #Fake News #Lucidity #Media Coverage

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gyrlversion · 5 years

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We tried a fermentation-tracking device and highly recommend it if you have bad digestive reactions to certain foods

Following is a transcript of the video.

Michelle Yan: Burping, farting, bloating, diarrhea: We all experience these things. Some may know exactly what foods are causing them these problems, but others may not. Sure, generic lists on Google may help, but they’re not personal or quantifiable enough. This device, called FoodMarble AIRE, may give you a clearer idea of exactly what foods are causing your discomfort.

Kara Chin: My digestive problems include…

Gene Kim: Feeling gassy all the time.

Abby Narishkin: Constipation.

Manny Ocbazghi: Sharp pains in my stomach.

Abby: IBS.

Gene: And also violent diarrhea.

Michelle: So what exactly is this device?

James Brief: FoodMarble AIRE is a breath-analysis device that tracks a specific kind of digestion called fermentation. And fermentation’s a healthy part of digestion, but sometimes too much fermentation from certain foods can cause symptoms in a lot of people. Bloating, pain, gas, and even diarrhea.

Abby: My stomach does not respond well to things like onions and garlic.

Gene: Meat or oily foods.

Abby: Brussels sprouts.

Kara: If it says “sugar-free,” I know I shouldn’t have it.

Abby: If I eat an apple, game over. And avocados, sadly.

What could be causing these symptoms?

James: Fermentable oligosaccharide, disaccharide, monosaccharide, and polyols. It’s a fancy word that means some complex carbohydrates and not carbs like we think of like bread. FODMAPs are found in all kinds of fruits, dairy, vegetables, grains, and these nutrients, while very healthy, if they’re not absorbed properly in certain people, this fermentation causes a lot of the symptoms that people experience.

Manny: I don’t know exactly what I’m reacting to. It could be gluten. It could be dairy. So hopefully this test will help me figure that out.

James: So there’s two general ways that people can use this device. One, you can use it in your regular, everyday use. You can track your foods, track your symptoms, and then you take several breaths throughout the day, and then with our app’s food database, we can tell you which foods contain higher and lower amounts of FODMAPs.

The second way that people could use the app is that we optionally provide pure samples of FODMAPs. You mix it into a little bit of water, and then for three hours while you have an empty digestive system, except for this one FODMAP, we can test you and see if you’re fermenting a lot from this. It’s day one of this experiment.

Gene: I got some teriyaki chicken.

Kara: I got noodle soup.

Gene: Are you excited?

Kara: Uh, yeah, we’re gonna learn things.

Gene: Yeah, let’s do this. Let’s figure out what’s causing our digestive problems.

Manny: So my first week using AIRE has been pretty interesting.

Gene: So it felt like the device was accurately measuring my activity in the stomach.

Kara: My fermentation levels are really high after I’ve had pizza and pita chips and hummus.

Manny: One of the surprising results I got was when I went to Chipotle last week. I purposely stacked my bowl with like dairy products, and then I did my breath test probably about a half an hour later, and my fermentation score actually decreased from the morning.

Abby: I would eat the almonds, and this past week I’ve been recording it, and my fermentation score has been really high. So we asked why that might be happening, and it turns out that almonds are low FODMAP only in smaller quantities, which I have a problem with portion control.

Gene: When I eat meat with vegetables, it was actually fine. The levels would show a low indicator. But when I would eat meat with bread, like a sandwich or a hamburger, the levels were high.

Manny: So when you first download the app, it does tell you not to use the breath tests while you’re drinking. But I was still curious to see what it says, and my readings were like 10 out of 10, like off-the-charts red. But that does let me know that the app is working.

Gene: I tried the inulin elimination diet. I didn’t even know such thing existed before this. I came in thinking that meat is the main problem in my diet, but it turned out that it wasn’t necessarily meat. It was the things that I ate with meat, like bread, garlic, and onion.

Abby: So going forward, I’m gonna eat less almonds and definitely work on portion control.

Kara: I think I just will prepare for suffering whenever I have these foods that I love but know that my body doesn’t react well to.

