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Jun 19 · Replied
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Just popping back to say thank you, especially Stephanie. I read all of these with a cup of tea and had a little cry, in a good way. This community is such a relief sometimes.
Jun 19 · Posted
Trying magnesium this month. Just that. Writing down whether my sleep changes. Not buying anything else until I know. x
Jun 11 · Replied
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Just popping back to say thank you, especially Carol. I read all of these with a cup of tea and had a little cry, in a good way. This community is such a relief sometimes.
Jun 11 · Posted
Right so I need to say this somewhere because my family are bored of hearing it. I spent about three months last year buying things. Magnesium this, ashwagandha that, some collagen powder that tasted like sadness, a B-complex because an influencer with very good lighting told me I needed it. My bathroom shelf looked like a health food shop that had given up on organisation. I was spending I dread to think how much and I genuinely could not tell you if any of it was doing anything because I was taking six things at once like some kind of menopausal experiment with no control group. So I stopped. All of it. Just stopped. Then after a few weeks I picked one thing to try. Just magnesium, because it kept coming up in normal conversations rather than sponsored posts, and it's not expensive, and I thought fine, one thing, let me actually notice whether anything shifts. I've been writing a few notes. Nothing fancy. Just a line before bed. Sleep ok / woke at 3 / hot flush woke me / felt anxious. That kind of thing. So at least if someone asks me I have an answer that isn't "I think maybe possibly it might be helping but honestly who knows". I'm not saying it's working. I'm genuinely not. I'm saying I can now track something instead of just throwing money at Instagram. I'm also trying to eat more protein because apparently that's the boring unglamorous thing that might actually matter. Which is less fun than a supplement with a nice label but here we are. Anyone else doing the one-thing-at-a-time approach? Would love to hear what people are actually noticing rather than what the algorithm thinks I need. x
Jun 11 · Posted
Can I ask about magnesium without getting fourteen affiliate links back please. I keep seeing it everywhere and I am genuinely curious but I cannot tell what is sponsored content and what is a real person. I am also on a budget so I am not buying a £40 thing on the basis of someone's glowing Instagram post. I am trying to do one thing at a time rather than fill a drawer with half-used bottles. Currently that one thing is trying to get to bed before midnight, which is going... fine. Ish. If you have tried magnesium and it was a complete non-event, I actually want to hear that too. The non-events are just as useful to me as the success stories. Possibly more so. Also is there a form that is less likely to cause, er, digestive enthusiasm. Asking for obvious reasons. x
Jun 8 · Posted
Right so I finally stopped buying everything the algorithm throws at me and decided to just try one thing for a month and actually pay attention. Currently on magnesium. Three weeks in. Sleep is... maybe slightly less chaotic? Hard to tell because I also stopped having wine on weeknights around the same time, so who knows what's doing what. That's my problem. I can't isolate anything. Has anyone found a way to actually track whether a supplement is making a difference, or is it always just vibes? I'm keeping a rough note but I feel like I need a control group and I am not a scientist 😂 Also genuinely curious what people tell their GP about what they're taking. Do you just list it all? x
Jun 5 · Posted
Right so I've now got a shelf that looks like a health food shop exploded. Magnesium, ashwagandha, some mushroom thing my sister swore by, B vitamins, two different omega 3s. Cost me a fortune and I genuinely cannot tell if any of it is doing anything or if I'm just very expensive to maintain now. The hot flushes are still doing what they like. Sleep is still a disaster. Brain fog very much present. I don't want a protocol. I don't want a stack. I just want someone to tell me what actually helped them, one thing, that they noticed a real difference from. That's it. One thing. Is that too much to ask 😂 x
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Trying magnesium this month. Just that. Writing down whether my sleep changes. Not buying anything else until I know. x
Right so I need to say this somewhere because my family are bored of hearing it. I spent about three months last year buying things. Magnesium this, ashwagandha that, some collagen powder that tasted like sadness, a B-complex because an influencer with very good lighting told me I needed it. My bathroom shelf looked like a health food shop that had given up on organisation. I was spending I dread to think how much and I genuinely could not tell you if any of it was doing anything because I was taking six things at once like some kind of menopausal experiment with no control group. So I stopped. All of it. Just stopped. Then after a few weeks I picked one thing to try. Just magnesium, because it kept coming up in normal conversations rather than sponsored posts, and it's not expensive, and I thought fine, one thing, let me actually notice whether anything shifts. I've been writing a few notes. Nothing fancy. Just a line before bed. Sleep ok / woke at 3 / hot flush woke me / felt anxious. That kind of thing. So at least if someone asks me I have an answer that isn't "I think maybe possibly it might be helping but honestly who knows". I'm not saying it's working. I'm genuinely not. I'm saying I can now track something instead of just throwing money at Instagram. I'm also trying to eat more protein because apparently that's the boring unglamorous thing that might actually matter. Which is less fun than a supplement with a nice label but here we are. Anyone else doing the one-thing-at-a-time approach? Would love to hear what people are actually noticing rather than what the algorithm thinks I need. x
Can I ask about magnesium without getting fourteen affiliate links back please. I keep seeing it everywhere and I am genuinely curious but I cannot tell what is sponsored content and what is a real person. I am also on a budget so I am not buying a £40 thing on the basis of someone's glowing Instagram post. I am trying to do one thing at a time rather than fill a drawer with half-used bottles. Currently that one thing is trying to get to bed before midnight, which is going... fine. Ish. If you have tried magnesium and it was a complete non-event, I actually want to hear that too. The non-events are just as useful to me as the success stories. Possibly more so. Also is there a form that is less likely to cause, er, digestive enthusiasm. Asking for obvious reasons. x
Right so I finally stopped buying everything the algorithm throws at me and decided to just try one thing for a month and actually pay attention. Currently on magnesium. Three weeks in. Sleep is... maybe slightly less chaotic? Hard to tell because I also stopped having wine on weeknights around the same time, so who knows what's doing what. That's my problem. I can't isolate anything. Has anyone found a way to actually track whether a supplement is making a difference, or is it always just vibes? I'm keeping a rough note but I feel like I need a control group and I am not a scientist 😂 Also genuinely curious what people tell their GP about what they're taking. Do you just list it all? x
Right so I've now got a shelf that looks like a health food shop exploded. Magnesium, ashwagandha, some mushroom thing my sister swore by, B vitamins, two different omega 3s. Cost me a fortune and I genuinely cannot tell if any of it is doing anything or if I'm just very expensive to maintain now. The hot flushes are still doing what they like. Sleep is still a disaster. Brain fog very much present. I don't want a protocol. I don't want a stack. I just want someone to tell me what actually helped them, one thing, that they noticed a real difference from. That's it. One thing. Is that too much to ask 😂 x
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Jun 19 · Replied to Community post
Just popping back to say thank you, especially Stephanie. I read all of these with a cup of tea and had a little cry, in a good way. This community is such a relief sometimes.
Jun 11 · Replied to Community post
Just popping back to say thank you, especially Carol. I read all of these with a cup of tea and had a little cry, in a good way. This community is such a relief sometimes.
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Just popping back to say thank you, especially Stephanie. I read all of these with a cup of tea and had a little cry, in a good way. This community is such a relief sometimes.
Just popping back to say thank you, especially Carol. I read all of these with a cup of tea and had a little cry, in a good way. This community is such a relief sometimes.