Re: altered state of consciousness
Alright man,
it can be a number of things, and you've got to find out what, you can't just try treatments and see what happens.
- If you have trouble with heat, read up on HYPERthyroid. If you also seem to lose weight, be very sensitive to light, have heart palpitations.
- You have to get your cortisol checked out, because thyroid malfunction often goes hand in hand with ADRENAL GLANDS problems. The adrenals produce cortisol. Try ZRT labs if you can, and do a 4x during the day cortisol test you can send back to them for a report.
- do you feel like you're getting worse by the month (or by the day ?) or is it this sort of stagnant, consistent feeling ?
- adrenal function you cannot check through blood tests or conventional MD doctors. They will tell you your adrenals work totally, or you have Addison's disaease which is very severe. Nothing in between. Look up the symptoms of "adrenal fatigue", "adrenal exhaustion".
- could be toxic metals. Wasn't the case for me, but for some people it was - look up Nutritional Balancing, there's a forum dedicated to it here:
//www.curezone.org/forums/f.asp?f=501
- could possibly be autoimmune as well. Your body produces way too many anti-bodies. It's the case for me I've just learned. This you can test through blood. There is such a thing as "adrenal fatigue autoimmune disease".
- Candida (yeast overgrowth): look up the symptoms on google. Or parasites. Those are real causes, and candida is known to produce tremendous brain fog.
- intestinal flora. You can try "Doctor's Data" and their Stool Analysis test 3x. I can send you mine if you're interested, but it's a little costly. This will test for candida, good/bad bacteria in the gut, parasites, absorption/digestion.
I KNOW you've mentioned some of these things haven't worked (candida, thyroid) but I still put them there for clarity. You need to talk to some ND about this. Seriously friend, an MD most probably won't do crap for you.
You have a problem, and therefor must find out what it is and solve it - it may take some time, but must be done. Do it. Stay strong, and continue your journey.