some new conclusions and theories RE DLPA/ectopic beat
OK, sorry for lack of response - I now have come to some clearer conclusions and have some more infos about the DLPA effects. Comments are appreciated.
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Went to doc, listened to heart, looked at me - said it didn't sound like an ectopic and my heart sounded nice and strong and regular. BP was a "bit high", HR was 73 - and I was anxious, so 73 not too bad IMO.
Had an ECG anyways, just a normal one, not 24 hour. Came back fine and normal. Dr says - it's anxiety.
But, I had a mega panic attack the day before, triggered by I don't know what.
I also now realise that I have intermittent twitches over my body, and the "ectopic" is probably muscle twitching in my chest. I just focused on that one and ignored the other twitches. I also have 24/7 twitching in my right calf, and some intermittent tremors. I get some fast tremors that come and go on my face, neck and left side. Also some squirming feelings.
I also have near 24/7 dizzyness, it gets worse when excited, anxious, angry etc. Exercise can help it go away.
All these can be symptoms of "just anxiety". They also point to nerve issues, which is one and the same with anxiety on many levels. MIND/BODY...
Evidence 1
I took more CBD oil for a few days, and one morning after woke up and had medium tremor in left hand/wrist for about 10 seconds, index fingers + other middle started spazzing out.
I need to point out one more time that DLPA - the D form in particular, is known to have lasting effects for 3-4 weeks therapeutically (and that doesn't mean that there is no more action after that). D forms are long lasting and many are toxic, I guess they make fundamental changes to proteins - I don't have the source right now sorry, but I am still feeling the effects from this I am certain. I spent some days walking around feeling high just after exercising or having a nice night with family etc. DLPA inhibits break down of these happy chemicals, and seems to for a long time.
DLPA and anti psychotics are known to cause and worsen tardive dyskinesia... AFAIK I have some early suggestive symptoms of early TD due to some dopaminergic action going on between the DLPA and the CBD.
Evidence 2
I took 200mg theanine, with some lemon balm, and I went into overdrive. Possibly on the edge of seizure. Walking in sunlight calmed me down a bit, but for about an hour or 2 I was in a very bad place, it was intensely physiological, worse than the anxiety of the DLPA night. I didn't measure my heart rate but it was very high.
Paradoxical reaction due to inability to break down dopamine or some such?
I then traced my previous mega panic attack and mania episode to a day of drinking tea and decaffinated green tea to get some extra theanine, but who knows it may have been "all in my mind". I doubt it.
Anyone who believes this is not a legitimate reaction to theanine, just google - some people have paradoxical reactions to things because their chemistry is messed up.
Evidence 3
I have numbness, tingling - "peripheral neuropathy" basically, since the DLPA and especially after the theanine and stress induced episodes.
Aspartame is linked to peripheral neuropathy.
Evidence 4
I've had these brain zap things for years and never knew what they were. I now started to realise they are nerves on the outside, not in my brain. So, I have pre-existing nerve damage from a toxic drug episode years ago, and they DLPA (+CBD?) combo has made it worse. Excitotoxicity, excess glutamate, inflammation, NMDA upregulation perhaps (I'm getting out of my depth here but feel free to elaborate on these ideas if you like).
I have discovered that anti inflammatories reduce the discomfort in my left hand side head and reduce the "brain zaps". I basically have brain or nerve inflammation already. Most of the tremors have occurred on my left hand side. Most of the supposed "ectopic beats" were on the left hand side or middle of chest.
The last piece of hypothesis, and I won't cite all of the evidence because it gets boring, is unproven and borders on OCD health anxiety - is that I have elevated copper levels and have done for some time. Much of my symptoms and reactions to drugs and in particular DLPA (+CBD) point to that being a possiblity. I'll just say I've had excessive stressors over the years, new copper taps in my bathroom that I drink out of all the time, and have eaten an insane amount of dark chocolate. Around +1 year of the time of the taps installation and the increased chocolate intake, I was very stressed and very busy, and I had my first major toxic drug episode that triggered the brain zaps and high anxiety I have had til this day.
I consistently have responded to drugs in a highly sensitive way over the last 5 years, which all point to an inability to break them down in a normal manner. My biochemistry is weird, could be copper related among other things.
Conclusion
So I have some sort of nerve damage and a messed up biochemistry... I'm going to have some biochemical/mineral tests done to start to figure out where the imbalance is. I should have done this years ago - I've been running around therapists and psychiatrists for 4 years trying to figure this out...
Ideally I want to repair my system and get rid of the tremors and twitches, brain zaps and peripheral neuropathy. Brain zaps and anxiety seem possible to deal with especially now I see the link with inflammation, and as this is all part of a nervous disorder or "anxiety disorder", one would hope the other symptoms go away too.
Any thoughts on this? Help and advice would be interesting on my ideas. I'm sorry but I'm not the type of guy to post scientific sources to all this, but I've been on my phone researching for over a week and also looking at other case studies etc... Also there's not exactly any info that's been researched on the interactions between "entourage" CBD and DLPA. Only standard antipsychotics...
I don't log in much at the moment as I'm trying to avoid triggering more health anxiety until I'm strong enough, so forgive me if I'm slow to reply.
And please don't go posting "dizzyness + nerve issues + X = Y disease", I know I am at elevated risk of many things right now, but I'm trying to be rational and cautious about jumping to conclusions. I will visit my doc and probably a neurologist soon too.
Thanks