Re: Question for Nicola &others with Gilbert's Syndrome?

[Guest guest]

Hi Sidney

I have tried everything for Gilberts, and I'm not convinced anything

really works beyond getting the mercury out.

If you have the Amalgam Illness, Andy talks about the various phase two

pathways and how to improve them (forget what page). As per his

recommendation, I am currently taking:

chromium to reduce the insulin resistance inherent in Gilberts (the

liver cannot respond quickly enough to rapid glucose increases, nor

does it break down insulin quickly enough, so reactive hypoglycemia

results)

T3 thyroid hormone, to speed up the glucoronidation pathway (T4 won't

work.

I have also tried the TMG, B12, folinic acid combo to improve

methylation. After a few weeks, this worked, and I had a mercury

dump. Woke up one morning feeling absolutely horrible, and went

straight on round, whereupon my symptoms got better. I assume it was

the TMG; I stopped it straight after that and haven't had it again. I

think it worked, but was too uncontrolled and powerful for my liver. I

prefer controlling mercury detox with DMSA, at a rate that I can handle.

This is a really good website about Gilberts, which goes into a lot of

detail about the problems involved - gastroparesis, insulin resistance,

hypothyroidism, etc etc. It is far from the benign condition doctors

erroneously tell us it is.

www.gilbertssyndrome.com

I have tried other liver supplements, like Liv 52, Livatone, etc etc,

and nothing really seemed to make a difference.

So, my supplements list looks like this:

milk thistle - I take this 3x a day - not sure whether it actually does

anything for the Gilberts.

Vit C - at least 3gms a day

Taurine - 500mg x3

selenium - 200mcg/day

fish oil - 3x day

Vit B50 - twice a day

magnesium citrate - 800mg in four doses

calcium citrate - 750mg in three doses

chromium drops - about 1gm a day

cinammon - to bring down blood sugar

Primal Defense and CP-1 probiotics

I also take full adrenal support (my adrenals are totally shot), 25mcg

T3, and 1 grain Armour. The thyroid dose has taken me nearly two years

to perfect - I think I'm close to optimal now. I got up to 3 grains of

Armour and felt horrible - all that T4 did me no good at all. I think

people with Gilberts (aka a slow liver)do better on T3.

think that's it. Hope this helps Sidney.

best

Nicola

>

> For those of us who believe we have acquired GS from being mercury

> poisoned... What supplements do you take? Just wanna get an idea

from

> others and see if I am on the right track with my supplements. (Have

> not done chelation yet-probably will start early 2008) Thanks again

to

> all of you!!! Sidney

>

[Guest guest]

>

> For those of us who believe we have acquired GS from being mercury

> poisoned... What supplements do you take? Just wanna get an idea from

> others and see if I am on the right track with my supplements. (Have

> not done chelation yet-probably will start early 2008) Thanks again to

> all of you!!! Sidney

>

Hello Sidney.

I was diagnosed with Gilbert's syndrome 7-8 years ago. The doctors

couldn't find a reason why I became yellow and their conclusion

was GS.

I had always had slight health problems. Only later did I found out

I had celiac disease.

Do you have GI problems?

Greeting Ali

[Guest guest]

>

> For those of us who believe we have acquired GS from being mercury

> poisoned... What supplements do you take? Just wanna get an idea from

> others and see if I am on the right track with my supplements. (Have

> not done chelation yet-probably will start early 2008) Thanks again to

> all of you!!! Sidney

>

Hello Sidney.

I was diagnosed with Gilbert's syndrome 7-8 years ago. The doctors

couldn't find a reason why I became yellow and their conclusion

was GS.

I had always had slight health problems. Only later did I found out

I had celiac disease.

Do you have GI problems?

Greeting Ali

[Guest guest]

>

> For those of us who believe we have acquired GS from being mercury

> poisoned... What supplements do you take? Just wanna get an idea from

> others and see if I am on the right track with my supplements. (Have

> not done chelation yet-probably will start early 2008) Thanks again to

> all of you!!! Sidney

>

Hello Sidney.

I was diagnosed with Gilbert's syndrome 7-8 years ago. The doctors

couldn't find a reason why I became yellow and their conclusion

was GS.

I had always had slight health problems. Only later did I found out

I had celiac disease.

Do you have GI problems?

Greeting Ali

[Guest guest]

This is a chicken and egg problem.

Maybe Hg gives you Gilbert's.

There is every reason to believe if you really have the genetic condition

Gilbert's syndrome,

that would make you far more likely to accumulate mercury than ordinary people.

ALA chelation is going to be good for you because it will help excrete

glutathione

conjugates of a lot of things, and not doing that is the problem in Gilbert's

syndrome.

Andy

> >

> > For those of us who believe we have acquired GS from being mercury

> > poisoned... What supplements do you take? Just wanna get an idea from

> > others and see if I am on the right track with my supplements. (Have

> > not done chelation yet-probably will start early 2008) Thanks again to

> > all of you!!! Sidney

> >

>

> Hello Sidney.

>

> I was diagnosed with Gilbert's syndrome 7-8 years ago. The doctors

> couldn't find a reason why I became yellow and their conclusion

> was GS.

>

> I had always had slight health problems. Only later did I found out

> I had celiac disease.

>

>

> Do you have GI problems?

>

> Greeting Ali

>