Originally Posted by
Trixy
Hey guys,
I have been a lurker for around 4-5 months now. I crashed during December last year( 2020). I initially visited PH and quickly got sucked into deep depression as I thought my life was completely over and I got mostly every symptom. I was lucky enough to stumble on English, mitch, c.d and other people who pointed me in this direction. Since I was really down I started to implement the protocol slowly as layed down on TMO by C.d . As of now I have the following symptoms.
1. Physical - loss of muscle mass( 15 kgs) , old people like skin on my legs , extreme fatigue . The oil on my face has returned and my skin is looking better since I crashed . Also my hairfall has resumed.
2. Mental - brain fog and unable to read or work for long hours , anxiety, don't do well with noise, bright lights. Also experience derealization but has gotten Slightly better. Tinitus comes and goes and has some corelation to stress as I see it.
3. Sexual - mostly back to normal, leaving the size . Ejaculation does make me feel worse. Orgasm are also almost normal and enjoyable now. Semen quality is also almost back to normal.
4. Sleep - have worked on this the most - got it down to 5-6 hours of sleep
5. Gut - I am really intolerant to many foods like meats , lentils, some vegetables like peas and potatoes ( I got my gut tested and I have a dysbiosis)
6. Harmones - My cortisol levels both morning and evening are normal. My test levels have gotten better from low 300 to high 400 but my total test has fallen from 14 to 13.4 which seems to be an shbg problem like many others here. The biggest thing for me is my TSH which is 4.8 which is way over the mark and was wondering if anyone has faced this and solved i would love to get some help in this department. it as my t4 and t3 levels also seem fine.
What I am doing
Routine-
1.Wake up at 6 and look at the sun ( this helps alot to set the circadian rhythm and helps with sleep.
2.Do pranayam and yoga
3.Do some meditation and breathing exercises
4.Have a cold water shower ( dry scrubing , only use a anti fungal shampoo once a week as I have really bad Sebhoric dermatitis)
5.Get an hour or so of sun( live in india so it's possible) ( sun my boys and do mobility work)
6. Eat 2 eggs made in ghee in the morning with spinach
7. Get to work mostly am able to only work for like 2-3 hours in total a day ( I am a law student so I am not really working as of yet so I am lucky that I don't have to go to work)
8. Lunch - vegitables stew made in olive oil or ghee with sorghum roti( its an Indian flat bread)
9. Workout at 3 ( I can't handle weights and leads me to crash everytime so I have shifted to calisthenics 3-4 times a week)
10. Back to work 3 -6 ( snack is mostly a fruit like papaya or apple - I don't do well with sweet fruits)
11. 6 - 7.30 ( walks in forest while looking at the setting sun - helps to set circadian rhythms)
12. 7.30 - dinner ( usually the same as lunch instead of sorghum roti I'll go for brown or red rice)
13. Gadgets off by 9 ( I sit and meditate or use the holosync/ binaural beats to calmn down) and also journal before bed.
Supplements -
1.magnesium glycinate - makes me sleep well.
2. Zinc citrate
3. Digestive enzymes
4. B vitamin complex ( makes my piss look like Mt.dew)
5. Vitamin d3 k2
6. L- glutamine
Going to start -
1. Bacopa
2. L- tyrosine
3. L- theanine
4. Curcumin
I am also working with a functional medicine practitioner for my problems in the gut.
I had a few questions I hope someone more experienced can answer it , as I would be really grateful for any kind of help :-
1. What can somebody do for soul crushing fatigue cause it really limits what I can do for workouts or does it simply go away . It amazes me how alot of whom recovered actually kept jobs and went to work while dealing with this problem which seems super human to me.
2. Has someone successful solved their thyroid problems and can possibly tell me what they did to better their tsh.
3. I have tried to lower my carbs but don't do well on a low carb diet , is it okay to eat carbs more than once a day as c.d suggests to backload them in the evening
4. Has some else also expirenced intolerance to meats as i was a frequent meat eater before the crash but now all I can eat is eggs for some reason when it comes to non- veg. Also is gelatin, chicken broth and fish broth just as effective for the gut as beef broth?.
Also any other insights into what I maybe doing wrong is always welcome. I find the recoveries board really inspiring and shows me how much work I need to do.
As for the herb rotation I intend to order them but since I am still dependent on my parents for money as I am only 20 I still have to wait a little. Though a lot of the herbs suggested by c.d are ancient ayurvedic medicines like tribulus ( gokshura), bacopa( bhrami), ashwagandha, shilajeet etc. So I maybe able to source them locally till I can convince my parents to buy the lost empire brand of herbs.
Thanks a lot and I am looking forward to having positive discussions on this forum