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I still consider this to be the worst thing that ever happened to me.
When I arrived at the dentist January 19, 2011, I was very ill. I told him that I was suspicious that this was directly related to the amalgam removal. I also told him about my response to thyroid pills and that there is a...
In January 2011 between the sittings for amalgam removal, I saw 2 doctors. The first was a dermatologist because I was so itchy and he diagnosed psoriasis of the scalp.
My Dr also recommended that I go see Dr Aubrey who might order the thyroid meds I was asking for. With a TSH of 3.6, Dr Galema...
As we head into 2011, things are a real mess. My health is deteriorating and I am starting to focus on the amalgam removal session in December. I am having a hard time thinking and following conversations. I am on-line posting to Frequent Dose Chelation, a Cutler dedicated site on yahoo. (They...
This blog, as I said, is to be a script for a series of You Tube videos. I am not doing much in terms of proof-reading. It is more important that things get said and less important whether I repeat myself. I'll try not to though
My dentist did not believe that mercury in amalgam fillings was a...
A lot of things happened all at the same time towards the end of 2010.
Anxiety attacks were punctuated by Obsessive Thinking. Over-and-over the same self-depreciating crap.....
My irritability lead to an argument with the researcher at work. I thought that he was a full of shit and that he was...
In 2009 and 2010, I still did not understand that I needed to take over the wheel if I was ever going to get better. I found a Naturopath in Sudbury and he did a lot of expensive tests that confirmed something was wrong.
One of these was a test by Neuroscience to check for the metabolites of...
In 2008 and after the CoQ10 experience and the ALA failure, an idea was gelling. That is, that the basis of Bipolar symptoms was related to a ph imbalance, which was in turn related to oxidation.
Just skim this part and you can come back to it again when you are feeling better or just launch...
The initial success that I had with Truehope was the beginning for me and I will always be grateful to them for getting my mind working again.
In December of 2007, things were progressing. The arthritic pain my hands had disappeared within 24 hours of starting a gluten-free diet. I found myself...
After a number of hospitalizations and treatments including ECT, I was stabilized on quetiapine and bupropion. That was 2001.
By 2007, I was a mess. Mornings were not very productive and I didn't talk much until the afternoons. This improved with cutting back on the seroquel.... but with that I...
When I started this site I began with an explanation of my exposure to mercury. Your exposure will be less in all likelihood but it needs to be remembered that with toxicity that it is just another equation. "Metal in" versus "metal out".
This is doubly important as mercury messes with the...
OK. It's June 2016 and I have a story to tell.
After making the initial postings on this blog I abandoned this site because I couldn't get it to accept my password and was locked out. Now it does and I have no clue about that. In the meantime, I slipped into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome when I...
Life on the farm was good. When I was a boy there were many things to do, we were situated between the Grand River and Big Creek and often would go fishing. There were ponds, sand pits, the bush and so many things that we never tired of exploring. All eight kids grew up surrounded by nature...
I finally finished my blog which I will post here. There is also my thread called,
"mitochondria, mercury, methylation, mycoplasma" which tellls a lot of my story.
I am feeling a bit rough today but over time I will take you through the steps that have brought me to where I am today. I am...
I am this only one who really gets me. I asked for a testosterone level and it turned out to be low. The Dr also decided to put me on DHEA and pregnenolone. These two seem to give me fatigue symptoms. I had the worst day in 15 months on Saturday.
This whole experience is quite humbling. Trying...
Sorry but my story is too long to write out - point form will be less painful for everyone:
As a child exposed to mercury on the farm (used in sprays)
Grade 3 personality change and shift towards ADD
High school shift to early Bipolar symptoms
By 1997 = Brittle Rapid-Cycling Bipolar II - Mixed...