Why the brain is necessary for all of us to function.
For me, today is a day of remembrance. In the past 30 days, I have now attended a memorial and funeral for two parents of different childhood friends, who lost their ability to remember. Alzheimer’s and Dementia have touched so many lives especially people and families that are important to me.
In retrospect it’s been almost a blessing that I suffered an illness that gave me a glimpse into my future with dementia, along with the experiences with my own family members that I had already lost. I was able to provide much needed wisdom when asked on how to navigate some of the “humane” matters with others who were already ill around me.
Until I see the MRI for myself in the near future, I am not going to glorify that the black spaces are now miraculously filled with brain matter for myself. I also will never claim a miraculous cure for anything. I do fully expect to lose my life eventually to dementia, but in the meantime, I’m going to live my life to the fullest and continue to educate myself and others as I find supplements to assist me in healing and functioning.
When researching an illness, I research how the brain operates or dysfunctions to cause said illness. Interstitial Cystitis is an actual physical dysfunction of an organ; however, the brain operates histamine reactions and releases that activate and deactivate my Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. In fact, almost ALL of my illnesses with the exception of the interstitial cystitis all tie into the brain in some way. Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Neuropathy, Fibromyalgia, and obviously Dementia.
A little survey and digging in the Mast Cell patient group I participate in, and I sat one day and wrote down a list of 240 various different illnesses on the list (when someone polled our group on the various diagnoses’ we all had, including arthritis, and they all tie back into the brain. When I discovered that, I knew then, I had to start safeguarding my mainframe, as soon as possible, and with fierceness.
This turned me onto a host of different things that I needed to address. Cognitive Function was certainly one, and regaining my control of my memory and recovery of lost memory was another. Then regaining my energy, and focus. I found a few supplements that I simply “tried” to see if it did anything for me. The benefits had to be WORTH it, and the side effects had to be nothing or very limited for myself.
I took some of these for a few months, and started making HUGE gains, then I did the worst thing I could do, and stopped the supplements. Why you ask… because I’m the guinea pig, I’m my own test subject, and what I found was I began to degrade as quickly as I had started making improvements. In September of 2022 I stopped the supplements, and by December, I had a host of symptoms begun again, like the ADHD, the ability to not be able to clearly think, the litany of aches and pains, on top of forgetting my daily schedules. I finally admitted to my therapist what I had done at that time, and she said that it was “Invaluable” information to include in my research, but highly suggested that I begin them again. I really didn’t need them to tell me to, because that morning before I admitted to myself defeat, I may have to permanently keep myself on the Amazon Subscribe & Save program for these pills. However, I am COMPLETELY 100% totally okay with these results, it is a far car better than a ton of prescriptions from the doctors to mitigate symptoms, multiple doctor visits, and ER visits for allergic reactions and mania, or health anxiety.
My last appointment was this past Thursday, and after yet another introduction of the polyphenol Green Coffee Extract, gave me everything that I needed. Her response was to me, “You are oddly more normal, calm, controlled.” I chimed in, “I can also use BIG WORDS again!” We giggled together on that one. One day, I may ask her to actually write me an excerpt about watching my decline and then my regrowth, it’d be interesting to get it from her perspective.
My journey has been slow in progress because I am researching, and I am my own test subject, and I suggest that you do the same, research, and trust your body. You know your body best.
What has gotten me to this progress so far has been the following regimen:
RUTIN , FORSKOHLII and my H1 histamine blocker Cetirizine 10 mg along with my H2 Histamine blocker Famotidine 20mg
Now each person is different, and only respond to certain antihistamines, to find balance, sometimes you need to take more than one of each antihistamine. My balance stopped at 4 times a day, half an hour before I ingest any food, breakfast, lunch and dinner, and before bedtime. My antihistamine intake is 2 Cetirizine and 3 Famotidine every time I take a “dose”. That is what keeps me from reacting to foods, bug bites, and various other things that my mast cells deem too much histamine for the day, oh and the biggest “histamine release” is when we get sleepy and go to sleep, that is the necessity for taking them at night.
**I recommend you take a look at my blog post about Antihistamines. Take notes on your major symptoms, and start with looking at what receptor blockers are going to get rid of those reactions first.** As always, check with your physician if you are on anything. I’m not a licensed physician, this is just what got me to where I am at.
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