A full week before admittance to the Epilepsy center at Henry Ford hospital, the Patient decided to discontinue prescribed 150mg of Lamictal -- only taking half and stopped taking Zyprexa. After the hospital visit, the doctors encouraged Patient to go back to taking the full 150mg dosage for seizure prevention. However, within a few days of taking ONLY Lamictal as prescribed, profound negative effects became obvious in Patient. Patient was struggling to maintain any type of focus: appeared to be in a total fog. Cognitive ability was extremely compromised. Patient was in constant motion wither going to sit or going to lay down, could not get comfortable, making 6 trips per hour to lay down. Patient could not understand easy questions and was feeling nausea, poor appetite, profound weakness being unable to get up from sitting position without assistance, poor posture, standing in place staring for extended periods of up to 10 minutes. It was so bad we were almost going to take patient to the hospital. On Nov. 21 Patient resumed taking Zyprexa prescribed dose and stopped Lamictal. Within 24 hours, Patient regained muscle strength, cognitive ability returned, nausea absent, appetite normal, 90% of excess sitting and standing absent. @48 hours emotions improved, cognitive speed improved, posture improved.
We should request Patient see a cardiologist for the orthostatic hypotension, and determine if current Psychiatrist can refer her to one. We have an appointment for Patient's B 12 levels and Thyroid to be tested. We would like to know Patient's histamine, copper, methylation, homocystene levels to specifically find vitamin deficiency and behavior subtyping. (There's a hospital outside of Chicago that treats patients based on these results).
We would like to know if there are any other specialized doctors that can be recommended for further testing or evaluation for underlying medical issue.
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Most interesting it would be to obtain a whole blood histamine assay as well as to obtain a tissue mineral analysis (hair sample) which would assist in determining any possible copper/zinc imbalances and other nutrient issues.
orthostatic hypotension...could be a symptom of a number of nutrient abnormalities....would continue to investigate orthomolecular options....
Once again, I stress that if you are continuing to use the protocol listed to the right of this page, it would contain "contradictory" nutrients that would possibly negate any of the possible positive effects at supplementation. In fact, could be accelerating patient's condition. For example, Sam-E if patient is an over-methylator (low histamine) would be a disaster. B12 or pretty much any B vitamins if patient is an under-methylator (high histamine) would not be appropriate.
A cheap way to determine histamine levels is the "niacin flush test". