I really don't know.

The natural approach is correcting something that was wrong, and doing so very quickly for you.

I think you should continue the lipoic for at least another month, and then stop. See if the symptoms return. If not, that would show healing IMO.

You can take them together, but I would do a test like above, first to learn something about your symptoms.

You might want to try some antioxidants too-- the powerful ones. They also trap free radicals and help with inflammation.

MegaRed Krill oil with the astaxanthin and grapeseed extract.
You can buy the astaxanthin separately now, and neither is expensive. Something to think about.

Lipoic acid also reduces blood sugars and that may be happening too. Lipoic acid is added to "mitochondrial support" supplements to aid acetyl carnitine in them. So it has several functions.