deliciousfruit
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Hi, thought I'd introduce myself since I've been lurking on this forum for the past few weeks. Big thanks for all the content by the way, amazing stuff.
Quick summary of health:
Overweight/fat, Asperger's like social interaction difficulty, very bad anxiety (not the panic kind, more the personality kind), depression, insomnia allergies, all since a very young age (child/toddler). Was weaned off animal foods and dairy by vegan dad at a young age, lots of PUFAs in diet (margarine, peanut butter, etc.). Lived in an extremely moldy house for most of my high school years.
In early high school years was put on Sertraline for 6 months, don't recall feeling very different from it. I was left with PSSD (post-ssri sexual dysfunction, basically I can't orgasm and my pp doesn't feel good to the touch) My memory isn't great nowadays but I think it was around this time that all the muscle on my body melted off (my arms and legs are sticks but my abdominal muscles aren't visible), leaving me skinnyfat, I'm 5 foot 9 inches and weigh 140lbs.
Was put though severe stress though forced sports in high schools, with 3 hour long training sessions 3 times a week and games against other schools with bigger kids, would always dread the games and try weasel my way out of them always crying, was the most stressful period of my life. In later high school after moving to a quieter school began going to the gym, committed 6 months but gained 0 muscle/weight so quit.
After this (about a year ago), got a flu shot which made me very ill for few weeks, and when I emerged from that I started getting nerve and joint problems. One of the biggest annoyances was my ulnar nerve in both elbows had thickened, making it pop out upon bending, so I've been unable to bend my elbows for a year now.
Discovered 'alternative' health through "Dr. Berg" on YouTube, followed his advice religously because made so much sense at the time. Was on a low carb diet, emphasizing vegetables, and things like eggs, starting taking ashwagandha, rhodiola, ginseng, alpha-lipoic acid, inositol, benfotiamine. I got a lot worse after this, didn't realize change in diet and supplements could have been contributing.
Fast forward to now, about a year after discovering 'alternative' health, my symptom picture is really too long to list, but among the worse are: severe chronic non-stop derealization/depersonalisation, extreme brain fog, adhd, ocd, feel like I've lost 20 iq points, inability to visualize, alexythmia (inability to identify and describe emotions), anhedonia, fatigue, multiple chemical sensitivity, gut issues, joint and nerve pain, inability to exercise, extremely poor memory, trouble finding words, so on and so forth.
I've been a part of virtually every alternative health community, tried every diet (was on carnivore for the longest, except I would always cheat and eat sugar, guess my body knew what it needed), with no improvements in any symptoms. Spent about $2000 on silly supplements that did nothing (or perhaps made me worse). Basically lost my last year of high school, because instead of doing homework/studying I spent what little left brainpower I had left researching every singly day on how to improve my health. I'm 19 years old now, although I look 16, my growth seems to have been stunted.
I discovered Ray Peat and this forum because I started looking into elevated serotonin. I seemed to be getting mild symptoms of serotonin syndrome from paticular foods I ate and some supplements which upon research all seemed to be serotonergic. It was always the same, I would get extremely hot, agitated, nausea, and weirdest of all twitching all over and in my body, My elbows, stomach, neck, eyes, unidentifiable areas inside my gut and chest would be dancing for hours among the other symptoms.
I read about Peat's dietary recommendations, and on the first day drank a lot of milk, orange juice, coconut oil, etc. The next morning I woke up feeling refreshed for the first time in a year, a few of my symptoms completely disappeared and a few had improved. I am nowhere near healed though, I'd say I'm about 5% better, which is more than I've got from anything before, so I know I'm heading in the right direction at least.
So far I've incorporated:
Diet: low-fat milk, OJ, low-fat cheese, coconut oil, daily raw carrot, coffee (I am able to handle 2 cups a day), gelatin, 1-2 eggs a day, liver a few times a month, lots of salt
Supplements/pharmaceuticals: stopped taking most of them (was taking about 25 a day), aspirin 450mg at night, niacinamide 125mg 3x a day, 0.8mg cyproheptadine at night (supplements that I was taking before that I didn't stop: ginkgo biloba, tmg, b1, vitamin e, milk thistle, adrenal cortex, magnesium, taurine) have ordered pregnenolone to try
Other: been red-lighting for months, getting more sunlight, bag breathing
My TSH was 6.5, so I've just started on NDT, 1/6th a grain in the morning with OJ and milk, will increase dosage slowly. I actually knew I had hypothyroidism since the beginning of this year, but didn't bother treating it until now becuase 1. I though simply by taking ashwagandha and increasing TSH would suffice (facepalm) 2. I began getting extremely hot instead of cold all the time.
I really associate with these personality traits The High Serotonin Personality » MENELITE I hope through what I am doing will be able to improve these things to live a happier life.
