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It's a very thorough comment, iterating very specifically a dozen 'medical solutions' down to a 'weighted rating out of 10' (!) of the value each one of them.

Again - I'm not doubting anyone's intentions, but I'm fully doubting the veracity of all of this.

'Self Medicating N = 1 Belief' - is extremely common among people.

Even among diligent, intelligent people who actually can and do 'research'.

But with a single 'blind spot' in self awareness, it goes awry with these kinds of 'beliefs'.

Everyone who works out at the gym consistently has a 'belief' about a lot of things.

There are dozens of magazines and quasi health magazine's offering these kinds of solutions.

It's frankly as old as time and probably more common than not.




The comment itself states upfront that it's very much a TLDR, not a thorough explanation of everything or even anything they did:

Without getting too far into it, here's the stuff that finally worked




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