A recap of what I am taking:
1 thorne b complex
8000 IU vitamin D
400uq vitamin E
half a mineral capsule biocare mineral complex (zinc, selenium, copper, molydenum, mag, boron, etc)
2 lions mane ultra capsules 3x a day
1 reishi capsule 3x a day (lowered the dose to save on reishi costs! but also to prevent it effecting my mood badly)
30mg egcg 2x a day
NAC 1g 3x a day (lowered from 2g for the time being)
Glycine 14g 3x a day
panthothenic acid 100mg 3x a day
choline 100mg 3x a day
1 tablespoon oat bran (beta glucans) once a day.
Magnesium
mag ascorbate 3g in two split doses (so mag and vitamin c)
200mg mag from diet
50mg mag citrate from mineral mix
Mineral mix does appear to have made a difference to my overall stability.
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Symptoms gone:
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I certainly don't feel cured but seem to be at a much more stable 80% with the minerals I added. I'll get my bloods re-tested as soon as I can. I have experimented quite a bit with potassium gluconate, but I haven't really found it does much, I'm not sure whether to keep trying it or not but I probably will.
1 thorne b complex
8000 IU vitamin D
400uq vitamin E
half a mineral capsule biocare mineral complex (zinc, selenium, copper, molydenum, mag, boron, etc)
2 lions mane ultra capsules 3x a day
1 reishi capsule 3x a day (lowered the dose to save on reishi costs! but also to prevent it effecting my mood badly)
30mg egcg 2x a day
NAC 1g 3x a day (lowered from 2g for the time being)
Glycine 14g 3x a day
panthothenic acid 100mg 3x a day
choline 100mg 3x a day
1 tablespoon oat bran (beta glucans) once a day.
Magnesium
mag ascorbate 3g in two split doses (so mag and vitamin c)
200mg mag from diet
50mg mag citrate from mineral mix
Mineral mix does appear to have made a difference to my overall stability.
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Symptoms gone:
- No muscle fatigue even upon exertion, or very minor at best.
- Brainfog is pretty much gone, but the b vitamins do cloud my thinking, different symptom but I haven't found the cause.
- PEM is minor, I think I had one outbreak of PEM but I actually think it was MCS from an hour long hot tub session and a reaction to bromide!
- Exertional envelope increased in the last week at a steady and stable pace.
- No sore throat
- Mouth ulcers are 60% gone, the symptoms come back but I never quite manage to get one. Overall though they don't ruin my day for weeks on end like they used to!
- Cranial cervical inflammation, spinal inflammation, stiff neck, back and muscles - all these symptoms have gone and they only come back if I remove the b complex.
- No viral symptoms, unless I get withdrawal from something I don't tend to get any viral symptoms or flu like symptoms or lymph node swelling anymore.
- Can hold a conversation now for quite a long time, which was not possible before.
- Can exert myself for periods (then rest) much more reliably than before. Be interesting to see if this improves or plateaus.
- Voice very deep when taking the b vitamins
- Harder to stay calm but not impossible with reduced egcg and oat bran doses.
- Tiredness "heavy eyes" from the b vitamins, but very different to ME symptoms.
- Sleep is poor most nights, but if I go for a walk I find I can sleep better.
- Teeth and gums feel tight, or they feel agitated, like something is not quite right.
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I certainly don't feel cured but seem to be at a much more stable 80% with the minerals I added. I'll get my bloods re-tested as soon as I can. I have experimented quite a bit with potassium gluconate, but I haven't really found it does much, I'm not sure whether to keep trying it or not but I probably will.