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Doctors in London or UK and inpatient clinics

nomad

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I'm looking for someone who can administer the various blood tests and start ruling out possible causes, I've come across Dr Myhill who seems very good but she's not taking on new patients. I'm also keen on finding raw food or food focussed communities or inpatient clinics as I'm really struggling with implementing dietary protocols.

I'd be very grateful for suggestions.

Briefly my symptoms are cognitive exhaustion along with confusion and intense anxiety, along with physical weakness and fatigue. I also have aspergers which means a hyper sensitive nuerology. I also my have severe muscle spasms which leaves me v tense. Its had a terrible impact on my life and I really need help

Thanks.
 

nomad

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Thanks Hip, this is really very interesting for me, even more then the fatigue I find the anxiety really limits my ability to do anything. Coupled with that I get angry easily (but v good at keeping it hidden).

Thanks for that direction, time for more research :)
 

Hip

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Thanks Hip, this is really very interesting for me, even more then the fatigue I find the anxiety really limits my ability to do anything. Coupled with that I get angry easily (but v good at keeping it hidden).

Thanks for that direction, time for more research :)

I developed severe anxiety disorder from catching a respiratory virus. It took me several years before I found effective medications for it (I tried hundreds of supplements), and those effective medications are the ones I listed on the above linked thread.

You might want to try the N-acetyl glucosamine (NAG) in particular. Several people with anxiety have told me that NAG worked very well for their anxiety (though equally, others told me they tried NAG and found no improvements).

One other person who caught the same respiratory virus from me actually developed a condition of intense anger outbursts, though fortunately this cleared up after a month or two. The virus I caught is detailed on my website here, in case this is of interest.
 

nomad

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Thanks for posting your webite link. You articlauted very precisely my symptons of metal anguish and turmoil caused by enaging with people and also with ideas. They create huge amounts of tension.

I had chronic sinus as a child, to the point that I was operated on to remove them. The sinus was so bad that I would get throbbing pain in my forehead. I've also had major problems with breathing all my life.

I've had periods of chronic inflamation, where even my face would swell up.I remember starting a course of anti-inflamatories a couple of years ago which included curcumin and they really helped. Once the very obvious symptons of inflammation moved away I shifted my focus to treating the anxiety, fatigue, loss of speech, muscle wasting and muscle tension.

Recently I've been supplementing with colostrum 12grams daily along with collagen (spine was feeling compacted and joints very stiff) and this really helped curb loss of muscle and gave me a noticble sense of well bieng. I took a two month break from colostrum and collagen and the muscle wasting & tension returned with a vengence.

Since you've mentioned inflammation, I've been thinking that my brain feels like it's on fire, I've always assumed this was because of the stress caused by the state I'm in, including the chronic anxiety and how angry it makes me. So I've started researching anti-inflamatories and have come up with the following list to try:

Boswellia
Natural Resveratrol
Turmeric or curcumin
Vitamin A and D3
Sesame seed oil
Vitamin C (10 grams over a day) in the form of sodium ascorbate
Holy Basil
N-Acetyl Glucosamine

I've also found sodium bicorbate helpful with the muscle tension which leads me to believe that I have high acid levels possibly from respiratory/metabolic acidosis and I need to alkaline; lactic acid build up is probbaly whats happening.

I've found celtic sea salt (damp grey variety) helpful, mixed in water and sipped througout the day. It cleanses the gut, boosts the immune system and restored electrolyte levels which in runs relaxes the muscles.

I'm going to try this stack and see if it helps. Currently my anxiety does border on psychosis and confusion, and the muscle tension (including facial) is so awful that I constantly think about suicide as the only way out of this nightmare.

Regards viral testing and anti-virals, this is where I tend to lose hope. There is so much mutation going on, and antibiotics overuse has made the situation much worse. I live in a huge city, and uptill a few years ago I was rotating from one nasty infection after another. I managed to get this under control using supplements, but suspect that I'm still carrying a underlying viral load.

Thanks for the pointers, I've spent a fortune on supplements over the last 3 years, and after a while you lose the plot trying to figure out which of the many intense symptons you should be combating.

I'm currently focussed on the Gut connection, and trying to keep focussed on that approach. The inflammation angle is very useful alongside this.
 

nomad

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By the way I wanted to add that I had much success with methylation using 5 mthf along with sublingual B12 and TMG, I regained speech. I've also succesfuly used natural Lithium, B vitamins and fish oils to regain some of the cognitive loss I suffered.

I've made so many gains, but it still feels like the last few hurdles are overwelming me right now. Admittedly, I've been hit recently by several successive major life events which really set me back. Stress sends me straight back into an intense regreassive state.
 

Hip

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Since you've mentioned inflammation, I've been thinking that my brain feels like it's on fire, I've always assumed this was because of the stress caused by the state I'm in, including the chronic anxiety and how angry it makes me. So I've started researching anti-inflamatories and have come up with the following list to try:

Boswellia
Natural Resveratrol
Turmeric or curcumin
Vitamin A and D3
Sesame seed oil
Vitamin C (10 grams over a day) in the form of sodium ascorbate
Holy Basil
N-Acetyl Glucosamine

All of those are pretty good for reducing brain inflammation. Turmeric I find works better than curcumin. I would also add the following:

Grape seed extract
Propolis
Cat's claw
Ashwagandha

I find that you may need to take say 4 or 5 of these anti-inflammatories together to get a good effect.

You might also find my other anti-anxiety thread interesting:

Non-Standard Anti-Anxiety Treatment

The above thread talks about anxiety, brain inflammation, excess glutamate in the brain, and anti-inflammatories.
I'm currently focussed on the Gut connection, and trying to keep focussed on that approach. The inflammation angle is very useful alongside this.

I find high dose probiotics, plus the yeast probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii, very useful for lowering gut inflammation. In turn, this will reduce brain inflammation, because new research shows that inflammation in the gut triggers inflammation in the brain as a knock on effect (ref: 1).