That is terrible advice. Vitamin C is a chelator of copper. Lowering copper lowers the body’s sodium to potassium ratio - a key vitality indicator in the body. If the sodium to potassium ratio is high, then there maybe a short term positive effect to taking extra Vitamin C. However, you would only know that by doing a HTMA, and if you did that you would get a much better whole body approach to bringing the body back into balance. I personally took lots of Vitamin C (and B-5) per the recommendation of Dr Lam for treating adrenal fatigue. Felt better for the first 6 months, then cras ...
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Hello all, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted here but I thought I would share some progress. I’m recovering from chronic fatigue (including adrenal fatigue) and low testosterone. It was pretty clear that conventional doctors had zero to offer so I tried the naturopathic route. I tried many different detox’s and supplements including: hulda clark liver cleanse, intensive saunas, parasite cleanses, CEs, and too many supplements to list. I worked with DR Lam for almost two years - I had initial positive results then a big drop off and couldn’t handle the vitamin C anymore - Lam didn’t ...
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Sounds like a pretty classic hypoglycemic reactions from adrenal fatigue. Car travel, walking, noise, and people interactions can all be stressful. However, I think the primary cause is your low carbohydrate diet. AF people don’t metabolize blood glucose well due to low cortisol, so the primary source is from easily digestible foods. So while eating grass fed beef (excellent choice) is good for protein and fat consumption, it is NOT an adequate choice when you need some extra blood glucose for an activity. Every person is different so I can only tell you the meals that work best f ...
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Hope you are feeling better today. I hit a couple of very rough patches at about the 3 month time frame on the Lam protocol. Headaches, achy body, very tired...really sucked. Then hit a plateau where I wasn’t making any progress. I contacted Dorine and she cut my supplements in half - started feeling better after that. Dorine explained that my body was in the process of ’resetting’ and that this was all part of the process of healing. Since then I have continued to improve, albeit with ups and downs along the way. Hang in there!   [End]
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I’m right there with you. I plateau’d on my improvement during July and then started getting more tired with a couple days of heachaches and achey, flu like symptoms. Emailed Dorine and she had me cut my supplements 50%. Have felt better since and am now alternating weeks 50%, then 100% of supplements. Dorine explained this was the process of the body resetting itself. I have also noticed over the few weeks that I’m much less sensitive to my meal timing. When I started the recovery process in April, I was eating something every couple of hours to keep my blood sugar up - and ended u ...
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Since it has no sugar it should be okay for AF. The sweetener I like is called ”Just Like Sugar” and is made from chicory root; I prefer that over Stevia.   [End]
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Sucralose is Splenda, an artificial sweetener that has more in common with chlorine than it does sugar (despite the manufacturers claims). Studies have shown it can reduce gut bacteria by up to 50% and also cause seizures. Not good for AF sufferer, or anybody else for that matter. Look for stevia as a sweetener. ’Hydrolyzed’ protein often contains MSG as a byproduct of teh processing. I knew this and yet gave Dorine (Lam) the benefit of the doubt when she recommended I add Dermagen to my supplements - sure enough, had a bad reaction to the Dermagen that took several days to recove ...
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I wouldn’t think the sleep/stimulants variables would make any substantial difference to your cortisol test, however, the you should consult with your naturopathic doctaor to make sure. I’m curious, what did you do to come down with AF at age 18? What is your diet like? Are you drink a lot of red bulls or diet sodas or what?   [End]
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Hi Maresydates, I do walk my dog, do yard & garden work (I have big yard), and various small projects around the house. So I have plenty to keep me active as energy allows. I have made some pretty good progress over the last few months. In fact, I’ve had a few ’near normal’ days which were great. And my worst days are not anywhere close to where they used to be, in fact, they are better than my best days used to be before I got on Lam’s program. When I learned about AF and how and why to modify my diet, I started eating all the time to keep up my blood sugar stabilized. I no ...
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’Fair’s got nothing to do with it’, I think Clint Eastwood said that... I hear ya about the people with poor health habits but lots of energy thing. I imagine that will catch up with many of those people eventually in it’s own way. I do hope to come out of this experience feeling better than ever before with all of my new healthy practices. That said, my goal is be able to enjoy a fine meal of my choice, complete with dessert, followed by an excellent glass of wine or port and a 1st class cigar...like a Cohiba... and then wake up feeling great the next morning!! Having AF means ...
