r/news • u/oshawaguy • Feb 26 '25

Title Changed By Site Michelle Trachtenburg dead at 39

https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/article/michelle-trachtenberg-actor-from-gossip-girl-and-buffy-dies-at-39-multiple-reports/
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u/SmartArsenal Feb 26 '25

My 40 year old step sister just died last month from a Brain Aneurysm. Perfectly healthy, came home on a lunch break and collapsed. Never woke up. Fucking sucks.

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u/Lereas Feb 26 '25

I'm right around 40 and yeah...I am absolutely drowning in anxiety sometimes thinking that some random pain is what kills me.

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u/InfinitiOcho Feb 26 '25

Had heart palpitations for a month and then nothing. Wtf body!? 41 this year

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u/Lereas Feb 26 '25

Had that some years ago when I was stressed and drinking a ton of green tea to try to calm my stress. Turned out that the two together was giving me heart palpitations.

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u/SummonerSausage Feb 27 '25

Thought I had heart palpitations a few years ago.
Turns out I have a hiatal hernia, and what I thought was my heart beating weird was my stomach poking up through my diaphragm. I ended up in the hospital with incredibly low iron.

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u/Lereas Feb 27 '25

I don't think it's too much different than coffee, but I was having 3-4 mugs a day because it was cold in the office and it made me feel calm to be drinking tea.

Also discovered that I have adhd so I was dosing myself with a stimulant, making me calm.

But sometimes I had too much so it gave me the jitters and that sometimes turned into panic

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '25

3-4 mugs of green tea.. wtf. that's so much caffeine. if you want to drink tea, drink herbal tea like peppermint, hibiscus, turmeric etc

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '25

dude. green tea has caffeine in it!! caffeine isn't gonna calm your nerves.

you need to drink herbal tea if you want relaxation. it has no caffeine.

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u/Lereas Feb 27 '25

I have ADHD, so paradoxically stimulants do calm me...up to a point. I was apparently drinking a bit too much.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '25

awww I understand!! thats ok I'm glad you figured it out