Deep Depression

I have been slipping into allergic reactions all this past week. As I would get off the bus at work my skin itches, on work location I track itching across my shoulder blades. As the rainy weather from the hurricane increased so did my symptoms. Remember I am outside my entire work shift, except on break and lunch,
On the 16th I ate at Golden Corral. The reactions started after eating the canned kidney beans and olives. Then I ate the chicken and sweet pork. Included in the meal was steamed broccoli. The chicken was the first in a long time. I have suspected chicken before.
The results are as follows upon finishing the meal
7:30 gas, itchy eyes, 
8:00-8:15 sleepiness
10:00 to bed early
2:00 to 4:00 joint pain in fingers while up to the bathroom
6:00 popping ears
6:30 depression starts
8:30 blurry vision, depression intensifies
in work location
9:00 nose running
10:05 indigestion and itchy hands.
Throughout day the symptoms got less and less, but if rain came in, and unfortunately I did not make notes on late day weather, The symptoms would have gotten worse.
On the 24th I was outside in the rain, as always. On that day the anxiety increased throughout the afternoon and so did knuckle joint pain. I went on break into the interior break area. The cafeteria, a considerably drier place. The symptoms cleared in about one half hour. But when I went back to the work area the depression gradually returned as did the joint pain.
The next day, I am outside the entire time in rainy conditions.
3:40: the moment I came off the shuttle bus my skin itched on my left forearm, then in the tunnel on route to  location my armpit lymph glands start to hurt. But at that time I am in a happy mental state.
4:00 at the location.skin itching. Groin lymph glands started to ache. Headache starts. Runny nose is starting.
4:20 joint pain, feet itchy, knuckles are starting to pain me.
4:25 anxiety starts, indigestion-bubbly sounds starts as well.
Weather starts to dry up.
7:20 continuing gas, but no itching while off sage in a drier place.
As weather got direr the symptoms got better.

I am to be scratch tested today for food allergies, and supplements for mold problems will be discussed when I go to pick up the supplements for the low immunity:
GSH glutathion
DMSA
Vitamin emulsi-D-3
L-MTHF (activated B-5)
Digest All

More foods causing Problems

I am still using the chelator DMSA. I have the research that tells me that it is probable that my allergy problems and heavy metal problems could indeed be related. Once the levels of heavy metals go down then the body has a chance to start healing itself of the allergies that are stymieing it. At least get them to the point that they bother me less. I have hopes for this as noted in previous entries.
What I have been noticing since I have been reading Brain Allergies: Is this your Child? by Doris Rapp, is that yes indeed, most symptoms listed in the book are occurring to me and are attached to food, or environmental factors. I noticed some things that initially frightened me. More foods seemed to be causing the symptoms than I had noted before. But when I contemplated this, it only made more sense. I found that rice and chicken could be added to the "allergic to" list. But this only made sense since every time I ate these foods in the past I did indeed have problems. But rice? and chicken? But I tested it and yes indeed the depression and other symptoms did reoccur when the foods were eaten several different times.

Allergic Reactions are Decreasing

With the introduction of DMSA to draw out the heavy metals from my system and my gaining the knowledge that of the foods and chemicals that are affecting me, I am feeling less and less depression.
On the days that I have my chiropractic adjustments I need less sleep. I believe this is because more healing is being done just after the adjustment throughout the day, and I need less sleep for the body to recover for the next day. The VNS device is doing its job as well. Until I need less and less sleep each night, which I believe will happen as the body heals from the allergies,  I will keep it as it is. When I feel that I can safely turn it down I will. I do want to eventually turn it down for it hurts greatly as it goes off every two hours.

Allergies:One of the Answers?

Being sick with depression is a multi-sided problem. But I believe that my research has added up to the conclusion that I am suffering from many severe allergic reactions. And in response to these attacks my body reacts with depression and the other problems noted elsewhere in this blog.
Another system failure last night. I am allergic to brown rice flour . I am trying to find another thing to make crackers out of since Dr. Mueller told me to watch my arginine intake. Flax seed and sunflower seeds which make up this cracker which it homemade have a lot of arginine in them. So I am trying to find another thing to use. Garbanzo bean flour seems to work.
Arrowhead Mills organic brown rice is allergic causing. Swelling of upper gums, swelling of joints in hands, brown spit that was thick-gums must have reacted in some way. Slight depression, but not terrible this am, I ate the homemade cracker last night before bed. Later, the next day I ate rice cakes. A lot of depression happened. In reading the book Brain Allergies: Is this your Child? by Doris Rapp. I have gathered much information about how brain allergies can cause just the symptoms that have been plaguing me for all my life. Well, as long as I remember. Even down to the strange thought patterns of bloody knives, which I never wrote about, because it was to scary. But the thought was coming at the worst of the depression attacks. It was not to kill someone, but just scary bloody knives in the kitchen-and this could have been caused by the allergies that I have been suffering. Rapp discusses testing that involved drawings by kids. When under the effect of the allergies the kids would draw knives, tomb stones and other depression based horror subjects. Then when given an extract the images would disappear almost by magic. I have heard that these extracts are not known to work well at all times and are expensive. More to investigate. However my chiropractor says to eliminate the heavy metals and then see how the hormone and immunity pan out. I say I am going to do this and I have started to detox with DMSA just yesterday. May take months. I have had two urine tests for heavy metals one in November 2009 and one in July 2011 and the lead and all the other metals did not budge much, some have increased. But of course it might be a little off because the margin of error. But the metals are still there. I tried to detox with OSR(now off the market per the FDA) and a detox supplement created by Designs for Health which can be found on their website. Months involved and no urine test was retried in 2010. Even when I had paid for the second one and asked for it to be redone in 2010. If the doctor had just followed through and re-tested we could have pulled more of the metals out through something else. (Maybe DMSA),

