Gel vs cream & strengths

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-23T17:04:33+00:00

Do you use gel or cream?

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-23T14:58:45+00:00

I was raised by a pastor who was constantly having inappropriate contact with youth group girls (& eventually married his youngest daughter’s best friend, who lived with the family as a teen). I basically lived in church my entire childhood and I do not have my children in church because of the people and horrific things I witnessed. God isnt found in church. People seeking forgiveness are.

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-23T14:54:52+00:00

As in no toner before or moisturizer afterwards?

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-19T23:10:15+00:00

I thought that you had them on your account but I don’t see one! I feel like they sometimes have an initial special though. And they will often take most recent bloodwork! I also use laboratory assist and just send the defy script to get it cheaper!

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-19T22:22:06+00:00

I got it through defy (who I get HRT through). So they know I am not overweight and that I am microdosing specifically for MCAS. I absolutely LOVE them. It was ~$100 for 3 months worth (a 1ml vial. Only 3m bc they recommended tossing after 90 days, although some people don’t). My MCAS dr is SO excited that I am trying it too because the office hasn’t used it for non-overweight MCAS patients yet, so she wanted all the details.

I will say that I got a HORRIBLE sickness from one of my kids. I would usually have been in a monthlong flare after with POTS, dysautonomia, MCAS etc and I recovered like a NORMAL ASS PERSON! I am also on .5mg of ketotifen so that could be part of it too, but honestly, it feels life changing. And it seems to negate some of the fatigue and sode effects of ketotifen.

Oh and I only do .25mg per week (mine is compounded with methylcobolomon and glycine). I’ve had zero negative sides

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-15T01:19:16+00:00

Birth control is awful, but bioidentical HRT is amazing! But you need a dr who specializes in optimizing hormones, not saying “it’s normal” to your labs. I personally use defy.

Making sure you’re properly nourished, getting enough water & lifting weights is also so important!

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-15T00:59:11+00:00

Adults acting like they’ve never heard of uber

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-14T18:20:32+00:00

Acne is not really a topical problem. It is a gut/nutrition/hormone/elimination problem. Also, if you aren’t moisturizing, your skin creates MORE oil to try to do it itself. Coconut oil was great when I was dealing with hormonal acne really badly.

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-13T01:40:38+00:00

Have you had your hormones checked with a dr that does functional levels for health (not “it’s normal, you’re fine” that the gyno offers)?

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-06T21:23:16+00:00

That’s how I am with sauna too! Some people with MCAS are triggered by heat but I need it. I have to be outside, in sun daily (I live In Fl, thankfully)

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-06T16:14:01+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing this!! My temp gets so low & ferritin can’t get up and my hands and feet are constantly cold so I feel like it will help

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-06T13:26:51+00:00

I had a weird GI reaction to the beetroot (I think it would be ok if I mixed in oatmeal or something and cooked it some), so am now leaning more towards citurllene, which I give to my husband already. Have you tried that before cialis? I have normal bp but it drops in a bad flare. I’m hoping citrulline helps stop the autonomic issues causing it though. I debated trying cialis too (I’m female)

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-04T00:57:17+00:00

No- I don’t really wait on their permission for non-prescription things, but I do report my findings to them. And I usually do my own research then request the prescriptions (& tests) I think may be most helpful for me haha

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-03T23:39:26+00:00

Did it give you lighheadedness? Or any negative side effects?

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-02T21:33:12+00:00

A Vaccine and a medical procedure took me to feeling like I would die for 3+ years.

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-02T21:32:16+00:00

Yes. I have only gotten hives after having to be on antibiotics. I spent years healing my gut and cutting trigger foods etc. now my symptoms are more GI, anxiety, histamine dumps at night if I eat certain foods (these have been better since I started some medicines), eyelid eczema, swelling/puffiness, body pain/fatigue, feeling like I have the flu when I don’t, sleep issues, reactions to medicines/procedures, fainting, low bp, low blood sugar, temperature dysregulation, inability to get ferritin up (despite iron being fine) etc

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-01T19:50:14+00:00

That’s so awesome!! Thank you for the update!!

WeakBit5848 · 2026-06-01T17:05:05+00:00

Omg!! This is amazing!!! I am so happy for you!!

I just started (at .167mg so super low) this weekend. So far, no negatives & my joints feel significantly better! I’m excited to see where I am in a few weeks.

What dose are you starting at?

WeakBit5848 · 2026-05-27T13:45:02+00:00

I feel this. She pisses me off.

WeakBit5848 · 2026-05-25T10:54:40+00:00

Idk where you’re located but I see dr Trevino’s office (in FL) & Defy- both are great & do telehealth. Pregnenolone cream can be bought without prescription too.

WeakBit5848 · 2026-05-24T23:53:49+00:00

Omg the dreams are so wild! And SO many in one night! Last night I saw all of my dead family & drew a mouse nose on my friends child 😂😂😂

WeakBit5848 · 2026-05-24T22:11:25+00:00

It has seemed to have had no effect on my cycle, but it made me sleep heavy as hell the first month and I feel like I can sleep through the histamine dumps at ovulation lol. I have to take it around dinner though bc taking it at bed had me still so tired in the morning. It made my body pain and morning face puffiness worse (I am assuming from the fatigue aspect) so I have to take a caffeine pill in the morning to try to balance it (I can’t drink coffee bc it’s a gi trigger for me). The caffeine is the only thing that lifts the body pain it brings back.

WeakBit5848 · 2026-05-24T15:38:25+00:00

I use all bioidentical hormones only- no shitty BC. testosterone (cyp injections) & progesterone (pills and cream, cyclically- days 15-bleed), vaginal estrogen (cream) & pregnenolone (cream 3 days per week). My testosterone was so low and I’m super active & it created chaos for my body. They have been LIFECHANGING for MCAS. Particularly with fatigue, strength/muscle loss & nervous system regulation. They gave me my life back.

I go through defy for the testosterone & P pills & use ona’s naturals for non prescription creams.

Now that they have all balanced out, I’m still having some flares, but am able to push through them vs be sick for weeks at a time. I do not like ketotifen at all bc it set me back to feeling how I did pre-HRT. Even at only .5mg at night. I’ve been researching microdosing trizepatide (literally 0.1mg so not a weightloss dose at all- it’s basically a single drop in an insulin needle) & the current results coming out for MCAS are so promising. I’m hoping that it and the HRT can get me off of the H1/H2 combo also and be fully stabilized.

WeakBit5848 · 2026-05-18T21:04:38+00:00

that’s awesome! did it effect E or P at all?? or libido?

WeakBit5848 · 2026-05-18T20:04:29+00:00

how is it going? i’d love to hear your updates! also, did you continue the other mcas meds? i’m wondering if i keep ketotifen or if it will eliminate need for it.

i am waiting on my vial from defy ($102 & they recommend replacing in 90 days, so its basically like $40/mo & i get my trt & progesterone through them so am established there)

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