Shortly after my last post about feeling AMAAZING, I unfortunately began to feel rather less than such. Lol. I think that's in part because I was still adjusting to increasing the dose of my new supplements, and partly because I was PMS-ing, and since my Doxycycline experience 3 months ago, PMS has felt a lot like a repeat of that experience, if not anywhere near as intense.
My guess is that's due to the Doxycycline nuking my beneficial gut-flora, and my theory is that gut flora might play a role in helping one to be more mentally and physically resilient during times of hormonal changes.
Whatever the reason, focussing on recolonising beneficial gut flora is usually a good idea post a course of antibiotics. So I've been enjoying my fermented veggies, occasional yogurt and kefir, as well as taking a variety of different probiotics supplements, not all at once. I rotate them every week or so. Apparently ingesting a range of different probiotic bacteria is a good way to go. The next one I plan to try is Gutpro http://organic3.com/gutpro/. I've heard it's favoured by people on GAPS protocol due to it's ability to repopulate the gut flora whereas most of the probiotic supplements you buy don't do this.Yes! How about that? Apparently they do make a beneficial difference on their way through the gut so are worth taking but for whatever reason the bacteria from most probiotic supplements aren't able to take up residence in the gut, which you want them to. Well, this is what I've been told but we haven't learnt about this in detail yet, so, maybe do your own research. In fact always do your own research. I may have gotten HDs again for my second lot of exams (thank you, thank you) but I get stuff wrong, man do I get stuff wrong! Like being raw vegan for too long... Damn. Anyhoo. Learning experience!
I have more news but it can wait for another post. Let's just say PMS has passed and I'm back to feeling my new, improved, AMAZING self, a good fair bit of the time. Yay! :D
