My daily symptom & trigger hunt, preventing & alleviating, can be generalized.
2021-11-19, Friday - 1) peculiar NADH-fx, & 2) gastritis detected as starting point for esophagus blocks.
Triggers & resulting Symptoms
SLEEP (click for details): 8h40, up 5x (23') ➔ Feeling 90% well, Ache 1 of 7 ✅, dreams , GI , air ✅
No fw! lbu: belly tensing? No half-sitting on sofa!
FCS p1 Sleep 22:15-
23:33 3’ 90%/1 p1 st1 drink4 fw1’ dream 
, GI air PfGaGu
1:02 11’ 90%/1 2xp0 st3 drink4 fw10’ dream , GI
3:40 3’ 90%/1 p3 st1 drink3 fw2’ dream , GI air PfNcSr
5:13 3’ 90%/1 p1 st1 drink3 fw2’ dream , GI mumi. hungry (ate less due to block)
07:02 3’ 90%/1 p1 st1 drink3 fw2’ dream , GI QcRsSaSr
-07:18
Sum: 1h45+7h18-(3+11+3+3+3=)23’ = 9h03-23= 8h40, up 5x (23’)
ACTIVITIES ➔ ACHE: ➔ 90/80%/1-2, wdve been stress to catch the early train, so let it be, altho I need to be at work on time (worked out tho). Got good energy, but feel exhausted at the same time = 95%/0 and 75%/3 at the same time. Gotta get my head round that... - see "development" below.
Ache = also Exhaustion/Tired 
➔ ?90%/1
Cycle➔ exhaustion, also as action➔pains;
TT = Table-Tennis➔ easy or effortless or strained or tough?
talk/meetings, Grandchild, Work/Mask-talking, Socializing/Talking.
ACTIONS ➔ PAINS: ?✅ Long esophagus block yesterday 18th at 20:00, I think that's the one I mentioned in yesterday's entry tho ❌. Esophagus block today 19th at 20:20 too. This time I distracted myself and waited till it plopped out by itself - again vibration didn't help. That took about 20' in which I cdnt eat altho it's late. See "development" below.
➔
Lying, standing, loins, sitting, arms up, neck stiffness 90°, stiffness after poses, walking, fast cycling, bladder 0xp1-2, GI, talking, mask-talking.
Lie ➔ LBU = lower back unrest, hunchback, Neck, thighs, elbows, itch, cold/hot, nose stuffy, plantar fasciitis after
Stand ➔ Legs, back
Knees up ➔ right loin
Arms up ➔ pain
Sit ➔ Backside, lower back
Pose ➔ stiffness (after holding a posture): Time 0-60’’, pain amount if faster.
Walk ➔ Elbows, feet, right knee, plantar fasciitis after
Cycle ➔ Feet, knees, backside, elbows, hands, neck
Drink ➔ Pee frequency, pain before peeing (p0-6).
Eat ➔ Esophagus block, stomach, gut, rectum, stool (IBSD?). GI for short
Talk➔Jaw (& Ache)
Mask-talk ➔ not sure how to describe it, just plain yucky.
Treatments
Supps: PLANNED/TAKEN TODAY (click for details): Mistook Qc for Q10 in the evening batch, so took it twice today, i.e. 2x0.5g, also used in studies. NEW/IRREGULAR: B3: 3x50mg, NADH (2+1)x5mg: more?, Pectin 1/Psyllium, Ribose 0.g (REGULAR: Arg 3x2g with Car 3x1g, GAB: ~2g(4), gin2, glu:~1.2g(4), gly3, mal3, mum2, NAC: 2.5g(5), P5P1, PF4, Q10:1, Qc1, Res1, Rs1, SAMe1, Se1, SRP>>, Rho2, the: .2g, Zn1)
Template: B3:50mg, NADH (2+1+1)x5mg, Pectin 1, Ribose 0.g
Quercetin dosage
/20:30 “19:00” PF#1 Ar#1B3#1Cr#1 gly#1/mal1 P5P/2Rho/Se = “PfArCr MlGly P5RoSe”
/20:30 “meal” Ω3/ but too much on one day, only 1x5ml nec, did maybe 3x!
