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Wellness Wednesday for February 8, 2023

The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:

  • Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.

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  • Advice. This can be in response to a request for advice or just something that you think could be generally useful for many people here.

  • Encouragement. Probably best directed at specific users, but if you feel like just encouraging people in general I don't think anyone is going to object. I don't think I really need to say this, but just to be clear; encouragement should have a generally positive tone and not shame people (if people feel that shame might be an effective tool for motivating people, please discuss this so we can form a group consensus on how to use it rather than just trying it).

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I just started using Silexan as suggested in Scott's post about a week and a half ago. I never thought of myself as someone with anxiety issues and never been to a doctor for it or used any prescription drugs. But dammed if it doesn't really help my mental state. I feel a lot less worry and what I guess is anxiety especially with regard to habits and social interactions. I feel like I have significantly more drive to do stuff. No issues or side effects at all, aside from the mild scent in burps, which I don't mind. Just ordered another batch of the stuff.

Thanks for the rec, I’m going to order some myself.

Google tells me this is an extract on lavender oil. I don’t know for sure, but I think lavender oil is estrogenic. Just adding for info:

https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/104/11/5393/5544509

So I’m going to turn into a trap if I start taking this?