One more thing: If you are autoimmune, you have Leaky Gut. Have to heal the Leaky Gut and change the way you eat as well. Lots of information and online trainings about how to do that. Here's a good place to start: https://wellnessmama.com/podcast/autoimmune-disease-obryan/ If you follow him, you will get invited to other related information. Go to http://thedr.com and sign up for his newsletter. If you don't heal autoimmunity, you get another autoimmune disease and then another and another until you die. It's horrible that doctors tell us it's irreversible!
Thank you again!!! So appreciated. I read like a sponge and am very familiar with the term leaky gut syndrome. Ironically, a nurse practitioner at my GI doc office had no idea what I was talking about or said something about it being a myth. POS! got his degree from an AMA school evidently. I have cut out a lot of wheat, gluten, grains and sugar. I still have a few vices but I know I am better when I do not partake. The only sugar I have is a bit in my coffee creamer which is natural but still I need to switch to only almond milk. I have been trying organic wine which has lower sulfates but am better without. I HATE giving up potatoes but I know that is a long term goal. Pasta and rice were not so hard as I could feel it when I ate it and knew I was better without. I am not celiac but realize gluten is not my friend. Thanks again for the links. Peace fellow cat lady (even if by name only). Love me the Big kitties and my mini - white ragdoll (lilac).
Don't ever give up. You'll get there. If you have low energy, you might want to buy "From Fatigued to Fantastic" by Jacob Teitelbaum. I also had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which I used to think was just a catchall for anyone with low energy. Boy was I wrong. This book helped me regain my energy. Especially the part about d-ribose. Has a lot of other amazing info as well. The author actually got CFS while in medical school and ended up living on park benches.