I was thinking of trying the castor oil packs for gallbladder stones. I did the flush about 5 years ago and nearly lost my cookies. It was pretty tough doing the flush. I felt it was kinda traumatic. I have been doing apples and apple juice and today my pressure and burping subsided a lot. Thanks for the information I was also try some Taurine.   [End]
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Adrenals need salt if you get dizzy. I just found out a week ago high histamines can cause low blood pressure. Gut issues can be a symptom of high histamines.   [End]
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Have your histamine levels checked. Stress, estrogen, bad eating creates large amounts of histamines and depletes the enzyme that eliminates them called DAO. For the gut take white willow, gelatin, and ginger. If it is high histamines you need to replenish DAO with Porcine Pancreatic enzymes and lots of them.   [End]
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Your post was a long time ago so I don’t know if this will help but I wanted to reply. Seriphos had the same effect on me years ago. It was calming then it wasn’t. Get your histamine level checked that can be causing your anxiety.   [End]
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No I didn’t. I ended up taking high doses of Vitamin K and so far so good.   [End]
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You might want to have your brain checked out since you have a tendency to pick on people and be little them contentiously. You don’t seem to be completely healed since you display this behavior repeatedly. It is a sign that something is out of balance with you.   [End]
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Actually GABA does help alot. It takes a couple of weeks sometimes to feel the difference. I can tell when I get low and am not taking enough every time. I start dosing a little more and after several weeks I start feeling relaxed and sleeping better. If I have had too much I will start feeling sleepy during the day and then need to back off.   [End]
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Sorry it took me so long to reply I had quit a bit come up to take care of at home. Anyway I took was not typical with my MCS. I was told nobody has typical MCS. Everyone with it will have their own unique versions of it. It’s your brain reacting to a elevated state of stress. MCS can start out with one thing it’s reacting to and gradually take on others. What makes that happen is that when we start having more health issues it increases the stress then in turn your brain picks out more things to be afraid of. We are reacting emotionally at some level sending those signals to the brain and ...
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Brain retraining is strategic positive thinking and mindfulness. It involves getting on top of negative thoughts. You train your mind not to react to the negative. I went through a program but you maybe able duplicate the effects by reading positive thinking books and going to someone to coach you through mindfulness. Researching and worrying about health is a big factor. You do want to take care on of yourself and do what is good for your body but stop the worry associates with that. It took me a lot of work to get on top of the thoughts. Do it lovingly and happily. Even the smallest nega ...
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Thanks Angelhealing! Going back to the Oxalates. A day after we spoke about it here I noticed I was turning my heal to avoid stepping on my heel directly. Felt like a deposit on that bone in my foot. My Natural doc told me to take a high dose of Vit. K to help absorb calcium. I did that and the next day and since no more problems with my foot. Not sure if it was the Vit. K or a coincidence. Next time it happens I will see if it works again.   [End]
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Hello Alwaysleepy, Sorry for the delay in response. I have been in and out of town or a week. If you go back to one of my post and up to the left of my picture in blue highlighted letters will be the words ”Contact Me”. Click on that and it will take you to your page where you can send me an email. Also you can check your mail by going to the very top of the page and under the word Curezone you will see a blue bar that run horizontal across the page. On that bar the 8th selection is ”Mail” and that is where you can go to check your mail. As far PTSD and high cortisol those go han ...
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I remember you Angelhealing. Wow running 10Ks that is awesome!! Your right about the Oxalates. Very insightful of you. I had a prickly feeling and it seems like it was floating around through my blood steam. I put that together with getting kidney stones when I alkalize so I narrowed it down to calcium crystals. I actually have to keep myself a little on the acid side so they don’t crystalize. I don’t supplement with calcium anymore. I will check out that Yahoo group for sure. I did end up having to take Naturethroid. I am trying to rev up my thyroid with coconut oil and am on week 3 w ...
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When I got sick was was stressed from life and work and people. I was very very shy as a child and did have some social anxiety. I am not thick skinned so things bother a lot at times. Not so much anymore since I am older and I really learned a lot. I was kinda negative too so I had to learn to be positive. This was about 10 years ago. I learned there are many ways to look at life. In my illness. I developed lots of fears of different things. This list is huge and long. I had OCD when I was sick also. My friend who had the same horrible down turn with her health had OCD along with the ...
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Your brain is probably running low on Gaba and other amino acids. It needs those to be in a calm state. I replied to your post because your experience is similar to mine in the always amp up mode.   [End]
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You know starting out here years ago I originally thought I had a copper problem. It me years to realize it was my eating habits. I was eating a ton of chocolate and nuts and those two foods are high in copper. Also years and years ago I was on birth control and it has copper in it. The copper was giving me migraines and probably was one of the things that contributed to the attack on my thyroid. Yes my teeth are a priority. I got to get that taken care of. I know I am going to take a big dose of charcoal before and after removal time. I also brushes a little of my gum away during my a ...
