I had some conversations with a friend last summer who's also had those "wet" brain and skin feelings, and I found it ironic because I'd just been reading that they were neurological. Can be related to MS (which we know mercury can cause the symptoms of).

That my left brain was weakening, or growing fainter was one of the feelings I started having as a teenager. And then a few years later after some emotional trauma it became significantly worse. Stroke-like, as you say. I just crashed. Horrible headaches that would never go away on the left side of my head, dizzy spells, weakness in the muscles on the left side of my body, more trouble thinking and speaking, etc.

I went to so many doctors and they just acted like it was nothing. Finally, a friend who was a nurse said "it sounds like you've had a stroke." Wow. I felt so validated, because yes, that was just what it was like. And of course doctors would never think a nineteen year old could have a stroke.

After I found out I had chronic Lyme a couple years ago, I also ran across information that it can cause strokes. All those years of wondering how on earth such a thing could happen. I also have plenty of metal poisoning so I've had to work on that, too.

I know. It's incredibly frightening! Everything just seems to keep falling apart and you don't know how to stop it! Lyme and mercury poisoning have very similar symptoms. But I've made quite a bit of headway in less than two years, even after over 25 years of being really sick. So there still can be hope no matter how bad things look.

One of the things I've found most helpful is Natural Cellular Defense. It reduced my metal symptoms significantly and knocked the anxiety way down. I've still got about a dozen fillings (under crowns and bridges) to contend with too.

I sometimes take activated charcoal when I feel "toxic" and that often knocks a headache right out, so you know it's the toxins that were causing it.