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Tracy Bex is right about diet. It is crucial, and I didn't realise how crucial until recently. I don't know whether you've noticed any pattern in your symptoms. I realised after a while that mine got worse in the second half of my menstrual cycle. I would get more adrenal symptoms, the insomnia was a joke, hypoglycemic, fatigued, headachey, you name it I had it. After keeping a diary I realised that this had a lot to do with the rise in progesterone in the second half of my cycle (from day 14 onwards), which eased on around day 24/25. Symptoms were easier on the first half of my cycle (when estrogen is dominant). I read that progesterone can drive down cortisol, hence the greater adrenal symptoms. I found I had abnormally high progesterone levels, and was low in E. I am trying to balance this out with hormone gels, but the reason WHY I have such an imbalance is because of the candida. This link explained everything http://www.candida-society.org/ncs/digestv1i3.htmdown at the bottom it explains that candida causes low E and high P. I have now been on the strict candida diet, and started taking oil of oregano, and I have to say I feel significantly better for it (after a horrid week of die-off). And this month the hormone swings are still there, but significantly less. A result!! One of the few things I've done in the course of this illness which has actually made me feel better relatively quickly. This is my case. I don't know whether it could apply to you. But I do know that hormone swings made me feel very miserable indeed at certain times. The other thing that has made me feel better is taking sleeping tablets. After 2 years of sleeping horribly and trying herbal tablets and melatonin, I caved in and went to the doctor. I know it's bad, but it is so good to sleep properly again. I now sleep from 11-5 unbroken, and then doze. This has made a huge difference in how I view the world. If you'd have told me two years ago I'd be on steroids and sleeping tablets, I would have laughed. I'm not happy about it, but needs must, I guess. I don't intend to be on them for very long. You have to treat the component parts of this illness - the thyroid / adrenals, the candida, female hormones, and the mercury with chelation. If you have all the above covered, then all you can do is ride it out. Your body is obviously in the middle of a massive mercury dump, which is good in a way. Are you doing low-dose chelation with DMSA? I'm not very good at doing this - I hate the waking up at night thing, and there's no discernible results at the end of a round apart from feeling more fluey and tired. I guess I'll get serious with it soon. Still seeing what my body will do by itself. Hoping this might be helpful to you Nicola
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