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Hello Alwaysleepy, I just posted ”From Bedridden to Hiking I Healed.” I developed chronic anxiety. It can sneak up on you. Your adrenals are involved because the anxiety is draining them. Thoughts that are negative or if we experience something we don’t like, hear bad news, have some health issues causes our brains to release a series of hormones. Even the tiniest little thing like reading an email that you don’t like puts stress on our bodies because of the release of hormones and resources our bodies need to keep us calm and help us deal with the emotions. There are other contributing ...
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Your very inaccurate with your post. I never said I was new here. In fact I said the opposite. Also I never said anything about pharmaceuticals. Also I never over dramatized anything. I also never said I thought I might be dying I actually thought I was really dying. It was not an over dramatic feeling. I was very sick.   [End]
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So glad to hear from you. I was wondering who was still here, but not hoping you were. :) I know a lot of people do the nutritional balancing program. I heard good things about it and have a couple friends who have seen much improvement. I know it’s hard putting all the puzzle pieces together. Yes my experience was so bad, but I came back from it. I was bound and determined. I figured out my AF was more stress and thyroid. I actually have three mercury fillings broken in my mouth right now. Scary but I am fine. I am going back to work so I can get on the dental stuff taken care of. ...
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Actually I have never been under another name here on CZ. I have a lot of friends from CZ who I have had for years. Some of them loved contributing to what they went through and experienced in an effort to help others. Some have left because of being harassed. I find it condescending of you to try to edit my experience and what happened to me. There are some very sick people here seeking answers. They have gone through horrible experiences and me expressing exactly had bad I felt and how hard it was is real. You will not diminish my experience or who I am just because it makes you fee ...
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There’s also a brain center that works with some similair techniques I used. It’s called Carrick Brain Centers or Cerebrum Health Centers. I won’t kid you my brain retraining was very hard. I also had to ignore my impulse to worry about candida, or my gut issues or some weird prickling sensation I would have. At one point I swear I could feel bubbles floating under my skin. I had to get passed all that and just know that if I stopped all the inflammation that I set off that things would heal and eventually tiny bit by bit after freakin work work work they did.   [End]
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I did a brain retraining program called DNRS. I also worked with one of their coaches. A lot of it’s contents deals with altering the brain by building new neuro pathways. The program does have a lot of fluff in it. The coach actually helped me more. The basis is rooted in positive thinking but it’s strategically done along the lines of mindfulness. You really do have to stick with it and practice it daily. I was so bad it was a 24/7 job. Mindfulness sounds simple but try doing it on a mind that keeps wanting to go down the dark path. There is lots of science behind it too. They go over a ...
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I am not sure I fully understand your question but I will try to answer it. When I became extremely ill I could not take any supplements I was having reactions to them. My downward spiral was triggered by stress but understand stress comes in a multitude or forms: Overtraining Viruses Bacterial infections Trauma physical or mental Work Stress A Breakup A Death Bad Diet Allergies School A Bad Relationship Military Service Mold Chemical Exposure Basically anything that causes stress mental, physically and/or emotional. Overtimes we were down our bodies resources to deal wi ...
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I used to lurk on CZ years ago because I had some adrenals problems. What I really should have done is fix my thyroid but live and learn. Anyway I was actually doing better over the years until within a matter of a month I was pretty much house bound. I was having work stress and stress from two of our dogs fighting. I then started going through peri-menapause and was feeling kinda off. I went to a hormone doctor to get things straightened out. They gave me hormones and I took a tiny bit and it completely debilitated me. My thyroid wasn’t right so my body could not handle it and the stress ...
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It’s the stress than you have been going through that can cause the sensitivity. I wasn’t sensitive at all until everything broke. Going through emotional, mental, physical chronic stress or all three slowly wears your system down. You notice symptoms along the way and that makes for more stress. This is what escalates and you start having more and more symptoms. Getting sicker and sicker. Your system get so it has a hard time processing alot of supplements because it simply does not have the energy to do so. I was so sick I could not get out of bed much. My brain could not handle much. It ...
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Oh and by the way sugar can further damage your thyroid. The blood sugar surges caused by consuming higher amounts of sugar can trigger your immune system to attack your thyroid. The adrenals love protein and they throid loves fat especially coconut oil. Coconut oil actually speeds up thyroid function. I have worked my way up to 5 - 6 tablespoons a day now. I don’t have sugar craving and have steady energy. It’s something you may want to research before trying.   [End]
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All of the factors you mentions going on explain why you feel run down and why you are having symptoms. Sounds like your taking care of yourself now and rebuilding your adrenals. It does take time for them to repair. You do sound like you could be hypothyroid. Hair loss was always my first and one of the last symptoms to go away with getting my thyroid going. Another big factor a lot of people don’t consider is depleted amino acids. Chronic stress whether it is mental, emotional or physical or a combo of all of those burns up our bodies resources. It can take up to a year and half to reple ...