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I can emphasize with you - one of the hardest parts of recovering from AF is the BOREDOM!! Hours of watching TV, surfin’ the internet, napping or trying to sleep, prepping meals, and generaly doing menial tasks. Then when I DO have energy, I want to spend all of it and them some which leads to over exertion and then more down time. So between that and going on and off coffee (drinking a bit java to help me get some things done, hey life still has to go on, even for us unemployed types) it’s a wonder I’ve made any progress at all. I’ve been working with Dorine Lam for the last three mon ...
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Chali, which BCAA drink specifically do you consume? Most of those drinks contain aspartame (aka nutrasweet or equal) which can cause many of the side effects that you have. I drank diet cokes for years and got really sick on the aspartame (headaches, brain fog, memory loss, fatigue, etc). I’m pretty sure that’s what precipated my AF. In any case, DEFINETELY should not consume aspartame or any other artificial sweetener when you have AF.   [End]
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chali, I know I have mentioned this earlier and so have others - Isocort and other glandular products are counter productive for stage 3 (severe) AF. They simply are too stimulative. Also, hydrocortisone will also delay your recovery, even if it seems to help in the short run. Even multi-B vitamins, fish oil, NAC, Coq10, etc can be over stimulating. It sounds like you have crashed your adrenals since the coffee is making no difference at this point. You shouldn’t worry about your weight at this point - I gained almost 10 lbs in 2 months during my initial recover due to eating frequen ...
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I’ve been working with Dorine, Lam’s nutritionist, for 3 months and have improve to about 60%. I tried self navigating for a couple months and that was a waste - was over stimulating my adrenals per Dr James Wilson’s book recomendations. That book has great info but the recovery is not right for stage 3 AF. Working with Dorine has been very helpful, she has made several course corrections along the way and I have high confidence of making continued improvement. It’s nice to have her available to ask the specific questions that come up along the way. AF recovery is an up and down proce ...
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I took Adrenal Rebuilder, Dr. James Wilson’s glandular supplement, when I first started self treated AF. From what I have learned since then(from my own experience) I wouldn’t recomend the glandular supplement for stage 3 AF. It is too stimulative - you may feel somewhat better initially - but you’re adrenals are not getting the rest and nutrition they need to recover. I’ve learned AF can be very counter-intuitive and requires incredible patience. You remove the caffeine, sugar, loud music, various supplements - whatever stimulants you have been using to keep going - then supplement w ...
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The ’brain fog’ can also be caused by low blood sugar and/or salt potassium imbalance both caused by low cortisol levels. I was really struggling with brain fog until I found out about AF and how it works. By elimating high glycemic and high potassium foods, eating more protein and eating on a regular basis (every couple hours), I was able to cut down the brain fog signicantly. I gained about 10 lbs in 2 months as a result of eating so much and basically doing nothing (very limited exercise)(the weight is coming off now as I become more active and less food sensitive).   [End]
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Chali12, I have been working with Dorine from Dr Lam’s office and can recommend her. I started with their free consultation, Dr. Lam was not available (not taking more patients), Dorine was. Not sure why you have had such a hard time connecting with them other than that they appear to be very busy with all the AF cases. I have seen in other posts referencing other doctors experienced in AF, they are out there - you may have to search thru alot of old posts to find them. As for supplements, I started on Dr Wilson’s supplements per his Adrenal Fatigue book. Got slighly better but very j ...
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I did my first liver flush this last weekend. I’m doing the LF to try to improve my energy level and digestion. I got very sick drinking diet cokes and having a poor diet and have been working on recovering my health for about the last 5 years. I completed a 10 day Master Cleanse (lemonade/syrup/cayenne pepper cleanse/fast) in August and found that I was having digestion problems getting back to regular foods afterwards. I juice fasted the day of the LF, followed the instructions - results were the worst smelling BM ever, almost made me nauseous. Bowl was very cloudy so I couldn’t see ...
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