STRANGE history with a twist,

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Hi, Even though I subscribed months ago, I have to admit that I haven't had

time to read the digest or post. I am the single mom of a teenager with

autism....enough said. No, let's add to that, that my mom had her third stoke

this

past weekend and almost died. When it rains it pours huh.

My history is that a dr. in Atlanta (went there although I'm from Alabama)

told me I had adrenal fatigue. Sure enough saliva counts showed below normal

cortisol. She told me it would take 6 months to 2 years to recover. I love

when people tell me to " relieve the stress " as if I seek it out! LOL It's just

unavoidable in my situation. Long and short of it is that I have a WEIRD

problem and a WEIRD history.

Premature menopause at age 32...cause unknown. Everything down hill since

then for the past 13 years. I have not, since menopause, been able to take

almost ANY medication. What happens is that it helps at first, then I start

having strange symptoms but the two constants are fibromyalgia and breathing

difficulty. I have to go off the meds and then those two problems go away. I

started doing some salivia testing from ZRT lab to try to track some of this

craziness myself. I determined that when I would try to take HRT that my counts

would very quickly go from bottomed out numbers to through the roof. THe lab

said I probably had " slow clearance " , whatever that mean. Regardless, I think

whatever the problem is, is what is preventing me from taking meds. I don't

know how to help myself with this problem. Oh by the way, I was also told I had

low thyroid but when I tried to take the meds they recommended...same problem!

I'm so upset and frustrated.

Yesterday I saw a new dr. I got nowhere with him. He didn't really try to

help and just said I was " out of his league " . We did blood work and I'm not

sure when I'll get the results.

Now here is the strangest twist of all.....this year I have been doing a lot

of studying about my daughters autism. I read in a book that when adults get

a mercury problem, that it usually manifests itself in endocrine

problems...especially the ovaries, thyroid, adrenal and pituitary. My daughter

has tested

positive for mercury poisoning and her only exposure was vaccinations. She

got the vaccines at the height of the mercury content. I think back to right

before my adrenals failed and I had just had a rhogham shot, dental work

(mercury fillings) and an MMR (required for grad school). I also had a TON of

stress

in grad school. So my questions are these:

1. Has anyone ever heard of these problems being associated with heavy

metals?

2. Has anyone every heard of " slow clearance " or get fibromyalgia on meds?

3. Does anyone have digestion problems with these endocrine problems as I'm

having that as this time...TONS of gas, stomach bloating up after eating/

4. Any suggestions for me?

PLEASE forgive me for not reading all the files at this time. My life has

been in chaos so I am breaking with my normal good manners and just posting my

problems. THANK YOU!

Kristi in Alabama

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