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Vitamin C Flush

knufflesmcblimp
knufflesmcblimp
Anybody try this? My doc is recommending I try it.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Sounds like a good way to wash all the vitamins out of your liver and totally overwhelm your kidneys. Last time i had too much vit c I got light sensitive and insomniacy. What benefit does your doctor expect from this?
lynx49
lynx49
Hi Knuffles!

Could you explain this a bit more? I used to get Hi-Cs from my integrative Doc. It was a hi dose of vit c - 25,000 - 50,000 mg via an IV solution. Gave me more energy, cleaned out my liver , & about killed all the candida in me. Unfortunately it wasn't a cure for me. The hi-cs are great too for the flu & shingles.

Hope work is continuing to go well!
knufflesmcblimp
knufflesmcblimp
Well the doc is an ENT I saw for my sinus issues. He seems to think my immune system is struggling with Epstein Barr. I forgot the specifics of the flush off the top of my head, but I'm supposed to take large doses of Buffered Vitamin C every 15 minutes until I get diarhea (which should occur that day). Either the next day or each day after, I'm supposed to take a little less than what gave me diarrhea. I think it's supposed to max out the amount of Vitamin C I can absorb.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm so confused about vitamin C right now. I always liked to take 1000-2000mg of it before i was sick, then my doctor told me studies found that it only helps with colds if you take it at onset, so i stopped.

I read Dr. Allison Bested's book about CFS - she's one of the top experts whom i found through Dr. Carruthers - she says that Vitamin C is a potent antioxidant at low levels and in the thousands it does the opposite. The book stresses how CFS patients are under such oxidative stress so we need to do everything we can to limit our exposure.

Which is it??
knufflesmcblimp
knufflesmcblimp
So I'm taking the Vitamin C flush today. It feels pretty gross chugging this stuff every 15 minutes. I think I may puke first before it gives me diarrhea:)
lynx49
lynx49
Let us know how it goes and if you feel any better once it's over.
knufflesmcblimp
knufflesmcblimp
After the flush, I just felt really drained. My symptoms are still just as prevalent. I'm gonna keep doing it though. I think the flush part may be just to see how much you can hold. I'll keep taking high vitamin c for a while and see what happens. I doubt anything.