Yes your approach basic understanding was where I was back then. I had no idea about the biochemistry I know now. I was pretty blind but I went with gbolds thinking and it worked really well for me. I’m really glad it’s worked for you.
Shit happened with me. The Lyme relapse, the antibiotic damage, the Cyanobacteria infection and methylation problems that would develop because of it. I can’t believe what happened but I’m here and alive still.
I’ve learned so much. I just got so sick where I can’t go at it blindly I have to know specifics. And deep down I truly believe I do understand the majority of the specifics I need for my system to get well.
It hasn’t been fun but I had to learn the biochemistry deeply regarding this all. It’s fascinating to be honest and keeps me going.
I started an approach about 12 days ago. It seems like it’s what I need and have needed for 2 years now. But dosing is the tricky part and I’m learning the things I can do and cannot do.
It might takes me months to get in rhythm. A pfs friend who was deathly ill (he actuallly was a friend of gbolds prior to hack)… it took him 6 months of a methylation approach before he could exercise or do much at all.
He’s been helping me a bit and now I have a couple others involved including a great doctor. I’m optimistic we will see what happens.
For me no approach was 100% perfect. I can tell you that. Even now when I try to fix all my health issues I still do a lot of guessing and listen and watch my body react.
It looks like to me the people who try to do it perfectly measured they seem to lack results. By the books they do everything right, but their approach lacks the "intuitivity" which if you become dialed in to you can make huge progress in your health. Because at that point you dare to make big steps. You learn to listen to what works for you. vs. what some guy on the Internet says (as an example).
Plus there is a biological process. You don't know what your body does with the things you ingest. You don't know 100% on the dot. So why act like you can measure everything? (this is not to you, this is my question for people who believe in exact dosage response from anything like vitamins, minerals, food intake, hormones, etc)
And I think the worse you are the more hardcore you have to be with your approach. E.g. you might get a little bit better but if the % of getting better is too low, you will still deal with it at age 80.
If you are healthier (or start at a healthier baseline) then smaller steps and more carefulness is better. Because at that point you can probably make it to 100% health faster anyways. You don't have to take the same risks.
The catch 22 is that the sickest people have to work the hardest and take the biggest risks to get to a point where they can live life in a fast enough time frame. Those people already lack energy, motivation, mindset, a clean thought process etc. That's why I think a lot of people who are very sick are stuck for a long time. Or they never get out of it really.
A big factor is the risk:reward ratio and learning what works for you in your body. Not just what works on paper.