- START LOW AND GO SLOW. Take the smallest possible dose an increase it gradually and by small increments. If you react to it at some point, you wont have a whole load of it in your system to weigh you down for God knows how long ...
- The 2nd Law of ME is: Never start more than one new thing at a time, and try to avoid taking those gazillion ingredient cure-alls, cause if something goes wrong, you'll have no idea which of the 150 ingredients caused the issues for you, so nothing will be learned.
@Ronagrenade2020 - I think this is essentially very good advice. I do tend to start new supplements at a bit higher than the smallest dose possible, but definitely not at a high dose. And I think starting one new thing at a time is essential. Otherwise you won't know what is doing what to you. I gave examples in an earlier post of very good and very bad reactions almost immediately to methylfolate and thiamine, caused by different refeeding syndrome reactions.
Here's what's helping me the most with energy etc. But as noted several times, we are all different. If you can get Nutreval testing done, that can be helpful. It pinpointed a severe B6 deficiency I had.
Thiamine (helps with energy, depletes phosphorous so have to take monosodium phosphate as well)
P-5-P (deficiency shown on Nutreval, helped with energy)
Methylfolate (helps with energy, depletes potassium so I take potassium gluconate as well in divided doses)
Methylcobalamin
d-ribose
creatine
hydrochloride - supposed to be easier on the stomach than creatine monohydrate - I've never had a problem with creatine hydrochloride and it has helped with energy
CoQ10
Drenamin (Standard Process)- adrenal glandular - my chiropractor who does muscle testing found my adrenal problem. And adrenal glandulars have been very helpful to me over the years, right now I'm on a very small dose. When I first got sick I had to take a lot more.
Be careful with pantothenic acid. I took that for several years. It initially helped my adrenals which were quite weak. However, I later learned that it also depleted taurine and taurine was necessary to deal with msg-induced excitotoxicity. I ended up with a severe msg sensitivity. Once I learned about pantothenic acid and taurine connection, I stopped the pantothenic acid and started taking taurine, and eventually was able to have a meal with soy sauce without being wide awake until 3:00 a.m.
A lot of people swear by B2, but I don't do well with supplemental B2. I don't know why. I do take a good B complex - Jarrow B Right and think I get enough B2 with that.
I forgot a couple more!
BCAAS (branched chain amino acids) - cut my PEM recovery time in half - I won't be without these
Vitamin D3 (I get blood work done to check my levels)
I've also been taking selenium for a long time so I don't notice anything from it but assume it's good for me
Also have been taking ALA and NAC forever - I assume they're good for me
At one time l-carnitine (2000 mg.) markedly boosted my energy for 10 days and then stopped. It helps some people but I finally gave up on it.
ETA:
Cellfood has also been helping me the last couple of months, but apparently I still need most everything else as well, though it has enabled me to cut my thyroid med in half.