I don't think people realize how much insomnia sucks, its like living in a drunken stupor. Interesting video and happy to see you no longer have to deal with this.
@@currentriver4951 I have severe anxiety, schizoaffective disorder bipolar type, chronic depression, and sleeping is often very difficult for me. I might sleep one hour and wake back up, and typically sleep no longer than two hours at a time, wake up for awhile, drink a strong cup of coffee which makes me sleepy, then fall asleep again. I was found disabled because of it because it`s impossible for me to function as a normal person and be able to work. I struggle most days just trying to feel better and control the emotional pain and the feeling like all my nerves including my brain are on fire and I suffer horribly from it all most times. The only time I feel good or normal if when I drink or do drugs and I can`t do that because the temporary relief I get just stores up all the bad things I momentarily escaped and all of it gets released at once after I sober up. This is usually so exhausting that I can finally sleep though but stay in bed for days. The drugs they give me in an attempt to control the symptoms make me feel terrible. I can knock myself out with them and wake up later feeling extremely tired and sleepy but can`t sleep, so it`s trading one horrible feeling for another one. I could drink every day and feel a lot better but it would kill me. So does it make sense to not drink, live longer, and feel like crap, or should I drink, improve my quality of life, and suddenly find myself very ill one day from alcohol abuse with only hours or days left to live?
It is hell like no other. But oddly enough it has it's unique positive moments. There are the occasional moments when you feel like you are sitting on clouds, your mind is empty, your body feels comfortable, all is well. Then you fall face first on the floor because you were actually falling asleep at work while sitting on the edge of a table.
I’m an emergency physician. For the past 2 years I’ve been experiencing biliary colic occasionally without even realising it was biliary colic. I diagnose it ALL THE TIME in ER. But I never linked it in my head. Not until my gallbladder went bye byes and I needed emergency surgery last week. Doctors aren’t good at being their own doctors it seems.
You explained insomnia so well. The dread of the sun going down because you know you'll watch it come back up without any sleep is a hell I've experienced many times.
That's why lawyers need lawyers to represent themselves; the same way doctors can't self dianose as effectively as another doctor can diagnose you. Thank you for sharing
Wow, what you said at 7:28 rang so true with me. I had really bad insomnia October last year and that dreadful feeling of knowing you'll watch the sun rise was something I described to my doctor. Now I'm on medication that works for me and I hope I never deal with that level of sleeplessness again.
Indeed. I grew up with this, and in my teens it was bad enough that it was a major reason for switching to night school, just because it was so hopeless getting any sleep at correct hours (also started to hate birds). Now I've found a medicine that really helps (agomelatine), and it is ridiculous how different life is when you don't have to be anxious about not being able to sleep. (Many different things tried between finding this med and starting my search: old style antidepressant: good, but the side-effects make them impractical, melatonin: almost as good, but my ability to stay asleep goes to
"When it's happening to you, it hits different." I used to be an EMT and am in nursing school, at my side job I started having an acute allergic reaction to an ingredient I was working with. Anaphylaxis is a very common EMS scenario, one I've responded to and seen with my own eyes in the ER. But I still sat in that room at work for a few good seconds going "woah, I wonder why it's getting hard to inhale? Huh, feels like my throat's closing up, wonder what that could be." Loved the video and that story made me laugh.
Definitely. We are trained to observe things in other people, and it's not nearly the same as observing them in ourselves. And that's only physical stuff, psychologists can just fall into a pit of dangerous misdiagnosis if they try to work on themselves with the training to work on others
My mom was a rideshare driver for a time, and she often worked later at night. To help her stay alert, she would have Monster. After she stopped working as a driver, she basically stopped drinking Monster. Flash forward a period of time, it turns out she has a B12 deficiency, starting right around when she stopped doing rideshare. That was one hell of a memory you pulled out of my head with this video, but as soon as I remembered it, the whole thing clicked for me.
What an incredible account, much to unpack. Do appreciate knowing what's happened to you--You've really had some adventures!--Dr Bernard, so glad you're still around to tell the tale! -Emia means presence in blood!💖
I'm sorry to hear that ChubbyEmu videos have caused you so much stress over the years. Those videos bring a lot of people like me joy and knowledge. Take care of yourself, Dr. Bernard, and be well. Even if that means not making videos.
You had a colleague push CBT on you but as a physician you knew better, but imagine what it's like for us non doctors getting told things are "all in our heads" Can be extremely frustrating.
I have hemiplegic migraines. My neurologist (who is actually an epileptoligist) told me "you should try CBT" I knew she didn't know to help, so this was all she could give me. Said my body had anxiety manifesting and I didn't even know it. I'm chronically ill and have been for years so I can smell bullshit. Since I have struggled with anxiety and depression in the past (which I have managed, I'm less anxious than the average person) I'm sick of hearing it. I did go to a therapist though, and she explained CBT to me, but only with hypotheticals relating to situations I had told her. How she described it, it would not help me because I have rational and realistic thought. All of this medical gaslighting and people not taking you seriously is truly frustrating. And the worst part is, we know there's very little that we can do about it except advocate for ourself. Stay strong 💪
Which is weird because, as a mental health professional, my first instinct if someone is showing neurological symptoms is to ask them to talk to their GP about a neurology consult.
@@DahVoozel you can assess by yourself and than discuss in multi-disciplinairy team, if you assume it. So basically still referening yes. It is not either, but both.
I felt this video. I dealt with chronic insomnia for 15 years. A lot of nights I'd only sleep for a couple hours. Sometimes my body would just shut down and I'd get maybe 5 hours before I woke back up. I had one or two nights a week I couldn't sleep at all. Fast forward five or so years and my psychiatrist prescribed me mirtazapine for depression/anxiety. I slept like a baby for two full days. Depression and anxiety gradually disappeared. I sleep 8-10 hours a night now, every night. I wish I knew what kind of chemistry was going on there.
Dude, how did you fix anxiety? Just by two days mirtazapine? I have also doctor described mirtazapin for sleep. I have chronic insomnia for all my adult life. I just cant shut off my thoughts at night. And when I wake up in the middle of the night, my mind is offering me a hundred scenarios, topics in a second.
@organ iced I wish I could just tell you a way to shut it off. And no, it wasn't just two days. I still worried constantly about everything for months. Being able to sleep just made it a lot easier to deal with. At around the same time, I found I had a passion for theology and linguistics. So instead of feeling aimless and empty I felt like I had something worth living for. So I just kept on struggling. I'd make the phone calls I'd been putting off, clean my apartment, go out in public, and get out of my comfort zone. As I did more stuff like that, I was able to gradually build confidence. At the end of the day, I could tell myself, "You did that, and it's over. You don't need to worry about it anymore. " Over the next year or two, those things became pretty easy. That was in 2016. It's been 7 years and I'm still picking up the pieces. Building a career path, trying to get back in shape, and dealing with various health problems. But life is good, and it feels good to make progress on those things. And I've gone from having a panic attack every time my phone rang to 3 years and counting without one.
@@justafrog5641 thank you for the reply. I forgot to say that mirtazapine(15mg which I halve) is the only thing that help me to sleep. But I dont take it regularly, just when I'm in vicious cycle and nothing else help. But I'm scared it mess up my head(even more) so I have trie to find alternative, more natural medicine. So far, I have tried everything what you can imagine to get proper sleep. I do exercise and eat pretty clean. But there is no cure.
I remember in last five years or more I have one night that I remember I went to sleep and woke up in the morning. Every other night I wake up atleast few times. Some times I'm awake fifteen minutes sometimes three hours. Then back to sleep again and awake. People who have not suffered from insomnia can not understand what you are dealing with. I would give all my money all my savings (some 80000 euros) instantly if some one cure my insomnia forever so that I would sleep when I go to sleep and wake up in the morning. I know I would be completely different person.
Vitamin B12 deficiency was causing me to have muscle twitches, lethargy, brain fog and dizziness. Coincidentally, it was the neurologist that figured it out in my case. I've been taking a B12 ever since and most of the symptoms haven't returned
I noticed that energy drinks (without sugars) actually help keep me from bouncing off the walls so I can sit still long enough to focus on sedentary tasks and help me balance my focus between complete lack of it and extreme hyperfocus. It appears to be the caffeine that helps most because plain tea or coffee also does the trick. The other thing energy drinks have helped me with have been allowing me to filter out excess noise a lot better, although I do notice the energy drinks send me to the bathroom a lot.
@@CylitheraGreywolf it's the adhd! Caffeine stimulates the part of the brain that's understimulated in Adhd, just like Adderall and Ritalin! Being able to focus better on caffeine is a common indicator of Adhd, and it's helped a lot of people get diagnosed as adults
Thanks for doing what you do! My wife is a lawyer in NC, but she's having a terrible time finding work at a practice, and is stuck in a dead end job doing document review...... For TWO YEARS
Yeah, washing dishes is the lowliest restaurant job, and you probably work the hardest. Then at night you have to finish the dishes, AND clean the sinks AND sweep and mop the floors. Some fellow employee sits at the bar drinking until you finish and you both can go home. And I never worked in a restaurant where the wait staff shared ANY of the tip money with dishwashers. Zero.
@@Tenskwatawa4U I've literally never worked anywhere like that and I've been cooking for like 10+ years now. You'll be shamed for leaving early while there's still closing to do, the line cooks are the ones helping finish up dishes and cleaning the kitchen. Dishwashers get tipouts. Must be the shitty American restaurant culture. Also the idea of "you probably work the hardest" is complete bullshit. Just- absolute shit. It's honestly insulting to how hard cooks and chefs have to work, and we're usually not even paid as well as you think we are. Is dishwashing a shitty, hard job? Sure. But it's absolutely nowhere NEAR being "the hardest job in the kitchen" by any stretch of the imagination, and it just shows that you've never been food staff if you think that it is. Unskilled labour that a teenager can do competently will NEVER be as "hard of work" as a trained linecook working 12-15 hours a day.
@@robbiirvine1038 I certainly did enjoy your opinion. I've done 14-hour shifts as a dishwasher. And I'm a college grad, my friend. No sir - never one cent tip. Ever. And yes, I always did most of the cleanup and did it alone, while another member of kitchen staff sat at the bar, drinking, and waited until I finished so he could lock up. All were relatively "upscale" restaurants, not greasy spoon joints. I worked one place where I was cook AND dishwasher. Never one speck of help in the kitchen. Ever. No tips there, either. One day, after my prep work was done (we still hadn't opened) I took out a sandwich I HAD BOUGHT ELSEWHERE and took a five-minute meal break. There were no official breaks at all in this place. So I took a minute to have a bit to eat - the entire 9-hour shift had no breaks or relief whatsoever. The owner came in and told me to eat on my own time from then on. I nodded and said, "okay." As soon as he left the kitchen I slipped out the back door and went home. Never even collected the pay I was due. I guess he came in a bit later to find out why orders were backing up as dinner rush got rolling. I ran into him year later in public and he wouldn't even look at me. Cool!
