JCastro
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Peating since November 15, 2016
General diet:
300-500 g carbs
80-120 g protein
100-200 g fat
Foods: Clover honey, grapes, strawberries, apples, commercial fruit juice, OJ, whole milk, coconut juice, cacao chocolate, potato chips made with lard, eggs, string cheese, coconut oil, All-Bran cereal, Great Lakes gelatin, carrots, white sugar, fructose powder, Haagen Dazs ice cream, pizza, fried potatoes, Mexican coke, beef jerkey
19 y.o., 5'11, 160 lbs., 96.6-98.6 F.
Brain fog, depression, anxiety, low motivation, fatigue, derealization, dissociation, visual static, vascular issues, paresthesia, tremor, candida, general body symptoms, no diagnosis except GERD, IBS, "possible bipolar", TSH 3.84, resting HR 120, hypertension, possible POTS, hypersensitive to drugs, cold hands and feet, restless legs, sensitive to light, noise, touch, lower back pain
Lifestyle: Heat lamp, incandescent lamps, orange sunglasses, bag breathing, daily carrots, music, low stress, saying "yes" to more opportunities, slowly introducing activities, soon hope to return to gym, friends, work, school. Chelating possible mercury with Andy Cutler protocol; safe, cheap, trust-worthy.
Supplements (currently restricting all):
1-3 g niacinamide, on hiatus, may have been causing high sedation, Ray said dose too high
100 mg thiamine
5000 IU vitamin D
2 g vitamin C
800 IU vitamin E
100 mg CoQ10
500 mg Lysine
200 mg Theanine
1000 mg Taurine
dollop Pro-Gest cream
B-Complex
50 mg Pregnenolone
325-650 mg aspirin
Cascara sagrada
Medications:
30 mg Mirtazapine, alters consciousness, increases emotions, increases appetite, sedating
20 mg Amphetamine Salts 1-3x, motivating, calming, warmth in belly
Trialed Lamotrigine, caused pseudo-hallucinations
Trialed Aripiprazole, caused akathisia, insomnia
Trialed Lexapro, caused agitation, oversleeping
Cyproheptadine arrived today. Hesitant to try but will eventually. Wondering, if my TSH was 1.x in summer, and 3.8 in fall, what must it be now?
Anxiety decreased since Peating, was running on adrenaline for many years, didn't have the knowledge of nutrition, would focus only on cognitive therapy and meditation. Now hoping energy will come soon and I'll want to socialize.
Tried everything for porn addiction, I think only pregnenolone worked. It shifted things just a bit, first day taking it I rearranged my bedroom furniture, next day day installed the new shower head. This is after months of addiction, no activity, suddenly with preg., despite my fatigue, I start doing things.
Addiction runs in my family. Entire father's side of family are alcoholics, bipolar, angry, eating disorders. Mother's side has dementia, schizophrenia, depression, dysfunctional. Maternal grandma had 13 siblings, lived in the Depression, ate low-calorie pasta and potato diet, gave her permanent low-appetite high serotonin, underweight, now has pseudo-dementia. I think she is hyperparathyroid, the doctors told her to exclude calcium from her diet. She bundles up in winter clothing in the summer.
Always a contrarian, usually rooting for the eccentrics. Realize that most of my pleasure in life came from Nietzschian "overcoming", I read something by Ray where he said the real healing that comes from talk therapy is something like "the introduction of the possibility to make a change" and that struck a chord. I live for that, the growing, evolving, learning, feeling, love it, despite my physical health problems.
Brief periods of spirituality, but mostly not. I feel an emptiness, not a God. So this led me to the emptiness of zen, meditation, guys like Jiddu Krishnamurti, "be a light to yourself".
After many years of restriction (paleo), division (detox), isolation (fasting), alienation ("I can't eat that it's toxic"), there is a change. Through Ray Peat I've found the lifestyle of abundance, of inclusion, addition, more instead of less. Energy.
I was very concerned with low cortisol for a while, scared I would have an adrenal crisis. Lower back pain making me think it's the adrenals aching. Mostly due to listening to Andy Cutler community and their traditional info on "adrenal fatigue". Not having the scientific knowledge myself, wishing I did but, you know, low motivation. Them saying I need to rest more, cannot take Adderall. Their favorite supplement Adrenal Cortex Extract made me speed and then crash with red eyes. I've always been a "one in a million" kind of case. I've rested enough, I need to get on with things. I've been told I focus too much on my health, but it's kind of like, I'll stop focusing on it once I can function enough to enjoy myself...sort of thing. It's difficult to connect with my peers when all I focus on is science, health, and diet, and have chronic fatigue.
For my dry hair, I'm thinking calcium could be needed after years of paleo, and if not that, I may buy some pure T3 to nibble on.