Abby: I think I would recommend this device. Although it didn’t necessarily give me the answers that I wanted, I think it would be really helpful for someone who definitely has an intolerance to lactose or one of those four pillars and so that they can get a pretty solid answer on what they should avoid to eat.

James: Unfortunately, breath analysis is limited to fermentation-related issues. So if breath analysis and fermentation are not their cause of their problems, they should see a dietician, a healthcare professional, a gastroenterologist for further analysis that can help their issues.

Michelle: So be like, “This is Gene the farting machine.”

Gene: All right, you give me the cue.

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Why Is Your Dog’s Stomach Making Noises? A Vet Weighs In

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Ever heard a loud gurgling noise and wondered, “Why is my dog’s stomach making noises?” You’re not alone. And, more importantly, you might have wondered whether that dog stomach gurgling was something to be worried about.

When it comes to your dog’s stomach making noises — what’s normal?

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Dog stomach noises, like everything in medicine, have a fancy name. The scientific name for your dog’s stomach making noises is borborygmi. These gurgling sounds are produced when gas moves from one portion of the intestines to another.

It is normal for there to be some gas in the intestines. And it is normal for the intestines to engage in motility, or activity that moves intestinal contents around. Thus, it is normal for gas to move around in the intestines, and soft borborygmi are therefore normal phenomena.

Normal borborygmi are quiet. Try the following experiment: Place your ear against your dog’s abdomen. You should hear periods of silence interspersed with soft gurgles. This is what normal borborygmi sound like.

Some dogs, however, experience episodes of abnormally loud intestinal gurgling. During these episodes the borborygmi might be audible from across the room. These sounds are not exactly normal, but they don’t always represent a crisis. Sometimes they indicate something is wrong in the intestinal tract. In other instances, they are caused by nothing more serious than hunger.

But is your dog’s stomach making noises that are loud?

Normal, quiet borborygmi occur when normal quantities of gas are moved through the intestines in a normal fashion. Abnormally loud intestinal noises occur when the intestines contain abnormally large quantities of gas, or when the intestines experience abnormally increased activity. Both of these phenomena often occur simultaneously.

Is your dog’s stomach making noises because he’s hungry?

Therefore they have a higher ratio of gas to solids. And the empty intestines might start to exhibit activity in response to anticipated feeding. The result will be audible intestinal noises, or “tummy grumbling.” Breakfast is the treatment for this type of intestinal gurgling.

Is your dog’s stomach making noises because he ate something strange — or something he shouldn’t have?

Unfortunately, hunger is not the only thing that can cause loud intestinal gurgling. Anything that can cause gastrointestinal upset of any kind also can cause audible borborygmi.

Dietary indiscretion, such as occurs when dogs break into the trash or feast on novel food items, is a common cause of a dog’s stomach making noises. This type of gastrointestinal upset often is mild (it can be compared to what might happen when a person who doesn’t usually eat spicy food goes to a Thai restaurant).

However, be aware that dietary indiscretion in some cases can lead to very severe vomiting or diarrhea, or to other complications such as pancreatitis in dogs.

Other reasons for your dog’s stomach making noises

Other potentially serious causes of your dog’s stomach making noises include intestinal parasites, inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal foreign bodies, hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, certain toxicities, adverse reactions to medications, metabolic problems such as liver or kidney disease, glandular disorders and even cancer of the intestines.

What to do about your dog’s stomach making noises

So, how worried should you be about your dog’s stomach making noises, and what should you do? It depends upon the circumstances. If it’s the morning, and your dog appears to be feeling fine but has not yet been fed, consider offering breakfast. If he eats with his normal enthusiasm and the noises stop, there probably isn’t a problem.

On the other hand, if your dog’s stomach is making noises in combination with symptoms such as mild lethargy or slightly poor appetite, a problem could be brewing. You should brace yourself for possible diarrhea or vomiting (although these are not guaranteed to develop), and consider offering an easily digestible diet such as boiled boneless, skinless chicken breast with steamed white rice.

If your dog is producing loud intestinal noises and he seems sick, then you should seek veterinary care immediately. Symptoms that should signal alarm include significant lethargy, significantly depressed appetite or thirst, diarrhea and especially vomiting.

