I'm very sorry to hear about your difficult situation. You probably think your situation is strange but in the heavy metal (HM) chelation groups you'd fit right in. You really remind me of a young woman named KJ who is active in the Yahoo Frequent Dose Chelation group. She has gotten nice gains from detox. I'm sure she'd be happy to chat with you. If you are interested I could provide links to some of her posts in the group over the past couple of years.

I hope you are seriously considering adrenal issues. I think your doctor is right to consider a possible need for progesterone. You could get tested for its immediate precursor and the mother steriod adrenal hormone, pregnenolone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Steroidogenesis.svg


Progesterone is available as a creme.

Frequent urination is a symptom of HMs as well as adrenal problems--aldosterone. Do you crave salt or have CMP blood tests that report low sodium?

Check out this mp3 interview between Andy Cutler and Dr Dan Pompa. Both had difficulty getting diagnosed but both eventually got much improved. Frequent urination is one topics they discuss.
http://www.healthcentersofthefuture.com/DrCutler/


There are 800+ hair tests at this site along with symptoms.
http://livingnetwork.co.za/chelationnetwork/hairtest/hairtest3/

People who are sick with HMs, especially mercury (Hg) often have low levels of toxins in hair--they are retaining them, not moving them. However, their essential elements are often scattered in strange ways.

You might identify with some of the story of this teen. His strangely scattered hair test is #389 at the site above.
1 yr update
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/frequent-dose-chelation/message/64260

This was one of his early posts--clearly very sick!
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/frequent-dose-chelation/conversations/topi...

He has been slowly improving over the past two years and is now full time in college.

Don't give up hope!

So much more could be said.

Joe

You sound alot like my 24 yr old daughter who had very similiar problems since high school. You definitely have adrenal issues as well as (probably) gluten sensitivity (malabsorption, nutrition deficiency, failure to maintain normal weight profile) and candida (overuse of Antibiotics , infections from low immunity). We are still in the process of helping her resolve many of her issues...but I can tell you that she has finally been making progress by using some of the following: liquid vitamin D (emulsified) avoids toxic tissue buildup that occurs with pill form, heme iron more absorbable than non-hemi, Sea Salt in water or salt tablet, lypo-spheric vitamin C, you may find painting Iodine onto belly for several days may raise body temperature. Because of malabsorption, you are probably deficient in many essential nutrients above. We are also experimenting with clay (as a drink mix) which is said to be one of the best solutions for fighting candida. As I said she appears to be making progress: color returning to face, weight stabilizing, sleeping better, not as much fatigue and brain fog, less hair in the tub after showering (hair loss). The following site may also be of help. It was recommended during a similiar line of inquiry on the reknowned Longecity forum:

http://www.jackkruse.com/what-might-casey-anthony-and-oj-have-in-common/

It's not hopeless! I have chronic lymes and from what you are saying it seems you still have lymes and perhaps a parasite burden, have you done any parasite cleansing?? If you did have chronic lymes a course of doxy ain't going to fix it. Pure organic coconut oil from head to toe daily will help clear up your skin condition, baths in borax, Epson salts and bicarb. You need to get things flowing, juice lemons and drink first thing in morning followed by warm water with Sea Salt s. Don't go far from the loo!!! Lymes is very good at hiding! I suffered for 15 yrs before I was diagnosed. There are lots of options for you to try. I'm sure others on the forum may have some ideas. Best wishes. Stay positive.

I would recommend dry fasting which involves abstaining from both food AND water for periods time. Your body is your best doctor and it will heal itself if you give it the opportunity and get out of it's way. There's a lot of fear around this kind of fasting but it's very well studied in russia and proven to be safe for anyone to go up to 72 hours or more without side effects.

You do have a lot of symptoms like CFS/ME. You have low blood pressure (BP/LBP), muscle pain and weakness, exhaustion, digestion problems, sleep problems, skin problems, hormonal problems, feeling cold and low body temperature/poor temperature regulation. They are pretty much classic symptoms. You probably have adrenal fatigue or even Addison’s disease which affects your immune function and your skin, sleep etc. The fact that you mention Depression along with other symptoms does indicate adrenal problems because adrenal exhaustion is just depression+.

The extreme side of Depression is adrenal failure which is a very serious condition. Even partial adrenal failure/adrenal fatigue will affect your BP and skin function. Your body clock is probably all over the place due to your sleeping problems.

You could have a hyper permeable gut due to your poor eating patterns and poor nutritional intake. That alone can cause some severe problems such as exhaustion, LBP and skin problems.

Any wind/gas when eating? If so then you could have insufficient stomach acid which contributes to your digestive problems and poor nutrition.

Something that you can do to find out for yourself what is wrong and it will cost little to nothing. If you have a magnifying glass (MG) of x3 to x4 magnification get a mirror and place the MG on the mirror in a good light source such as small torch or lamp and look into your irises. Imagine your iris is split into segments like a cake and look at 6 o clock in each iris. Just inside 6 o clock you might see a darker area, it's actually less iris fibres but it looks darker, a grey colour. This shows depression! Now look for a ring around your pupil, about a 1/3 the way from it. It could be white or black, white is easier to see, a black ring is more a dividing line inside towards the pupil is the digestive system, small intestine & colon just outside and then the stomach right next to the pupil. The shape of the ring reflects the shape of the digestive track, showing any constrictions. If the dark/grey marking goes all the way up towards this ring the more your mood is affected and at the top just outside the ring are your adrenal glands. All grey is very weak adrenal function and possibly Addison’s disease. This is the kidney zone but it doesn't mean any kidney problem, something like that would be a different marking. This is your nervous system, in your kidneys and brain. How far does that dark mark go towards the ring at 1/3 the way from the pupil? It will be in both irises to some degree. If that can be returned to your normal iris colour your mood will improve considerably and if the adrenals are affected then they will also improve, first of all because healing goes from the centre to the outside.