/21:50 “21:00” PF#2 .6 GABA#1&.4glu#1 NAC#1 (PF+.6GaGl Nc) = "PF+.6GaGlu+Nc
/23:35 “23:00” PF#3 .3 GABA&glu#2 (PF+.3GaGl) = “PF+.3Ga/Glu”
/3:40 “01:00” PF#4 NAC#2 SRP1# (PF+2S) “PF+Nc+Sr2”.
/05:15 “03:00” mumijo#1+2 teeth/ HWB/
/07:05 “05:00” (30’) quercetin resveratrol#1 SAM-e1, Srp#3-#7? “QcRsSaSr”. 0Nc
/07:25 “Up”: NADH#1+2
!07:55 “+30’=Meal” Ar#2,B3#2Cr#2 6gGAB#3,the2,gink#1,gly#2,.5g NAC#2,Zn=ArCr.GaThe GiGly n’AC/Z, cranberry/pumpkin seed/0.2g vitamin C protect for bladder.
/08:20 “08:00” gly#3 .5gNAC#3+ “GyNc”, not Sr? Meal: -8:55 (much more nuts (half!) and much less grain - needs more time tho.)
/FILL NEW!! ToGo C: Ma, Nc, Nd Q? & (S), ((Rib!!)) & ToGoA was NAC (red-yel) gy ma Sr (+NADH) 2nd TEA TREE OIL to go. Srp 2x5 in 3rd comp.-box.
/12:40 “11:00” (+2h/) ma#2 Nd#3 SRP#+3 — MlNdSr x.2g Rib jaw. (1st meal at: ?)
/15:50 “13:00” Pectin and/or psyllium with meal, no other supps.
/17:25 “15:00” Ar#3,B3#3,Cr#3,3gGA#4/glu#3,gink#2,0mal#3.NAC#5, “ArB3Cr.GiGa/Gu.MaNc”
/19:50h “17:00” (“meal/acids+2h”) Nd#4.Q10.Rs#2,Sr#13-15. jaw “Nd&Q1RsSr” jaw Meal: >19:15
Mistook Qc for Q10.
20:20 Meal
“18:00” Prepare tomorrow’s: 1) Complete & copy praps details of planned, if changed, ‘change’, supps to KEEP if changed. Always note here where something’s been changed, e.g. KEEP. 3) Complete/delete lessons/reasons & change # in template. 4) Tally irreg. here 5) Remove “v3” here
6) Cut template 7) Save this 8) Paste & unhide template in tomorrow’s 1x, paste a 2nd (add 1 to date and ##). BATCHES OK?
(Nov 4th: 18:00 vitamin B-12 5mg methylcobalamin s.c.)
Amounts: Arg 3g(2/2) B3: 3x50mg increasing the dose to 3x100…200, 300, and ??500 every 2 weeks, Car 1-4g. glyc/mal -6, NAC: 5 (2.4g), NADH 2-7x5mg (max. 35mg+(1800 inpatient)). Ribose 0.1g+ 1/4 tsp.: GI?
Not with meals, e.g. 11h, 15h: NADH, SAM-e?, resveratrol .5-1.5g, SRP -6, mumijo 4:00 (not meds either). Q1:oil/Nd(Se).
Jaw locally too: tea tree oil/calendula/myrrh, arnica, heat
Supps to CHANGE:
-
2x NAC at night was good a 6th time, so I can keep that up from now on.
-
NADH upon waking. #4 (19th): OK. Less Ache, but still some (explainable from longer stretching and lots of high exertion, e.g. cycling). Brilliant energy & stiffness. Take more?
-
1 cps pectin + psyllium, 30’ before meal: 13:00. -
: The 250k serrapeptase (“serrétia”) has arrived, took it (with more water): no miracles.
-
Triglycerides: niacin 3x50mg, plus microalgae-Ω3 now: 1x5ml (eve).
-
order PQQ (Pyrroloquinoline quinone)?
-
order D3 with K2, as my D3 is still at the minimum, despite 20.000IE/w.
Supps to KEEP (details here & in chart): L-Arginine, L-Carnitine, vitamin D3, !GABA, ginkgo, !glutamine, magnesium glycinate, magnesium malate, mumijo, NAC, !NADH, P5P, !Passiflora, CoQ10, Quercetin, Resveratrol, Rhodiola, Ribose, Selenium, serrapeptase, theanine, zinc.
SLEEP: !GABA (+glutamine / P5P), !Passiflora, NAC! & Rhodiola, Q10, Quercetin, SRP, not Mg gly
theanine: relaxation & alertness, so helped effective & shorter sleep - better not at the moment.