If you are in doubt about whether your dog needs to see the vet, the safest option is always to take him in. It is better to err on the side of caution in these types of circumstances.

Are your dog’s stomach noises painful?

Some people wonder whether loud intestinal noises are painful. Again, it depends on the circumstances surrounding your dog’s stomach making noises. Hunger pangs are not especially miserable, but the cramps associated with some of the more serious causes of loud borborygmi can be downright agonizing. Painful borborygmi are usually accompanied by lethargy and poor appetite. If your dog seems to be in pain, then a trip to the vet is in order.

Finally, some dogs experience loud intestinal noises on a regular basis. If you notice a dog’s stomach making noises — loudly — many times per week, then you should use the presence (or hopefully the absence) of other symptoms to guide your response. Dogs who experience regular loud borborygmi in conjunction with episodes of diarrhea or poor appetite might be suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, parasites, or some other chronic intestinal disorder that should be treated.

Dogs who feel fine but produce loud intestinal noises regularly probably don’t have anything wrong (although you should have your vet confirm it). After all, some individuals are gassier than others, and some intestines are naturally more active than others.

Tell us: Is your dog’s stomach making noises? What do they sound like? What was the culprit of your dog’s stomach noises?

This piece was originally published in 2015.

Read more about dog stomach issues on Dogster.com:

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Why Is Your Dog’s Stomach Making Noises? A Vet Weighs In

When it comes to your dog’s stomach making noises — what’s normal?

But is your dog’s stomach making noises that are loud?

Is your dog’s stomach making noises because he’s hungry?

Is your dog’s stomach making noises because he ate something strange — or something he shouldn’t have?

Unfortunately, hunger is not the only thing that can cause loud intestinal gurgling. Anything that can cause gastrointestinal upset of any kind also can cause audible borborygmi.

However, be aware that dietary indiscretion in some cases can lead to very severe vomiting or diarrhea, or to other complications such as pancreatitis in dogs.

Other reasons for your dog’s stomach making noises

What to do about your dog’s stomach making noises

If you are in doubt about whether your dog needs to see the vet, the safest option is always to take him in. It is better to err on the side of caution in these types of circumstances.

Are your dog’s stomach noises painful?

Tell us: Is your dog’s stomach making noises? What do they sound like? What was the culprit of your dog’s stomach noises?

This piece was originally published in 2015.

Read more about dog stomach issues on Dogster.com:

Can You Give a Dog Imodium, Kaopectate or Pepto-Bismol for His Upset Stomach?

All About Dog Gastrointestinal Issues — Diarrhea, Vomiting, Constipation and More

Is Your Dog Vomiting Blood? What to Do Next

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Why Is Your Dog’s Stomach Making Noises? A Vet Weighs In

When it comes to your dog’s stomach making noises — what’s normal?

But is your dog’s stomach making noises that are loud?

Is your dog’s stomach making noises because he’s hungry?

Is your dog’s stomach making noises because he ate something strange — or something he shouldn’t have?

Unfortunately, hunger is not the only thing that can cause loud intestinal gurgling. Anything that can cause gastrointestinal upset of any kind also can cause audible borborygmi.

However, be aware that dietary indiscretion in some cases can lead to very severe vomiting or diarrhea, or to other complications such as pancreatitis in dogs.

Other reasons for your dog’s stomach making noises

What to do about your dog’s stomach making noises

If you are in doubt about whether your dog needs to see the vet, the safest option is always to take him in. It is better to err on the side of caution in these types of circumstances.

Are your dog’s stomach noises painful?

Tell us: Is your dog’s stomach making noises? What do they sound like? What was the culprit of your dog’s stomach noises?

This piece was originally published in 2015.

Read more about dog stomach issues on Dogster.com:

Can You Give a Dog Imodium, Kaopectate or Pepto-Bismol for His Upset Stomach?

All About Dog Gastrointestinal Issues — Diarrhea, Vomiting, Constipation and More

Is Your Dog Vomiting Blood? What to Do Next

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Why Is Your Dog’s Stomach Making Noises? A Vet Weighs In

When it comes to your dog’s stomach making noises — what’s normal?

