tingling arms and no appetite

[Such_Saturation]

What is in the multivitamin?

 

[sunflower1]

http://www.wellnessshoppingonline.com/t ... fgodDjwMRQ

I only started taking it a week ago. though it might help with some of the b vits

 

[sunflower1]

I'm pretty sure i'm heading towards a nervous breakdown. reliving some old trauma or something like that.. History of severe child abuse. Get stuck in fight or flight really easily, not helped by mercury overload...didn't sleep much last night the tingling in the arms was back, nausea is gone cos i took a anti histimine but i also took the b1 so i'm not sure which did what

 

[Westside PUFAs]

I took doxylamine succinate once and it was horrible. Look at the reviews for it on amazon and you'll see so many people complain of the negative side effects.

 

[tara]

More thoughts from a non-expert:

I'm wondering if you were managing to eat more before you started your current Peat-inspired food choices? Is there food you can eat OK?
If you have been severely undereating for a while, refeeding syndrome can happen occasionally when someone starts eating normal amounts again. I think it can involve dangerous disregulation of electrolytes. I don't know what the standard treatment for it is, but as far as I know it is fairly straightforwardly treated if you get care quickly, but a big problem if not.

Do you want to post your thyroid lab results? If they are very low, then some cautious supplementation might make a big diference, but you do need to eat to support additional thyroid, too. Have you tried
Have you been offered any medical advice? Low potasium can be a real problem.
Have you had your neck/spine checked out by a competent specialist - eg osteopath or physio?

I have a vague memory of maybe grape juice being good for raising low potassium - it's also higher density than many juices, so may be useful from that pov too, if it agrees with you.

I don't know much about clonidine, but if your adrenals are really low, you may not want anything to artificially lower your stress hormones any further until you can get your energy up in other ways they may be what is keeping you going at all. I'm unsure about this, but Haidut might be worth asking.

Sugar can lower cortisol and adrenaline when they are high because of low sugar levels. Maintaining adequate sugar levels is important - that's your major fuel supply to keep everything working. If you can get your energy up by other ways than adrenaline and cortisol, that would be good.

I hope you can find a way out of this hole soon.

 

[sunflower1]

More thoughts from a non-expert:

I'm wondering if you were managing to eat more before you started your current Peat-inspired food choices? Is there food you can eat OK?

Today I din't feel too sick. I seem to be craving juicy frut but thats about it. I really have to force myself to eat any protei but once I eat it it seems to go down ok. I'm been eating mainly lamb and steak this past week becasue that's all that I've felt i could stomach

If you have been severely undereating for a while, refeeding syndrome can happen occasionally when someone starts eating normal amounts again. I think it can involve dangerous disregulation of electrolytes. I don't know what the standard treatment for it is, but as far as I know it is fairly straightforwardly treated if you get care quickly, but a big problem if not.

I was eating around 1700 calories for the past year so yes I would consider that undereating, When I asked the person I was consuing with aboutpushing my calories up she said I was doing fine where I was . I was proabably eating around 1400 previous to that.

Do you want to post your thyroid lab results? If they are very low, then some cautious supplementation might make a big diference, but you do need to eat to support additional thyroid, too. Have you tried
Have you been offered any medical advice? Low potasium can be a real problem.
Have you had your neck/spine checked out by a competent specialist - eg osteopath or physio?

I was going to a chiro around the time this started he was doing network chiro on me but it felt too intense and I stopped. i have no insurance yet so I'm a little stuck . I took a month off work and didnt get paid and now my blood tests are about to cost me $250 .. I went to a doctor today and he ordered labs for em including thyroid. I'm not sure if pottassium will show low in my blood but it has been constantly low on hair test for the past 3 years .I have tried to eatmore before , it alwasy make me feel rouh but i'm willing to try if this nausea backs off.

I have a vague memory of maybe grape juice being good for raising low potassium - it's also higher density than many juices, so may be useful from that pov too, if it agrees with you.

I don't know much about clonidine, but if your adrenals are really low, you may not want anything to artificially lower your stress hormones any further until you can get your energy up in other ways they may be what is keeping you going at all. I'm unsure about this, but Haidut might be worth asking.

Sugar can lower cortisol and adrenaline when they are high because of low sugar levels. Maintaining adequate sugar levels is important - that's your major fuel supply to keep everything working. If you can get your energy up by other ways than adrenaline and cortisol, that would be good.

I hope you can find a way out of this hole soon.

Thanks me too =(

 

[sunflower1]

p. s still awake at 1am.. thrown sleep aids at myself but nothing working, drank 16 oz milk with 4tablespoons of sugar , nothing working

 

[Giraffe]

I searched the net for 'hair analysis', and it seems that the results are not very reliable. Samples taken from one test person sent to different laboratories got very different results. Results for mercury ranged from very low to very high.

There is debate about whether hair analysis is capable of determining if someone has excess or deficient levels of nutrients.

 

[sunflower1]

I'm having a nervous breakdown. I'm not concerned about mercury right now .. How can I get myself out of this stress response. the hair analysis results ave consistantly shown i have low potassium for the past 3 years

 

[Giraffe]

I'm having a nervous breakdown. I'm not concerned about mercury right now .. How can I get myself out of this stress response.

If I was in your situation I would try massage, exercises aimed at freeing the spine and breathing exercises.

 

[paymanz]

maybe vitamin b6 can help you.

 

[sunflower1]

with a nervous breakdown?

 

[Mittir]

I am not sure if you are doing raw carrot salad. Endotoxin and gut irritation can
increase cortisol, which weakens digestion and lowers thyroid function.
Both of these cause sleep disturbance. Lack of appetite can result from excess cortisol and
it would be a good idea to lower endotoxin by raw carrot salad or cooked bamboo shoots.
If it does not help then you can try small dose ( 30-50 mg) tetracycline or
minocycline for few days to lower endotoxin.

I also think it is better not to force yourself to eat until appetite returns.
Eating small meals of easily digested foods that are appetizing
should help with lowering cortisol . I would not worry about achieving certain
amount of calories daily until appetite has returned.Body has easier time digesting tasty foods.

I would also minimize starch intake. Icecream is a calorie dense food and i can easily ingest tons of
calories from this. If liver is weakened from endotoxin, then fixing gut can quickly fix it.
Niacinamide 50-100 mg 2-3 times a day can also improve liver and glycogen storing capacity.
But, you need to eat frequently if you plan to take niacinamide.
Small dose of thiamine , 10 mg, can improve mood.

 

[sunflower1]

Thanks Mitter, Yes I can't force myself to eat. I feel like I need to allow myself to go with the flow a little and allow this to happen, been fighting it for weeks and I'm exhausted from that..I do need to eat regularly because I have pretty intense blood sugar handling issues ..
I've been doing a carrot salad every day for the most part ..

I think the numbness is my arms is my cells buzzig from the intense stress.. Magnesium helps but i'm a little concerned that I will make myself go too far in the opposite direction ..But that may have to be the case..

 

[Parsifal]

post 88895I do have shot adrenals and have had for many years..

I remember that Peat wrote that weak adrenals come from weak Thyroid, can't remember where. I'm surprised that nobody pointed it out.

 

[Giraffe]

post 98632 I'm surprised that nobody pointed it out.

Thyoid has been mentioned in one of Sunflower's other threads.