Aspirin for Bipolar (or other mood issues)
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Thanks for the welcome!
I'm surprised to learn that CO2 is anti-inflammatory, even having been familiar with some of its other great properties.
The pension article is absolutely wild.
@DavidPS said in Aspirin for Bipolar (or other mood issues):
I am not clear about your total daily amount of aspirin. Dr. Peat recommended taking Vitamin K to protect against bleeding and other effects of prolonged aspirin use.
From what I have researched, it seems that 1mg of K2 per every 325mg of Aspirin seems to be the recommendation, does that sound correct?
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This is really interesting as I struggled with bipolar for many years before starting Thyroid supplementation, specifically T3. I’m wanting to come off it as I’ve gained weight on it and feel it’s stressing my adrenals. I’m going to look into to Aspirin, thank you!
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@xx - I have read different opinions on how much K2 is sufficient. You might consider tracking your diet for a few days using something like chronometer.com to determine if you need to supplement.
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@GlucoseGal it shouldn’t be stressing your adrenals unless your cholesterol is too low
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@LetTheRedeemed Before starting T3 my blood results showed high cholesterol. Interesting point as I responded well for a while. Perhaps my cholesterol levels have come down.
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@GlucoseGal interesting. I learned from a group chat with Danny that it can be a little difficult and also very important, to maintain
highadequate cholesterol.An egg yolk a day should give you a huge amount of cholesterol, but you may still need higher sugar sources (like juice) to maintain adequately high cholesterol throughout the day. Don’t ask me why it just works — it was a Peat concept.
Something other Peaty therapists have noted is that people often just don’t eat enough on thyroid.
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@LetTheRedeemed Thanks for your reply, good points there. I’m definitely under eating, I don’t want more weight gain.
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@GlucoseGal I know I’ve been there too, but also take it from me, that when on proper thyroid meds and their amounts, it’s harder to gain weight — definitely begin first checking on temps and pulse before gobbling down more food. It may be something as simple as more palatable foods — more salt to enhance flavored dishes comes to mind. And, aside from the egg yolk and a couple teaspoons of butter/coconut oil a day, you can always dial down fat intake to prevent weight gain.
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@LetTheRedeemed that’s what’s surprising about all this, people take T3 for weight loss a lot of the time. I really appreciate your help, thank you. Starting with checking my temps like you’ve suggested.
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@GlucoseGal of course, wish you the best. Honestly, I wonder if a lot of people who come to the Peat space take baggage from past dietary ideas with them — my insistence on fat for satiety from my carnivore days definitely contributed to weight gain — but if I had just put less butter in my rice and ate more rice and less chocolate, I don’t think I’d have gained 40 lbs Peating — and of course I got on actual thyroid meds (not glandulars) well after the weight gain.
