Thursday, May 22, 2008
Mercury?
I posted Mike's hair elements test results on the Mercury-Autism email group's site and asked for comment. The folks in this group are working on detoxing kids from mercury, and getting great results in improving autism.
They said that Mike's zero level of mercury is odd and may indicate in itself that he does have a mercury problem--nothing at all is being excreted. The only way to find out would be to give him chelators which would cause symptoms if they are in fact moving mercury, and otherwise not. So I will look into using ALA, the chelator favored on this list.
They also looked at the ratios of one element to another and said he may have a thyroid problem, and he isn't producing adrenaline. I am getting his thyroid and other general blood work checked this coming week. The idea that he has low adrenaline is odd because he is getting direct supplementation of bovine adrenaline, a supplement called Ora-Adren that was originally one of Yasko's recommendations.
Meanwhile, he is behaving pretty well except at dinner time. Then he gets manic. Dinner isn't too pleasant these days.
They said that Mike's zero level of mercury is odd and may indicate in itself that he does have a mercury problem--nothing at all is being excreted. The only way to find out would be to give him chelators which would cause symptoms if they are in fact moving mercury, and otherwise not. So I will look into using ALA, the chelator favored on this list.
They also looked at the ratios of one element to another and said he may have a thyroid problem, and he isn't producing adrenaline. I am getting his thyroid and other general blood work checked this coming week. The idea that he has low adrenaline is odd because he is getting direct supplementation of bovine adrenaline, a supplement called Ora-Adren that was originally one of Yasko's recommendations.
Meanwhile, he is behaving pretty well except at dinner time. Then he gets manic. Dinner isn't too pleasant these days.
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Ora-Adren is not adrenaline, from what I know. It's tissue from ADRENALS - they are two nut sized organs sitting on top of kidneys and they make hormones. Taking or needing ora-adren is in no way a sign of adrenaline deficiency usually.
It's a sign of adrenal fatigue... and adrenal fatigue can be a precursor or following sign of thyroid trouble.
The best book is by Dr. Wilson for learning about adrenal fatigue, IMHO.
Iodine deficiency, good fats, vitamin E are often the culprits in adrenal insufficiency. Sleeping in until passed 9 does a lot for adrenals to recover.
Adrenals also need vitamin B5 to recover.
Finally - helping the thyroid requires helping the adrenals - they work together.
Recovering adrenals can take a long long time... sugar intake like in the juices your son likes can make the recovery process even longer... :( :( :(
I love Dr. Bob DeMaria's book on Female Hormones - he has a good chapter on adrenals too. And his youtube.com videos are neat.
Kelp is a great source of iodine... and if your son tests weak to iodine, try having him tested for tyrosine and kelp together... many kids test weak to tyrosine and weak to kelp but put them together and they test strong. Tyrosine and iodine come together to make thyroid hormone, by the way.
Hope this helps...
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It's a sign of adrenal fatigue... and adrenal fatigue can be a precursor or following sign of thyroid trouble.
The best book is by Dr. Wilson for learning about adrenal fatigue, IMHO.
Iodine deficiency, good fats, vitamin E are often the culprits in adrenal insufficiency. Sleeping in until passed 9 does a lot for adrenals to recover.
Adrenals also need vitamin B5 to recover.
Finally - helping the thyroid requires helping the adrenals - they work together.
Recovering adrenals can take a long long time... sugar intake like in the juices your son likes can make the recovery process even longer... :( :( :(
I love Dr. Bob DeMaria's book on Female Hormones - he has a good chapter on adrenals too. And his youtube.com videos are neat.
Kelp is a great source of iodine... and if your son tests weak to iodine, try having him tested for tyrosine and kelp together... many kids test weak to tyrosine and weak to kelp but put them together and they test strong. Tyrosine and iodine come together to make thyroid hormone, by the way.
Hope this helps...
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