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@Anetta What is wit beer and do you notice this effect from all alcohol?
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by "wit" I mean cloudy unfiltered beer, Wit is white from Dutch@Anetta What is wit beer and do you notice this effect from all alcohol?
May be the vassodilation effect. Yes there are such drugs. Also natural teas for you too test.. what can I take out of it?
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So Dr Goldstein is the only CFS doc I know of who has suggested alcohol could relieve symptoms for some.
It's in the second box from the top right (ETOH).
He believed we suffer from limbic system dysregulation and that we could improve or correct the glitch by "Tuning the Brain." He theorized we tended to fall into types, and that's what this treatment chart is getting at. So if one does wwell on alcohol they might want to consider some of the other drugs in that box.
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So Dr Goldstein is the only CFS doc I know of who has suggested alcohol could relieve symptoms for some.
It's in the second box from the top right (ETOH).
He believed we suffer from limbic system dysregulation and that we could improve or correct the glitch by "Tuning the Brain." He theorized we tended to fall into types, and that's what this treatment chart is getting at. So if one does wwell on alcohol they might want to consider some of the other drugs in that box.
Am I crazy that wit beer is the only thing that significantly helps me with CFS?
I own the Betrayal By The Brain book but nowhere in the book do I see that chart.. Where did you find it from?
Also, how the hell do I read that thing!? It seems like I need to profile myself by the drugs in the middle, but I have only tried one of them (naphalozine)
It seems like that's a pretty long list of things to try, shots into the dark. His book had a much more straightforward approach.
Alcohol really, really helps me.
thanks
I'm not sure what mechanism works for me. I take it to help with my symptoms. Ketoacidosis is just an unwanted side effect, because I go weeks on a 1 litre a day whiskey without eating and eventually end up being hospitalized. I do try to take B1 when on binges but I'm in such a non-caring state during those times that I forget to do so. In a way my binges have become a form of passive suicide. I'm just so tired of not functioning the way I used to. I TRUELY miss myself, that's all.@Prefect Are you using alcohol to help with symptoms and are you drinking enough to get in alcoholic ketoacidosis on its own or is it a complication of this disease?
It's been mentioned before but if you are not taking B1 I would recomend it. I have no reason to have thiamine deficiency but I notice it helps particularly with post carb symptoms.
I posted a thread on it here a while back:
https://forums.phoenixrising.me/threads/oh-alcohol.55862/
Don't take the direction on it I did though, as my tolerance went up my binges got more and more severe (a litre of whiskey a day) and I've been in and out of detox over the last year, my driver's license is suspended, have an inflamed fatty liver, and likely have brain damage. Nowadays I no longer know if my cognitive deficits are from this condition or brain damage from alcohol abuse. Just sayin.
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So Dr Goldstein is the only CFS doc I know of who has suggested alcohol could relieve symptoms for some.
It's in the second box from the top right (ETOH).
He believed we suffer from limbic system dysregulation and that we could improve or correct the glitch by "Tuning the Brain." He theorized we tended to fall into types, and that's what this treatment chart is getting at. So if one does wwell on alcohol they might want to consider some of the other drugs in that box.
@Dufresne what are the dopamine drops mentioned?
I don't believe I mentioned anything about dopamine drops. What a nice thought though...