Thanks all for your comments...

I havent done an ASI test recently, my last one was a year ago which showed low , pretty much flat all day and normal at midnight. All of this started two years ago when I began waking up at 3-4am, and it just continued, and eventually drained me more and more. I do feel like my cortisol is shooting through the roof at night now, the surges come from my lower back, I can actually feel it pulsating and shaking (when my mind and rest of my body is all chilled)...I havent tried licorice because Dr Lam pretty much scared the shit out of me about using adaptgens. I was using a product called Relax All which really helped the sleep but as it contains Phenibut it can only be used for a few days. Dr Lam literally shouted at me when I said I had been using it...I coulkdnt help it, I am going insane without sleep. He then told me that if 'sleep was that important I should go see a neurologist as his programme wont help if I dont sleep' Things never got any better on his programme, just worse, I just felt like I was being proped up. They kept going on about melatonin, he helps me fall alseep but nothing helps maintain my sleep no matter what the dosage. Time released capsules, nothing. Now my sleep is the worse it has ever been, I fall alseep, wake at 2am, sometimes able to get back to sleep, then wake at 3-4am, them im awake unless I take something more. Ive just ordered some Seriphos, its meant to lower cortisol at night, so if it is the problem it might help.

I do want to do another one but money is becoming an issue. Ive spent so much (over $8000) and am in a worse place than when I started.

I hae just started taking digestive enzymes, no real change yet. Its crazy, ive suffered IBS a lot of my life and had to live on laxatives for eight years..then in July, I found I didnt need them anymore. I was so happy, it seemed like things where fixing themselves. I did a hair analysis and found I had high calcium, low magnesium and I was having terrible muscles cramps, my shoulders literally were locking up every five minutes. A local nuitritionist told me to take the Mag Citrate, and its definitely helped the cramping.

I have just sent off a stool sample to check for Candida/ parasites as since taking the mag ive noticed white pieces in my stools , could be calcium deposits, could be candida or could just be the ast amount of nuts I have to eat. Im not digesting food well now...I feel so much worse than when I actually started Dr Lams protocol. So much worse. Ill add some acidophillus now ive done the stool test...

I also cant drink any water. Anything I drink comes out in around five minutes. I continually drink Sea Salt water throughout the day and it does nothing to aid the sodium retention. I now have to avoid drinking anything, occasional sips otherwise im peeing 20-30 times a day. This is a new occurance as well. If I drink a lot of water, I feel terrible in the evening and get massive physical anxiety.

I just dont know what to do anymore, feel like giving up. When the money dries up, which will be by Christmas, I wont be able to do anything more, no supplements, no mineral water, no tests.

SeattleK,
Isn't catabolism just the breakdown of everything like protein and carbs etc....
Is there some kind of catabolic problem that results from eating too much protein if your body can't handle it?
thanks

Thanks, I made a reply to the above with some more info - hate the way this forum works!

My weight has been pretty stable, seemed to of lost some midrift fat, and havent done any excercise now for over three months.

I definitely dont have an ulcer, its bowel, not stomach but you could be right by a candida die off, hence why ive ust sent off a stool test (mentioned in my message above)

Just the thought of eating in fact makes me feel sick, ive just forced a vegetable omelette down me, it was literally making me gag. Ive never felt so heavy and sluggish in all my life, the 'professionals' like to tell us to listen to our bodies, and right now my body dosent want anymore vegetables or protein whatsoever!!

The insomnia I really think is the biggest problem, occasionally I manage to sleep better some nights, and I feel so much better the next day. Then another awful night, and its back to groundhog day. I really wish I could actually just drink some water without peeing it out five minutes later.

Id love do some cleanses but even a basic water enema leaves me wiped out, and normally a crash follows shortly after...I cant even hold the half the water in for less than five minutes!