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Reposting from introductions given the time-sensitive state I'm in.
I had a bone infection in October and was administered 7 antibiotics, one of which was levaquin. I got badly floxed with pretty much every symptom in the book. Tendon pain everywhere (neck, ribs, spine, knees, feet, wrists, etc), brain fog, anxiety, insomnia, PVD in left eye, snapping and cracking of joints.
Speculatively based on the limited literature, I tried chelating any remaining fluoroquinolones out of my body using Magnesium, as well with a protective regime of NAC, Glycine, Hyaluronic Acid, and Glucosamine Chondroiton.
I felt great on the NAC and didn’t mind the occasional side effects as I assumed they were not longterm. For about a week, my flox symptoms rotated and seemed to improve somewhat. Then one night I decided to have a hot bath.
The next day, I had no more tendon pain. I thought this was a miracle. However, I was also itching all over my body, an unfamiliar feeling. The next four nights I continued to have hot baths, thinking I might be somehow curing my floxing.
After 9 days of NAC, I found the research that connects it to the inhibition of the DAO enzyme, and elevated histamine. I immediately discontinued the NAC and switched to liposomal glutathione.
However, in the week since then, my symptoms have only gotten worse. The itching arises immediately after consuming food — ALL food. I have tried, individually, organic potato, sweet potato, yellow squash, butternut squash, white rice, brown rice, chicken, cantaloupe, apple, cucumber, etc. Every single one of these foods makes me itch, congest, and my throat has even started to narrow somewhat, which is terrifying.
I’ve also had terrible insomnia, weird eye artifacts (like small hallucinations almost), constant tachycardia, and major GI problems (normal stool, then diarrhea) that make what the 7 antibiotics did to me look pretty good.
Today I discontinued the liposomal glutathione and I’m currently eating this, because everything makes me itch anyway. I hope it’s not a mistake in terms of vitamins etc.
https://www.katefarms.com/for-clinicians/products/peptide-1-5-plain-formula/
It seems like NAC gave me a terrible histamine intolerance and possibly more? Given that I can’t eat without reactions that sometimes verge on anaphalaxis, I am pretty scared.
I’m not very literate in supplements. It seems like the folks here have wisdom about this kind of thing. Any thoughts on what I should do?
I had a bone infection in October and was administered 7 antibiotics, one of which was levaquin. I got badly floxed with pretty much every symptom in the book. Tendon pain everywhere (neck, ribs, spine, knees, feet, wrists, etc), brain fog, anxiety, insomnia, PVD in left eye, snapping and cracking of joints.
Speculatively based on the limited literature, I tried chelating any remaining fluoroquinolones out of my body using Magnesium, as well with a protective regime of NAC, Glycine, Hyaluronic Acid, and Glucosamine Chondroiton.
I felt great on the NAC and didn’t mind the occasional side effects as I assumed they were not longterm. For about a week, my flox symptoms rotated and seemed to improve somewhat. Then one night I decided to have a hot bath.
The next day, I had no more tendon pain. I thought this was a miracle. However, I was also itching all over my body, an unfamiliar feeling. The next four nights I continued to have hot baths, thinking I might be somehow curing my floxing.
After 9 days of NAC, I found the research that connects it to the inhibition of the DAO enzyme, and elevated histamine. I immediately discontinued the NAC and switched to liposomal glutathione.
However, in the week since then, my symptoms have only gotten worse. The itching arises immediately after consuming food — ALL food. I have tried, individually, organic potato, sweet potato, yellow squash, butternut squash, white rice, brown rice, chicken, cantaloupe, apple, cucumber, etc. Every single one of these foods makes me itch, congest, and my throat has even started to narrow somewhat, which is terrifying.
I’ve also had terrible insomnia, weird eye artifacts (like small hallucinations almost), constant tachycardia, and major GI problems (normal stool, then diarrhea) that make what the 7 antibiotics did to me look pretty good.
Today I discontinued the liposomal glutathione and I’m currently eating this, because everything makes me itch anyway. I hope it’s not a mistake in terms of vitamins etc.
https://www.katefarms.com/for-clinicians/products/peptide-1-5-plain-formula/
It seems like NAC gave me a terrible histamine intolerance and possibly more? Given that I can’t eat without reactions that sometimes verge on anaphalaxis, I am pretty scared.
I’m not very literate in supplements. It seems like the folks here have wisdom about this kind of thing. Any thoughts on what I should do?