I had 3 good weeks on the Fredd protocol, with many gains: Weight increased, psoriasis faded, sleep requirement dropped 2 hours, more energy, more libido, depression-proofed, brainfog gone, could drop my hydrocortisone dose from 20 to 15mg/day, better blood-sugar response, much stabler gut.
Sfx few & transient.
But then, after doubling my m-folate dosage, I crashed: jitters, abdomen tension, total amotivation, anhedonia, no concentration, cold hands & feet, temp plunges below 36 (hasn't happened for 2 years), higher startle reflex, sleep a lot. Some heart palps, but K fixes them okay.
It feels quite like serotonin syndrome - I'm even a bit clammy at times. Niacin helped.
I stopped everything for 36 hours, & symptoms reduced by 80%.
But symptoms returned today after only 2 half-tabs of metafolin & 1 half-tab mB12. (Half the previous doses.)
I'm not panicked about it, as all I have to do is stop taking the supps & symptoms go. What I can't work out is why I am so sensitive to metafolin (and/or mB12?) when I was taking much higher doses without harm?
They could have "built up" I guess - but I thought both had pretty short half-lives?
I thought LCF might have a role, as I had anxiety from ALC before. But no LCF today.
Any insights?
Thanks to all...
Sfx few & transient.
But then, after doubling my m-folate dosage, I crashed: jitters, abdomen tension, total amotivation, anhedonia, no concentration, cold hands & feet, temp plunges below 36 (hasn't happened for 2 years), higher startle reflex, sleep a lot. Some heart palps, but K fixes them okay.
It feels quite like serotonin syndrome - I'm even a bit clammy at times. Niacin helped.
I stopped everything for 36 hours, & symptoms reduced by 80%.
But symptoms returned today after only 2 half-tabs of metafolin & 1 half-tab mB12. (Half the previous doses.)
I'm not panicked about it, as all I have to do is stop taking the supps & symptoms go. What I can't work out is why I am so sensitive to metafolin (and/or mB12?) when I was taking much higher doses without harm?
They could have "built up" I guess - but I thought both had pretty short half-lives?
I thought LCF might have a role, as I had anxiety from ALC before. But no LCF today.
Any insights?
Thanks to all...
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