Inflammation Causes the Anxiety / Brain Fog of Morgs?

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A lot of the psychological symptoms caused by the Morgellon's pathogen resemble some aspects autism: the intense anxiety states, brain fog, and cognitive problems.

In autism, these symptoms are often caused by what is called NF KAPPA-B inflammation in the brain. Inflammation can often do more harm than the pathogen itself!

Could these same anxiety/brain fog symptoms in Morgellons also be caused by NF KAPPA-B inflammation in the brain? Sometimes viruses, bacteria, etc, will trigger excessive inflammatory responses.

By lowering this inflammation, you may significantly improve the anxiety states and brain fog.

One outstanding herb for tackling NF KAPPA-B inflammation is CURCUMIN. Curcumin is often used with great success to treat inflammation in autism, and many other diseases.

You would need to take curcumin at a dose of 500 mg to 1000 mg, every six hours. That is, one curcumin capsule at breakfast, one at lunch, one at supper time, and one before bed.

You need to take curcumin every 6 hours because curcumin leaves the body very quickly (its blood plasma half-life is 3 to 6 hours).

Within 2 days, you should notice improvements, if this works.

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Yes indeed, and there are hundreds of diseases in which inflammation pays a major role. Each of these diseases is probably caused by some hidden microbial infection, but paradoxically, it is the over-active inflammatory response of the body to this microbial infection that causes most of the symptoms of the disease.

This may also be true in Morgs.

I had severe anxiety and brain fog myself, and curcumin really worked for me. Also, the pressure in my head and sinuses has mostly gone after curcumin. I think this pressure was due to the inflammation.

[chewtoyofthegods]

....this..rings..a distant bell..

*flips open a dog eared "disease prevention and treatment"..
ah..here it is..p.260..

{short version]..researchers ..Univ. of Kentucky..curcumin inhibits
TNF-alpha..blocking TNF-alpha, NF-kB pathways and the emergence
of proinflammatory cytokines. (Xu 1997-98; Li 2001)

*TNF=tumor necrosis factor

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..will definitely investigate this..
I can hang with pain
I can hang with damaged skin
I can even hang in there with all the really bizarre things I'm seeing..

but I cannot survive if the mental deterioration continues.
....high anxiety..[Mel Brooks?]..destroyed sleep cycles..disconnection
from normal circadian rhythms..unable to sync up with "real time"..
brain fog..only gets..denser..
hard to think..hard to read..[my favorite thing..is fading away..words in a book..often..elude me..become annoying...wth is this?]
If one cannot think ..or read..or learn..how can one escape this closing trap>?

ok..gonna ramp up the curcumin use again..was doing..3 gms a day..more or
less..as recently as a year ago..

..as an antioxidant..anticancer tool....
....

oh..i suppose it would be easy enough to get an anti anxiety medication..
after all..I am..delusional..
but..otoh..that would be playing into "their trap".
aha! you finally see things our way..poor thing..we told you that you
were crazy..the fibers are not real....

[gd! that torques me off! how can doctors refuse to look at the
evidence in front of their reptilian eyeballs?..but they do..and they
get away with it...for now..

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The secret here is to take your curcumin in divided doses four times a day. If you take it all at once, you will stop the inflammation for only a small part of the day (say 6 to 8 hours after consumption). But if you take divided dose, you get 24 hour protection.

It may not necessarily be NF KAPPA-B at work in Morgs.

There are also other inflammatory mechanisms that can cause harm, such as: COX-2 inflammation, TNF-alpha inflammation, and 5-LOX inflammation, in addition to NF KAPPA-B inflammation.

Here are some herbal treatments for these various different types of inflammation that can occur in diseases:

SO you may have to find which type of inflammation(s) are present by herbal trial and error.

