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Showing posts with label Guaifenesin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guaifenesin. Show all posts

Monday, September 17, 2007

Cycling on Guaifenesin

One of the most difficult things to learn about while taking Guaifenesin has been cycling. It is a difficult concept to grasp in the beginning, to be sure. On the one hand, you come to Guaifenesin for your Fibromyalgia symptoms because nothing else has worked. On the other hand, you aren't ready for the cure to be worse than the disorder. And, for a short period of time it certanly feels that way.

First, Let's define cycling.

You take a specified dose of guaifenesin (which you arrived at through titration) twice a day. When you "cycle" you are forcing the phosphates out of the muscle tissue that have built up over time. The build-up of phosphates has caused pressure on the muscle tissue themselves as well as pressure on the nerves from water build-up. Also a by-product of the phosphates.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Today I actually examined the calorie content on the Ben & Jerry's that I have been eating on a regular basis.

Ok!!! And now I am motivated to start the HG strict diet that I have been telling myself that I am going to start for - what, the past four or five weeks now.

You see, I am hypoglycemic. And, this is a diet that is specifically designed for people with hypoglycemia. It is also designed for people with fibromyalgia who are on the Guaifenesin Protocol. This is a medical treatment for fibromyalgia. It is not particularly well known, even though it has been around for about 30 years. It can cure fibro. That is something that is also not well known. However, it is a long and arduous process.

If you are interested in finding out more information about the Guai protocol - I recommend you go to this site:

http://www.psha-inc.com/guai-support/

It is the oldest site on the Internet that is dedicated to the Guai Protocol, and it has the best information available about it.

Well, I'm not much into chatter tonight, so that's it.