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You need to figure out what is actually causing the problem. Start by keeping a journal. Include details about your diet in it, plus note when you are having a

by Mz 9y ago

You need to figure out what is actually causing the problem. Start by keeping a journal. Include details about your diet in it, plus note when you are having a good day, etc. Also, read up on sick building syndrome, regional air quality issues, etc. But first you need to pinpoint a cause. You can't just randomly try health tricks and hope they will work. If you don't know why you are lethargic and lack focus, you can't fix it by randomly throwing darts at the health dartboard with your eyes closed, so to speak.

floatingatoll 9y ago
You can, actually, just try randomly try health tricks and hope they will work. But if you don't keep a log, you won't be able to get help from others if/when you run out of ideas to throw darts at.
- Mz 9y ago
  One of the problems with randomly trying stuff is that if something works, you may not realize it and may not know what specific thing actually worked. Keeping a journal helps pinpoint patterns. There is a lot more to it than that, but it is a place to start, which is all I am really hoping to give this person. I have spent a lot of time resolving my own health issues, and it started with finally getting the right diagnosis. Then I spent a lot of time on alternative med lists and pursuing a diet and lifestyle approach and blah blah blah. I could say tons more on this topic, but I tend to treat lightly, in part because that often gets ugly reactions. I actually know a lot about this space, but it is not a space that is easy to discuss on HN and it is a space rife with pitfalls. I pursued carefully researched options, but there are genuinely a lot of nightmarish stories about people who were desperate and did things like fly to third world countries to get stem cell treatments or whatever and ended up seriously screwed over by it. So it's a hard thing to talk about at all. It is very hard to put out solid information on this type approach and doing so risks getting one lumped in with charlatans and the like.
  - floatingatoll 9y ago
    A thousand times yes to journaling.

by Mz 9y ago

floatingatoll 9y ago

You can, actually, just try randomly try health tricks and hope they will work. But if you don't keep a log, you won't be able to get help from others if/when you run out of ideas to throw darts at.

Mz 9y ago
One of the problems with randomly trying stuff is that if something works, you may not realize it and may not know what specific thing actually worked. Keeping a journal helps pinpoint patterns. There is a lot more to it than that, but it is a place to start, which is all I am really hoping to give this person. I have spent a lot of time resolving my own health issues, and it started with finally getting the right diagnosis. Then I spent a lot of time on alternative med lists and pursuing a diet and lifestyle approach and blah blah blah. I could say tons more on this topic, but I tend to treat lightly, in part because that often gets ugly reactions. I actually know a lot about this space, but it is not a space that is easy to discuss on HN and it is a space rife with pitfalls. I pursued carefully researched options, but there are genuinely a lot of nightmarish stories about people who were desperate and did things like fly to third world countries to get stem cell treatments or whatever and ended up seriously screwed over by it. So it's a hard thing to talk about at all. It is very hard to put out solid information on this type approach and doing so risks getting one lumped in with charlatans and the like.
- floatingatoll 9y ago
  A thousand times yes to journaling.