Now look at the outside of your iris. There is probably a dark ring called a nerve wreath and that shows poor skin function and LBP because the very outside of the iris is the skin and then the circulatory system.

You can use this as a guide to see how things are progressing and improving.

I think that you should spend some time to improve your digestive function. Those anti biotics will cause further problems unless you counter them.

See if you can get your adrenal function assessed just in case there is any serious problem. If your iris shows a grey/dark marking filling up to the ring in both irises or very close to the ring then I would suggest that you get it checked ASAP.

The Depression can be cured, I have seen it done myself by a woman that I know. I looked into her eyes and saw the changes and the marking near 6 o clock disappear. She had adrenal failure and was very sick at one point.

I've had a number of similar symptoms such as extreme fatigue with difficulty getting out of bed at times, sleep difficulties, sometimes awake into the early hours, LBP, dark markings under my eyes, wind and gas on eating, arm and leg weakness, dry skin and some spots, headaches, a lot of urination, a little receding of my gums but nothing major - my dental hygienist commented about it.

It might be worth looking at the GAPS diet to help restore your digestive system. Especially if there is low stomach acid. The soup stock could help and so can fermented foods which will help restore the bacteria in your gut. Bacteria are very important to the human body, they help control immune system function, stimulating and regulating it, helping the digestive cells mature and function correctly and produce countless nutrients and help break down food. If you nurture your bacteria they will look after you!

Some thinks which might help:

Olive leaf extract juice, 1 - 2 tsp twice daily - this improved my energy levels quite a bit
Methyl cobalamin (Vit B12) 1mg twice daily - this enhances sleep and helps restore the body clock
A SAD lamp which can also help reset the body clock. They are useful for jet lag and any such situations. See if you can borrow or rent one for a bit.
Betaine HCI if you get any wind or bloating when you eat. Increase the dose until you get some burning in your stomach and then reduce slightly.
Sauerkraut - A powerhouse of bacteria and will also assist your stomach and digestion. Make your own or have a relative make some for you. You should use an airlock because it does need to be anaerobic. A fermenting crock is the best method but is more expensive. A glass jar with an airlock fitted is cheapest or a wire clip lock jar works for some people. Avoid plastic and metal near the juice because the high acid could leech plastic or affect the metal.

There is more stuff but I will leave it for now.

BTW your a pretty girl and when you solve this and feel better I'm sure that you will be fighting them off with a stick ;) Everything can be solved, think of this as an important lesson that will benefit you.

LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. Stop the meds and do not bother with doctors. Browse the forums on this website and open your eyes. Self-healing is the most powerful! I think you should start parasite cleansing, see if you have any parasites and go from there. The standard cleanse is Black-Walnut , Wormwood and cloves, which you can find at any health food store. Start with a low dose then gradually increase through out the span of two weeks. Believe me it is more common than you think and you will start to see loads in the toilet if you are infested within a few days. While you cleanse, your skin issues might get worse as toxins are trying to leave the body through any way possible. My suggestion is to exfoliate with baking soda to balance the pH, and moisturize with essential oils such as coconut oil or grape seed oil. It is also very important to keep the bowels moving. parasites will feed off starchy and sugary carbs, and dairy is just not sanitary. I do the vegan diet cause its cheaper but I think Paleo diet would be best for you since you don't want to lose weight. Just need to make sure the meat is well cooked and vegetarian fed. If you have parasites, once theyre somewhat under control, your body will adjust to its ideal weight. Take your essential minerals such as magnesium, zinc, and Iodine (potassium), and LOTS of vitamin C to help your immense system dispense the toxins parasites give off when they die. The bags under my eyes were exactly like yours only 3 months ago. Now theyre gone, but I am still very much fighting this battle. Enemas really sped up my healing process so you might wanna look into that as well. I must warn you, the beginning of cleansing can be very emotional. I'm going to pray for you.


Much love

Wow, you sure have an accumulation of problems.
Some good advise here.
My contention is that all these syndromes, Fibro Myalgia included is due to food allergies .
I have had food allergies for the past 12 years. It started out with a massive dose of MSG.
go to http://truthinlabeling.org/
Study it.
You will likely find most of your symptoms there. Of course you have had this problem for so long that you now have further complication.

First off - you must stop eating fast food or any packaged, bottled or canned food. Cook from scratch. Get fresh veggies and fruit. That will be a good start. Get a good vitamin/mineral supplement. Drink lots of water. Not city tap water - it is loaded with Fluoride and Chlorine - both highly toxic. Buy bottled water (I understand it has problems too, but it's still better than tap water.)

Further I hesitate to say. You have got to detox your body first and you will begin to feel better. Doctors are clueless. You have to do your own research. Forums like this can be a great help.