thoughts on diet and fatigue?

[Guest guest]

I'm feeling really frustrated and hoping some of you can help me sort some stuff

out.

Quick recap: I've done about 65 rounds of ALA, or DMSA + ALA. Hair tests meet

counting

rules. I take the basic chelation supps plus Armour and Cortef. I've had some

good months

where I can do yoga daily, walk, be functional (if functional is having very low

demands on

me).

Inevitably though I crash, sometimes triggered by something like playing a game

of

kickball with my kids (and I was not sprinting or anything!), sometimes I don't

know what

the trigger is. It doesn't take much.

I tested borderline for gluten and positive for casein antibodies, and at first

going GFCF

seemed to help with energy a lot as well as get rid of zigzagging

diarrhea/constipation.

But then, while GFCF and taking enzymes, I had a bout of diarrhea and once that

resolved

it hasn't felt like being GFCF is doing much for me. I'm in France until July,

and I admit that

being GFCF in the world capital of bread and cheese is really really hard, and

if I'm feeling

exhausted while doing it, my motivation drains away. I've tried eating minimal

amounts

with plenty of enzymes, I've tried being very strict -- still have symptoms, or

not, with no

consistency.

I have the suspicion that no diet is fix me up as long as I'm dragging metals

though my

gut every week or so -- or am I rationalizing? Does it sound like I might have

other food

intolerances I need to figure out? Besides Cortef, what have people found

helpful for

fatigue and exercise intolerance? Have people found that their food intolerances

went

away after enough chelation (the way I think they did for my son)? I think I've

found

someone who does muscle testing so I'll give that a whirl.

I have a feeling you're going to say that the big picture answer is more

chelation. I'm just

feeling like, yeah, we know it's a marathon and all, but where is the light at

the end of the

tunnel? Chelation has made a real difference for me -- my brain works better,

I'm much

more socially motivated -- but I would really like to hear someone say they had

this

debilitating fatigue and got over it for good. Or at least for more than a few

months. And

as long as I'm wishing, I'd like the recovery not to require lifelong diet

restrictions for G

and C.

Nell