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My father had a stroke and no one acknowdeged the long term effects .
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Yes! I know
I was in denial about it for some months. Physically, he is the same, with some slight right-sided weakness; but mentally and emotionally... His memory is off and he has some speech aphasia (but at least he talks!), but emotionally, he's sort of like a 10 year old kid again. I have to say, sometimes it's sort of fun joking and playing with him, but other times it's hard when you need to do something important, and he just can't understand...
And a year later, we're still paying off his health bills... and my mom works
at the hospital! Go figure...
I found this information from a website:
http://www.relieve-migraine-headache...serotonin.html
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Serotonin is a neurotransmitter, which has gotten a lot of attention in the last few years. The reason is that low serotonin levels have been linked to depression, lack of concentration, obesity, sleeplessness, and, of course, migraine.
But the food and serotonin link is more complicated than just eating foods containing serotonin. Your body doesn't get serotonin from foods, but makes serotonin from tryptophan. Tryptophan is an amino acid which is essential for the body to get. It is the precursor to more than one neurotransmitter.
You may be able to increase levels of tryptophan by eating foods like breads, pastas, candy...
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I've always felt the rush from eating. I eat, and your head swims, and you can just cram stuff down your throat. So, instead of eating 1 or 2 oreo cookies, you end up eating 1 or 2 packages of them. But drugs, you can go "cold turkey." You don't
have to drink to survive. But you do have to eat. If there was some magic pill out there, that provided just enough calories to live, I'd freekin take it. I'm so sick of the hassle, and I'm sort of tired of trying anymore. Today, my mom made a batch of cookies--instead of eating 1 or 2 like I
planned, I ate 6 cookies. And honestly, I'm typing this so I don't go back and eat the rest of them. It's just something I can't have at all, and I should
know that by now. But I don't. I just keep digging the same hole and falling in it over and over and over again. And then there are times when I just fast, and fast, and fast. I'll fast for 2 weeks and loose 25 lbs. and feel
so good about it. But I can't just keep fasting forever. And once I start eating again, the pounds just come back. That's how this whole binging episode started: after a 7 day fast. Now I've been binging/purging for 5 weeks. It's not worth it. I'm still not losing weight. I keep trying to restrict, but I end up binging that night or the next day. I volunteer at the public library from 3-5 just because 3 o'clock is when the cravings set in. I'm so desperate to lose weight again. And my family only makes it worse. My brother bought over $500 in junk food (I'm not exaggerating; his entire college fund is
gone) from October to November. My dad goes through 4 gallons of ice cream a week. And then, my mom complains there isn't enough money for the car payment, or the electricity bill, or for groceries! Instead of buying this crap, can't they just buy some ****in produce at the store for $20? That's all I'm asking here, people! Sheesh!
I know I'm a dumb kid, and I can't understand all the facts... I should tell someone, but they won't believe me. Haha, aren't people with EDs supposed to be thin? (I don't mean it, but that's what everyone thinks) My friend keeps whining about being "underweight" and even asked me for some of my weight. Everyone can take my weight! I don't want it anymore!!!
