u/Obi2

Long story short, over the past few years I had intermittent bouts insomnia that could last months long at a time. I could never pin point what exactly was causing it but definitely was worse when I had sex, played sports at night, or ate certain foods (at one point I noticed that steak and eggs for dinner equaled guaranteed insomnia).

Insomnia sucks enough as it is, but for it to happen every night for months you basically turn into a zombie - just hoping to survive and keep your job. Things stop mattering because you don’t have the mental capacity to care about it. Survival mode. You become a robot.

As soon as I’d be close to falling asleep I’d be jolted up w adrenaline surges. If I tried harder to sleep adrenaline all night. I tried every sleep med and routine under the sun and 99% of the time it couldn’t stop the adrenaline. Being extremely drowsy from sleep meds while simultaneously kicked full of adrenaline is a horrible feeling. Doctors couldn’t figure it out, had me do heart monitors and all these other things. I was very healthy and no stress beyond the insomnia.

Thankfully I live when I do, because hundreds of hours of internet research and then utilizing Chat GPT, I started to realize that I had Overmethylation symptoms. After using my 23andMe raw data and plugging it into numerous data computations I realized I had a CBS mutation and a couple lesser significant SNPs that that cause my body to struggle with sulfur compounds and rising the body of methyl groups. I had been eating food daily for decades that were essentially poison to me. I had also started taking certain vitamins (creatine, Sam-E, methylated B vitamins) in the recent past that was like throwing a match onto a gasoline canister.

It took a few weeks of eating niacin (flush) numerous times per day before my body became to equalize. I still need to niacin numerous time to keep from over methylating on a daily basis, but I haven’t had insomnia issues in a while. Glycine helps too, it’s just not as strong and too much can cause grey hair.

TLDR: I was literally going absolutely batshit insane w insomnia and niacin might have saved my life.

Purdue commit Luke Ertel won MVP.

Kentucky tied it up 70-70 in the 4th in game 2 yesterday, before Indiana went on a run.

I am a guard that really values traction, fit, and responsiveness. Sabrinas and Kobes have been my favorite shoes for as long as I can remember.

Picked up the pink JB3s, love the look. The traction is good, but the fit isnt quite as snug as I prefer (I do have slightly thin feet, def not wide).

My biggest issues seems to be the lack of flex/responsiveness though. I've heard these have stronger / carbon fiber soles or something to that effect and I can really tell when I try to make a quick movement, my feet just feel slightly slower to respond. Almost as if the shoe is "heavy" which I know its not.

I'll probably still playin these, just not actual league games.

As someone who is 6 ft, average strength, streaker shooter, I really rely on my handles and quickness/athleticism to give me a leg up, and it just feels like these hold that 1% back. I know that may be an unpopular opinion. I should add that I am nearing 40 so I know I am probably naturally losing some quickness - but when I play in my Sabrina's I dont notice the same issue.

Idk exactly what it is, denial, trauma, pain, sadness… maybe it’s still too soon. But I absolutely don’t allow myself to watch or read anything at all about last season. It’s like an ex who broke your heart- just don’t look at her social media and you are better off for it.

If we ever win a championship I’ll finally reach that closure that will allow me to relive and celebrate and cry with what happened last year.

I realize its a long shot being so far from the coasts, but has anyone ever had any good ceviche in FW?

Hello. I am curious which travel club does a better job at teaching skills, fundamentals, and knowledge of the game for elementary age kids?