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Doc put me on a high dose steroid today for the first time. I am ready to fight god.
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This is what happens when inflammation in your body is low, and a similar mode of being can be achieved through dietary changes, supplements, exercise and other adjustments
You're sounding suspiciously like the one therapist I saw for a single visit who wound up talking at me unprompted about their special diet that could cure cancer and autism.
Lmao how are they even remotely alike? Reducing inflammation makes you feel better and increases your functional capacity. This isn't about miraculously curing disease
I felt fantastic on a high dose of prednisone until it gave me an enlarged heart and major bone loss. Without it I can barely walk and stairs are not on he menu.
That's pretty fucked, what's the underlying issue if I may ask?
PMR
How do they tell the difference between fibromyalgia and PMR for you? I've been told I have one but there's no "good" way to tell them apart
Other adjustments include meth.
Ooh. Will any amphetamine do?
Try White Bentuangie Kratom
Please don't.
*For some people and some circumstances.
But otherwise you're spot on. Not sure why you're getting the downvotes.
(And I say this as someone with a condition for which the only thing that makes any difference is glucoocorticoids). I still try to eat well because I want to give my body every chance.
I think the asterisk is the entire explanation for the down votes.
OP hasn't said why they were taking the steroids or what underlying physical constraints they have. And that's fine, it's none of my business. I'm just happy they're feeling better.
It'd be like me walking into a hospital, not bothering to read a patients chart, and then just telling all the patients what they need to do to get better.
I'm only operating on assumptions, not asking any questions, and I'm not even a doctor.
It's absurd, absolutely absurd, offensively absurd to say anything will have a "similar result" to anything else if you don't even know specifically what they're taking or even why they're taking it in the first place.
That doesn't mean it's bad advice, in the general sense. It's just inappropriate to offer up your prescription to a specific person with a specific issue with absolutely no information about the person or the issue.
Exactly right. I didn't ask them for advice. They just assumed I was some schlub needing steroids because I can't take care of my body. I'm taking it for inner ear inflamation of all things. I work a very physical job and I don't know the last time I've had an issue with even moderate physical pain other than from blatant injuries from things like accidentally smashing my finger. I spend most of my day climbing ladders with 80lbs of gear strapped to my back without issue. A bit insulting to have some rando come in and assume I'm not taking care of myself because I'm on a certain medication.
He's getting down voted because everyone thinks they are an expert and know better. He's also absolutely right. 80% of the people here likely have a shit diet, but think it's good.
A lot of people have chronic conditions that won't be fixed no matter what they eat. I get it's easy to say stuff like that since a lot of people would benefit from better diet and habits in general, but when you're extremely ill it gets old really fast to hear even well-meaning advice that's not helpful.
At one point my guts were so infected I could eat barely anything and lived only on boiled white rice for a while, and I still had motherfuckers ask me had I considered eating more vegetables
That's exactly my point.
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While I agree eating healthy and cutting down inflammation is extremely beneficial, your statement seems to be undermining and not contributing in a meaningful manner. I don't think you are doing so in bad faith. I'm guessing you are trying to help but the way it comes off is not being well received because it's general advice that isn't pertinent to the observation OP is making. Again, I think your advice is solid in the general sense but the way it was stated may come off as condescending.
For example, when I was a college athlete I was extremely fit and eating healthy (and yeah, I felt great) but I had an allergic reaction on my epidermis and had to go on a steroid treatment.
Holy moly I felt like a god (just like OP is stating). I would regularly lift and exercise but when I was on the steroid treatment, it was another level of energy and strength. I can understand the OPs surprise and can relate to his observation that he is sharing as it is an interesting experience (especially the first time).