Story
ME/CFS
Substantial
Moderate Independent (blog, forum, news)
Alternative therapiesGut problems substantial
ME/CFS · Moderate · Ill 20 years · forums.phoenixrising.me · Oct 2022
ME/CFS
Moderate → substantialIll for 20 years
Digestive enzymes profound positive effect on me (Mary)
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- 20 years
- Published
- Oct 2022
Summary
After roughly 20 years of gallbladder and digestive problems, she titrated betaine HCl with pepsin up to 3 capsules per meal, alongside Standard Process AF Betafood, a chiropractor-supervised month-long liver detox, and milk thistle. Her gallbladder problems "disappeared," her liver worked better and food tolerance improved; she calls the betaine HCl change "night and day." The improvement held for years, and she now says she can skip the betaine HCl "most of the time" while still digesting well.