Makrosky
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what happens if you stop taking the thiamine for a few days?The 300mg dose, 2Xday, worked for about a week, then it stopped because I needed more. So I increase the dose which worked again for a week or so and then I needed more again. I stair stepped the dose up over a couple of months until I was taking 1500mg/day. I got a little concerned I might be hurting myself so I did more research and found Dr Costantini's site HDT Therapy where I learned that I probably needed 2 grams/day of thiamine hcl. So I tried 1 gram morning and 1 gram late afternoon. After doing that for two days, my digestive tract normalized, which was a very big deal for me as it had been an issue for many years. My health continued to improve over the following 6 months. I'm now able to walk about 1/2 mile and am resuming exercising with no soreness afterwards. Evidently, I've been thiamine deficient for many years and the Bactrim damage was just the icing on the cake. I'm so glad I found Dr. Costantini's site; there's lots of helpful information there. I also found Elliot Overton's youtube channel very helpful: https://www.youtube.com/c/EONutrition/featured .