But is your dog’s stomach making noises that are loud?

Is your dog’s stomach making noises because he’s hungry?

Is your dog’s stomach making noises because he ate something strange — or something he shouldn’t have?

Unfortunately, hunger is not the only thing that can cause loud intestinal gurgling. Anything that can cause gastrointestinal upset of any kind also can cause audible borborygmi.

However, be aware that dietary indiscretion in some cases can lead to very severe vomiting or diarrhea, or to other complications such as pancreatitis in dogs.

Other reasons for your dog’s stomach making noises

What to do about your dog’s stomach making noises

If you are in doubt about whether your dog needs to see the vet, the safest option is always to take him in. It is better to err on the side of caution in these types of circumstances.

Are your dog’s stomach noises painful?

Tell us: Is your dog’s stomach making noises? What do they sound like? What was the culprit of your dog’s stomach noises?

This piece was originally published in 2015.

Read more about dog stomach issues on Dogster.com:

Can You Give a Dog Imodium, Kaopectate or Pepto-Bismol for His Upset Stomach?

All About Dog Gastrointestinal Issues — Diarrhea, Vomiting, Constipation and More

Is Your Dog Vomiting Blood? What to Do Next

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Why Is Your Dog’s Stomach Making Noises? A Vet Weighs In

The post Why Is Your Dog’s Stomach Making Noises? A Vet Weighs In by Dr. Eric Barchas appeared first on Dogster. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren't considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.

When it comes to your dog’s stomach making noises — what’s normal?

But is your dog’s stomach making noises that are loud?

Is your dog’s stomach making noises because he’s hungry?

Is your dog’s stomach making noises because he ate something strange — or something he shouldn’t have?

Unfortunately, hunger is not the only thing that can cause loud intestinal gurgling. Anything that can cause gastrointestinal upset of any kind also can cause audible borborygmi.

However, be aware that dietary indiscretion in some cases can lead to very severe vomiting or diarrhea, or to other complications such as pancreatitis in dogs.

Other reasons for your dog’s stomach making noises

What to do about your dog’s stomach making noises

If you are in doubt about whether your dog needs to see the vet, the safest option is always to take him in. It is better to err on the side of caution in these types of circumstances.

Are your dog’s stomach noises painful?

Tell us: Is your dog’s stomach making noises? What do they sound like? What was the culprit of your dog’s stomach noises?

This piece was originally published in 2015.

Read more about dog stomach issues on Dogster.com:

Can You Give a Dog Imodium, Kaopectate or Pepto-Bismol for His Upset Stomach?

All About Dog Gastrointestinal Issues — Diarrhea, Vomiting, Constipation and More

Is Your Dog Vomiting Blood? What to Do Next

The post Why Is Your Dog’s Stomach Making Noises? A Vet Weighs In by Dr. Eric Barchas appeared first on Dogster. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren't considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.

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The Science Behind Explosive Hangover Poops

Ah, the New Year. A time for resolutions, for self-betterment, for dumping out the old and bringing in the new. Unfortunately, if you celebrate New Year’s Eve with champagne and shots, chances are you may spend the first day of the new year on the toilet.

Scientists dont entirely understand what causes hangovers, but every over-imbiber knows its effects: puffy skin, headaches, nausea, the feeling when you drink water that you just straight-up guzzled acid. And any regular drinker knows the agony and the ecstasy of the hangover poo. It can feel like the only way to relief: the unfortunate, unavoidable end of any excruciating hangover. The morning after the WIRED holiday party—which started with cocktails at a classy bar and devolved, as is tradition, into late-night scream-singing with buckets of beers at a local karaoke joint—saw the shared office bathroom morph into a toxic warzone.

Next-day diarrhea isnt universal and, for some, alcohol actually causes constipation. But its common enough that it has some well-known, and rather unendearing, nicknamesbeer shits, day-after-drinking shits (DADS), rum bum, after-grog bog, and so on. Anyone whos dealt with it knows it can be rough.

But why does it happen?