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You are reading my mind I was gonna say let’s keep comparing. My blood pressure has been low except for the last month so I think is only has do do with my adrenals healing, but remember I am hyper adrenals and my adrenals never crash. Crashing means your adrenals are running low. Most people seem to experience fatigue and loss of energy. I do not because I am hyper adrenal but it’s still no fun with your cortisol is running high and causing mass anixiety. I actually has to quit worrying about every little detail. That is the anxiety talking. I had to drop the thoughts about what I was ...
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Holy toledo, your doctors sound as bad as my first hormone/endorchrine specialist were. They told me “Sorry we just don’t know why your body is acting like that”. I still get night sweats when I do too much Omega 3 or some natural stimulating thyroid stuff. Last week I woke up sweating so many times because I over did it on the Hemp oil. I am waking up again at 4 am because I got myself addicted to sugar for the first time in 2 years. I just wanted to take a break for awhile and be normal. Waking up at 4 am is one of the last symptoms to leave. It comes back easily if I get off balance. I ...
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Piuma, Are you talking about the brain fog where you feel spacey like some cloud is enveloping your head? Does it mostly feel like it’s more intense from your the top to your eyes? I had that! What your describing sounds exactly like what happen to me when I took progesterone and it sent me into fight or flight. The was the beginning of my journey back from hell. I later found information that said if your thyroid and adrenals aren’t in check a doctor should not give you hormones. My body was turning the progesterone into cortisol. My cortisol was at a normal level in the morning an ...
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Piuma, So sorry if some of my reply back to you sounds redundant I didn’t realize I had posted some of that same informatio to you before. I am still have a little brain fog issues obviously. LOL!   [End]
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I also forgot to mention all the things you talked about in calming yourself are kinda down the line of what I originally did to get myself out of the horrific anxiety state I was in. I did a program that helped me rewire my brain and built new nuero pathways. It was based in positive thinking and rerouting your anxiety thoughts. It was very strategic and based on brain science. It used for all sorts of anxiety issues and allergies. It was awesome. It got me out of my bedroom and back to living normally. I only wish I had know about amino acids and bone broth back then. I think my recovery ...
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When I was so sick I could not even see an actor with a band-aid on. My mind would just freak out. It’s not until you really sick that you see how many things around you effect your stress level. Oh a the high adrenaline shows and the forensic shows that are on TV. The information is just not out there enough to prevent the anxiety before it starts. The thing is nobody’s understands how much stress we keep drenching ourselves with everyday. We have gotten it drilled into our brains to do more, work more, worry, get angry, and shove our way through life and a lot of people don’t know t ...
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I added an antidepressant because I had too. My thoughts were dark and my brain was going down it’s own path without me. I was really on the fence about doing an anti depressant. I don’t like to take medications and at the time I was having cortisol surges with most things I took including vitamin and supplements. I know everyone is different and has a different reaction to a substance. You can try adding Hyland’s Mag.Pos. to increase absorption of the Magnesium. Frequent urination happens to me when my cortisol surges and the high cortisol effects my sleep at night. I take Trazodone to ...
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I just think we a both trying to help people. I was just trying to say that I think there are underlying imbalances and then there is stress that causes anxiety. There are a lot of medications, amino acids, herbs, vitamins and minerals that can really really help people. Everyone is different and will have their special list of what will work for them and what won’t. When I was so sick and my anxiety was horrible I could not take alot at all. I did a lot of hard hard work to get out of my trauma loop and horrible anxiety. All your suggestions were fantastic and I applaud you for posting th ...
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Your adrenals and thyroid are stressed and you need to rebuilt them for awhile. I don’t want to say your stuck in a trauma loop but you might be. Stress comes in many forms. Mental/Negative Thoughts A virus or bacteria Parasites Too much exercise Mold A breakup A death The list goes on and on. Put a few of these together and your body starts to give. First your thyroid is effected causing itchy scalp, dry skin, and hair loss. Then your adrenals start to get stressed causing circles under your eyes, belly fat and muscles loss. Belly fat is a sign of cortisol going up. Insomnia i ...
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Yes anxiety is a medical condition. Anxiety/Stress alters brain chemistry and the calm normal state of our body processes. Therefore it’s starts changing the state of healthy tissues and causing sleep problems, digestive issues, skin issues, allergies, our immune system, our organs get damaged and the list goes on and on. Stress causes our body to use more minerals, vitamins, and amino acids depleting our stores and leaving us more vulnerable to mood swings and deteriorated health. The anxiety alters the limbic system of the brain. The anxiety becomes a drug and changes neuro pathways with ...
