Something Missing
I continue to make progress on the protocol, albeit slow, but I also feel like there is some missing element to normalizing many of the chemical processes. I actually feel like I am on the cusp of getting to a new level, but I can't quite figure out what component I am missing. Twice in the last six weeks, I have clearly re-started those chemical processes with dramatic intensity, but unfortunately it only lasts for 2-3 days. In the first instance this correlated to an escalated dosage of adenosyl and methylcobalamin, and the second instance was associated with the addition of nondenatured whey protein and an increased dosage of the cobalamins. Were these causal factors? I cannot say for sure, but they seem to have been. Unfortunately, now, I cannot replicate this, and the detox symptoms have tailed off considerably.
During those several instances, I experienced a dramatic increases in energy, very bad sulphite headaches, and enormous bile production. Interestingly, with this detox, I haven't had too much corresponding brain fog. It's like I got a big bolus of glutathione to cover all those toxins. Once I decrease the methylation supplements, the sulphite headaches abate, and I have a pretty good day or day and a half afterward, and things slow down again. Honestly, I probably couldn't tolerate these headaches more than a day at a time without rest, but I have no doubt that these symptoms (which are positive and negative) are a step in the right direction.
The question is, why can't I re-start this process at will by increasing the supplements again? In the past I have felt that viral load and excess oxidative stress has slowed down these processes in no small way. but I don't think these things are implicated now. I feel like there may be some co-factor that becomes depleted, and only when there are sufficient stores can I start the processes (at such a high intensity) again. I've pared down the current supplements, and am now only taking following:
folapro, 400-800 mg
folinic acid, 400 mg
methylcobalamin, 1 mg, t.i.d.
Yasko multi, x2
Omega 3's, 1-2 gram
Coenzymated B12, 2mg (thanks surfbh)
1 scoop whey protein
Vit C, 2-3 grams
probiotics
Molybdenum, prn for sulphite headaches
Co-Q10, occasional
Of the many dozens of supplements I have taken, only a handful have produced obvious results. Many probably had the potential to do so if other missing substances were available simultaneously. My only thought is that I think I probably have been negligent by not supplementing some zinc & magnesium lately. Anyone have any other thoughts about a missing component?