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Cluster Headache Help and Support >> Medications, Treatments, Therapies >> Interesting Message from Dr Mercola... http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1314324639 Message started by Katherinecm on Aug 25th, 2011 at 10:10pm |
Title: Re: Interesting Message from Dr Mercola... Post by Batch on Aug 26th, 2011 at 12:35am
Katy,
Dr Mercola and I are singing from the same hymnal... His advise sounds spot on... Get the blood work for 25-hydroxyvitamin D, a.k.a. 25(OH)D done asap and stay on the anti-inflammatory regimen of Omega 3 Fish Oil, vitamin D3, and calcium citrate if you've already started. If not, start it asap. The vitamin D Council and several Integrative physicians who routinely prescribe vitamin D3 will tell you it can take up to three months to elevate a low 25(OH)D up into the normal range. Most of the CH'ers who have reported a favorable response to the anti-inflammatory regimen I posted achieved a significant decrease in the frequency/severity of their CH or went pain free by the two week mark. Some have taken three weeks and I'm sure there will be others that will take one or two months. Take care, V/R, Batch |
Title: Re: Interesting Message from Dr Mercola... Post by Dixie Angel on Aug 26th, 2011 at 6:58am
Katy, I am a fan of Dr. Mercola's, too. :) That is one of the reasons why I had to try Batch's remedy. I am thrilled that I found something natural to get me through this.
I have to say that the fish oil I was taking helped in shortening the duration of my clusters. I went back on them as soon as I read Batch's topic. I didn't have the other items on hand, but picked them up a week or two later. After adding the Vitamin D3 and the calcium citrate, it took a few days, but now I am cluster free and nearly all the way shadow free. It may take awhile to get the therapeutic level you need to achieve this state, but please don't give up yet. Prayers for a pain-free life for you soon, Dianna |
Title: Re: Interesting Message from Dr Mercola... Post by Guiseppi on Aug 31st, 2011 at 11:56am
-low blood sugar causes the brain to release glutamate, many of us have found skipping a meal to be one of our biggest triggers. (I'll look for that link)
A HUGE trigger for me.......I am not a research oriented person, but it fascinates me to realize it's entirely possible our head problem originates in our stomach! Joe |
Title: Re: Interesting Message from Dr Mercola... Post by Katherinecm on Aug 31st, 2011 at 5:52pm
Interesting. Has anyone here tried this sort of diet before?
Are there foods that are natural NMDA receptor antagonists? A quick google found a very questionable article stating aspartame causes Glutamate toxicity in NMDA receptors... are other foods factors that would have an affect over the long term? Are there any people here that might commit to trying this very strict gut-healing diet for a period of say, 3 months, and include the very difficult introductory phase as an informal study? I'm more interested in how it might affect intractable chronics for two reasons: 1) I suspect MANY things that "help" episodics are simply the cycle ending on its own, hence the same thing NOT working later, and 2) there is some evidence that the reason chronics tend to be treatment - resistent is genetics so it stands to reason that if something positively affects chronics it might also help episodics. Obviously the way some drugs such as lithium tend to have a better affect on chronics than episodics would prove that theory wrong, but... Ah, screw it... If you're interested in trying this diet for 3 months, no matter if you're episodic or chronic, please either PM me or post here. I'll volunteer to pull together all the research and send the "protocol" out by email to you if you want. Also I'll probably include a fairly personal survey about your history, other supplements, and anything else I can think of that might have an affect, such as supplements, busting, caffeine & other stimulants, etc. |
Title: Re: Interesting Message from Dr Mercola... Post by jon019 on Aug 31st, 2011 at 8:11pm
THIS is fascinating "food for thought" Richard and Katherine...THANK YOU!
I noticed years ago that msg and aspartame were wicked triggers for me. Also noticed other foods that were not considered triggers.... for mostly migraine in the literature...that were similar, for ME... e.g. tomatoes. What I found out...internet research, so caution advised...was that MY triggers were high glutamic acid containing foods. It is reported that glutamic acid is converted or treated the same in the body as glutamate. I avoid or suffer the consequences.... Best, Jon |
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