u/Maleficent_Board7836

My symptoms were chronic fatigue, severe brain fog, PEM, vertigo and light headedness, severe gut issues, muscle fatigue, shortness of breath, severe anxiety and dpdr symptoms. I was mostly couchbound for the last 18 months. Here's what worked.

Nicotine patches 24/7, starting at 1mg, slowly titrated up to 10mg, over a month then staying at 10mg for 2 weeks, then to 15mg for 2 weeks, then back down to 10mg and back down. Wheat grass juice powder once a day with glutamine and aloe vera gel. First thing in the morning on an empty stomach. Titrated up to 1200mg of Benfotiamine with a b complex split doses. Then added TTFD, currently on 20mg, it's already improved my gut issues at such a small dose. 600mg magnesium. 2000mg of potassium split throughout the day. And lastly a strict carnivore diet as I wasn't able to tolerate many foods.

I won't say I'm fully recovered until I can eat whatever I want without issues and can do intense workouts again.

Edit: forgot to mention vitamin d3/k2. I took 25k iu everyday for one week. NOT recommending this to anyone. I then lowered my dose to 5000iu. It was a game changer for my sleep.

Any recommendations or advice? Every discord I join is full of people who are just fn around or are beginners.

Do you take it in one dose or spread throughout the day? What mgs of co factors are you taking and times of dosage?

I had an initial improvement of symptoms with nicotine patches that lasted a couple of months but then they stopped working. Desperately looking for help, I went down the B1 rabbit hole and 3 weeks ago decided to add in benfotiamine along with the b complex I was already taking. Initial dose for 2 weeks was 250mg per day. Just started 500mg two days ago and today I'm 100% symptom free. Not getting too excited because I've tried a lot of different things in the past which gave an initial improvement, will see how the next couple of weeks go and provide updates. If anyone else has tried high dose B1, please share your experiences.

My LC symptoms

- gastroperesis with nausea and reflux

- severe brain fog with head pressure

- Muscle aches

- Fatigue

- Dizzy when standing up

- Air hunger

- PEM

I've been pondering the idea of embodying the state of my wish fulfilled. Specifically my desire to be wealthy. This might be TMI but in the past I've fantasised about celebrity crushes and imagined I was their wife/girlfriend in order to help me reach an orgasm while having sex and during those times I genuinely felt like I was that person. Now that I think of wealth, there are wealthy people who I've thought about embodying. Characters from TV shows who I've imagined being. I mean I used to do that type of stuff a lot when I was a kid, especially imagining being pop stars and different characters from movies. Would this type of imaginary play assist with embodying the state?

Is it necessary for me to take these antibiotics? The dentist said it's a preventative measure but I have spent months trying to heal my gut after damage caused by antibiotics and I don't want to take them unless absolutely necessary.

Is it possible your brain fog is caused by long covid? Because after 18 months of not knowing wtf was wrong with me, I finally connected the dots back to when I had a viral infection. I never tested for covid at that time but I suspect it was. After starting the Nicotine Patch protocol I have finally been getting some relief.

I did 30 days and titrated up from 1.5mg, slowly to 7mg. I then took 3 days off and felt almost 100% back to normal, my sleep started going to shit again and a little fog came back, so I'm now on round 2 of the patches.

Just sharing, incase this helps someone.