Once I started using the Pulsetto vagus nerve device, my morning droop went from being horribly achy and bleh to just tired and hungry. Which is annoying, but much better.

Taking my sugar reading first thing, though, it can take a while to get to making breakfast, and I feel so much better afterwards. The hot chocolate helps that bit more too. I bought the cacao powder from PeakSupps this time rather than NutriSeed and it seems more bitter, or I didn’t put enough coconut milk powder in. It smells amazing, though.

Lowest reading of all mornings today too, I was very happy with 6.2. It’s better for having eaten something later (4.30am since sleep is that short). Though I hear it’s better to leave the liver for longer 🤷🏻‍♀️

#food #diabetes #VagusNerve #relaxation #calm

Feeling that much more awake today. I was so tired yesterday after a really good 30 seconds. No joke, that‘s how it goes sometimes. Feel good when I wake up and then droop.

Haven’t needed to lie down or sleep much today, usually needing until 5pm to feel awake. I listened to some sleep music last night since sleeping a little during the day left me restless at night, and it helps sleep deeper, if not longer (still not much clearing four hours). It’s dehydrating, though.

The Pulsetto vagus nerve device is still doing a good job and I felt more alert after using it yesterday. It does something I wasn’t expecting, though - in relaxing my brain, I feel sort of lower, less up in my head, less able to get into my imagination and I don’t like the feeling. I hadn’t realised that’s a not-relaxed thing 🤷🏻‍♀️

I tried my favourite ADHD focus music and it worked pretty well at sharpening me up again.

#energy #fatigue #health #VagusNerve #stress #sleep #pulsetto #adhd #frequency

The article discusses how stimulating the vagus nerve might protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease by supporting the health of the locus coeruleus, a key brain region involved in alertness, memory, and norepinephrine production. It reviews how tau buildup in this area may precede Alzheimer’s symptoms and how vagus nerve stimulation could help regulate its activity to support cognitive function.

This topic is of interest to psychology readers because it connects brain networks, neurotransmitter systems, and aging to memory and thinking processes, highlighting how interventions targeting neural regulation could influence cognitive health.

Article Title: How stimulating the vagus nerve could protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/how-stimulating-the-vagus-nerve-could-protect-the-brain-from-alzheimers-disease/

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#vagusnerve #alzheimers #locus coeruleus #neuroregulation #cognitiveaging

A few days of using the Pulsetto vagus nerve device and feeling less tired. Could also be due to the Thumper massager, the “rise” hot chocolate, taking metformin again and also some of the supplements (ginkgo and ginseng mostly). Gotta love knowing 😏

The Thumper can make a big difference, it loosens me up that much. My shoulders drop to where they’re meant to be and that brings more energy. The rise stuff is by SoulBrew. They do an unsweetened one and it’s delish.

#health #VagusNerve #food #medication

Used both the Pulsetto (vagus nerve stimulation) and Thumper (massager) and feel quite relaxed.

#stress #relaxation #health #VagusNerve

Bought a Pulsetto vagus nerve device the other day since it sounded like it works more deeply than the Sensate I bought in 2021, and it does. I’d also seen quite a few ads for it by an ADHD creator I watch called MyFavouriteJo (any Jos reading, please don’t take that literally).

She’d also used the Sensate and found this one works deeper. It’s currently on a nearly half-price sale or I wouldn’t have bothered. I wasn’t going to since I already have the Sensate, but I was curious enough in the end.

I put it on the sleep mode when I got it yesterday and instantly felt relaxed and a bit giddy like I could laugh. Afterwards I felt lighter, sleepy and at the same time more alert.

I’d love it if it helps lower cortisol and improves sleep. It’s been a few years since I slept for more than four hours. It’s partly because I’m too tired to do much and when I have occasionally gone out and done more in the day, it has gone to six hours.

#sleep #VagusNerve #anxiety #stress #pain #burnout

Your body already knows how to calm itself. You just need to turn it on.
Have you noticed how touching your neck can calm you down instantly? That’s your vagus nerve. a direct line between your brain and body that controls your relaxation response.
Try this: Gently massage the sides of your neck in slow strokes for 2 minutes. Or just hum. The vibration activates it immediately.

#vagusnerve #anxietyrelief #selfregulation #naturalhealing​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ #VeroWellness #TMGcommunity

Sync your steps, sync your soul! 👯‍♀️ Whether it’s a drum circle or a walking gossip sesh, communal vibes cure the Gen X grumps. 🌼 join us at breathebloom.co

#GenX #VagusNerve #BreatheBloom #Oxytocin #Community #WalkingMeeting #DrumCircle #VibeCheck #HealthRhythm #MidlifeMagic

The article describes how aging-related changes in the gut microbiome can influence brain signaling through the vagus nerve, leading to memory decline, and how altering gut bacteria or stimulating gut-brain pathways can restore memory in aging mice. It also identifies a specific bacterium, Parabacteroides goldsteinii, whose byproducts trigger local gut inflammation that impairs memory, and discusses potential translating approaches and remaining questions for humans.

The topic highlights how peripheral body processes interact with brain function, offering insights into mechanisms of cognitive aging. It also illustrates how interventions targeting the gut or gut-brain communication could modulate memory, underscoring the interconnectedness of physiological systems in psychology.

Article Title: Scientists discover how gut inflammation can drive age-associated memory loss

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/scientists-discover-how-gut-inflammation-can-drive-age-associated-memory-loss/

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#guthealth #memoryloss #aging #vagusnerve #microbiome

Last retoot… it’s not meant like that, but still advice reads too easily like condescending dismissal of everything I’ve done (indeed “tried”).

Seven years of chronic fatigue at home almost alone, under stimulation is right. It’s why the daily writing hashtag prompts and fandom love are what move me - dopamine, not wellness tips.

Burnout of the nervous system too, which is slowly showing glimmers of interest in things I used to love and is otherwise perhaps more defrosted than I thought (see “dorsal shutdown” and “functional freeze”, and miss me even more with pushy advice. I’ve done tons for it and still very little audio stuff has worked. Somatic exercise too).

If it doesn’t come from me, why would it move me to act.

I might be less annoyed if all this and autistic masking didn’t get in the way of friendship, romance, hobbies, work, people even realising I have a brain.

#ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #autism #burnout #fatigue #masking #freeze #VagusNerve #shutdown #health #stress