I posted that quote mainly because of the risk of elevated cysteine levels for people with mercury and that glutathione breaks down into cysteine. In another post, Rich said he believes that a lot of PWCs have mercury issues which is why I shared the quote about cysteine and mercury, but do you think he's wrong that a lot of people here have mercury issues? Also, is Acetyl Glutathione just as likely to break down into cysteine, glutamine, and glycine or is it different than other forms of glutathione?
What are the causes of immune system dysregulation? In Rich's papers about methylation and glutathion depletion he does say that viruses and coinfections are a common cause of CFS, but I assume you are referring to more than just that.
No, I haven't found out any more information about my own situation. I know self-diagnosis is a bad idea in general when it comes to health, but I haven't found doctors to be that helpful either. My dentist told me not to worry about mercury after my tooth with an amalgam cracked. As I mentioned in another thread I started methylfolate right after my tooth cracked so it's impossible to know how much the mercury was responsible for my symptoms. My guess is that I wasn't exposed to a lot of mercury or my symptoms would be much more severe, but I'm being cautious until I find out more information. After reading that information by Rich about cysteine I stopped taking NAC. I would like to be able to take NAC and Alpha Lipoic Acid again because those are supposed to be good ways for raising glutathione and they're a lot cheaper than Acetyl Glutathione. I think my adrenals are the most likely culprit for my symptoms and that's the one thing I actually was tested on.