Mold and extreme insomnia
It took me years to connect my miserable sleep issues to water-damaged buildings. (1665 words)
Articles for category: self-experiment, chronic unexplained illness, symptoms
Dave’s experience with ketamine treatment for depression
Ketamine obviously isn’t a non-prescription therapy, but it is far enough outside the mainstream, and promising enough, that I (the editor) jumped at the chance to hear about it.
On quitting chocolate but not sugar
I began a regular chocolate bar intake in junior high and have been trying to quit since my mid-thirties. For a long time it was the only sugar craving I experienced. I could turn down caffeine and cupcakes with no problem, for example.
How to speed up your health research
(Updated April 2023.) I first started my self-experiments with nutritional therapy two decades ago, when internet searches for “XYZ deficiency symptoms” landed me on sites featuring iguanas, Yorkshire terriers, cockatiels, and, on one auspicious day, a Colin Farrell sex tape.
Amusing effects of correcting nutritional deficiencies
(Updated April 2023.) I’ve found that repleting certain vitamins and minerals can have weird effects on your mind and body.
Scary leg pain resolved with calcium
(Updated April 2023.) Before my gluten-freedom (which commenced April 4, 1998) I became aware of a constant, aching bone pain in my legs that didn’t seem to be a tissue or a muscle or a joint thing. It was most noticeable when doing the dishes or standing in line at the airport.
Another early nutritional therapy success: hypoglycemia
(Updated April 2023.) I had this for years without knowing what it was. At its worst, I had to eat every 45 minutes or my brain would do that revving/screaming/wheels spinning thing (silently, I mean; I’m pretty sure no one else could hear it).
Fun with lymph cleansers
(Updated April 2023.) Except for a few half-hearted liver flushes, I did not bother with detox treatments in any of my health self-experiments until I suddenly switched my entire focus to mold avoidance.
Revisiting the gluten thing
(Updated April 2023.) I’ve been gluten-free since April of 1998, when I discovered that my decades-long crushing depression lifted considerably 12 hours after I stopped it.
I tried to detox lead and all I got was this stupid vertigo
(Updated April 2023.) (See also this post on iron-induced vertigo.) I developed vertigo after my second dose of DMSA treatment for lead chelation. For the next four weeks I had trouble moving quickly, standing up, going down stairs, etc., with no signs of it abating.
