Thread: Little Things about Health

Ugh, I made the mistake of losing my retainer. My teeth have remained straight but my overbite has completely returned. It wouldn't be so bad if the orthodontist hadn't seemingly destroyed my files and they haven't called me in years.

You too? I haven't been to an ortho since the last year in high school. I think that the place might've closed.

@jda95 - Is there a way you can seek another ortho? Or is that too expensive?

I had such a horrible anxiety attack a couple nights ago that it put my whole body into shock. I couldn't breathe, I could barely even get up, and it's STILL pretty bad after a few days.

body >:C

Ouch. @Itsuki - Are you going to be alright? What triggers these attacks?

Tip on food: Eat Breakfast. Don't skip breakfast if you can help it lest you become a Snorlax and eat everything on sight when the day is over.

Starting a few months ago, I experienced anxiety and agitation that was nearly pushing me over the edge. It didn't happen once, but multiple times, more than three times a week and it's still continuing, driving me crazy. I would experience extreme fear whenever those emotions appeaered. I couldn't concentrate on anything, and often had times when I didn't know what to do and spent days worrying over trivial stuff. I would lose my appetite from time to time. I was hysteric everyday and it was making me hard to go places where there are a lot of people. It was making my life dreary and I would dread everyday when the sun comes up. When I finally consulted a doctor, she told me I was worsening my mental health by stressing myself, and she gave me plenty of advices.

Never worry about future stuff. Worrying doesn't do anything, anyway.
Never worry about trivial stuff. There are other important stuff to do.
When anxiety takes over, try to 'blank' my mind and don't think about anything.
If it doesn't work, cry it out. Crying will help release the tension. Expressing emotions is way better than hiding them.
Have plenty of sleep. Lack of sleep will cause the symptoms to worsen.
Do something to enjoy. Have something to be happy about.
Think positive. Negativity never helps.

That's my advice on health. Mental health, to be exact. It's only been a week since I consulted the doctor, so I'm still experiencing those anxiety and fear, and it haunts me a lot. But I'm working on it to recover. Though I must say that being emotionally troubled is really a pain in the neck.

I hope I'm alright o_o I have a history of really bad anxiety attacks. But not bad enough to put me in the hospital like this one almost did and still might.

All this over Pokemon characters. :| SIGH. this is stupid

I got a confirmation this week that I have an intolerance to seafood, after eating a (delicious) macaroni/seafood combo at school for lunch. Not fun. :/

I've been eating a lot lately and been kind of moodswingy lately. Is that normal?

I have pretty good mental health but my body aches since I'm always doing shit that makes me sore in the morning.

Today I got so stressed about a test and an essay that I got these crazy palpitations and really bad chest pain. Palpitations are fairly common for me (I'm anemic) but this was the worst it's been for a while.

@Fennel: I don't usually get paplitations unless I'm really stressed out. So, maybe that's what's causing yours?

Now, I have a question about cleaning my glasses. When I got my glasses, I got this cloth and a small bottle of glass cleaner(made for eye glasses), but it seems my cloth only smears stuff around now instead of actually cleaning it(like it used to). So, would it be a good idea to wash the cloth or would it make the fabric change texture and cause scratches on my lens??

I have a cold, and there's a sore throat component with this lovely lovely cold. The sore part is right on my gag reflex. I haven't eaten properly for like. A week. Because when I cough, my throat goes HAHA NOPE and everything comes back up because gag reflex.

I start work in a week. This had better be GONE.

I've started getting weird pressure to the sides of my neck in work because of the stress, and before this weekend it has lasted only while I'm there. Today I've felt the pressure a lot even though I've only been home... It's really annoying.

The gastric ulcer is back and I'm having stomach-aches. During mid-terms, I had disobeyed the doctor's presciription and drank excessive coffee and skipped meals sometimes. I even had some fizzy drinks, and here's the consequences. I'm regretting that I hadn't kept my eating habits as it should be.

I'm trying to get back into working out, and eating better, but I swear, it's going to be hard with Thanksgiving around the corner, as well as my dad's birthday, then Christmas. @_@ I just hope I can still manage to keep everything as it is now, and not gain any weight. I worked hard to lose my 21-22 pounds, and I don't want to gain it back. :<