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Posted 7/28/2021 8:50 PM (GMT 0)
I  react a lot to just 1-2 drops of most herbals and that pretty fast. If it's MCAS causing that reaction, and not a herx, is it even possible to ever raise the dosage and get well with herbals, or would the reaction just get even worse? The ketotifene I take for my MCAS doesn't seem to help much. I feel like Dumbledore drinking the potion of despair whenever I take a tincture lol
Posted 7/28/2021 9:30 PM (GMT 0)
I think it's fairly typical to take/do multiple things for MCAS before it's really under control, especially if your triggers are still present. Do you feel like most of your triggers are minimized, or are they mostly things you can't control? Do you follow a low-histamine diet or take any other mast cell stabilizers? Once MCAS is under control, then in theory you should be able to tolerate larger doses.

I found Neil Nathan's book Toxic indispensable in helping me approach MCAS and healing in general.
Posted 7/28/2021 9:56 PM (GMT 0)
Saraeli, the ketotifene do help with reactions to the foods I've become allergic to, but zero with my biggest trigger - EMF, which is hard to avoid. I tried quercetin for a while too, but I didn't notice much of a difference and at some point I reacted to it as well. I don't follow a low histamine diet, but should definitely give it a try if it can be of help. I wish I would've gotten the tinctures made with glycerin instead of those with alcohol, but they cost much more and I wanted the whole protocol 🤦🏻‍♀️

I think that's exactly the book my doctor's wife mentioned to me some time ago. It's funny, I was thinking about it earlier but just couldn't recall the name. Maybe I should take it as a sign to buy it too lol. Thank you saraeli! 🙂
Posted 7/28/2021 10:01 PM (GMT 0)
Bilberry - what are your symptoms when exposed to EMF’s?

And how can you avoid/eliminate it?

I have thought about painting our bedroom wall that is on an outside wall with EMF blocking paint - but then I think maybe I’m just being paranoid.
Posted 7/28/2021 11:12 PM (GMT 0)
Girlie - Mainly neurological symptoms, anger, paranoia, pain and burning, it feels like it intensifies my bartonella symptoms. I read somewhere that EMF exposure surpresses the immune system and causes oxidative stress in the nervous system, along with several other stuff it can cause. I thought I was going insane at first, until I finally found my doctor who knew EMF sensitivity is a thing and he found out I have bartonella and MCAS

Well, avoiding or eliminating it isn't easy, we live pretty much in the middle of three cell phone masts that aren't too far away and EMF protection is expensive. I have my phone turned offline most of the time as it's one of my worst triggers, but I get more and more sensitive to all kinds of EMF, high and low frequency. I wish I could be away from it all. A EMF shielding canopy would be my dream, but a proper one is nowhere near affordable to me. I have no experience with EMF blocking paint though, but I think it's something you should ask a building biologist about if you ever decide you need to protect yourself from EMF as there's several mistakes you can make
Posted 7/29/2021 10:30 AM (GMT 0)
if you wanted to test to see if the emf is driving your symptoms - you wouldn't necessarily need anything very fancy

this needn't be a proprietary solution or anything too expensive. the basic technology is what is called a faraday cage - this is basically anything conductive that you can put between you and the source - and attach to ground

in practice - this could be a small room/ closet - or simple frame big enough to sit in - covered with metal insect mesh - which is then connected to either the earth system of your building ( eg the earth or a 3 pin plug or the copper plumbing pipes - which are usually connected to electrical earth and sunk into the ground at some point ) - this will reduce EMF's inside the cage to a tiny fraction of those outside for little expense
you could even do this with tin foil - although ensuring good electrical connections will be a little fiddly

you could do a basic test of its effectiveness by placing a mobile phone and or fm radio inside when you are done - and seeing there is no signal.
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