BigYellowLemon
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Ok I understand what you mean. Yes it makes sense. I also think the body works like that...BUT I don't know then how to restore proper functioning without drugs, supplements, special diet, etc... So that's why I use them. I know there might be better approaches but those are the ones that I'm knowledgeable of.
And the positives outweight the negatives in my case.
What are your strategies for healing then ? That don't disturb the homeostasis. At a practical level, not theories.
I actually think that supplements like aspirin or caffeine can help. They seem to effect signalling as a side-effect of their effects on the mitochondria. Now, aspirin versus something like cyproheptadine, is completely different. As far as I know, cyporheptadine's effects are only because of it's "blunt" action at the receptors it targets. It doesn't effect some very basic mechanism, like aspirin seems to. Cyproheptadine will probably only confuse the cell and not allow it to use the information from the environment correctly. Aspirin does a LOT, and seems to coherently do generally good things, like lower serotonin or estrogen, yet it isn't an antagonist at any of these receptors, which tells me that aspirin lowers these things as a side-effect of what it does to the mitochondria, versus cyproheptadine, which lowers the effects of serotonin purely by being an antagonist at the receptor.
Drugs have their uses. But you have to get everything right in order to use them correctly (as an example, think of dopamine agonists. You have to use them in the morning, or else they **** everything up, like your circadian rhythm. If you use cyproheptadine too much, you're probably not letting your body deal with endotoxin correctly). And even when used correctly, they are not a cure, they only give symptomatic relief.
(Full disclosure, I have used benadryl and memantine among other drugs this past month. No relief of health issues.)
I think special diets can help. It depends on the person. I think it's worth a shot. Definitely better than taking drugs, especially if you don't actually know what the drug is doing / understand the implications of taking such a substance.
I won't say my strategies for healing until I am healed. When I am healed I will try to help as much as possible.