Thoughts on Hypoglycemia (long post, sorry!)

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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.