2022-06-21, Tuesday - Energy 15% / Sleep 70%
EARLIER’s working, not helping sleep, but the overall structure.
Psychotherapy session helpful today: “How can I protect myself from dissatisfied colleagues?”, see Treatments: Docs
As I tolerated cheese yesterday evening after taking 2 DAO, I should try 1 DAO again, to make sure.
Positive summary of symptom-%s:
Σ(+): energy 15%, slp 70%, Acheless 75-65%, painless 90%, alert 85%, GI 90%, feeling 80-75%, PT >1h
Symptom overview sorted by the ACR 2016 criteria
Widespread pain (WPI): 8 +3 = 11 of 15
Overall Ache Areas (mainly limbs): = 8. Severity: 25-35% Suppleness (vs. stiffness): 80%
Local Pain Areas (mainly spine, 3): = 3. 10%
(Non-pain) Symptom severity (SSS) 3+3+2+0+1+0 = 9 of 12:
Fatigue vs. Energy (FM + MCAS) 3 out of 3 (Energy 15%)
Waking unrefreshed 3 out of 3 (Sleep quality 70%)
Cognitive symptoms 2 out of 3 (mainly fog; alertness 85%)
Headaches & Depression: “0”, Pain/cramps in lower abdomen: “1” out of 1
Feeling Well: sleep 80-70%, sleep breaks 70-80%, day 80-75%
MCAS / allergic 10% (except energy, subsumed under FM-fatigue above)
Treatments overview
Self-treatments (‘PT’) >1h/d
Chinese acupuncture 1h15 again this week.
Triggers & resulting Symptoms
SLEEP (click for details): 7h49, up 6x (1h08) 🧐✅, not really enough, but ➔ Feeling 70-80% well, Ache 2-4 of 7 ❌, getting up: 75%/2 ❌
cold shower p1! Sleep 22:00- ear plugs
0:10 5’ 80%/2/15% p0 st1 sip fw1’ air, ear plugs out - deep,
1:22 5’ 80%/2/15% p0 st1 sip fw1’ B1, deep, now awaker.
1:47 37’ Yo.Ni 5’ 6 -2:24 80%/2/15% p0 st1 sip fw1’
4:07 5’ cooling dow 70%/2/10% p0 st1 sip fw1’ air nostrils sore throat ear plugs
5:33 5’ 80%/2/15% p0 st1 sip fw1’ air nostrils (ear plugs)
6:30 11’ 70%/4/15% p0 st1 sip fw10’ nostrils (ear plugs) stomach nauseous B2-4
-6:57
Sum: 2h6h57-(5+5+37+5+5+11=)1h08, = 8h57-1h08 = 7h49, up 6x (1h08)
ACTIVITIES (aim: 40% energy) ➔ ACHE: 70%/3, work alone would have been OK ➔ 80-70%/2 
, but acupuncture pushed energy & suppleness up slowly/partly, but also increasing pain, feverishness 
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ACTIONS ➔ PAINS: 
except: neck (except during acupuncture lying too long in one position) GI jaw 2xp1-2 .
MCAS/HIT-Symptoms/Triggers/Treatments: Except lack of real energy as ever. . Praps try avocado, olives, vinegar, mustard and soy/tofu again? But what about fatigue? 21:30 Sinuses starting up a bit, skin OK - cheese after 2 DAO till around 20:30. No problem. At 15:45 a bit of burning in underarms etc., not much idea what from yet.
Fibro & Touch:
Covid-danger:
Treatments
Docs:
Psychotherapy: Firstly we agreed that I don’t need to call my work-life-balance into question, as even a project as ambitious as the event I’m organizing at the moment is rewarding. She actually recommended trying to explain to all colleagues how I am. Wow. Big 'un. Her example was my “10% of what I was once able to do”. Which surprised me, cos I thought this was a pretty difficult way of putting it. She agreed, but said those who don’t understand that will hardly understand properly anyway… I’m not sure if it’ll make a difference, since most of my colleagues are compassionate. And I’m not sure if my wife agrees. Or who might help me find the right words - I’d need to write it in an incidental mail to “everyone” (or praps “everyone involved” in a certain project of mine.)