WAKE/FOG: GABA/theanine, magnesium glycinate & malate (<7x!), NAC, NADH, ALC, ginkgo
/ ALC. Studies: for fog, not fatigue. Not together with LC/carnitine.
ACHE: !GABA, NAC, !NADH, magnesium malate, mumijo, omega 3, Q10, SAM-e, SRP
ENERGY/FATIGUE: !Ribose (GI-sfx: 3x0.2g), !NADH , NAC (5x.5g), L-carnitine, CoQ10, ginkgo
NADH/NAD+: B3-coenzyme for ATP & post exertional malaise: 2.5mg (5x0.5g). No meals/acids.
/ L-Carnitine (LC) better than ALC for physical fatigue, cf. PLC.
CoQ10: fatigue, sleep, bp, lipids, flow, gums, 3-6m, ubiquinol more bio-available vs. ubiquinone more research.
INFLAMMATION: mumijo, NAC, Rhodiola, SAMe, SRP, Zn; Q10 & local treatments for jaw.
gums/jaw locally/regularly: tea tree oil, calendula, arnica, myrrh, red heat lamp, teeth.
Zinc bisblycinate with breakfast (picolinate before). GP: Not too much.
STIFFNESS: !GABA NADH! (since Nov 14th). Glutamine doesn’t help me.
NOSTRILS STUFFY at night: Q10? Better since taking it… tea tree oil, “Breathe well” oils: acid).
EVERYTHING: // B12? Schüssler 2, 4 & 7 (3-6m.?) Vitamin B12: injections again.
ACID: !almonds
Mumijo wasn’t working for GI first: But heartburn/hungriness OK as of Nov 1st.
Bentonite?: (= 95% Montmorillonite; zeolithe? IBSD & -C; not together with other supps… (ZdG))
RAYNAUD’S: Menthol, arginine: sfx mainly skin, praps gut, overdose: fog. Blood flow & bp.
BLOOD FATS “research-search today” on Nov 1st.
Guaifenesin/Amand???
SELF-PHYSIO (click for details): 2h17 ✅. Working further thru a stretching book at the kitchen table, also stretching in meetings, talks etc. That's possible thru NADH - maybe the achey exhaustion is a mid-term effect and will improve. A lot are pretty easy, but trying to connect my hands behind my back is impossible, so I'm working at stretching both elbows.
Timing, AuTr 15’ (10’ at work), hunchback-pillow 10’, cold shower (10’), palpate 1’, belly 3’, back 7’, neck 1+ 8’, twist-stretch 30’, foot on knee/cross-legged 30’, yoga/stretching 20’, HWB 3’,
loins 2’, teeth 3x2’, jolt-jump 1’, neck 2 3’, plantar/calf stretch 5’, gums 2x30’’, V ‘, marionette-hang 1’, mirror 2’, shaking dance 1’, breath-hold 11’, RR x2’, workout 7’, red heat 3’,
THERAPIES: Can't see a difference from yesterday's acupressure.
Acupressure / Therapy, Doc/Diagnoses ? Acupressure 2h Tues & 2h Fri:
Development:
NADH(?): My energy & stiffness are still improved by NADH, but the “post exertional malaise” seems at most postponed, so I’m in the strange situation today that I am able to do more / faster / harder, but I’m not as it’s making me feel sicker… 
I wonder what increasing the dose might do, but my gut feeling is it won’t change much… My wife tried to put it in one image - battery too small, too short-lived etc., but energy plus and fatigue staying the same is on 2 different levels. That once again shows the difficulty we all know that the extra energy makes me believe I can use it with no backlash, which quickly catches up with me. Sounds no different to the typical reason for overdoing it. I spose it isn’t. But because it feels like a different kind of energy, and probably is, to the usual one, caused probably by cortisol, I need to learn how to harness it again.
Esophagus block: The ones I’m getting now are pretty regular, almost one a day and not as painful as the ones I get irregularly normally. Wanting to blame the pectin, as esophagus & stomach had cramped a long time the first time I took it, I looked back to see when the blocks started becoming regular. First time I noted it’d been about once a day was Nov 2nd. Looking back a few days I realized the gastritis was on Oct 29th, so that’s pretty clearly the starting point. The void vomiting twice of course were a really strong spasms. I’m hoping it’ll get better by itself (& due to the relaxing supps). As vibrating it isn’t helping this kind of block (heat pad neither) I either have to find a new kind of helping it get over quicker, or get the food out causing it (which seems a bit easier than with the tougher block) or try preventing it better. Let’s see.
