I'm a first time poster (loooong time lurker). I tried to find the answers to my questions in all the literature and previous posts first, but was unsuccessful.
I'm two weeks into the protocol (this is the second time, first began it two years ago, but abandoned it due to (what I perceived to be) detox that I couldn't handle and an uncooperative Dr.) I'm scheduled for my urinalysis and all the other lab word in two months, but I was wondering if a couple of my symptoms might suggest increased ammonia and if I should contact my nurse practitioner about doing the urinalysis earlier.
This may be nothing at all, but I just want to be careful. Two weeks in and, in addition to all the classic symptoms (feeling fluish, frontal headaches that respond well to molybdenum, swollen lymph nodes, slightly stuffy nose), I am still having problems with constipation as well as poor sleep and night time anxiety with no decrease in severity since I began (while my other symptoms have decreased in severity). While I know some people had disturbed sleep in the beginning, I got the impression that that waned away for most people after a few days.
Am I too early into the protocol for this to cause worry? Could this just be my individual reaction to the protocol, or should I seek to get my lab work done earlier in case there is an issue, be it ammonia or something else?
Also, just a quick FYI, I'm doing this slightly different. I bought TONS of supplements in bulk when I was doing the Culter protocol a year ago, which I since discontinued because its very demanding and I just wasn't recovering at all after my sessions. ONe of the supplements I got was Advaclear by Metagenics (who do Folapro and Actifolate), which I used as a detox support supplement while on the Cutler protocol. It contains 134 mg L-5-methyltetrahyrofolate per capsule as well as a lot of the substances in the Yasko multi and in comparable amounts (NAC, milk thistle, choline, taurine, molybdenum, plus a lot of the detox-supporting vitamins and minerals all found in the yasko multi, which I've given up on because of really bad customer service experiences with Holistic Heal -this was 2 years ago so maybe they've improved). My version of the protocol below:
- 1 capsule Advaclear (containing 134mg 5-MTHF - I plan to use up the last of this and then replace it with 1/4 tab ActiFolate)
- 1/4 tablet Folapro (did 1/8th for first 4 days)
- 1 capsule Vitamin Discount Center PS Complex
- 1 Perque subligual
- 1 New Chapter Men's Mutli (1/3rd of a daily dose - contains only 133mg folate and no iron)
Also taking:
Mg Taurate - yeilding 400mg Mag daily
Molybdenum chelate- 1000mcg (per Cutler's recommendations)
Qunol (liquid coQ10)
Probiotics
Krill Oil
Thanks to all of you guys for putting your experiences on here! I'm not willing to just jump in to different protocols now, but there was so much good info here I finally felt comfortable moving forward with this.
And special thanks to Rich for all his work.
sp
I'm two weeks into the protocol (this is the second time, first began it two years ago, but abandoned it due to (what I perceived to be) detox that I couldn't handle and an uncooperative Dr.) I'm scheduled for my urinalysis and all the other lab word in two months, but I was wondering if a couple of my symptoms might suggest increased ammonia and if I should contact my nurse practitioner about doing the urinalysis earlier.
This may be nothing at all, but I just want to be careful. Two weeks in and, in addition to all the classic symptoms (feeling fluish, frontal headaches that respond well to molybdenum, swollen lymph nodes, slightly stuffy nose), I am still having problems with constipation as well as poor sleep and night time anxiety with no decrease in severity since I began (while my other symptoms have decreased in severity). While I know some people had disturbed sleep in the beginning, I got the impression that that waned away for most people after a few days.
Am I too early into the protocol for this to cause worry? Could this just be my individual reaction to the protocol, or should I seek to get my lab work done earlier in case there is an issue, be it ammonia or something else?
Also, just a quick FYI, I'm doing this slightly different. I bought TONS of supplements in bulk when I was doing the Culter protocol a year ago, which I since discontinued because its very demanding and I just wasn't recovering at all after my sessions. ONe of the supplements I got was Advaclear by Metagenics (who do Folapro and Actifolate), which I used as a detox support supplement while on the Cutler protocol. It contains 134 mg L-5-methyltetrahyrofolate per capsule as well as a lot of the substances in the Yasko multi and in comparable amounts (NAC, milk thistle, choline, taurine, molybdenum, plus a lot of the detox-supporting vitamins and minerals all found in the yasko multi, which I've given up on because of really bad customer service experiences with Holistic Heal -this was 2 years ago so maybe they've improved). My version of the protocol below:
- 1 capsule Advaclear (containing 134mg 5-MTHF - I plan to use up the last of this and then replace it with 1/4 tab ActiFolate)
- 1/4 tablet Folapro (did 1/8th for first 4 days)
- 1 capsule Vitamin Discount Center PS Complex
- 1 Perque subligual
- 1 New Chapter Men's Mutli (1/3rd of a daily dose - contains only 133mg folate and no iron)
Also taking:
Mg Taurate - yeilding 400mg Mag daily
Molybdenum chelate- 1000mcg (per Cutler's recommendations)
Qunol (liquid coQ10)
Probiotics
Krill Oil
Thanks to all of you guys for putting your experiences on here! I'm not willing to just jump in to different protocols now, but there was so much good info here I finally felt comfortable moving forward with this.
And special thanks to Rich for all his work.
sp