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ME/CFS since 1995; activity level 6?
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It didn´t last. In some more than a week I have consumed the two big aloe vera plants we had. Tomorrow I will see what they have in the herb-shop for aloe vera juice. I am now just taking all these adrenal supplements that make me feel slightly different (I seem more prone to make jokes and laugh, but strangely I am thinking in suicide as well) and pee fluorescent. My gut is better from all these kilos of aloe vera but not is not enough and most of foods aggravate it. For now. I am not eating fruits or nuts or almost anything . I am suffering the agony of having a sore intestine that does not want food and a person that is hungry. I am one that has always loved eating. Will start again doing fermented vegetables and will try seriously to do bone broths and stick religiously to all the things you can do at home for leaky gut. Oh my God does coconut oil taste horrible!! I hate it but I have to take it everyday from now I guess.
When I can I will start again the propolis capsules, a good probiotic and other things for leaky gut. I feel like it has been foolish to buy 2 months worth of adrenal treatment with this gut state but hey, most of it I am taking it sublingually so no harm. I just wish I had a real doctor or someone to oversee me, do testing and take the decisions. The desperate with cognitive problems from illness are not the best decision makers.
BTW the huge amounts of aloe vera triggred a herx. No joke! I got a day of herxing characterized by a strong headache and nausea/malaise. Had to take a painkiller but it wasn´t until I took my melatonin that the pain subsided. Interesting uh? Melatonin is antinflammatory and antioxidant.
Sorry to hear this, and especially about the strange mood.
How are you taking coconut oil? I love it so use it for all my uses of oil/fat, but maybe if you fry with it you won't notice the taste so much?
Yes, it is really challenging to be experimenting blindly (in the sense that we don't know what's happening in our bodies) and especially with brain fog. I find it very frustrating. If I could afford it I would be monitoring my physiological state regularly to see if things are doing what they should, whether I need to change doses and other things, but all I can monitor is blood pressure, blood glucose and how things look and feel.