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I found that three weeks + water worked when I had a similar issue. To be honest the water felt good. I envisioned peeing as a way to flush the badness out despite knowing that’s just not really how it works.


You feeling better drinking water certainly did help.


Yeah, like water obviously helps. And the placebo of imagining like… “sickness” being flushed out helps too.


Yes. Placebo is one of the strongest drugs we got. The problem is how to make a strong placebo… But I remember an interesting study that placebo works even if patient doesn’t believe in it. Ot as effectively though.




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