Re: STRANGE history with a twist,

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hi Kristi -

I've never heard of this " slow clearance " syndrome but I am intrigued

- I cannot tolerate anything but the lowest dosages of meds, vitamins,

hormones, anything. I don't get fibromyalgia symptoms, but side

effects are just massively exaggerated as if I've taken huge amounts

of whatever it is. When I was taking Paxil years ago (an

antidepressant) I could split the 10mg pill into quarters and it would

still knock me out at night. I can't even tolerate vitamins, except

at very low doses - I end up shaky and ravenously hungry and nauseous

at the same time. The B vitamins tend to completely disrupt my sleep.

I don't have chem sensitivities and I am really not a hypochondriac -

but this always, always happens.

One thing I've heard of is the herximer reaction - in a nutshell, the

theory is that anything that causes cell die-off in your body triggers

an immune response, making you feel ill. For example, if vitamin D

helps kill off latent viruses in your system, the dead and dying

viruses trigger your immune system in the same way that the virus

would if active.

Personally, I don't know if I am 100% convinced of this theory (just

b/c I tend to be a bit of a skeptic) but it's something to consider...

unfortunately, I haven't sorted out a way to take the meds or

supplements that in theory will cure me - I gut it out for a while and

then just get too tired of feeling worse than I did before. The only

thing that I have learned is that if I keep the doses EXTREMELY low

they may have the desired effect without the bad side effects.

I hope you have better luck - keep us posted.

all the best,

(in UK)

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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