Bought some cans of bamboo for fiber.
General diet:
300-500 g carbs
80-120 g protein
100-200 g fat
Foods: Clover honey, grapes, strawberries, apples, commercial fruit juice, OJ, whole milk, coconut juice, cacao chocolate, potato chips made with lard, eggs, string cheese, coconut oil, All-Bran cereal, Great Lakes gelatin, carrots, white sugar, fructose powder, Haagen Dazs ice cream, pizza, fried potatoes, Mexican coke, beef jerkey
19 y.o., 5'11, 160 lbs., 96.6-98.6 F.
Brain fog, depression, anxiety, low motivation, fatigue, derealization, dissociation, visual static, vascular issues, paresthesia, tremor, candida, general body symptoms, no diagnosis except GERD, IBS, "possible bipolar", TSH 3.84, resting HR 120, hypertension, possible POTS, hypersensitive to drugs, cold hands and feet, restless legs, sensitive to light, noise, touch, lower back pain
Lifestyle: Heat lamp, incandescent lamps, orange sunglasses, bag breathing, daily carrots, music, low stress, saying "yes" to more opportunities, slowly introducing activities, soon hope to return to gym, friends, work, school. Chelating possible mercury with Andy Cutler protocol; safe, cheap, trust-worthy.
Supplements (currently restricting all):
1-3 g niacinamide, on hiatus, may have been causing high sedation, Ray said dose too high
100 mg thiamine
5000 IU vitamin D
2 g vitamin C
800 IU vitamin E
100 mg CoQ10
500 mg Lysine
200 mg Theanine
1000 mg Taurine
dollop Pro-Gest cream
B-Complex
50 mg Pregnenolone
325-650 mg aspirin
Cascara sagrada
Medications:
30 mg Mirtazapine, alters consciousness, increases emotions, increases appetite, sedating
20 mg Amphetamine Salts 1-3x, motivating, calming, warmth in belly
Trialed Lamotrigine, caused pseudo-hallucinations
Trialed Aripiprazole, caused akathisia, insomnia
Trialed Lexapro, caused agitation, oversleeping
Cyproheptadine arrived today. Hesitant to try but will eventually. Wondering, if my TSH was 1.x in summer, and 3.8 in fall, what must it be now?
Anxiety decreased since Peating, was running on adrenaline for many years, didn't have the knowledge of nutrition, would focus only on cognitive therapy and meditation. Now hoping energy will come soon and I'll want to socialize.
Tried everything for porn addiction, I think only pregnenolone worked. It shifted things just a bit, first day taking it I rearranged my bedroom furniture, next day day installed the new shower head. This is after months of addiction, no activity, suddenly with preg., despite my fatigue, I start doing things.
Addiction runs in my family. Entire father's side of family are alcoholics, bipolar, angry, eating disorders. Mother's side has dementia, schizophrenia, depression, dysfunctional. Maternal grandma had 13 siblings, lived in the Depression, ate low-calorie pasta and potato diet, gave her permanent low-appetite high serotonin, underweight, now has pseudo-dementia. I think she is hyperparathyroid, the doctors told her to exclude calcium from her diet. She bundles up in winter clothing in the summer.
Always a contrarian, usually rooting for the eccentrics. Realize that most of my pleasure in life came from Nietzschian "overcoming", I read something by Ray where he said the real healing that comes from talk therapy is something like "the introduction of the possibility to make a change" and that struck a chord. I live for that, the growing, evolving, learning, feeling, love it, despite my physical health problems.
Brief periods of spirituality, but mostly not. I feel an emptiness, not a God. So this led me to the emptiness of zen, meditation, guys like Jiddu Krishnamurti, "be a light to yourself".
After many years of restriction (paleo), division (detox), isolation (fasting), alienation ("I can't eat that it's toxic"), there is a change. Through Ray Peat I've found the lifestyle of abundance, of inclusion, addition, more instead of less. Energy.
I was very concerned with low cortisol for a while, scared I would have an adrenal crisis. Lower back pain making me think it's the adrenals aching. Mostly due to listening to Andy Cutler community and their traditional info on "adrenal fatigue". Not having the scientific knowledge myself, wishing I did but, you know, low motivation. Them saying I need to rest more, cannot take Adderall. Their favorite supplement Adrenal Cortex Extract made me speed and then crash with red eyes. I've always been a "one in a million" kind of case. I've rested enough, I need to get on with things. I've been told I focus too much on my health, but it's kind of like, I'll stop focusing on it once I can function enough to enjoy myself...sort of thing. It's difficult to connect with my peers when all I focus on is science, health, and diet, and have chronic fatigue.
For my dry hair, I'm thinking calcium could be needed after years of paleo, and if not that, I may buy some pure T3 to nibble on.
Bought some cans of bamboo for fiber.
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