Seriously no wonder people abuse this stuff. I have gotten so much absolutely back breaking work done today and I’m not even slightly tired. I cleared the rest of the BS blizzard snow from the rest of my driveway (had only shoveled the sidewalk before), plus the curb all the way to the nearest storm drain. I rearanged my living room, reorganized my whole service van, I finally swapped in that new clothes dryer that has been sitting in the garage for a month, and all that is after a full day of physical work. I would have normally been tired 3 times over by now. I’m am resting right now not because I feel like I need to but because I don’t want to accidentally actually cripple myself by acting like I’m superman. If only this stuff didn’t completely destroy your body in the long term.
So from a medical perspective the relief of inflammation can be extremely liberating and can feel godlike indeed. Getting that by suppressing your normal immune function is a very short term and unsustainable option, but there are a few other options that can have similar if less intense experiences.
Reducing inflammation by removing something you are allergic to can have a similar relieving impact, though it can take weeks to even months for the immune cascade to settle and it may remain overactive for even longer if it is a long term exposure.
Removing a long term stressor like changing job, fixing your ergonomics, changing your shoes, or moving more can have a similar impact.
Changing your diet to remove highly inflammatory foods and replace them with less inflammatory foods can also work well, though finding out what is or is not inflammatory for you can be a bit of an experimental process, some people respond to different things with an inflammatory response for reasons I don’t understand.
I found that getting rid of dairy, dropping carbs to very low, cleaning out mould, getting a much more physical job, and getting rid of chairs in general all helped me a lot with my long term inflammation issues. My nasal issues cleared, my back stopped hurting at all, my pants fit better rather than being tight on the thighs, my headaches went away, and generally life improved.
Honestly same on the low carb. I did keto for a couple years and felt probably the closest I ever have to how I do now. I did eventually stop because it was more of a pain than it was worth for me. Physically I’m normally I’m pretty good even without keto. The steroids are just another level entirely of course.
The reason I’m on the steroids right now isn’t even for anything musculoskeletal. They’re blasting me with enough steroids to fight god for an inner ear issue of all things
Damn, what kind of inner ear issue? Is it impacting your balance? Hearing?
It started with weird ballance issues and then suddenly yesterday I woke up almost entirely deaf in one ear. Went to the doc and they said there’s no sign of infection. Best guess is some inflammation in my inner ear somewhere but they can’t know for sure without getting me in to see a specialist. They said it would have probably gone away on it’s own eventually but if the hearing loss in particular did happen to stick around for too long then it could become permanent so they’re hitting me with a steroid hammer just to make sure.
Wow, that is the most see what sticks approach I’ve seen for a while. Definitely a good time to try the steroids, how effective has it been? When you say deaf was it like everything was underwater, like a blocked ear, like low volume? Or something else entirely? My family has a history of hearing loss but it was the mundane gradual loss for the most part.
Noticed the same thing on low carb. unfortunately, beer and pizza are delicious
True, though I heard a saying and it stuck with me. I prefer toes to potatoes, meaning I would rather not eat potatoes than lose my toes to diabetes.
Very fair. In my case I just wanna have abs so hot girls will fuck me, but I don’t have type 1 and am nowhere near getting type 2, so the consequences arent nearly as dire for me.
Lol, clear goals can be helpful for sticking to a plan.