Re: new hair test

[Guest guest]

>

> I am hair test 73.

> http://www.livingnetwork.co.za/healingnetwork/hairtest.html

>

This is the first time I have looked at a GSDL test.

Andy does give instructions on how to read a GSDL test on p 272 of his

" Hair Test Interpretation " book. It looks like the test has changed

since he published the book because Na and K are on this test but were

missing at the time he wrote the book.

It looks to me like your test might meet counting rule 1 with an all

low pattern. I can't be sure because I find the test difficult to

read. It would be worthwhile to have a DDI *hair elements* test done

(there is a special price during the month of April with

www.directlabs.com. The DDI test is not very expensive.)

> 1)

> Symptoms:

> -Very foggy brain, concentration problems

> -A lot of fatigue.

> -Poor liver function

> -constipation

> -strange vision (a bit ichy behind eyes, difficulties with having

> overview)

> -slight joint pains in hands and toes

> -chronic fungal problems

>

Symptoms fit mercury toxicity.

> Medical history:

> In childhood: only regular headaches and more than average need for

> sleep (and more tired in the morning). This ineffective sleep got

> worse over time.

> Health became a problem when I was about 27. I have visited many

> doctors with little success. It seems that I need P5P at this moment

> (otherwise I get polyuria - very much diluted urine). My sleep doctor

> discovered 'sleep apnea'. I have used a CPAP but use a SnoreEx now.

>

> 2)

> In childhood 2 amalgam fillings were placed.

2 amalgam fillings doesn't seem like very many. It is possible that

there were other exposures to mercury or other toxins that you were

not aware of. Some people have reported mercury poisoning just from

eating fish. Some people have a genetic predisposition to accumulate

toxins.

> They were replaced by composit fillings in 2006 (after I did a urine

> heavy metal provocation test).

>

> 3)

> I use hydrocortisone for weak adrenals.

What dose do you use? (just curious as I use HC as well).

Kind Regards

J

> I use pramipexole as I discovered that this improves my sleep

> substantially (ineffective sleep has always been a problem ->

> recently it was discovered that it works on FM-patients).

> I use P5P otherwise I get polyuria - very much diluted urine.

> Supplements: a multi-vitamine, 1000mg vit C, B-complex, P5P. I have

> used many more, but not in a very consistent way (to experiment).

> I am just planning start chelation.

>

> 4)

> I have tried Magnesium-calcium-zinc tablets for a while.

>

> 5)

> I am pretty sure that my body cannot detox itself adequately. Maybe

> my ineffective sleep that I have had all my live contributes to it.

> My growth hormone (indirectly measured by IGF-1) which is made during

> sleep was extremely low. GH is very important for many things; you

> get atrophy of organs when it lacks. With pramipexole and my SnoreEx

> it is better. But I discovered these important things when my body

> was already completely out of

> balance: weak adenals, poor liver, foggy brain, poor digestion. Maybe

> heavy metals have build up during many many years. I am just in the

> process to discover that.

>

[Guest guest]

> What dose do you use? (just curious as I use HC as well).

I am using 10mg a day (5mg / 2.5mg / 2.5mg).

I forgot to say that I also use DHEA: 25mg in the morning.

By the way, thanks for looking at my hair test. I think I will just

try chelation instead of having another hair test. At this moment

chelation (+other detox protocols) is one of the few things that are

left for trying.

In a urine heavy metal provocation test mercury and lead where

elevated, but I don't have good reference data for that test.

About possible exposure in the past:

My father was a tulip bulb grower (how DUTCH can it be???); he was

exposed a lot to mercury many years ago (used for disinfecting

purposes) when it was not even known how dangerous it is. He has had

some of the same health problems as I have, but in a lesser extent.

My father and I did both the urine provocation test and in mine the

mercury, lead, etc were much higher. I found that really strange;

initially I did not really trust the test, partly because all doctors

and people I spoke to did not support the idea for my possible heavy

metal toxicity. The clinic where I did the test (it offers IV

chelation) was quite commercial. My father is now 65 and he is

feeling better and better, possible due to the half life of mercury?

My liver works much poorer than my fathers; most of the time I cannot

even stand 1 glass of whine while my father can without a problem. So

possible the heavy metals have taken me in a vicicous cycle of health

misery.