jnklheimer
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They have autoimmune, with manifestation of Lupus. Swelling in mouth and rashes and itching. Bilastine (modern anti histamine) did nothing, Benadryl for a few days no big difference, now I have them on cyproheptadine, gave a test dose of 1mg 2x a day for one day and now just gave them 4mg and plan to give them another 4mg later and then before bed for a total of 12mg a today. They are also taking 70mg of pregnenolone daily now and a little bit of fat solubles, D, K, E, will have them on A soon.
Even eating apple sauce or soft boiled eggs is a challenge for them. Getting very little protein and calories per day. So I am giving them 4 cups of milk a day, with a teaspoon of gelatine and some salt in each and some honey. They are very against sugar and hesitant to even drink orange juice, and now are wanting to get off coffee to see if it helps (i don't think it will). So getting them to drink honey and salted milk is a success. I am trying to get them to have 80g of protein a day and hopefully can accomplish that with milk.
Have thought about trying to feed them liver but I have a feeling it will just be wasted, they never even ate it when they were more healthy. So I will probably pick up a vitamin A supplement to go along with the D, E, and K2 mk4 they are getting. Their diet is atrocious otherwise, very low in nutrients. Last night my sister made him a coconut milk and vegetable soup and I doubt it even had 5g of protein in one serving.
What do you think about a decent B-vitamin supplement with the better forms of the vitamins for now? They are taking a really bad Kirkland brand with the poor forms of B's in there in thoughtless ratios right now. The one I'm looking at getting them has benfotiamine and the r5p and methyl folate forms. I know the supplement isn't ideal and can cause issues too but it seems to be a better idea than them just starving of these things in the meantime.
Dr. peat recommended me give them an orange julius with ice cream and orange juice, I will have to work up to that. They are so afraid of sugar because their fasting blood glucose was slightly high. They keep complaining that they don't want to become a diabetic, the doctors really did a number on them. Side note, these problems all started shortly after my family member was egged on by their doctor to lose weight after a knee surgery. They essentially developed sarcopenia by starving themselves. They weren't even overweight before. It was insane. The doctors have been zero help. The tests they ran were the bare bones, they only checked TSH, didn't check hormones or anything else.
I'm also considering starting them on a small dose of oral or transdermal testosterone but not sure if this is too risky right now. Maybe it will help?
Even eating apple sauce or soft boiled eggs is a challenge for them. Getting very little protein and calories per day. So I am giving them 4 cups of milk a day, with a teaspoon of gelatine and some salt in each and some honey. They are very against sugar and hesitant to even drink orange juice, and now are wanting to get off coffee to see if it helps (i don't think it will). So getting them to drink honey and salted milk is a success. I am trying to get them to have 80g of protein a day and hopefully can accomplish that with milk.
Have thought about trying to feed them liver but I have a feeling it will just be wasted, they never even ate it when they were more healthy. So I will probably pick up a vitamin A supplement to go along with the D, E, and K2 mk4 they are getting. Their diet is atrocious otherwise, very low in nutrients. Last night my sister made him a coconut milk and vegetable soup and I doubt it even had 5g of protein in one serving.
What do you think about a decent B-vitamin supplement with the better forms of the vitamins for now? They are taking a really bad Kirkland brand with the poor forms of B's in there in thoughtless ratios right now. The one I'm looking at getting them has benfotiamine and the r5p and methyl folate forms. I know the supplement isn't ideal and can cause issues too but it seems to be a better idea than them just starving of these things in the meantime.
Dr. peat recommended me give them an orange julius with ice cream and orange juice, I will have to work up to that. They are so afraid of sugar because their fasting blood glucose was slightly high. They keep complaining that they don't want to become a diabetic, the doctors really did a number on them. Side note, these problems all started shortly after my family member was egged on by their doctor to lose weight after a knee surgery. They essentially developed sarcopenia by starving themselves. They weren't even overweight before. It was insane. The doctors have been zero help. The tests they ran were the bare bones, they only checked TSH, didn't check hormones or anything else.
I'm also considering starting them on a small dose of oral or transdermal testosterone but not sure if this is too risky right now. Maybe it will help?
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