Get healthy or die trying..
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Hello everyone.
For those interested, I will share my journey to health (or death), whichever comes first.
Some stats about me:
Male
27 years old
181cm tall
Skinny/Athletic Build (Hardgainer)
Current as of 10/12/24: about 76kg
Body Fat: 9%-10%Backstory:
My parents split up when I was 5 and I grew up with my mom and my brother, visiting my dad every other weekend. When I was 10, I was first introduced to porn, which led to a heavy porn addiction for the rest of my life. Like any addiction, it got worse over the years and I had to mix more and more substances with porn to get the same kick.
Sports have always been a great passion of mine and I like to play pretty much any sport. I played soccer until I was 15 and then switched to fitness.
When I was 18, I was interested in getting into AAS, but being a pussy, I didn't want to inject myself with a needle. So I did some research and I stumbled across a study that found that just taking an AI without additional test was able to increase free testosterone in a vareity of healthy males. So I ordered some Nolvadex online and I took a pill. Pretty much immediately after taking the pill I felt like my whole body was rusting. I could hardly move my joints. Of course I immediately stopped taking Nolvadex but the damage was already done. I developed chronic inflammation in both my shoulders and my hip. First I got diagnosed with shoulder impingement, and hernia and later on this diagnosis got changed to Polly arthrithis. Since that incident, my life has changed forever. I did every therapy under the sun, went to different doctors, physios, chiropractors, TCM, alternative medicine, but nothing really worked.
It wasn't pleasant, but I was still able to maintain a regular workout routine and a physique that 90% of the healthy people among my peers couldn't achieve, until things took a turn for the worse.In early 2020 I met my new girlfriend. Her father died early in her life and her mother abused her. So I took her out of the house and let her move in with me pretty quickly. This was my downfall. The frequent touching + sharing a bed with someone made my inflammation spiral completely out of control and I could barely sleep.
I went to my rheumatologist and started a therapy with the drug Methotrexate, which I had refused a year before. She told me that this drug helps 90% of people with arthritis, and since my inflammation had become unmanageable, I didn't see any other option at that point. With this drug you have to inject the substance once a week and the effects of it only start to show after about 3 months and the drugs have to be taken for years.
So I took the drug hoping that my pain would get better and it completely obliterated me. I lost all my muscles, I lost my hair, I lost any sense of self, I was an empty shell, a walking zombie and this in the time span of 3 months, so obviously I stopped the therapy because any possible positive effects it might have were not worth the side effects.
While doing the therapy I also got the covid shot because I was a high risk patient, which is probably the single biggest regret I have in my life.
My bad health also had a negative effect on my relationship because I wasn't the energetic and funny person I was when we first met.
We broke up and I moved out of the house.
I decided to focus on myself and fix myself before starting a new relationship.I went on a vegan diet, which helped me get off my anti-inflammatory medication (Arcoxia) that I've been on for the past few years.
While on the vegan diet, I had a lot of problems with bloating and gas, as well as very unstable energy and severe brain fog. My mood swings were so bad that I felt like I was bipolar. And every time I relapsed into my porn addiction, the inflammation would flare up in a big way for the next few days.
I was suicidal. So in the middle of 2023 I decided to fulfill a dream I had for a long time before I ended my life, and that was to spend part of the winter (which is very long and depressing in Switzerland) in Asia. I talked to my boss about it and was able to take 3 1/2 weeks off in mid-January 2024. I booked an airbnb in Bangkok for a month and decided to just take it from there. I didn't have the energy for more than that and I also didn't want to stress my body with traveling a lot because that always makes the inflammation flare up big time. I also decided that I would not go vegan on my vacation and just eat whatever I felt like.
I ate a lot of meat, rice, eggs, milk, pad thais and to my surprise my inflammation didn't get worse, it actually got better. I also had a very cool gym on the 42nd floor of my condo with an amazing view of Bangkok and I finally fell back in love with the gym and more importantly my life.
I also had major spiritual breakthroughs in Bangkok that helped me process some of my past traumas.Back in Switzerland, I began to process my experiences and came to the conclusion that everything I thought I knew about health and life in general was a lie. So I did what any sane person would do, a complete 180. I went on the carnivore diet in April 2024, getting only a small amount of carbohydrates from raw milk and honey. While my brain fog improved and my mood stabilized tremendously, my sleep suffered greatly. I was waking up between 3 and 4 every night.
