The following is my first-hand experience with peptide therapy which is in no way medical advice. I strongly urge anyone who’s curious about
peptide therapy to seek treatment from a qualified medical professional, especially if you have complex chronic illness. Here’s a couple provider directories:
https://integrativepeptides.com/physician-network/https://peptidesociety.org/find-a-practitionerThat being said, I’m doing this round solo out of sheer desperation.
I have a complex medical case that has three root causes: TBI, toxic mold exposure, and Lyme & Co. For the last four years, peptide therapy has been an enormous part of my healthcare and one of the best decisions of my life. I started with Oxytocin for anxiety and agoraphobia followed by BPC-157 for gut issues and to speed the healing process from physical therapy. Later, Cerebrolysin and BPC-157 was largely responsible for healing my moderate brain damage and now I’m using a blend of BPC-157, KPV, Immune Peptide A2, and pre and probiotics called Gut Feeling from Integrative Peptides for Lyme & co., dysbiosis, MCAS, neuroinflammation and various other related conditions. At the bottom of this post is my progress from each week.
Anytime I've done a cycle of BPC-157, I've also taken collagen peptides. In the past, I've used Vital Proteins, but this time I switched it up and ordered Glow Stack: Collagen + Renuvia from PEScience and I'm glad I dared to try something new as I usually don’t switch brands. Both products have roughly the same price point, but the Glow Stack included a supplement for hair, skin and nails, which I need as my hair and nails have thinned with treatment. I ordered the raspberry flavor, which when mixed with the mango strawberry-flavored Gut Feeling is freaking delicious. I look forward to drinking it every morning that I'm on cycle.
To complete a full cycle, I needed to buy two containers of Gut Feeling. To save 10% with Integrative Peptides, use TAKE10 at checkout.
Cycle length: 12 weeks
Cycle dosing: One scoop 5 days on, 2 days off
One serving of Gut Feeling contains the following:500 mcg BPC-157 (Naturally Occurring Acetylated/Amidated Form)
250 mcg KPV (Naturally Occurring Acetylated/Amidated Form)
250 mcg Immune Peptide A2 (Ac-Alys-Gln-NH2) Prebiotics/Probiotics
100 billion CFUs Akkermansia (akkermansia muciniphila)
7.5 billion CFUs Lactospore (bacillus coagulans)
1200 mg Fructo-oligosaccharides 1200 mg Inulin
100 mg Immunolin Serum-derived Bovine Immunoglobulin (providing 45mg Ig
G, 5mg IgM, 1mg IgA, 5mg bovine serum albumin)
Weekly progress:Week 1: Decreased brain fog, inflammation, GI pain and joint pain. My stomach distention decreased slightly, and I'm marginally happier. MCAS progress: no overheating/flaring after showers and taking less famotidine.
Week 2: Feel well enough to do my hair, decreased frequency and severity of chest pain, feel clearer and have more pep, less pain, less fatigue, and more energy to do things around the house, happier with a little less OCD, intrusive thoughts and feelings of doom. MCAS progress: completely off famotidine, able to increase the warmth of showers/baths without flaring, and starting to enjoy meals again.
Week 3: Way less bloating and stomach distention, greatly improved digestion, longer attention span, OCD and intrusive thoughts are nearly gone, less brain fog, and much happier and clearer. It also appears to be helping with tapering off of Amitriptyline, which is usually a complete nightmare. Pain levels are continuing to drop and I can do light exercise daily without flaring if I have the energy. MCAS progress: sleeping through the night (no more histamine wake-up call at 4:00 am), rarely using Alka Seltzer Gold for high stomach acid, and fewer hot flashes/burning skin. I can feel my immune system calming down and it’s such a good feeling.
Week 4: My waist is continuing to shrink and I think I’m actually losing weight. I can’t remember the last time I was this un-bloated. This week has been tough because I decreased my dose of Amitriptyline. Usually, I experience a lot of GI pain and despair, but this time it’s mostly anxiety and lack of motivation, which is an improvement. My thoughts are less sickly and squirrelly, too, if that makes sense. KPV has antimicrobial properties and I believe it’s hitting on something I haven’t started treating yet. I do have symptoms of babesia and am adding cryptolepis to my shopping list.
As someone who has been chasing their tail in the health department for two decades, I'm thrilled with my results so far and I'm not even halfway done with my cycle. I'm only on week four and I'm able to tolerate foods that I had to omit from my diet years ago. I've even been leaving the house once a week now without needing recovery time, which is AMAZING for me as I've been mostly housebound for the last six years. In my experience with peptide therapy, some of this progress will continue to stick even when I'm off cycle, which is why I consider this type of therapy a game changer. I'll continue to update my weekly progress through the end of my cycle. Thanks for reading.
P.S.: I recently attended a masterclass called Peptides of Immune Health and am posting for those who would like to learn more about
some of the peptides mentioned here. It goes further in depth about
peptides ability to heal, benefits, clinical use, possible side effects, dosage, and stack protocols. Click here to read:
https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=4346269Post Edited (VioletTheViolent) : 7/17/2024 10:27:14 AM (GMT-8)