I hate not being in love.

uurgh, remember the thread where you guys all gave me shit for being off my head.

Due to some fault in my immune system my body is unable to produce the enzymes needed to break down chemicals like salicylates, amines, most preservatives, colours etc. I need to be on a bland, unhealthy, restricted diet or else I suffer from mood swings, incredible brain fog, bad reflux, fibromyalgia etc.

Immunologists have recently discovered that its possible to induce the body to start producing digestive enzymes again by overloading it with ridiculous amounts of these chemicals.

In order to be able to eat most fruits and vegetables again and thus return to a fairly healthy diet, I have to take pills containing six times the amount of salycilate that is safe for a normal person to ingest. Once the symptoms become semi-manageable I need to up my dose and wait until the symptoms wear down again, up my dose and so on.

In short, I am now consuming 12 times the amount of a chemical that causes brain fog, fatigue and physical uncoordination that I would consume in a normal day, eating normal food. Next week I will probably go up to 18 times, then 24 times and so on.

When I feel ready, I give the tablets a break for a few days, eat salicylate containing foods and if I suffer no symptoms, then my body has learned to produce the salicylate enzyme again. If I still suffer symptoms, I need to keep upping my doses until it works.

When it finally does work, I won't need to take the pills and I will be able to think straight again. The good news is that salicylates are what seem to fuck me up the most, and I can have small amounts of most other things without suffering too much. Preservatives and stuff are very easy to avoid. When this is over I will be able to eat a healthy diet again and maybe even beat this chronic fatigue problem for good.

I am sorry if that was very complicated, but I doubt it would make sense properly if I simply told you what pills I was taking.

 

wow man that is very complicated and interesting...I really hope you can cure that strange ailment. Do you know what caused that?

 

Yeah, it is really interesting. I had no idea that any of this stuff existed before I went to see an immunologist. It sounds really insane but apparently people all over the world have this problem and its medically legit.

The cause - Glandular Fever, or Mono, completely wrecked my immune system. Abusing my body with alcohol and junk food probably didn't help either.