Getting back to ME!

When I hit a plateau, I search for the next step in treatment to improve. So that’s what I have been up to.

My focus and mental clarity are spot on, with the simple stuff, like taking forskolin, and Rutin, along with my antihistamines. However, I have a tendency to keep looking even when things are good, in case I missed something, then when it goes to plateau, I dig for more!

Everywhere I go, I start discussing illness in forums and groups, you get varying levels of acceptance. What I mean by that is, there are patients that accept their illnesses and want to “live with them” for the rest of their lives, and then there’s the patients constantly at “unrest”, basically not comfortable with being sick, that’s me. I’m not comfortable knowing that I have to live like this the rest of my life. I ACCEPT the fact that there is possibility I may have to, but it will never stop me from continuing to fight against it. After all, as the world turns, every day there is new science. Something new coming to the forefront. This is a revolutionary time in science and medicine.

This was a photo of myself right before I started the MTHFR journey.

Recently when studying histamine intolerance, I discovered a list of medications and things that can exacerbate histamine intolerance, and then I discovered the caveat. Even with the use of all the antihistamines I was taking and my great success with it, they BLOCK the histamines from attaching to the appropriate receptors so that you do not get symptoms. However, it does not degrade the histamine build up in your body. Which means then the histamines float around and find a new place to attach themselves to, leading to new or different symptoms.

I’m diving into that research as I go, however there had been a turn of events in my life, that turned me to studying MTHFR gene expressions, and how your body can’t methylate if you have certain genetic “SNIPS” as they refer to them. I haven’t done the testing, but I jumped on the bandwagon anyway, starting to treat myself “blindly” as is always my method since I started searching for my own health. I’m treating myself so far with Methyl folate and Vitamin B complex and Glutathione.

In one month, I no longer have to take all the antihistamines. Nothing. I have no pain, no arthritic pain, no fibromyalgia pain, and I am at full brain faculty first thing when I wake up. No longer do I sit with my caffeine for two hours waiting for my brain to clear, I’m crisp as a piece of paper first thing in the morning. I can now eat peanut butter again after 17 years, I’m pretty stoked about that. Now it doesn’t mean that I can’t have overactive histamine responses, I’m actually built to, but my body is now breaking down a great deal of histamine on its own through this methylation journey so that I’m not toxic, but if I overexpose myself, I do find myself reaching for my Cetirizine. So far, it’s only occurred twice, and only one pill for an entire day.

In our region currently, we have high tree pollen concentrations, and the farmers are out spraying, plowing and working the fields. That had put me into a migraine yesterday out of the blue, but I literally overexposed myself to more histamine than my body knew what to do with.

***NOTE: the next few links shared for Newsbreak is an affiliate link that the author can make a commission from. I appreciate the support, if you do decide to sign up!***

In my free time, I am now writing for NEWSBREAK….an app that gives you up to date information in your local area. When I’m not working on my book, I figured if I’m going to do the research to help myself, I might as well help others, so here I am. Sharing what I learn as I go, as far as fibromyalgia, Mast Cell Activation, and IBS, along with various other discoveries, and giving local information reports on barometric pressure and allergy reports in my local area.

If you feel that you would like to become a contributor or writer for your local area, it is a legitimate way to make passive income when your body is restricted in movement. I highly suggest you look into it. Just follow the link here to become a writer…. CREATOR REFERRAL.

Fibromyalgia, Showers can and will overexert you!

No I’m not full of it.

I decided that it was time to put my research to work, while I was finishing the book, and continue working toward my end goal of December. I’ve been up to a lot recently, I started writing articles as a Newsbreak contributor to assist others with the information that I’ve found, it seems to be gaining just a bit more traction for people to find me.

My focus has been on the current research and medical clinical studies of what’s up and coming on the market for the various illnesses that people suffer. Chronic Neuropathic Pain is a thing, even though you see a smile on someone’s face doesn’t mean that they aren’t feeling pain somewhere else in or on their body. Fibromyalgia and small fiber neuropathy is a thing for me. I cannot stop it unless I take a medication that literally makes me feel drunk all the time, so I opt to do things naturally to at least ease things. I have not resorted to cannabis as it’s still “illegal” in my state. I do know that it will help me though, as recent clinical studies for a few drugs based with THC/CBD are currently being tested for approval.

I’m going to share a few links to these articles I’ve written. Most interestingly, the Showers overexerting you is intriguing. The first time I noticed, explained a lot, especially after I shared it with my neurologist. “Why does the water feel like needles on my skin?” It’s a thing, and it is so very real for me, some days a shower is all I can do.

https://original.newsbreak.com/@misty-romack-1637118/2986538730314-fibromyalgia-and-cfs-showers-can-overexert-you

The spoon theory is the best way to describe how I feel on a daily basis. Some people can wake up with a handful of spoons, and use them for each task, brushing teeth, showering, styling their hair, doing their makeup, making breakfast, working, and so on and so on. For people who have Chronic Systemic Illness, I’m lucky if I wake up with five spoons or less. I know other’s just like that as well. So we have to spend our spoons VERY wisely on that day. Neuropathy especially small fiber neuropathy is activated in my skin, from extreme temperature fluctuations to something rubbing my skin the wrong way can send me into overdrive and suck up my spoons quickly.

Writing is Therapy/ Journaling is What I Do! image cred: mohamed_hassan/Pixabay

It is definitely not a fun way to live. However, it is my life, and I strive daily to improve my wellbeing and help others in the process of my experience. After all, knowledge is power, and NO ONE can take your education away from you. So as I research to help myself, I share for others. So after four hours of reading and research, here are some up and coming neuropathic pain therapies in clinical trials and studies. If you enjoy the articles, you can follow me as an author once you’ve downloaded and registered the app. Have a great day everyone!

https://original.newsbreak.com/@misty-romack-1637118/2991927943454-chronic-neuropathic-pain-up-and-coming-new-therapies