Simplified Methylation Protocol two weeks in....

[AndrewB]

Ive been on the full Simplified Methylation Protocol for two weeks now.
I havent counted the week leading upto taking the full amount of the suppliments.
Two days in and i started to feel quite energetic and actually woke up looking forward
to taking the protocol.
However, for about 3 days now ive been getting the detox symptoms Rick mentioned.
Ive got a little cough, the night sweats are back, i get the odd headache, and my body
is more fatigued.
I did decrease the Hydroxy and B12 drops down to one drop each, i'll work them back up,
as my breathing seemed to get 'harder', and when i decreased those, it helped a little.
Can anyone tell me if there is an average period for the detox symptoms.
I first fell ill last summer 2010, and had a 7 month partial recovery period before falling
very ill again this june, i mention that because i watched a video of Ricks talk and he did
say that the longer you've been poorly, the worse those detox symptoms can be, but, unless
i missed something, he didnt mention how long the detox feelings would last.
I DO remember him saying that if you get these flu / original ME symptoms worse on the protocol, to
take it as a good sign.

 

[maddietod]

I think the detox varies widely, so individual stories might not be useful. I had those symptoms for about a month, but very off and on. I happened to start juicing green vegetables at that time, and found that this juice stopped the detox symptoms. I think lemon juice in water helped too. Someone questioned that I might be stopping the detox, not just the symptoms, but nobody answered about that.

Good luck!

 

[suzanne]

Yep, it seems idividual. Most seem to say that past 3 or 4 months it gets improves. I have been on Fredd's protocol from just over 3 months and am really suffering with a worsening of all my pre existing symptoms except energy levels which are better in the atter part of the day. My worst symptos are headaches, itchy skin and nausea- I sometimes get sore teeth on and off. I never had nausea or sore teeth before i started this so a this point I feel worse rather than better. i am hoping that this is a sign that this is working. The challenge is hanging in there long enough through the worsening of symptoms. I know that I have mercury issues that i need to attend to ( based on testing and also my reactions to the chelators), but I guess only so much detox is tolerable at one point in time. I wish you the best in your recovery.

People on this site have been very generous with me in sharing their ideas. You are in good hands.

 

[rydra_wong]

In case it is of help to you, but whenever I get sore teeth I take extra anti-oxidants, especially Vitamin C (usually only C, but if that doesn't do the trick I take alpha lipoic acid). It works.

If the protocol is making your Kreb cycle work again, that cycle is also called the citric acid cycle and needs Vitamin C!

 

[Sasha]

Hi Andrew - I've been working up to the SMP and have been on the full doses for about four days, with fluey feelings. I asked Rich on the main thread what the timescale was for detox/general yuk and he kindly replied in this post.

As you say, let's hope our feeling ill now is a good sign!