To start, you have to understand how the body processes alcohol. Food breaks down in the mouth and stomach before nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream through the small intestine. Alcohol, on the other hand, bypasses some of that system, splashing down into the stomach, which absorbs about 20 percent of alcohol. The rest moves to the small intestine, which absorbs the remaining booze and sends it along to the liver to metabolize. While your liver processes the equivalent of about one drink per hour, the rest of the alcohol circulates throughout your blood system.

Alcohol affects every organ in the human body through the blood stream, including the brain. That’s part of why, when you drink heavily, you stumble around and slur your speech. And particularly relevant to this discussion, alcohol depresses the secretion of anti-diuretic hormone in the posterior pituitary gland. Also known as vasopressin, it helps your kidneys balance the amount of water in your body. Now, because your body cant hold on to water as it normally would, you start to expel what you don’t absorb—and you find yourself scrolling through Instagram while waiting in the bathroom line to pee. (Once the body catches up, it starts retaining water, which is why you may wake up bloated and puffy.)

Diarrhea is a common side effect of diuretics, sure, but alcohol also inhibits the absorption of liquids in your bowels. Studies of alcoholics show that chronic alcohol consumption affects the sections of the intestine that absorb water and sodium, decreases the activity of the enzymes that break down sugars, and make the mucosa more permeable. All of which leads to—you guessed it—diarrhea.

Plus, when youve been pounding boozy beverages—and, hopefully, some water—your body has to process much more liquid than usual. And all the while, the rest of your GI tract is getting wrecked, too. Booze affects the muscles surrounding your stomach and intestine, particularly those that hold on to food for digestion. It also reduces contractions in the rectum, which might “reduce the transit time—and, thus compaction” of the food in your large intestine which, again, can cause diarrhea.

This doesnt even take into account the indigestion-causing, late-night cheese fries you scarfed down or the mixers you had with your booze. And, depending on the person, artificial sweeteners (see: Diet Coke and rum), gluten (beer), and tannins (red wine) can all cause loose stool.

The best way to avoid a hangover and the dreaded DADS is to eat a balanced meal before imbibing, stay hydrated, and generally take it easy on the booze. But, if you prefer to live on the wild side, be prepared to ride it out the next day in the bathroom. And maybe think about stocking up on Imodium on your way to the party.

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Ask D'Mine: Grapefruit Dangers, Crazy Insulin Absorption

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Ask D'Mine: Grapefruit Dangers, Crazy Insulin Absorption

Got questions about life with diabetes? You know where to turn (hopefully). That would be our new diabetes advice column, Ask D'Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.

Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at [email protected]

This week, a bit about drug-food interactions, and the crazy things that insulin does in your body sometimes:

Ned from Utah, type 2, writes: Recently a friend showed me an article from Cosmopolitan January 2011 stating that the juice of the grapefruit contains chemicals that block enzymes in the digestive system. It messes up the way your body metabolizes a lot of prescription drugs, and it tends to intensify the side effects such as nausea, dizziness, confusion, diarrhea and/or constipation. I actually like grapefruit, so how do I know if it's safe to eat with my diabetes and cholesterol drugs, sleep aids, etc.?

Wil@Ask D'Mine answers: True confession: I don't read Cosmo. It's the whole Y-chromosome thing. Plus, I'm about three decades north of their target demographic. But what you are reporting is true, especially for grapefruit and the family of cholesterol medications called statins. Unfortunately grapefruit actually messes up the action of the medication.

And the real bummer is that it does so erratically. Some days/weeks/months it turns the statin into a slacker, making it under-perform. This can be bad, because your cholesterol can then shoot up again, putting your heart at risk. But some days/weeks/months grapefruit turns the statin into a stallion, making it over-preform. Unlike other areas of human endeavor, we really don't want our meds over-preforming. Trust me on this one.

So, sorry, grapefruit isn't safe for you to eat if you need cholesterol drugs. As to your diabetes meds, sleep aids, and all the other pills for what ails you, rather than give you a fish — I'm going to teach you how to fish. By that I mean, I'll give you some tips on how to look up drug interactions on your own.

