SQu
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Just a quick summary which might be of interest to those people discussing altitude issues - my family and I went to the mountains for 10 days. my husband went to the top (3200m) and got some altitude sickness symptoms and I'm grateful that he chose not to continue with his planned 5 day hike, I think it was wise. when I fetched him the next day from 2500m, his face was swollen and blotchy, and he was very, very tired. he said he was confused the night before at the top, and very breathless. I had given him coffee, aspirin, and other peaty things to take, but he didn't at the time. I immediately gave him some Coke to drink and 600mg aspirin. his colour and energy and puffiness rapidly improved, but also we were descending by then, to about 2000m where we stayed the rest of the holiday. he was also very stiff, and that rapidly improved. I gave him B1 (200mg) niacinamide (200mg), coffee, and more Coke. The other hikers came down 5 days later as planned, one had had a headache for 3 days, the other - a very fit active guy - spoke of how 'you don't really need much food up there'. I looked at him with disbelief - all that climbing and hiking rough terrain in howling winds and cold and heat - and realized he meant he had little appetite.
I was very puffy before we even left for the mountains, as the thyroid supp seemed to raise estrogen levels. I was amazed at how well Coke worked for me - no OJ available so I replaced it with Coke and the puffiness went and I felt much better. I've never been a fan but I felt markedly better for drinking it, and I got the feeling that it is something my body really appreciates, so I will include it in my normal diet from now on. Also I had aspirin, 900mg. Aspirin really works for me and I tolerate it fine, though I did notice some indigestion and slight heartburn while I was there, perhaps due to no OJ.
In the mountains I had a slight chesty wheeze when I went for walks. I think the altitude change was not that big in my case - we live at 1730m and I think we were at about 2000m for the holiday. I took Haidut's T3, also thyroid supps (will update that log later), B1, B3, pregnenolone, went for a daily 15minute (steep) walk, and came back home feeling distinctly stronger and having lost a teeny bit of weight (not that I weighed myself - family report only!). When I went for a walk back home, the day we returned, I noticed the immediate return of a symptom that is always with me these days, but disappeared on holiday - a tight and bloated feeling in my abdomen. Like I've drunk litres of water.
I was very puffy before we even left for the mountains, as the thyroid supp seemed to raise estrogen levels. I was amazed at how well Coke worked for me - no OJ available so I replaced it with Coke and the puffiness went and I felt much better. I've never been a fan but I felt markedly better for drinking it, and I got the feeling that it is something my body really appreciates, so I will include it in my normal diet from now on. Also I had aspirin, 900mg. Aspirin really works for me and I tolerate it fine, though I did notice some indigestion and slight heartburn while I was there, perhaps due to no OJ.
In the mountains I had a slight chesty wheeze when I went for walks. I think the altitude change was not that big in my case - we live at 1730m and I think we were at about 2000m for the holiday. I took Haidut's T3, also thyroid supps (will update that log later), B1, B3, pregnenolone, went for a daily 15minute (steep) walk, and came back home feeling distinctly stronger and having lost a teeny bit of weight (not that I weighed myself - family report only!). When I went for a walk back home, the day we returned, I noticed the immediate return of a symptom that is always with me these days, but disappeared on holiday - a tight and bloated feeling in my abdomen. Like I've drunk litres of water.