hi shawn : sorry to hear that this condition hit you at such a young age , an age when you should be having the time of your life , I found some info in andy cutlers book"amalgam illness " he mentions copper metabolism on page 53 ,66 and 99 and some suppliments that can help lower your already high copper levels if you would like me to mail a copy of the pages just let me know , there is more info than I can post , do you have any amalgam fillings ? the reason I ask is that he mentions alpha lipoic acid as one of the suppliments to lower copper , but if you still have amalgams It could make your situation worse , as it can mobilise mercury very easily
also in my natural healing guide it mentions wilsons disease or inherited copper toxicosis it is rare and affects 1 in 30,000 persons worldwide and the symtoms it mentions are exactly what you had mentioned before , what does your doctor say about your condition and yes copper toxicity and mercury poisoning are almost exact symtom wise , but at least you know what you are dealing with ,the good news is copper is much easier to lower than mercury , mercury can take years to reduce compared to copper which would be a few months with the right protocol