Incredibly useful Chart from Dr. Shoemaker - Thank you for posting this!

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Meredith, Thank you for posting the URL for that chart by Dr. Shoemaker.

I had seen that a while ago but had lost the URL.

Its really useful.

Thanks again.

Sam:

> I may have posted before on Dr Shoemaker's presentation to the

> Virginia Psychiatric Hospital. It can be found at

> http://www.biotoxin.info/images/VirginiaPsychiatry.pdf

>

> Slide 6 describes some of the chemical abnormalities that can occur

> due to biotoxin illnesses. One of these abnormalities is the

> disruption of the glutamate/glutamine ratio. Excess glutamate in the

> brain can cause anxiety, racing thoughts, panic etc. The amino acid

> taurine can help to decrease the glutamate, but first the toxins have

> to be removed from the body. Most of us have used CSM or activated

> charcoal for this. Taurine works best when combined with anything that

> increases blood flow to the brain. Blueberry extract, CoQ10,

> l-arginine are some suggestions. The process of recovery is slow. I am

> in my third month and have only begun feeling better in the last

> several weeks. Of course some damage is permanent and I don't know how

> far this protocol will take me. I am also taking lexapro for anxiety

> and the combination has made life much better. My illness had

> progressed to the point that I had acquired coagulase negative staff,

> so it was very long term. Just some thoughts.

>

> Meredith

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[Guest guest]

yes Thanks, I haven't seen this before.LiveSimply, Meredith, Thank

you for posting the URL for that chart by Dr. Shoemaker.

>

> I had seen that a while ago but had lost the URL.

>

> Its really useful.

>

> Thanks again.

>

>

> Sam:

> > I may have posted before on Dr Shoemaker's presentation to the

> > Virginia Psychiatric Hospital. It can be found at

> > http://www.biotoxin.info/images/VirginiaPsychiatry.pdf

> >

> > Slide 6 describes some of the chemical abnormalities that can

occur

> > due to biotoxin illnesses. One of these abnormalities is the

> > disruption of the glutamate/glutamine ratio. Excess glutamate in

the

> > brain can cause anxiety, racing thoughts, panic etc. The amino

acid

> > taurine can help to decrease the glutamate, but first the toxins

have

> > to be removed from the body. Most of us have used CSM or activated

> > charcoal for this. Taurine works best when combined with anything

that

> > increases blood flow to the brain. Blueberry extract, CoQ10,

> > l-arginine are some suggestions. The process of recovery is slow.

I am

> > in my third month and have only begun feeling better in the last

> > several weeks. Of course some damage is permanent and I don't

know how

> > far this protocol will take me. I am also taking lexapro for

anxiety

> > and the combination has made life much better. My illness had

> > progressed to the point that I had acquired coagulase negative

staff,

> > so it was very long term. Just some thoughts.

> >

> > Meredith

> >

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