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Pretty much right away for both. I think it's because with my condition; eating seems to be incredibly inflammatory. So, whenever I eat anything, I my blood pressure spikes tremendously, heart rate jumps ~15 points, I get brain fog & all kinds of other symptoms, which last several hours only to subside when I start to get really hungry again. Of course.. at that point I'm hungry, and it becomes increasingly hard to not eat.. so once I cave and eat the cycle starts over again. I currently eat twice a day and have tried cutting that down to once a day but at that point my meals are so large that the falllout is just terrible. The goal is always to eat as little as possible while maintaining adequate nutrition, which is hard, because I also don't seem to assimilate nutrients from food very well either.

Anyways, if I am taking a lot of fecal matter and using the peptides; the fallout I get from eating is not as bad. There are still other issues, but it seems to work at at least within a few days with the fecal matter and instantly with the peptides. Very sadly, I've noticed the benefits go away pretty quickly once I stop using each treatment as well. It really is a nightmare, but I am sure others have it worse.

>The goal is always to eat as little as possible while maintaining adequate nutrition

That sounds like you're (involuntarily) on a CRON diet; calorie Restriction optimal nutrition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRON-diet

Pretty much. It's really hard to maintain long term because I end up eventually getting so hungry that my brain starts becoming obsessive about food. So my attempts are only half successful.

I'm curious: do you have noticed any connection between what you eat (macro and micro) and the symptoms level? Because what you're describing could match dysbiosis and/or leaky gut, and you seem to have already dug really well into your condition.

I've tried limiting certain macros and found that it doesn't really make a difference. I did try do to all meat at one point and got a lot worse. The devil is in the details in regards to the micronutrients. I am absolutely unable to tolerate most foods and can only really eat a handful. I can eat most fruits and can eat meat products but cannot eat most vegetables. Which sucks, because you can only eat so much fruit a day and I think a good diet should be vegetable based. Eating most vegetables though, causes me to lose weight, have panic attacks, vertigo, ezcema, peripheral edema, etc; all manners of strange symptoms. It probably is "leaky gut" related but I don't know.

Holy crap you pretty much just described me exactly. My stomach problems are minor but everything else you described is me to a tee. Interestingly the doctor has sent me to get tested for various stomach inflammatory diseases for completely different reasons, but they all came up negative.

Just googling now it seems there is no real test for IBS. How did you know that was the cause? Also, I've taken peptides before for different reasons, which ones helped you with your stomach?

That's crazy. Docs diagnosed me with IBS based on some tests that I had done at the time (anti-vinculin antibody, SIBO breath test, etc). I don't really know. I do know that I don't poop often enough and that the longer I go without pooping the worse all my symptoms get. Interestingly, like you, I was tested for many inflammatory diseases of the gut too, and they all came up negative; so the tests kind of give me a mixed bag of signals. I also have crazy food sensitivities so it certainly must have some relation to the gut. I'm just doing the BPC-157 right now; some people have recommended others but I haven't tried anything else yet.

This might sound a bit crazy given what you said, but have you tried light exercise straight after your daytime meal? I too get completely incapacitated by food, my heart rate goes up, and i usually just lie down (haven't measured my blood pressure), but if I go to the gym and do light aerobic exercise for 45 minutes (keeping my heart rate around 135-145) then the worst of the symptoms are abated. Also, the brain fog doesn't matter if you're on a treadmill, it's actually quite a good thing to zone out. Most importantly it allows you to be productive during that time, and later on when you are back to normal you have more time to do other things as you have already gotten your exercise out of the way.

That's an interesting idea! I have a walking treadmill that I use at my desk which I usually do a few miles a day on; but I'm definitely no where near 135-145BPM. I think I will give that a shot tomorrow after my next meal; thank you so much for the suggestion!

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