I’m not sure if this holds any weight but I’m using NAC specifically to lower my histamine. Although I’ve never been tested, I seem to have histamine intolerance/MCAS. My histamine spikes fairly regularly and NAC has been a lifesaver. It’s quick and effective.
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This is extremely interesting.
I’va had severe insomnia recently on several occasions, often accompanied by itching. It’s finally chatGPT that suggested the culprit was histamine, and indeed, on the worst insomnia nights, I ate a lot of high-histamine foods, and cutting them out stopped the insomnia. Later, my doctor prescribed me an anti-histamine, and while I don’t want to take that long term (it’s more of an experiment), it definitively helps me sleep.
How much Nac do you take to help with histamine?
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I find the same thing for myself. When my histamine is up I tend to have hot flashes which makes it difficult to sleep. I have 600 mg capsules and I take one at a time. If my histamine is just starting to go up, only 1 capsule will nip it. For a severe attack I keep taking capsules until I get relief. There have been a few times that I needed at least 6 capsules over the course of a few hours. That’s rather rare though.
Since we’re talking about difficult sleeping… that’s been an ongoing issue over the past decade for me. I started using sermorelin and at the very beginning it helped. Then the honeymoon was over. After about 2 months of sermorelin I added VIP. I find that I fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer.
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