You said "A problem with the CNS to me seems like it would be chronic and affecting me constantly"

It's progressive and cumulative while there are also fluctuations based on current stress levels. Over time your ability to handle stress lessens more and more. As you know, even food intolerance can be enough stress to cause problems.

There is a point that gets crossed in which you become chronically symptomatic. It seems like you are hovering back and forth over this point. I'm past that point and felt like I couldn't continue forward with my life so I'm only satisfied with being fully healed since my quality of life would be so poor otherwise. Your ability to fall asleep during days of normal amounts of stress are a pretty direct indication of where you currently are on the spectrum (over a large enough sample size).

You asked "My question though is how does one even begin to diagnose or repair something like the CNS?"

This is a much longer answer that I hope to be able to take the time to explain clearly after I'm recovered which should be soon. It's theory based, though, based on information I've come up with through experience, logical deduction, trial and error, etc. This is another reason why I need to recover first to be taken seriously.

Eric

It's none of my business but I think that your condition originates from the sport that you are in, not so much your lifestyle.

My husband used to be a bodybuilder too before we met. He got sick with some mysterious illness that was never diagnosed. All they could say was that it was something autoimmune.
And it started with some minor food intolerances and allergies to things he had never been allergic before.
He was losing tremendous amounts of weight, couldn't walk anymore and his heart stopped... He survived but never fully recovered. From what I deduce it was a very severe case of adrenal exhaustion, possibly near-failure.

It makes sense to me that those extreme workouts, extreme dieting, electrolyte imbalances and crazy supplements that you guys put your body through for your competitions are very destructive.

I used to be an endurance athlete myself, so I know how hard it is to give up your favorite sport but it's better to do it now than wait until it's too late...

Take care

Amber

I wasnt on the gut dysbiosis bandwagon until recently. Went to a holistic clinic near where i live (they were terrible btw) but it was the only place i could get a CDSA done. It was the last test and place i hadnt checked yet.

Turns out my gut is all kinds of bad, pisspoor digestion of fats, vegetables, and proteins. With a complete noted LACK of beneficial bacteria Lactobacillus and Bifido, i mean listed as Non growing. It also mentioned i have +4 (read: highest on the scale) of a pathogenic bacillus species that has overgrown in my gut. So my thinking was, everytime i react to food, my adrenals take a hit, but its not likely an adrenal based problem. Its likely they are just constantly in a flux of being wore out due to it having to compensate for my body being symptomatic all the time.

From my readings ive come across that the gut is the only place that makes the DAO Enzyme, which breaks down histamine. Now i dont have the usual symptoms of histamine like hives you could say, however my symptoms are a result of inflammation, specifically in my head. The onset of the symptoms are INSTANT, and its like someone is inflating a balloon inside my skull. Completely debilitating, cant form sentences correctly, cant think, no energy. Once the symptoms pass im more or less normal, but i never really reach my original normal that i was prior to all of this happening.

In terms of treatments, since ive tried basically everything for about a month at a time with no real results.

1) support my adrenals with high doses of C, B vitamins, and Adaptogenic herbs.

--Let me make a note here, since i began completely supporting my adrenals, the sexua| side effects i generally experience have reduced tremendously. Morning erections have returned on a daily basis, and erection strength is also back to normal. When my symptoms first began it was mostly hormonal, my Estrogen levels were sky high, my sex drive was non existent, my erections were non existent. I was a complete mess. This was initially why i thought it to be adrenal related as its a huge regulator of hormones. Seeing as how supporting them is helping me even more there, im inclined to believe some level of Adrenal Fatigue is present.

2) Fix the gut dysbiosis. Ive read home made kefir is the strongest probiotic you could get your hands on in terms of bacteria diversity and sheer strength in numbers. So ive been making my own goats milk kefir at home. It tastes like sour garbage but its supposed to be worth it. Also taking a berberine complex, and silver hydrosol to deal with the bad bacteria overgrowth. I MIGHT add oil of oregano but i feel that might be overkill.

--Let me add that the cdsa confirmed i dont have candida. So thats good.

3) Remove carbohydrates from my body. This one is mysterious for me, i react primarily to carbohydrates, the faster the digesting, the worst i react. The reason for this eludes me but all i know is removing fruit (which i was eating a lot of) showed a DRASTIC reduction in symptoms. But this goes into things like potatoes / sweet potatoes seem to bother me in a similar fashion. This sucks, hard. Im esentially going extremely low carb for god knows how long and it isnt doing my energy levels any favors. Luckily i can eat most vegetables, so i just added an extra meal and am keeping my fats high to keep my energy levels propped.

Also Sugar and quickly digested carbs tend to feed pathogenic bacteria, so thats a plus too. Also let me just add ive been organic and paleo since August, so at least my diet is free of the big nasties like gluten.



Im going to actually give this a solid 4-6 months, instead of running it for 2-4 weeks and then quitting. This is the plan so far so im hoping i see some improvements.

What do we think?

I agree. Histamines is something I never considered.. I eat cashews, brazil nuts and other high histamine foods a lot. Ill let you know after cutting them out. Its hopeful information.

What does it mean to undermethylate? How does one wind up in that kind of situation?