Tracy, that's horrible what your dentist did!
Yes, I had the trembling and shaking. Several times found myself teeth clattering and shaking as if out in the cold without a coat! There were times my muscles would clench up so tight, it'd be hard to move or walk, even seemed hard to take a full breath. I thought I would die. Lots of panic attacks as well. Adrenaline rushes were the worst!
My heart would start beating very rapidly and very hard. I'd feel so amped up and out of control of my body.
Still have adrenaline rushes, just not so intense. The strange thing is that most of the physical symptoms have now given way to mental/emotional symptoms. The trembling/shaking is rare now. In its place, I've begun to have intense and very irrational fears. Kind of embarrassing to talk about, but for a few weeks, I feared cloud cover/over cast weather. If the sun was behind a cloud, I'd suddenly feel boxed in or trapped. Seems harmless, but it was very scary. Then a fear of night (or darkness) started up. I managed to get over that quickly, but experienced for a couple of days an intense fear of the world. I guess what was happening was that I've been reading too much about all the conspiracies (real or otherwise) and became completely overwhelmed by it all.
Another very distressing mental symptom I've been experiencing is derealization.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DerealizationI've been told that all of these fears and mental disturbances were a) kidney yin deficiency b) adrenal dysregulation and/or c) just a form of anxiety.
I went through many of these symptoms in the months following drug discontinuation, which has me wondering if I somehow triggered the withdrawals to return. Lately some folks in another group have been talking about drugs storing in fat cells and being released upon weight loss. I have lost at least 30 lbs since this adrenal crash.
Scary if that's true about the fat cells.
I'm wondering also if those are symptoms of mercury poisoning. And if so, does it indicate that I should detox immediately?
Like you, I'm confused and get conflicting reports from various sources.
I wish I could perfect the art of muscle testing and discover for myself which vitamins/herbs/foods are best for me. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />
Sorry you had to go through the loss of your sister, while also going through this.
I hope things get better for all of us.
Take care.