Research-search today:
Lessons in self-care #127 Self-care may mean less stretching.
Lessons in self-care #128 Learn to harness the new NADH-energy…
Reasons to be cheerful #135 Having the new NADH-energy…
- My “How to symptom track & trigger hunt”
- Next up…: Oct-Summary (& add to blog-summary); finishing off the treatment list…
Abbreviations & explanations
Entries start with night meds & sleep, before triggers/symptoms & treatments, because the “night before” is vital. So Fri-day starts with Thursday night, the night before Friday.
Pain "7" = crying (/out) point; my 1 is others 2-3, and due to pacing/treatments
My wife says my 7 is other people’s 12. 1 is probably 2-3. Due to pacing, keeping work down to 25% (12h/wk) and all my treatments (acupressure, GABA) and physio self-treatments I manage to keep getting my pains & Ache down quickly. 3 usually means the Ache, not pains; these I address individually, often automatically and on the fly now, e.g. twist-stretching everything or something specific after getting up.
TIME DATA, e.g. ' = mins, h = hours, 18:10:40', date YYYY-MM-DD
’ = mins = minutes, ‘’ = secs = seconds, h is hours as time length, 3h is 3 hours long, 3:00 is 3am, 15:00 is 3pm. 18:10:40’ means 40 minutes, starting at 18:10, = 10 minutes past 6pm up to 10 to 7pm. The date is the logical digital standard: YYYY-MM-DD.
SLEEP: slp, w, lbu/LBU, RLS, p, i
slp = sleep; reasons for getting up: w = (a)wake, lbu/LBU: lower back unrest (‘RLS’?), p: pee, p2: pain 2 of 7 before peeing, i: ideas.
ACTIVITIES: TT, e.g. "5:1"
TT = table tennis, 5:1 = score, usually showing how well I’m feeling: energy, relaxedness & alertness if the first number is much higher than the second.
SUPPS: supplements (as opposed to herbs & meds). Fx: Effects. Sfx: Side effects.
SELF-TREATMENTS (about everything else...)
The self-treatments listed are only things that I’m spotlighting & rewarding myself for at the mo by counting them; much of what I do at night is self-treatment to get back to sleep or alleviate (1-2h/d), certain regular movements at daytime, like twist-stretching (30’), writing this blog is self-treatment (30’-60’/d), and the further fibro-work is an indirect form.
Self treatments are usually preventative or always have the same positive effect (e.g. cold showering improves Ache and sleep) - at least I do them for that - and I use “
” to show what I’m doing to alleviate something and mark it off in the details “/” whether it works well enough for a time or doesn’t’, e.g. Ache cold fast shower “”
fw = fibro-work, meaning reading and writing this blog, the reference base, on 4 fibro-forums and researching fibro-stuff on the web.
AuTr = Autogenic Training (usually to actively get - back - to sleep, so counting it as sleep and AuTr…),
FAT Flash/fast autogenic training: immediate image of dreamy floating in space or liquid from jaw to legs.
cold/FCS = Flash Cold Shower (20’’-60’’) , I count it as 10’ tho. At night with ear plugs & all lights off.
breath-hold/WHM-B-H = Wim Hof Method Breath-Holding,
Neck 1 is stretching top right to bottom left, vice versa & sky/ground, neck “1+” is stretching far further diagonally downwards, neck 2 is pressing my head against my hand “without moving”, left right and front.
loins = loins/groin = stretching the ligaments there.
ex = exercises
HWB = Hot water bottle,
RR = bp = blood pressure (Riva Rocci), plus pulse. Used to be normal, plus sometimes white coat syndrome, went up since fibro, seems to have gone down again enough so I’ve not only stopped lercanidipine, but also candesartan and am checking RR regularly.
“V” for loins = lie on back, legs up and let legs fall to sides;
twist-stretching more for the loins
➔ ⇄ ⇨➜ ➞ 
➲ ↔:⇰↔ →:arrow_upper_right: 
↯ ↛ ↺ ↮ ⇝ ⇾ ⟹ ⭆ ⤮: