It's always so good to hear one's progress story. Gives other hope to.
I've heard a little about Lysine for anxiety. And it really worked for you? How mucy in a dose, milligrams did you take?
Paulette

Doing very well, thanks.

I should be a little more specific. To make that meaningful.

My health over the past 2-3 months has seen great improvement, and that's even with increased stress levels.

I'm much less dehydrated, my libido has risen noticeably, my forehead used to be mostly rough but is now mostly smooth, my fatigue has decreased to 15% or less (v. previously being about 40%), my digestion has been good or great, anxiety is rare (5% v. 30%). I had a good spike in clearer thinking for a while, which seems to have trailed off, but I do occasionally get moments of doing noticeably well, which helps me realize that the confusion is temporary — it's a matter of reversible brain state rather than brain damage. I can think clearly enough that I am not afraid to talk with people. I stumble over finding words still, but much less frequently. My improved mood may also be involved in being readier to talk with people, and indeed may even be involved in providing effort required to do better thinking. I am far less frequently irritable. I have fewer pimples on my scalp, especially nape. My joints are much less frequently sore. Muscles and tendons and bones feel sturdier. I feel stronger. I rarely get hypoxia, and only a hint of it when I do. I produce much less incidental mucus. I far less frequently wake up groggy, and only a hint of it when I do.

The symptoms that haven't improved as dramatically:

I've experienced an increase in sleep disturbance (waking and being unable to return to sleep mostly) over the past couple weeks. It appears to be just a spike.

Just as I started to ramp up to getting better my headaches increased. Particularly the pangs, the brief (1-8 second) medium-sharp pains, variously located. Those increased and now are starting to wane. That's over a period of 2-3 months. I also had dull, delocalized, lasting headaches, but those appeared to be related to too high a licorice dose. So I backed off to 900mg every other day.

The orthostatic hypotension (dizziness when standing up) remains mostly unchanged. (And I thought this would be related to electrolyte imbalance, so I was surprised not to see an improvement here when my hydration (thus presumably aldosterone) improved.)

Muscles still tend to fatigue quickly, but at this point that's probably mostly lack of exercise. Tendons and muscles tend to strain easily still, so if I crampingly overexert a muscle, like when getting a charlie horse, it will still get extremely hurt (not just exerted muscle sore, but like damaged pain) and that hurt will last for weeks and weeks.

All in all, lots of good progress. I'm at a point where I'm not afraid of eating anything. I have energy enough to do work and chores, and I exercise fairly often now. And hopefulness is easy to come by.

These things appear to be related to this good period:

1. licorice


2. glutathione support


3. methylation support


4. lysine


5. omega-3 fatty acids

The other, baseline, ongoing supplementation includes a B complex, a multivitamin, and 1.5–2.5g vitamin C.