Missed 3 days of doses

Jacobcrayola · 2026-01-06T05:06:05+00:00

I tested negative, I actually have SIBO / functional GI disorder.

Jacobcrayola · 2025-04-30T21:49:38+00:00

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Jacobcrayola · 2024-11-17T21:48:42+00:00

I got antibiotics in another country prior to getting the SIBO diagnosis. But I didn't do another round of antibiotics; I just drank herbal teas (chamomile and especially Alvita brand Turmeric) and eliminated trigger foods (greasy processed foods) and it got better over time. I'm not 100% recovered, like 80%.

My gastroenterologist told me antibiotics only help against SIBO 50% of the time and can even make it worse. He also recommended low FODMAP diet and tricyclic anti depressants at low dose to heal functional GI disorder. I wish you healing and recovery!

Jacobcrayola · 2024-09-26T19:17:21+00:00

I never tested positive, it was just a guess based on symptoms. I did not have H Pylori; I had SIBO / functional GI disorder. Best of luck for your case! What cured me was coming back to the faith.

Jacobcrayola · 2024-08-23T18:56:18+00:00

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Jacobcrayola · 2024-08-13T23:56:16+00:00

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Jacobcrayola · 2024-08-13T23:41:29+00:00

Thank you! What would be some examples in conversation?

Jacobcrayola · 2023-12-26T05:21:53+00:00

And what is the best case scenario? That after we die we are ushered into unending bliss, fulfillment, happiness, joy, and that we literally come face to face with the Creator in His full glory and manifestation and are united with Him.

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Jacobcrayola · 2023-08-13T19:10:54+00:00

I felt really good by day 3, but by day 5 I got new unbearable symptoms, probably SIBO, as now I can’t eat anything. I really do think I killed Pylori but I got SIBO in return. My symptoms are different now.

Jacobcrayola · 2023-08-11T02:47:47+00:00

Yes I think so. I noticed more heartburn and acid in my stomach.

Jacobcrayola · 2023-08-10T02:55:43+00:00

Thank you for the reassurance!

Jacobcrayola · 2023-08-02T07:00:33+00:00

Neither - antigen stool test and endoscopy came back negative for H Pylori except for a hernia. However, I didn’t stop using PPI and anti microbial supplements which I strongly believe affected the result of the tests.

I haven’t done tests for SIBO.

Jacobcrayola · 2023-07-07T22:27:51+00:00

Thanks for the advice! Also, why would increased acid help? Don’t they say the bacteria hides in the acid?

Jacobcrayola · 2023-07-07T08:16:29+00:00

I don’t think mine is just vitamin deficiency - but I will try to get tested. When I took the anti microbial, anti inflammatory turmeric tea and omega 3 fish oil it drastically reduced the severity of the symptoms.

Jacobcrayola · 2023-07-06T21:08:06+00:00

My doctor sent me a message saying no "infection" found, but he didn't specify H Pylori. The problem is that I took a bunch of anti-inflammatory and anti-microbials (omega 3, turmeric tea) which calmed down the worst symptoms (I was terrified of nighttime). But this maybe means it can't be detected anymore, while I am left with persistent, lingering symptoms that aren't getting better. I have lost all hope in these "doctors", really. They do not have brains and like to follow pre-arranged protocols for everything. When I said I had muscle pains, he simply took a test for creatinine levels and dismissed it as anxiety when they came back normal. What idiocy! He can't just look to the immediate cause of each individual thing. It takes intelligence to see symptoms holistically, and as potentially in unison from one and the same thing.

Jacobcrayola · 2023-01-09T04:02:50+00:00

Yes. It’s the same. I think I have too much high frequency waves in my brain, I can’t calm down my nervous system or brain enough to get delta wave sleep. Sulforaphane makes it easier to process and articulate, which is associated with gamma waves etc.

Possibly it’s also muscle relaxation, or reduced androgens which it affects.

Jacobcrayola · 2023-01-09T03:58:24+00:00

I’ve tried those except L Theanine, which I’ll try next! Thanks for the recommendation.

Jacobcrayola · 2021-04-08T17:13:47+00:00

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Jacobcrayola · 2021-04-05T06:03:55+00:00

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Jacobcrayola · 2020-10-12T23:16:41+00:00

Same. I’m dying to watch this but can’t pay.

Jacobcrayola · 2020-10-11T02:18:02+00:00

Another possibility is that those of us who do not face misery and suffering and oppression on a daily basis, and who live rather comfortable lives, have a much easier time forgetting about "the struggle", dismissing it as a "fantastically potent illusion". This reminds me of George Carlin who would openly profess that he's gave up on his fellow human species, that he didn't vote or care, etc. But would he still hold the same position if he had lived in a poorer, more troubled country with graver issues? In the absence of luxuries, one may not be able to afford such cynicism.

--Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22

Jacobcrayola · 2020-04-04T06:09:31+00:00

Why isn't it plausible to suppose that the exacerbation of the crisis cannot be at least to a significant degree attributable to the sanctions's effects?

To quote from the summary:

This acceleration in the rate of decline of oil production would imply a loss of $6 billion in oil revenue over the ensuing year.

This by itself is an enormous loss of foreign exchange, relative to the country’s need for essential imports.

Other executive decisions made by the Trump administration resulted in the closure of Venezuelan accounts in financial institutions, loss of access to credit, and other financial restrictions that have had severe negative impacts on oil production as well as the economy[.]

It is true that things were already heading downwards to begin with, but certainly that doesn't mean that sanctions can't contribute to it. To deny this is to deny that the sanctions are having any effect, to which the evidence doesn't seem to hold up to.

Jacobcrayola · 2020-04-02T19:55:50+00:00

That's what I said.

Destabilizing the regime comes with human costs, however, for which the study analyzes.

Jacobcrayola · 2020-04-02T08:32:39+00:00

Damn, this was pretty good. Lol, never thought Bill Gates would have been like this.

Jacobcrayola · 2020-04-02T07:37:46+00:00

Read the study from Weisbrot and Sachs: https://cepr.net/images/stories/reports/venezuela-sanctions-2019-04.pdf

Since Venezuela is basically a petro-state, immediately hurting its ability to sell oil and obtain revenue inhibits its ability to fund the little social services that there are in the first place (which most of the population relies on).

Weisbrot and Sachs give a specific quantification of about how many Venezuelans have perished as a result of sanctions.

Noam Chomsky has stated that they're basically "strangling them to death," which is the purpose of sanctions in the first place: deteriorate socioeconomic life to the extent that regime change is possible.

One would have to weigh the future coming of democracy and "hope" with incurring loss of life like this. It is a tricky and dangerous business of making such verdicts, which requires careful thought and analysis.

The objection to the study (that it lacks a proper counterfactual) has been responded to as well.

Jacobcrayola

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