ɪ'm noᴛ ǫuɪᴛe reaᴅʏ ᴛo ᴅo ᴛʜaᴛ ʏeᴛ. ᴛʜe ᴋɪᴅneʏ ɪssues cause a ʟoᴛ oꜰ sʏmᴘᴛoms, ɪncʟuᴅɪnɢ ᴅɪsruᴘᴛɪnɢ mʏ mooᴅ anᴅ enerɢʏ ʟeveʟs. ʙuᴛ once ɪ am a weeᴋ or more wɪᴛʜouᴛ anʏ oꜰ ᴛʜe more oʙvɪous sɪɢns, ᴛʜe ᴘaɪn, anᴅ ᴛʜe ꜰroᴛʜʏ ᴘee, ɪ'ʟʟ ʙe movɪnɢ ᴛo sᴛoᴘᴘɪnɢ smoᴋɪnɢ, anᴅ ᴛʜen aꜰᴛer ᴛʜaᴛ, sᴛoᴘᴘɪnɢ caꜰꜰeɪne... ᴛʜaᴛ's mʏ ᴘʟan.

ɪ wasn'ᴛ smoᴋɪnɢ ꜰor more ᴛʜan 2 ʏears unᴛɪʟ 6 monᴛʜs aɢo. ɪᴅᴋ ɪꜰ ɪᴛ's onʟʏ ᴛʜe ᴋɪᴅneʏs, as sᴛronɢ sᴛress resᴘonses are ɢeneᴛɪc, mʏ moᴛʜer aʟso, anᴅ ᴛʜɪs ɪmᴘacᴛs mʏ sᴛomacʜ esᴘecɪaʟʟʏ, wʜɪcʜ ɪs "ᴛwɪᴛcʜʏ" anᴅ ꜰor wʜɪcʜ reason mɪnᴛ ᴛea ʜeʟᴘs a ʟoᴛ, same as mɪʟᴋ sʟows ᴅown mʏ ɪnᴛesᴛɪnes, wʜɪcʜ ʜave ᴅamaɢe ꜰrom ɢʟuᴛen anᴅ aʟcoʜoʟ.

ɢoᴛᴛa sᴛɪcᴋ ᴛo ᴛʜe ᴘʟan, as ɪ ᴋnow ɪ can ɢeᴛ ᴛʜere, ɪᴛ wɪʟʟ ʙe a ɢʟorɪous ᴅaʏ wʜen ɪ am no ʟonɢer suꜰꜰerɪnɢ ᴋɪᴅneʏ ᴅamaɢe sʏmᴘᴛoms, or consumɪnɢ nɪcoᴛɪne, caꜰꜰeɪne or aʟcoʜoʟ (ᴛʜe ʟaᴛᴛer, once or ᴛwɪce a weeᴋ aᴛ ~200mʟ voᴅᴋa or eǫuɪvaʟenᴛ ɪs oᴋ ᴛʜouɢʜ).