@Corngold thanks for this info. I just had a look, seems hard to get bufferin where I am and a few nasty ingredient but figure I could make my own version with quick eze and small dose aspirin and see if that helps

@sneedful I keep reading this and perhaps I’ve gone too fast but the anxiety I get (physiological ) when my upper gi is irritated has made this hard. Perhaps I should try baby aspirin once a week and see how that goes, thank you

@sneedful @Brunus
Yes I’m one of those super sensitive to a lot of supps types. Celiac and stomach ulcer history. I can’t tolerate collagen peptides but fine and helped by home made ox tail gelatin broth.

Gut super sensitive is probably from still high levels of cortisol and persistent helico. Improving but job stress doesn’t help. Famotidine helps.

Orange juice also irritates my gut.

I can semi handle one aspirin if I take it with bicarb and broth (and yep fully dissolved) for one day but still notice my gut is irritated slightly and could not do a second day .

Hence looking for other ways to get the benefits of aspirin!

I can’t yet tolerate aspirin orally due to stomach irritation. Has anyone used it topically or even rectally? If so, what’s the best way to do so.

I want to use it for pain management currently.

@sneedful I don't think I can get that in Australia anyway unfortunately but the calcium carbonate seems to still be working thank fully!

I don't yet tolerate the fibre in the carrot salad - major increase in anxiety and agitation every time I eat it and lol no I have not tried painting naked people

@cs3000 Thank you.

Okay so yesterday I tried quick eze (800mg of calcium carbonate, a bit of magnesium and probably some nasty fillers) but the pain and excess cortisol subsided within 20 minutes and I slept deeply for the first time in 5 days. I think I need to give a calcium carbonate supplement a proper go. I just have to figure out how to dose it and time it. Funny that even lactose free dairy gives me a cortisol reaction but calcium carbonate helps. I figure my gut is sooo sensitive the whey in milk sets it off as did powdered egg shells. Fingers crossed all I need is some calcium carbonate and I can expand my diet more to get healing on a deeper level

I have realised that so much of my issue with cortisol is when my stomach is irritated. For example I drank orange juice recently and had stomach ulcer pain then I was having cortisol surges every time I would eat and so much trouble sleeping. The cortisol makes me feel absolutely awful.

I have tried cypro and famotidine and they don't always help. Minocycline sometimes helps but then also increases inflammation a day later. p5p makes it worse. L-theanine helps a little.

Toxaprevent sachets help a bit (I figure the calcium carbonate perhaps)

Basically when my stomach is this inflamed I am reacting and having a cortisol response to everything.

I do home made ox tail gelatin everyday - usually 2 cups. I am trying to eat 2000 calories a day - hard when the pain and reflux is so intense. No starch , no fibre

I am wondering if it's worth trying bromocriptine to break this cycle (I read a study on it helping stomach ulcers) or if anyone has any ideas of what else might help?

@SummerPeach I think my issue is cortisol. Things that up regulate my glutamate and cause head agitation and tension = slow my gut. Now that's calmed down my gut is better but I will try the enzymes as I am prone to constipation (currently K2 seems to be causing some issues), thank you

@mostlylurking
I’ve done a bit of digging and I think I’ve got a glutamate issue. That the thiamine is causing agitation and insomnia because it’s up regulating my glutamate receptor. It’s really uncomfortable and the thought of taking any more makes me feel sick so I’m not sure I should keep taking it

@mostlylurking thank you. The TTFD made me feel weird and I think caused the insomnia.

I have Intra muscular thiamine injections here I think but I feel like thiamine makes me feel a bit agitated as does too much cascara.

It’s weird that the bloating and discomfort have stopped from the diet but so has the motility. I also had bad jaw pain last night which is my gut usually so I don’t know what’s going on.

I think I’ll try slowly increase the thiamine hcl. I have the no-shot sublingual one so I thought it would have done more. I’ve read you recommend having it on an empty stomach so I’ll try that