Hi Shawn
Welcome to the forum. I know its hard to cope but just keep on going slowly. I know how hard it can be to try to figure it all out. Its easier to take it one day at a time.
I found out 6 years ago that my so called silver fillings were really mercury and I started removal then. I had 4 of them taken out and then the money became tight so I put the rest off for awhile. I was sick then and after the removal and a year or so was feeling much better and so I put it off. Big mistake because I ended up so much sicker than before. I didn't go to the doctor right away ...I was that scared. When I did go I went to a natural dr and they helped me figure out what supplements to take. I am still taking most of them now and doing very well with them. I have changed a few things after much education and the fact that the health food store I go to helps me alot. I have been going in there for a long time and they know all that is wrong with me and so they help me alot when I have questions. If they can't answer it they pull a big book out and give me a print out on it, real nice people. Education is the key to it all. I know you said you had no fillings so that is a plus. Yes trying to be your own dr is scary but when you think about how much the conventional dr's don't know, well that is scary in itself and at least you know what your body is doing. They won't even listen to you. I told a doctor I was having muscle problems and he checks me for cancer. He didn't even ask me how long and was walking out the door while I was still talking to him. He was a great help. Anyways you can do this, you just have to study like crazy and do what has to be done.
The candida diet is very important. When you have heavy metals the body will overgrow the yeast in an attempt to protect itself, as well as attract parasites. The yeast and the parasites will make you fell like crap alone and then put the heavy metals in to and well it makes you a sick sick person. It's very important to keep the yeast and the parasites down while you do the removal of the metals. I will start my third parasite cleanse in december and each time it gets a little better. I have done a yeast cleanse but was not strong enough at the time to keep going on it. I had h-pylori and my stomach was just not stout enough to give up all the stuff that I needed to get stronger. So after much reading I figured out there was other anti fungals I could take that would help hold it down as well as the diet.
Keep a food diary and that will help you figure out what foods you could be allergic to and what to eliminate. You will find that some of the foods you are eating will make you hurt worse and will even make you have cognitive problems. I started by eliminating as much as I could and then bringing one thing back at a time. I know within a few hours or the next day that I ate something I should not have. I still make mistakes sometimes but I am learning from those mistakes.
All I know is to take it one day at a time, one step at a time. You found the forum and there is alot of good info on here. Just keep reading and doing what you can. I wish you luck on the disibility and have thought about trying it myself but still hoping that in a year or so things will be better for me health wise. I have alot of viruses to fight too so I really don't know how difficult it could be around the corner. I know it's expensive and I don't know where the money has come from but God has made it happen. I pray alot and he hears me and listens when no one else will and he knows I am not crazy. LOL That is another reason I like this forum because there are others here like me and they don't think I am crazy. Well hang in there and my thoughts and prayers are with you. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliemachine.gif" alt="" />
Rachel