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by MikeLumos 1788 days ago
Can you share a bit more about your autoimmune disease?

What disease was it? What kind of medications have helped you?

I'm suffering from some kind of autoimmune-like disease with similar symptoms and trying to figure out what's wrong with me.

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Sjogrens. Second most common after lupus. Lots of neurological complications.

Plaqunial helped a lot, but I can’t tolerate it. Shame, it works well. Steroids are good for ending a flare but it’s hard to get prescribed, also side effects.

What really worked for me me was * blood thinners for cognitive defects * Avoid triggers, direct sun, sugar, caffeine, spice * autoimmune protocol diet * magnesium, vit d, e, b complex, fish oil

Get blood work done for each kind. ANA test as a starting point.

For me Early Sjo test confined diagnosis.

Make a list of ALL symptoms and take it with you to all doctors. A Neuro-ophthalmologist was the first to say Sjogrens based only off my sheet.

An elimination diet is probably the best place to start. I ate nothing but sweet potatoes for a month, my symptoms all cleared up. Stated coming back when I introduced random foods.

That’s how I started following AIP diet