Dear friends,

What is the best, tried & proven way to get out of freeze mode?

Thank you in advance for your useful suggestions.

Facial flushing, feeling faint, nausea, faster heart rate, lightheadedness, freezing cold hands, acid reflux, feeling really weird after a shower, fast heart after eating, phases of very frequent urination, shaking, heat intolerance, but then other times I feel freezing, random adrenaline rush type episodes where I will feel freezing (but I’m not) and I will shake uncontrollably and even my teeth will chatter, and my heart will be fast and I will be peeing every 20 minutes for hours. Also I have had chronic mouth ulcers my entire life! I noticed palpitations start about 10 years ago. I get a blotchy red face and chest too after a shower or after an emotional time or stress. I also feel awful after a shower, really odd and just don’t feel very well atall, feel I need to lay down, heart will be fast and blood pressure spikes sometimes. I also get tiny spots on my chest only that sort of scrape off? I also get ringing in my ears AND itching issues with my inner ear. I struggle going from hot to cold or cold to hot, it makes me feel really unwell and like I need to throw up or faint (but I never do).

These are my symptoms ^ I have NO diagnosis as I keep being fobbed off by the doctors and they just say “oh it’s probably dysautonomia but there’s no cure so…”.

However, my blood pressure is never low. It’s either normal or it’s high.

I’m not sure what to do. I’m in the UK. Even if I push for them to refer me to the MCAS clinic, it’ll take months. What do I do in the mean time? Considering I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’m fed up, and I’m scared. I have zero days where I feel ok. There’s always some symptoms as above. Like a few hours ago I suddenly out of nowhere felt shaky and weak and like I may faint. I was already sitting down… so I tried laying down. I was peeing every 10-20 minutes. I ate some chocolate and then felt okish, still was peeing frequently. Then I made dinner and while it was cooking I was sat on the couch and my cheeks and face became flushed and very hot and a little itchy?! Ate the dinner, and now my face is starting to cool and decrease the itch.

I keep thinking it’s diabetes. But… I can go quite a while without eating and I feel ok, just hungry. Infact my heart rate is slower and calmer when I feel hungry. But then there are some times I get shaky if I haven’t eaten. My AC1 was 5.1 last time I had it tested this year.

Like I say, the docs don’t seem bothered by my symptoms, they’ve referred me for heart checks (came back fine) and endocrinology (came back fine?!) and did hormone tests and loads of blood tests even a 24 hour urine test to check for an adrenal tumor. Everything comes back fine. They haven’t checked for mcas or histamine and looked at me like I had 3 heads when I mentioned what if it’s that. I even paid for a private thyroid panel test and it came back really optimal.

I don’t know what to do 😭 What does this sound like to you? What can I do in the mean time while I wait the many moons for a referral?

(Not sure if it’s relevant but out of my children they all get reactions to things like hot showers, one has literal anaphylactic allergies, one gets red skin when it’s touched too hard, etc etc etc)

Whenever I’m really tired or exhausted, I get these weird flashes. All of the sudden I get a little dizzy, I can hear my heartbeat, and it feels like I’m out of it. The weird thing though is that these last for only around 3 seconds, but depending on how tired I may be I get tons of them throughout the day. Ive noticed when taking a warm shower with these flashes going, they get more frequent. They may be heat flashes, but I’m a girl and with a pretty regular menstrual cycle (I am nowhere near menopause). What could they be? They are annoying.

Hello my sibling has been struggling to eat and right now they can't eat much, we went to multiple doctors and finally someone told us something which was inflammation of the colon/gut and cortisol inflammation. On the last one I couldn't hear right but that's what it sounded to me. Sibling has been struggling for so long that it has made them depressed. If anyone can recommend any supplements to help that would be great.

They have taken tumeric, ginger, perpermint, gentian, charcoal, berberine, zinc, omega, others and recently started with Atrantil. Some have help but not enough to have a normal life so we are looking for other things to try.

I just finished a 10 day detox. I felt really bad during the 10 days. It was a recommendation from Dr. Hyman. I stayed off of gluten, grains, legumes, and minimized sugar (no artificial sweeteners, no honey, no maple syrup very very, very, very little fruits). Felt terrible doing it. Now that it’s over, I am slowly adding rice. I still feel like crap. Does anyone else have the same experience?

hi! i’m new here. so im having what looks like cherry angiomas (not petechia, and they aren’t growing or bleeding) starting to pop up on my skin. i currently have 3. none of my family members have it, and im confused as to why im getting them. google says its normal and harmless, but a part of me believes that its deeper than that? i just believe that acne, eczema, and things like that are all from the inside and its telling us that somethings wrong (like for example, you’re eating bad). does anyone else agree, or have any ideas as to why im getting cherry angiomas? and what i could do to stop them from popping up?

