I became sick with ME in 2008. I was recovering from mononucleosis then made the mistake of kissing a girlfriend who had active HHV6. Symptoms started as a cold then progressed to muscle twitching followed by cold skin, gagging, overactive bladder syndrome. Next I was bitten by a flea from an outdoors cat and developed daily headaches. Head and foot sensitivity developed then came the noise and light sensitivity followed by anxiety and depression.
As a biology knowledgeable person I looked at my illness and figured it was viral infection. Physicians didn't have any answers despite a few books like Dr. Teitelbaum's gimmicky CFS book that prescribed ribose. I tried the Marshall Protocol but was kicked off the secret patient forum for being too critical of his gimmicky nutritional recommendations. Next I tried an integrative MD who did a generic and useless program using Ultra Clear semi-fasting, Nutramedix Herbs and some antibiotics.
Early on I figured that since the body naturally uses apoptosis to clear itself of viruses that would be a good area to research. Curcumin and earthing were very helpful and allowed me to greatly enhance my sleep quality while reducing noise and light sensitivity. I then tried Ashwaghanda which helped increases the symptoms of apoptosis, nerve pain then tingling and healing but stopped it when I learned that it caused thyroid damage from long term use. Although my symptoms has improved, I was still suffering from severe fatigue and disabled.
Over the last few days I changed the protocol, adding special exercise techniques along with fascial release and massage. The new techniques greatly increased my depth of sleep and accelerated the improvement. Today I had more energy than I've had in 10 years. Still, the fatigue is cyclical, but with higher energy levels at the top so I'm optomistic. I think there will be a cure for these herpes viruses. After all, we cured polio, though it took decades.
As a biology knowledgeable person I looked at my illness and figured it was viral infection. Physicians didn't have any answers despite a few books like Dr. Teitelbaum's gimmicky CFS book that prescribed ribose. I tried the Marshall Protocol but was kicked off the secret patient forum for being too critical of his gimmicky nutritional recommendations. Next I tried an integrative MD who did a generic and useless program using Ultra Clear semi-fasting, Nutramedix Herbs and some antibiotics.
Early on I figured that since the body naturally uses apoptosis to clear itself of viruses that would be a good area to research. Curcumin and earthing were very helpful and allowed me to greatly enhance my sleep quality while reducing noise and light sensitivity. I then tried Ashwaghanda which helped increases the symptoms of apoptosis, nerve pain then tingling and healing but stopped it when I learned that it caused thyroid damage from long term use. Although my symptoms has improved, I was still suffering from severe fatigue and disabled.
Over the last few days I changed the protocol, adding special exercise techniques along with fascial release and massage. The new techniques greatly increased my depth of sleep and accelerated the improvement. Today I had more energy than I've had in 10 years. Still, the fatigue is cyclical, but with higher energy levels at the top so I'm optomistic. I think there will be a cure for these herpes viruses. After all, we cured polio, though it took decades.
