ZeroGravitas Health

Depression Comix  ( 015 ) Just from looking through a couple sites like Depression Comix  ( via io9 ) and Hyperbole and a Half (also via iO9 ) it should be painfully obvious that depression (like most/all mental illness) produces impediments to mental functioning that simply can NOT be willed away. Also, personal experience has really highlighted how arbitrary mental state can be; uncorrelated to outside events that might be reasoned to induce happiness/sadness. But when I take a little tyrosine, I clearly feel the (positive) effects of dopamine and adrenaline, hours or days down the line. This supplement leads to motivation but also agitation and anxiety if not balanced with tryptophan, the essential amino acid for human synthesis of serotonin and melatonin (happy and calming modulators). Sure, I'm only one particular case, in that I seem to be naturally short of all (essential) amino acids  (probably due to maldigestion). But these same effects are widely known...

The Histamine Segué In my previous post , I explained how I'd found wonderful, unexpected, relief from the worst of my CFS type 'fatigues', by excluding certain foods. I went into a lot of detail about the specifics of food intolerance testing, and histamine intolerance, but did not cover most of the possible underlying mechanisms. Problems with histamine tie in with the following: Methylation cycle insufficiency/disfunction. My Nutritionist considers that HIT may be due to gut damage leading to DAO insufficiency, and/or dysbiosis with opportunistic bacteria producing histamine and other unhelpful by-products. Histamine problems common in methylation deficiency, as SAMe used by HNMT. Nutritional therapy Super-foods: - Milk (cow's) - 81-89% water, the rest split equally 3 ways: fat, protein (80% casein), carbs (mostly lactose - 40% of milk calories), vitamins, minerals, bacteria and white blood cells. - Egg Coconut Phoenix Rising Longcity, ...

I originally intended this as an all inclusive, one parter, covering all my recent health research: To explain to people, as fully as possible, where I'm at and where I've been, personally. To raise awareness of my core discoveries (much of this may apply to many people). Possibly help others take short-cuts (I've already spoken to a few with similar issues). To review what I've looked at so far, reminding myself and reappraising with a critical eye. The grey sections contain stand alone information, e.g.: Food intolerance may affect 45% of the population , causing a surprisingly wide variety of easily fixable, idiopathic symptoms, throughout the body ( headaches, rashes, itching, diarrhoea, and vomiting ...). Histamine intolerance may affect as many as 1 in 10 (1 in 100 at lowest estimate). Almost always co-morbid with another food intolerance/disease [ source ]. As usual, I became a little mired in detail. Perhaps I was guided by a previous whim to make...

So "Lewy's Life" [ old-old blog ] pretty much equates to a running update on my health now!: Remember the diary free thing? Well i started a follow up of wheat free (just in case my negative blood test for Coeliac the other month wasn't up to scratch) which lasted til after breakfast when i nearly fell asleep (and I'd only had bacon, scrambled egg, mushroom and baked beans!). With exams coming up (now mid way, and not doing at all bad considering), and after a whole bank holiday weekend of sleeping midnight til 10am but being a zombie, incapable of doing anything (even procrastinating), I decided to drop my prescribed morning and night  pills just to shake things up! I became aware of some supplements that really seemed to revitalise (at least for a time), " Happy Days : 5-HTP ", so i thought I'd give them a try while I was off the tricyclic. It likely has SSRI action, which is apparently a no-no in conjunction with these. [Image missing. Added scre...

In a bid to not feel like shit half the time, I'm looking to find out if i have an allergy to something which has been making me tired and fuzzy headed for the last several years. I'm starting with the components of a bowl cereal: Weetabix, Crunchy Nut and Milk (i.e.wheat, corn, dairy and various others), since I had a total energy crash the other day after breakfast, falling asleep for 3 hours when i'd already had at least 10 that night.