ZenAlex

Could it be something to do with the fibre content?

Fuck lentils. They suck. Sweet potato, brown rice, tofu, beans and salad with olive oil. That is enough.

I hate lentils. They're annoyingly difficult to cook right and they taste like nothingness. Just eat Tofu instead for Iron, calcium, protein.

I do notice that when I've spent more time outside my eyes feel less stingy and my sense of smell is better, but not massively so. Could be dust, could be mould. Getting more fresh air into my apartment helps but nothing ever gets rid of it completely. I have an air purifier with a hepa filter which sometimes seems to make a slight improvement, but also sometimes seems to aggravate my throat a bit, doesn't matter how much I clean the filters.

While continuing my investigations a few people mentioned mould. I have looked around my flat and the only place I see any mould is lines of it in between the tiles in my bathroom. Other than that I cannot see any significant mould anywhere else. 1) Is there any device you can use to detect presence of mould in your house if it's not visible. 2) Are there any remotely reliable tests for mould toxicity in your body? I've seen ones such as the urinary mycotoxin test, but not sure I have faith in it.

That's a good point. I guess we're living in an unnatural environment so we may need to rely on unnatural solutions.

Understood. I'm reluctant to put unnatural things in my body. I will take a vit D supplement around winter though since I live in the UK and our weather sucks. Besides this I'm always concerned about side effects.

Walking meditations? What types do you recommend?

I hope not. I have no interest in live longer than maybe 80-100 years at most. I want to return to the void someday. If anything I hope humans extinct ourselves at some point as the planet would be better off without us. Humans serve no good purpose on this planet.

Hey, I also just found a previous medichecks test and it has albumin in it, and it was mid-high normal. Funnily enough my SHBG was within normal range, although high normal. That's interesting.

These tests were taken back in february, I got them taken via Blue Horizon testing, I advised my GP but they don't seem to know much about it. The GP just tested my total testosterone. Again Total testosterone came back slightly high, but they said they aren't concerned. I've been side tracked with other distractions. I know I've had a very low sex drive throughout my life, no desire for relationships and little to no desire for sex with others. I think Autism and other issues may play a role in that. I never get lonely. But considering my current issues I'm willing to consider that anything that's out of range could play a role.

Stop smoking completely. Just do it for 6 months and see what happens.

DHEA - Not sure on DHT and Albumin will have a look.

I think offering a lot of value for free and charging for premium content is the fairest and best strategy really. Look a many other content creators out there. I sub to a lot of true crime creators. Their videos are free, but their uncensored/premium content is behind a paywall, as well as other perks. Many youtube creators have millions watch for free, but 500-10k people pay for their patreon etc and they can make anywhere from 1-50k a month on a small percentage of their fanbase.

I understand guys but this has always been the case with me, regardless of what state my mental health was in. I have had stressful times in my life but ultimately, I feel clear headed. I do have depression, adhd, anxious thoughts, but I don't feel like I'm the sort to panic or worry about anything too severely.

Hey guys. So If I was about to do some in depth tests on my gut, just to see if there was anything wrong going on down there that could be impacting my mental health and causing depression, poor appetite, irritability, anxiety etc... What sorts of markers on gut tests should I look out for? I know through watching videos on the subject there's an obvious link and through healthy diet and exercise you can make your gut health better and therefore your mental health, the issue is I've had an issues with - - low appetite - Emotional flatness an anhedonia - Uneasy/anxious feelings that aren't related to worrying, they're just there by default. And at times I've noticed slight improvement in some things, but not much through therapy, meditation, but dietary changes and lifestyle. However I'm in a place now where I'm meeting my nutritional requirements, I'm not aware of any allergies, I don't have any strong indication that there's anything wrong with my diet. At times I've lived very healthy. Whole foods diet, optimising nutrition, using apps and blood tests to monitor for any nutritional deficiencies, no alcohol, drugs, cigarettes or caffeine. Hiking, working out. I've done it all. But despite my lifestyle being super healthy and being very aware of my mind and body, I still never managed to completely figure out anhedonia/emotional flatness, low appetite and random feelings of uneasiness, which have only ever gotten better by accident when experimenting with diet. I'm in a place where I'm not aware of any other patterns or connections that lead me in a certain direction towards an answer that will fix this. I have a feeling that it may be related to gut health. Or at least it may play a role. I've spent a lot of money and time on physical health, therapy, zen and meditation. I've completely reinvented myself, and although I've seen improvement, the issues are far from resolved. But I admit despite doing many tests involving bloods with private and NHS doctors, I've never really took an extensive look at my Gut health. TL;DR - If I was gut testing for things that may be impacting mental and emotional health, as well as many low appetite, is there anything specific, any particular test/markers that I should pay attention to or look for?

When going through long covid websites, I got people constantly advising me of the below test for gut health, and if you have long covid you get a discount. https://shop.biomesight.com/collections/frontpage/products/gut-microbiome-test-snapshot What do you think of the test above? Would appreciate your input on how useful you believe this test would be. (Understand you can't give advice etc but what would your initial thoughts on the above test be?)

Can anyone recommend a decent test for determine gut health? Balance? Microbiome etc? As some of you may be aware from reading my journal or previous posts, I am suffering with some issues, and I believe they may well be long covid related. I have done all sorts of tests but someone made me aware of tests on gut health. Anyone on here got any advice for testing Gut health testing? Cheers @Michael569 @undeather

Interesting. Thanks.

Have been linked on long covid forums to a discounted gut microbiome test which I will receive today. We'll see what happens with this. Spoke to my GP today. She sounded a bit dismissive but said she'd look into a long covid clinic. Advised I had exercise intolerance issues.

Good to know thanks. Do you have any experience with Biomesight? https://biomesight.com/subsidised/kits

Hi. Have you got any experience with them,?

American company instead of stopping supplies of blood they knew was infected with Hep C and HIV, they decided to keep it secret and try to mix blood samples together in larger quantities and hope people wouldn't notice. 30000 people infected because of blood transfusions or catching it from someone who got a transfusion. Happened during late 70's and 80s. Victims been fighting for decades and still no one been held accountable. No compensation.

Woooooooo

I seem to have had meaningful session with my psychologist today. Perhaps if these physical issues hadn't have exacerbated my MH problems then I'd never have gotten back into therapy and I'd just stay a withdrawn emotionally numb man forever. Got another doc appt next week. Fingers crossed.