Thanks for reading
Quick summary of health:
Overweight/fat, Asperger's like social interaction difficulty, very bad anxiety (not the panic kind, more the personality kind), depression, insomnia allergies, all since a very young age (child/toddler). Was weaned off animal foods and dairy by vegan dad at a young age, lots of PUFAs in diet (margarine, peanut butter, etc.). Lived in an extremely moldy house for most of my high school years.
In early high school years was put on Sertraline for 6 months, don't recall feeling very different from it. I was left with PSSD (post-ssri sexual dysfunction, basically I can't orgasm and my pp doesn't feel good to the touch) My memory isn't great nowadays but I think it was around this time that all the muscle on my body melted off (my arms and legs are sticks but my abdominal muscles aren't visible), leaving me skinnyfat, I'm 5 foot 9 inches and weigh 140lbs.
Was put though severe stress though forced sports in high schools, with 3 hour long training sessions 3 times a week and games against other schools with bigger kids, would always dread the games and try weasel my way out of them always crying, was the most stressful period of my life. In later high school after moving to a quieter school began going to the gym, committed 6 months but gained 0 muscle/weight so quit.
After this (about a year ago), got a flu shot which made me very ill for few weeks, and when I emerged from that I started getting nerve and joint problems. One of the biggest annoyances was my ulnar nerve in both elbows had thickened, making it pop out upon bending, so I've been unable to bend my elbows for a year now.
Discovered 'alternative' health through "Dr. Berg" on YouTube, followed his advice religously because made so much sense at the time. Was on a low carb diet, emphasizing vegetables, and things like eggs, starting taking ashwagandha, rhodiola, ginseng, alpha-lipoic acid, inositol, benfotiamine. I got a lot worse after this, didn't realize change in diet and supplements could have been contributing.
Fast forward to now, about a year after discovering 'alternative' health, my symptom picture is really too long to list, but among the worse are: severe chronic non-stop derealization/depersonalisation, extreme brain fog, adhd, ocd, feel like I've lost 20 iq points, inability to visualize, alexythmia (inability to identify and describe emotions), anhedonia, fatigue, multiple chemical sensitivity, gut issues, joint and nerve pain, inability to exercise, extremely poor memory, trouble finding words, so on and so forth.
I've been a part of virtually every alternative health community, tried every diet (was on carnivore for the longest, except I would always cheat and eat sugar, guess my body knew what it needed), with no improvements in any symptoms. Spent about $2000 on silly supplements that did nothing (or perhaps made me worse). Basically lost my last year of high school, because instead of doing homework/studying I spent what little left brainpower I had left researching every singly day on how to improve my health. I'm 19 years old now, although I look 16, my growth seems to have been stunted.
I discovered Ray Peat and this forum because I started looking into elevated serotonin. I seemed to be getting mild symptoms of serotonin syndrome from paticular foods I ate and some supplements which upon research all seemed to be serotonergic. It was always the same, I would get extremely hot, agitated, nausea, and weirdest of all twitching all over and in my body, My elbows, stomach, neck, eyes, unidentifiable areas inside my gut and chest would be dancing for hours among the other symptoms.
I read about Peat's dietary recommendations, and on the first day drank a lot of milk, orange juice, coconut oil, etc. The next morning I woke up feeling refreshed for the first time in a year, a few of my symptoms completely disappeared and a few had improved. I am nowhere near healed though, I'd say I'm about 5% better, which is more than I've got from anything before, so I know I'm heading in the right direction at least.
So far I've incorporated:
Diet: low-fat milk, OJ, low-fat cheese, coconut oil, daily raw carrot, coffee (I am able to handle 2 cups a day), gelatin, 1-2 eggs a day, liver a few times a month, lots of salt
Supplements/pharmaceuticals: stopped taking most of them (was taking about 25 a day), aspirin 450mg at night, niacinamide 125mg 3x a day, 0.8mg cyproheptadine at night (supplements that I was taking before that I didn't stop: ginkgo biloba, tmg, b1, vitamin e, milk thistle, adrenal cortex, magnesium, taurine) have ordered pregnenolone to try
Other: been red-lighting for months, getting more sunlight, bag breathing
My TSH was 6.5, so I've just started on NDT, 1/6th a grain in the morning with OJ and milk, will increase dosage slowly. I actually knew I had hypothyroidism since the beginning of this year, but didn't bother treating it until now becuase 1. I though simply by taking ashwagandha and increasing TSH would suffice (facepalm) 2. I began getting extremely hot instead of cold all the time.
I really associate with these personality traits The High Serotonin Personality » MENELITE I hope through what I am doing will be able to improve these things to live a happier life.
Thanks for reading
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