Well, when I first got here I crashed and then every day was a little better until I would talk to dr Lam and he would change something and then I'd feel worse. I got really low when he decreased my isocort from 5 grams to 2.5 grams so that he could introduce C. At that point I decided to do this on my own, without outsider tweaking. I am definitely Very gradually improving since I stopped working with Lam. I usually sleep through the night. My stomach is in bad shape though, with constant belching, but I think it's because I'm not taking enough hcl. I had decreased my dose and was trying to use bitters to stimulate acid production. I don't think there is any in there. My gums are all swollen and around one of my front teeth the gums look extra red and receding. I'm not exercising at all at this point. I sometimes leave to go to the grocery store, but it is rare. I mostly lay in the grass or sit on the porch. I help with dinner a little. I can now talk on the phone without getting wiped out and have done it up to two hours safely recently. Although, I can't watch movies with the volume on at all. I watch them in silence, while my dad has head phones on. I ask him what's going on if I'm lost or if I happen to care. Let's see... For most of the day my body doesn't hurt, except my stomach and after dinner, when my energy usually drops exponentially. Today I added another c support before dinner and made sure to take my pandrenal a little earlier and that seemed to help. I tend to be exhausted at night with body aches. Any kind of talk about stress makes me very sick though. I was talking to my mom tonight and was feeling decent... While taking my temp, by the way (98.6!) and my mom started talking about something stressful with her sister and I got really sick about 5 mins into it. So, I'm still very sensitive. I've been home for a little over a month... Going to see my new accupuncturist tomorrow, who sent off my hair for mineral analysis. That's the update for now.

I actually want to be more specific, just in case it matters to anyone. My doctor put me on thyroid, dhea and had me detoxing at the same time with a homeopathic detox and going to sweat in a sauna for a half hour 2-3 days per week. During that period I completely lost my sex drive, my arm pits started smelling toxic and I would have roller coaster energy levels... 4 days high as a kite. I was lifting more weight at the gym. I would run around with boundless energy and then I would feel like I was coming down with the flu, which I now understand to be a crash. At that time I thought I was detoxing and that I had to do it in order to feel better. When the detox protocol ended and my sex drive was still gone I stoped the thyroid and dhea... My sex drive came back. That's when I started to feel horribly thirsty and weak though. Research brought me to Lam and the b's and c's...