Posted by john1022 on January 22, 2004, at 13:47:07
In reply to Re: Medication/vitamin sensitivities: any ideas?, posted by HappyGirl on January 22, 2004, at 12:56:34
Thanks for the advice Happygirl. I am currently seeing a very good doctor who practices both normal prescribed medication psychiatry and natural medicine with amino acids and the like.
I was diagnosed bipolar mixed/NOS. I have had this exact same problem in the past (depression/anxiety/insomnia but without the sensitivities) and everything was completely fixed for years with Effexor.
I was actually able to take 5htp and thought it was actually working very well when this third episode began 6 months ago. I was seeing another doctor at the time who thought it was just depression and put my on Elavil and that is when the problems started with sensitivities) I quickly stopped that.
When I tried 5htp again it would make me feel worse, but at the beginning of this latest episode a 6 months ago it was working. Now even the slightest vitamins are making me sensitive and even taking a multivitiman can make me feel like crap. The doctor thinks in might have to do with copper toxicity which there were extremely high levels of in my hair when tested.
I am taking lithium orotate but can't take more than 3 pills because I am sensitive to that. It helped a little but not much as far as my feeling bad and sleeping problems. I am sure my doctor would try another prescribed med but at the moment I am sure she would probably assume I couldn't handle it because of my sensitivities to meds. She is probably right.
I wonder if I should look into a liver flush as high copper levels interfer with liver metabolism. I just don't have any idea of what to do right now. I don't feel as bad as I did when I was on the Elavil, but I still have some kind of imbalance going on with some pretty serious sleep problems.
I just really feel like if the sensitivities went away, I would be able to take Effexor like I did in the past and I would be fine again.
Does anyone else have any other input of what might be going on? I sure hope it is the copper toxicity. Thanks
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