So I tried all of the elements of my treatment individually, to success. No side effects for all of them, except the Mastic Gum where the side effects were mild.

Great success!

But wait... maybe not.

The last one I tried was Monolaurin on Saturday night. This is a biofilm disruptor like the NAC which I had a hard time tolerating, so I braced for side effect impact.

Nothing. Saturday night passed without feeling anything different. I was extra tired, but I had a sleep deficit lately, so I figured it was from that.

Slept a good 10 hours and woke up Sunday with back pain. Figured it was just from sleeping so many hours on a sloped bed.

Then I noticed I was still very fatigued. Then I noticed I had diarrhea.

Ugh.

I forced myself to go on a hike with the family, which I completed fine, but dragged somewhat during it.

Had dinner, took the Monolaurin and the Floristor probiotic. Then I had another bout of diarrhea.

I figured the diarrhea was no big deal because so many elements of this treatment (Pepto, Mastic Gum, Floristor) are known to cause constipation, so it was actually good that I was starting off on the "other side" of this problem, right?

I took some Pepto.

Felt even more tired and went to bed at 8:30pm. I noticed I was getting sharp shooting pains in the big toe of my left foot (wtf??)

At 11:30pm, I woke up from a nightmare and then felt all hot and stuffy in the room.

Had to go to a larger room, open the window to let in cold air, and try to relax.

The weird pains in my toe were continuing, like every 10 minutes or so. Stomach and back hurt. Very lethargic.

Whole thing kinda felt flu-like, except I wasn't nauseous, and had no fever.

I took my pulse and it was around 80. That's usually indicative of a problem. When everything is mostly "normal", it reliably sits in the low 60s. (When I was having my worst anxiety problems, the faster heart rate was present, too.)

It's been over 4 hours since. Some things have improved. Stomach still feels fucked up, and back hurts. Toe pain stopped, thankfully. Heart rate declined to 72, but that's still a bit high for me. FYI, not worried about heart trouble, but just using the heart rate to determine if my body thinks it's fighting something.

Anyway, I suspect the Monolaurin might be at fault here, though it is supposed to be very well tolerated by most people.

Sigh.

What a pain in the ass.