No joy on the @#*! eye floaters
Being myopic is bad enough, what with the glasses in grade school and the terror of being caught in your spectacles by unannounced visitors.
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The inadvertent ending to my hypoglycemia
I had this for years without knowing what it was. At its worst, I had to eat every 45 minutes or my brain would do that revving/screaming/wheels spinning thing (silently, I mean; I’m pretty sure no one else could hear it).
How I induced cystic acne in myself
(Last updated April 2023.) Except for several regrettable weeks in 1995 when I was drinking seven cans of Pepsi a day, I have rarely been bothered by anything but the occasional pimple despite heavy chocolate abuse, which I’m guessing is offset by my heavy water drinking.
The heartbreak of stupid fingernails
(Last updated April 2023.) Growing up I’d watch movies set in the heyday of the manicure, the 1930s to the 1950s, and then I’d look down at my own bendy, shallow, round nails and I’d think, whyyyyy?
My depression and what I did to end it
Last updated April 2023. Basically a crushing depression till 31. My depression lasted from junior high until I was about 31. I had concluded by ninth grade that it was not event- or environment-based. At around 30, after 18 months on antidepressants, I realized they were a disaster for me and I looked elsewhere for ...
A mystery that’s getting really old:
perpetual exhaustion that isn’t chronic fatigue
Last updated April 2023. This is a record of what I did prior to figuring out that you should not live in water-damaged buildings, and that iron supplements are really, really bad for some people.
List of my deficiency symptoms
Here’s a list of deficiency symptoms I’ve noticed over the past decade or so, many of which have changed or disappeared over time.
