OP
Creative Nature
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Sorry to hear and I hope you find a solution. Protein being the worst suggests blood sugar may be at least part of the problem.
Yes, as with many stresses, I think dips in blood sugar do set off my sympathetic NS reaction. But I sometimes react to protein very quickly, even seconds after it reaches my stomach, before I'd expect much change in blood sugar. So it seems protein is also causing stress in some other way.
Did you mention dairy tolerance anywhere? Ice cream has been a medicine to me a few times for a few things including low blood sugar migraines (downward spiral with nausea and food aversion) and it's helping me again now. Given gut questions it would have to be gum and other irritant-free.
Good idea. Yes, when I can eat, I handle ice cream well. I don't expect I'll be able to eat much of it at once now, but I think I can increase calories by nibbling away at foods with sat fat throughout the day, in amounts that are too small to set off the sympathetic response.
Bicarb helps me so much I don't leave the house without it.
An essential part of the Ray Peat first aid kit. I'll try to make more use of it.
For heat tolerance, and flushing, but I find those are also blood sugar related (perhaps there's a pointer to progesterone here too?), so there could be a link.
Best of luck
Thank you.