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I'm 46, programming since I was 6 years old and started having wrist and even lower-arm pain ~2-3 years ago. Even the tips of my fingers hurt sometimes.

I never would have imagined I will have such problems...

It's probably the combination of many factors, probably age mostly, but I'm also experimenting with Emacs, with Ctrl being on Caps-Lock and I think that has triggered the problem. Thumb-tip pain is probably from the SpaceFn layout, but the other finger-tips, no idea.

My main keyboard is a Leopold FC M660 with Cherry blues, but IIRC the problems has already started on a stock 60% Cherry MX with linear red switches.

I've also experimented with vegetarian diet for 11 months, which fucked up my guts and ass, plus I always felt super tired, then a beef + potato only diet for 6 months, but that made my joints hurt. Pretty much caused gout, which is also supposed to be worsened by drinking high-fat milk, which I do drink about a liter a day, like I did most of my life. But then the problems has slowly subsided. Not sure what has changed though; I only got older...



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