(Illustration by MRhea.) For years I've used the customer reviews at online health food stores to learn about experiences other people were having with various supplements and health issues. Read More User supplement reviews: a valuable research tool
Niacinamide was the culprit behind my third self-induced toxicity incident, the first two being vitamin A and vitamin B2. Read More Epic fail with the niacinamide experiment
Last year I concluded I was on the wrong track re: my remaining stubborn health issues and I started revisiting theories I had abandoned earlier, either out of insufficient information or insufficient confirmation or because it was just too much of a hassle to think about. One of those theories was liver damage. I had suspected liver damage very early on, after the first bout with killer insomnia -– we're talking 40 minutes of sleep a night for three months. That sprang up when I was given a two-month course of what turns out to be a famously toxic antifungal, Diflucan. However, over the years, dozens of blood and imaging liver function tests came back normal. (I never had a biopsy, because you can’t get one without abnormal liver panels…
Last updated April 2023. I didn't know you were supposed to be able to breathe through your nose until the first day of swimming lessons, when we were told to go underwater and blow bubbles through our noses. Read More Rhinitis, sinusitis, and generally wayward nasal membranes
(Illustration by MRhea using Leonardo.Ai.) Update 9 July 2022: Here's a summary of what's happened since this I first wrote this post: Menorrhagia ended for me a month after I moved out of my moldy apartment, except for the following times: Read More Niagarrhagia
