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> Hi Jim,
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>
> Welcome to the group.  I am no longer here very often, but when I come, I answer a few posts
> and I noticed somebody else asked recently about what to do about healing the
> BBB and you mentioned it also, so I decided to answer your post, since I knew
> something about the subject.
>  
> You write:
> ……I found out that there were about 18 wireless devices
> within a 12 foot radius of my desk, including 3 of those deadly Idiot-phones…..
>  
> Me:
> Sorry to hear your sad story.  Sounds like what would have otherwise been a
> triumphant occasion (moving to an executive suite), was instead a nightmare!
>
>
> You:
> I moved my office to home… Slowly, my sensitivity decreased, but still today if
> I get an over-exposure, it ramps up again.
>  
> Me:
> Yes, the same happens to me tooâ€"if I am over-exposed, I
> start having more problems with emfs, tho now I am much better and most of the
> time have few problems.  I have lately
> had to spend a lot of time at the hospital (my parents are ill) and I come home
> from there fried.  It doesn’t bother me
> that much while I am there, but I started buzzing at night when I went to bed,
> until I made it a priority to get back on the supplements I take.
>
> You:
> I struggle with sleep just like most people with EHS do.
>
> Me:
> Yes, that was a problem for me for decades until Giles here
> suggested sleeping with rose quartz.  I
> bought some beads and made a necklace (I believe that he said he just used a
> heart shaped stone).  Within 2 weeks I was sleeping 6 hours a night!  I eventually was able to sleep 8 hours many
> nights.  That was 20 months ago and I
> still use the necklace to sleep.  [I
> tried going without it a while and sleeplessness returned.]
>
>
> You:
> Ironically, 6 months before my EHS became recognized as such, my holistic MD
> declared after examining me, that I had a leaky blood-brain barrier. His method
> of detection was his sophisticated system of kinesiology. I have since seen
> this as something related to EHS. I think he really doesn't have a clue as to
> how to treat this, but he is now thinking about it and will hopefully be coming
> up with something.
>  
> Me:
> The following can be used to strengthen the blood-brain
> barrier:
>  
> Blueberries, blackberries, cherries, grapes, bark
> and needles of pine trees, bilberries, grape seed extract, pycnogenol, cod
> liver oil, vitamins C and E.  Cod liver
> oil and vitamin C and E should be taken daily with B complex vitamins and
> vitamin D as support.  Glutamine is
> recommended, but some people (I was in this category) need to take it in a full
> spectrum amino-acid complex, rather than by itself.  Since the tight junctions are gate-keepers to the BBB, one can assume
> anything which maintains tj function is going to help: this means all the
> various electrolytes themselves are likely helpful, glutens can be dangerous if
> you are celiac or have gluten intolerance, and emfs should be avoided when at
> all possible (which is the real reason why I practice avoidance).
>  
> I personally take a lot of calcium AEP and pantethine, and
> very much less amounts of manganese (which itself can be a toxic metal, in excess) and taurine, in addition to the above
> mentioned regime (cod liver oil onward); but I also have, in the past, taken
> most of the remainder of things mentioned.  Whether
> calcium, etc will help you depends on whether your calcium ion channels
> are affected.  Other Essers might be
> helped by addressing other ion-channels (or additional ion channels), such as
> potassium or sodium channels (I personally use more salt than is normal, as well).  I find it helpful to use electrolyte drops in my drinking water to alkalize it, also.
>
>
> You:
> Here's what I'm doing currently to try to remedy this…..
>
>
> Me:
> Sounds like you have a good plan.  I would suggest (since you *do* know you have BBB leaking) that you diligently
> check into gluten intolerance.  Not that
> you have to have it in order to have BBB leaking, but you cannot recover from
> BBB leaking if you do and you do not address it.
>  
> Good luck; I hope some of these suggestions work well for you,
> Diane
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