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Daniil log
I think we all must remember: VA does actual damage. It is probably unreasonable to expect that we are going to be perfect just for dropping VA. This is sad... but brightened by the notion that as long as we are on this side of the dirt... there is hope for healing!
Another thing is, VA isn't the only thing out there making us unwell! Dang! 😉
I wanted to mention that probably lots of us (myself included) get impatient. I've read that we can train our brains for more patience.
One of the ways people try to do this is with learning and practicing... knitting!
The brain is elastic...
@daniil I am sorry you had a bad time. Did you at any time have your B12 levels checked? I found that detoxing vA for my part was depleting vB12. Also b12 deficiency does not affect everyone in the same way.
Also tests for B12 could be unreliable if it is serum only and not a urinary test. I know this sounds far fetched, but if this is what happened to you, there is a lot of hope. If you intend to have your B12 tested, do not supplement before it would hide any deficiency.
Good luck and God is with you always
There are many ways to get b12 deficient even if you eat meat and kefir. I cannot give here all details but just having a blood serum vb12 test should be very cheap, and if you can at the same time they draw your blood check the level of homocysteine. Even if both are ok it does not mean you didn’t get b12 deficient at the time of your psychoses . Also could mean you are ok now but just borderline. It seems strange they put you on psychosis medications without checking this, maybe it was part of a general blood test.
if you have the test done and it shows low b12, this would be a huge help.
be well!
If anyone is interested. This is the blog of a person who no follows a low-vitamin-A diet. I now follow official medicine and prayer. For nutrition issues, I simply ask a well-known Chinese neural network. I take an antipsychotic. For 3 months, I have no symptoms other than fatigue. This may be related to schizophrenia. I sometimes experience dandruff, but it can be treated with zinc supplements. I also take vitamin D, E, and iodine supplements. I eat gluten (but only whole grains), dairy products, eggs, tomatoes, some carrots with vitamin A, and drink an orange rosehip drink and coffee. This is my healing story.
I have a suspicion that my psychosis was caused by a lack of PUFA or vitamin A. Vitamin A deficiency is associated with brain changes that are linked to schizophrenia. However, psychosis seems is not a classic symptom of vitamin A deficiency. I didn't have any classic symptoms of vitamin A deficiency. Overall, my medical history is quite unusual. We clearly don't know everything yet.
I didn't get tested for B12 because there wasn't much to treat. Except for fatigue. And, I also took a course of anti-parasitic herbs.
And I sometimes think that my excessive fascination with conspiracy medical theories in the past was an early symptom of schizophrenia. Sometimes, the health-related actions I took in the past seem risky and irrational to me. It's strange that I didn't start praying earlier. It's very strange and sad.
It is important to note here that before the second psychosis, I had already eaten vitamin A. From dairy products, eggs and some carrots. And it happened anyway. This means that the vitamin A option as the cause of psychosis is unlikely. Unless the lack of VA somehow broke something for a long time. But I didn't eat the PUFA, so it's more likely.
Glad you are feeling better. Hope it continues. Hope it continues with out further drugs and without further supplements. How long were you taking antibiotics? Are you still taking antibiotics? Bless you kid.
For some reason, I can't quote. I'll have to do it this way.
Antibiotics? Maybe anti-parasitic herbs? I can't remember the last time I took antibiotics. It's been a while.
By the way, I'd like to explain why I'm no longer following a low-VA diet. Perhaps I haven't explained it well enough. Put yourself in my shoes. You've been following a low-VA diet for a year. You'd think you'd see some improvement in your initial condition. But instead, you get psychosis, which you've never had before, and then your condition gets worse than it's ever been before. Also, I don't understand why I followed a diet with a VA level like Grant's when I could have just avoided exceeding the daily vitamin A intake. The same goes for PUFA. Considering that these points are the subject of debate. If I had done this from the beginning, I wouldn't be wondering now if I had a psychosis due to a deficiency of VA (PUFA).Perhaps I was too afraid of VA as a toxin. By the way, I don't think I'm exceeding the daily VA intake anymore.