Fatigue and possibly celiac disease

[marcel g]

17 hours ago, knitty kitty said:

@marcel g,

You may want to add a magnesium citrate supplement.  Thiamine and magnesium work together.  Magnesium may help your pins and needles and muscle twitches.

 

Yes, I was already taking magnesium bisglycinate before bed every day, it helps me sleep. Can't remember when I started taking it though, but I'm pretty sure it predated the pins and needles and twitching. I recently started taking a cal-mag citrate in the morning too, just in case. My first recovery period (in 2020) I was taking a 50+ multi, magnesium, l-glutamine, D3, and borage oil.  Now I'm taking so many things that I had to get a geriatric sized pill box, lol.

I'm going to give this regimen and the high dose thiamine another week to see if it's helping with the pins and needles. I feel like I have more energy, but I'm just as sleepy and still need to nap a lot. It's weird. It might not be thiamine/metabolic, but neurological. I guess I should get checked for MS, even though I don't have common symptoms.

My next experiment might be to stop taking the SSRI I'm on for a couple of weeks, to see how much of the fatigue is from that and how much is from my underlying condition. I'll check with my doctor before trying that though.

[Wheatwacked]

On 4/20/2022 at 5:37 AM, marcel g said:

I had diarrhea, weight loss, brain fog, anxiety, dizziness and fatigue (severe at times) among other symptoms.

Serotonin Syndrome Serotonin Syndrome and Thiamine: Is There a Connection?

Antidepressants can cause thiamine deficiency. Either reduce the SSRi or increase Thiamine. Since it is a good idea to talk to the doctor about it, increasing the B1 (thiamine) is safe, and if you feel better, it will be a talking point.

Regarding Tart Cherrys. Red Leaf Lettuce has a similar nutrient profile, lots of vitamin A, polyphenols.

I got my fasting lab results yesterday. Continuing on 250 mcg vitamin D a day (10,000 IU) plasma has been around 80 ng/ml for the past two years, wasn't checked this time. PTH is normal, calcium is normal. My eGFR (kidney function, normal is >59). September 2019 it was 75. Since September 2020 it was between 54 and 56. January 2022 it dropped to 40 and yesterday it was 67. My only major change in diet since January has been increase Thiamine supplement to 1000 mg a day every day (I've been non-compliant about it) and 100 grams of Red Leaf Lettuce daily. Foot neuropathy has improved in the past few weeks; and I actually slept 6 hours straight through, last night.