Almost 12 months into long haul. Recently found out I have high levels of S100B indicative of inflammation in the brain and/or CNS. Negative ANA and CRP is normal. Had brain MRI, heart MRI and CT scan of the abdomen.
Currently taking prednisone and the antihistamine stack, but my GP also suggested we try IVIG.
Open to it but interested in hearing any experiences.
Only remaining symptoms are fatigue and PEM. The former much alleviated with prednisone.
Hi everyone.
My story: grew up with drug addicted father and hectic, anxious depressed mother.
So i have suffered with low self-esteem for large parts of my life. I am and almost 30 year old man. Been through the psychedelic search with use of substances from psilocybin, LSD, 5-meo-DMT and Ayahuasca once. I have been searching for a long time for more relief and peace inside myself. And establishing firmer and stronger boundaries and being more happy with my self from day to day.
My childhood i survived mainly through dissociation into video games, intense weight lifting/bodybuilding and i had my spiritual awakening/breakdown approximately around 26-27 years old.
I started seeing a therapist in the beginning of 2020 and he has helped me massively. I have also tried ketamine nasally dozens of times at home, at parties and combined with LSD and MDMA. And i think it is quite a remarkably substance.
Now they have gotten a clinic in my hometown here i Norway. And i have signed up for three sessions with Ketamine being pumped into my veins and blood intravenous. The psychologist i talked to seemed really professional, and i talked about my depressive, anxious episodes and intense desire to escape my hometown, and travel away from everything everytime i feel really down.
I have been struggling with an intense split on the inside. One part of me wants to stick around with my family, girlfriend and friends, and another part wants to get the hell out of here.
Soi am wondering what you guys think about this ketamine therapy i signed up for now. Being my session this monday, and tuesday the day after. And the last one on monday 22.02.2021 i will combine this Ketamine therapy combined with going to my therapist and still working on the repressed childhood traumas inside of me.
Since i have tried Ketamine a bunch of other times nasally, been in K-hole lot´s of times and done it recreationally with friends and on my own. How different will this be for me doing it intravenous in a clinical setting? Is this something i must do for a long period of my life? Since it is quite expensive (and i have the money atm) i aim at this as another tool helping me along the way to better and better life quality. I have been getting more and more life quality the last months. More light coming in through my eyes!
I can also mention that i am an intense seeker. Been delving in philosophy, psychedelics like mentioned, using floatation therapy a lot (since my brother owns a float
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Hi guys! I was wondering for the use of Intravenous needles for pediatric cancer patients aged 4 - 10 Years old , in which part of their arm are the most common spot for the IV needle insertion?
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https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/6/1
Kevin Iole reports: > Mayweather also applied for, and was given, a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) for rehydration purposes after the May 1 weigh-in. He took two separate mixes. The first was a mixture of 250 ml of saline and multi-vitamins. The second was a 500 ml mixuture of saline and Vitamin C. He was urine tested both before and after taking the solutions.
>Nevada rules permit the mixes that Mayweather took, but because USADA was overseeing the testing he applied for and was granted the TUE for them.
Kevin Iole didn't make it clear here. The mixes aren't prohibited substances by either NSAC or USADA. What's prohibited under the WADA code is intravenous therapy, which is classified as a prohibited method. These saline/vitamin mixtures aren't drank, so obviously it's implied that IV therapy was used.
WADA's 2015 Prohibited List says: >Intravenous infusions and/or injections of more than 50 mL per 6 hour period are prohibited except for those legitimately received in the course of hospital admissions, surgical procedures or clinical investigations.
If you're wondering why it's prohibited.
http://www.usada.org/wp-content/uploads/TUE_guidance_intravenous_infusion.pdf >IV infusions are included on the Prohibited List mainly because some athletes could use this Prohibited Method to:
>a) increase their plasma volume levels; >b) mask the use of a Prohibited Substance; >c) distort the values of their Athlete Biological Passport.
>In sports with weight classifications, athletes may be encouraged to undertake significant, accelerated weight loss to qualify for a competition and then use IV infusion to rapidly rehydrate. This practice invokes issues of athlete health and safety.
But it's actually okay to use IV therapy as long as you get a therapeutic use exemption, which Mayweather did.
>If a non-prohibited substance is infused or injected without a concurrent hospital admission, surgical procedure or clinical investigation; a TUE must be submitted for this Prohibited Method if more than 50 mL of fluid per a 6-hour period is infused or injected.
What doesn't make sense is why USADA would grant the TUE. TUEs are only granted for medical reasons, an
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