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It is a cultural difference. > In my case headaches are usually caused by sleep deprivation causing high sensitivity to external stimuli, muscle tension, dehyd

by nkrisc 6mo ago

It is a cultural difference. > In my case headaches are usually caused by sleep deprivation causing high sensitivity to external stimuli, muscle tension, dehydration, or some combination of that. So I'll first try to take a nap and/or stick to low-stimuli environments, have a good stretch and/or heated up massage pillow for the neck, and make a quick home-made oral rehydration solution with some salt and sugar. That usually alleviates most if not all of the pain. Most Americans aren’t allowed to take naps at work or leave for some low-stimuli environment while on the clock. If they take time off to do those things, they aren’t getting paid. So why do Americans take more painkillers? Because they can’t afford to not do so. So what’s the cultural aspect? That for some reason Americans find this preferable to socialized healthcare.

9x39 6mo ago
Naps are fine depending on the white collar work, how much is asynchronous, etc. Reasonable accommodations are usually possible as long as it’s not shift work. Painkillers are an interesting question since we have direct to consumer ads (uncommon globally as it turns out) and for clearly some reasons, we get sicker than other nations independent of how capable medicine is. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/harvard-health-ad-watch-how-direct-to-consumer-ads-hook-us-201909201968 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/harvard-health-ad-watch-... https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2023/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2022 https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2... Sicker is doing some work, and I think the US has such a diversity of health cultures and outcomes, you almost need to do it by zip code, but that’s another topic. >So what’s the cultural aspect? That for some reason Americans find this preferable to socialized healthcare Alternative universe where WW2-era employer provided healthcare didn’t emerge, would you wager we would be there now?
- nkrisc 6mo ago
  > Naps are fine depending on the white collar work, how much is asynchronous, etc. Reasonable accommodations are usually possible as long as it’s not shift work. Yeah, and it’s The people who are on their feet for a 12 hour shift who probably need it most.

by nkrisc 6mo ago

9x39 6mo ago

Naps are fine depending on the white collar work, how much is asynchronous, etc. Reasonable accommodations are usually possible as long as it’s not shift work. Painkillers are an interesting question since we have direct to consumer ads (uncommon globally as it turns out) and for clearly some reasons, we get sicker than other nations independent of how capable medicine is. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/harvard-health-ad-watch-how-direct-to-consumer-ads-hook-us-201909201968 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/harvard-health-ad-watch-... https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2023/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2022 https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2... Sicker is doing some work, and I think the US has such a diversity of health cultures and outcomes, you almost need to do it by zip code, but that’s another topic. >So what’s the cultural aspect? That for some reason Americans find this preferable to socialized healthcare Alternative universe where WW2-era employer provided healthcare didn’t emerge, would you wager we would be there now?

nkrisc 6mo ago
> Naps are fine depending on the white collar work, how much is asynchronous, etc. Reasonable accommodations are usually possible as long as it’s not shift work. Yeah, and it’s The people who are on their feet for a 12 hour shift who probably need it most.