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Another L-Serine Update**

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Recently I have been doing a lot of series work on Fibromyalgia for Newsbreak. I have been sharing a lot of information there on the research I had recently done. One thing that during my research I discovered a lack of L-Serine was discovered in Fibro patients’ urine. L-Serine is an amino acid that our bodies use daily, and usually produce, and there is a block. In true fashion, I have been the guinea pig, so you can reference previous posts.

On June 23rd, I had posted that I was making some great progress. I had to leave town for approximately 10 days shortly after that post, and I decided that would be the time to stop using L-Serine to see if there was a noticeable difference. Let me tell you now, I regretted every minute of being of L-Serine. The first few days didn’t seem to be that bad, in fact for the first 4 days or so, I couldn’t tell an issue at all. However, I stayed in mainly a controlled type of environment and temperature most of the time, however we were close to Chicago and the Canadian Fire Particulates contaminated the air we were breathing. When I say controlled environment, I mean hotel, even 72 degrees, and event was also a controlled 72 degrees, not heavy activity, mainly brain power was used.

Camping stock photo from: xuanduongvan87/Pixabay

Well fast forward to the July 4th weekend, and I changed locations with the family and went camping in Kentucky. I was out in the heat, humidity, and storms that decided to grace our family “adventures”. Lovingly my mother has coined our family vacations with “family adventures” because nothing ever goes to plan. During the flash flood at our campground, the pain started to sneak up on me. First it was the knees, and by the time I drove home, then this morning, I was full blown burning and aching. In fact, I woke up with the burning and aching in the neck and back of my shoulders, headache….the works. I actually had a bit of brain fog this afternoon which hasn’t happened in what seems like forever, I found myself searching for a few simple words.

Before I sat down to write this, I took a dose of L-Serine . Waiting for some of the pain to subside now. So, for the ones who incorporate L-Serine into their regimen, trust me, you are going to know it if you forget it for too long. Praying for relief quickly.

L-Serine Update

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**I am an Amazon Affiliate, and if you choose to order from the links provided, know that you are supporting my work, and my website. Thank you in advance for your support!!**

Recently I have been doing a lot of series work on Fibromyalgia for Newsbreak. I have been sharing a lot of information there on the research I had recently done. One thing that during my research I discovered a lack of L-Serine was discovered in Fibro patients’ urine. L-Serine is an amino acid that our bodies use daily, and usually produce, and there is a block.

I threw caution to the wind and went ahead as promised, and used myself as a guinea pig, and so far one week in, I’m going to give you a little update. I was actually having great success with improvement on brain function and sleep just by methylating, and that is fabulous in and of itself. My sleep has been so restful I’m barely dreaming now. When I first started, all the chips were stacked against me. I am taking 4 L-Serine tablets, which by the bottle says is a 2500 mg dose, morning, noon, and dinner, along with the methylfolate x 4 and the vitamin b complex x2 that I also take. (I did also read that it is highly suggested to have the proper b vitamins to process your amino acids anyway, so “Methylating” is a better choice so that you know the nutrients you are ingesting are doing their proper jobs in cell reproduction, repair, and healing as well.)

What I mean by the chips were stacked against me, was that it literally was a weeklong barometric pressure drop, my muscles were beginning to burn in my neck and shoulders. Long periods of time sitting and just reading research was really starting to get to me, so I actually pulled out my TENS Unit Portable Rechargeable Massager. Now if you follow me on Newsbreak, you can do that by following my link to the electrotherapy article to see how well this unit is helpful for you, you know that I have a tendency to write articles that either 1) are directly affecting me in the moment or 2) something the readers have reminded me of, that at one point I also struggled with. As I continue this journey of “healing” I know that there is not a cure, but there sure are things that have alleviated such a great deal of what I used to deal with, that I seem to “forget” at the times, the worst of moments. I really don’t forget them, they just are locked away in that box, that I don’t have to pull out near as often as I used to *I count my blessings*.

Muscle pain can be helped with L-Serine and Electrotherapy. photo from Pixabay

So far using L-Serine seems to be allowing my body to rest more completely and comfortably. It’s also providing me a level of comfort and analgesic type effects when the muscle pain is at it’s highest, and I’m good with that as well. It doesn’t make it entirely go away (Depending on how long they’ve been aching and burning) but it seems to “warm up” my muscle tissue in that area at the moment, and then fade, like an internal type “old people rub” (the best way I describe Lidocaine that I use when trying to sleep sometimes). So I’m going to continue on using the L-Serine as a supplement. I will probably drop down my dosage next week to see if it does change things.

Since my body does respond to external stimuli and barometric pressure and weather changes, it’s hard to wage the differences for myself, let alone if you are following in the journey with me. Just remember, one day you could feel great, and think things are going good, and then the barometric pressure drop or something crazy, and stay that way for days, overloading yourself. This week in particular I had not only external issues, but I also had emotional stress as well, so much over stimulation I had to take a few mid day naps to make it through. Not going to lie, a few cocktails as well just to help me smile. That’s a story for another day. Remember, have patience with yourself, with the things you do to try to navigate this life and heal, always be mindful of your need to rest, when life gets to be too much. If you don’t stop and say, “This is too much.” Then you go hide in a quiet place, to return to a state of homeostasis. If not, you aggravate your pain levels even more and your anxiety. Even if it’s just for a few minutes, but a few hours always does me well. You don’t even have to have chronic pain or illness to know where your boundaries should lie, everyone gets overwhelmed from time to time. Much love light and wellness wishes to you all! –Your Author