Quick Question - Anxiety and Sinus Symptoms

[Hip]

Hi Folks

Just a quick question, for anyone who wants to answer:

Is it common in Morgellons disease that, when someone's anxiety levels (and brain fog) get worse, they also have an increase in sinus and nasal congestion, or general nasal symptoms, at the same time?

I have noticed this in myself. I have lots of anxiety symptoms, and they seem to go hand in hand with increased sinus pressure, and increased sinus problems.

So I just wonder if this is the case in MD too.

[Robin]

Hi hip.
I believe the anxiety we are experiencing is beyond our control.think about it as sick as we are we can find noone in the professional field to help us.so the anxiety will deepen everday we are sick.you know what i mean? the sinus infections are definitely par for the course until that settles in also i suffered 5 horrible years of constant sinus infections.
Best Wishes
Robin

[Hip]

Hi Robin

Anxiety in the brain can be caused by the infection itself. So very often the anxiety is not "psychological", but has a real physical cause.

The master on/off switch for many anxiety states in the brain is the NMDA receptor found in brain cells.

For various reasons, infections can accidentally switch on the NMDA receptor, making you become continually anxious, whether you want to be or not.

This anxiety is not something you can easily control, because it is biologically created. It is not the same as the anxiety you get when you worry about something, because this will clear when the worry has gone. But biologically created continual anxiety does not comes from external circumstances, but from an internal chemistry that switches on the NMDA receptors.

Things like high dose magnesium supplements will "cap" the NMDA receptor in the brain, which stops it from being switched one. So in this way, high dose magnesium can lower you anxiety feelings.

[Kritters]

Hello Hip,

Would that be short for "hippocratic" (as in oath?) I thought of that or possible Harry Ignatius Potter, but thought the former more possible.

You have mentioned that you have scientific background Any chance you can reveal what it is you do?

Kritters

[Hip]

I do very little these days. My chronic fatigue syndrome is quite bad, and I usually cannot remember what day of the week it is. And much of the time, my anxiety levels as so high that my brain almost seizes, and cannot even think, read or watch watch TV, and I have to more or less hide myself away from the world. That is a terrible state. However, I get my good days, and today is one of them, thank goodness.

Previously, when I was well, I studied computer science, and computer modelling of brain functions.

However, I have always been very interested in herbal and alternative medicine, long before for catching chronic fatigue syndrome, and this love of herbal remedies has this has helped more than anything else. As we all know, when a health condition is not yet on the radar (and the treatment schedule) of regular medical professionals, you have to figure out how best to treat yourself.

The best thing about herbs is that they are all exceptional safe in comparison to prescribed drugs. What this means is that your can try many herbs, on a trial and error basis, to see if there is a herbal or other dietary supplement that may miraculously improve your situation.

PS: You are spot on with your guess: Hip does indeed pay homage to Hippocrates. Let us hope that the CDC also try to reflect the spirit of the Hippocratic Oath, in the investigation they have commissioned into Morgellon's. The CDC still officially say (completely erroneously) that chronic fatigue syndrome is "all in the mind", so I have no respect for the CDC, I have no respect for their integrity, and I have not respect for the their "science" (they are better at hiding the truth than finding the truth; the latter is what science should be about).

[Kritters]

Yes Hip, this is a very valuable website where we share what we have learned and you are a welcome addition.

I agree with everything you have said as do I am sure, our other members. This is why we are here.

In addition to what you wrote, I belive it is equally important to get rid of any heavy metals thoroughly from your system. While supplements like chlorella are beneficial in this endeavour, I am going the intravenous chelation therapy route in addition.

Kritters

[Hip]

You could try getting a lab test for your heavy metal levels. That way, if you show high levels on some, you can taylor your detox protocol specifically for those metals you have at high level.

A very reputable lab for a sorts of medical testing is Genova Diagnostics. You don't need to go via your doctor either; you deal with them direct.

Comprehensive Urine Element Profile - Diagnostic Laboratory Testing for Wellness & Preventive Medicine - Genova Diagnostics

I got a digestive analysis from them (stool analysis), which was very useful, as it revealed the presence of a certain pathogenic bacterium that was in my gut, which may be further contributing to my symptoms.

[Kritters]

Yes, I'm aware of that. good to know though that Genova doesn't need a scrip because I pay my MD cash since he's part of an integrative group. So I'll do that later, thanks.

I just had test results come back that showed out of sight overload of mercury and iron. also I've overload of Candiiasis, which I knew and I'm sure I probably have other fungi like Aspergillis as well. I'm getting intravenous vitamin C and other vitamins and also intravenous chelation. I also have pathogenic bacterium in my gut....

Ain't this so much fun?

[Hip]

Oh yes. It's marvellous fun...

On the Subject of Iron and Mercury Detox:

The supplement IP6 (Inositol Hexaphosphate, aka: Phytic Acid) at say 1000 mg twice a day is a good chelator of iron. (I am going to write a post in a minute about a strategy for treating Morgellon's that I believe may be extremely effective, and it features IP6, amongst other supplements).

As I understand it, for mercury, there is a two-fold problem in trying to get it out. You need a good chelator to get mercury out of the body, but the problem is that a lot of mercury gets lodged deep inside the brain and central nervous system, which is beyond the reach of any chelator (the brain and central nervous system is insulated from the rest of the body by the impermeable blood brain barrier).

The solution is to include in your detox protocol the herb cilantro (coriander), which you can usually buy fresh in a Middle Eastern, Arabic or Indian grocery stores. Eating coriander is known to dump the mercury out of the brain, and into the blood stream; so as long as you are also taking a good mercury chelator at the same time, this chelator will pick up the mercury just dumped into the blood, and flush it completely out of the body. So it is a two-stage process.

You probably already know all this, but writing it it may help someone else as well.

Can I ask, for Candidiasis, did you get a lab diagnosis for this, or are you basing this on symptoms? Although I like alternative medicine, sometimes it can be wrong, and the books about systemic Candidiasis may be a case where it is misleading. See here:

Candidiasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Of course local candidiasis, in the mouth etc, is more common, but this is not the same systemic Candidiasis, which is very rare (except in HIV).

[Kritters]

Hey Hip,
thanks for all that info. No I didn't know anything you have just written. Well, first I did the spit test for Candida which I learned here or from research. Then my doctor tested me for it (I think blood, but not sure since I did so many urine, blood tests) and it came back very positive. We have something going on here which is rare in itself and could very well involve a recombination of the aids virus as well as the malaria pathogen as well as other things.

Again, thanks for that info on mercury and iron. I'll do it. (did I mention I'm somehow allergic to milk and pineapple and.....CILANTRO? ) HOW IN THE WORLD????? according to the tests they took. That could change and I'm sure I wasn't before. I'll just Bioset or zap them with Rife them and move on.

Kritters