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Monday, June 30th, 2008 11:02 am
- On sleep: She recommends adding melatonin and glycine.

- On the diet: She says I am doing very well. She also says I should know quickly if I've erred. Try small amounts of various things and see if the next morning I feel like a truck rolled over me. Also, the antifungal should be keeping the yeast at bay; this level of experimentation is not likely to give me systemic/chronic candidiasis. This is very good news.

- On how to proceed with treatment: I get a new prescription alongside the Biaxin. I don't remember what the name is. She usually adds it six weeks in. Have I mentioned this is getting expensive?

- On results: It's going to take a while before we know whether the Lyme treatment is working. If my foot pain didn't fluctuate but stayed steady, we could expect to see improvement within this first six weeks, but since it jumps all over the map, this will take longer.

- And just out of the blue: she wants me to get allergy-tested for food allergies and for serotonin. I go in for that on the 9th. Sadly, this kills off my sleep meds for the next ten days! I'm supposed to be antihistamine-free for ten days before the test. I've left a note asking her to phone in a prescription for two weeks of Ambien. I am NOT going without sleep meds, not while I'm on Biaxin.
Monday, June 30th, 2008 11:22 pm (UTC)
sounds like a good visit overall. melatonin is great stuff, as is ambien. ambien kicks my ass unconscious in about 15 minutes; melatonin takes more like 30-45. learned the hard way to take it and GET MY ASS IN BED. i sure hope one of those can help you get some much-needed restful sleep.

i agree that trying to add foods, one at a time, is really the only way to see what you'll tolerate. for me, one meal of it may be fine, but many meals over many days without a break is a problem. that's why i'll let myself have something starchy once a week or so.

good luck at class tonight!
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 12:55 am (UTC)
Thanks! Yeah, I sure hope she does the Ambien prescription. Melatonin alone doesn't work all that well for single-shot use, at least for me; Ikind of have to kick my daily cycle into a good state, and that takes a few days.

Thanks also for the hints on seeing what I'll tolerate. I want clear, unambiguous answers.