Re: ReLynda: Lightheadedness and weird feeling in head sometimes...

[Guest guest]

UtOh....

What the heck is that, and did you improve, and how

would I be tested for that!!

GT

--- Lynda <coss@...> wrote:

> Yes, maybe liver congestion, but also neuro-toxicity

> of the brain, as my

> triple-headed SPECT scan clearly showed.

>

> Lynda

>

>

> At 07:28 AM 7/6/2005, you wrote:

> >Your brain fog sounds like liver congestion to me.

> Prior to my

> >pancreatitis attack three years ago, I had the same

> cognitive symptoms you

> >are talking about and the painful base of the neck

> as well. I would do

> >some really serious liver work, if I was you. When

> I start to feel

> >spacey, I know my liver is acting up again. I have

> even had blood work

> >done at those times to see if I a right and I

> always am. I always felt

> >like such a nut because I would say wrong words,

> like refrigerator and

> >garage. I thought for sure it was Alzheimer's or

> some other disease but

> >it's not. You might do some lab work to see what

> pathways are involved so

> >you can be sure you are taking the right

> supplements. My body doesn't

> >make glutathione at all, which is the root of all

> of my health problems.

> >

> >Kenda

> >

> >

> >GT,

> >I am pretty sure we are talking about the same

> thing. It is really

> >hard to describe the brain fog. I've tried so many

> times, and I

> >think I've used several different ways to help

> others understand

> >what it is, because brain fog just doesn't really

> describe it

> >completely. I've suggested it was like looking at

> the world

> >through a glass bottle (that was the visual

> component of it--I had

> >the vision disturbances too), feeling like I am

> almost drunk even

> >though I didn't drink any alcohol, feeling like my

> brain was full of

> >jello, or cobwebbs, or cotton balls because I

> couldn't think

> >straight, (that was the cognitive part of it.)

> It's like the

> >thinking process just slows way down. Thoughts are

> harder to get

> >through...words come out of the mouth different

> than when they leave

> >the brain, like using " garage " when I meant the

> refrigerator. Or

> >just completing sentences gets frustrating because

> the thoughts are

> >delayed or something. I felt spaced out, almost

> high, but not

> >really. I felt like there was a chemical imbalance

> in my brain, or

> >something making it inflammed and bothered,

> although there wasn't

> >any real pain. However, my neck and the back of my

> head near the

> >base of my neck were so tender and achey all of the

> time! When

> >laying down on my pillow at night, if I wanted to

> turn over, I could

> >barely lift my head off the pillow to flip to the

> other side. It

> >was so painful!

> >

> >All of that is gone now. I only get it on very,

> very rare occasions.

> >

> >Does that describe what you are feeling? I know

> Kathy said hers was

> >gone right away, and that is a true blessing

> because mine took so

> >long. I know there are othes who had it go away

> within a year or

> >so. I wish we knew what makes it leave...but I do

> think that

> >keeping the oxygen flowing to the brain through

> exercise is

> >important.

> >

> >Hope this is enlightening!

> >Patty

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > >

> > > > Hi GT!

> > > > Yes, Kathy is right...I had the nasty brain

> fog for

> > > > quite some time,

> > > > and it was my most frustrating symptom, and

> > > > definitely the last to

> > > > leave. It is gone for the most part, but

> sometimes

> > > > (rarely) comes

> > > > back. I notice that it creeps up on my

> primarily

> > > > right before my

> > > > monthly cycle begins, but not every month.

> So, I

> > > > tend to believe it

> > > > is related to hormonal issues, but there have

> been

> > > > times when I

> > > > wondered if it was related to undiagnosed food

> > > > allergies as well.

> > > > I've never been able to figure it out.

> > > >

> > > > The good news is that it finally dissipated to

> the

> > > > point of me not

> > > > being aware of it anymore. When it does come

> again,

> > > > it is really

> > > > noticeable and frustrating! But I live a

> totally

> > > > normal life again,

> > > > the brain fog is really a thing of the past,

> and I

> > > > consider it gone.

> > > > It took a loooong time--probablyl close to 4

> years

> > > > for resolution to

> > > > this point. Exercise definitely helps alot.

> > > >

> > > > I don't know if that makes you feel better or

> > > > not...healing seems to

> > > > take so long, and I can totally relate to your

> > > > frustration with the

> > > > thing. I broke down in tears more than once

> about

>

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