You described a lot of classic symptoms of heavy metal toxicity. Did the symptoms gradually develop or suddenly appear? Were there any obvious triggers of your symptoms(dental work and Antibiotic use are some possibilities) Do you have any known exposure to metals (silver fillings, for example)?

I highly recommend you find out more about metal toxicity and consider chelating. The Cutler Protocol would probably be good if you wish to try chelating.

Please read this on liver troubles. Maybe there is something going wrong in the liver causing the confusion and haze. I had all that really badly during this winter..before esentially becoming vegan. I think I am dealing with gall stones and your complaints are very familiar to me..I just had major digestive problems too. Complete malabsorption, rancidification of food. candida rashes etc.

http://www.liverfoundation.org/abouttheliver/info/hepaticencephalopathy/


I found this syndrome hit all of my symptoms. I got on a low protein vegan plan now and my bad jaundice has went away...still running tests.

I have dealt with all the symptoms you mentioned while moving around the country, traveling abroad, and it has been hell. Working as a subsitute teacher, it was so hard to deal with students and other adults with the haze, anxiety, and confusion. Getting away from packing in the protein has helped a lot. I tried detoxing and lowcarbing for candida for over 2 years. It was a waste of time and protein contributed to my shut down digestion that candida thrived in.

This may very well be metal toxicity.

However, speaking from actual personal experience of heavy metal intoxication, metasl toxicity's eefects upon cognition are quite interesting.

Metal toxicity can act directly upon neuronal function but metal toxicity can also disable certain enzyme pathways within the liver and this can lead to the liver being unable to detoxify certain compounds within foods, such as Tyramine. Tyramine is in many foods - yeasts, fruits, nuts, seed, cheeses etc. If I consume a food with tyramine in it, I experience headaches and extremely fuzzy/foggy cognition within just a minute or two of consuming it.

So, I would recommend you keep a food diary and that you read up on which foods contain tyramine. Tyramine isn't necessarily an issue for you, but it might be exacerbating some of your symptoms, just as it does mine.

Moreover, I STRONGLY recommend you join the Frequent Dose Chelation Group on Yahoo! Groups. This group is wonderfully helpful and they focus upon SAFE chelation using the Cutler Protocol.

PLEASE don't try using cilantro (coriander) or chlorella, no matter who you see extolling its use for heavy metal detoxification, be they patients or even famous practitioners (eg Dr Klinghardt) - cilantro in particular is an extremely dangerous substance because it moves metals into the CNS in an uncontrolled manner.

Andrew Hall Cutler, on the other hand, is someone whose work you should pay great attention to (www.noamalgam.com).

I'm not saying any of the above because I read it in a book. I'm saying it because I am walking the path of heavy metal intoxication myself.

Good luck.

PM me if you need any further assistance and I'll be more than happy to help you avoid the numerous pitfalls out there for metal-intoxicated folks.