For those that will never understand I need to a few tricks: To interpret whatever an aggressor is throwing at me as a statement about themselves: In this case the words that hurt were that a certain part of my organization plan was daft/barmy, another very irritating and altogether it had lead to a great deal resentment with several of the persons I was doing it for. Re-interpreted this would mean that a lot of feelings of daftness, irritation and resentment were in him, praps that everything is daft for them at the moment.
Next bag of tricks was that I develop images using my power of imagination: Something like a flexible semi-permeable egg shell (or pyramid) around me for protection. A quick snappy umbrella for emergencies. And as I am ‘a believer’ a golden halo setting me outside the situation, something like the “magic” protective coat Mary was believed to have in the first centuries - I’d prefer Grace. Which reminded me of the power and protection of prayer which I’d been neglecting.
Next session when I need it.
Chinese Acupuncturist - #22 on 21st (Sleep & +25% GABA helping.) Next appointment #23 on 30th - she’s preferring to keep longer spacings of about 9-10 days, so skipping one week. As often very uncomfy breathing thru the mask for over an hour, whilst lying both on back with pillows and twist-stretched on side/front was OK. In the second part I now always use a finger to keep the mask off of my right ear which hurts if they’re not worn out enough. I do feel better afterwards, like hoped, but also very knackered, like often.
Most importantly she said in this warmer weather it should be OK if I cold shower in the evenings after the session. Phew!
SELF-PHYSIO (click for details): 80'
airing 3x2’, cold shower 1x(10’), cream fc/ey/hd/ft 0x1’, teeth 2x2’, HWB 0’, breath exercises 4’, Timing, hunchback-pillow 15’, Y. Nidra 20’, massage gun 0’, neck 1+ 3’, neck 2 0’, plantar/calf stretch 1’, acupressure 0’, palpate 0’, belly 2’, back 5+7’, = 75’ yoga/stretching 5’, 80’
Combine: next?
workout 7’, horse stance 1’, aloe vera 1’, twist-stretch 5’, balance roll standing 5’, breath-hold 12’, jolt-jump 1’, marionette-hang 1’, shaking dance 1’, bent leg fall 1’.
Supps June 16th (28 supps): Supp costs:~325€/m (Jun 16th) Found a special offer for my exact ginkgo, resveratrol, as well as a good rhodiola product, and ordered a stock for 1.5 years, costing 670€ (37€/m). CHANGED: 5 (sometimes 4) passiflora & 5 GABA, first at 19:00, all ones that were out are back, Fev as of 12th, P5P a bit later, EGCg 15th. GI harder from something, maybe EGCg. My old rhodiola is still not available, but found a good substitute product and ordered that. DOUBLED: both magnesiums, & pine bark to 2 for energy, & B2 to 4x0.05g as my product has less, & magnolia/honokiol to 2 in the *evenings for sleep (12th). DAO seldom, but need to be more careful. No more copper. PLANNED/TAKEN TODAY: click for details:
ZERO now: Arg, B3/Nia, Cu, EGCg, Mum, Nc 1*.5g, (Nd), Pe, Ps, Rib, Se, Sr 31125k, Zn.
REGULAR as of Jun 12th (28 supps): ALA .2g, B2 2x.1g, B12 5mg/3m, C 2x.5g, Cr 3x1g, usually 0 DAO before meals, D3 up to 2-3/w, EGCG 0x(50%, incl. theanine?).5g, EllagicA .2g (+43mg vit. C), Fev .4g (+.2g MSM), Ga: 4-5x.6g=~2.8g, Gi 3x?, Glu:~0.8g, Hon (2%)x2x.4g=16mg, Luteolin .2g, Ω3 0x5mg, Mg Gly 1x50mg, Mg Mal 1x45mg, P5 27mg, Pf 5x.35g, pine bark 2x.5g, Pq 1, Q10 (ubn) !1x.1g/d, Qc 4x.5g/d, Rs (50%) 2x.4g, Ro 0x.3g(+9mgC), Sa .1g, Sily (80%)x.5g (+83mg L-cholin) , The 2x.2g (+.15g polyphenols).