I also tracked my vitals with Whoop and my HFV dropped tremendously. I decided to reintroduce sugar in the form of honey and fruit into my diet and my energy levels got better and I didn't wake up in the middle of the night as much as I used to.
I also added aspirin, collagen, vitamin K, B3, TMG, D3 and electrolytes to my routine.
While my health, energy and inflammation have improved, I am still far from feeling like my old self. I still suffer from low energy, brain fog, ED, low libido, major depressive episodes, and never feel refreshed in the morning after I wake up. I also have headaches about once a week that last all day.I used to be a goal getter (I know that sounds kind of ridiculous after the whole paragraph above). I've lost the spark, but that's okay, I've started to accept who I am at this point in time.
I'm in the process of trying different things and seeing what works best for me. I placed an order with idealabs for Tyrone, Cyproheptadine, Pansterone and Androsterone.
I didn't feel much of the T3, but the dosing was also a bit too much of a hassle with the bottle, so I probably wasn't dosing on a regular enough basis.
The Cypro made me tired but very apathic the next day and the apathic feeling is something I struggle with enough already.
I really enjoyed the Pansterone and Androsterone. It made me more aggressive, more confident, increased my beard growth, and somehow my urge to watch porn has almost completely disappeared since I started taking it. Interestingly enough, some days my mood was really good, other days I was very depressed, but the depressive episodes are much more manageable than they used to be. In the past, they would be completely overwhelming and last a few days in a row.
Recently I also got some 11-Keto DHT and 6-Keto P4 as well as Progest-E and T3 as Cynomel.
I started meassuring my temperature and it's usually between 34.3- 35.1 degrees upon waking up and 34.7- 35.4 degrees in the afternoon and my pulse is about 65 upon waking up.A usual routine: (ofc I don't eat exactly like this every day)
08:00 / 1 big cup of coffee in the morning with 10g collagen, 2g taurine, 5g creatine, milk, butter and raw honey. and 6mcg T3, 4mg DHEA, 4mg pregnenolone, 2mg androsterone (Sometimes I drink a big cup of fresh orange juice with it) and 650mg calcium.
11:00 / Breakfast with 5 eggs, bacon, parmesan cheese and dates, raw carrot and 6mcg T3
14:00 / Shake with 5 eggs, honey, chocolate powder and raw milk and 6mcg T3
18:30 / Ground beef with potatoes or rice and 6mcg T3
21:30 / 6g glycin, 500mg aspirin, vitamin K and 650mg calcium.I work out at the gym about 1-2 times a week and I play paddle tennis about 2-3 times a week which I started playing 2 months ago and is a miracle in itself as doctors and physio's told me that I would never be able to play stop and go sports again with my arthrithis.
Today i also got my order for dextrose after reading the glucose loading cures everything thread and watching dr stephans talk about it on yt.
I took my first 25g dose 4 hours ago and another 20g dose 1 hour ago and tbh.. it's fucking magical. I have been very tired all day and now I feel like I can take on the world again. I haven't felt this focused in years.
I will be incorporating large doses of glucose into my routine from now on.I have attached my latest blood test. Please feel free to share your comments about it if something stands out to you.
Anyone who wants to follow my journey is welcome, and if you have any questions I'll be happy to try to answer them.
I will use this log now and in the future to track my changes and progress so that I have something to look back on in a few years.My biggest problems at the moment:
- Low temperature
- Low libido
- Occasional diarrhea
- Depressive episodes
- Not having consistent energy throughout the day
- Sleep problems (difficulty falling asleep/ waking up in the middle of the night or very early and not feeling refreshed)
- Chronically stuffed nose
Next Goals:
- Read "How to Heal Your Metabolism" by Kate Deering
- Read "Hypothyroidism, the Unexpected Disease" by Broda Barnes
- Raise temp to 36 C
- Get to 80kg
- Strong libido
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@NokiaDrift said in Get healthy or die trying..:
Read "How to Heal Your Metabolism" by Kate Deering
Hi,
Excerpt from the book “How to Heal your Metabolism”. Kate DEERING
http://mirzoune-ciboulette.forumactif.org/t1347-comment-guerir-votre-metabolisme-livre
Comment augmenter son métabolisme Kate DEERING (Post in French, translator needed)
Main ideas
• Being in good health, isn't it the body's ability to adapt to its environment? It means having, at the same time, good digestion and regular bowel movements, restful sleep and energy all day long, no hormonal problems, etc.
• Dr. Barnes' research has demonstrated a direct correlation between elevated thyroid metabolism and better health: the thyroid gland is the conductor of all metabolic processes.
• Your lifestyle (and resulting stress), your toxic load and your diet affect your thyroid, your metabolism and your general health, much more than advancing age.
• The higher your metabolic rate (i.e. fuel well), the more energy (food) you will need to function efficiently. But if your metabolic rate decreases, metabolic processes (digestion, detoxification, libido, immunity) will suffer, and less energy (food) will be needed and used. We must therefore adapt/modulate if we do not want to burden/overload the work of the liver.
• When your thyroid is functioning well, your adrenaline and cortisol levels will be under control. But when your thyroid becomes lethargic or during times of stress, adrenaline and cortisol are required for an immediate boost of energy.
• Heat is then welcome. Adrenaline will try to mobilize glycogen stored in the liver and circulating fatty acids, to increase your body's energy needs. But often, cortisol will have to take over and stimulate the breakdown of tissue in your own body, to compensate for a deficiency.
• An overproduction of your stress hormone – cortisol – will occur to the detriment of your sex hormones (testosterone, estrogen and progesterone).
• It is important to realize that when you are stressed, thyroid activity decreases. 90' are necessary to recover normal operation.
• The main responsibility of the adrenal gland is to release hormones in response to stress. However, chronic elevation of any of these hormones will increase aging, lower thyroid function, increase fat gain (particularly around the belly), increase lactic acid production, waste muscle (gluconeogenesis), etc.
• The adrenal gland and the thyroid are antagonists of each other.
• If you are suffering from burnout, the root of the problem is not the adrenals; the root of the problem is a depressed thyroid, according to Kate DEERING. We must therefore not let things go too far before correcting the situation.
• When the liver becomes lethargic, several metabolic processes can be affected, leading to underfuelling, hormonal imbalance, etc. A congested liver allows toxins to re-circulate through the body, setting the stage for an immune system reaction or the onset of illness.
• In the next few chapters, Kate DEERING will educate us about foods and lifestyle choices that promote high metabolism and foods that inhibit optimal metabolic function.Note 1: 2 tsp honey for assimilation of protein is a little weak at breakfast if don’t want a adrenalin / cortisol reaction. Bad compo for adrenal glands. I’d target between 20 and 50 g carbs, the half of which comes from fructose.
=> Honey + one fruit (e.g. one pear or one Medjool date).
Note 2: For arthritis I’d take into account auto-immune reactions. Intolerance to Wga (gluten). See Jean-Marie Poinsignon’s book (summary on my forum) or Jean Seignalet (immunologist) (details can be given / read).
Everyone is reactive to Wga (agglutinin) and it may induce cross-reactive immune reaction by 50 % people not aware of the problem.
I said by all the people but most of us (85-90%) recover during the night. We recover an integrity of the intestine thanks to homeostasis (self-repair) provided we can rest peacefully during the night. To make short, hormones are functional. You don’t have to fight against low-grade inflammation.
See bioenergetics post here:
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You are hypothyroid
Nothing too complicated hereYour prolactin is high
Your igf1 is too of course (too much protein I assume)
You’re in a stressed metabolic stateIve never seen someone supplement their way out of hypothyroidism
While healing - I see most of them cause potential confusionLey food be thy medicine and medicine by thy food
One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.
-DB
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@Peatful This
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@Peatful said in Get healthy or die trying..:
You are hypothyroid
Nothing too complicated hereYour prolactin is high
Your igf1 is too of course (too much protein I assume)
You’re in a stressed metabolic stateIve never seen someone supplement their way out of hypothyroidism
While healing - I see most of them cause potential confusionLey food be thy medicine and medicine by thy food
Thanks for your comment!
With supplements causing confusion does that include T3?
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@NokiaDrift said in Get healthy or die trying..:
@Peatful said in Get healthy or die trying..:
You are hypothyroid
Nothing too complicated hereYour prolactin is high
Your igf1 is too of course (too much protein I assume)
You’re in a stressed metabolic stateIve never seen someone supplement their way out of hypothyroidism
While healing - I see most of them cause potential confusionLey food be thy medicine and medicine by thy food
Thanks for your comment!
With supplements causing confusion does that include T3?
