31st December 2016, I had signed up for devRant.

It's my cake day today. Feels so good to be part of this community, have learned so much, made some of the greatest friends here.

2021 was a mind fuck. Taxing and draining. Very little growth and even less learnings.

I realised that I am in a toxic environment.

Lately, no philosophy, therapy, supplements, activity, work, etc. has been helping me to get back to my original self.

I used to spiral down with a lot of negative self talk and playing the victim card.

Just day before yesterday, I decided to listen to some affirmations on the Tube and that actually helped me bounce back.

I started socialising and stepping out to attend gigs and just be outdoors as much as I could.

My surroundings changed and so did my thought process.

Hence, I made a decision to continue affirmations and slowly change my surroundings, even if that demand domestic relocation.

Things are starting to look positive after a long, loooooong, time.

I also need more sun exposure for my vitamin D3 deficiency and steady dose of serotonin.

I feel lot clear in head and heart. My goals are clearer and I am ready to start working hard and be my original past self again.

I love you all and I really wish you all achive all your wishes and dreams, be happier and healthier in 2022 with ton of success and money.

Since at some point we are all going to get old, and maybe get high blood pressure, something to think about before that happens..

Sudden drop in blood pressure, possible reasons why ?

Within 30 minutes my blood pressure dropped from 154 / 84 to 100 / 65, which at least means it is in the middle of normal range..

But I wonder why ?

Two things recently might account for it, the day before yesterday I had three teeth removed, as such I stopped taking any additional non-prescribed vitamins and supplements for 1.5 days.

Then today I changed what I took and I took mostly blood pressure related supplements.

I wonder if one or both of those are the key reasons why the sudden drop ?

Food wise I had pickled beetroot, chicken soup and wholemeal bread.

Supplement wise I took:

Gymnema Sylvestre

And a multi-vitamin with the following in:

Lion’s Mushrooms
Taurine
Spirulina
Guarana Seed Extract
Acetyl-L-Tyrosine
Phenylethylamine
Turmeric Curcumin Extract
DL-Phenylalanine
Bacopa monieri leaf extract
CDP-Choline
Korean Ginseng
Ginkgo Biloba
Phosphatidylserine
Radiola Rosea
Uridine-5-Mono
Alpha GPC
DHA Algae
Alpha Lipoic Acid
Acetyl-L-Carnitine
Theobromine
Acetyl-L-Glutamine
Coenzyme Q10
Creatine
Mucuna Prurines Extract
Green Tea Leaf Extract
Quercetin
Artichoke Leaf Extract
Maritime Pine Bark Extract
Acetyl-L-Theanine
Caffeine
Hordenine
Ashwangdha
BIOPQQ
Acetyl-L-Methionine
Black Papper
Huperzine-A
L-Tryptophan
Oatstraw Extract
Petrostilbene
Inositol
Vitamin C
Vitamin D3
(Pantothenic Acid) Vitamin B5
(Niacin) Vitamin B3
(Riboflavin) Vitamin B2
(Pyridoxine) Vitamin B6
(Thiamine) Vitamin B1
(Biotin) Viamin B7
(Folic Acid) Vitamin B9
Vitamin B12
Magnesium
Zink
Iron

A few hours later . . .

And now it has shot back up. :-(

So what gave me normal blood pressure for 6 hours ?

I tried to repeat the same diet/pills the next day, and the same thing did not happen.

Puzzling..

Anyone know the answer, or have any theories ?

Alright lads and lasses, I need a charting library!

I've narrowed it down to the following popular libraries:

- victory
- recharts
- nivo
- react-vis

I think I'm leaning towards victory and recharts since they are d3 based... because <3 SVG

Even more so victory since they have a near identical React Native package...

Would love to hear any battle stories from the front lines and experience using any of these libraries, or even a completely different one I may have missed!

inb4 "mAkE iT fRoM sCrAtCh"
inb4 "hAhA rEaCt SuCkS"

Such comments will be downvoted with impunity!