Hi! New here and hoping this gets posted. I contracted cryptosporidium parasite through a sick cow on our farm. Found out after having to go to the ER from am having severe bouts of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Last night, the pain was so bad in my right side my boyfriend thought my appendix was rupturing and took me to the ER again. they gave me nausea meds and an IV and toradol for the pain. They sent me home with a script for zofran and Imodium. They told me there’s not much to do, just kinda let it ride out but that it could last a couple weeks. Does anyone have any alternative ideas to help flush a parasite out of my digestive tract?

TLDR Does anyone have any alternative ideas to help flush a parasite out of my digestive tract?

27M, Underlying dysautonomia(POTS) and anxiety. My doctors cannot answer the following:

I have trouble taking antibiotics. For years now, I have noticed strange side effects when taking these drugs in response to different infections. Doxycycline, amoxicillin, clindamycin, bactrim, and now azithromycin. Usually after a few doses, I notice nasusea, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, and lightheadedness. Often, these effects are so intense that they are worse than the symptoms they are treating. It is as though antibiotics cause a flare of my uinderlying pathology. I am currently on azithromycin for multiple throat infections and will finish the course. I find that the side effects are most pronounced immediately following consumption to about 90 minutes later. What is happening here? I would like to understand the meaning of this reaction, by thinking about the right mechanism.

Is it just a bad microbe balance that I could fix with the right strain of probiotic?

When I was younger(19-20), I made the mistake of taking minocycline for acne, for months at a time on multiple occaisons. Is it possible that I seriously compromised my gut microbiome with these, and am highly sensitive/dysbiotic as a result?

I also went through cold-turkey benzo withdrawal a few years back. Many folks who have gone through that speak about this phenomena, as if years later antibiotics cause them to feel a set back in the recovery from benzos.

I am also open to the possibility that these drugs are treating an underlying hidden infection I am unaware of, causing a J. Herxheimer reaction. My only hesitation with this is that the intensity of the reaction is most pronounced while my gut is processing the drugs, rather than their half-life in my blood.

If anyone has any insight on this matter, I would greatly appreciate your help.

TLDR: I have a problem with thermoregulation, I have tried a lot of things, but nothing has worked much yet. I list observations below. Looking for something that would improve this.

Hey guys, I have had this a bit annoying problem. I have been having a problem with sweating - I thought that’s what it was, but I see that it is thermoregulation overall. I sweat more than others in the summer, but I am pretty cold in the winter (hands, feet, overall). I am 25, very athletic, 193cm, 90kgs, very fit, no underlying medical conditions.

Yes, I had all the medical tests done and have tried a LOT of things - TCM, sauna, ice bathing, I meditate, all different antiperspirants… (sweatblock helps and makes it managable), herbs..

 What is strange and that is more recent is that I feel a lot of heat inside my body (chest) even when I don’t do much. Yes, it is a bit psychological, I sweat more when nervous, but even when I am calm, my thermoregulation is not good even when completely calm, so stress, anxiousness is not the full answer, just part of it.

Few observations that I have made

Worse in the morning and first half of the day (when my core temperature is the lowest), better in the afternoon and at night

Better after a sports activity or when my body “outsweat” itself, balances its temperature, then it is usually better

Worse after a shower - for some reason really bad after a shower (in any temperature), worse when warm shower

Especially in the mornings, feeling of heat in my body, especially chest (feels unnecessary)

When it is colder in my environment, I have warm inside of the body and cold and wet hands and feet - this doesn’t make sense

When it is colder and my body quickly cools, then my hands get colder, because I sweat unnecessarily

When I take a cold shower in the morning in the winter - very cold hands, but super hot inside my body

Yes, associated with stress (worse when stressed), but sweating even if not stressed at all

Sometimes in the summer (really hot temperature) actually better than spring or fall - the body manages the heat okay

My body quickly changes the state (quick heat wave to cool down), quick hot flashes

When I don’t think about it, it is better

Haven’t noticed any nutrition correlations, worse after alcohol

Sometimes cooling down doesn’t help, there is heat inside the body, so the body needs to manage the temperature itself. When that happens, then it is good, so usually better after sport in the morning

Times when it is “unnecessary watery sweat” and times when I sweat normally to cool down (happens when it is really hot outside)