Can you give me a brief rundown of what you would suggest for me to focus on?Im different
Because
Yes
In the state you are in
T3 is imo adding to your stressed stateThe proverbial bank withdrawal when nothing is in your account
Your signs and symptoms are evidence of this
I am not offering medical advice
As a matter of fact
I say never outsource your health
Especially to faceless people on the internetWith that
You need to find easy to digest foods that support your metabolism and keep your blood sugar steadyMacros about 40/30/30 c/f/p
Do not be orthorexic
And certainly don’t believe that Ray Peat endorsed any dietYou can gauge this objectively by taking your temps mostly
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@NokiaDrift A word of caution with the Androsterone, read my post at -
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@mavuue said in Get healthy or die trying..:
@NokiaDrift A word of caution with the androsterone, read my post at -
Interesting, thanks! I'm also very torn about androsterone. On the one hand I feel like it gave me a very nice androgen boost and I had a few days where I felt really masculine and confident on it. But I am also experiencing an extraordinary amount of ED and low libido, which I suspect is also caused by it, and which continues even after I stop taking it.
I feel like I have somehow become addicted to the calm it gives me, which has been a nice change after the years of ups and downs of my porn addiction.I will probably add Test Cream and DHT Cream to the mix soon which will hopefully give me a libido boost combined with more androgens/better mood/confidence.
I'm going to Thailand for the month of January and I want to find a mix that makes me feel like the good days on androsterone without the shutdown of libido and ED.I also spoke to my therapist today and he diagnosed me with depression and recommended I take SSRIs. But judging from how i felt on androsterone, a little push from additional test and dht is possibly all that i need to turn my life around.
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Small update:
The last 3 days on glucose have been really interesting.
I took about 60 grams on Saturday, 90 grams on Sunday and today I'm sitting at 40 grams.I am definitely feeling the effects of the increased metabolism with higher temperatures and more sweating.
The first day felt almost like taking amphetamines. I was very sluggish and full of brain fog and the brain fog went away almost immediately and I haven't been as alert and focused as I have been in a long time. I did have some problems with crashing sometimes, which I am trying to reduce by taking more frequent doses.
My joints were also more aching the first 2 days, but it was better by day 3.I think my sleep suffered a bit. While my sleep was long and uninterrupted, I had trouble getting into deep and REM sleep according to my whoop.
What was also really interesting is that yesterday I played a very intense 90 minute paddle session. During this session my average heart rate was significantly lower than it usually is when I play paddle, so the strain that the training put on my body was significantly reduced and I was able to have more consistent energy throughout the game, whereas in the past I really struggled to keep the focus high after the first 45 minutes.
In the evening my stomach was a bit upset and I had very little appetite so I took a few hits of a very weak weed so I could eat something.
My HFV also dropped by 25%.Today I had a very intense and exhausting depressive episode. I will try to go to the gym in the evening to counteract it.
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@NokiaDrift thank you for being so open about what led you to this point. I think one of the really amazing things about this forum is that people can speak the truth of how hard life is, and you have had quite a tough ride with that medication.
You are on the right track, and from my experience when you are going the right direction, Health slowly but surely comes back through the ups and downs.
I think the wisdom in the replies so far make a lot of sense, that food should be your primary focus. The Kate Deering book is great. I have tied myself in nots with supplements before, And I agree T3 can sometimes be counterproductive If you are not fueling your body correctly. Supplements make up milligrams of your diet, food makes up kilograms.
I too am using glucose and so far I have had really positive results. Interestingly, it has also given me additional benefits which are similar to T3, of raised body temperature and pulse. I am all the way up at 360 g of glucose, you may need less. Supplying the energy for your body needs to work properly seems to be really fundamental. Just a note, glucose depletes thiamine In the body, so it may be worth taking a good dose of vitamin B1 If you start to take higher amounts of glucose, as B1 is essential for metabolising glucose.
Something worth trying in case it Helps you too, When I’m feeling particularly stressed ie brain foggy etc. i take a slurp of my dextrose drink (270g dextrose to 500ml of milk) and hold it in my mouth letting the mix absorb through my cheeks and sublingually for a good 5 mins and the stress plummets. This may be worth a go when your arthritis flares up.
All the best, you will get there.
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@josh thanks for sharing your thoughts! it definately does feel like i'm on the right track and i've already made a huge amount of improvements when i look back what has happend and changed in the past 12 months.
This is also my way on how i try to contribute to this forum. I have a hard time understanding all the complex mechanisms on how everything in the body works since english is not my first language and biology not really my strength but maybe sharing my story can help others who've had similar experiences in the past.Regarding the supplements, i would say that my diet is already pretty good with eating mostly raw milk, ground beef, rice, potatoes, carrots, fresh orange juice, lots of eggs, collagen, no pufa, cheese, oyster and occasional liver and no alcohol. So i don't really know on how else i can improve on the diet side of things appart from screwing with the macro ratio and possibly the timing of the different macros (when to consume protein/fat and carbs and in what amount).
I do understand how T3 could possibly screw one up if the diet would be shit and one doesn't supply the body with the right food. However i think i do supply my body with a lot of nutrition so i'm willing to take the risk on it.
If one doesn't supplement with T3 while being hypothyroid then would there ever be a right time to supplement it? For me that doesn't make sense currently.Question regarding your glucose intake: Is glucose the only carb you eat currently? How do you combat the decreased appetite from it? And when is the last time you take glucose before going to sleep so it doesn't keep you awake? How long did your body take to adjust to taking higher amounts of glucose? And how much B1 are you taking and in what form?
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@NokiaDrift Yeah, I totally get That. My background is in civil engineering and architecture so this is very much a whole new world to me too. On the positive side, I think understanding the bigger picture and not getting buried in the detail can serve you well.
My general diet is almost identical to your diet that you have listed. When I heard of dr stephen’s Protocol of using glucose, it seemed to fit my symptoms so well and i ramped up very quickly to360 g a day, but after a few days I really didn’t want to drink the glucose. I think it was easy to get carried away and think I must do exactly what others are doing or it won’t have the positive benefits, but what I realised is, you really have to listen to your own body, the subtle changes to symptoms. My belief is that stress Is what is stopping my body recovering, and being unwell makes the smallest things stressful. So if you can reduce stress in all its forms, at every opportunity, you will slowly recover. An example of how thorough i try be, I live in a house with a Staircase, I try to avoid too many trips up and down the staircase each day as it causes Adrenaline which all adds up to my total stress burden, and that Burton is keeping me stuck in a maladaptive state. So I’ve decided to start using the glucose intuitively when I’m feeling stressed as a way to bring that down and heal. Now, if I’ve had to go up and down the staircase a few times, I take a swig of the glucose drink (see below) which helps bring my stress response down quicker.
I have tried to take Dr Stephen’s protocol and make it my own, to better what I currently do, Rather than checking out all the good stuff I already do. So I have kept my diet the same with lots of bone broth, good dairy, milk and fruit, But where i used to have orange juice, I now have Milk with 200 g of dextrose in it, And then, also some Collagen and salt added. I then drink it slowly throughout the day, drinking more when I am stressed or have to do something physically or mentally demanding. It seems to work, especially when holding it in your mouth and adding it absorb sublingually. So I guess I have offset the carbs slightly by stopping the orange juice, and hopefully replacing it with carbs that are more effective for the brain. I think it is really important that you don’t replace the carbs in your diet entirely with glucose. Keeping a good amount of cheese, Fruits and a bit of starch stop me from going hypo. I have found, I can still eat a decent amount of fruit and food alongside 200 g, I may start to go up if my body doesn’t mind it, Or if my demand for carbs naturally goes up.
On the vitamin B1 front, I take ttfd 100mg. I have chandler marrs’ book Which is a good reference, And also elliot overtons YouTube channel. I started at 50mg and didnt have any negative effect, so went up to 100mg. At this dose my adrenaline went down and i started getting headaches, so iv stayed there and the headaches have lessened. I plan on trying 150mg and then 200mg where hopefully ill stay. I take it in the morning as i think it can effect sleep due to the energy boost. My theory is that the need for adrenaline in My body went down and so Headaches are just my body feels like without running on adrenaline. Hopefully overtime, my metabolic energy production increases, I will feel well without stress hormones.
I hope this helps, it’s my take on the protocol, Thinking that it doesn’t need to be all or nothing. I think listening to your body and answering it with glucose is a good way to incorporate this protocol.
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Grüezi @NokiaDrift (if you are from the German-speaking part of Switzerland. If not, Bonjour or Buon giorno).
You say that you eat no PUFA, but eat ten eggs a day. Unless you have and feed you own chicken or get the eggs from someone who doesn't feed the usual grain feed, you are getting a pretty considerable amount of PUFA with ten eggs a day. Just something to consider.
Regaring you sleep problem (although it's better now): Do you feel hungry when you wake up at night and does it help if you eat a little snack? I noticed you take some supplements before sleep but your last meal is at 18:30. Have you tried eating a little (easily digested) snack with the supplements? Like some honey and cheese or milk chocolate?
I'm saying this because some of the supplements (Aspirin to be exact) can stimulate the metabolic rate and if you fast three hours before that plus more than ten hours afterwards, maybe you're running low on fuel during the night and in the early morning).
