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I’ve posted about before, but I’m constantly dealing with this issue on-and-off that feels vaguely autoimmune:
Joint pain Muscle cramps Muscle spasms Neck and shoulder pain and tension
I found some significant relief through LDN and going lite keto, but some days I’m really floored by it (and it feels like it’s getting a little worse again). I went to a neuro years ago and nothing from Lyme tests to antinuclear came back positive.
I’m pretty afraid I’m treading water with what is an autoimmune issue, but I have no faith in the medical establishment to figure out what this is. Any advice?
If you want to eliminate weird shit:
For the fire fighter friend of mine with random joint pain it was heavy metal accumulation from inhaling a fuck tone of mercury at some point. Went away after a couple months of chelation therapy. (not the woowoo hack type; the real shit at a real hospital.)
Different friend had some sort of allergy to a protein supplement that caused joint inflammation; went away when he stopped supplementing.
Family member with congenital spine deformities she has held off for 70 years by doing hard-core Yoga (vinyasa and ashtanga in the style of a 100 year old dude lookin like he's made of beef jerky who lives in the woods and practices on a rock).
If you are desperate to rule shit out and you got fat stacks, you could try a comprehensive allergy panel. Don't do the online ones, they are garbage that just measure inflammation response which triggers on fucking anything. You gotta get the super annoying scratch and sniff type if you want to really rule shit out.
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