The "difficulty breathing" felt like I was sucking air just fine, but into a balloon that got smaller and stronger, as if it required more effort to pack it in, rather than more air. It was weird. But when I was at rest, it wasn't bad at all. Until it was.

So until the difficulty was near-constant, it was basically fine until I hiked a mountain. And then fine until I walked a mile. And then fine until I walked 2 blocks to the store. You get the idea. At the same time I had a pervasive lethargy, which kept me from wanting to walk a few blocks. After a while it became a problem all the time. So when it reversed, it reversed mostly the same way. Better, and better, but more in terms of endurance until difficulty, rather than becoming less difficult.

After nebulizing, it was immediately apparent that it helped. For the first few days I nebulized 5 or 6 times a day, and by the end of a week I felt downright energetic. And then I slacked off, and it came back gradually. But it was a lot less frightening, knowing that I could fix it. So I kept nebulizing 2-4 times a day randomly for a few weeks, even when I felt pretty good, just because I didn't want it to come back.

And yeah, I'm totally recovered now. I'm even over the paranoia, as I was hyper-aware of my breathing for months after. But this was April 2020. A long time ago.

I got mine at a local health food store.

Thank you! I have been looking for info an real reasons that this disease occurs. There is so much information & just have not found a common denominator.

Seems like anti paracitics is a good first step to explore.

I have never heard of mebendazole, thank you for that research. I will look further into it too.

There is a chiropractor in FL who claims they have cured T1D in multiple patients. I need to get their information again. My baby bro acquired T1D & their youngest son picked it up too recently. He has gone to speak with this guy & had my nephew treated. They are still working on it, though there was a wealth of information that my brother picked up about potential root causes & common denominators for diabetics.

Thank you for the Faustman lab link. I will check into that as well. Once I chat up my brother again I will come back & reply to you with additional info from his conversation. I was at a pool party for my son the day he was talking about it & didn't get any notes to recall specifics.

Edit-Just read an article about Fausman. That is some incredibly interesting stuff.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QVBK2NQ/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_0KZJJ11YWHGA9SGCQETX is the one I used (went liquid initially since I figured it is likely to absorb better) & picked it up after someone on this forum (or maybe TD on reddit/.win) let me know that HQC was a derived from Quinine. They claimed they worked in a lab & I figured it couldn't hurt to try.

I also use Zinc Maxx by Gannon Med, I have tried other cheaper ones & found that this one just works for me. It is Zinc Gluconate 50mg. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0863NNPH4/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_1Y4QVF42S7KQY1NFYTSE?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I figured the FDA likely limited "suggested dosages" in supplements to a point that they are not effective from what I had seen in other studies related to Vit D & Vit C.

When I got a head cold, I did the suggested quinine dosage 3 times per day (which was three times the amount) & took 300-400mg of Zinc.

I had later discovered that zinc depletes copper & that was causing some post concussion issues to resurface, so I added more copper when I went on high dosages. I also noticed that my skin cleared up starting a few days into treatment at those levels.

At this point, if I get a wound that won't heal up, or start to feel gross I take 300-400mg of Zinc with 2 droppers filled with Quinine & that helps quide a bit by the next morning with cold symptoms & I will keep going it for skin issues until wounds go away, for really stubborn wounds that just won't heal up I take it morning & night (dealing with nasuea in the day for a few hours occassionally. It makes me think I may have a perpetual low zinc issue from cells using it all the time to fight diabetes or something else.

Quinine is an ionophore which as best I understand it works for zinc like insulin works for sugar. It just let's the zinc get into the cells.

Zinc & this Quinine knocks out the crappy cold feeling within 24 hours (usually 12) & then I have normal congestion that clears up much faster. As a T1D these would stay with me for 30%-50% longer than my non diabetic family members, so this has been a game changer for me.

If I use Queceritine instead of Quinine I have not noticed a difference in insulin need, though it does help with enough vitamin C to get that zinc into my system. Also Vitamin C is water soluble, so as I have come to understand it, that goes right through you. I went from 10k daily in a single dose to five to six 2k doses & that seems to do better for my overall health through the day, though that may just be in my head so I believe it, I can't really pinpoint why it feels better.

Also I found in a book from an Indian Dr that all diabetics are vitamin D deficient. Once I paid attention to it, my sugars in the summer (even laying in a hammock with no shirt) dropped significantly. More so with work obviously, but a noted difference in insulin need when I spend 8+ hours in the sun lazily or not. So I take 40k Vitamin D daily too. I can give you the link to that book if you like, it had some interesting info & an experience in my 20s (10 years after being diagnosed) has me convinced we can reverse this thing if we know what we are doing (ie not just a fluke that our insulin needs drop). I didn't really connect those dots until I read this book & realized everything he noted I did during a summer gig on a farm in a small town for an entire summer. It is what has me searching for ways to decrease insulin need (which now I have a few & am excited to look over your info).

Thanks for the conversation. Please feel free to hit me up with any new data or if you are looking for clarification.

I like to call it "real diabetes".

Wasnt really directing that anyone, just basing off the typical pre-existing conditions. Many have no issues at all with covid, most nevre knew they even had it. But those with certain pre existing conditions do have some issues, and theres not much that can be done about a lifetime of poor decisions in a very short term fix.