Hello everyone, I lurk this forum and others alot for answers, but never actually posted my own question.
I suffer from weird symptoms since young age (16), it began from heart palpitations, to chronic social anxiety and depression, and even a few cases of psychosis I am 25 now. I spent 6 months this year in Depersonalization. the symptoms remain or keep going and in the past 3 years I've combined many supplements. after reading alot about each one, not all survived and entered the regimen.
One of them is NAC.
I am extremely confused about this substance.
Dr's best, the company who makes the NAC capsules combines molybdneum and selenium at about 50% RDA, with 600mg NAC
that is to combat the negative effects that NAC is doing inside the body?
When I first got it, I was extremely excited, I read that it helps autistic children, is a potent antioxidant and so on.
First couple of weeks, I had my libido through the sky. I literally did not understand what is going on.
From not feeling arousal in years it suddently flooded me, and I had to relieve myself 3 times a day.
Scary but exciting, could it be a cure for my low libido, which is already hella low?
I keep taking it and this side effect subsides. I stopped feeling the libido increasing effect after 2 weeks.
It seriously helped me reduce my smoking dependence, nowadays, I barely smoke 3 cigarettes a day.
It all changed since starting NAC, and I'm happy. before that, I took wellbutrin XR at 150mg - then 300mg. I did not take NAC along with wellbutrin. however I tend to believe that everything that has happened during the two weeks, was a glutamate imbalance being corrected?
Anyway, I was cycling NAC and enjoying myself until I started reseaching about NAC and Mercuty
FYI I have 15 amalgam fillings in my mouth, some no longer at good shape. the doctor I went to never worked carefully, I even remember swallowing bits of metal during the procedure, sadly, I was not aware of the dangers of amalgam then.
I have my ferritin levels high, could this also relate to this?
I read that iron could cause these problems, even before starting NAC and I now take a Milk thistle complex, morning at night.
To my understanding iron can also cause various symptoms simillar to mercury, like heart palpitations, and low libido.
milk thistle has been beneficial in lowering some of my liver enzymes, that were always raised on blood works until recently.
some are still high, but I keep working on it.
When NAC wears off, I start experiencing strong headaches. could it be related to the mercury? i've read that NAC can mobilize mercury but cannot excert it from the body, is this correct?
I kinda tell myself that it is too risky to mess with, but it really helped me with not only smoking, but OCD, mental sharpness, and brainfog that was consistent for years.
I would love to keep using NAC but everything I've read related to the mercury mobilizing effect scared me, I am scared it is affecting my natural response to it, as I still have these amalgams in my mouth. The thought of mercury being dropped inside my brain is terrifying.
I'd love the experienced to shed light on this topic, please and thank you!
I suffer from weird symptoms since young age (16), it began from heart palpitations, to chronic social anxiety and depression, and even a few cases of psychosis I am 25 now. I spent 6 months this year in Depersonalization. the symptoms remain or keep going and in the past 3 years I've combined many supplements. after reading alot about each one, not all survived and entered the regimen.
One of them is NAC.
I am extremely confused about this substance.
Dr's best, the company who makes the NAC capsules combines molybdneum and selenium at about 50% RDA, with 600mg NAC
that is to combat the negative effects that NAC is doing inside the body?
When I first got it, I was extremely excited, I read that it helps autistic children, is a potent antioxidant and so on.
First couple of weeks, I had my libido through the sky. I literally did not understand what is going on.
From not feeling arousal in years it suddently flooded me, and I had to relieve myself 3 times a day.
Scary but exciting, could it be a cure for my low libido, which is already hella low?
I keep taking it and this side effect subsides. I stopped feeling the libido increasing effect after 2 weeks.
It seriously helped me reduce my smoking dependence, nowadays, I barely smoke 3 cigarettes a day.
It all changed since starting NAC, and I'm happy. before that, I took wellbutrin XR at 150mg - then 300mg. I did not take NAC along with wellbutrin. however I tend to believe that everything that has happened during the two weeks, was a glutamate imbalance being corrected?
Anyway, I was cycling NAC and enjoying myself until I started reseaching about NAC and Mercuty
FYI I have 15 amalgam fillings in my mouth, some no longer at good shape. the doctor I went to never worked carefully, I even remember swallowing bits of metal during the procedure, sadly, I was not aware of the dangers of amalgam then.
I have my ferritin levels high, could this also relate to this?
I read that iron could cause these problems, even before starting NAC and I now take a Milk thistle complex, morning at night.
To my understanding iron can also cause various symptoms simillar to mercury, like heart palpitations, and low libido.
milk thistle has been beneficial in lowering some of my liver enzymes, that were always raised on blood works until recently.
some are still high, but I keep working on it.
When NAC wears off, I start experiencing strong headaches. could it be related to the mercury? i've read that NAC can mobilize mercury but cannot excert it from the body, is this correct?
I kinda tell myself that it is too risky to mess with, but it really helped me with not only smoking, but OCD, mental sharpness, and brainfog that was consistent for years.
I would love to keep using NAC but everything I've read related to the mercury mobilizing effect scared me, I am scared it is affecting my natural response to it, as I still have these amalgams in my mouth. The thought of mercury being dropped inside my brain is terrifying.
I'd love the experienced to shed light on this topic, please and thank you!
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