Bex, I think your pain is from improper digestion. you are probably not making enough stomach acid, and probably deficient in some digestive enzymes. You could try taking some digestive enzymes, and avoid hard to digest foods(perhaps also replacing raw vegetables with different ones that are cooked?). Many talk about a raw diet, however imo those who have such digestive problems need to avoid raw vegetables. You might also want to consider taking betain HCL, which is an acid supplement. If you do, start out slow, and stop taking it if you get adverse effects. I know that I made some negative comments before about algin and activated charcoal, however if you are having such bad digestive problems, you might want to try taking these for a short period of time. Some might recommend psyllium, however I suggest staying away from it, as it clogged me up quite severely the last time I took it. Yes, I did drink plenty of water with it,and still has a bad reaction to it. Imo you should also try taking alfalfa for a while. I am using tablets, but others eat fresh alfalfa. Another thing you might want to try for a short period of time is bentonite. I have never used bentonite, but others got relief from it. Its action might be like activated charcoal in that it adsorbs many things, including undesirable things as well as vitamins and minerals, so imo it should be used carefully just for short periods of time.
Hi JK98,
My digestion is fine. Nothing wrong with it. I have taken digestive enzymes before to no avail. If you read my post to Jinx, I have had a strange gut condition since virus and further dental work (unrelated to amalgam). That's when this began.
My response to products is not the same as it was and it's not digestion that is the issue here. It is lower gut problem that has existed for years. So my reactions to normal products can be bizzare and extreme (e.g. garlic supplement causing me to go into hospital).
My response to the recent probiotics is the cause for the pain/bloating. It is not digestion. I digest my food just fine and in fact can consume raw foods with no problems whatsoever.
My gut retains whatever happens. E.g. if I take a supplement, the response will be contained (toxins and all), so I can suffer many months afterwards. After the garlic supplement, I suffered 7 months of total misery and agony before the toxins eventually made their way out. I did use some DMSA and it helped get them out quicker. Which convinced me the garlic supplement had shunted metals/mercury into the gut. If anything happens to me, it goes right to the gut. Again ONLY AFTER the viral/dental work did this start to occur.
As for the raw vegetables? I hadn't been eating any for a long time. This pain started after probiotics, and has nothing to do with raw foods. It has everything to do with my existing lower gut problem. I have only just now started consuming some raw vegetables. They have not made anything worse from what I've noticed, so it's just a try to see if they may help. I also eat alfalfa now too.
Plus, when this happened the other time from garlic supplements, I used charcoal, everything to try and get things out of me or soak things up, but I do not recall it working for me. DMSA kind of did, but only because it was clearly mercury at that time. This time? I don't know because DMSA quit working for sometime ago.