Ha, the timing on this is great. I'm a biologist (by training) and I ID B12 deficiency in animals all the time, but just recently I somehow got a deficiency too. I did get myself tested just in case, but because I had an oral supplement, I didn't think I would actually have it. My symptoms only got as far as exhaustion, but it really is true that it is very hard to catch it in oneself. I still have to figure out how I got it, but I totally feel you on how it can sneak up on you, regardless of how familiar you are with finding it in others.
Apparently those oral supplements don’t absorb that well. My doctor gave me injections for several months when mine was low. Did you have this low B12 last year by chance? That’s when I had it. The only thing I could think is that the pandemic disrupted my habits. And since I already have a bad stomach (gastroparesis) it has more effect on me if I don’t eat as well. Maybe something similar happened to you? Or maybe you have something going on with the stomach? Ever get stomach cramps? Anything happen kind of on the subtle end you just shrug off? You’re a biologist so I’m sure you’ve already thought of this, but it sucks you can’t figure it out.
@@カスカディア国人 reminds me of a woman who had severe vit b12 deficiency bcz the tapeworm in her intestines would suck up all the vit b12. She too had abdominal pain. Recently saw vid in this channel.
I guess mine is different because I get plenty of b vitamins. I hadn’t watched to the end before. I have taken Adderall to help fall asleep because it calms me down so fast. And I guess I still wonder why.
It's honestly kind of relieving to hear you describe insomnia the exact same way that I do. To know someone else has experienced exactly what I did/do and had similar observations. Makes me feel less psychotic. Thanks for that.
It's crazy because the exact same thing happened to me when I had a nasty case of Sibo (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth). My small intestine was so inflamed that I wasn't absorbing Vitamin b12 well enough. I became severely deficient. My worst symptom was SEVERE insomnia and weakness. Now I consume LARGE amounts of beef liver, shell fish and grass fed beef. All super high in B 12. Especially clams. Now I'm back to normal. Craziest thing that ever happened to me.
@@fmartin59 Probably true, but it wasn't necessary so I went the route that my Irish ancestors went. Eat large amounts of animal organs and shell fish. It fixed the problem real quick. Clams are essentially a vitamin b12 supplement. They contain 3500% the daily recommended value of vitamin B12.
You might want to cut down on the liver, mate, or you may well be on your way to develop vitamin A toxicity. A mere 100 grams of beef liver provides well over 5000 mcg of vitamin A, and the daily allowed maximum is 3000 mcg (even that is too much on a daily basis), so eating it more than once a week is really not sensible at all. Please stop.
This video actually saved me. I started cutting red meats from my diet because the grease in those gave me heavy stomachaches. And not too long after that I started not being able to sleep, feeling irritated and depressed all day long. It didn’t matter if I did cardio that day, meditated or read books before sleep, my brain was in a continuous frenzy, a hurricane of thoughts that couldn’t leave me… or just the total opposite: almost sleeping but not really and then getting startled and wide awake. It was when I watched this video that I started taking supplements, and Oh Boy, That Helps!! Now I can sleep again after a year and a half with very little to no sleep time, and I feel like my brain works again. Thank You So Much!!
Grease/Fat causing stomach pain [especially in the solar plexus region] might be related to gall bladder stuff too; if you have it under control awesome, and if not you can get that checked out : o
I went trough something similiar, and the way I got tipped of that it could be a vitamin B deficiency was actually this video. Funilly enough, when I started work at a new company end of last year, during the worst episode of insomnia I've ever went trough, I would always grab a Monster from the fridge with drinks they provided, and after some time of doing this on a daily basis, I would find myself finally falling asleep at some point of the night. It didn't really come to me at first that it could be a Vitamin B deficiency and the Monster counteracting it, until I saw this video. I went ahead and got my blood work done, and that confirmed that I was infact deficient in vitamin b12 (150,4 ng / l). So thanks a lot for your content, without this video, I probably wouldn't have known for a long time.
@@Cribius ADHD is a pretty broad disorder, and there are so many different causes of it. In some cases, people with ADHD find that caffeine acts like a sleep medication as counterintuitive as it seems. As someone with ADHD, I also find caffeine having the same effect. It's kind of like using stimulants in the case of ADHD to increase attentiveness and calmness despite there being hyperactivity and inattentiveness. The idea behind that is that most people with ADHD have decreased dopamine levels and so by increasing them with the use of stimulants will reverse the negative affects.
@@Cribius The idea is more connected to the caffeine content rather than the vitamin B12 content. The exact reasons why it occurs aren't known as with many other things pertaining to not only ADHD but the brain in general.
I of course love the regular Chubby video pacing but i really like this style of vid too! Great to hear you talk about everyday health and no music was refreshing too
Words cannot describe how much we appreciate this video. Most people never have the tools to figure out what is wrong with them in this way. And sadly, a lot of doctors like your colleagues are insistent in useless treatments instead of saying “I don’t know”. I’m also blown away that something as subtle as a diet change over many months can affect someone in this way.
I've been searching for a cure for my mom online she had insomnia issues, I was referred to dr moses on RUclips who finally cure her using his natural remedies which he sent to me where I am in California now my mom is doing just fine thanks to dr moses
This leaves me wondering how much adrenal fatigue can be related to vitamin B deficiency. A few years back I had insomnia and adrenal fatigue. I also downed my first energy drink in ages and slept the best I’d slept since before insomnia. I was told that my hormones were so out of wack that consuming caffeine actually made me sleepy instead of wired.
Great video, can totally relate, I was over exercising, under eating and not getting enough carbs which resulted in several nutritional deficiencies after 6 years etc (thought I was being healthy, felt great in the initial years) unknowingly I was putting my body in a catabolic state which caused my body to stay awake and alert. I finally made the connection relating to the messages and signals I was sending to my central nervous system via the way I was eating and exercising. I realised I had been forcing my body into survival mode and it was simply responding the way it was meant to. I cut back and changed the way I exercise opting for more anabolic promoting activities with ample recovery time, ate more frequent balanced meals and also allowed myself to take naps. It has taken a long time for my body to balance out and recover, I now don't even need to bother with or think about sleep hygiene, I get tired and sleep. I hope this helps someone in a similar predicament, the worst part is not knowing what is happening and how to recover.
😲😲😲😲Oh. My. God. This explains so much. I was recently diagnosed with a pretty bad b12 deficiency. I didn't realise my insomnia could also be related to this. Wow.
Cats_shall_rise Except I had both too, and replenishing my B12 status did nothing for my insomnia. The only thing that has shown some promise is to have enough sugar/insulin in my diet. I know these have become the outcasts of the nutrition world, but not having enough in my diet seems to be what's causing/contributing to insomnia. I'm assuming it's because it allows more tryptophan/serotonin/melatonin to enter cells, but it could also be, ironically, because it provides more energy (quick energy, that is, in the form of sugar [fat's more of a slow burn]) to the body, which I've heard from some in the health space is also connected to sleep problems (an energy deficit, that is). I suppose the best answer is that it's a combination of both. In fact, the more of a big, fat, sugar-bomb dessert I have the more it seems to improve my sleep. Probably not the greatest for my health, but if I can sleep better, it's worth it. Just thought my experience might be helpful if the B12 angle doesn't work out.
@@anemicgoalhop495 Carbs react differently when combined with fat or protein. Or if you prefer, fats react differently when combined with protein or carbs. Chemistry is more complicated than you assume. The other day someone claimed you can atone for drinking skimmed milk by adding butter to it. Of course the answer is NO. So don't diss it until you've got a degree in it.
@@anemicgoalhop495 It seems to be helping, but thanks. I was also told my on and off swelling of my lip could be b12 related, but this keeps occurring.
I had a client who developed adult onset type ONE diabetes. Knowing how unusual that is, I questioned him about it. He was a 30 year old veteran with a traumatic head injury. He attributed his adult onset type one diabetes to a high consumption of energy drinks during his deployment. Anyone else heard of anything like this?
No, it's probably circumstantial. I am a type 1 diabetic. Developing type 1 diabetes is a long process - not overnight. Your beta cells slowly die off and when you get to the point of not producing an adequate amount of insulin, fatigue will set in. This is possibly why he started drinking more energy drinks. Type 1 is an autoimmune disease. So it's like genetics+ environmental/viral trigger.
@@annaohare8263 I'm not a physician, Anna. Medical massage therapist. I do have a more in-depth history. His insulin pump failed & he lost a significant amount of weight. He came to me because of back pain. His back & core muscles were beyond hypertonic, they were like beef jerky. After a full session, I didn't see much improvement so I sent him home with an LED infrared/far infrared light. That spoke to his mitochondria and transformed his muscle tone...
This is so cool to see you in the other role in a way in your own tales. Often when I listen to the stories I put myself on the shoes of the person the victim basically self inflicted or not the patient or whatever. So it’s interesting to hear you describe how it goes the other way. Even chubby emu can have problems in their nutrition and life even knowing crazy medical and drug facts
This is my story for the last 25 years, and finding a doc that will listen is hard. I know this was a hard thing to face in your life but I'm sure it makes you a better physician.
I appreciate you very much because of these personal human experiences you share where you can understand why people do things sometimes. Years ago I had a months long bout of insomnia and I went to sprouts looking for something to help me sleep, I was 22 at the time. I bought a bottle of nighttime herbs that had Phenibut inside. When a few pills didn't work I ended up having the entire bottle. I got scared that I mightve overdosed on a gabaergic I.e the Phenibut so I went to urgent care. The Dr was so rude and scoffed and looked down at me at what I did like it was inconceivable like I was some alien with alien actions. Your experiences as a body builder and here with energy drinks shows that sometimes people do dumb things and I think it beehoves Dr's to put themselves in their patients shoes. Love ya Dr Bernard thanks for your awesome content.
It's amazing what the right blood tests can reveal. When I first saw my current doctor, she ordered a lot of blood tests so she could get a better picture of my health. With that, and some very basic supplements she had me take based on the results, I was able to kick some pretty severe issues that had been affecting me for years. :)
@@unklecorky2181 Just a new family practice doctor. Had to find a new one since my insurance changes and no longer covered the guy I’d been seeing for like 15 years. Now, my old doctor was also phenomenal, but may have gotten complacent over time. Being a brand new patient was a good reason for my new doc to get as complete a health summary as she could. 🙂
thanks this helped me so much. I tried CBT for years and it didn‘t really help my insomnia until i started supplementing B12. I told my therapist and she was very grateful and said she would tell other patients with insomnia to get their vitamin levels checked
Hey Doctor Bernard. I just wanted to say thanks for making this video. I've been a big fan of ChubbyEmu for a while and I just recently started to check out this channel as well. I'd been struggling with insomnia myself for months when I happened upon this video. After watching it I got to wondering if a B vitamin deficiency was what was causing my problems as well, so I ran out and got some B12 supplements. Sure enough, after taking the B12 supplements, I've had zero issues with insomnia. Thanks again for the video. I don't know how long I would have gone without trying a B12 supplement if I hadn't come across it.
