Hi!
This morning I got my ATP testing back. The ATP level was measured in T-cells and should be >95. Mine was 88. Ok, a bit low but not soooo bad I guess. lactat/pyruvat was also checked but I have not the results yet (habe to wait 2 weeks).
Dr Myhill wrote this:
However there is another problem. If the body is very short of ATP, it can make a very small amount of ATP directly from glucose by converting it into lactic acid. This is exactly what many CFS sufferers do and indeed we know that CFS sufferers readily switch into anaerobic metabolism. However this results in two serious problems - lactic acid quickly builds up especially in muscles to cause pain, heaviness, aching and soreness ("lactic acid burn"), secondly no glucose is available in order to make D-ribose! So new ATP cannot be easily made when you are really run down. Recovery takes days!
Unfortunately that's exactly what I am experiencing: burning and weak muscles with twitching and cramping all over after only 5 minutes of walking. And even after a good nights sleep when I don't feel so exhausted!
So I really ask myself why ?
I also have low levels of carnitine and Q10 (both at the lower end but still in the normal range).
So why could it be that my muscles easily seem to switch into the anaerobic mode despite my ATP levels aren't so low?
Any suggestions?
Thanx!
Hope78
This morning I got my ATP testing back. The ATP level was measured in T-cells and should be >95. Mine was 88. Ok, a bit low but not soooo bad I guess. lactat/pyruvat was also checked but I have not the results yet (habe to wait 2 weeks).
Dr Myhill wrote this:
However there is another problem. If the body is very short of ATP, it can make a very small amount of ATP directly from glucose by converting it into lactic acid. This is exactly what many CFS sufferers do and indeed we know that CFS sufferers readily switch into anaerobic metabolism. However this results in two serious problems - lactic acid quickly builds up especially in muscles to cause pain, heaviness, aching and soreness ("lactic acid burn"), secondly no glucose is available in order to make D-ribose! So new ATP cannot be easily made when you are really run down. Recovery takes days!
Unfortunately that's exactly what I am experiencing: burning and weak muscles with twitching and cramping all over after only 5 minutes of walking. And even after a good nights sleep when I don't feel so exhausted!
So I really ask myself why ?
I also have low levels of carnitine and Q10 (both at the lower end but still in the normal range).
So why could it be that my muscles easily seem to switch into the anaerobic mode despite my ATP levels aren't so low?
Any suggestions?
Thanx!
Hope78