Dr. Mueller's Office Vist

                The inset is the wellness report from Dr. Mueller.
Lifestyle Recommendations are at www.RAVEdiet.com. I am to buy the RAVE diet book. We will see if Amazon has a Kindle copy.
We discussed IV chelation. Price is about 125.00 for each session for 15 to 30 sessions. This is too pricey for now. But an oral chelator such as DMSA was discussed and suggested it could be started in about two weeks time-about August 15. This two week period will let me see how this other work on the immunity will take shape.He said that my female hormones were totally out of whack. This is after about eight months on F+, and Stabilizer made by Bio Formulas. So not all herbals work for all people. I must sign a form to take the new supplements for hormones from Dr. Mueller. It must be pretty powerful stuff. I do have heavy metal problems. In lead, mercury ,arsenic ,cesium , nickel, thallium. I asked if some people could be more sensitive to the effects of metals than others at the same levels. He said yes.
Food allergies were discussed and testing for them should be done in the future.
Digestive enzymes prescribed. Buffered C. Lysine. All for immunity.
I have a herpes outbreak around my lips. Low immunity causes this. Foods high in arginine, such as flax and sunflower seeds cause this. Right now this tells me to stop eating the flax seed and sunflower seed crackers that I have been eating like crazy. I have been suspecting low immunity for months. Trying to combat it with probiotics for the gut immunity systems. There were two tests done previously for immunity and it was found to be low at those times but nothing done to me, prescribed for me, to help to build up the system.
My inflammation levels were low. When I asked him about inflammation causing depression, he said that that depression could come with low inflammation as well. 

Another bout of depression

Started on the first of September. I had been under so much stress of late and wham it hit me very hard. It is not just a mood thing. It is as if my brain is crippled. Literally. More than not functioning. Note above post. I have canceled nearly everything for the next few weeks. I know that I have lead in my body, and think that it has not chelated out as of yet. September the thirteenth I will have another appointment with Dr. Fernandez. At that time he will want me to run a test to determine how much lead is still in the body. Then detox again. It will take me out of action again. For it is very hard on me. But I get through it. Here is an interesting article on lead.

DMSA Chelation
DMSA For Detoxing Lead and Mercury

Our bodies are constantly exposed to an onslaught of environmental toxins. Lead and mercury are two heavy metals that seem to have found their way into almost everyone. Lead and mercury do not occur naturally in the body and as such are very toxic. These two heavy metals are known to interfere with how nerves communicate. Meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) is a compound approved in the 1960’s by the FDA for the removal (chelation) of heavy metals. DMSA is considered the preferred agent for the chelation (removal) of heavy metals in both adults and children. Mercury is considered to be the second most toxin substance on the planet (uranium is #1) and the negative effects of mercury exposure are well documented.

Meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) is also known as succimer and sold as a prescription under the trade name Chemet. DMSA is also sold as an over the counter nutritional supplement in some areas but it is often very difficult to find and can be very expensive (over $1 per capsule). DMSA has a somewhat strong sulfur like smell. It’s chemical properties make it particularly suited to chelate (remove via excretion) mercury and lead, the two most common toxic heavy metals in people.

One of the main advantages of DMSA is its large therapeutic window. This means there is a wide margin between the amount necessary to produce the intended result and the level that could potentially overload the patient. This makes DMSA exceptionally safe.
How Did I Get Heavy Metals (Mercury and Lead) In My Body?

There are several possible ways heavy metals got into your body. Below each of the more common exposures will be discussed. Remember there are no safe levels for heavy metals. Chelation of toxic heavy metals with DMSA is well documented in the scientific literature. There are several other chelation agents but DMSA so far as been proven to be the safest and most effective.
When I tried the DMSA before it was so powerful that I was almost suicidal. So I stopped it. But protocols for taking it are different on the internet than I had, for I took it for the test and that is a heavy dose. I will prepare myself mentally for this next challenge.