As someone who similarly had to self-diagnose a vit. B deficiency, that was the first thing I suspected when I heard that monster cured your insomnia. Glad you're better.
@@shellderp It's not like it's free of charge. Or done in 5 minutes. Edit: Not even what I said. I guess, try not sleeping for several days at a time and see how your brain works. He eventually figured it out and did get blood tests, after the fact obviously. But during that time, he chalked it down to stress. Of which stress makes sense. We know now that it wasn't stress. His mind, for himself anyway, won't have exactly been firing on all cylinders. Just go 3 days without sleep and try to solve some simple questions given to you by someone else at random. It's not always as simple as you made it out to be.
i loved how casual and friendly this video was, all your videos are great but the ones on heme review just hit different :) glad to see you got better after that story
Amazing, I’ve been vegan for several years and usually get regular b12 shots. I’ve been unable to do so for the last few months because of the pandemic and doctors only seeing patients for more important reasons. Been suffering from insomnia now for a few weeks and had absolutely no idea why. Literally just had a B12 shot and this video comes up lol. Praying I have a good nights sleep!
dude I can't explain how much this video just blasted a contrasting color over what I've been going through, beautiful artfully shared vulnerability, good shit fellow human.
Bernard, I always love and appreciate your videos, but this one even more so. The open and honest vulnerability really makes you incredibly relatable. Thank you for your earnestness and the way you share information. And yes, we totally struggle with self objectivity. No matter how competent a doc we just can’t see ourselves from the outside.
Thanks Dr. Bernard! I discovered my B12 deficiency after watching "A Student Ate Only Chips And Fries For 10 Years" video, as I connected my confusions, tiredness and insomnia with it. And no, I didn't rely on potato based meals before.
So weird to see this side of you…. but i love it. i cant believe you worked so hard through all of this!!!! youre amazing and an inspiration!!!! keep it up
Glad I found this I've been going through insomnia the passed 8 months. I also realised that drinking a Monster was actually making me tired... Thanks for explaining the reason!
I am soooooo happy to hear a doctor having a stand against CBT being a be-all, end-all fix for any medical issue. I had had undiagnosed chronic pain for about 20 years at the time. While seeing yet another "specialist" he couldn't find the reason for the pain but thought I might be a candidate for some pain relief therapy he performed (I can't even remember what it was), but he wanted me to have a psych evaluation first. It found that I had psychological issues related to my pain and he wanted me to have those resolved b4 getting any treatment. Find me anyone who has had undiagnosed and poorly treated chronic pain for 20 years who doesn't have any psych issues relating to it!!!
Exactly these doctors seem to think that the psych issues are a cause of the pain, without understanding it is merely a symptom of the pain... And because of this, at least for me, they dont even attempt to bother with any other treatment other than psych therapy.
He said a few things in the vid that CBT could have helped with but like giving it as the only option is bullspit CBT would have asked him about his diet
Dude, I just wanted to say how amazing you are. You start off from humble beginnings. Somehow educated yourself and became a toxicologist working in and ER. Produce some of the most entertaining and helpful content on youtube. I think you may have even helped me inadvertently with finding something to help me with my brachycardia. I took one dose of B1 last night around 10pm and so far as of 0600hrs haven't noticed any drops as lower as they were between 46-51 for my low. It's averaging in the 80's now. Still have a bit of an arythmia as noted by Paramedics when they came out to see me about 5 days ago when my blood sugars got dangerously low 54 on my meter 34 on theirs. I wanted to ask do you have any videos abotu diabetics and dangers of too high or too low blood sugar and what happens to people when their blood sugars are too high for too long or too low for too long and the damage this causes?
Doc I have worked in one of the largest hospitals in the USA for over twenty years. Although I am not a physician I am a science nerd. I love going to the doctors lounge for break to read JAMA, the Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine. Now I have you & your videos. Thanks for keeping a science nerd informed, entertained, and a little more educated. Keep up the great work.
Wow O_o Thank you for being so honest about your experience. And also thank you for all Chubby emu videos. They are great. Wish you to stay happy and healthy ❤️
I already knew there was a problem in medicine with inappropriate use of CBT, but the neurologist recommending CBT for a vitamin deficiency is still astonishing
He probably took the description of circulating thoughts and anxiety over previous sleepness nights as an indicator that the insomnia wasn't organic and could be treated with cbt.
@@olenickel6013 I agree that's probably what happened, but the point is that he was wrong. The doctor coming to the incorrect conclusion that this was a psychological problem without checking for a physical cause meant that a serious medical problem went untreated.
What's the WORST is when people tell you "you know that that energy drink is so unhealthy, it's bad for you." Uhm.....ANYTHING not consumed in moderation is bad/unhealthy!
Literally they be saying nothing but cap, but if I could tell you is how our body reacts. If you don't get chills and sweats and feeling sick then you can take it a lot. But if you do take a moderation from those that cause it. Redbull caused so much sickness that I stoped drinking it. And I do now I just want a sip. Hopefully I don't like redbull. With monster I take caution and moderation since sometimes it has given. And bang, im having the best day to relax. I take 1 can only 2 days a week.
Honestly I feel like this is still kinda true for the ones containing sugar since it's so much but like the zero sugar ones taste as good if not better but don't contain the astronomically high sugar content
There was a period in my life where I was, daily, consuming 800-1000mg caffeine a day, for the better part of a year. Typically in a combination of espresso shots at work (~100mg/ea) and Monster Zero Ultra (~200mg/ea). I had absolutely no health consequences from this whatsoever. After a year of this, I got to thinking that maybe I had focus / ADHD issues, as I needed this to stay focused at work. I went to a psych, after a few months of non-success with nonstimulant medications, she started me on 5mg Adderall XR, and from that day forward my coffee consumption fell to
I found a copper deficiency last month after pleading the doctors to check it and others. They kept telling me it's depression despite my only problem being physical fatigue. Strong that still continues. Insomnia as well as described here.
OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH. I have had the same experiences as you, i quit caffeine recently, and had the awful insomnia issues again, but noticed they went away once i started a non caffeinated version of my "water enhancers." Looks like the answer for me the whole time was B vitamins
When I first went vegan years ago I had no idea about supplementing for it and developed a deficiency. I'm so glad there's a lot more info out on it now.
this this this!!!!!! i feel like that’s where a lot of the unfair hate towards vegans and vegetarians comes from. i’m not a vegan or vegetarian,, but that shit irritates me lmao. a lot of the exposure to veganism and vegetarianism comes online, and many people online don’t want to put in the extra effort to give tips, tricks, and advice on how to stay safe when dieting. if people actively expressed how important it is to supplement for missing vitamins, i feel like they’d get a lot less undeserved hate. (hella respect to my pescatarians, too!! i’m closer to yall diet wise lmao)
Incredibly fascinating. I always struggled with a super irregular sleep schedule due to energy drinks, but I never once in my life had it cause actual sleeping problems. I've been off energy drinks for a solid 2 years at this point, and there's at least 2 days during my entire week that I have to pull all-nighters, simply because I can't fall asleep. Nothing has changed in my life except the lack of energy drinks.
I'm glad I watched your story with insomnia. I'm on my fourth day of no sleep and frustration. It all happens to tie in with the video as I'm on an OMAD diet that I've been on since November. I immediately took a B12 supplement that I had bought and had it at home. I hope tonight I will finally fall asleep
I noticed something similar once but think it was probably electrolyte imbalance. I had insomnia and palpitations, never sure which one caused the other. The doctor diagnosed anxiety and put me on an SSRI. I wasn't on it for long when I got pregnant and stopped the drugs anyway but also my diet changed due to the pregnancy and the pounding went away and I could sleep again. I didn't think much about it until over a decade later when I went keto and the same thing happened as part of the keto flu and I found magnesium supplements got rid of the symptoms very quickly. I formulated my eating better to remove the supplements but learned that I was probably deficient in something and taking an unnecessary drug for an anxiety diagnosis that was probably wrong all those years ago.
I think ChubbyEmu just explained my insomnia from when I was a teenager. I put it down to exam stress, but my mum made me go to the doctors because I was like a zombie. I was b12 deficient, and now get shots every 3 months for it. Since getting the shots, my insomnia went away!!
Good job dr. Bernard I like watching your videos you're very informative suspenseful to😊 you do a great job keep up the good work comes up really enjoy watching your videos thank you
Serious question: can subacute combined degeneration be misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis? They sound similar. There are quite a few ex-vegans that said they were diagnosed with MS and cured it completely by switching to a carnivore (often raw) diet in a last fit of desperation. Sounds more plausible that they had (severe?) subacute combined degeneration rather than curing MS with steak tartar and raw liver.
I've always wondered why you continually cover cases where ppl eat something crazy or eating a lot of something...because YOU did those crazy things and are just now admitting it
The CBT thing is funny because it reminds me of something I've been going through, and it has happened a few times in my adult life. Out of the blue I just seem to get this intense physical/mental anxiety and insomnia. Bounding pulse, high blood pressure, twitching, jittery, nightmares when I do sleep, brain fog, a feeling of constant panic and impending doom. Nothing changes as far as my routine or stress level, but it just seems to pop up and then go away - usually lasting 3 - 5 days at a time. I get these back-and-forth periods for a for a few months, and then I'm back to baseline normal. I understand how it can be anxiety related, but similar to what you said, I don't understand why it just kind of will randomly happen when my stress levels don't elevate and I'm doing the same routine. It's difficult to talk to anyone about it because it's always "Are you more stressed? You have to be more stressed. Make sure you exercise and meditate and go to therapy." which I do because I think all are important, but none will ever actually make the symptoms go away until it just randomly happens.
I get like that with migraine. Can't sleep, everything tastes bitter. A weird spaced out feeling. And either hyper or depressed. At its worst I was numb down one side. I only get a mild headache if at all.
I was thinking the same. Especially since I realised that a disproportionate number of my favourite youtubers have adhd (even some who I really didn't expect have mentioned it recently). I think people with adhd are often quite good at making content which is particularly stimulating for adhd brains.
Poverty and mental health issues mean I'm acutely aware of B-vitamin deficiencies (not helped by the fact that I have a family history of anemia!) so when the denouement of this video came around I went "OHHHHH YEAAAH!!!" because I have similar weird experiences with energy drinks, and was hypothesizing about how it all came together up until that point! Very cool to hear your account; I love your content :D
Having worked in the restaruant industry for 10 years, energy drinks are the weakest stimulant that get's passed around in the kitchen. It's such a weird working environment, there's not many places where you have to fail a drugs test in order to be considered a team player.
