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I asked some questions in another thread and was advised to start my own with details about my symptoms, what supplements I take, and by SNP's I have. So this is long. Very long. I know I am not as bad off as a lot of people, but in I just wanted to give you as much info as possible.
I have not started the methylation protocol yet. I am not sure if it will even help me. I take quite a few supplements right now and don't know if the would interfere with the process.
My problems started about 9 years ago with some low back pain and the entire 9 year story is very long so I won't get into it, unless someone is interested in knowing how I got here. So...
Here are my symptoms right now:
-constant muscle spasms in head and neck
-a strange dizzy-like feeling that I can't quite describe (not the normal dizzy feeling)
-chronic, severe insomnia--became worse in Feb 2014 when I did a preliminary neurofeedback treatment. I could not make it through the 30 minutes and ever since that day could not fall asleep before 2am no matter what I tried. Then it got even worse in Sept when I had to start getting up at 6am to get my kids to school. After 2 weeks I quit sleeping altogether and I only recently have been falling asleep around 3:30-4am most every night, but waking a lot.
-the more I do during the day, the less I sleep at night (and the quality of the sleep is worse too).
-bright light and noise (particularly high pitched noise) sensitivity, but the level of sensitivity varies from mild to intense.
-extreme fatigue all the time, which has gradually gotten worse with certain treatments and unexpected events. But since about October, it has continued to decline to the point where it is hard for me to do much. If I do stuff one day, I need a few days doing nothing in order to do stuff again...and I oy get a few hours maximum of "energy" (for lack of a better term) on the days I do stuff.
-I used to have severe back pain that went away after taking some herbal liquid supplements. But now my back pain has returned in the past few weeks to the point where I can't wear a very loose fitting bra (which I absolutely have to wear now that it is summer). if I do, it hurts, and the next day I'm in even more pain. And I keep feeling more tired all the time.
-I was diagnosed over the summer with Grave's disease. I had a tsh of .03 but my ft3/4 were relatively normal...only a little above average. But I do have the grave's antibodies. I was told I was subclinical and I did not have any noticeable symptoms. I was put on meds and now I am hypothyroid (which could explain why I am so much more tired). Last test showed tsh 4.7 and very low (but still in-range) ft3/4. I started having a really fast heart rate (100) in mid feb) so they increased my thyroid meds. It has gone down but not quite back to normal now. I can take propranolol (beta blocker) if needed. My bp has always been on the low side and that has not changed.
-since the increase in meds I feel really depressed...and sometimes have anxiety.
-I have not been able to exercise in years because it makes all my symptoms worse to even do light exercises beyond walking. I could walk around my neighborhood or up and down the boardwalk at the beach everyday before October and be fine, but now I cannot do that at all. I can probably walk to the end of my street and back now.
The meds and supplements I take (I know this is a lot...I added things slowly over about 4 years.
-Klonopin 1.25mg
-lamictal 200mg
-methimazole 5 mg
**just finished weaning off mobic 7.5 mg 2x/day)
- vit D10,000 iu/day(metagenics)
-vit A 8000iu/day (retinol
-K2 100mg/day
-magnesium 300mg 2x/day
Calcium 60mg 2x/day
-zinc 50 mg/day
-selenium 200 mcg/day
-EFA 720 mg/day
-DHA 1200mg/day
-other omega 3s 280mg/day
-cq10 50mg 2x/day
-VesselCare (metagenics) 1x/day (contains:
5mg ribo
25 mg B6
800 calcium l-5 MTHF
1 mg methylcobalamin
5 mg zinc
500 mg TMG
100 mg choline
20 mg intrinsic factor
-glycine 1g 2x/day
-l-carnitine fumarate 250mg 4x
-biotin 450 1or 2x/day
-ALA 600 mg 1or 2x/day
-Cellgevity, 2x/day, which contains:
Vit C 42mg
Selenium 12.5 mg
D-Ribose 125 mg
Proprietary blend:
Cordyceps
Curcumin
Resveratrol
ALA
Grape seed extract
Milk thistle
Broccoli seed extract
Aloe extract
BioPerine
-Metagenics ultra clear plus powder detox shake mix
-Baseline nutritionals Colon Corrective, containing
Aloe ferox leaf
Cascara Sahara bark
Barberry root
Ginger root
Fennel seed
Terminalia Chebula fruit
Cayenne fruit
-baseline nutritionals heavy metal detox contains:
Chlorella
Black fulvic acid
Cilantro leaf
-Transformation K, L and H drain, containing:
Sasparilla
yellow dock
Red root
Red clover
Stllingia root
Prickly Ash bark
Asparagus tuber
Goldenrod tops
Buchu leaf
Juniper berries
-diatomaceous earth
**i have baseline nutritionals colon detoxifier but have not started it yet.
SNP's (that I know of):
-resistant to aspirin
-poor ability to absorb vit D (+/+)
-mthfr c677t (+/+)
I have no idea if some of these supplements would need to be stopped in order to try the methylation protocol, or maybe all of them. Based on my details above, I have no idea if the protocol would do anything for me. I have had a lot of treatments backfire and only a couple work. Usually when they work it is fast and there has been little to no initial bad reaction. When I first took the Transformation products, I felt a ton better in just 3 days. I started NAC after a setback and I literally felt a huge difference in 45 minutes. I take the Cellgevity in place of NAC now. Keeping a strict diet without junk or legumes/grains, and low meats helped a lot for a while too. If anyone has any advice for me, I would appreciate it.
