Hello,
I need some help to try to fight pretty bad fatigue. Dono where to start as what I try fails.
I have been experiencing anxiety for like 15 years. Last winter I crashed badly after being fired from work, over-trained, abused alcohol, used benzos, used stomach acid-lowering meds, used anti-histamiens, ate low carb, lost 15lbs in 2 months. I quit everything at that time - sweets, smoking, all addictions. My BP dropped to 105/60 pulse down to 45. I was so tired that I could not get out of bed.
Brain fog, lack of interest in life, no motivation at all, heavy depression were hunting me for about 2 months after I stopped smoking. Than brain fog lifted a bit, but i was still very tired and de-motivated.
SJW picked me up a bit so I could walk outside for some. Betaine HCL helped a bit with digestion (stomach acid was totally gone). Than I started Schizandra and my energy started to come back, although together with Betaine I was feeling over-stimulated all the time. Than I resumed smoking and soon I lost energy again.
Recently I tried Jarrow B-right and seemed to make me calm for like 3-4 hours and mybe give me a bit of energy. One day I took 2 pills and I was sweating so bad all night. I was taking also Grape Seed Extract and CoQ10. I got a feeling like electricity is passing through my arms and legs. I was eating a lot of sulphur foods and meat. I red that I am either not methylating well and sulphur is a problem. Also ammonia from meat causes excitotoxicity. I cut those and I am a bit less over-stimulated.
I am pretty sure my adrenals are in poor condition. Smoking helps me to elevate blood glucose but also makes me tense. I tend to go hypoglycemic and have to eat every 3 hours, but have no appetite. I can't sleep either - 4-5 hours on average.
Things I have tried:
Optizinc - almost no effect while I had the blood glucose stable 1-2 months ago; now feels like its causing glycemia
Magnesium Malate - calms me down and gives energy, but kills stomach acid
MethylB12 1000 - not sure if I felt anything
Pirodoxine 50 mg - quickly caused me to feel very bad; P5P caused nothing if I recall it
SJW - can feel nice serotonin in a day or 2 than depresses me
Schizandra - since smoking resumed, makes me too tense
Panthetine 450 mg - gave me energy, made my skin oily, made me swaty, maybe tense, skin irritation
Garlic and bee pollen - cause glycemia
Creatine - kidney pain
R-ALA - glycemia
NAG - glycemia
Fish oil - not doing good on it, but can't tell exactly.. maybe depression
Betaine, Lecitin, eggs - make me so tense that my muscles hurt
I am looking at a potential problems:
1. Smoking is obviously bad for me, but I am so drained now that I am afraid to stop. Is methylation taking a hit when I stop? Most obvious is nicotine stimulates adrenals. That raises blood glucose and at lest I can eat something and not get totally depressed. How should I deal with this?
2. I might have deficiency on some B vitamins. B1 seems very logical. I feel a bit dumb and cant tolerate choline and sulphur foods. Maybe B1 is tanked and I don't create acetylcholine. Other neurotransmiters seem to be low too - 1 pill HTP can make me real tired for a few days. Oatmeal with yoghurt and banana make me calm. Maybe due to Thiamine. But I keep feeling a lump in my stomach and throat - low stomach acid it seems.
I am not sore what to eat and supplement and how much. My life is down the drain and I don't have energy to go back to work.
Any help would be nice.
Thank you!
37 male
I need some help to try to fight pretty bad fatigue. Dono where to start as what I try fails.
I have been experiencing anxiety for like 15 years. Last winter I crashed badly after being fired from work, over-trained, abused alcohol, used benzos, used stomach acid-lowering meds, used anti-histamiens, ate low carb, lost 15lbs in 2 months. I quit everything at that time - sweets, smoking, all addictions. My BP dropped to 105/60 pulse down to 45. I was so tired that I could not get out of bed.
Brain fog, lack of interest in life, no motivation at all, heavy depression were hunting me for about 2 months after I stopped smoking. Than brain fog lifted a bit, but i was still very tired and de-motivated.
SJW picked me up a bit so I could walk outside for some. Betaine HCL helped a bit with digestion (stomach acid was totally gone). Than I started Schizandra and my energy started to come back, although together with Betaine I was feeling over-stimulated all the time. Than I resumed smoking and soon I lost energy again.
Recently I tried Jarrow B-right and seemed to make me calm for like 3-4 hours and mybe give me a bit of energy. One day I took 2 pills and I was sweating so bad all night. I was taking also Grape Seed Extract and CoQ10. I got a feeling like electricity is passing through my arms and legs. I was eating a lot of sulphur foods and meat. I red that I am either not methylating well and sulphur is a problem. Also ammonia from meat causes excitotoxicity. I cut those and I am a bit less over-stimulated.
I am pretty sure my adrenals are in poor condition. Smoking helps me to elevate blood glucose but also makes me tense. I tend to go hypoglycemic and have to eat every 3 hours, but have no appetite. I can't sleep either - 4-5 hours on average.
Things I have tried:
Optizinc - almost no effect while I had the blood glucose stable 1-2 months ago; now feels like its causing glycemia
Magnesium Malate - calms me down and gives energy, but kills stomach acid
MethylB12 1000 - not sure if I felt anything
Pirodoxine 50 mg - quickly caused me to feel very bad; P5P caused nothing if I recall it
SJW - can feel nice serotonin in a day or 2 than depresses me
Schizandra - since smoking resumed, makes me too tense
Panthetine 450 mg - gave me energy, made my skin oily, made me swaty, maybe tense, skin irritation
Garlic and bee pollen - cause glycemia
Creatine - kidney pain
R-ALA - glycemia
NAG - glycemia
Fish oil - not doing good on it, but can't tell exactly.. maybe depression
Betaine, Lecitin, eggs - make me so tense that my muscles hurt
I am looking at a potential problems:
1. Smoking is obviously bad for me, but I am so drained now that I am afraid to stop. Is methylation taking a hit when I stop? Most obvious is nicotine stimulates adrenals. That raises blood glucose and at lest I can eat something and not get totally depressed. How should I deal with this?
2. I might have deficiency on some B vitamins. B1 seems very logical. I feel a bit dumb and cant tolerate choline and sulphur foods. Maybe B1 is tanked and I don't create acetylcholine. Other neurotransmiters seem to be low too - 1 pill HTP can make me real tired for a few days. Oatmeal with yoghurt and banana make me calm. Maybe due to Thiamine. But I keep feeling a lump in my stomach and throat - low stomach acid it seems.
I am not sore what to eat and supplement and how much. My life is down the drain and I don't have energy to go back to work.
Any help would be nice.
Thank you!
37 male