I am new to this and have been exploring a way to take Vitamin C to suppress my herpes simplex symptoms which aggravate my Meniere's Disease (since studies have shown the herpes virus can reside in the inner ear and wreak havoc). Quite a few folks are taking antivirals like Acyclovir, etc. to treat this, but I would like to explore Vitamin C because it can also help keep me healthy against a variety of other things. Plus I am being a willing lab rat for others with Meniere's who will have an interest in what I am doing.
I've read the book by Linus Pauling (How to Live a Longer Life, etc.) as well as researched a lot of material on the internet but there seems to be a wide variance as to what is an effective dosage for treating herpes so I figured just taking enough vitamin C for my body should work well enough and I would be "listening" to what it requires anyway.
My question is, and again there is a wide variance also on this, what is the effective titration method to bowel tolerance? I.e. how much do you take how often until you hit your limit? Do you spread it out over the day or do you start with a surge and then adjust as needed?
There seems to be conflicting data on all this i.e. some say its best to spread it out through the day, but some suggest loading up on it until you hit your limit, etc. I am looking for the most effective way to start this which is why I'm asking.
Also, once you find your comfortable limit and maintain it, how do you how when your body will need more of it if you're no longer "finding" your bowel limit once on a maintenance level? Is the maintenance level pretty steady or does it fluctuate pretty often?
I have already started taking Vitamin C for about a week now and will share my results but thought I'd ask this first and see what the responses are.
Many thanks,
Ray
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