Wow im kinda looking back on myself. While i was working awhile back, i struggled with immense insomnia all the way up until i stopped working. The insomnia was bad. Same thing he was describing. I would get maybe a nap, 1-2 hours of rest, but oftentimes not at all. I would down meletonin+ unisom+ whatever the hell would knock me out, and nothing. I would be so tired and miserable at work, but i trudged along. I have difficulty in my diet. Oftentimes i skip breakfast, and dont eat until maybe 3 am. I simply have no interest.
Very informative. I've been having a very similar problem, and I'm underweight with a very small appetite. This could actually be the problem; I'll give multi-v's a go, thank you.
This video helps in so many ways. First, seeing doctors as regular people facing life issues and pressures just like every other person alive. Next, showing the complexity involved in figuring out health issues, and finally sharing all of this in a way that helps teach us all. Thank you and stay well.
Now that was quite the plot twist. I was semi-expecting that you'd say you had ADHD or something, but this makes a lot more sense. Take care of yourself too, Dr Bernard, and watch out for eating disorder behaviours. 😮 Stimulants can be really weird for people with ADHD - when I first started taking lisdexamfetamine, it improved my sleep a lot for some reason (I think it's because I got more done during the day, so got more tired). But previously I was also on methylphenidate and that just straight up put me to sleep at low doses. I took it before bed once because I was so frustrated at how drowsy it made me... slept like a baby. What is up with that??
Always had the same with coffee! Never could wrap my head around people saying coffee gave them a “boost”, meanwhile I’m drinking coffee and it makes me al cosy and want to take a nap 😅 Never experienced what you’re describing regarding low dosses, but yes, normal/high dose of rilatin made me feel more tired at the end of the day!
Im the same way. I was on Wellbutrin for a bit and the drs where all like is is super stimulating be careful. I took it and was a sleep within two hours and continued to sleep for a good ten hours. Coke apparently puts me to sleep now too. Coffee not so much but I drink that all the time. It increases my focuses actually. Drs are always puzzled by paradoxical reactions.
@@crystald3655 i take Dexamfetamine and I pass the F out (adderral in America I think), I take valium and im awake, its like my brain slows down so I can think clearly and I end up cleaning and decluttering. Sucks when I have a panic attack though. Paradoxical.
The dopamine puts you to sleep as the stimulants lower your neurons from releasing it and it's a complex process so when you take it sometimes after so long dopamine allows you to fall asleep. It's a strange thing regulating serotonin, gaba, dopamine, etc.
I'm actually dealing with this right now! lol.. I'm 200lbs and I was 270 Ive lost 70lbs and I haven't been able to sleep unless I took a ridiculous amount of sleeping pills. I drank a can of monster since I was bored and my friend is always drinking then and that night I was OUT like I went to bed at 8pm and woke up at 12pm. I've never felt so good in my life and I wasn't sure why that drink helped me so much but I didn't ask and I kept drinking 1 every week and I haven't had a problem sleeping since, I changed from 1 a week to 1 every 2 weeks. (two month update I'm off the energy drinks and down to 150lbs!! I did extreme dieting and exercise but it was so worth it!
I rlly feel you on the severe insomnia front! I had a stint my soph year of HS where I was sleeping abt 8 hrs a WEEK. I don't remember a lot of it, and it was v much a living hell, quite literally. I have severe ADHD so I've always had sleep issues, but starting HS I started to have rlly disordered eating bc of issues with my parents. in hindsight, a b vitamin deficiency prob played a big role in my severe insomnia (tho I'm well aware there were def other factors that made it so bad) I still have sleep problems, tho not to such a severe extent. I also still have issues with disordered eating, and my insomnia has worsened as I recently quit energy drinks. so uh. I think I'm gonna add something with b vitamin to my diet to see if that helps.
I'm suspicious this may have been my issue too. I'm 33 now, but when I was around 18 or 19 I developed debilitating insomnia. I would go 2 or 3 days with no sleep, then fall asleep for 30 minutes and wake right back up again just to repeat the cycle. I was partying and drinking a lot and not eating nearly enough. Once I started to become unable to sleep, I stopped partying but was still unable to sleep. The inability to sleep also made me lose my appetite. They prescribed me seroquel to help me sleep, but it would only help me fall asleep, then 30 minutes later I'd wake up hallucinating. I eventually started having horrible panic attacks that also caused me to sometimes have hallucination-like occurrences. Not anything visual, I just had irrational thoughts that I fully believed. So they prescribed me xanax for the panic attacks. Well, the Xanax made me eat, a lot lol and after about a week I was better! I was able to drop the Xanax and had to go through some more panic attacks from what I call rebound panic, but it was worth it lol I very rarely get bouts of insomnia these days, and it's always in times of high stress when I'm most likely not eating well, if at all. Some people eat more when they're stressed, I eat less. 🤷♀️
Dr., forget about making your video better! You can't! Because they are the best among all the videos I watch, every single one of them. So, just make it whenever you get a minute, everything you post is educational and fun to me. Dare I speak for more than a few of your followers?
Small point of fact - CBT is a form therapy that asks us t look at our thoughts and beliefs. The objective is to improve or to change our pattern of behavior by rationally looking at our thought patterns. Basically it tries to identify negative or unhelpful beliefs. If insomnia is coming from extreme or deep anxiety CBT could be helpful. At 6:40 there is a short aside about CBT not being appropriate because your behavior hadn't changed recently. But unwanted changes in behavior isn't the reason for seeking CBT.
At the beginning of December I decided that caffeine was not a healthy daily habit for me. My sleep improved but not by much. I also have been losing weight over the last year and I'm getting to the point where I realized I should probably take better care of my micronutrient intake. I started with fruit juice and daily vitamins but I'm going to have to see if a small amount of B12 can help. I'm an engineering student right now but since I've gotten more comfortable thinking like an engineer I have been dabbling in other sciences. Gotta say you got me hooked on medical science. I like that you don't dumb things down or get overly flowery. Great presentation!!
I like eating cetain foods while watching certain content, not enough to end up on your channel of course, but anyways kale chips are cool and black coffee is a nice cure for sleeping enough.
The story of Your time with insomnia was like listening to a narration of my life for about the same amount of time back in my 30's. Brought back memories I've tried to push out or away. Hearing it was actually hard to listen to because I was slightly reliving that time. I could hear in your voice that you , like me worry about going through that again. It's just one of many stresses in mine and a lot of others lives. Life is hard sometimes I try to enjoy the good times, but I spend it preparing for the bad. It takes a strong will not to let those thoughts do you in. And that is scary in itself. Knowing that losing your sanity is a real thing that is so loosely gauded .
haha energy drink go glug glug
And glug, glug, glug!🤣💖
nice thumbnail dude lol
Someone answered a Chubbyemu comment. This is how he get to the emergency room.
The hallucinations are talking to me, telling me to lay off the caffeine.
I only drink energy drinks and coffee for 10+ years is that bad?
I don't think people realize how much insomnia sucks, its like living in a drunken stupor. Interesting video and happy to see you no longer have to deal with this.
Im going on 25 yrs. Record is 15 days on 10hrs of sleep.
@@currentriver4951 I have severe anxiety, schizoaffective disorder bipolar type, chronic depression, and sleeping is often very difficult for me. I might sleep one hour and wake back up, and typically sleep no longer than two hours at a time, wake up for awhile, drink a strong cup of coffee which makes me sleepy, then fall asleep again. I was found disabled because of it because it`s impossible for me to function as a normal person and be able to work.
I struggle most days just trying to feel better and control the emotional pain and the feeling like all my nerves including my brain are on fire and I suffer horribly from it all most times. The only time I feel good or normal if when I drink or do drugs and I can`t do that because the temporary relief I get just stores up all the bad things I momentarily escaped and all of it gets released at once after I sober up. This is usually so exhausting that I can finally sleep though but stay in bed for days.
The drugs they give me in an attempt to control the symptoms make me feel terrible. I can knock myself out with them and wake up later feeling extremely tired and sleepy but can`t sleep, so it`s trading one horrible feeling for another one. I could drink every day and feel a lot better but it would kill me. So does it make sense to not drink, live longer, and feel like crap, or should I drink, improve my quality of life, and suddenly find myself very ill one day from alcohol abuse with only hours or days left to live?
Honestly the closest experience i've had to the pit of hell is probably lying in bed not being able to sleep for 12 hours straight
It is hell like no other. But oddly enough it has it's unique positive moments. There are the occasional moments when you feel like you are sitting on clouds, your mind is empty, your body feels comfortable, all is well. Then you fall face first on the floor because you were actually falling asleep at work while sitting on the edge of a table.
It's been a few months now I've been sleeping max 4 hours a day and I'm hating it
I’m an emergency physician. For the past 2 years I’ve been experiencing biliary colic occasionally without even realising it was biliary colic. I diagnose it ALL THE TIME in ER. But I never linked it in my head. Not until my gallbladder went bye byes and I needed emergency surgery last week. Doctors aren’t good at being their own doctors it seems.
So sorry it got to that point. i hope your recovery was easy and uneventful
Lawyers need lawyers
Doctors for the most part are very ego driven
@@OliveMule cant the same be said for lawyers?
Kind of unrelated but this thread reminded me of that surgeon who removed his own appendix, Leonid Rogozov. It's an interesting story.
@@allanpeter7700 even more so for lawyers. But lawyers have learned the lesson the hard way, representing yourself doesn't go well.
You explained insomnia so well. The dread of the sun going down because you know you'll watch it come back up without any sleep is a hell I've experienced many times.
12:10 Thanks so much for watching. Take care of yourself. And B12 👍
That's why lawyers need lawyers to represent themselves; the same way doctors can't self dianose as effectively as another doctor can diagnose you. Thank you for sharing
He had another dr... Who didnt diagnose it. He himself did...
and also why therapists need therapists, among many other things.
Custod... something something in Latin. I forgot.
@@the_allucinator Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
@@TarekMidani, yes, yes, thanks!
Wow, what you said at 7:28 rang so true with me. I had really bad insomnia October last year and that dreadful feeling of knowing you'll watch the sun rise was something I described to my doctor. Now I'm on medication that works for me and I hope I never deal with that level of sleeplessness again.
What medicine you on, if you don't mind me asking? I've had terrible insomnia for years 😟
@@basskitten808. I think melatonin might help, but I just picked this up somewhere.
Also interested in what meds you are on ?
Indeed. I grew up with this, and in my teens it was bad enough that it was a major reason for switching to night school, just because it was so hopeless getting any sleep at correct hours (also started to hate birds).
Now I've found a medicine that really helps (agomelatine), and it is ridiculous how different life is when you don't have to be anxious about not being able to sleep.
(Many different things tried between finding this med and starting my search: old style antidepressant: good, but the side-effects make them impractical, melatonin: almost as good, but my ability to stay asleep goes to
Melatonin is for people without a real insomnia issue. Benzos, or benzo like drugs like ambien, are the only true panacea.
