By Danielle Mathieu, MA Psychology, MSc Nursing (Student) and Health Researcher Anxiety rarely stays in your head. It settles into your shoulders, tightens your jaw, keeps your breath shallow and your sleep light, and it has a frustrating habit of lingering long after whatever you were worried about has passed. I’ve been thinking about this […]
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If you’ve been dealing with IBS for a while, there’s a strong chance you’ve already downloaded at least one app. As a health researcher and Master’s nursing student, I often come across people who are trying, often desperately, to make sense of symptoms that don’t behave consistently. IBS is generally understood as a disorder of
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If you’ve ever used sleeping pills to help you fall asleep, you may have noticed that over time, the quality of your sleep can start to feel off. Maybe you still fall asleep, but wake up feeling groggy, or your sleep just doesn’t feel as restorative as it once did. In my own experience, I’ve
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What’s available and what helps If you’re searching online for help with gut symptoms, the number of options can quickly start to feel overwhelming, and it’s easy to get disheartened quickly. As a health writer, and someone currently studying for a Masters in Nursing, I’ve spent a solid amount of time researching in detail how
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Living with irritable bowel syndrome is rarely simple. For some people, IBS can show up as unpredictable abdominal pain and severe bloating that makes it difficult to get through a normal workday. For others, it’s a constant calculation of where the nearest bathroom is. Meals can become experiments, and travel requires scrupulous planning. What makes
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Are you in that familiar loop of waking up and reaching for your phone, only to be met with data on how poorly you slept? It’s a neat little graph. A tidy summary confirming disturbed sleep patterns. {Insert generic image of sleep graph} Even if you only half-trust the data, it can still land like
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Reflux is common (sometimes after a big meal or eating late), but for some people, it’s persistent. You adjust your routine, change what you eat, you sleep propped up, and still you end up planning life around something that should be occasional. I’m a health researcher training as a nurse, and I’ve spoken with people
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In the last few years, things have changed for people dealing with acid reflux. Instead of additional appointments to get a referral, or trying to “push through” another month of burning chest discomfort or night-time symptoms, you can now access clinical support from home. Thorough evaluation, prescriptions when appropriate, and, in the best models, support
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For many people, IBS used to follow a familiar cycle. You experience a symptom flare, get a gastroenterology referral from your primary care provider, wait for your appointment, do a few tests, get a medication trial or a list of foods to avoid, and then try to figure out the rest on your own. Today,
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If you get heartburn or reflux, you already know it doesn’t always match what you ate. You can have a meal that seems completely “safe,” then feel burning in your chest, or wake up with a sour taste and a scratchy throat and wonder what happened overnight. PPIs (proton pump inhibitors) can be the right
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