Posted by karaS on October 24, 2004, at 16:24:15
In reply to Re: Supplements for brain fog? » karaS, posted by raybakes on October 24, 2004, at 15:06:15
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> > Please don't apologize. It's definitely of interst. That's the problem - too much interest in things like this and not enough interest in the things I need to do.
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> Ok, hope you manage to get stuff sorted!!
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> > But getting back to the topic, this actually goes hand-in-hand with some of my questions about the safety of taking glutamine. If vitamin D can protect against the toxicity of glutamate, then I will feel less worried taking glutamine. Does vitamin D contain vitamin D3 or would one need to purchase Vitamin D3 specifically?
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> Usually, the supplement says what kind of vitamin D it is - the biotics one I take is D3. The glutamine issue is so difficult. I've got a book called ""the brain wellness plan" and the only condition it says glutamine is a definite no for is ALS. His belief is that a lot of brian disorders start in the gut, and glutamine is essential for gut integrity - Like autism, I think my gut is the primary problem, and any brain stuff, is secondary. My moods do change with food, and I only really get depressed with pasta and alcohol - and I feel effects in the gut before the brain, but sometimes I forget this, and my brain fog did start around 10-12 years ago after a couple of years of IBS..
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> This is what the book says....
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> "many brain-immune disorders are directly or indirectly related to dysfunctions in the GI tract - largely because your gut's failure to do it's job of utilizing nutrients and cleansing the body of harmful substances can result in inappropriate immune system activation."
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> Good luck with sorting things out, and no peeping at any posts!
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> Ray
>Ray,
I've been trying to limit myself to answering and finishing up previous posts to me on all boards and to starting new posts on the main board having to do with the decision I must make soon about staying on or discontinuing Cymbalta. (I'm leaning towards discontinuing but that's another story.) It's so hard to do all of my chores and job hunting when what I really want to do is spend all of my time here trying to figure everything out so I can "cure" myself (not to mention the great company and support here).I think that I have read "The Brain Wellness Plan". I should look at it again now though since I know much more than when I read it before.
I am so amazed at how you've been able to determine cause and effect in your life and in how you've been able to so clearly identify your reactions to various supplements.
In the last couple of years I have developed cholinergic urticaria (with all of its attendant implications for auto-immune response and inflammation). (It may have been there longer but been camouflaged by the small amount of antihistaminic tricyclic that I took to help with sleep.) I think that my hypersensitive dopamine autoreceptors are also a fairly recent phenomenon and I wonder if the two aren't related. I think that the autoreceptor problem is new because only recently have I noticed that I need to sleep about an hour or two after exercise. I had considered that adrenal fatigue was the culprit but I don't feel bad during exercise or immediately afterwards. It's only later on that I feel the need to sleep. I'm certain now that the exercise boosts dopamine and those darn autoreceptors overreact. Now I'm wondering if the receptor problem was caused by years of viral CFS, inflammation issues, and/or years of SSRI usage. If it's the latter then maybe I should not continue on the Cymbalta (even though it also targets NE).
OK, not doing so well on the staying away from posting ... but this is still responding to old posts, right?
Take care,
Kara
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