These storytime videos are kinda nice, reminds me of the old chubbyemu videos lol
old chubbyemu is a really interesting character; who'd have ever guessed that this guy liked jet set radio?
@@audacioustomato9446 tbf jet set radio is 👌
The new ones are good too
Biohacking! Honestly I loved Chubbyemu as it is now, but getting Heme Review as the main channel used to be is also cool.
He was also a deadhead and jacked af. A real character. Though i loved the nuclear throne videos he clearly copied pewdiepie
"When it's happening to you, it hits different."
I used to be an EMT and am in nursing school, at my side job I started having an acute allergic reaction to an ingredient I was working with.
Anaphylaxis is a very common EMS scenario, one I've responded to and seen with my own eyes in the ER.
But I still sat in that room at work for a few good seconds going "woah, I wonder why it's getting hard to inhale? Huh, feels like my throat's closing up, wonder what that could be."
Loved the video and that story made me laugh.
Definitely. We are trained to observe things in other people, and it's not nearly the same as observing them in ourselves. And that's only physical stuff, psychologists can just fall into a pit of dangerous misdiagnosis if they try to work on themselves with the training to work on others
My mom was a rideshare driver for a time, and she often worked later at night. To help her stay alert, she would have Monster. After she stopped working as a driver, she basically stopped drinking Monster. Flash forward a period of time, it turns out she has a B12 deficiency, starting right around when she stopped doing rideshare.
That was one hell of a memory you pulled out of my head with this video, but as soon as I remembered it, the whole thing clicked for me.
What an incredible account, much to unpack. Do appreciate knowing what's happened to you--You've really had some adventures!--Dr Bernard, so glad you're still around to tell the tale! -Emia means presence in blood!💖
yes
I'm sorry to hear that ChubbyEmu videos have caused you so much stress over the years. Those videos bring a lot of people like me joy and knowledge. Take care of yourself, Dr. Bernard, and be well. Even if that means not making videos.
Joy and paranoia 😁😅
Yeah, he went through so much shit to make sure we don't go through so much shit. Take it easy on yourself, Dr. B.
Agreed.
You had a colleague push CBT on you but as a physician you knew better, but imagine what it's like for us non doctors getting told things are "all in our heads"
Can be extremely frustrating.
I have hemiplegic migraines. My neurologist (who is actually an epileptoligist) told me "you should try CBT" I knew she didn't know to help, so this was all she could give me. Said my body had anxiety manifesting and I didn't even know it. I'm chronically ill and have been for years so I can smell bullshit. Since I have struggled with anxiety and depression in the past (which I have managed, I'm less anxious than the average person) I'm sick of hearing it. I did go to a therapist though, and she explained CBT to me, but only with hypotheticals relating to situations I had told her. How she described it, it would not help me because I have rational and realistic thought. All of this medical gaslighting and people not taking you seriously is truly frustrating. And the worst part is, we know there's very little that we can do about it except advocate for ourself. Stay strong 💪
Good psychologist refer people to (neuro) psychiatrist or neurologists as well. Really depends on where you get your care...
@@OxyPox I have hemiplegic migraines too. They're terrible. You're right. CBT will not help with that at all!
Which is weird because, as a mental health professional, my first instinct if someone is showing neurological symptoms is to ask them to talk to their GP about a neurology consult.
@@DahVoozel you can assess by yourself and than discuss in multi-disciplinairy team, if you assume it. So basically still referening yes. It is not either, but both.
I felt this video. I dealt with chronic insomnia for 15 years. A lot of nights I'd only sleep for a couple hours. Sometimes my body would just shut down and I'd get maybe 5 hours before I woke back up. I had one or two nights a week I couldn't sleep at all. Fast forward five or so years and my psychiatrist prescribed me mirtazapine for depression/anxiety. I slept like a baby for two full days. Depression and anxiety gradually disappeared. I sleep 8-10 hours a night now, every night. I wish I knew what kind of chemistry was going on there.
I had really bad insomnia for years as well and it stopped the moment I quit consuming wheat.
Dude, how did you fix anxiety? Just by two days mirtazapine? I have also doctor described mirtazapin for sleep. I have chronic insomnia for all my adult life. I just cant shut off my thoughts at night. And when I wake up in the middle of the night, my mind is offering me a hundred scenarios, topics in a second.
@organ iced I wish I could just tell you a way to shut it off. And no, it wasn't just two days. I still worried constantly about everything for months. Being able to sleep just made it a lot easier to deal with. At around the same time, I found I had a passion for theology and linguistics. So instead of feeling aimless and empty I felt like I had something worth living for. So I just kept on struggling. I'd make the phone calls I'd been putting off, clean my apartment, go out in public, and get out of my comfort zone. As I did more stuff like that, I was able to gradually build confidence. At the end of the day, I could tell myself, "You did that, and it's over. You don't need to worry about it anymore. " Over the next year or two, those things became pretty easy. That was in 2016. It's been 7 years and I'm still picking up the pieces. Building a career path, trying to get back in shape, and dealing with various health problems. But life is good, and it feels good to make progress on those things. And I've gone from having a panic attack every time my phone rang to 3 years and counting without one.
@@justafrog5641 thank you for the reply. I forgot to say that mirtazapine(15mg which I halve) is the only thing that help me to sleep. But I dont take it regularly, just when I'm in vicious cycle and nothing else help. But I'm scared it mess up my head(even more) so I have trie to find alternative, more natural medicine. So far, I have tried everything what you can imagine to get proper sleep. I do exercise and eat pretty clean. But there is no cure.
I remember in last five years or more I have one night that I remember I went to sleep and woke up in the morning. Every other night I wake up atleast few times. Some times I'm awake fifteen minutes sometimes three hours. Then back to sleep again and awake. People who have not suffered from insomnia can not understand what you are dealing with. I would give all my money all my savings (some 80000 euros) instantly if some one cure my insomnia forever so that I would sleep when I go to sleep and wake up in the morning. I know I would be completely different person.
Vitamin B12 deficiency was causing me to have muscle twitches, lethargy, brain fog and dizziness. Coincidentally, it was the neurologist that figured it out in my case. I've been taking a B12 ever since and most of the symptoms haven't returned
I noticed that energy drinks (without sugars) actually help keep me from bouncing off the walls so I can sit still long enough to focus on sedentary tasks and help me balance my focus between complete lack of it and extreme hyperfocus. It appears to be the caffeine that helps most because plain tea or coffee also does the trick. The other thing energy drinks have helped me with have been allowing me to filter out excess noise a lot better, although I do notice the energy drinks send me to the bathroom a lot.
It might sound weird, but have you ever been diagnosed or suspected to have ADHD?
@@mikeylagarcia1176 I actually do have a confirmed ADHD and autism diagnosis.
@@CylitheraGreywolf it's the adhd! Caffeine stimulates the part of the brain that's understimulated in Adhd, just like Adderall and Ritalin! Being able to focus better on caffeine is a common indicator of Adhd, and it's helped a lot of people get diagnosed as adults
It's a good thing to pee. If it's an excessive amount then see your doctor even if Dr. Bernard has covered this in his videos.
@@LadyAnuB It's not excessive excessive, but I do notice I pee more. Otherwise though stimulants do calm me down quite a bit.
I feel that underpaid dish washer story. My experiences in hospitality are probably a very large reason as to why I'm an employment lawyer.
Thanks for doing what you do! My wife is a lawyer in NC, but she's having a terrible time finding work at a practice, and is stuck in a dead end job doing document review...... For TWO YEARS
Yeah, washing dishes is the lowliest restaurant job, and you probably work the hardest. Then at night you have to finish the dishes, AND clean the sinks AND sweep and mop the floors. Some fellow employee sits at the bar drinking until you finish and you both can go home. And I never worked in a restaurant where the wait staff shared ANY of the tip money with dishwashers. Zero.
@@Tenskwatawa4U I've literally never worked anywhere like that and I've been cooking for like 10+ years now. You'll be shamed for leaving early while there's still closing to do, the line cooks are the ones helping finish up dishes and cleaning the kitchen. Dishwashers get tipouts. Must be the shitty American restaurant culture.
Also the idea of "you probably work the hardest" is complete bullshit. Just- absolute shit. It's honestly insulting to how hard cooks and chefs have to work, and we're usually not even paid as well as you think we are.
Is dishwashing a shitty, hard job? Sure. But it's absolutely nowhere NEAR being "the hardest job in the kitchen" by any stretch of the imagination, and it just shows that you've never been food staff if you think that it is. Unskilled labour that a teenager can do competently will NEVER be as "hard of work" as a trained linecook working 12-15 hours a day.
@@robbiirvine1038 I certainly did enjoy your opinion. I've done 14-hour shifts as a dishwasher. And I'm a college grad, my friend. No sir - never one cent tip. Ever. And yes, I always did most of the cleanup and did it alone, while another member of kitchen staff sat at the bar, drinking, and waited until I finished so he could lock up. All were relatively "upscale" restaurants, not greasy spoon joints.
I worked one place where I was cook AND dishwasher. Never one speck of help in the kitchen. Ever. No tips there, either. One day, after my prep work was done (we still hadn't opened) I took out a sandwich I HAD BOUGHT ELSEWHERE and took a five-minute meal break. There were no official breaks at all in this place. So I took a minute to have a bit to eat - the entire 9-hour shift had no breaks or relief whatsoever. The owner came in and told me to eat on my own time from then on.
I nodded and said, "okay." As soon as he left the kitchen I slipped out the back door and went home. Never even collected the pay I was due. I guess he came in a bit later to find out why orders were backing up as dinner rush got rolling.
I ran into him year later in public and he wouldn't even look at me. Cool!
Amazes me there aren't more class actions against mandating vaccines. Or thereareandkeot quiet
Ha, the timing on this is great. I'm a biologist (by training) and I ID B12 deficiency in animals all the time, but just recently I somehow got a deficiency too. I did get myself tested just in case, but because I had an oral supplement, I didn't think I would actually have it. My symptoms only got as far as exhaustion, but it really is true that it is very hard to catch it in oneself. I still have to figure out how I got it, but I totally feel you on how it can sneak up on you, regardless of how familiar you are with finding it in others.
Apparently those oral supplements don’t absorb that well. My doctor gave me injections for several months when mine was low. Did you have this low B12 last year by chance? That’s when I had it. The only thing I could think is that the pandemic disrupted my habits. And since I already have a bad stomach (gastroparesis) it has more effect on me if I don’t eat as well. Maybe something similar happened to you? Or maybe you have something going on with the stomach? Ever get stomach cramps? Anything happen kind of on the subtle end you just shrug off?
You’re a biologist so I’m sure you’ve already thought of this, but it sucks you can’t figure it out.
