pain

  1. haidut

    Chronic pain due to mitochondrial dysfunction, niacinamide can treat it

    As many of my readers know, there is an epidemic of chronic pain disorders in Western countries, which has subsequently led to over-prescription and (ab)use of opioid medication, which has then acted as a gateway drug and fueled a massive and deadly opioid epidemic in those countries. In order...
  2. Amazigh

    Tendon Pain in Menopause

    Hey everyone, I went into menopause about 2 1/2 years ago with no symptoms since I have been taking progesterone for a long time. However, the last few months I have been experiencing increasing tendon pain in several areas of my body, including the tendons in the hip area, above the knees, the...
  3. N

    HEDS, MCAS, and extremely low serotonin

    I posted about my partner's issues on another thread: Ehlers Danlos comorbidities and treatment? Symptoms are basically the typical of this combo: Migraines, body pain, fatigue, anxiety, stomach pain, sleep issues, arthritic flair ups, etc. and pretty debilitating Some bloodwork details: Low...
  4. cs3000

    Antihistamine solution for mystery gut cramp / pain / vomiting event

    Putting this up incase someone's searching for a similar thing in the future A handful of times i've had an event where i start getting stomach pain, which gets stronger & stronger & turns into waves of intense cramping, then constant nonstop vomiting for a day with it. going to hospital...
  5. Peachy

    Need pain management ideas for cancer

    My dad has stage 4 bladder-bone cancer. Tumors are popping up on his spine quickly, growing rapidly and causing pain. This is a new phase we just entered - pain that’s hard to control. Looking for any and all pain management ideas. So far, he’s taken oxycodone and cbd and neither are helping...
  6. I

    Magnesium-L-threonate enhances analgesia and reduces the dosage of opioids needed in advanced cancer patients

    90 days into supplementation with magnesium, the treatment group needed only half the morphine of the placebo (no magnesium) group for pain management. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cam4.4922 Oral application of magnesium-L-threonate enhances analgesia and reduces the...
  7. L

    What do you think about Chiropractic?

    What do you think about Chiropractic? Do you have any experiences with it? https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/chiropractic-in-depth
  8. haidut

    Lowering adrenaline as effective as opioids for severe/chronic pain

    Most of my readers know about the raging opioid abuse epidemic in Western countries. What most people do not know is that the bulk of the epidemic is not in usage of illegal opioids such as fentanyl, but in legally prescribed opioids such as methadone, oxycontin, and even morphine. There are...
  9. MetabolicTrash

    BAD POSTURE is the bane of the my existence today ... I can not figure out how to IMPROVE IT! Mewing/Face Pulling/Chewing/EVERYTHING!

    I always had bad/poor posture growing up, which I why I found out about mewing, "looksmaxxing" and other topics. Bad posture/looks seems much worse than even being DIRT POOR. I can't simply figure out what the real issue is with posture ... Sometimes diet, hormones/supps/etc. influence it but...
  10. K

    Ovulation & Collarbones?

    This one's for the girls! Since August, I've noticed cyclical pain around my collarbone(s) during my ovulatory phase. The discomfort comes and goes in short spurts across a day or two, right around when my temperature rises to confirm ovulation. It's not sharp -- it's almost like muscle pain...
  11. MyUsernameHere

    Antioxidants causing testicular pain?

    Something really strange is going on with my body. I can't tolerate any antioxidants and haven't found anyone else with these symptoms online. Any of the following will cause testicular tightness, shrinkage, burning in groin area (with no other symptoms anywhere else): -Vitamin C (2g and above)...
  12. S-VV

    Acetaminophen (APAP) increases risk taking behaviour

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32888031/ Acetaminophen, an analgesic and antipyretic available over-the-counter and used in over 600 medicines, is one of the most consumed drugs in the USA. Recent research has suggested that acetaminophen's effects extend to the blunting of negative as well as...
  13. MetabolicTrash

    Chronic Pain Relieved Greatly By Benadryl/diphenhydramine & Nightmares (story-time)?

    I'm including details here that I've never told anyone/written that much about to my knowledge, but all of it does not need to be read if you're not used to my extremely long, often (arguably) strange posts I make here. So I was going to post here about it (the pain), but figured it would be a...
  14. JazTee

    Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Help?

    Hi all, I recently posted a thread here: (Feeling Terrible at 22) where I basically listed all my symptoms and recieved some amazing advice for my metabolism, overall dietary health etc. I suggest reading this post first to get an insight into my lifestyle and health. (TL-DR; I basically...
  15. haidut

    Pregnenolone Safe And Effective In Big Human Trial For Back Pain

    About 2 years ago I posted about a study that suggested pregnenolone may relieve low-back pain in humans. Pregnenolone Relieves Chronic Low Back Pain (human Study) At the time, a bigger human clinical trial was planned and the results of that trial were just released. Pregnenolone, slowly...
  16. haidut

    Aspirin/salt For Treating A Broken Heart, And What REALLY Causes Afib

    At a first glance the study below seems rather mundane but a careful read provides some very interesting insights. The syndrome of "broken heart" is a real physiological condition that medicine has tried to deny for decades despite even assigning it its own official medical name - Takotsubo...
  17. haidut

    Fish Feel Pain Just Like Other Animals And Humans

    Yet another piece of evidence that there is no such thing as a "lower animal" and pretty much anything with consciousness experiences pain much the same way we do. Yet despite these advances in our understanding of how similar we are to any other living creature, we still have surgeons...
  18. haidut

    Insects Can Feel Both Acute And Chronic Pain, Can Even Develop Insect-PTSD

    Probably not many forum users know it, but to this day surgery on babies or other painful procedures is often performed without anesthesia. The rationale for this horrific torture is that the nervous system of babies is not developed yet, so they don't feel pain. It takes a special kind of...
  19. haidut

    Fibromyalgia May Be Simply A Sign Of Insulin Resistance

    As many of your have seen on TV, there is currently a boom in ads for drigs to treat fibromyalgia. This condition is yet another one of mysterious origins, at least according to mainstream medicine. The treatment consists mainly of GABA agonists like Lyrica but the official version is (of...
  20. ecstatichamster

    LPS (endotoxins) Kills Pain

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0006899394919089 Abstract Activation of the immune system in response to either infection or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) produces neurophysiological, neuroendocrine and behavioral changes. Some of the physiological consequences of LPS are mediated...
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