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JNJT, I went through heck the last two years. I have been combating adrenal issues for 10 years since stress sent me downhill. I have a whole list of symptoms which grew worse two years ago when I could not do much. Since then I would say about 90% healed. After years of trying to figure out what to do to heal I put some information together. More and more stress wears you down if there is no relief from it your brain gets stuck in a stress cycle and affects your body. Your health starts deteriorating and causes more stress. Stress drains your body of energy causing your adrenals to ...
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JNJT, I went through heck the last two years. I have been combating adrenal issues for 10 years since stress sent me downhill. I have a whole list of symptoms which grew worse two years ago when I could not do much. Since then I would say about 90% healed. After years of trying to figure out what to do to heal I put some information together. More and more stress wears you down if there is no relief from it your brain gets stuck in a stress cycle and affects your body. Your health starts deteriorating and causes more stress. Stress drains your body of energy causing your adrenals to ...
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I tried had tried phosphidylserine and Seriphos and it wired me until years later I found I had to do a much lower dose but I still didn’t noticed a significant difference. I read something that was interesting about that. Kids with ADD are usually given them stimulates to help them. Phospidyserine at higher doses is used to treat ADD. I take supplements Gaba and Tryptophan. I read Glycine was very relaxing but I decided to get amino acids through bone broth and gelatin. My Nutrionalist had suggested getting Undenatured Whey Protein. I consume gelatine and bone broth 3 times a day and ...
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I had a alot of these symptoms and more. A couple of them I didn’t have. I had horrible insomnia and still working on that. Insomnia has to do with your adrenals and blood sugar. I have had about 5 friends go through the longs list of symtoms that makes up thyroid/adrenal isuues. I was didn’t leave my bed much for awhile. First stress affects the thyroid and when the tyroid is not happy then it affects the adrenals. Then your health starts going downhill You can be under stress from many different things that use up your bodies energy. Mentally from a job relationship A traumatic even ...
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It takes about 2 months exactly for the thyroid meds to kick ijn The thyroid starts taking the brunt of the stress then that weakens the adrenals. I tend to be hypothyroid and my adrenals would always be wired. Ashwanganda/Rhodiola is supposed to be and adaptogen but for me adaptogens always make me hyper and feel wacky. You probably need more amino acids than just from meat. I ate tons and was still lacking enough aminos. They are hugely important in calming your body down and getting it back to normal. Gelatin or both broths are good for aminos or whey protein. I take about a tabelspoon ...
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My estrogen and DHEA was normal but my progesterone was really low as we’ll as testosterone. And I am 49. I know your body will steal from other hormones to make cortisol also if your thyroid and adrenals are working right the added hormones don’t act as they should. I hear of a lot of people getting messed up on them but some they work wonders for. I was told I might need to add progesterone at some point in time but I still have not. I also know there are people that only do tiny amounts.   [End]
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Gelatin has many amino acids and minerals in it. It is abundant in Glycine which helps calm the body. Gelatin has Glutamine which is a building block of protein and helps heal the gut. There is a lot more to it and a long list of functions aminos have in the body.   [End]
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I really don’t know, it does calm the sympathetic nervous system. Sometimes when I research a supplement I look at what other people experienced on the Amazon ratings.   [End]
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I started taking progesterone on my own when I was stressed out. It was calming at first but then I started not being able to handle stress less and less. I suddenly went downhill in a few weeks and started having what felt like shaky surges. A doctor gave me a higher dose of progesterone and then I started having panic attacks. They started me on thyroid meds at the same time. I quit the progesterone a week later but it takes time for it to get out of your system. When it did leave my body I didn’t calm down a whole lot because the thyroid meds kicked in as well as the diet changes to sti ...
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I tend to be hyper adrenal and adrenal herbs that were supposed to be adaptations have always made me hyper. When I got really sick calming supplements were not calming because it takes energy for your body to process supplements so it revs things up to do that task. As I healed I could do more things that took more energy. The calming supplements starting being calming. For myself I was able to do L Theanine with no problem but there were only two supplements I could do at first. I am not saying this is you at all but progesterone was turning to cortisol in my system and sent me into ...
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The thing with supplements happened to me too because it takes energy for your body to process them. I got really scared of taking anything and my doctor and nutritional thoughts I was nuts. As the first I was mostly just doing the Dynamic Neural Retraining System, bone broth, gelatin, and other foods. I could only take about 2 supplements. The DNRS got me calmed down little by little till and I could gradually do more and more. The DNRS website ishttp://www.dnrsystem.com/ but it is pricey. Other than doing DNRS you might get just as much out of the book ”You Are The Placebo,” which is wha ...
