High-Dose Selenium Significantly Improves My Fatigue and Brain Fog
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- many years
- Published
- Jan 2014
Summary
Hip is a long-standing, moderately ill ME/CFS forum member and prolific self-experimenter who has never found one cure but has documented dozens of individual n=1 supplement/technique trials, each targeting a specific symptom. Notably, high-dose selenium significantly cut his fatigue and brain fog, low-dose amisulpride and vitamin B5 eased stress sensitivity, switching to chloramine-free water improved his IBS, NAG eliminated severe anxiety symptoms, and saffron and trimetazidine eased his headaches. None of these are presented as fixing his underlying ME/CFS, which remains ongoing, and several (like his B12 oil, listed separately) require continued use to keep the benefit.
What they credit
Credits Supplements, B12 injections and methylation, NAC and glutathione, Selenium, iodine, minerals.
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Anxiety & low mood, Brain fog, Gut problems, Headaches & migraine, Pain & fibromyalgia.
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