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Now, upon learning that selenium actually affects enteroviruses, I wonder if the sudden stop taking the selenium contributed as a possible trigger. Of all the theories about CFS, the enterovirus scenario by dr. Chia always made a lot of sense to me..
@jeffrez
This is similar to what I found: I did not get stimulation, but just increased energy and lower brain fog at 400 mcg. But when I went down to just 200 mcg, these benefits largely disappeared. So there seems to be something disproportionately effective about the 400 mcg dose, because you don't get these benefits at the 200 mcg dose.
Maybe you could try 300 mcg, Jeffrez, as a compromise: the stimulation might be more acceptable at 300 mcg.
Another point is that Se can bind to Mercury (Hg), its one of the few things that can bind to Hg and take it out of circulation in the body.
Selenium 500 mcg at night (sodium selenate 5 drops) — selenium displaces mercury from its binding sites. One then needs a good supply of sulphur-containing amino-acids — mercury loves sulphur groups — such as glutathione 250 mg daily or methionine 250 mg daily — then the mercury is excreted in urine.
Source: here.
I came to the same conclusion as Myhill just by trial and error. When you move the Mercury (Hg) you need the glutathione to detox it otherwise it will just redistribute elseplace. She is wrong about methionine though, it is chemically so many steps away from SAM-e that those reaction steps might already be posioned and not working. This is usually the case for pple with ME. And you also need to take lots of B12, folate and P5P to push those reactions.
Also bile and fiber, can't stress this enuf, its a multi-step process to get it out.
She is wrong about methionine though, it is chemically so many steps away from SAM-e that those reaction steps might already be posioned and not working. This is usually the case for pple with ME. And you also need to take lots of B12, folate and P5P to push those reactions.