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I feel ya. Two years ago I was in as bad as shape as you if not worse. Believe it or not I work in the positive thinking industry so when this happened to me I had meditations and breathing techniques and EFT and the list goes on. These are all such wonderful things that we should do them before our stress gets really really bad. My anxiety got so bad I was in bed for awhile and had so many weird things going on with my body. I was scared I was dying. I was going to healers and non of the calming stuff was making a dent. I could not take very many supplements at the time either. I ...
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All those go hand in hand when you go through prolonged stress. The stess is using up your adrenaline, putting stress on your thyroid and causing inflammation in your gut and brain. Then it uses your happy amino acids up. Easiest cheapest thing to start with is to train yourself not to stress out. Yes it’s hard but that is part of working your way out of this. Replenish your happy amino acids and start eating a more anti inflammatory diet. Raw coconut oil and coconut water can give your thyroid a boost and bring it back in line. Start slow with a Tablespoon a day and note your react ...
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I just happen to see your post. Look up Neurotrophin PMG, Hypothalmex and Hypothalamus PMG. I look at reviews on Amazon to see what others are saying about products. Some have used these for brain injury.   [End]
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A cooked banana would be easier to digest.   [End]
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When I was really sick I got hypoglycemia really bad. I would wake up every morning shaking. My Naturalpath at that time took my blood sugar I and it was really low. She suggested eating a lot of fat for about four days and that did the trick for me. I had lots of butter and coconut oil and my hypoglycemia stopped.   [End]
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Hey BrightSideOfLife, I did not know that about L-Glycine. Can you tell me why you quit taking it?   [End]
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A year in a a half ago I thought I was going to die. My adreanals and thyroid were all out of wack and had been for years from two much stress. I took a big dive a year and half ago when doctor who gave me hormones through me more out of kilter. Everything when down hill and someone had to come over and clean and shop because I could not do much. I had so many systems like what most people list here. I couldn’t take many supplements and I was having major anxiety. My doctor who is mostly all natural did not know what to do but she had heard about a program through her patients who had bee ...
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Yes you really do have to be cautious when trying a new diet. Everyone has certain things they react to. When your have digestive issues lots of raw food is actually not that good for you because it is harder for the body to digest thn cooked foods. Alot of naturalpaths will prefer you eat cooked foods because it takes less energy and work for your body to digest when your really sick. At one point I would also blend my food up to make it easier to digest.   [End]
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I did alot of brain retraining. I finally got to a point where I just accepted I was going to be skinny for awhile so I went out and bought as size one jeans. A month and a half later I had gained back 10lbs and could not fit into the size one jeans anymore. Alot of stress subsided and my body was healing. I had let go of caring about all the weird symptoms. I actually would joke about a symptom when it showed up instead of having meltdown Some things in a week others started going away little by little until they finally disappeared. Getting my thyroid going was also a big factor in heal ...
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Yeah I realized that I had made stress a way of life in when my life was less stressful. Your brain actually gets addicted to it and it changes your neurpathways. There is also brain retraining you can do and that program is called Dynamic Nuero Retraining System or DNRS. Some clinics also have anxiety programs to teach you how to get out of the stress. Laughter yoga is another thing I do that has beed so helpful. As far as amino acids the book ”The Mood Cure” has a written test you can do as a guide to what supplements and when and how long. It does mostly just cover amino acids. ...
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Mine started 8 years ago with a bad break and stress stress ever since then. My thyroid was the first to slow down. To make a long story short I started to go through perimenopause and a doctor gave me hormones that messed me up so bad I thought I was going to die. There was a couple of months there I couldn’t get out of bed much. I was down to a size one with many similar symptoms you have now and the list is to long to go through here at once. I am about 90% recovered. You have been going through fight or flight. Yes you need to relax big time but you need more help doing it. One really ...
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Last week my nutrionalist told me my adrenals were fine afters years of stressed adrenals. Everybody has different adrenals. Mine tended to run hyper and that was also my adrenal’s reaction to most adaptogens. The first thing was healing my thyroid. Second is healing the stress. I have found very recently that I would have been helped greatly by taking calming amino acids. We can wear out our supply with stress, but we can replenish our neurotransmitters. I take Gaba, L- Theanine, Tryptophan and I am currently on the lowest dose of an anti-depressant which I plan to only take for 11 more ...
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Archus, Thanks so much for taking your time to reply to my post. I have already been down the Iodine road. Actually a healer told me that Iodine doesn’t work as well for thyroid is your closer to the equator. Recently I was told about someone who had ended up in the hospital because a natural healer had put them on a high dose of Iodine. Ya know we are all different with different body repsonses etc... I am trying to go all natural and have done that for years and totally believe in it but sometimes modern medicine can help things too. I really tend to avoid being on any RX at all ev ...
