mostlylurking
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I think that mercury is the toxin that just sticks around forever. Blood testing for mercury only shows the amount of mercury that is actively floating around in the blood. Mercury parks itself in the body tissue and brain.My nail test showed elevated mercury at roughly 4.56 2 years ago. Now it's at .0117 which is in range but at the upper limit. Not sure how reliable these tests are. It's hard to believe it dropped that significantly. I did a regular blood test for mercury and it came back negative.
Do you know if you were exposed to mercury? Did/do you have mercury amalgam fillings?
It is very important to shower off the sweat immediately as the toxins will be reabsorbed if the sweat dries on the skin.uccinic acid, calcium bentonite, chlorella, vitamin e, selenium, and nac can help for metals. I'm using cardenosine sublingually to hopefully get succinic acid into the brain. I read a really good article talking about the combination of red light therapy and sauna heat that makes you sweat significantly lower the author's heavy metals to really low levels. Proved it with a heavy metal test before and after. Something worth trying. There are places that offer this sort of service.
I've dealt with a LOT of heavy metal poisoning. I've had over 100 EDTA IV chelations in my lifetime. Although they helped with many heavy metals (lead, cadmium, arsenic, iron), they did not help with the mercury and aluminum. I think that my primary problem was my mercury toxicity which made me susceptible to other heavy metals because the mercury lowered my selenium and my thiamine which are needed for body detox.
Mercury is extremely difficult to get out of the body. Boyd Haley's product Emeramed shows promise but the FDA has been sitting on its approval for something like 15 years. There are knock-offs but they are considered dangerous because of heavy metal contamination. So I'm focusing on resolving the problems that mercury toxicity causes; I'm primarily focusing on high dose thiamine hcl but I take additional vitamins too and also prescription thyroid medication (NP Thyroid by Acella) and progesterone and pregnenolone.
My brother committed suicide in 2009 at the age of 56. My sister is now 77 and is completely out of her mind and should be institutionalized.Do your siblings take the sublingual vitamins? Have they noticed anything? How bad are their symptoms?
I am mercury toxic. I have found great benefit from taking high dose thiamine hcl. I was unable to tolerate TTFD thiamine because my glutathione level was very low; supplementing with thiamine hcl has normalized my glutathione level. This means my oxidative stress is lower and my body is functioning better.Do you have anything? If not what do you think prevented you from getting it?
In 2020, my thiamine function (such as it was) got blocked via a prescription of Bactrim antibiotic. It nearly killed me. I recovered via high dose thiamine hcl. I take 1 gram, 2Xday. I follow Dr. Costantini's protocol.
I am hypothyroid and rely on a good endocrinologist and blood testing every 6 months so that we know my desiccated thyroid prescription is exactly the amount that I need.
I am 74, female. I was estrogen dominant for many years. I take progesterone and also pregnenolone to balance my hormones.
Exactly how much thiamine is that and what kind? You are the one who thinks they have schizophrenia; is that what you consider "doing well"?I'm doing well with getting adequate thiamine intake. I take a multivitamin and a B complex.
The acolytes of Abram Hoffer recommend niacin. Ray Peat warned against niacin many times; he always recommended niacinamide. I'm a Ray Peat fan myself. Peat's articles make sense.So far I use niacin and haven't noticed anything. But I'll keep that in mind. I thought it only works if its niacin and not niacinamide.
Here's a handy search engine: PeatSearch: a Ray Peat-specific search engine - Toxinless Use the search cell that excludes the forum.
You are assuming the Powers That Be who declare the RDAs are benevolent and all knowing. That's really not a safe assumption.Fair enough. I forgot about the RDA and how it's values are to prevent disease not optimize functioning.
If you are having trouble because of lack of sufficient thiamine, high carb eating will make it worse. A blood sugar roller coaster is not a healthy way to live. You want your blood sugar to be on an even keel.I'll look into thiamine and hallucinations. I do consume a high carb diet. I make a heavy fruit shake with coconut water and coconut flakes. I take a B complex, MCT oil with naturelo multivitamin, pyrucet, aspirin, and more to help with glucose metabolism. I eat more fruits in evening (apple, tangerines and grapes). I drink OJ as well in the evening. I don't get fatigue after eating carbs like I used to and actually feel more energized. So I seem to be okay. But more is better in this case.
Thiamine Deficiency Disease, Dysautonomia, and High Calorie Malnutrition
Thiamine Deficiency Disease, Dysautonomia, and High Calorie Malnutrition explores thiamine and how its deficiency affects the functions of the brainst...
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I'm pretty sure herbs aren't going to be of benefit, sorry. I suggest you spend a little time learning about oxidative metabolism, Krebs cycle, citric acid cycle.Maybe you can help me out. I'm looking for herbs that help break down glucose in the brain. Struggling to find anything on PubMed. Let me know if you know or find something. Only one I found was luteolin which improves Alzheimer's Disease.
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Thiamine and Alzheimer's Disease:
Role of thiamine in Alzheimer's disease - PubMed
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in elderly individuals and is associated with progressive neurodegeneration of the human neocortex. Thiamine levels and the activity of thiamine-dependent enzymes are reduced in the brains and peripheral tissues of patients with AD...
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