when is Vitamin C flush appropriate?

this time round (4th and 5th flagle pulse) have felt that anti-poryphoria measures have worked better - since I am now doing them properly!!!!!

I take the cholestyramine sometimes, charcoal others. I take lots of B12 (so delicious!) and I try to remember the Emergen C/glucose drink!

What I am unsure about is when I should do the Vitamin C flush. Is it just a feeling of being weighed down despite above measures? Does it tend to be last on people's list? Just wondering.

I still feel weak and fatigued after my last pulses - but the anti-porphoria measures I am using at least seem to help deal with the sudden angry impulses and vile headaches.

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M.E./CFSi [1]i [1] 20 years, intermittent. Wheldon Protocol - Started NACi [2] and supplementsi [3]i [3] Sept 2007. Doxyi [4]i [4] and Roxy full dose by Dec '07. First Flagyli [5]i [5] pulse January 2008.

Vitamin C flush is a bit

Submitted by Michèle on Wed, 2008-04-30 04:03.

Vitamin C flush is a bit drastic for some people. If you have IBSi [6] or diverticulosis I would be very cautious about doing it. Anything that interferes with my lower GI tract I am cautious about. It will also mean that you have to be near a toilet for the day...

Hopefully, other people who have actually experienced one might give you the benefit of their experience.

Michèle (UK) GFAi [7]: Wheldon CAPi [8] 1st May 2006. Daily Doxyi [4], Azi MWF, metroi [5] pulse. Zoo keeper for Ella, RRMSi [9], At worse EDSSi [10] 9, 3 months later 7 now 5.5 Wheldon CAP 16th March 2006

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Michèle (UK) GFAi [7]: Wheldon CAPi [8] 1st May 2006. Daily Doxyi [4], Azi MWF, metroi [5] pulse. Zoo keeper for Ella, RRMSi [9], At worse EDSSi [10] 9, 3 months later 7 now 6.5 Wheldon CAP 16th March 2006

yes, i did one a few days

Submitted by blackfoot on Wed, 2008-04-30 04:12.

yes, i did one a few days ago, and was surprised a little. This time I did it properly with Buffered vitamin C powder, and you are right. Though it was very easy in a way, it did feel a little drastic. I did it in the second part of the day so that at least I could go to bed after and recover! But yes i take your point.

M.E./CFSi [1] 20 years, intermittent. Wheldon Protocol - Started NACi [2] and supplementsi [3] Sept 2007. Doxyi [4] and Roxy full dose by Dec '07. First Flagyli [5] pulse January 2008.

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M.E./CFSi [1] 20 years, intermittent. Wheldon Protocol - Started NACi [2] and supplementsi [3] Sept 2007. Doxyi [4] and Roxy full dose by Dec '07. First Flagyli [5] pulse January 2008.

I certainly would agree

Submitted by Jim K on Wed, 2008-04-30 19:07.

I certainly would agree with Michele's cautions, but it really saved me to have it at about day three of pulses for the first year or so. I use it only rarely now, but when I need a drastic measure it really comes through. I'd usually do it first thing in the morning so I wouldn't clear out all my meds using it, then could get on with my day. I didn't need recovery as it really made me feel lots better.

CAPi [8] for Cpni [11] 11/04. Dx: 25yrs CFSi [1] & FMSi [12]. Protocol: 200mg Doxyi [4], 300mg Roxithromycin, Tinii [13] 1000mg/day pulses; Vit D1000 units, Iodoral 50mg, T4 & T3

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CAPi [8] for Cpni [11] 11/04. Dx: 25yrs CFSi [1] & FMSi [12]. Currently: 150mg BID Roxithromycin, Doxycycline 100mg BID, Tinii [13] 1000mg/day pulses; Vit D2000 units, T4 & T3

I think of it as a poor

Submitted by blackfoot on Thu, 2008-05-01 03:11.

I think of it as a poor man's colonic irrigation .... and therefore useful at times.

M.E./CFSi [1] 20 years, intermittent. Wheldon Protocol - Started NACi [2] and supplementsi [3] Sept 2007. Doxyi [4] and Roxy full dose by Dec '07. First Flagyli [5] pulse January 2008.