#side-effects 2024-05-18

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apob_over_ldl — magnesium citrate worked for me where oxide did nothing. that might just be absorption, take that with a pinch of salt 15:12
lean_mass_lex — escalation is when most of the trouble happens, not the absolute dose 15:40
lean_mass_lex — if you have stopped enjoying food entirely and are not eating, say so, we will help you build meals, n of 1 obviously 16:21
karl_fischer — nausea is usually worst somewhere in the first 24 to 72 hours after the dose and then eases, we shall see 16:57
karl_fischer — powering through is how people quit entirely. reducing is how people stay on it 19:19

magnesium citrate worked for me where oxide did nothing. that might just be absorption, take that with a pinch of salt

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the hiccups are real, nobody knows why, they seem to fade after a few doses

started shedding hair around month 18, does it stop

if a side effect is new and severe rather than familiar and annoying, that is the line

electrolytes made more difference to my fatigue than anything else i tried, ill dig out the number

escalation is when most of the trouble happens, not the absolute dose

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taste changes settled for me around week eight and never fully came back

protein

that settles

dose day = d0
0.25mg   nothing much
0.50mg   d1-d2 mild
1.00mg   d1-d3 moderate
1.70mg   d1-d2 moderate, d4 fine
2.40mg   d1 rough, gone by d3

if you have stopped enjoying food entirely and are not eating, say so, we will help you build meals, n of 1 obviously

what did your gallbladder symptoms actually feel like before it got diagnosed

coming back to this anyone get properly wiped out for a day or two after the dose

update from 6 months ago: the nausea did settle, around week seven, completely

hope it settles

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my resting heart rate went up a few bpm and stayed there. worth logging from baseline

nausea is usually worst somewhere in the first 24 to 72 hours after the dose and then eases, we shall see

let the swab dry

if you are under 1000 calories by accident that is a problem, not discipline, still working it out

a lot of what people call fatigue on this stuff turns out to be dehydration or undereating

powering through is how people quit entirely. reducing is how people stay on it

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