Great info and questions I had sent via email-decided to post too.

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*(BTW-I myself-24 yo, w/ the Neuroimmune disorder and treatment

concerning me as an adult, but also useful for children I'm sure.)

The aspect I wasn't aware of was with the diet--even if you happen to

eat a tiny bit here or there it can affect the body for what seems to

be as little as 7 days. I believe that is what I read.

So about every 3 weeks, I might have eaten a tiny bit of chocolate or

something that had some small but significant enough amount of dairy.

Just a little bit thinking it was benign, but guess I won't be doing

that anymore!

*Several random questions I've been curious about for some time;

-About the probiotics; did you have any thoughts on that one I showed

you? It 'seems' like it could potentially be a really good one for

people to try. Not really expensive either. About .40 cents a pill

with only one taken a day. Example here;

http://www.enzy.com/portal/go/enzy/pearlsProducts.aspx?alias=enzy & tabalias=pearl\

sProducts

I thought I read the reasoning behind not using a complex blend or

species of probiotics; something about over activating the immune

system and making it react to everything? Maybe even less tolerant of

things? Or maybe even putting MORE stress on the immune system; going

in the totally wrong direction?? If so that makes me fairly excited

IF the one I just started shouldn't do that. It means there should be

more improvement than I was experiencing in the past.

-Aside from that (which I may just post in the general message board)

question was whether you exercise? I truly haven't known if it is a

good idea to exercise; nothing strenuous of course. (Before I knew

had anything like a Neuroimmune problem) I had noticed that when I

worked out as I normally had in the past (VERY strenuous) I would feel

much worse a day, two, three, four days afterwards. Depressed, tired

and sick feeling. VERY fatigued, way beyond what would be a

'post-work out' soreness.

-Since then I stopped exercising altogether. I've begun again however

with the intensity of what I heard was recommended for someone who

might have HIV, or the sort. Figured that might be the best known

condition in which information might be slightly bridged/translated to

; with slightly similar protocols. (Hmm; just wondered to myself

if people with HIV develop things similar to Neuroimmune dysfunction

as well, ah-interesting question I think.)

-And one more question. It seemed as though with my blood tests that

I didn't really struggle with anything related to fungal problems; or

is fungal treatment always a given with Dr. G? I was tested for

Candida and they 'reported' it was negative, but I believe I read that

might not be always be the case. The way my diet is, I generally

don't eat things with yeast to begin with (being that I'm on a MAO

Inhibitor, and yeast extract is on the NO-NO list). Considering I

don't eat any grains but rice and MAYBE corn chips or corn cereal. I

generally have never eaten a lot of sugar; which I know can be bad for

Candida. I haven't drank pop or 'soda' in about eight years. I also

don't add sugar to any cereal or tea. I've always eaten tuna fish

straight out of the can with raw concentrated lime or lemon juice on

top, which I also found to be good for Candida (being that it is acidic.)

The only thing I need to watch concerning the no sugar added juice

I've drank for years; being that it still has fructose.

I'll bring the two books once I see Dr. G, he might even recommend it

to other patients; are two excellent books I've been reading for well

over 6 months now. I read them each night before bed. I read them

all the time, practicing their techniques. They have helped more than

everything combined really.

Seeing that I've truly read enough psychology books over the past 11

years to have a graduate school degree in it (truly); these are the

two most helpful and without a doubt the most significant books I've

found.

Ironically I began reading both with my eyes proverbially rolled back

into my head. One my brother forced me to read for lending me money;

and the other because it is the only book the library carried

concerning the subject.

First was " Taming your Gremlin " by Rick Carson. (Author of which I've

talked to on the phone one on one recently.)

Second is " The Immune Power Personality. " by Henry Dreher.

Proven step by step methods including detailed written medical

articles by well known researchers on how to boost the immune system

through psychological techniques as well as behavior, mind/body

awareness, meditation, present moment awareness, writing methods,

'A.C.E.-factor' and many others. All having to do with what they were

terming " Psychoneuroimmunology-or-PNI. " The book is very detailed,

and it refers to the results of lab studies and experiments w/

researcher's test results graphing the boosts and measurments of

participant's Neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocyctes,

granulocytes-killing activity, T-helper ratio to T-suppressor cells,

and natural killer cells numbers. I know doing the exercises in the

book have boosted my immune system alone. Over time of working with

just the book (before practicing or knowing any recommendations

or protocols) I was telling a considerable difference in my mood,

energy, fatigue, mental abilities, anxiety, and concentration just

from doing the exercises. (My best friends were telling me the

difference they were noticing in me alone.)

Unfortunately I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to get my

blood work up done or not; so I was practicing the methods in the book

with great fever up to the point I had my blood drawn. I do have a

hunch that once I did get my blood tests done, it might have created

some measurable alterations....eee, perhaps showing a somewhat

misrepresentation of what I had been experiencing the last several years.

If you read the book yourself you'd understand what I mean by making

that overt claim.

I'll show it to Dr. G though. He might be fully knowledgeable of all

the researchers and dozens of clinical studies performed himself.

There is no questionable doubt that the methods reduce circulating

stress hormones (cortisol) which act directly on the immune system's

efficiency.

I have significant long sustained diagnosis of several other mental

difficulties/illnesses which are well known to correlate with high

levels of cortisol; which was the quintessential reason I was

oberservant and attentive of just that.

(I'm an 'expert' on brain function and internal

neurochemical/anatomical functions and processes, so I know why the

cortisol has been important concerning the Hippocampus and

Hypothalmus; but what has been totally foreign territory for me is the

Neuroimmune dysfunctions.

New information to explore. I urge everyone to at least look at the

" The Immune Power Personality, " by Henry Dreher. The library may have

it, that is where I read it first, then I bought two copies. One for

me and one for my friend.

Hope someone can use some of this info. OR answer some of the questions.

Thanks!!!

- ;-)