Athene*
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That's amazing that you've been able to give up thyroid meds as well as adrenal meds! Yes, I read the STTM book too - very useful info, but in need of an editor! I was wary of the overly emotive title and statements too, but maybe I'm just too conservative. The book has helped a lot of people. I've read a lot about the b12/dementia link too. Hopefully we will avoid that particular affliction. I will watch your b2 story with interest, and hope it continues to work for you.The book Stop The Thyroid Madness was my guide for thyroid problems. Not well written, but the basic worldview helped me a lot.
Yes, I've seen what Fred said about B2. I have increased B2 from 20mg/day to 50 or 60, plus lowered m-folate by about two-thirds - & I've improved (so far - 10 days). My K demand has dropped rather than increased.
I was on T3 (20mcg/day) for a long time, but the Freddd Protocol allowed me to slowly taper off it. Also hydrocortisone (20 mg/day), and most recently DHEA. My energy is better than it was before - i.e. when I was on all the above. I think it was the FP, & now the new approach, which has many similarities.
My latest reading suggests that dementia is a B12 problem more than anything; indeed there are big similarities in the biomarkers for AD & CFS. Which presumably explains why I am brain-dead when fatigued: can't reason, can't remember anything. However, yes, by all means test for copper before plunging in. All I can tell you about Cu, really, is that a deficiency is very unpleasant.
You know more about the methylation protocol than I do - I've only come to it recently - but would you not worry that the lower potassium demand might be a result of less cell building/repair since folate has dropped? But then again, if you're feeling good, that says a lot, and perhaps you've done enough cell building and repair already, having been on the FP for a good while, and so that's why you only now need low folate etc as maintenance along with the b2? I'm still learning about all this, but I'm really interested in your story because of the thyroid/adrenal issues too. They've been major problems for me for the last 16 or more years and I over focused on them through necessity (no help from doctors), but always felt there was something else going on...
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