Thanks for your detailed story and I wish you all the best on your recovery path,
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Grüezi @Luke yes i'm from the german speaking part of switzerland
No, I usually don't feel hungry when I wake up at night.
I haven't really noticed a pattern to my night waking. 18:30 is the time I usually try to have dinner, but I have also had night wakes when I have had dinner later, or when I have had a big glass of chocolate milk (or some cheese and honey) before going to bed.
I'm usually not really hungry when I wake up in the morning either. That's why I only have coffee first thing and then a regular breakfast about 2 hours later.In my experience, adding the aspirin helped me to get more consistency in my sleep. I wake up less in the middle of the night. I suspect this is because it helps to reduce inflammation and perhaps my inflammation or the stress it causes was what was waking me up. Especially as sleeping puts a lot of stress on the joints. I also used to have a lot of night sweats, now that I think about it. That has pretty much stopped too.
Your comment about the PUFA in eggs is very interesting. I hadn't actually considered that. But I think my PUFA intake is still a lot lower than it was in the past when I was cooking with vegetable oil and eating foods that had PUFA's listed as one of the nutrients. Or I was eating out on a regular basis, which I almost completely avoid now.
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Next update:
Things took a turn for the better this week after my depressive episode on Monday.
I started taking 1 drop of 11 Keto DHT in the morning and evening on Tuesday.
The DHT brought me back to life. I felt a much welcome increase in aggression and dissatisfaction with my current circumstances.
I think my depressive episode was just a withdrawal symptom of my addiction. I've been clean for 4 weeks now. What I have noticed in the past is that my brain and body try to make me feel as miserable as possible until I break and give in to the urge to watch porn. I'm very happy that I've been able to stay strong. In the past, these depressive episodes usually lasted much longer until I got weak again.Because I felt so good again, I had trouble falling asleep, which is something I'm used to from the past.
I had to take a sleeping pill to fall asleep on Wednesday and had a bit of brain fog the next day. I also had a persistent headache so I skipped the DHT and Thursday.
Thursday night I couldn't fall asleep again so I took 2 drops of Cypro on my navel and to my surprise the effects were much more pleasant than the first time I took it 2 months ago. It didn't make me as lethargic and apathetic as the first time.
I think Cypro can become a good alternative for me if I have trouble falling asleep in the future.
I also remember talking to Danny Roddy about my negative experience with it and he told me that he usually sees people benefit more from it when their metabolism is better and they're not running on stress hormones, so I think that's a good sign.
Thanks to @josh I have been able to get my glucose up to about 150 grams a day. My energy is much more stable, I'm able to get more done and I can plan better for the future because of it.The only downside is that I get a bit of stomach ache and bloating, but that's a price I'm willing to pay.
My libido is still pretty non-existent at the moment. I have no morning wood and no erections during the day.
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@NokiaDrift said in Get healthy or die trying..:
Your comment about the PUFA in eggs is very interesting. I hadn't actually considered that. But I think my PUFA intake is still a lot lower than it was in the past when I was cooking with vegetable oil and eating foods that had PUFA's listed as one of the nutrients. Or I was eating out on a regular basis, which I almost completely avoid now.
Do you think the benefits of the nutrients in eggs outweigh the harm of the PUFAs?To some extent yes. Although I don't eat more than two or three eggs a day. I would probably eat more if I had my own chicken and could feed them accordingly. Another potential downside of that amount of eggs is too much methionine.
But if you current diet works for you, don't change it. Keep watching your health carefully and change something if you feel the need to. Perceive. Think. Act.
Regarding the Cypro in your last post, I think Danny is right. Hypothyroid people often run on stress hormones and Cypro is a pretty effective anti-stress substance. If your thyroid function is low and you also lower your stress hormones very significantly, you are more or less running on nothing and feel very lethargic. In the last two months your metabolism has probably improved a lot and you don't feel lethargic anymore after decreasing stress hormones. Did you also use it on the skin two months ago or orally?
Libido will come back after a while. When I first gave up porn after watching every day for more than ten years, my morning wood came back after about ten weeks. Before that, pretty much nothing, no libido at all.
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@NokiaDrift I'm so happy to see you're trying the glucose protocol. I was going to suggest it but then finished reading your post and saw that you're already giving it a go. I'm in my 4th month, but being a tad older than you I expect it could take me quite a bit longer to be 100%. You have overcome so much and are on the right track! Carry on and do keep everyone posted!
