I 100% have an issue with water retention. Is hard to manage due to my medication. I can sweat some of it off, maybe if I do that a few times a week would help, I usually just put a heater in the bathroom and make it like a sauna, have done it before but never paid attention to how it effected my energy levels.
I always thought water retention was like an aesthetic issue only so I’ve never really thought to do anything about it to be honest. Didn’t realise it could make you tired.
Did a quick diet review this morning to look for anything that could cause the fatigue there and I may of eaten too much nutmeg, the nutmeg may also interact with some of my medications making its sedative effect much stronger. I’ll just reduce the amount of it I have.
I think it isn’t likely a problem and the fatigue is just my autoimmune stuff but I’ll reduce the nutmeg as well just in case.
I’d rather not remove the nutmeg completely as after being on it for a while I’ve noticed it has had a positive effect on my sleep. So has the cinnamon. I get up less times to go to the bathroom through the night and just wake up less times in general.
I’ll drop back in later this evening to log diet for the day as well.
Earlier I found a step counter thing that I forgot I had and will start using that, should be at least more accurate than my phone as I don’t carry the phone enough for it to track my day.
I’ll drop back in later this evening to log diet for the day as well.
Earlier I found a step counter thing that I forgot I had and will start using that, should be at least more accurate than my phone as I don’t carry the phone enough for it to track my day.
Off to a much better start today despite getting up later than planned.
Most likely candidates for the fatigue I experienced on Monday are
-Autoimmune stuff
-Nutmeg too high and interacting with medications
-Coriander too high and also interacting with medications
Is complicated, one of the medications I’m on usually causes sedation, but I don’t react like most people to it and it doesn’t usually make me sedated whatsoever. I think what happened is once it interacted with the nutmeg and the coriander I suddenly felt it’s sedative effect. I’ve also been on one other medication a bit that does cause me to be very sedated. All that together just knocked me flat potentially.
I reduced the nutmeg and dropped the coriander, already feeling a lot more energy. I’m leaning towards this being the issue, as if I was about to have a full tilt autoimmune flare my joints would be killing me by now. I think I really have a good chance of getting my next cycle going before that happens and successfully dodging a course of prednisolone.
There will be about a two to three week window maximum, where I need to be careful I don’t push too hard or eat anything I shouldn’t and cause a flare. If I can make it through without triggering one then I won’t have to go through the unwanted weight loss that will include loss of muscle and I can continue to make slow progress. I can’t even express how much I hate prednisolone.