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    Antioxidant Supplement Worsened General PEM

    No no, thank you for the helpful information. And I wish you the same and everyone else here to keep on punching upwards and beyond :)
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    Antioxidant Supplement Worsened General PEM

    Thank you for so much for your very detailed and informative post. I did not realise that there were so many sulfur producing products in the antioxidants formula until now, and I also had no idea that they could cause those kind of side-effects. I definitely need to be more careful in the...
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    Antioxidant Supplement Worsened General PEM

    Ah, I am sorry to hear that but, I am glad that flexing your spine/hip hop joint stops the pain temporarily. I do hope it gets better for you and that you find out how to stop the pain for good. I really do hope so, and I definitely will do. I probably should also throwaway the remainder of the...
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    Antioxidant Supplement Worsened General PEM

    Yup, I genuinely thought I would be able to tolerate it as the dosage were significantly lower than each of the ones I had supplemented in the past. Boy, was I wrong haha. I had no idea Vitamin E is a blood thinner, thank you for that. Ah, I really do hope so. Fingers crossed :)
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    Antioxidant Supplement Worsened General PEM

    Thank you, Wishful, that's reassuring. Ah, I also do keep a (not so well structured) journal for symptoms and whatnot, which allowed me to somewhat point out that these symptoms only started happening shortly after supplementing the the antioxidants. At the moment I have extremely bad trapezoid...
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    Antioxidant Supplement Worsened General PEM

    Hi Pamoja. I had briefly taken Vitamin C, L-Cysteine, Zinc, Taurine, Manganese, and Riboflavin-5-Phosphate (R5P) years ago, but I could only somewhat tolerate R5P at the time, though, for the others that I mentioned, I stopped taking them as soon as I started experiencing side-effects. I am not...
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    Antioxidant Supplement Worsened General PEM

    Thank you, Murph, I hope so too.
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    Antioxidant Supplement Worsened General PEM

    You're right about that, Murph! I just hope that I get better because it's been at least 2 weeks since I stopped and I have barely noticed any improvements on the side effects that I have been experiencing from it
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    Antioxidant Supplement Worsened General PEM

    Hi everyone. A couple of weeks ago, I took the Solgar Antioxidant Formula for at least 4-5 days, and what I have noticed is that it has made my general PEM symptoms worse and it's also lowered the threshold too. Before I started taking the antioxidant formula, I could walk for about 30 minutes...
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    High-Dose Selenium Significantly Improves My Fatigue and Brain Fog

    @Hip Oh, nice. I definitely give Selenomethionine a shot sometime next week then. Thank you :)
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    High-Dose Selenium Significantly Improves My Fatigue and Brain Fog

    I have not actually started supplementing them yet because I wanted to first make sure that the supplement is yeast-free. I contacted the manufacturer over two weeks ago and the following is their response: " Good Morning, Selenomthionine is a mineral, mined from the earth. There is no yeast...
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    High-Dose Selenium Significantly Improves My Fatigue and Brain Fog

    Hi @Hip Two weeks ago, I bought this bottle of Selenomethionine (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thorne-Research-Selenomethionine-Selenium-Supplement/dp/B00B5N9IDQ) and I just wanted to know whether or not it is yeast-free? Thanks
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    Unfolded Protein Response and A Possible Treatment for CFS

    Does anyone know where I can find TUDCA vegetable capsules? I cannot seem to find any online.
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    High-Dose Selenium Significantly Improves My Fatigue and Brain Fog

    Thank you @Aerowallah and I am glad that it is still working wonders for you!
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    High-Dose Selenium Significantly Improves My Fatigue and Brain Fog

    Hi @Aerowallah, Are you still taking the ionic Trace Minerals? If so, are you still experiencing the benefits?
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    Simplified Methylation Protocol Revised as of Today

    Hi, Yeah, I find some relief from this protocol. I use to get headaches 24/7 but, after doing the protocol for about 6 weeks, I then noticed that the constant headaches stopped being constant. I still have brain fog but, I guess it improved it a bit. An important note though, I only used...
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    Severe omega 3 defciency and adrenal issues

    Hi @Valentijn, I was wondering what brand of fish oil you use?
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    Does Anyone Know How to Determine the Wild-Type and Risk Allele in a SNP?

    merylg, thank you for sharing those links; I will definitely be using those two resources for next time I look into my genetics :)
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    Does Anyone Know How to Determine the Wild-Type and Risk Allele in a SNP?

    Thank you so much for clearing all of this up for me, Valentijn. This now makes sense to me :)
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    Does Anyone Know How to Determine the Wild-Type and Risk Allele in a SNP?

    Hi everyone, I am bit unsure on how to determine a wild-type (normal) and a risk-allele of a SNP. According to this resource (http://www.hgmd.cf.ac.uk/docs/mut_nom.html) it says, for e.g., 76A>C denotes that at nucleotide 76 a A is changed to a C) - so, what I have taken from this is that 'A'...
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    I Am Experiencing Negative Side Effects After Supplementing Potassium Gluconate

    @Gondwanaland I am going to finally order some vitamin B2 but, I am unsure whether I should purchase riboflavin (inactive) or the riboflavin-5-phosphate (active). What do you reckon I should go with? :)
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    I Am Experiencing Negative Side Effects After Supplementing Potassium Gluconate

    Ah, awesome, thanks. I will leave out the D3/Transdermal Magnesium for now, aha.
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    I Am Experiencing Negative Side Effects After Supplementing Potassium Gluconate

    I also believe that. I have been supplementing chelated magnesium for years now but, whenever I try to use transdermal magnesium, I would get so weak, and then my brain fog gets even worse, to the point where it feels painful. Do you think I may be absorbing it a bit too well? If so, maybe I...
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    I Am Experiencing Negative Side Effects After Supplementing Potassium Gluconate

    I have not started the B1, as I have not ordered them yet. I was hypothetically agreeing with you that if I were to start feeling good on one good B vitamin, I would not be in a rush to try the next B vitamin, aha. I will definitely check out Sherpa regimen, thank you. I do hope that your uric...
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    I Am Experiencing Negative Side Effects After Supplementing Potassium Gluconate

    I forgot to upload the SNPs in the previous messages :bang-head: so, here there are :)
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    I Am Experiencing Negative Side Effects After Supplementing Potassium Gluconate

    I am sorry to hear that you also went through the same thing. Do you suggest I may have also a bad thyroid?
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    I Am Experiencing Negative Side Effects After Supplementing Potassium Gluconate

    Looks we think alike because I would also leave out the other B vitamins for a while, aha. Okay dokey, I will look into taking B2 first but, then what would come next? B1 or B3? :) I have read those two threads many months ago but, I have forgotten pretty much everything that I have read, aha...
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    I Am Experiencing Negative Side Effects After Supplementing Potassium Gluconate

    Hi @Gondwanaland, When I do decide to start supplementing the B vitamins one by one, starting from B1 and upwards, let us say, I begin to start feeling good from supplementing B1 alone, would I still need to try the other B vitamins? And if so, would I still continue to supplement the B1 as...