Re: chloestramine (or just CSM)

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In my own experience (I live in a moldy climate), CSM is key.

Mold exposure can raise cytokines, which can lower your free T3, and can raise

your reverse T3....NOT good. Getting those tested can help. R-T3 should be

below 150, and Free T3 should at least be above 320? Synthroid won't help this,

as your body will continue to churn out reverse T3 if cytokines are still high.

You NEED an open-minded doc - someone who doesn't think mold treatment is a

bunch of " hocus-pocus " - as a doc offended me by telling me a couple of weeks

ago. I meant to ask him if he'd ever gotten anyone well from massive mold

exposure - He hasn't helped anyone I know with that problem.

Actos - see Mold Warriors - helps at first - taking it long term is a tough

decision.

Some folks take benicar or similar anti-hypertensives- See Pat Sullivan - mold -

google it.

Just about all of Teitelbaum's stuff is helpful, but I have to say that if you

read " From Fatigued to Fantastic " you have to start out reading it asking, " So,

what can I do to get better from mold? " He has a great program, but the CSM

should be first. If you don't get the mycotoxins out, the body chemistry

profile is still going be high in inflammatory blood markers -- still in the

hole in my opinion!

Low dose naltrexone can help some people sometimes, but you have to research it

a lot to decide. It takes 3-6 months to see full benefit, but can help heal the

gut and reduce some types of pain and inflammation. I have found it to be a

better option than heavy duty painkillers or

anti-psychotics/antidepressants--not that those don't have their place!

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> Jolly,Can you point me towards where you found out about the effect of

cytokines on FT3, please. Do you know what test might pick this up? I finally

have found a doctor who is open-minded and willing to help. I had thyroid issues

(hashis) prior to wdb exposure but within some months after leaving the place

all three antibodies were going off the c

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http://www.thyroidmanager.org/Chapter5/index.html

Someone on-list sent me a link today to this website.......fascinating

connections.

good reading!

Jolly

This is one of the first things I found:

http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-preview.axd?code=un162q46l4122157 & size=larges\

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------I, like you, always thought there was SOME kind of relationship between

them....how could there NOT be??

The pure natural T3 I take is helping, BUT I just caught mono from my

baby.........we'll see if having the T3 on board keeps from having a crash on

this one!

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A new MCS friend of mine just got a Hash's diagnosis, so I will be asking her

more questions, too. I think she takes T3, but we just started talking on the

phone.

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Sue I was thinking the same thing

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> can you tell me what the liver damage has to do with CSM?

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> >I had asked my P.A. about CSM, but he said that I was unable to take

> >it because of my liver damage. So much has to be taken into

> >consideration depending upon how much damage the mold has done.

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