What was your dose? Was it a minimum of 250 mcg daily? (that's the minimum dose for adequate passive absorption via diffusion)
@@カスカディア国人 reminds me of a woman who had severe vit b12 deficiency bcz the tapeworm in her intestines would suck up all the vit b12. She too had abdominal pain. Recently saw vid in this channel.
Affordable blood testing used as preventative measure is how you catch it.
It is so reassuring to hear someone talking about this. I’ve never met another person who has had insomnia like mine. Thank you.
I guess mine is different because I get plenty of b vitamins. I hadn’t watched to the end before. I have taken Adderall to help fall asleep because it calms me down so fast. And I guess I still wonder why.
Now you know 3
It's honestly kind of relieving to hear you describe insomnia the exact same way that I do. To know someone else has experienced exactly what I did/do and had similar observations.
Makes me feel less psychotic. Thanks for that.
The thumbnail has me convinced we should send help
Thanks for sharing this testimony, proof that even doctors can still get in trouble nutrition wise!
It's crazy because the exact same thing happened to me when I had a nasty case of Sibo (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth). My small intestine was so inflamed that I wasn't absorbing Vitamin b12 well enough. I became severely deficient. My worst symptom was SEVERE insomnia and weakness. Now I consume LARGE amounts of beef liver, shell fish and grass fed beef. All super high in B 12. Especially clams. Now I'm back to normal. Craziest thing that ever happened to me.
An injection would have been more efficient.
@@fmartin59 Probably true, but it wasn't necessary so I went the route that my Irish ancestors went. Eat large amounts of animal organs and shell fish. It fixed the problem real quick. Clams are essentially a vitamin b12 supplement. They contain 3500% the daily recommended value of vitamin B12.
@@jackneals5585 animal organs are underrated super foods
@@r3born206 100%
You might want to cut down on the liver, mate, or you may well be on your way to develop vitamin A toxicity. A mere 100 grams of beef liver provides well over 5000 mcg of vitamin A, and the daily allowed maximum is 3000 mcg (even that is too much on a daily basis), so eating it more than once a week is really not sensible at all. Please stop.
This video actually saved me. I started cutting red meats from my diet because the grease in those gave me heavy stomachaches. And not too long after that I started not being able to sleep, feeling irritated and depressed all day long. It didn’t matter if I did cardio that day, meditated or read books before sleep, my brain was in a continuous frenzy, a hurricane of thoughts that couldn’t leave me… or just the total opposite: almost sleeping but not really and then getting startled and wide awake.
It was when I watched this video that I started taking supplements, and Oh Boy, That Helps!! Now I can sleep again after a year and a half with very little to no sleep time, and I feel like my brain works again.
Thank You So Much!!
Meat withdrawal. Dr. Michael Klaper discusses this.
Grease/Fat causing stomach pain [especially in the solar plexus region] might be related to gall bladder stuff too; if you have it under control awesome, and if not you can get that checked out : o
I went trough something similiar, and the way I got tipped of that it could be a vitamin B deficiency was actually this video. Funilly enough, when I started work at a new company end of last year, during the worst episode of insomnia I've ever went trough, I would always grab a Monster from the fridge with drinks they provided, and after some time of doing this on a daily basis, I would find myself finally falling asleep at some point of the night. It didn't really come to me at first that it could be a Vitamin B deficiency and the Monster counteracting it, until I saw this video. I went ahead and got my blood work done, and that confirmed that I was infact deficient in vitamin b12 (150,4 ng / l). So thanks a lot for your content, without this video, I probably wouldn't have known for a long time.
I read the title and ADHD was the first thing I thought of :p
Why is that? What's the corelation between having ADHD and a case like this?
@@Cribius Some people with ADHD actually find that stimulants like caffeine calm them down and help them focus, or even fall asleep.
@@Cribius ADHD is a pretty broad disorder, and there are so many different causes of it. In some cases, people with ADHD find that caffeine acts like a sleep medication as counterintuitive as it seems. As someone with ADHD, I also find caffeine having the same effect. It's kind of like using stimulants in the case of ADHD to increase attentiveness and calmness despite there being hyperactivity and inattentiveness. The idea behind that is that most people with ADHD have decreased dopamine levels and so by increasing them with the use of stimulants will reverse the negative affects.
@@Cribius The idea is more connected to the caffeine content rather than the vitamin B12 content. The exact reasons why it occurs aren't known as with many other things pertaining to not only ADHD but the brain in general.
Same, I thought for sure he was going to say it lead to an ADHD diagnosis and I was a little excited
I of course love the regular Chubby video pacing but i really like this style of vid too! Great to hear you talk about everyday health and no music was refreshing too
Words cannot describe how much we appreciate this video. Most people never have the tools to figure out what is wrong with them in this way. And sadly, a lot of doctors like your colleagues are insistent in useless treatments instead of saying “I don’t know”. I’m also blown away that something as subtle as a diet change over many months can affect someone in this way.
I've been searching for a cure for my mom online she had insomnia issues, I was referred to dr moses on RUclips who finally cure her using his natural remedies which he sent to me where I am in California now my mom is doing just fine thanks to dr moses
This leaves me wondering how much adrenal fatigue can be related to vitamin B deficiency.
A few years back I had insomnia and adrenal fatigue. I also downed my first energy drink in ages and slept the best I’d slept since before insomnia.
I was told that my hormones were so out of wack that consuming caffeine actually made me sleepy instead of wired.
Great video, can totally relate, I was over exercising, under eating and not getting enough carbs which resulted in several nutritional deficiencies after 6 years etc (thought I was being healthy, felt great in the initial years) unknowingly I was putting my body in a catabolic state which caused my body to stay awake and alert. I finally made the connection relating to the messages and signals I was sending to my central nervous system via the way I was eating and exercising. I realised I had been forcing my body into survival mode and it was simply responding the way it was meant to. I cut back and changed the way I exercise opting for more anabolic promoting activities with ample recovery time, ate more frequent balanced meals and also allowed myself to take naps. It has taken a long time for my body to balance out and recover, I now don't even need to bother with or think about sleep hygiene, I get tired and sleep. I hope this helps someone in a similar predicament, the worst part is not knowing what is happening and how to recover.
😲😲😲😲Oh. My. God. This explains so much. I was recently diagnosed with a pretty bad b12 deficiency. I didn't realise my insomnia could also be related to this. Wow.
Cats_shall_rise Except I had both too, and replenishing my B12 status did nothing for my insomnia. The only thing that has shown some promise is to have enough sugar/insulin in my diet. I know these have become the outcasts of the nutrition world, but not having enough in my diet seems to be what's causing/contributing to insomnia. I'm assuming it's because it allows more tryptophan/serotonin/melatonin to enter cells, but it could also be, ironically, because it provides more energy (quick energy, that is, in the form of sugar [fat's more of a slow burn]) to the body, which I've heard from some in the health space is also connected to sleep problems (an energy deficit, that is). I suppose the best answer is that it's a combination of both. In fact, the more of a big, fat, sugar-bomb dessert I have the more it seems to improve my sleep. Probably not the greatest for my health, but if I can sleep better, it's worth it. Just thought my experience might be helpful if the B12 angle doesn't work out.
@@anemicgoalhop495 It's not the sugar, it's the fat, mate.
@@chickenlover657 No, I was eating tons of fat on low carb/keto. It's the carbs that have helped.
@@anemicgoalhop495 Carbs react differently when combined with fat or protein. Or if you prefer, fats react differently when combined with protein or carbs. Chemistry is more complicated than you assume. The other day someone claimed you can atone for drinking skimmed milk by adding butter to it. Of course the answer is NO. So don't diss it until you've got a degree in it.
@@anemicgoalhop495 It seems to be helping, but thanks. I was also told my on and off swelling of my lip could be b12 related, but this keeps occurring.
Always watch your videos with keen interest. Your Vitamin B12 deficiency tale is so amazing! 👏👏👏👍👍👍💯💯💯
I had a client who developed adult onset type ONE diabetes. Knowing how unusual that is, I questioned him about it. He was a 30 year old veteran with a traumatic head injury. He attributed his adult onset type one diabetes to a high consumption of energy drinks during his deployment. Anyone else heard of anything like this?
No, it's probably circumstantial. I am a type 1 diabetic. Developing type 1 diabetes is a long process - not overnight. Your beta cells slowly die off and when you get to the point of not producing an adequate amount of insulin, fatigue will set in. This is possibly why he started drinking more energy drinks. Type 1 is an autoimmune disease. So it's like genetics+ environmental/viral trigger.
@@WooliteMammoth Appreciate the feedback 😎
Id do an in-depth history. Did he have a virus something to cause autoimmune response
@@annaohare8263 I'm not a physician, Anna. Medical massage therapist. I do have a more in-depth history. His insulin pump failed & he lost a significant amount of weight. He came to me because of back pain. His back & core muscles were beyond hypertonic, they were like beef jerky. After a full session, I didn't see much improvement so I sent him home with an LED infrared/far infrared light. That spoke to his mitochondria and transformed his muscle tone...
This is so cool to see you in the other role in a way in your own tales. Often when I listen to the stories I put myself on the shoes of the person the victim basically self inflicted or not the patient or whatever. So it’s interesting to hear you describe how it goes the other way. Even chubby emu can have problems in their nutrition and life even knowing crazy medical and drug facts
This is my story for the last 25 years, and finding a doc that will listen is hard. I know this was a hard thing to face in your life but I'm sure it makes you a better physician.
I appreciate you very much because of these personal human experiences you share where you can understand why people do things sometimes.
Years ago I had a months long bout of insomnia and I went to sprouts looking for something to help me sleep, I was 22 at the time. I bought a bottle of nighttime herbs that had Phenibut inside. When a few pills didn't work I ended up having the entire bottle. I got scared that I mightve overdosed on a gabaergic I.e the Phenibut so I went to urgent care. The Dr was so rude and scoffed and looked down at me at what I did like it was inconceivable like I was some alien with alien actions.
Your experiences as a body builder and here with energy drinks shows that sometimes people do dumb things and I think it beehoves Dr's to put themselves in their patients shoes.
Love ya Dr Bernard thanks for your awesome content.
It's amazing what the right blood tests can reveal. When I first saw my current doctor, she ordered a lot of blood tests so she could get a better picture of my health.
With that, and some very basic supplements she had me take based on the results, I was able to kick some pretty severe issues that had been affecting me for years. :)
What kind of practitioner did you see?
