Hi Guys,
Could you please advise which B2 you're taking? (Sounds like could help to straighten some of my annoying personality traits and make it easier on my hubby). Do you guys take manganese as well? There are posts on the "B2- I love" you saying that you should. I'm trying to figure out what to order for Fred's protocol and the more I read on the forum, the more confused I become. Makes a bad headache even worse. I don't mean to complain. I'm soooo thankful for all the info that everyone is sharing and Fred, you're amazing. Reading your story, made me feel rediculous feeling sorry for myself. Just really don't know where to start and I'd like to start fast, but afraid to deplete something by mistake or trigger too much of a detox which seems to be a normal thing. And I really would like to avoid making things unnecessarily worse.
fred (& Rich in case you're reading this): I was hoping to get my GP to agree to order some tests at the ELN in the Netherlands (since that's where I live) in order to figure out what it is that I would need to get started on. Could you please advise which tests to take? (And what rationale to give for having these tests for that mater?) I was thinking it was only the methylation tests at 1st, but saw Marlene's results and what she did seems to be a lot more extensive. Would you be willing to read those and clarify (interpret I mean)?
I started realizing just 5 weeks ago that what I'm experiencing is probably CSF. Haven't been able to find a doctor who understands much, did manage to find one who confirmed that it must be CFS since they couldn't find anything else. I was prescribed B12 (hydroxy) which seems to help a tiny bit and also l-carnitine (sigma tau) which made me hyperactive and restless like I'm on caffeine. So I lowered the dose for now. Does this mean that I probably needed it, do you think? Now I'm reading however that I could get more of a detox if I start the methyl and adenosyl B12. Does this mean that it's better to stop the hydroxy?
I'm convinced that my symptoms are caused by a latent EBV infection, so was planning to start antivirals initially and decided to prep with vitamins, etc. to support better immunity, then read Rich's intake and yours and decided to try the B12 protocol and see what happens. After I saw the bigger picture, I thought I might try without the antivirals at first, since there is probably a larger problem at the base of things. The more I'd like to start with something, the more I drown in this sea of information though. I know I'm not the only one and that I'm lucky with you guys already having gone through so much. Still frustrated though and would really appreciate some advice on the starting point.
Thanks!