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0 pointssvnt1y ago0 comments

A similar but underreported possibility here is gastric ulcers which correlate extremely well with cortisol/stress.

You can attempt to fix it by taking NAC which is an amino acid with no side effects for $20 a month or so. Usually you don’t need to take it continuously, just in regressions.

It is frequently misdiagnosed as the other more serious/intractable things you’ve mentioned.

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spondylosaurus1y ago

Oh yeah, I forgot about ulcers. Non-ulcerative gastritis is on the table too, which can mimic some of the same symptoms and is absolutely triggered by stress. And both ulcers and gastritis can be a smaller part of a bigger serious issue!

Which is all to say... there are so many ways your gut can make you miserable, and they rarely get better on their own. Absolutely worth checking out if you can.

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0 pointssvnt1y ago0 comments

A similar but underreported possibility here is gastric ulcers which correlate extremely well with cortisol/stress.

You can attempt to fix it by taking NAC which is an amino acid with no side effects for $20 a month or so. Usually you don’t need to take it continuously, just in regressions.

It is frequently misdiagnosed as the other more serious/intractable things you’ve mentioned.

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spondylosaurus1y ago

Which is all to say... there are so many ways your gut can make you miserable, and they rarely get better on their own. Absolutely worth checking out if you can.

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