All prescription drugs come with a drug safety information sheet. These are typically printed in a type size that rivals microfilm and are also typically written by lawyers who are married to medical research doctors. That means to read them you need a magnifying glass, a copy of Blacks Law Dictionary, and a medial lexicon. And what that means, of course, is that nobody reads the damn things at all. Knowing this, the FDA is moving ever-so-slowly towards a simplified "at-a-glance" one-page info sheet for consumers. But it's the FDA. So don't hold your breath.

When I need to look up a drug, I use Epocrates on my PDA (yes, I still have a PDA and no flack about that; me and my dumb phone are very happy together). Epocrates gives those of us in the health care trenches a drug database that includes everything from side effects, to contraindications, to method of action, to dosing info, to even which tier a medication is on for various insurance plans. And more. Probably more than you realistically need. Members of the iPhone cult at my clinic like to show me that they can even pull up photos of a medication for reference: Is this the blue pill you've been taking?

For consumers, the FDA actually has a pretty slick little website that lets you look up drugs by name. This site lists both common and more rare side effects. It would take you less than half an hour to look up the 11.5 prescription drugs that the average American takes.

And you should. Because I think it's your duty as a patient to understand the basics of the medications you are taking. At a minimum you should know how to take your medications and what the most common side effects might be. For instance, how many of you who take statins take them at bed time? You're supposed to. Why? 'Cause statins restrict the liver's production of cholesterol, and that happens when you sleep.

Anyway, when you get a new drug, spend a few minutes getting to know it. After all, the two of you are in a relationship together now. You'll want to know if your breakfast choices (like grapefruit!) have any adverse effect. And it wouldn't hurt to review that info once a year. You can do it when you change your smoke detector batteries.

Ummm..... you do change your smoke detector batteries every year.... don't you?

Anne from Iowa, type 1, asks: Is it "normal" to go through periods of time where your body just doesn't absorb insulin as well as it could? I start to stress about it, and then I start worrying about developing insulin resistance!

Wil@Ask D'Mine answers: Anne, in case you didn't notice, there's nothing "normal" about diabetes! But the answer to your questions is yes, no, sometimes, maybe, and it depends.

So, here are some things to be aware of. First and foremost, different parts of the body absorb insulin at different rates, as do different tissue types. For instance, insulin that starts off in the leg or arm has further to travel to be effective than insulin that starts off in the abdomen. And female pumpers who use "breast sites" frequently report much faster effects of insulin there than when they use stomach sites, as breast tissue seems to absorb insulin much faster.

Of course, any variation in your exercise patterns can change how quickly the insulin gets to work too.

But by far the most common cause of insulin "not working the way it's supposed to" are injection site issues. Be sure to rotate your injection sites, or pump infusion sites, frequently. That means all the freakin' time. And I don't mean back-and-forth between two sites either. You have to find a variety of sites to use, so that each can "rest" a while between uses.

The reason we need to rotate sites is that if you poke a hole in your body in the same place too many times, you can develop scar tissue inside there, and scar tissue is a very poor absorber of insulin.

And here's the deal with insulin resistance: while we generally view this as a "type 2 problem," anyone can develop it. That said, it's most commonly associated with weight. Fat people are more insulin resistant than skinny people, and fat people can become less insulin resistant by becoming skinny people (or by becoming less-fat people, as even a seven-pound weight loss can measurably reduce insulin resistance).

While insulin resistance can change, it's usually a pretty stable thing. It changes slowly over time, like one of those big super tankers that can't turn on a dime. As you mention "periods of time" when things are funky, that tells me your problem is not likely to be insulin resistance.

For T1s like yourself who already take insulin, developing insulin resistance simply means that you'll need to dose a bit more "pancreas juice" to get the job done.

While it might be frustrating to have to figure out new dosing, note that using more insulin has no significant health risk — although it may be a bit harder on your finances!

This is not a medical advice column. We are PWDs freely and openly sharing the wisdom of our collected experiences — our been-there-done-that knowledge from the trenches. But we are not MDs, RNs, NPs, PAs, CDEs, or partridges in pear trees. Bottom line: we are only a small part of your total prescription. You still need the professional advice, treatment, and care of a licensed medical professional.

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The Science Behind Explosive Hangover Poops

But why does it happen?