Re: Thoughts on Hypoglycemia (long post, sorry!)

March 22, 2008

Hello Frances

You sound exactly like me two years ago! I had just had my amalgams

out, and everything went completely crazy. I would crash 1-2 hours

after every meal - which was only ever protein and vegetables. I

took HC, Armour, BCCAs, protein shakes, chromium. Nothing helped.

My crashes went on during the night, and I would often have to eat

once or twice during the night in order to get back to sleep. It was

chaotic, very tiring and VERY frustrating.

Two years on, it is pretty much over. I chelated religiously 3 days

on 3 days off with DMSA for eight months (I am doing it less

intensively now): I also took chromium religiously. I eventually

worked out that it was not a blood sugar crash I was experiencing

every time, but gastroparesis, which is where the stomach empties

more slowly than usual, which causes blood sugar fluctuations. This

is a hypothyroid symptom and got better with T3 thryoid hormone (I

wasn't getting enough from the Armour - but go slowly with it). I

also supplemented heavily with magnesium thinking this would help

with the insulin resistance, but I think the big one for me was

adding in calcium. My hair analysis showed high calcium, and so I

was afraid to supplement it, but in fact I do need it. Insulin

release is controlled by calcium / magnesium, and getting this right

(or more balanced than it was) was key for me.

I also use female hormones, DHEA etc etc.

Frances - I hope this gives you some ideas. Feel free to email me

privately if you like.

Best

Nicola

-- In frequent-dose-chelation , " Frances "

wrote:

>

> hi everyone,

>

> i'm having major symptoms of hypoglycemia(severe adrenaline rushes,

> heart racing/palpitations, weakness, shaking,sweating, although

> little seems to come out, anxiety, disoriented, headache, feeling

> like i could collapse,shortness of breath and can't seem to last

much

> longer than 1 hour between meals.

>

> andy made some suggestions i.e. bcaa's, glutamine, chromium

> picolinate etc which i take. i also take 25mg of hc daily but this

> hasn't helped. also my levels of testosterone, aldosterone, and

dhea

> all tested too low and i have supplemented these but without much

> improvement. plus florinef for the low aldosterone caused major

fluid

> retention and i had to stop. i'm also on dessicated thyroid.

>

> andy suggests frequent high protein meals, but at the same time he

> says on pg 97 of AI that the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine

> are precurors for adrenaline and noradrenaline that these might

need

> to be taken into account if you have too little or too much of a

> substance (in my case adrenaline). on the same page i'm not sure

> what he is saying to do esp. about the supplements and/or dietary

> modification and how i might apply it to my situation. my protein

> powder(rice based) and my high protein diet(mainly from meats)

> contains substantial amounts of these two amino acids. so what to

do?

>

> would a amino acid panel be helpful? one that includes cysteine? I

> have been avoiding thiol foods but don't find it's helping the

> hypoglyemic issue. i have a blood glusose meter at home which has

> shown hypo readings esp.before eating but also sporadically

regular

> blood glucose screening at the dr.'s has been o.k., but i suspect

> that they're not catching the " crash " times. my dr. put me on a

beta

> blocker (for more than a year now) but dosen't help much. he is

well

> aware of my hg poisoning and is open to andy's protocol. i see him

in

> april and am hoping that something helpful can be done.

>

> also i know there's been talk about the liver detox panel at genova

> labs and the plasma cyteine test (is this the same as the aa

panel?)

> and about whether they are any good now, as far as andy's

concerned,

> any ideas? andy says bcaa's aren't helpful if you don't take

enough

> hc, would support in another form be helpful in addition to the hc?

> i.e. adrenal cortex, or does that also contain adrenaline(which i

> already seem to have to much of?

>

> he also mentions to take lots of fibre, but what kind? soluble or

> other i.e.guar gum, oats, brown rice, vegetables (hard to get

> avoiding sulfur veggies i.e.many greens) any thoughts?

>

> i've done 2 rounds of dmsa 12.5 mg and about to do my third and

think

> i do slightly betterwhile on round esp. at the mid-point. maybe i

> have damage to my h-p-a axis and things won't improve until i rid

> myself of the hg, being that my whole endocrine system seems to be

> poisoned. sorry about the long post. anyone with any imput would

be

> greatly appreciated, thank goodness for this site. i'm not that

> computer savvy and with the help of my daughter(who's also

chelating)

> and on days that i'm able i will try to offer my input for others.

>

> i know tk was away and that linda and jackie are doing a great job.

> also if it's o.k. , if there is anyone in the toronto area or even

> canada and would be interested in commincating please feel to free

to

> e-mail me privately. thanks so much, frances.

>

March 22, 2008

Hi Dean

thanks for the info about the calcium - yeah, I finally worked that

one out. It only took two years :-((( Guess I was really put off by

the high hair calcium. I could have saved myself a lot of stress and

lost sleep....

Dr Thierry Hertoghe is my hormone doctor, and I saw him last week!!

He absolutely does understand thyroid / adrenals, and is training a

posse of doctors to diagnose hypothyroidism and hypoadrenalism. He

could be a dream doctor, but he is very busy, and has a long waiting

list. He is in Brussels, Belgium, and his phone number is 00 32 73

66 868.

Best

Nicola

>

> Hi Nicola,

> High Hair Calcium actually means Calcium depletion in the body and

means you

> need to supplement more calcium in this case, or question why the

body is

> not absorbing it.

>

> I wonder, did you mention a Dr called Thierry Hertzog in a

previous post.

> If so do you have contact details. I understand he is somewhere in

Europe

> and understands adrenals and thyroid?

>

> Thanks,

> Dean

>

March 23, 2008

how much calcium and magnesium do you take?

>

> Hello Frances

>

> You sound exactly like me two years ago! I had just had my amalgams

> out, and everything went completely crazy. I would crash 1-2 hours

> after every meal - which was only ever protein and vegetables. I

> took HC, Armour, BCCAs, protein shakes, chromium. Nothing helped.

> My crashes went on during the night, and I would often have to eat

> once or twice during the night in order to get back to sleep. It was

> chaotic, very tiring and VERY frustrating.

>

> Two years on, it is pretty much over. I chelated religiously 3 days

> on 3 days off with DMSA for eight months (I am doing it less

> intensively now): I also took chromium religiously. I eventually

> worked out that it was not a blood sugar crash I was experiencing

> every time, but gastroparesis, which is where the stomach empties

> more slowly than usual, which causes blood sugar fluctuations. This

> is a hypothyroid symptom and got better with T3 thryoid hormone (I

> wasn't getting enough from the Armour - but go slowly with it). I

> also supplemented heavily with magnesium thinking this would help

> with the insulin resistance, but I think the big one for me was

> adding in calcium. My hair analysis showed high calcium, and so I

> was afraid to supplement it, but in fact I do need it. Insulin

> release is controlled by calcium / magnesium, and getting this right

> (or more balanced than it was) was key for me.

>

> I also use female hormones, DHEA etc etc.

>

> Frances - I hope this gives you some ideas. Feel free to email me

> privately if you like.

>

> Best

> Nicola

>

March 23, 2008