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Chronic Illness Update
Feb. 20th, 2017 03:59 pmI'm still sick.
That is how it goes.
I'm not having so many migraines since quitting tea last November. I'm still struggling with the sound and strobe sensitivities. I can still get hammered by unexpected strobes if I try to walk outside, let alone to bike. I have set up a trainer stand at home, though, so I can get more exercise at home, and while reading. I had trouble with post-exertional symptoms in December and January, but they are fading now in February.
Some things that have helped:
* Quitting tea and cutting back on other salicylates.
* Vitamin supplements.
* Serotonin supplements, since fructose malabsorption impairs tryptophan absorption. It's important to avoid too much though.
* Zinc supplements, since fructose malabsorption impairs tryptophan absorption and zinc defiency is associated with post-exertional malaise in chronic fatigue syndrome. It's important to avoid too much though.
That is how it goes.
I'm not having so many migraines since quitting tea last November. I'm still struggling with the sound and strobe sensitivities. I can still get hammered by unexpected strobes if I try to walk outside, let alone to bike. I have set up a trainer stand at home, though, so I can get more exercise at home, and while reading. I had trouble with post-exertional symptoms in December and January, but they are fading now in February.
Some things that have helped:
* Quitting tea and cutting back on other salicylates.
* Vitamin supplements.
* Serotonin supplements, since fructose malabsorption impairs tryptophan absorption. It's important to avoid too much though.
* Zinc supplements, since fructose malabsorption impairs tryptophan absorption and zinc defiency is associated with post-exertional malaise in chronic fatigue syndrome. It's important to avoid too much though.