In the winter cold hands, feet often, sometimes warm, red ears

Worst underarms, head, hands

Worse when I stop - when I am in the car and it stops or when I sit or stand still, my body feels like it should be in motion in some situations

I feel more stressed in the mornings than later during the day

Sauna at the beginning - I don’t sweat for a bit at the beginning when dry, when take a shower before, I sweat a lot

The heat inside is an uncomfortable feeling

I do not get sick surprisingly, but sometimes body my is unnecessarily cold and I feel like I should catch a cold

Times when it is completely fine

Worse when humid

when driving in a car, sometimes moist windows around me

the sweat is watery, does not smell

Recently, I bought the CORE device to constantly monitor my core temperature, if the measurements are correct, my body temperature is around 37.6 in the afternoons and around 37 in the morning, so a bit higher overall.

To sum it up, sweat is the most annyoing part of it, but the heatwaves and cold hands too, but that is a bit less bothersome.

 I really wanna solve this thing. My plan now is to try the WHM method and try to learn some techniques how to work with my body. I will keep observing and adjusting based on that.

If you have any ideas/thoughts/tips/advice/observation, anything, please let me know🙏

Beta-caryophyllene (BCP) is a terpene found in plants like cloves & rosemary. Its unique ability to bind to CB2 receptors supports health by reducing inflammation, relieving pain, and promoting homeostasis (balance within the body processes). https://cannanda.com/blogs/hemp-guide/the-science-behind-beta-caryophyllene-bcp-and-its-health-benefits

Okay guys, here’s a bit of a weird one for ya.

I’m American- I’ve lived in Aus for 10 years. I started having panic attacks in 2022, when I was 28 years old.

But one day in August 2023 I was out shopping with a client and was sniffing candles and other scents (LOTS of fragrances) all day. It made me feel dizzy and migraine-y. That night I go to bed and I wake up and it’s like I’m in hell. So much adrenaline and panic that I literally feel like I am in hell itself. Like I could lift a bus, complete mental torment to a level I have never ever experienced before.

This started months of this. Mental torment and physical symptoms (the whole lifting a bus thing, not sleeping or eating) that followed so intensely that I thought the only way out was…you know…out.

These attacks lasted about a year and finally ended on my honeymoon when I stood up in Montana and said “this will NEVER happen again”. And I meant it.

Okay flash forward to now (3 months later) we are back from our 6 week honeymoon to the states and I am having the opposite problem. I have acne, dry hair, weight gain and I’m falling asleep standing up, every day, all day. At 11am I crash and my eyes start to close.

I felt great when we were in the states and I felt like a got the spring in my step back. Since we’ve been back in Aus, the first few weeks I was on edge and snappy and now I’m exhausted and weepy.

Someone please give me a hint what’s wrong with me 😂 is it the water??? Is it the heat??? Is it just freaking out living in another country or are my hormones going insane?

Hi there, I'm looking for a cure for my MGD and blepharitis. I have a good routine that includes manuka gel, medical tto foam, hypochlorous acid and all that helps a lot with symptoms but I need a solution.

Any suggestions?

I'm curious about the Gritwell root cause assessment. The nearest functional doctor to my small town is about two hours away so it seems like it might be something to at least try first. Has anyone done it and had any luck? Thanks!

https://www.grit-well.com/root-cause-assessment

My partner just did a culture test and it came back positive for Citrobacter koseri and enterococcus faecalis. Our doctor has prescribed him co-amoxican ( augmentin) antibiotics for 1 week.

I’m looking at some natural ways to treat this, he has been suffering with his stomach for years, gets bad stomach pains, has diarrhea here and there and he also urinates very often. We have been to many doctors about his stomach, he even had a endoscopy which came back normal. In the end we met with an intolerance doctor who advised us he is intolerant to dairy/ wheat. When removing these foods it did help but perhaps didn’t eliminate completely.

We did a culture test as we have been struggling to conceive, could this all be related? Any ideas how to treat naturally? Thank you

This happened probably 6 or 7 years ago. I was going through a really hard time. I was constantly exhausted. I visited my doctor and they couldn’t find anything wrong with me.

My boss at the time told me I should visit her “holistic doctor” and get some kind of test done. I can’t remember what she called it but she took a swab from my mouth and sent it to be analyzed. She had been seeing her for years and raved about the woman.

A few weeks later I met with the Dr. (at her house, weird but whatever my boss knew her) She told me all kinds of things about myself, different foods I apparently had sensitivities to. She asked me when the last time I was out of the country was. I told her I’ve never been out of the United States in my life. She told me I had a parasite that usually wasn’t found in the states.

