Hi all, I've had an interesting couple of weeks to say the least. As most of you know I did a 6 month copper detox and have been doing great, I've reduced my zinc to 50 mgs and still avoiding high copper foods.....but something happened....something that helped me finally figure out why I haven't tackled that last 20 percent back to vibrant health....why at times in my monthly cycle I would suddenly get heightened sensory symptoms again or pressure in my ears, head pressure, excess mucus, derealization,brain fog etc.

About 4 weeks ago I left for new orleans to edit my novel and take some meetings...I planned on staying a month so I loaded up the fridge with new Orleans favorites like pickles okra and muffuletta sandwiches and catfish, I blackened everything with spices and ate saurkraught everyday like it was going out of style. After 2 weeks I started feeling many of my estrogen dominance symptoms I come to equate with my monthly cycle everyday. My joints hurt, I felt crazy, derealization, sensory input issues,balance problems, heavy limbs, adrenaline surges etc. one one fateful mornng as I lay in bed after being woken up from another surge of adrenaline I put it all together. Then I called dr. Neville who said my theory makes very sound sense. The theory is that estrogen dominance which is known to cause copper retention and copper biounavailabilty also leads to high histamine levels. Metal toxicity leads to reduced methylation which leads to more metals and toxins being stored and estrogens recirculating. Medical Research has shown the correlation to all these things. The body then tries to lower histamine by raising adrenaline which resembles adrenal insufficiency as adrenal stores are depleated. Serum copper also reduces histamine and is low or normal in people with biounavailabilty. In essence you then have a condition called histadelia treated with zinc, b 6, calcium, magnesium, vit c and methionine. And copper toxicity in the form of biounavailable copper in tissues from lack of copper binding protients. I started just the addition of extra b 6
and calcium d glucarate and stopped eating all the super high histamine foods in
addition to my protocol and the change was dramatic in just a matter of days. Infact after researching I found most of the symptoms I equated with estrogen dominance were actually high histimine as a result of estrogen dominance and under methylation.

I will keep u all posted on my progress with the estrogen dominance. I truly
believe that detoxifying my body of excess estrogen and environmental estrogens is the key to 100 percent. I believe the adrenals are just the innocent victims here...and yes they are "fatigued" in a sense. I just don't believe they are the cause. Stress is the originator, whether environmental or mental causing estrogen dominance. By depleting other hormones. Wish me luck on my final 20 percent:)