I am so thankful I ran into Ray Peat's site and this forum. My researching has brought me here many times so I finally decided to make myself visible.
My history if you are inclined and have the time...
- 70 years young (if I don't look in the mirror, lol). Into alternative health since I read Adelle Davis in the 60's. My favorite t-shirt says "The earth does not belong to us - We belong to the earth".
- Diabetes that I had controlled w/low carb diet - no dairy, no gluten, no sugar, fish oil(easy to give that up) etc. Now the mainstay of my diet is whole milk and Great Lakes gelatin hydrolysate. (I have to simmer it in water or it gives me diarrhea.), 1/3 cup coffee w/a cup of milk and spoon of cocoa and stevia (I haven't tried actual sugar...I get a "no" when I muscle test it.) Coconut oil, it has to be refined or diarrhea again.
- Hypothyroid - on 90mg Armour, 13mcg T3 when I get up. I am experimenting with adding more T3 in divided doses - a little after lunch, dinner and at bed. It is giving me energy, I was dead tired before. I muscle test to see the dosage my body wants. (I put it on my solar plex... If my body goes forward it wants it, backward it doesn't want it.) I muscle test everything...That's how my body talks to me.
- Cyclical Epilepsy for the last several years along w/short and long term memory loss. Just because I am way postmenopausal doesn't mean I don't have hormones. I am on progest-e since 9/15/14. It looks like it is working...So far so good. :)
-Chemically sensitive. You know I think it might have started around menopause. Somewhere I read that progesterone may help with that. Hmmmm...Isn't that interesting... A number of my seizure episodes came the night after eating restaurant food - I am thinking MSG.
- Burning/stinging legs, sore veins on legs/arms, bruising, edema(legs/face) - This started when I was on Lamictal(glutamate blocker, calcium blocker, sodium blocker) last summer for seizures after my worst episode of 6 grand mals in 1 night, aspirating fluid in my lungs, ...hospital, oxygen, etc etc. Drugs weren't the answer for sure - stopped the seizures but almost stopped me. Went off on 9/23/14.
I am optimistic that I am on the right track now. I think I have everything improving except the edema, sore veins, bruising, varicose veins and memory problems. I refuse to accept them - It is just a matter of finding the right solution for my body. Any suggestions are welcome. You know after seizures, I would go to the bathroom 10 times or so during the next night getting rid of all the extra water - It's all related. Anyway, I'm working on CO2 now - bag breathing(don't notice any change), SYFO seltzer water(clears my head), 1/8th tsp baking soda in water in the evening seems to temporarily help my evening leg edema but if I have a 2nd glass or if I drink it down too fast...diarrhea.
Thank you and Good Health to All.
My history if you are inclined and have the time...
- 70 years young (if I don't look in the mirror, lol). Into alternative health since I read Adelle Davis in the 60's. My favorite t-shirt says "The earth does not belong to us - We belong to the earth".
- Diabetes that I had controlled w/low carb diet - no dairy, no gluten, no sugar, fish oil(easy to give that up) etc. Now the mainstay of my diet is whole milk and Great Lakes gelatin hydrolysate. (I have to simmer it in water or it gives me diarrhea.), 1/3 cup coffee w/a cup of milk and spoon of cocoa and stevia (I haven't tried actual sugar...I get a "no" when I muscle test it.) Coconut oil, it has to be refined or diarrhea again.
- Hypothyroid - on 90mg Armour, 13mcg T3 when I get up. I am experimenting with adding more T3 in divided doses - a little after lunch, dinner and at bed. It is giving me energy, I was dead tired before. I muscle test to see the dosage my body wants. (I put it on my solar plex... If my body goes forward it wants it, backward it doesn't want it.) I muscle test everything...That's how my body talks to me.
- Cyclical Epilepsy for the last several years along w/short and long term memory loss. Just because I am way postmenopausal doesn't mean I don't have hormones. I am on progest-e since 9/15/14. It looks like it is working...So far so good. :)
-Chemically sensitive. You know I think it might have started around menopause. Somewhere I read that progesterone may help with that. Hmmmm...Isn't that interesting... A number of my seizure episodes came the night after eating restaurant food - I am thinking MSG.
- Burning/stinging legs, sore veins on legs/arms, bruising, edema(legs/face) - This started when I was on Lamictal(glutamate blocker, calcium blocker, sodium blocker) last summer for seizures after my worst episode of 6 grand mals in 1 night, aspirating fluid in my lungs, ...hospital, oxygen, etc etc. Drugs weren't the answer for sure - stopped the seizures but almost stopped me. Went off on 9/23/14.
I am optimistic that I am on the right track now. I think I have everything improving except the edema, sore veins, bruising, varicose veins and memory problems. I refuse to accept them - It is just a matter of finding the right solution for my body. Any suggestions are welcome. You know after seizures, I would go to the bathroom 10 times or so during the next night getting rid of all the extra water - It's all related. Anyway, I'm working on CO2 now - bag breathing(don't notice any change), SYFO seltzer water(clears my head), 1/8th tsp baking soda in water in the evening seems to temporarily help my evening leg edema but if I have a 2nd glass or if I drink it down too fast...diarrhea.
Thank you and Good Health to All.