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Is there anyone out there using coconut oil to get thyroid going and who is also taking Lexapro? I have heard anti depressants interfere with thyroid hormones. I quit mine three weeks after taking it thinking it was making my candida worse and suppresses my thyroid (when my cortisol surges it makes my candida go up) I was on Lexapro for only three weeks but it did help take the anxiety/depression edge off. Also I know getting your thyroid going at the right rate may take care of that anxiety. I just have been up and down with it the last year and I am postmenopausal. I am taking coconut ...
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You know I really didn’t measure all that well. It was all an accident really. I would rub a couple of drops of thieves oil mixed with a tiny bit of coconut oil under my ears thinking I was getting a sore throat. My healer was rubbing what smelled like a ton of frankinscense all over my feet. That was only once a week. I would then put sone thieves on my chest. I Think most people use the oils three times a day was drinking one to two cups of ginger tea a day and one cup of camomile tea at night. I as eating a ton of coconut oil mat 4 tablespoons a day. I stopped eating sugar. eliminate ...
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It was the brain retraing that mainly cured me not really supplements. Yes I had hai loss and a huge list of other symtoms. My hair loss was from slow thyroid. Because my brain started targeting supplements there were very few I could take at all. I really could only take Gaba and l- theanine at first. I drank bone and took a multi mineral livid drink and vitamin D drops on my food. I had sea salt and potassium. As I did the brain training called Dynamic Núero Retraining System   [End]
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It wasn’t really my doctor that helped that much. It was a program she suggested called Dynamic Neural Retraining System.   [End]
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It’s probably too stimulating for you. Caffeine does the same thing too me and it stimulates the adrenals.   [End]
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You are very welcome. Just to let you know the brain training was really hard for me at first. You really have to stick with it because the brain needs that constant change of state. Some people have tried Gupta but after comapring the programs the DNRS (Annie Hooper) program is more strict. That is why it’s more successful and you see Gupta people doing DNRS.   [End]
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Your very welcome. I will visualize you healthy and smiling.   [End]
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Just FYI go about the flushes cautiously they are a form of detox and can add stress. Also see if you can find a doctor who doses thyroid on symptoms not test. I don’t know how much thyroid testing you have had but there is more extensive testing to help you find out more. A site called Stop the Thyroid Madness has lots of information on that. What took me two years to detox was done in two months by my thyroid working again.   [End]
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I rub them on my neck, the bottom of my feet or anywhere on my body. It’s also very important to stop sugar and most carbs too. Added to that eat lots of coconut oil raw and cooked. I ate lots of butter too. Get your body to run on fats not carbs. I did do one or two yeast killing things too but I am not sure if that helped. Once my thyroid kicked in it started taking care of my yeast. This routine might start your thyroid in a week or six weeks. I have all sorts of systems when my thyroid is gearing up. I would get dizzy but a different kind of dizzy than my adrenals need salt. I could ...
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I had a lot of those symptoms and more, they are from stress. Some of those things are low thyroid. A thyroid can still not operate correctly but not show on test. Some doctors will dose on symptoms rather than just test. You might want to visit the site Stop The Thyroid Madness. As a result of thyroid going in and out you get yeast. Your adrenals are also trying to make up for the thyroid and handle all the stress so now they are sturggling to keep up. They release cortisol with increases yeast. Your brain is living in a stressed state. Stress will cause more acidic body. I found whe ...
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A friend just told me about someone they know that was told by a doctor to take tons of iodine and they almost killed themselves.   [End]
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You may want to research Limbic System Imbalance. Annie Hooper has some info on this. I am currenly doing the program and am about 80% recovered. It does take dedication and lots of work.   [End]
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Holy mackerel, that also explains why I have cortisol surges when I watch TV and drive. Thank you.   [End]
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I have a white coating on my tongue, itchy anus, sometimes and itchy basement, dry heals. Dandruff can also be a sign. Mine goes away when my thyroid starts working. Cortisol also gets in the way of your thyroid hormones. Your thyroid controls yeast. A cortisol surge will also cause a surge in yeast. So the doctor was right it is a sign of stress. I have a theory that the yeast then keep the thyroid from working at full capacity and then a vicious cycle starts with making your adrenals work harder therefore releasing more cortisol and then causing more yeast. My symptoms were so obvious I ...
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Actually manic depression is triggered by stress. However I had some very similiar symptoms when my thyroid was slow and I was under extreme stress. So my adrenals kicked in big time to make up for it. I barely slept for 9 mths, never yawned or felt tired. I had a lot of enery and I felt like I was always on. I had the shakes under stress.Sounds like that. Are you going through any mental stress? Have you been exposed to chemicals or mold? I would cut down on training for awhile. Have someone check your thyroid and see if your hypoglycemic. Also you need to do things to calm your mind down ...
