Back from being poked
Had the appointment with the acupuncturist this morning. Even just talking to a health practitioner who is focused on finding the root of the problem and solving it instead of here have a pill for your symptoms was refreshing. I like this guy, though; he seems to know his stuff and looks into a lot of different avenues for treatment. Like he suggested getting my iodine levels tested and supplementing with iodine for PCOS - he's know people who've 'cured' (gotten rid of all their symptoms, I'm guessing) PCOS after correcting their iodine levels.
He used kinesthesiology to test for allergies - kinesthesiology is one of those things that seems like it shouldn't work, but does. I've used it before (for non-health related things) and seen it used with other people so I had no problem accepting it for this. I tested sensitive for dairy, specifically casein - no surprise there. I also tested sensitive to weed, grass, and tree pollens - a bit harder to eliminate. And also for - B vitamins.
Yeah, kinda hard to eliminate those. Especially since you, y'know, kinda need them. There's a way to treat the sensitivity, though, but it means avoiding the thing you're sensitive to for like 25-30 hours. That's going to mean eating really, really bland food for about a day and a half. Just about the only things on the list of "foods you can eat" that I could actually eat were cauliflower and "well-cooked or deep-fried fish" (though I thought fish had B-vitamins - maybe the cooking destroys it?). I really, really don't like being that picky, but if I have a serving of white rice of pasta now, especially without any protein or fat, I'm going to get a headache and probably a stomach ache.
I do want to do the treatment, though, because I'm ready to be done with these goddamn migraines, and maybe if I treat the B-vitamin and pollen sensitivities I don't have to be quite so vigilant about milk.
I did get an acupuncture treatment, too, a general one for headaches. Except for a small poke/pinch when the needle goes in it really doesn't hurt, but it feels kinda ... weird. Like I felt like I had a blanket over my legs and feet. And with a couple of the needles it was like "Oh! A nerve!" going in, but not in a painful way. But then you have to lie there and not move for a half-hour or so.
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He used kinesthesiology to test for allergies - kinesthesiology is one of those things that seems like it shouldn't work, but does. I've used it before (for non-health related things) and seen it used with other people so I had no problem accepting it for this. I tested sensitive for dairy, specifically casein - no surprise there. I also tested sensitive to weed, grass, and tree pollens - a bit harder to eliminate. And also for - B vitamins.
Yeah, kinda hard to eliminate those. Especially since you, y'know, kinda need them. There's a way to treat the sensitivity, though, but it means avoiding the thing you're sensitive to for like 25-30 hours. That's going to mean eating really, really bland food for about a day and a half. Just about the only things on the list of "foods you can eat" that I could actually eat were cauliflower and "well-cooked or deep-fried fish" (though I thought fish had B-vitamins - maybe the cooking destroys it?). I really, really don't like being that picky, but if I have a serving of white rice of pasta now, especially without any protein or fat, I'm going to get a headache and probably a stomach ache.
I do want to do the treatment, though, because I'm ready to be done with these goddamn migraines, and maybe if I treat the B-vitamin and pollen sensitivities I don't have to be quite so vigilant about milk.
I did get an acupuncture treatment, too, a general one for headaches. Except for a small poke/pinch when the needle goes in it really doesn't hurt, but it feels kinda ... weird. Like I felt like I had a blanket over my legs and feet. And with a couple of the needles it was like "Oh! A nerve!" going in, but not in a painful way. But then you have to lie there and not move for a half-hour or so.
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