Need encouragement, and any ideas

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I raised my ALA dose a few months ago. I did a few rounds at 12.5 mg

and then raised to 16 mg. I did okay at this for 3 rounds - 5 or 6

days worth of the ALA along with DMPS. In fact, I would say they were

excellent rounds, maybe the best ever, few symptoms. I attributed

this to reducing the night-time interval to 2 hours. I was feeling so

encouraged.

Then I had a very bad round at the same dose/interval. Extreme

anxiety, massive paresthesias of arms, legs, face (I have never had

such extreme paresthesias), strange emotions, and the dizzy, swaying

feeling (that I used to get a lot on DMSA/ALA, but has not been a big

problem on DMPS/ALA). I ended that round after 2.5 days. It took

about 5 days for the symptoms to settle down.

I should have reduced dose, but I thought maybe it was a one-time

event and I tried again at the same dose. Same problem and I dropped

the ALA after 2 days. I continued DMPS for a week after that and

today I started ALA again at 8 mg. After the second dose, it is

starting again - anxiety, paresthesias, dizzy. I'm also very cold

and my eyes are blurring. I'm afraid of what will happen if I

continue, but it's clear I need the ALA to get at this problem.

I cannot understand why I am so incredibly sensitive to ALA. The

paresthesias are strange and new. The anxiety is adrenaline-type

anxiety, which I have not had for years. The cold, shivery feeling

is part of this, I think - I used to get that way from adrenaline.

I had really hoped the dizzy thing was gone for good.

I got some buspar to see if that helps the anxiety, but not so far.

Any words of wisdom, advice, ideas, encouragement, anything would be

appreciated.

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