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Posted 8/11/2024 12:10 PM (GMT -5)
9 AM Got out of bed, After laying there since 7 AM, hoping to sleep a little more, but not successful.

9:10 Read Email, texts, etc. and my brain clarity felt pretty good.

9:30 AM took my thyroid medicine, Then went grocery shopping (fasting).

1045, Arrived home had some pre-breakfast, snacks, of nuts and celery.

11AM, slight brain fog sets in. No matter what I eat, this happens. I’ve had food sensitivity testing so I avoid those foods. I can’t imagine what happened if I actually ate those.

11:30 AM , I have some low acid coffee and brain fog slightly improves But not completely, (not until 3 PM)

1215, I’m feeling kind of sleepy but since it’s Sunday I might actually take a 15 minute power nap before I go about my Sunday to do list.

There is no way to test for leaky gut as far as I know, but since I get tired after eating, I’m guessing I still have some sort of leaky gut? Just a guess. I’ve been taking some leaky guts supplements and I slightly improved, but it’s hard to make it completely better.

Post Edited (astroman) : 9/1/2024 3:30:43 PM (GMT-4)

Posted 8/13/2024 9:12 PM (GMT -5)
I’d be thinking about fasting through the morning as an experiment to see if it’s correlated in your food. There’s a lot of different angles to look at this from.

If you’re correlating 15 min post eating with brain fog - that says more of histamine reaction to me.
Posted 8/22/2024 12:30 AM (GMT -5)
That is the symptom I get when my mast cell activation is bad. I get overwhelmingly tired about half hour after I eat. It lasts about an hour. If I take quercetin and DAO enzyme 3 times a day, it usually quiets down this reaction. You might be experiencing mast cell. I started getting that when my gut went down hill and formed sensitivity to wheat and then all grains.
Posted 8/22/2024 9:22 AM (GMT -5)
astroman - Do you ever get migraines with or without the brain fog?
Posted 8/26/2024 9:36 PM (GMT -5)
I’ve luckily never had a migraine in my life. Just normal headaches Which Exedrin usually clears up in 15 minutes, and not related to morning brain fog.

Had a good morning today, though. I will have to repeat my eating again as a test.

I can get vertebrae muscle neck tension, which can go up in the back of my head - Still not related to brain fog
Posted 9/1/2024 2:30 PM (GMT -5)
AHa ha I think I’m onto something.

1)My iron levels are almost at the bottom of the range., Which causes brain fog and also higher than normal reverse T3.

2)Which is why I have a little bit higher than normal reverse T3, which also causes brain fog tiredness since Cells can’t use it.

3) Since number one can cause number two. It’s possible that there’s a specific reason for number one.

And that might go back to continuing gut problems (Malabsorption ) that have lasted for two years. Which could be SIBO, Even though I’m negative on that test.
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For Correction: Add synthetic T3 only to my current pig thyroid and slowly drop the pig thyroid which flushes out the reverse T3. However, that is a Band-Aid and not getting to the real problem.

So I think I’ll add supplemental iron under a doctors supervision then retest thyroid. If that improves reverse T3, I know I’m low in iron.

And or go ahead and treat for SIBO, regardless of test result and see if that improved gut absorption then increasing iron, which would flush out the reverse T3.

No easy way to do this properly!
Posted 9/1/2024 4:26 PM (GMT -5)
Two docs told me the liquid iron is better than the pills.
Posted 9/1/2024 9:39 PM (GMT -5)

Girlie said...
Two docs told me the liquid iron is better than the pills.

With a straw- since it can stain teeth.

Post Edited (astroman) : 9/2/2024 10:16:21 AM (GMT-4)

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