The only thing she was correct about were my allergies that I already knew I had.

It was weird and I didn’t really believe a lot of the things she was saying. She told me I needed to avoid all sorts of foods for 3 weeks and see how I felt. She also gave me a spray that looked and tasted like water that was suppose to help all the problems she said I had. I was suppose to do like 3 sprays in my mouth for a couple weeks and then up it each week.

I was desperate to feel better and I started using the spray. All that I noticed was it made me feel nauseous for awhile.

My boss said that was normal and I should just do one or two sprays until I got used to it.

I did it for months, used the whole bottle up and l felt completely the same.

My boss told me she was gonna pay for the whole thing. About a year later I got a call from the Drs office saying I owed them 400 dollars for the test and “medicine”

At first I thought they had the wrong person but when they said the doctors name I remembered. The most shocking part was I was being contacted from an EQUINE VET.

This woman is a horse veterinarian??

Anyway i contacted my boss and she did pay her.

Writing all of this out now I feel really stupid. I don’t know anything about holistic medication. I know you can get tests for food sensitivities and parasites but I always assumed those were blood tests. I was very young and was sick of feeling exhausted all the time. Turns out, I was severely depressed and my life completely turned around when I left that job.

Was this person taking my boss for a ride? And what the heck was I spraying in my mouth for 2 months??

If you're looking for a new technique to relax, now is the best time, thanks to the technique I created, the Pinch Balance Technique. It uses a series of pinching movements to relax the body and mind. This technique isn't just for relaxation, as it could help with stress, focus, mindfulness, nerve stimulation, and hand strength.

Stress relief and relaxation The Pinch Balance Technique works similar to acupressure by targeting certain points in the body. It is used on certain areas of the body to relieve muscle tension and promote relaxation.

Full-hand pinching: This technique involves pinching a certain muscle with all your hands to relieve pressure and relieve deeper tension. It's most useful for areas like the arms and back.

Rapid pinching: quick rhythmic pinching in some area can stimulate blood flow. Which can help in stimulating the nervous system and relaxation.

Spine pinching: gentle pinching along the spine or the arms could help in reducing tension and building blood flow throughout the spine.

Nerves stimulation The Pinch Balance Technique could also help in nerve stimulation and blood circulation.

Two-finger pinching: This method uses two fingers to pinch a smaller area, like the hand or the fingers. It's a great technique to alter nerve simulation in places where you need precision.

Zig-zag pinching: pinching in a zig-zag way along the body (e.g., arms or legs) activates multiple nerves, altering better blood circulation and nerve function.

Focus and mindfulness Mindfulness is about staying in the present moment. And Pinch Balance Technique could help you to anchor yourself in the present moment. By pinching, you can stay in the present moment and reduce anxiety.

Pinch and hold: pinching and holding for a few seconds calmly without hurting yourself can help you focus on the sensation. Calm your thoughts. And encourage mindful breathing.

Conclusion By applying all these pinching techniques, such as full-hand pinching, rapid pinching, and circular pinching, you can feel the physical and mental benefits without the need for complicated tools.

I believe that there is a high chance that they do. Recently I’ve been looking into information concerning acrylamides, and comparing it to some of my observations.

My dad died of lung cancer, even though he had never smoked himself. My mom smoked, but not in the car or the house. His dad was a heavy smoker. He lived in a place with pretty bad air pollution in the USA. That said, both of my mom’s parents smoked, in the car and in the house, and she smoked herself and so far she’s been ok. My dad was extremely in shape and looked much healthier than my mom.

One big difference though was acrylamide consumption. The foods my mom liked to eat often had less acrylamides than those my dad ate.

I’ve noticed this with other people too. I know those are just simple observations, but I feel like this needs to be studied more.

Out of curiosity, what do you think about the connection between acrylamides and cancer? And, have you done anything to help protect yourself or your family from it?

I’ve always had a very low resting heart rate (mid-40s or so). In the past month, whenever I exercise, even if it is easy, my heart rate has been in the 160s plus when it is normally 150 or below. When I’m sitting and then stand up I can feel my heart rate pick up and I get a bit dizzy. My resting heart rate is now in the 60s. Did I get myself out of shape within a month? I’ve still been exercising a lot just not as high intensity. Is this a cause for concern?

I do have restrictions on working out and exercise due to a hernia, so I can't lift a lot of weight and I can't do really strenuous core exercises. But I can walk bike and yoga fine for the most part.

I recently shared this in another community and it sparked some great discussions. I thought it might resonate here too.

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