"Can I ask what exactly is your health issue? "
Chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and multiple chemical sensitivity. These three have been linked to mercury toxicity.
http://www.flcv.com/cfsfm.htmlI know about detoxification reactions. If they are mild they can be tolerated. If they are extreme they are intolerable. I have tried to struggle through some thinking they will diminish over time, however sometimes they even intensify over time. It is hard to say what is going on, whether it is detoxification, allergic reaction, overstimulation of the immune system, etc. Some believe the problem isn't just the body's exposure to mercury, but that there is also a hypersensitivity to mercury, and that the body may be having an allergic reaction to it. Other theories may be that the detoxification channels are impaired or overworked trying to get rid of mercury, so other toxins are piling up causing problems.
It is hard to figure out what is going on and what to do about it. Getting mercury and other heavy metals out of the body is at least a first step, however figuring out how to do this given my weakened condition and other constraints is not easy. When my sleep was better I could chelate with the Cutler protocol.
I still say that copper overload isn't that common in most people or even in vegetarians, unless they are eating over a pound a day of nuts over long periods of time or taking large amounts of copper supplements, or perhaps cooking in unlined copper pots. Imo iron deficiency anemia made worse by a copper deficiency is a much greater concern for vegetarians. In analyzing my diet, I realized that it is low copper except for the nuts I eat. When my weight is on the higher side I might eat very few or no nuts. My weight has fluctuated greatly over the past few years. Recently it has fluctuated less, although it has still gone from about 10 pounds underweight to around 20 pounds overweight. I have been as much as 65 pounds overweight in past years. Now when I am at 20 pounds overweight I hit the panic button and cut my calorie intake drastically.