NF kappa-B Inhibitor herbs:

Curcumin (very potent)
Black Seed Oil (Nigella sativa)
Milk Thistle
Allicin
Resveratrol


Potent COX-2 inhibitor herbs:

Rosemary 1000 mg
Curcumin 1000 mg
Holy Basil 1000 mg
Bee Propolis 1000 mg
Terminalia Chebula 1000 mg
EGCG Green Tea Extract 300 mg
Boswellia Serrata Extract 300 mg


Potent COX-2 inhibitor essential oils:

Thyme 2 drops
Clove 2 drops
Oregano 2 drops


TNF-Alpha inhibitor herbs:

Cat's Claw
5-Loxin extract from Boswellia Serrata
Curcumin

[zara cybele]

Mr. Common Sense sent around his new vitamin protocol yesterday. Listen to what he says about anxiety and inflammation:
Poor Mans Protocol 2 (PMP II) Morgellons – A Mundane Approach

"My Breakthrough Concerning Anxiety and Inflammation
You might be thinking what does Anxiety have to do with Morgellons? Well, for me, it was one of the worse aspects and I think anxiety can cause a tremendous amount of damage to the body. Since the onset of Morgellons I experienced terrible anxiety. It was so bad I suffered from panic attacks and my muscles were so tense in my neck, jaw, and back, everything would hurt. I would catch myself so tense that my body was just absolutely rigid. Waves of impending doom would come over me that were so terrible I would have to leave work. I even ended up in the ER a few times sure it was a stoke or heart attack.

To my great relief this is all ending now. My doctor had prescribed me Xanax 1mg Extended Release to deal with it, and while I think it helped it possessed no real power to control the anxiety and intense stress that I was experiencing.

I always felt that my anxiety was some form of imbalance or deficiency and not psychological in nature. It turns out I was right. I started taking the xtend-life Fish Oil which has an amazing 280mg of DHA in a single 1000mg fish oil capsule. It’s tested for heavy metals and traceable from the fishermen to the production process. It turns out fish oil helps many who suffer from anxiety. However, the benefits for the heart are also well known and probably more importantly is it’s ability to control inflammation which I think is rampant throughout the body of a Morgellons sufferer. So, I have changed from the Spectrum fish oil listed in my original PMP (poor man's protocol). The Spectrum contains only 240mg of DHA in 2 1000mg of fish oil capsules. Now I get more DHA in single capsule taking xtend-life’s brand.

This product has been a miracle in my life, it comes from New Zealand but is very easy to order.
See Purest Omega 3 DHA Fish Oil from Xtend-Life

Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) is the primary structural component of brain tissue. There are three forms of Omega 3 fatty acids, these include: alpha linolenic acid (LNA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and Docosahexaenoic acid. Essential fatty acids are separated into two large categories, the Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and Docosahexaenoic acid are composed of several chains of metabolic events in the body that help prevent disease, transport and uptake of oxygen, maintain cardiovascular health, balance hormone levels, maintain brain and immune system function.

Our diet in the Western world contains too much Omega 6 fatty acid and not enough Omega 3 fatty acid. Great food sources for Omega 3 fatty acids include: flaxseed oil, canola oil, soybeans, walnuts, wheat germ, pumpkin seed, eggs and most importantly cold water fish. The retina of the eye is mostly composed of Docosahexaenoic acid. The more you supply your body with these nutritious fats the better the eye and other organs can function.

Lipids and essential fatty acids are exceptionally important, serving essential, and indeed imperative roles throughout the body’s biochemistry for our health and welfare. Lipids are the primary structural components of all cell walls and membranes of the body, composing some 50% of the dry weight of the brain, and 5-10% of all other cells. And, most cells continually degrade and replace these membrane lipids, so there is a continuous demand for them. Other Lipids and essential fatty acids allow brain and neural function, maintenance and growth, interference of which leads to major neurological disorders, enzyme deficiencies and skin disorders of all types. Most of all Lipids and Fatty Acids are necessary for Cardiovascular (eg. cardiolipin), Neurological and Dermatological Health (eg. linoleic and linolenic acids).

In my unscientific opinion my brain was lacking in DHA because once I started taking the extend-life fish oil with 280mg of DHA my anxiety all but disappeared, and honestly, there was a time when I thought the anxiety alone might claim my life. I think this fish oil’s ability to control inflammation is very powerful.

My next refill of Xanax will be at half dose from what I take now, then I will go totally off it. However, I will stay on the extend-life fish oil for life. I take one a day with my lunch, sometimes I take two a day, one with lunch and then one with dinner."

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DHA from omega 3 fish oil has an effect in reducing COX-2 mediated inflammation.