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Dr. Becky Campbell
Functional medicine notes on MCAS, histamine intolerance, mold, methylation, and the nervous system, from a past patient no one could figure out.
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How I work when someone presents with the triad, POTS, MCAS and EDS.
Where I start, what I do first for the dizziness versus the reactions, how I keep from flaring a sensitive system, and the labs I actually consider.
Bendy joints, a racing heart when you stand, and a body that reacts to everything. I had all three, and learning they were all related changed everything.
I spent years thinking these were three unrelated quirks of mine. Understanding they were one thing is what finally turned it around.
How I actually work up ADHD when I think histamine is a big factor.
The lab panel I run, what order I start with for diet vs. detox, and the order I have used with myself and my own kids.
I have an ADHD diagnosis, and so do two of my kids. What role does histamine play in this.
This is not a post saying ADHD is not real. It is the story of what my brain actually does, why medication went so wrong for me, and the piece I did not understand until my thirties.
Your body built that fat to protect you. Here is how I help it let go.
Weight that will not move is often not a willpower problem. It is a body under a load, holding on. Here is what I look at, why crash dieting can make it worse, and the order I actually work in.
Your body is holding on to extra weight, and this could be why.
You are eating clean and moving your body and the scale will not budge. It’s not willpower. Your fat is an immune organ, and histamine may be holding your metabolism in a stuck, inflamed state.
The sulfur bottleneck: why methylation backfires, and the order that fixes it.
The junction where methylation meets sulfur, why pushing methyl donors speeds up a road that may already be jammed, and the sequence that finally lets it help.
You followed the histamine protocol and got more wired & anxious. Here is why.
For a big group of people, the methylation piece backfires no matter how carefully they go. The missing piece is sulfur. This was never a speed problem. It is a sequence problem.
How to break the blood sugar and histamine loop.
Your crashes and your flares are the same loop. Here is the workup, and the order I steady blood sugar in, one of the most overlooked MCAS calming strategies there is.