What-when-details: Updated Feb 15th (before: see the reference post)
/19:40 A1/2 “19:00” PF#1+2 GABA#1 Cr#1 1mal#1, 1P5P (0Se) 1PQQ 3mlxΩ3 & Qc. Meal: 0 DAO
Meal - Gum -21:00
/21:30 A3 “21:00” PF#3 .6 GABA#2&.4glu#1 & 1Lut (slp!) & Qc +0NAC
/0:10 Chamomile tea.
/0:10 A4 “23:00” PF#4 .6 GABA#3&.3glu#2 & Ellagic acid + 0 Rupafin
/1:25 B1 “01:00” PF#5
/6:35 B2 “07:00” +ALA+1x pine bark, (teeth) +0 !Ro
/6:35 B3 “07:00” (-30’) Q10#1 Qc Rs SAM-e
/6:35 B4 “07:00” 0xEGCg + Fev/MSM + Sily
/09:50 C1/2 “MEAL!” 2Cr#2 .6GABA#4, (C2:) .1gB2, gink#1, 0 Cu (or Zn) 1xHon, 0 DAO +1gly + 1x pine bark#2
/09:50 C3 “MEAL” .5gC#1 2The2 (0NAC)+PEA
2nd Meal -11:30 Gum -
/13:30 C4 “11:00” (+2h/) gi#2 0gly#1. Nd#? & Ellagic acid
0 DAO (D1) “12:30” 0psyllium
/15:10 D2/3 “13:00” .5gC#2,Cr#3,!.6GABA#5,gink#3,0gly#3+4, 0NAC#5 DRINK!
Meal 14:50-15:30 Gum 15:35-
/18:30 D4 “17:00” (“meal/acids+2h”) Qc#4.Rs#2, Nd#? +!Ro
eve:
“18:00” Prepare: 1) Cpl & chk/C supp-chg. 2) Remove “v”, cut, save, paste 1x & unhide & paste 2nd (+1 to date and ##). Close 2nd TAB!
(Nov 4th, Jan 10th: B12 5mg methylcobalamin s.c.; last: Apr 10th.)
The day's 16 supp-compartments (10', plus 5' making capsules), Jun 12th
Pf: 1A1+1A2+1A3+1A4+1B1, B2:A1+C2 C:C3+D2 3x2Cr: A1+C1+D2, Ell: A4,C4. 4-5xGa: A3,A4,B1?,C1,D2, Glu: A3,a4 Gi: C2,C4,D3 1Gly:C2 2Hon:A2 1Mal:A2 Qc: A2.A3.B3.D4 (0)Ro:B2,D4 Rs:B3,D4 SINGLE: P5:A2 A3: Luteolin A4: 0Rup! B2: ALA+1-2 pine B3:Sa+Q1 (->ubiquinone <150mg/d!) B4: EGCG&Fev/MSM&Sily C2:0Cu/Zn C3:2Th+PEA (A2:Ω/Pq:meal) DAO before every meal, usually only when risk?
(A2:0Se), (B2:0mu), (5NADH if nec.) (D1:0Pe). (0 Nia) (0Nc: A3, B1,C1,C3,D2) (0Sr: B1,C4,D4)
Development
Funny how too much self-optimization can be criticized, people wanting to improve their bodies etc. all the time, whilst I’ve had to self-optimize all of my life to become fairly happy and now to have at least a little quality of life…
‘Research’ today: No.
Lessons in self-care #343 Good to learn even more to speak out.
Reasons to be cheerful #346 Psychotherapy was as ever good for support and ideas.
- My food
- 1st Jab-sfx-summary, last edit: Feb 7th.
- My blog references, e.g. abbreviations, supp chart/overview
- My “How to symptom track & trigger hunt”
- Next up…: Summaries & finishing off treatment list…