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Yes I did and do right now. I had slacked of and forgotten to do my oils for about three weeks and my thyroid slowed downed again. I am in the proccess of getting going again. Lots of hair falling out, dandruff, rough feet and carpal tunnel. I am waking up at 4am too.   [End]
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Sorry about your health I had a similar experience a year ago. I do what to know what your symptoms are so I can compare with my experience. Have you been through any stress when this started? Been exposed to chemicals or mold?   [End]
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I have taking iodine for years and nothing. So has my friend. A natural healer who had training on the thyroid told me it would not work if you live far enough south of the poles or maybe it was the equator she was talking about. A year ago My health went down hill and I started taking Nature Thyroid (RX) but at the same time I had change my diet and was doing oils. Unintentionally those things got my thyroid going and too fast so I quit taking the RX for my thyroid. I was eating lots of coconut oils then putting essential oils on my body for other reasons not knowing they would stimulate ...
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This might sound too simple but I just recovered from being really sick. My diet was really limited. I got my thyroid going after 11 years. When your thyroid is not working your adrenals compensate by shooting out more cortisol during stress. When cortisol is released is also release stomach acid. That in turn made me sensative to the slightest acid in food. I would get sore spots on my tongue when eating those foods. Foods like greens or brussel sprouts etc... Then the food relations made me even more stressed which started a cycle. When I realized what it was I calmed down and started us ...
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Guess where your body processes your stress, the brain then it sends out messages to your body. I been to hell and back the last year. I am almost recovered but at one point I was almost bed ridden in December. What brought me back was brain retraining. I had to rebuild Nero pathways. Look into the Limbic system. Limbic system damage from stress can cause CFS, PTSD, anxiety and multiple sensitivities to food, light, sound, chemicals, and smells. During chronic stress the brain starts looking for causes and picking out things to start being cautious of. Then things like digestion goes, you ...
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Have you had your thyroid checked? Sounds like yeast and a slow thyroid. Your tthyroid helps control yeast and a slow thyroid can make your hair fall out. The detoxes could have stress your body out causing you to have thyroid problems .Don’t worry you can get it going agin but go have it tested.   [End]
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Yes it does. I am there. In fact went to a Dr. that gave me hormones and sent me into fight or flight which turned into a limbic system disorder (brain damage). I thought I was gonna die, I couldn’t hardly function or get out of bed much at one point. I’ve learned so much the past year and have lived what many bad off people have described in the past on this forum. I figured a lot a things out and have fixed so much I no longer have adrenal fatigue issues and have my thyroid going again. I still recovering by retraining my brain out of stress mode and did other things but I got %80 percen ...
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After chasing adrenal issues for years I realized it all goes back to thyroid support. The thyroid is what helps keep candida under control. I also discovered stimulates and high stress make me produce more cortisol to make up for the thyroid being slower. Guess what, cortisol causes more candida. I balanced my adrenals by relieving all kinds of stressors like sugar, mental etc... And getting my thyroid going again.   [End]
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I found that Phosphatyl can built up a little bit in your system and too much can keep you awake. That happened with me on night three of taking it. There is a cream with it in there that is much lower with other calming properties called ”AdrenaCalm” by Apex Energetics. Also what calms me tremendously is Theanine and Gaba. Theanine takes 3-4 days to kick in partially then a week to kick in fully. Also you probably know not to do any caffeine, right? As far as RX meds I take Trazodone at night to reduce cortisol to sleep. It works well.   [End]
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My thyroid and adrenals have been out of wack for years I had been working on detoxing copper. A year ago things got worse when my progesterone got low and I was given progesterone to take. If you have messed up adrenals and thyroid it’s not good to take hormones. It messes up you up even more most times. The progesterone put me into fight or flight along with some stress from life I was experiencing at the time. It has been a year long battle to get my life back. My anxiety was so bad I could hardly function. A lot of my body systems were not working right and it’s too long to list. I had ...
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What does the MTHFR change about the approach to candida? I suspect I am positive for the gene and am trying it kill off candida. I am on a candida diet right now. Another question about candida die if I have. I beaten killing the candida for over two weeks now my tongue is almost clear and not white. If the candida starts growing back and my tongue gets white again does that mean it’s resistant or does it go away again throughout the course of getting its numbers down?   [End]
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I do think there can be a candida link here. There is a lot of thought that sinus infections are caused by it. I noticed mine increase with dairy consumption. I also think mine have a candida connection.   [End]
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I am sure they have checked all your hormone levels right?   [End]
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Hey Beth Happy Birthday. I love Standard Process and was wondering if the prationers for that line do testing for Hypothalamus problem or is it done based on symptoms? Do you know?   [End]
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Thanks for posting that Beth. I am currently taking glandulars and just by coincidence happened to be consuming tons of watermelon that is high in potassium. I ended up in the ER two weeks ago because I drank too much water along with a hormone inbalanced not caused by anything I was taking. Anyway they tested my electrolytes and mine were borderline low in sodium and potassium. Also the hormones imbalance (low progesterone) has dyhydrated me somewhat and I somehow hurt my back and am pretty sure I herniated a disc. Anyway just FYI for anyone reading this post and looking at glandulars. Th ...
