JaimeS
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Could be coincidence, but even when I was mostly well, taking fish oil as a supplement bothered me. I would hear good things, research it, and decide to take some. By the second or third day, I was always vaguely nauseated with a run-down feeling that is a faint echo of what a full-blown crash feels like. Again, this was when I was (mostly) well.
So one of my docs recommended it, and I went back on it again. (This is probably the fourth time I've tried it as a supplement in my lifetime!) Part of the issue is that I perk up considerably when I eat actual fish. Sushi makes me energetic and cheerful for hours.
I started taking a fish oil supplement (about 1-g), high quality (Nordic Naturals). At first I felt a tell-tale vascular tightening in my head. This has happened with other supplements and signifies when the supplement is going to do 'something' related to vascularity or has strong anti-inflammatory properties, or so it seems.
Later that same day, I felt super-cheerful and energized.
By the end of the day I was crashy - exhausted, weak, tingling, and sick at my stomach - some digestive symptoms in the AM the next day. I take lipase already; I thought this would help me digest the pure fat. Maybe not! I could try mixing it in some food, but I did try taking it with food - I took it between bites of breakfast.
Anyone else have crashy symptoms with omega-3s, or is it just my stupid supersensitivity rearing its ugly head? Could it be that I need to take it more consistently? (Like, one in the AM, one in the PM?)
On a final note, I had a food intolerance test done and my milk values were pretty high, except for goat's milk, which was at 2 (/6). I figured I could eat it once in awhile. I had a small amount of goat cheese sprinkled on top of my salad. I spent the rest of the night coughing up phlegm! I am, according to that selfsame test, more highly allergic to egg whites, but I wolf them down with nary a problem, and they're one of those foods that seems to reliably give me energy without causing any issues. I do eat organic and/or free range, always, so maybe the sensitivity was to something in regular eggs but not in organic eggs? Kind of grasping at straws here, because I don't understand.
How accurate are these tests? I've heard that some doctors don't trust them, but I figured it was yet more of that whole distrust that allopaths have for anything they weren't trained to do, rather than based on any kind of factual information. Any kind of citation by a reputable source or two would be met with virtual (gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free) cookies.
Thanks!
-J
So one of my docs recommended it, and I went back on it again. (This is probably the fourth time I've tried it as a supplement in my lifetime!) Part of the issue is that I perk up considerably when I eat actual fish. Sushi makes me energetic and cheerful for hours.
I started taking a fish oil supplement (about 1-g), high quality (Nordic Naturals). At first I felt a tell-tale vascular tightening in my head. This has happened with other supplements and signifies when the supplement is going to do 'something' related to vascularity or has strong anti-inflammatory properties, or so it seems.
Later that same day, I felt super-cheerful and energized.
By the end of the day I was crashy - exhausted, weak, tingling, and sick at my stomach - some digestive symptoms in the AM the next day. I take lipase already; I thought this would help me digest the pure fat. Maybe not! I could try mixing it in some food, but I did try taking it with food - I took it between bites of breakfast.
Anyone else have crashy symptoms with omega-3s, or is it just my stupid supersensitivity rearing its ugly head? Could it be that I need to take it more consistently? (Like, one in the AM, one in the PM?)
On a final note, I had a food intolerance test done and my milk values were pretty high, except for goat's milk, which was at 2 (/6). I figured I could eat it once in awhile. I had a small amount of goat cheese sprinkled on top of my salad. I spent the rest of the night coughing up phlegm! I am, according to that selfsame test, more highly allergic to egg whites, but I wolf them down with nary a problem, and they're one of those foods that seems to reliably give me energy without causing any issues. I do eat organic and/or free range, always, so maybe the sensitivity was to something in regular eggs but not in organic eggs? Kind of grasping at straws here, because I don't understand.
How accurate are these tests? I've heard that some doctors don't trust them, but I figured it was yet more of that whole distrust that allopaths have for anything they weren't trained to do, rather than based on any kind of factual information. Any kind of citation by a reputable source or two would be met with virtual (gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free) cookies.
Thanks!
-J