@@unklecorky2181 Just a new family practice doctor. Had to find a new one since my insurance changes and no longer covered the guy I’d been seeing for like 15 years. Now, my old doctor was also phenomenal, but may have gotten complacent over time. Being a brand new patient was a good reason for my new doc to get as complete a health summary as she could. 🙂
@@BRUXXUS Good for you! A lot of primary care doctors are hesitant to do blood work beyond the basic stuff. Glad you found one that cares
Now I know that CBT is actually cognitive behavioural therapy, thank you.
hahahahahahahaha
Relevant username!
the other CBT works wonders too
@wackocheese Complete Binary Tree
@@i-ate-bread thats not the other CBT lol do a google search with safe search off :)
thanks this helped me so much. I tried CBT for years and it didn‘t really help my insomnia until i started supplementing B12. I told my therapist and she was very grateful and said she would tell other patients with insomnia to get their vitamin levels checked
Hey Doctor Bernard. I just wanted to say thanks for making this video. I've been a big fan of ChubbyEmu for a while and I just recently started to check out this channel as well. I'd been struggling with insomnia myself for months when I happened upon this video. After watching it I got to wondering if a B vitamin deficiency was what was causing my problems as well, so I ran out and got some B12 supplements. Sure enough, after taking the B12 supplements, I've had zero issues with insomnia. Thanks again for the video. I don't know how long I would have gone without trying a B12 supplement if I hadn't come across it.
As someone who similarly had to self-diagnose a vit. B deficiency, that was the first thing I suspected when I heard that monster cured your insomnia. Glad you're better.
hello have anyone tried natural remedies from dr moses on youtube his remedies works perfectly well with no side effects.
I'm amazed he didn't do a full nutritional blood workup as soon as he had an issue.
@@shellderp It's not like it's free of charge. Or done in 5 minutes.
Edit: Not even what I said. I guess, try not sleeping for several days at a time and see how your brain works. He eventually figured it out and did get blood tests, after the fact obviously. But during that time, he chalked it down to stress. Of which stress makes sense. We know now that it wasn't stress. His mind, for himself anyway, won't have exactly been firing on all cylinders. Just go 3 days without sleep and try to solve some simple questions given to you by someone else at random. It's not always as simple as you made it out to be.
Hearing Emu swear is the most wholesome thing I have ever heard
That was a really good story, thank you chubbyemu!
i loved how casual and friendly this video was, all your videos are great but the ones on heme review just hit different :) glad to see you got better after that story
Amazing, I’ve been vegan for several years and usually get regular b12 shots. I’ve been unable to do so for the last few months because of the pandemic and doctors only seeing patients for more important reasons. Been suffering from insomnia now for a few weeks and had absolutely no idea why. Literally just had a B12 shot and this video comes up lol. Praying I have a good nights sleep!
dude I can't explain how much this video just blasted a contrasting color over what I've been going through, beautiful artfully shared vulnerability, good shit fellow human.
I was referred by a friend to dr moses on RUclips I was cure permanently from hypothyroidism/insomnia
Bernard, I always love and appreciate your videos, but this one even more so.
The open and honest vulnerability really makes you incredibly relatable.
Thank you for your earnestness and the way you share information.
And yes, we totally struggle with self objectivity.
No matter how competent a doc we just can’t see ourselves from the outside.
hello have anyone tried natural remedies from dr moses on youtube his remedies works perfectly well with no side effects......
Thanks Dr. Bernard! I discovered my B12 deficiency after watching "A Student Ate Only Chips And Fries For 10 Years" video, as I connected my confusions, tiredness and insomnia with it. And no, I didn't rely on potato based meals before.
hello have anyone tried natural remedies from dr moses on youtube his remedies works perfectly well with no side effects
Liar
So weird to see this side of you…. but i love it. i cant believe you worked so hard through all of this!!!! youre amazing and an inspiration!!!! keep it up
I was referred by a friend to dr moses on RUclips I was cure permanently from hypothyroidism/insomnia. .
Glad I found this I've been going through insomnia the passed 8 months. I also realised that drinking a Monster was actually making me tired... Thanks for explaining the reason!
I am soooooo happy to hear a doctor having a stand against CBT being a be-all, end-all fix for any medical issue.
I had had undiagnosed chronic pain for about 20 years at the time. While seeing yet another "specialist" he couldn't find the reason for the pain but thought I might be a candidate for some pain relief therapy he performed (I can't even remember what it was), but he wanted me to have a psych evaluation first. It found that I had psychological issues related to my pain and he wanted me to have those resolved b4 getting any treatment. Find me anyone who has had undiagnosed and poorly treated chronic pain for 20 years who doesn't have any psych issues relating to it!!!
Literally the process of going to countless doctors and specialists with chronic pain is enough to give you psych issues 🙃
Exactly these doctors seem to think that the psych issues are a cause of the pain, without understanding it is merely a symptom of the pain... And because of this, at least for me, they dont even attempt to bother with any other treatment other than psych therapy.
Make temperature mugs, like the image changes with the temperature.
Cold it's you normal, hot it's you with the finger up
If the image change-over point was 98.6 degrees, I would lose my shit over this
@@pyronite59 .....Fahrenheit? Celcius? I assume the number has a special meaning.
@@Call-me-Al - Of course, don’t you remember that hit boy band from the 90’s? No homo, but those mf’ers were beautiful.
@@Call-me-Al 98.6F is the regular human body temperature
@@paulstelian97 Thanks! I am used to it being 37, due to Celcius.
“CBT wasn’t going to do jack shit” HA! that’s relatable
He said a few things in the vid that CBT could have helped with but like giving it as the only option is bullspit
CBT would have asked him about his diet
@@therabbithat "why am I starving myself?" would be relevant here, CBT is commonly and effectively used for eating disorders.
@@jaro6985 it wouldn't be, because they didn't know they were doing it
@@NoConsequenc3 he knew he wasn't hungry and didn't eat much, did you watch the video?
@@therabbithat how would cock and ball torture benefit from knowing about his diet?
Dude, I just wanted to say how amazing you are. You start off from humble beginnings. Somehow educated yourself and became a toxicologist working in and ER. Produce some of the most entertaining and helpful content on youtube. I think you may have even helped me inadvertently with finding something to help me with my brachycardia. I took one dose of B1 last night around 10pm and so far as of 0600hrs haven't noticed any drops as lower as they were between 46-51 for my low. It's averaging in the 80's now. Still have a bit of an arythmia as noted by Paramedics when they came out to see me about 5 days ago when my blood sugars got dangerously low 54 on my meter 34 on theirs. I wanted to ask do you have any videos abotu diabetics and dangers of too high or too low blood sugar and what happens to people when their blood sugars are too high for too long or too low for too long and the damage this causes?
Doc I have worked in one of the largest hospitals in the USA for over twenty years. Although I am not a physician I am a science nerd. I love going to the doctors lounge for break to read JAMA, the Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine. Now I have you & your videos. Thanks for keeping a science nerd informed, entertained, and a little more educated. Keep up the great work.
Wow O_o
Thank you for being so honest about your experience. And also thank you for all Chubby emu videos. They are great.
Wish you to stay happy and healthy ❤️
I already knew there was a problem in medicine with inappropriate use of CBT, but the neurologist recommending CBT for a vitamin deficiency is still astonishing
how would that help?
@@teaja211 It wouldn't help, that's my point. Did you watch the video?
He probably took the description of circulating thoughts and anxiety over previous sleepness nights as an indicator that the insomnia wasn't organic and could be treated with cbt.
@@olenickel6013 I agree that's probably what happened, but the point is that he was wrong. The doctor coming to the incorrect conclusion that this was a psychological problem without checking for a physical cause meant that a serious medical problem went untreated.
@@SomeoneBeginingWithI and misdiagnosis this massive could've lead to death. CBT... Lol..
What's the WORST is when people tell you "you know that that energy drink is so unhealthy, it's bad for you." Uhm.....ANYTHING not consumed in moderation is bad/unhealthy!
Literally they be saying nothing but cap, but if I could tell you is how our body reacts. If you don't get chills and sweats and feeling sick then you can take it a lot. But if you do take a moderation from those that cause it.
Redbull caused so much sickness that I stoped drinking it. And I do now I just want a sip. Hopefully I don't like redbull.
With monster I take caution and moderation since sometimes it has given.
And bang, im having the best day to relax. I take 1 can only 2 days a week.
Honestly I feel like this is still kinda true for the ones containing sugar since it's so much but like the zero sugar ones taste as good if not better but don't contain the astronomically high sugar content
@niatscreations4913 .
Absolutely
There was a period in my life where I was, daily, consuming 800-1000mg caffeine a day, for the better part of a year. Typically in a combination of espresso shots at work (~100mg/ea) and Monster Zero Ultra (~200mg/ea). I had absolutely no health consequences from this whatsoever.
After a year of this, I got to thinking that maybe I had focus / ADHD issues, as I needed this to stay focused at work. I went to a psych, after a few months of non-success with nonstimulant medications, she started me on 5mg Adderall XR, and from that day forward my coffee consumption fell to
I found a copper deficiency last month after pleading the doctors to check it and others. They kept telling me it's depression despite my only problem being physical fatigue. Strong that still continues. Insomnia as well as described here.
Very interesting. I never really thought I could be vitamin B deficit. You just gave me new hope.
Any update?
OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH. I have had the same experiences as you, i quit caffeine recently, and had the awful insomnia issues again, but noticed they went away once i started a non caffeinated version of my "water enhancers." Looks like the answer for me the whole time was B vitamins
When I first went vegan years ago I had no idea about supplementing for it and developed a deficiency. I'm so glad there's a lot more info out on it now.
Doctors have always warned about it, and the vegan community has always rejected it.
this this this!!!!!! i feel like that’s where a lot of the unfair hate towards vegans and vegetarians comes from.
i’m not a vegan or vegetarian,, but that shit irritates me lmao.
a lot of the exposure to veganism and vegetarianism comes online, and many people online don’t want to put in the extra effort to give tips, tricks, and advice on how to stay safe when dieting.
if people actively expressed how important it is to supplement for missing vitamins, i feel like they’d get a lot less undeserved hate.
(hella respect to my pescatarians, too!! i’m closer to yall diet wise lmao)
Incredibly fascinating. I always struggled with a super irregular sleep schedule due to energy drinks, but I never once in my life had it cause actual sleeping problems. I've been off energy drinks for a solid 2 years at this point, and there's at least 2 days during my entire week that I have to pull all-nighters, simply because I can't fall asleep. Nothing has changed in my life except the lack of energy drinks.
I'm glad I watched your story with insomnia. I'm on my fourth day of no sleep and frustration. It all happens to tie in with the video as I'm on an OMAD diet that I've been on since November.
I immediately took a B12 supplement that I had bought and had it at home. I hope tonight I will finally fall asleep
How did you do? Hope you got some well deserved rest.
No, unfortunately it got worse, I should do some bloodwork to see exactly what kind of deficiency I have
Uh-oh. This explains some things in my own life.
Thank you for this video! I like this style of narration, too.
I noticed something similar once but think it was probably electrolyte imbalance. I had insomnia and palpitations, never sure which one caused the other. The doctor diagnosed anxiety and put me on an SSRI. I wasn't on it for long when I got pregnant and stopped the drugs anyway but also my diet changed due to the pregnancy and the pounding went away and I could sleep again. I didn't think much about it until over a decade later when I went keto and the same thing happened as part of the keto flu and I found magnesium supplements got rid of the symptoms very quickly. I formulated my eating better to remove the supplements but learned that I was probably deficient in something and taking an unnecessary drug for an anxiety diagnosis that was probably wrong all those years ago.
