DAO

I recently started Histamine Block by Seeking Health. It’s a DAO supplement. I’m supposed to take it before meals. I only take it before breakfast and lunch because I take Zeobind before supper.

Can’t really tell much. It might help some. I think my food reactions had already quieted down before I started it.

I can say I have been doing better overall since starting MCAS treatment. In addition to this supplement, I am taking one capsule of Aller-DHQ (Xymogen) and NeuroProtek (Algonot) twice a day. I also added Multi-Element Buffered C powder (Klaire Labs) twice a day. Those 3 each contain quercetin among other ingredients. I added only one antihistamine - Xyzal.

All that together seems to have gotten me stabilized pretty well, thankfully.

The Dude Abides said...
WbF: How many different supplements (and, if applicable, medications) do you take on a regular basis?

Oh, goodness!!! I’m afraid to even count them.

Honestly, Dude, I take waaayyy too much stuff. I probably take twice as much stuff now as I did a year ago. Problem is I’m afraid to stop anything for fear of capsizing. I recently developed MCAS issues, so a whole slew of new stuff was added for that. Lined up on the floor, all the bags and boxes cover about a 12” x 36” area.

The Dude Abides said...
Wow, that's a lot of stuff! I figured it had to be! Back when I was taking supplements, I had just over 100 different products. (I wasn't taking them all at the same time, though.) In hindsight, it was pretty ridiculous...and, as you well know, very expensive. Thanks for responding and I continue to wish for a full recovery for you and everyone else.

Ridiculous and ridiculously expensive - agree 100%. Weird thing is, I am looking for more stuff!! Crazy I know. Since adding so much new stuff, I have thoughts about the safety and futility of it all. Some things definitely help while effects of most are imperceptible or short lived.

If I ever get stabilized in a clean home environment and out of mold exposure and can get my system more stabilized and inflammation down, then I can really look at what I am doing. It’s a scary thing to think about. Once you start stuff, your system acclimates to it, so taking things away will likely cause system changes.

I feel like I need more hard hitting stuff than herbs and supplements, but my detox system cannot handle the effects. So much of this stuff just helps functionality without fixing anything. Like with parasites, I need to try Rx, but I am not in a place where I can safely do that yet, so I prolong the misery with Mimosa pudica.

Ridiculous. Yes, everything about mold/Lyme/parasites, the whole enchilada - it’s all ridiculous. No one should suffer for months to years trying to recover from this stuff. Just ain’t right.

Yes, I'm not currently a fan of taking a lot of supplements. That's true.

In my case, I wasn't always (usually?) able to tell if something was helping, doing nothing, making things worse, or needing more time. Again, in my case, quitting all my supplements was a strategy to sorta go back to baseline. Granted, a crappy baseline.

From there, I added back in a couple of things that I thought/hoped *might* help me, such as digestive enzymes and an herbal sleep product. Even then, however, I couldn't/can't definitively say they're helping -- I certainly don't feel any difference.

That was sorta my point about my previously taking lots of things and why I stopped. The more I look at maps of the various biochemical pathways, consider the 20,000+ number of genes in the human genome, and watch presentations online discussing the endlessly-complex nature of our organs, neurotransmitters, pathogens (good and bad), and so forth, the more I came to believe I have little chance of really knowing how to manipulate my biochemistry to yield a certain outcome...and, to be sure it was my changes that did it.

Those opinions stated, if someone does something they know works and helps them, then I'd suggest they continue doing so. There are many stories about people who have used supplements and medications to improve. I'm just not one of them...and, that's okay.

I've had improvements since I've stopped taking lots of supplements. Why? I can't know for sure. Maybe my body needed a rest from all the "pushing and pulling" caused by the various substances I was ingesting. I'll never know for sure, of course. As with many people, I was doing a lot of guessing and making many assumptions.

I'll soon return to work, and, once I have some income again, I plan to try again to improve my situation. How to do so, though, is still unclear...and I hope the uncertainty doesn't keep me mired in inaction.
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Post Edited (The Dude Abides) : 8/19/2019 10:25:54 AM (GMT-6)