Hey warrior, wanted to ask if you drink coffee?
I drink decaf, sometimes when I drink it my eyes become very very sensitive to light like I just released several times, I just had a decaf latte 2 hours ago and within 5 minutes watching the screen was uncomfortable, I felt fine all day otherwise and had an amazing night of sleep last night, woke up feeling great.
Also what do you think of potatoes and sweet potatoes? Been a huge fan of them ever since last year, weirdly enough sweet potatoes make me feel really happy after I eat them, but I still prefer regular potatoes for taste. This is unrelated to POIS, just wanted to ask, coz I noticed you are intolerant to starch, personally Im fine with veggie starch and rice if its cooked properly (most people struggle to cook rice properly), if I eat home cooked rice Ill feel bad but in asian restaurants I have no problem and adore the taste. Wheat and oats is a gamble, sometimes they pass through fine other times it will give me insane brain fog and bloating.
Also I tried eating less meat to reduce libido but holy crap my blood sugar was all over the place, eating a cookie or something slightly sweet affected blood sugar way too much and I was craving meat badly, but after 5 days of reducing meat my groin area felt really great, felt like there was better circulation.
Yes I drink coffee and love doing so. I have found it beneficial for my POIS cluster. It's even in my protocol.
I love potatoes but unfortunately I am sensitive to them like many other starches. My food sensitivities at the moment have improved compared to my past and I do enjoy alternative foods now probably more often then ever, especially in the evenings. But my sensitivities are not benign enough to be eating them in every meal. The inflammation builds with each meal until it becomes unbearable, clearly dysfunctional and downright dangerous.
To paint a picture, if I eat a Thai meal w/ white jasmin rice, meat and veggies - this is what I might experience:
Within 15-45 minutes, symptoms begin to gradually increase.
Symptoms peak 1.5-2 hours in.
Symptoms gradually decrease.
Symptoms completely resolve within 6 hours or so, depending on the volume and type of starches/foods consumed.
The most obvious symptoms are heightened nervous system (like I am in a fight or flight state), more depressed/anxious, and randomly distrubuted body aches through out the body (hands, arms, shoulders, legs, feet, face, etc).
So if I didn't experience this after eating sensitive foods, I wouldn't restrict foods. Restricting foods is not good for health long-term. I only do it out of necessity.
I am continuing to work with a herbalist and have recently completed an OAT (Organic Acids Test) but have yet to receive results from lab. I am also super bullish on brain retraining methods but have yet to seriously try them.
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