So let's do one of these. I have a lot of issues to address and I'm too sloppy to do it all on my own. I'll try to be brief.
I'm a 5,8'', 80 kg, 30 years old Brazilian male.
I'll try to get some bloodwork done and post it here.
Issues:
- high blood pressure
- receding hairline
- need to lose weight
- dizziness / slight disjointedness when walking
- OCD/anxiety/scrupulosity/intrusive thoughts/self-harm/guilt/shame
Daily diet (I salt the milk and fruit):
- two quarts milk
- two glasses OJ
- some watermelon
- some guavas
- a lot of coffee (too much, probably)
- some source of protein like eggs, chicken liver, a steak
- 50g gelatin sometimes
Supps:
- taurine (around 5g daily)
- magnesium chloride (around 4g daily)
- coconut oil (many tablespoons in coffee a day... is this wrong?)
- valerian
- vitamin D
My blood pressure was scarily high some months ago. As in around 17/10. Now, after cutting out the alcohol, cutting down on red meat, being more strict about PUFAs, taking the supplements above and measuring my blood pressure throughout the day, it seems to oscillate between 13/8 and 15/9. Sometimes it stills goes higher than that, I have the occasional scary spike.
Since I began supplementing taurine three weeks ago, I observed the following changes:
- blood pressure in right arm is the same as in left, was higher before (I gather it's related to taurine's heart benefits)
- hair has almost completely stopped shedding (before that I had only had this effect with Cynoplus)
- I've been feeling a dizziness, a disjointedness when I walk, for years. It makes me stiffen my shoulders a little when I walk. It seems that the taurine exacerbates this, maybe because it relaxes me?
This dizziness began in 2007. When I took venlafaxine (SSRI) for a while in 2008-2010 it mostly stopped. When I took Cynoplus last year it benefitted my stride too, like it straightened my spine or something. When I began peating three years ago my stride was fine on good days as well. Anyway, maybe I should try pregnenolone, since SSRI's are said to upregulate it? As in maybe it's the pregnenolone boost from the SSRI that gave me that physical boost? (Sorry if I'm getting this wrong.)
I need to tackle a lot of things. The most urgent is the blood pressure, though. I definitely feel better following the protocol outlined above and my blood pressure readings are better than a few months ago, so I think I'm doing something right. The usual blood pressure medications are bad. I tried some of them. Losartan seems to make me retain weight, amlodipine gives men gynecomastia and indeed I feel something in my "breasts" when I take it, chlorthalidone (McDougall's reccomentadtion) is a diuretic and makes me crave bread, benicar gave me horrible sexual side effects.
Haidut says in another thread he solved his high blood pressure for good with 15g taurine a day for a month. Maybe I should try that?
I didn't get into the OCD stuff. I've had a lot of OCD/anxiety/etc. for most of my life. It's certainly affecting my health. I tell myself I should take a "Be The Cell" (as Kasra said in Peatarian) approach to life. A non-neurotic, chill, receptive, self-nurturing, self-loving approach. Which is something I'm afraid I don't do.
I'll just leave this post here, maybe add things later. Sorry if it's boring, I just need some feedback. Thanks in advance.
I'm a 5,8'', 80 kg, 30 years old Brazilian male.
I'll try to get some bloodwork done and post it here.
Issues:
- high blood pressure
- receding hairline
- need to lose weight
- dizziness / slight disjointedness when walking
- OCD/anxiety/scrupulosity/intrusive thoughts/self-harm/guilt/shame
Daily diet (I salt the milk and fruit):
- two quarts milk
- two glasses OJ
- some watermelon
- some guavas
- a lot of coffee (too much, probably)
- some source of protein like eggs, chicken liver, a steak
- 50g gelatin sometimes
Supps:
- taurine (around 5g daily)
- magnesium chloride (around 4g daily)
- coconut oil (many tablespoons in coffee a day... is this wrong?)
- valerian
- vitamin D
My blood pressure was scarily high some months ago. As in around 17/10. Now, after cutting out the alcohol, cutting down on red meat, being more strict about PUFAs, taking the supplements above and measuring my blood pressure throughout the day, it seems to oscillate between 13/8 and 15/9. Sometimes it stills goes higher than that, I have the occasional scary spike.
Since I began supplementing taurine three weeks ago, I observed the following changes:
- blood pressure in right arm is the same as in left, was higher before (I gather it's related to taurine's heart benefits)
- hair has almost completely stopped shedding (before that I had only had this effect with Cynoplus)
- I've been feeling a dizziness, a disjointedness when I walk, for years. It makes me stiffen my shoulders a little when I walk. It seems that the taurine exacerbates this, maybe because it relaxes me?
This dizziness began in 2007. When I took venlafaxine (SSRI) for a while in 2008-2010 it mostly stopped. When I took Cynoplus last year it benefitted my stride too, like it straightened my spine or something. When I began peating three years ago my stride was fine on good days as well. Anyway, maybe I should try pregnenolone, since SSRI's are said to upregulate it? As in maybe it's the pregnenolone boost from the SSRI that gave me that physical boost? (Sorry if I'm getting this wrong.)
I need to tackle a lot of things. The most urgent is the blood pressure, though. I definitely feel better following the protocol outlined above and my blood pressure readings are better than a few months ago, so I think I'm doing something right. The usual blood pressure medications are bad. I tried some of them. Losartan seems to make me retain weight, amlodipine gives men gynecomastia and indeed I feel something in my "breasts" when I take it, chlorthalidone (McDougall's reccomentadtion) is a diuretic and makes me crave bread, benicar gave me horrible sexual side effects.
Haidut says in another thread he solved his high blood pressure for good with 15g taurine a day for a month. Maybe I should try that?
I didn't get into the OCD stuff. I've had a lot of OCD/anxiety/etc. for most of my life. It's certainly affecting my health. I tell myself I should take a "Be The Cell" (as Kasra said in Peatarian) approach to life. A non-neurotic, chill, receptive, self-nurturing, self-loving approach. Which is something I'm afraid I don't do.
I'll just leave this post here, maybe add things later. Sorry if it's boring, I just need some feedback. Thanks in advance.