zanolachino
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Hi, everyone. This is my first post here.
A few days ago, I experimented with vitamin A (InterPlexus NutriSorb A) to see what effect it might have on my skin problems: acne, dandruff, some eczema. In general, I resist supplementation, but weekly or even twice-weekly liver has not helped my skin. (As for the zinc issue discussed on the recent vitamin A and acne thread, I eat oysters about every other day.)
I used 15,000IU per day, topically, for four days -- a small dose by this community's standards. I had no idea whether it would help, but I figured that the worst that would happen was that it would exacerbate the skin problems.
It was a disaster, on a much deeper level. After struggling for over two years to calm my nervous system and restore restful sleep, I am suddenly back to where I started. My brain is on fire, and insomnia, which I thought I had banished for good, has returned.
Given how stable I had been for months prior, it seems almost certain that it was the vitamin A. But how could vitamin A have this effect? Is 15,000IU for four days really enough to blast the thyroid? Could it have something to do with liver function, which I suspect is compromised?
That's my question in a nutshell, but for anyone interested in more background, here are a few other points which may or may not be relevant:
1. A week earlier, I tried pregnenolone for the first time. I find it hard to believe that this could be involved, as I was taking only 15mg per day, transdermally, for just one week, but now I do regret changing more than one variable so quickly.
2. I seem to respond very badly to more than one of the canonical Peat supplements. The few times I tried them, gelatin and niacinamide also sent my nervous system into a state of extreme agitation. This all seems very significant, but I have not been able to get to the bottom of it.
3. Conversely, one of the few supplements ever to have a noticeably positive effect is magnesium. Indeed, it is hard for me to get as much magnesium as I would like, as the common delivery routes result in bowel or skin intolerance beyond a certain point.
Finally, since I am new here I should say that I have been following a diet which is 100% pure Peat, in terms of the foods eaten and avoided, for about two years. The majority of my calories are from dairy, and milk has done more than anything else to calm my system. However, I eat less carbohydrate than is ideal, because of mysterious blood sugar problems.
Sorry, this was much longer than I intended. Thanks for reading!
A few days ago, I experimented with vitamin A (InterPlexus NutriSorb A) to see what effect it might have on my skin problems: acne, dandruff, some eczema. In general, I resist supplementation, but weekly or even twice-weekly liver has not helped my skin. (As for the zinc issue discussed on the recent vitamin A and acne thread, I eat oysters about every other day.)
I used 15,000IU per day, topically, for four days -- a small dose by this community's standards. I had no idea whether it would help, but I figured that the worst that would happen was that it would exacerbate the skin problems.
It was a disaster, on a much deeper level. After struggling for over two years to calm my nervous system and restore restful sleep, I am suddenly back to where I started. My brain is on fire, and insomnia, which I thought I had banished for good, has returned.
Given how stable I had been for months prior, it seems almost certain that it was the vitamin A. But how could vitamin A have this effect? Is 15,000IU for four days really enough to blast the thyroid? Could it have something to do with liver function, which I suspect is compromised?
That's my question in a nutshell, but for anyone interested in more background, here are a few other points which may or may not be relevant:
1. A week earlier, I tried pregnenolone for the first time. I find it hard to believe that this could be involved, as I was taking only 15mg per day, transdermally, for just one week, but now I do regret changing more than one variable so quickly.
2. I seem to respond very badly to more than one of the canonical Peat supplements. The few times I tried them, gelatin and niacinamide also sent my nervous system into a state of extreme agitation. This all seems very significant, but I have not been able to get to the bottom of it.
3. Conversely, one of the few supplements ever to have a noticeably positive effect is magnesium. Indeed, it is hard for me to get as much magnesium as I would like, as the common delivery routes result in bowel or skin intolerance beyond a certain point.
Finally, since I am new here I should say that I have been following a diet which is 100% pure Peat, in terms of the foods eaten and avoided, for about two years. The majority of my calories are from dairy, and milk has done more than anything else to calm my system. However, I eat less carbohydrate than is ideal, because of mysterious blood sugar problems.
Sorry, this was much longer than I intended. Thanks for reading!