I think ChubbyEmu just explained my insomnia from when I was a teenager. I put it down to exam stress, but my mum made me go to the doctors because I was like a zombie. I was b12 deficient, and now get shots every 3 months for it. Since getting the shots, my insomnia went away!!
Good job dr. Bernard I like watching your videos you're very informative suspenseful to😊 you do a great job keep up the good work comes up really enjoy watching your videos thank you
Serious question: can subacute combined degeneration be misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis? They sound similar. There are quite a few ex-vegans that said they were diagnosed with MS and cured it completely by switching to a carnivore (often raw) diet in a last fit of desperation. Sounds more plausible that they had (severe?) subacute combined degeneration rather than curing MS with steak tartar and raw liver.
I've always wondered why you continually cover cases where ppl eat something crazy or eating a lot of something...because YOU did those crazy things and are just now admitting it
The CBT thing is funny because it reminds me of something I've been going through, and it has happened a few times in my adult life.
Out of the blue I just seem to get this intense physical/mental anxiety and insomnia. Bounding pulse, high blood pressure, twitching, jittery, nightmares when I do sleep, brain fog, a feeling of constant panic and impending doom. Nothing changes as far as my routine or stress level, but it just seems to pop up and then go away - usually lasting 3 - 5 days at a time. I get these back-and-forth periods for a for a few months, and then I'm back to baseline normal.
I understand how it can be anxiety related, but similar to what you said, I don't understand why it just kind of will randomly happen when my stress levels don't elevate and I'm doing the same routine. It's difficult to talk to anyone about it because it's always "Are you more stressed? You have to be more stressed. Make sure you exercise and meditate and go to therapy." which I do because I think all are important, but none will ever actually make the symptoms go away until it just randomly happens.
I get like that with migraine.
Can't sleep, everything tastes bitter. A weird spaced out feeling. And either hyper or depressed.
At its worst I was numb down one side.
I only get a mild headache if at all.
That is the most cursed photo…
Blursed
Omg you're so adorable and I adore you. The more you open up about yourself, the more adorable you are, Doc Baby. You make every day better.
Now this was one of your best because you connected on a different level with us. Thank you.
The completely random bald pics were hilarious
"And lo and behold, I didn’t fall asleep that night." Best Line Evar.
As someone who has ADHD I immediately read the title and was like “does this man have ADHD?”
I was thinking the same. Especially since I realised that a disproportionate number of my favourite youtubers have adhd (even some who I really didn't expect have mentioned it recently). I think people with adhd are often quite good at making content which is particularly stimulating for adhd brains.
mmm meth 😋
@@Pllayer064 not really funny
@@kidicarus7044 mmm a fanny 🤤
Poverty and mental health issues mean I'm acutely aware of B-vitamin deficiencies (not helped by the fact that I have a family history of anemia!) so when the denouement of this video came around I went "OHHHHH YEAAAH!!!" because I have similar weird experiences with energy drinks, and was hypothesizing about how it all came together up until that point!
Very cool to hear your account; I love your content :D
Well, I’ve started my Christmas list for this year with the “presenting to the emergency room” coffee mug at the top.
Having worked in the restaruant industry for 10 years, energy drinks are the weakest stimulant that get's passed around in the kitchen. It's such a weird working environment, there's not many places where you have to fail a drugs test in order to be considered a team player.
Truth 😁
Wow im kinda looking back on myself. While i was working awhile back, i struggled with immense insomnia all the way up until i stopped working. The insomnia was bad. Same thing he was describing. I would get maybe a nap, 1-2 hours of rest, but oftentimes not at all. I would down meletonin+ unisom+ whatever the hell would knock me out, and nothing. I would be so tired and miserable at work, but i trudged along. I have difficulty in my diet. Oftentimes i skip breakfast, and dont eat until maybe 3 am. I simply have no interest.
Very informative. I've been having a very similar problem, and I'm underweight with a very small appetite. This could actually be the problem; I'll give multi-v's a go, thank you.
Same
This video helps in so many ways. First, seeing doctors as regular people facing life issues and pressures just like every other person alive. Next, showing the complexity involved in figuring out health issues, and finally sharing all of this in a way that helps teach us all. Thank you and stay well.
This would have to be your BEST video yet - thankyou.
Now that was quite the plot twist. I was semi-expecting that you'd say you had ADHD or something, but this makes a lot more sense. Take care of yourself too, Dr Bernard, and watch out for eating disorder behaviours. 😮
Stimulants can be really weird for people with ADHD - when I first started taking lisdexamfetamine, it improved my sleep a lot for some reason (I think it's because I got more done during the day, so got more tired). But previously I was also on methylphenidate and that just straight up put me to sleep at low doses. I took it before bed once because I was so frustrated at how drowsy it made me... slept like a baby. What is up with that??
Yooooo I feel that, hard.
Always had the same with coffee! Never could wrap my head around people saying coffee gave them a “boost”, meanwhile I’m drinking coffee and it makes me al cosy and want to take a nap 😅
Never experienced what you’re describing regarding low dosses, but yes, normal/high dose of rilatin made me feel more tired at the end of the day!
Im the same way. I was on Wellbutrin for a bit and the drs where all like is is super stimulating be careful. I took it and was a sleep within two hours and continued to sleep for a good ten hours. Coke apparently puts me to sleep now too. Coffee not so much but I drink that all the time. It increases my focuses actually. Drs are always puzzled by paradoxical reactions.
@@crystald3655 i take Dexamfetamine and I pass the F out (adderral in America I think), I take valium and im awake, its like my brain slows down so I can think clearly and I end up cleaning and decluttering. Sucks when I have a panic attack though. Paradoxical.
The dopamine puts you to sleep as the stimulants lower your neurons from releasing it and it's a complex process so when you take it sometimes after so long dopamine allows you to fall asleep. It's a strange thing regulating serotonin, gaba, dopamine, etc.
I just received an Amazon order and saw a silica packet and thought of you lol
So this is your villain origin story
I'm actually dealing with this right now! lol.. I'm 200lbs and I was 270 Ive lost 70lbs and I haven't been able to sleep unless I took a ridiculous amount of sleeping pills. I drank a can of monster since I was bored and my friend is always drinking then and that night I was OUT like I went to bed at 8pm and woke up at 12pm. I've never felt so good in my life and I wasn't sure why that drink helped me so much but I didn't ask and I kept drinking 1 every week and I haven't had a problem sleeping since, I changed from 1 a week to 1 every 2 weeks. (two month update I'm off the energy drinks and down to 150lbs!! I did extreme dieting and exercise but it was so worth it!
Genuinely enjoyable video. Few videos leave me with that impression these days. Thanks for sharing your story.
I rlly feel you on the severe insomnia front! I had a stint my soph year of HS where I was sleeping abt 8 hrs a WEEK. I don't remember a lot of it, and it was v much a living hell, quite literally. I have severe ADHD so I've always had sleep issues, but starting HS I started to have rlly disordered eating bc of issues with my parents. in hindsight, a b vitamin deficiency prob played a big role in my severe insomnia (tho I'm well aware there were def other factors that made it so bad)
I still have sleep problems, tho not to such a severe extent. I also still have issues with disordered eating, and my insomnia has worsened as I recently quit energy drinks. so uh. I think I'm gonna add something with b vitamin to my diet to see if that helps.
I'm suspicious this may have been my issue too. I'm 33 now, but when I was around 18 or 19 I developed debilitating insomnia. I would go 2 or 3 days with no sleep, then fall asleep for 30 minutes and wake right back up again just to repeat the cycle. I was partying and drinking a lot and not eating nearly enough. Once I started to become unable to sleep, I stopped partying but was still unable to sleep. The inability to sleep also made me lose my appetite. They prescribed me seroquel to help me sleep, but it would only help me fall asleep, then 30 minutes later I'd wake up hallucinating. I eventually started having horrible panic attacks that also caused me to sometimes have hallucination-like occurrences. Not anything visual, I just had irrational thoughts that I fully believed. So they prescribed me xanax for the panic attacks. Well, the Xanax made me eat, a lot lol and after about a week I was better! I was able to drop the Xanax and had to go through some more panic attacks from what I call rebound panic, but it was worth it lol
I very rarely get bouts of insomnia these days, and it's always in times of high stress when I'm most likely not eating well, if at all. Some people eat more when they're stressed, I eat less. 🤷♀️
Was it the Xanax or food that cured you?
Dr., forget about making your video better! You can't! Because they are the best among all the videos I watch, every single one of them. So, just make it whenever you get a minute, everything you post is educational and fun to me. Dare I speak for more than a few of your followers?
Small point of fact - CBT is a form therapy that asks us t look at our thoughts and beliefs. The objective is to improve or to change our pattern of behavior by rationally looking at our thought patterns. Basically it tries to identify negative or unhelpful beliefs.
If insomnia is coming from extreme or deep anxiety CBT could be helpful.
At 6:40 there is a short aside about CBT not being appropriate because your behavior hadn't changed recently. But unwanted changes in behavior isn't the reason for seeking CBT.
At the beginning of December I decided that caffeine was not a healthy daily habit for me. My sleep improved but not by much. I also have been losing weight over the last year and I'm getting to the point where I realized I should probably take better care of my micronutrient intake. I started with fruit juice and daily vitamins but I'm going to have to see if a small amount of B12 can help.
I'm an engineering student right now but since I've gotten more comfortable thinking like an engineer I have been dabbling in other sciences. Gotta say you got me hooked on medical science. I like that you don't dumb things down or get overly flowery. Great presentation!!
I like eating cetain foods while watching certain content, not enough to end up on your channel of course, but anyways kale chips are cool and black coffee is a nice cure for sleeping enough.
@@kathikmoore7237 how can someone be cured permanently of anything? All I saw was some religious psuedoscience.
@@kathikmoore7237 I prefer caffeine
@Anna Bremmer what a tool, making bot accounts to spam comments.
For me it is kind of the same caffeine helps me sleep sometimes. But I didn't know about the B Vitamins.
Awesome. Story time!
The story of Your time with insomnia was like listening to a narration of my life for about the same amount of time back in my 30's.
Brought back memories I've tried to push out or away.
Hearing it was actually hard to listen to because I was slightly reliving that time.
I could hear in your voice that you , like me worry about going through that again.
It's just one of many stresses in mine and a lot of others lives.
Life is hard sometimes
I try to enjoy the good times, but I spend it preparing for the bad.
It takes a strong will not to let those thoughts do you in.
And that is scary in itself.
Knowing that losing your sanity is a real thing that is so loosely gauded .
I missed videos like these about your life, so glad I found this channel.