Thank you for reading my post
I have not started the methylation protocol yet. I am not sure if it will even help me. I take quite a few supplements right now and don't know if the would interfere with the process.
My problems started about 9 years ago with some low back pain and the entire 9 year story is very long so I won't get into it, unless someone is interested in knowing how I got here. So...
Here are my symptoms right now:
-constant muscle spasms in head and neck
-a strange dizzy-like feeling that I can't quite describe (not the normal dizzy feeling)
-chronic, severe insomnia--became worse in Feb 2014 when I did a preliminary neurofeedback treatment. I could not make it through the 30 minutes and ever since that day could not fall asleep before 2am no matter what I tried. Then it got even worse in Sept when I had to start getting up at 6am to get my kids to school. After 2 weeks I quit sleeping altogether and I only recently have been falling asleep around 3:30-4am most every night, but waking a lot.
-the more I do during the day, the less I sleep at night (and the quality of the sleep is worse too).
-bright light and noise (particularly high pitched noise) sensitivity, but the level of sensitivity varies from mild to intense.
-extreme fatigue all the time, which has gradually gotten worse with certain treatments and unexpected events. But since about October, it has continued to decline to the point where it is hard for me to do much. If I do stuff one day, I need a few days doing nothing in order to do stuff again...and I oy get a few hours maximum of "energy" (for lack of a better term) on the days I do stuff.
-I used to have severe back pain that went away after taking some herbal liquid supplements. But now my back pain has returned in the past few weeks to the point where I can't wear a very loose fitting bra (which I absolutely have to wear now that it is summer). if I do, it hurts, and the next day I'm in even more pain. And I keep feeling more tired all the time.
-I was diagnosed over the summer with Grave's disease. I had a tsh of .03 but my ft3/4 were relatively normal...only a little above average. But I do have the grave's antibodies. I was told I was subclinical and I did not have any noticeable symptoms. I was put on meds and now I am hypothyroid (which could explain why I am so much more tired). Last test showed tsh 4.7 and very low (but still in-range) ft3/4. I started having a really fast heart rate (100) in mid feb) so they increased my thyroid meds. It has gone down but not quite back to normal now. I can take propranolol (beta blocker) if needed. My bp has always been on the low side and that has not changed.
-since the increase in meds I feel really depressed...and sometimes have anxiety.
-I have not been able to exercise in years because it makes all my symptoms worse to even do light exercises beyond walking. I could walk around my neighborhood or up and down the boardwalk at the beach everyday before October and be fine, but now I cannot do that at all. I can probably walk to the end of my street and back now.
The meds and supplements I take (I know this is a lot...I added things slowly over about 4 years.
-Klonopin 1.25mg
-lamictal 200mg
-methimazole 5 mg
**just finished weaning off mobic 7.5 mg 2x/day)
- vit D10,000 iu/day(metagenics)
-vit A 8000iu/day (retinol
-K2 100mg/day
-magnesium 300mg 2x/day
Calcium 60mg 2x/day
-zinc 50 mg/day
-selenium 200 mcg/day
-EFA 720 mg/day
-DHA 1200mg/day
-other omega 3s 280mg/day
-cq10 50mg 2x/day
-VesselCare (metagenics) 1x/day (contains:
5mg ribo
25 mg B6
800 calcium l-5 MTHF
1 mg methylcobalamin
5 mg zinc
500 mg TMG
100 mg choline
20 mg intrinsic factor
-glycine 1g 2x/day
-l-carnitine fumarate 250mg 4x
-biotin 450 1or 2x/day
-ALA 600 mg 1or 2x/day
-Cellgevity, 2x/day, which contains:
Vit C 42mg
Selenium 12.5 mg
D-Ribose 125 mg
Proprietary blend:
Cordyceps
Curcumin
Resveratrol
ALA
Grape seed extract
Milk thistle
Broccoli seed extract
Aloe extract
BioPerine
-Metagenics ultra clear plus powder detox shake mix
-Baseline nutritionals Colon Corrective, containing
Aloe ferox leaf
Cascara Sahara bark
Barberry root
Ginger root
Fennel seed
Terminalia Chebula fruit
Cayenne fruit
-baseline nutritionals heavy metal detox contains:
Chlorella
Black fulvic acid
Cilantro leaf
-Transformation K, L and H drain, containing:
Sasparilla
yellow dock
Red root
Red clover
Stllingia root
Prickly Ash bark
Asparagus tuber
Goldenrod tops
Buchu leaf
Juniper berries
-diatomaceous earth
**i have baseline nutritionals colon detoxifier but have not started it yet.
SNP's (that I know of):
-resistant to aspirin
-poor ability to absorb vit D (+/+)
-mthfr c677t (+/+)
I have no idea if some of these supplements would need to be stopped in order to try the methylation protocol, or maybe all of them. Based on my details above, I have no idea if the protocol would do anything for me. I have had a lot of treatments backfire and only a couple work. Usually when they work it is fast and there has been little to no initial bad reaction. When I first took the Transformation products, I felt a ton better in just 3 days. I started NAC after a setback and I literally felt a huge difference in 45 minutes. I take the Cellgevity in place of NAC now. Keeping a strict diet without junk or legumes/grains, and low meats helped a lot for a while too. If anyone has any advice for me, I would appreciate it.
Thank you for reading my post