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ha i don't think i'd seen this one before Multiple Sclerosis: Where Will We Be in 2020? (2011) fft https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/msj.20242 The past decade has seen a surge of research interest in multiple sclerosis and an accelerated expansion of investigative efforts into multipl...

Chapter 5 Work package 2a: practices and platforms for sharing experiences of multiple sclerosis patient experience online – interviews, participant observation and content analysis fft https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK401194/ "... Conclusions: online PEx is an integral part of the MS health i...

i'm haven't done a deep dive to get a better understanding of the potential implications but for now, found this: Synthetic α-Tocopherol, Compared with Natural α-Tocopherol, Downregulates Myelin Genes in Cerebella of Adolescent Ttpa-null Mice https://academic.oup.com/jn/article-abstract/150/5/1031/5...

i can't read all the above today. personal short answer, anecdotally maybe it was a factor. statistically, nope. long answer (from my perspective): yes i had a travel vaccine in the weeks preceding my dx. yes my immune system was literally starved and i would say very vulnerable the time. could the ...

Severe but reversible neuropathy and encephalopathy due to vitamin E deficiency (2017) https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:1213eb7e-65cb-428c-82f9-a8df5603550e "...Severe subacute adult-onset rapidly disabling neuropathy due to vitamin E deficiency is not to our knowledge reported. " i feel like if i...

reminds me of figure one in this article i had found the other day, but haven't looked at too closely yet: Natural forms of vitamin E: metabolism, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities and the role in disease prevention and therapy (2015) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120831/ ...

ah ha Many tocopherols, one vitamin E (2018) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0098299717300419 "Four tocopherols are available in nature and are absorbed with the diet, but only one RRR-α-tocopherol satisfies the criteria of being a vitamin. ... The calculation of the Daily Ref...

this 2012 article confused me for a while...! Vitamin E in ataxia and neurodegenerative diseases: A review (2012) https://www.scirp.org/pdf/wjns20120400006_46258016.pdf ":2. PHYSIOLOGY Vitamin E is an essential fat-soluble Vitamin. Recently, the National Academy of Sciences defined Vitamin E as the ...

gonna take a closer look at this one, too Gamma-Tocopherol – An Underestimated Vitamin? (2004) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ibrahim_Elmadfa/publication/8452393_Gamma-Tocopherol_-_An_Underestimated_Vitamin/links/5aafda52458515ecebea0d23/Gamma-Tocopherol-An-Underestimated-Vitamin.pdf i am inte...

Recent Advances in the Understanding of Vestibular Migraine (2016) https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bn/2016/1801845/ lots of info there, and one paragraph on Nonpharmacological treatment options for VM notes: "...One retrospective study showed that 14% of 38 patients enrolled reported improvement i...

aha results are in! okay that converts to 0.98 mmol/l which is not above normal per se (although it may be from your local lab's perspective), but is definitely in the upper part of the normal range, and therefore less likely to be associated with deficiency symptoms even though the level is normal....

revisiting INO and vit E Acquired Binocular Horizontal Diplopia (1999) https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(11)64815-5/fulltext "... INO, the One-and-a-Half Syndrome, and Vitamin E Deficiency.—Clinically, INO is characterized by adduction weakness on the side of a lesion of the m...

great to hear from you j, hope u are well all things considered.
i am not quite out of the woods yet over here. what a year!
it has been very nice to be able to help a family friend noticeably, while i puzzle out my own dtls

yeah, that was a long one lol :S nice bit of news re your appointment, for sure.

i look forward to seeing your magnesium result, if you can share when it comes through

hi again :) more progress! a couple of thoughts: She also kept saying everything wrong with me was to do with my alcohol consumption. it would be great to have some evidence of alcohol-induced nutrient depletion if applicable in your case, so that at very least in the best case scenario you could ru...