Another chapter in my search for a supplement regimen that agrees with my chemistry. I came across a disease called pyroluria, with a long list of seemingly random symptoms and questionable validity in the scientific community. The treatment was simple... extra zinc and vitamin b6. Doesn't sound like something a quack doctor would make up to sell expensive treatments and supplements for, so I went down the list and checked the symptoms I had, namely:
White spots on fingernails, no appetite in the morning/tendency to skip breakfast, pale skin makes tanning extremely hard, sensitivity to bright light, hypersensitive to loud noises, slight dyslexia, much higher mental capability in the evening, anxiousness and depression, preference to spicy or heavily favored foods, low tolerance for stress, antisocial behavior, fatigue and lack of energy, panic attacks.
Like I said... long list, and these are only the ones I can say that I have. After seeing the surprising number of symptoms that I matched I went down to Walmart and picked up a bottle of Zinc, B6, and Magnesium (heard that it also can help). Today is the forth day of my regimen, which looks like this:
Morning with food:
Vitamin B6 200mg
Vitamin C 1000mg
Vitamin D3, 5000 iu
Vitamin E 200 iu
Afternoon empty stomach:
Zinc 50mg
Nightime empty stomach
5HTP 100mg
Melatonin 3mg
Magnesium 250mg
Zinc 50mg
First day I didn't feel much, maybe a little peppier but that could have been placebo. Second day was to say the least, awesome. I literally felt like I was on Adderall or some other upper. I had one glass of Mountain Dew but my caffeine tolerance is so high it couldn't have done much if anything. I was more social, handled stress extremely well at work, and just felt good. At the end of the third night I was praying that this wouldn't be a honeymoon phase. Third day wasn't quite as good as the second but I believe thats because I had to stay home all day to try and sell my car, but nonetheless still 10x better than before. Today marks the fourth and all I have to say is I'm still feeling so good that I had to get on the forum to tell someone about it. What has surprised me the most is my attitude towards other people. All my life I've been extremely apathetic and its caused me to lose more than one relationship. Now I actually care about other people and have sympathy for them. I've also become more assertive at work and in personal life... including my sex life =]
I realize that this indeed may not actually be pyroluria and possibly some other deficiency that this particular regimen is correcting. Zinc can help raise low testosterone levels which I've long suspected I've had, but I don't think I'd be seeing results like this so soon if that was the case.
I'd like to hear others thoughts on my situation/regimen and possibly others that have sought treatment for pyroluria.