Guest guest Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 In a message dated 2/9/2005 5:43:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, wolfiebear@... writes: > This also sounds like mercury toxicity. > Some typical mercury toxicity symptoms are: > wow..i read all that..and it sounds just like hypo too...wow... cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 In a message dated 2/9/2005 7:37:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, wolfiebear@... writes: > Yeah, Cindi, sometimes I feel Like I should apologize for constantly > getting > up on my mercury soapbox, but I have to let people know, becasue I have been > through it the hard way look...i understand...cause i'm on the thyroid soapbox most of the day. but you really caught my interest with that post...because so many of the psychiatric symptoms are the same things that Hashi's can do...and so it would be worthwhile checking if you're having those mental abberations. gosh....looks like i have a bit of research to do now....but thank you. cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 on 2/9/05 1:23 PM, nc2406@... at nc2406@... wrote: > > ok...i'm trying to figure out the problem for someone....they do have hypo > symptoms..weight gain and cold hands and feet and hair loss and psychiatric > symptoms. > > but the morning temp is 97.6....and a TSH last June was .55. > > so..i'm confused. this person has been told in the past that their adrenals > were shot. > > the main concern with this woman is hair loss...i'm supposing there are other > reasons for hair loss besides hypo...but what are they? > > i have suggested the lady get antibodies testing and test Free levels to see > what is really going on. > > any comments welcome. > cindi > > This also sounds like mercury toxicity. Some typical mercury toxicity symptoms are: stressed out adrenals psychiatric symptoms endocrine problems cold hands and feet inability to conceive low thyroid Suggest she consider looking at noamalgam.com, getting the book and see if te shoe fits. On my ever vigilant crusade against Hg, ~inga WHAT MERCURY POISONING DOES TO YOU In an overall lifestyle sense, the fact that symptoms come and go leads to the victim having periods of weeks to years of being highly functional and productive, interspersed with periods of being nonproductive and having a hard time getting anything done. Life seems to progress in fits and starts. Great progress is made on projects which later get shelved for long periods. As the disease continues, the productive periods become shorter, fewer, and farther between. There are emotional changes in mercury poisoning. Depression slowly sets in. Victims feel fatigued and listless. They lack motivation - even for crucial tasks. They lose interest in their surroundings and in their own life. They do not enjoy life, or experience happiness or joy. They experience constant fear e. g. of losing their job. They may be very tense. They feel hopeless. They have a sense of impending doom. Every small problem is discouraging. Minor difficulties seem overwhelming and insurmountable. The altered emotional state of a mercury intoxicated person leads to impaired interpersonal relationships. They become increasingly irritable and sensitive, reacting strongly to relatively innocent remarks. They may not be able to take orders, instructions, or suggestions without losing their temper. They resent criticism and may interpret innocent remarks critically. They may have an exaggerated response to stimulation and become fearful or anxious and nervous. They may project their fears and anxieties onto others, making inappropriate criticisms or attacks. They become shy and avoid dealing with strangers. While timid, they may unexpectedly lose self control with strangers. They may wish to visit with friends and family extensively, often wishing to engage in long, repetitive conversations, then withdraw for prolonged periods of time. They withdraw more and more from social contacts. Intelligence gradually deteriorates. Previously bright persons become dull and slow in thinking. They suffer from a progressive decline specifically affecting short term memory as well as the faculties for logical reasoning. Thus their ability to do things like balance the checkbook, do math, or play chess suffers. They lose the ability to concentrate. Memory problems may be more from distractability and inability to concentrate and pay enough attention to get things INTO their memory than an actual failure to remember things (thus they may complain of memory problems but do well on memory tests). They cease being motivated towards their work or other tasks. Thoughts become heavy, repetitive and pedantic. Creative thinking becomes progressively more difficult, eventually becoming impossible. They become unable to select the right words to convey their meaning, and make stylistic and grammatical errors. Their ability to express themselves declines progressively. There is a distinctive cognitive symptom of being unable to think clearly without great effort. The best description for people who have not experienced it is of a hangover without pain. People who have experienced it will recognize the term " brain fog " as entirely descriptive. As the victim's level of intoxication waxes and wanes they go through periods of life when they do or do not dream. Dreaming may be in black and white. Early physical symptoms include dizziness, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), insomnia, daytime drowsiness, loss of appetite, a tendency towards diarrhea - often alternating with constipation, cold hands and feet, a tendency towards sweating (some people have the opposite symptom and do not sweat at all), flushing or reddening of the skin - particularly on the face and neck. Some people blush frequently, but others do not blush at all. Asthma is a symptom of chronic mercury poisoning. Digestive disturbances are also common. The skin becomes dry, athlete's foot and toenail fungus progress, and the insides of the ankles, particularly behind the ankle bone and a bit above it become dry, itchy, flaky and peel. This often becomes painful and annoying enough to keep the victim up at night. Even after fungus and yeast infection has been eliminated hyperkeratosis, often with papular erythema and itching are common. The hair becomes thinner, dryer, duller, less strongly colored, slower growing, and more brittle. The biological clock is disturbed. Waking up late and staying up late is more common than being an " early bird. " Try as they might, the mercury poisoned person simply cannot control their