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Exercising was maybe taxing my adrenals. I know at times I was doing too much. I slowed down but then had to stop when I started detoxing. Detoxing was even more stressful for my adrenals than working out, but I had to do it. After over a year and a half of not working out at all I can see that it too has done some damage. I have lost muscle and my circulation and lymph is suffering as well. Yoga would probably be the best bet.   [End]
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My horrible sugar cravings subsided when I started targeting killing candida. I was so surprised I wasn’t so hungry for suger and carbs. I used Ted’s Borax protocol. Proceed with caution the Borax is potent stuff when you start with it. I think I probably should have have split the 4/1 tsp dose again. I guided protocol by someone with knowledge.   [End]
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Hey Laredo I am so glad you got your life back. I am doing tons better after detoxing copper for the last two years and feel I am on the edge of completing my healing. I got married in Oct. and survived the wedding stress without a hitch. I am glad you mentioned hiking because that is my goal for later this year. It’s great hearing from you and I am glad your posting about your experience so others can understand what might help them and that they can get over AF.   [End]
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Some people have a reaction of stimulation to phosphatidylserine. It worked for two nights for sleepin when I had my huge insomnia problem. It was like a miracle. Then on the third night it was suddenly making me anxious and wide awake.   [End]
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Taurine and Relora worked for me. Relora only lasts for about 5 hours but Taurine has more of a delay for me around about 7 hours till it starts making me sleepy. It also takes a couple of days to kick in fully. It took about 3 days to built up in my system.   [End]
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I have gotten to the point that I don’t wake up at 5 am as much. I go long stretches until I am detoxing. That is usually what does it for me and it’s cortisol that starts up. I started working on candida and it started again.   [End]
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It sounds like your having cortisol swings like I had. Mine would start from about 4 am in the morning or so. I would be wide awake after that. It was virtually impossible for me to lose weight. Along with the other mega ton of symptoms. I ended up using Relora when I woke up at 4. I used it to normalize and reserve my cortisol overtime. I have too say at first it would dip my cortisol a little low but after about 5 days it even out acting like an adaptogen. It has been one of my favorite supplements. Also Taurine helpes me stay asleep. It takes a few days to work into your system. ...
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When I was really copper toxic my jaw would pop all the time. I felt a lot of tension in my jaw until I stated detoxing. Tension in the jaw can be caused by heavy metal poisoning and also magnesium deficiency. Magnesium deficiency can be caused by stress.   [End]
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I love it! I guess that explains my pickle and olives carvings at points.   [End]
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NAC or Liver Care would probably cause too many toxins o dump. Are you taking charcoal or bentonite? They will absorb the toxins and relieve your organs of the work.   [End]
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Lol, well dog would not be my first choice for a CZ AF homie name. :) Here I am typing this when I really should be on my way to getting some shut eye. AF people tend to be workaholics. I am more projectaholic, but then I tend to have ADD never completing anything and jumping into the next thing to do. Then I tend to get obsessed with things like healing forums. On my way to getting sick I was staying up till 2am reading.   [End]
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Gosh I feel for ya. Let me know how your saunas go. I had to stop my hot detox baths because they are thing that crashes me the quickest. On the other hand they seem to be the most painless and fastest way to get the toxins out. Make sure you hydrate and take in minerals before hand. Good luck!   [End]
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Well if this is anything your post sound very coherent. It’s just a theory but the Ativan can stay in your system for months and months and you re-experience withdraws again. Seeing that AF slows detox I wonder if maybe during your first withdrawn your body could not deal with all the Ativan and stored some away in your tissues until it could. No matter what anyone tells you don’t ever give up hope that you can be perfectly healthy again. I know this is tough right now but hang in there. A lot of us have felt we were dying at times. Just hold onto that perfect picture of health f ...
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It’s kinda a common personality trait with AF to know you should go to sleep but don’t. We have a tendency to want to stay up late and fill our days with task we need to do. Part of it comes from anxiety too. The fight or flight response keeps you alert and especially at night. Believe me I have felt the need to get myself in bed by 9 but it always ends up being twelve. Your also right in that your body needs lots of sleep to repair it’s self. But you can catch up on lost sleep to a degree. I know being able to get more sleep has healed my body more. It always your adrenals time to r ...
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Could the remnants of Benzos gotten stirred up and now maybe your detoxing those?   [End]
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