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Re: memory » IsoM

Posted by jazzdog on March 24, 2002, at 19:45:41

In reply to Re: SAM-e price » jazzdog, posted by IsoM on March 24, 2002, at 13:33:13

HI Iso -

I know exactly what you mean about memory. I got really worried a couple of years ago when I couldn't remember the name of my own assistant, couldn't enter a room without forgetting why, and would sit through a movie twice because I didn't remember I'd seen it. I've been working on the problem ever since, and have found various factors / cures. I've still got a bad memory, and I'm still working on it, but it's not as bad as it was. Some of the things that have worked are:

estrogen - a huge one. Even though I was only 42, it turned out I was premenopausal.

T4 - my thyroxine level was 2.7, and anything under 5 is considered 'normal'. But even endrocrinologists now admit that anything over 3 is hypothyroid, and many people are hypothyroid with a reading over 1.5. The T4 made a big difference.

metformin and a high protein diet - I had postprandial insulin readings over 5 times the upper limit of the normal range. Hyperinsulinism is a precursor to diabetes, but this postprandial test is very seldom done. Lowering my insulin levels definitely cleared some of the fog.

lamictal - for some reason, this seems to be successful half the time in treating derealization - a sort of chronic spaced-out state. It's early days, but I think it's helping a little.

stopping ssri's - again, still early days. But I took zoloft for 10 years, and I'm sure it's been a factor.

Hope some of this helps -

Jane


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