circadian rhythm. Victims may become photophobic and find bright light uncomfortable and unpleasant. There may be visual disturbances, including alterations in color perception leading to reduced sensitivity to the color red, or color blindness. The ability to focus on distant objects may be sporadically impaired. Peripheral vision may be reduced in the most severe cases. The hands and feet often become distinctly cold. This can occur suddenly and is most distinctive when combined with sweating. Later in more severe poisoning they may also tingle or lose feeling. The effects of mercury on the mouth are receding, sometimes spongy gums that bleed easily and teeth that are 'loose' in their sockets and can be wiggled very slightly. It also causes excessive salivation and unusually bad breath. Mercury interferes with the sense of smell which becomes less acute, and later with hearing, in which perception of sounds does not diminish as notably as the patient's ability to understand and interpret them - e. g. to understand speech directed at them even though they hear it clearly. Victims often experience discomfort that feels like a " tight band around their head. " They may also experience sharp points of discomfort in their ear canals at bedtime. Mercury also interferes with the body's ability to regulate temperature. Victims may alternate between being hot and cold when the temperature isn't changing, or have to wear more clothes than other people, or have more difficulty than other people in staying comfortable while the temperature changes. Temperature disregulation also leads to 'night sweats.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 In a message dated 2/9/2005 9:01:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, wolfiebear@... writes: > Gray hair can be an indication of mercury > accumulation, more so in females than males. > oh great...i think i have mercury poisoning now. i was trying to avoid this issue...but thanks to Inga.... okay inga..what's the best way to test for this? we want mention that i got seriously hypo right after some dental work. cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Yeah, Cindi, sometimes I feel Like I should apologize for constantly getting up on my mercury soapbox, but I have to let people know, becasue I have been through it the hard way. If somebody had known to help me years and years ago, my life would be different today and I would not have had to struggle for dear life so much. I sincerely hope that those who have the problem with Hg, eventually find out about it. It is such a sleeper becasue it hits us at such a core level that it can masquarade as virtually any malady..hypothyroid included. ~Inga > >> This also sounds like mercury toxicity. >> Some typical mercury toxicity symptoms are: >> > > wow..i read all that..and it sounds just like hypo too...wow... > cindi > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Hg is the name for MERCURY as you would see it labled on a periodic table opf elements. In fact, the following url has info on al the elements and if you look under MERCURY, you will see a discussion on mercury and itson a table of elements: MERCURY Mercury is a toxic metal with significant effects on the thyroid. There is ample evidence that mercury leaches from dental amalgam fillings and contributes to thyroid disease and anemia. While large doses of mercury can induce hyperthyroidism, smaller amounts can induce hypothyroidism by interfering with both the production of thyroxin (T4) and the conversion of T4 to T3. Mercury disturbs the metabolism of copper and zinc which are two minerals critical to thyroid function. Gray hair can be an indication of mercury accumulation, more so in females than males. Mercury causes disruptions to the immune system functioning and promotes the production of IgG and IgE autoantibodies which also are involved in autoimmune thyroid disease. GO TO : http://www.ithyroid.com/mercury.htm to read the rest.... ~Inga > what is Hg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Sorry, Cindi, But I have to speak my truth! I can not live n integrity with myself without letting people know what I have experienced and learned about mercury! It is not my intention to foster fear and/or hypochondriacs, but on the other hand, the ostrich syndrome has demonstrated itself as not being all that effective. If interested in the hair analysis to determine heavy metals toxicity, check out: http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/HOW_TO_hair_test.html Cindi - a little anecdote: I was at the Autism-Mercury forum and a gal was talking about her problems, and maybe a little light went off or something, but I suggested that she might want to consider looking into the NaturalThrydoidHormones site. Well, I don't know what her email is here, but I jsut ran accross her at the chat session tonight. She said that she had no idea before, but thanks to all of you and this site, she found out that she had hypothyroid heart failure, and that coming to this site saved her life. So sorry if it stresses you when I write about mercury and how it relates to thyroid, but hand in hand, we are all tryig to help eachother. In kindness, Inga > oh great...i think i have mercury poisoning now. i was trying to avoid this > issue...but thanks to Inga.... > okay inga..what's the best way to test for this? > we want mention that i got seriously hypo right after some dental work. > cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 In a message dated 2/10/2005 1:45:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, wolfiebear@... writes: > So sorry if it stresses you when I write about mercury and how it relates > to thyroid, but hand in hand, we are all tryig to help eachother. > oh...i wasn't that upset....it was more of a " geez...something else to research and check out " ...and i think what is so bad about all we have to learn is that we are supposed to have medical professionals to take care of this stuff. hahaha. cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 on 2/10/05 6:08 AM, nc2406@... at nc2406@... wrote: > oh...i wasn't that upset....it was more of a " geez...something else to > research and check out " ...and i think what is so bad about all we have to > learn is > that we are supposed to have medical professionals to take care of this stuff. > hahaha. > cindi Sigh...isn't that the absolute truth!!!! I just felt bad thinking that my post may have upset you...that is not my intention at all..... Yeah...geeze louise.... ~inga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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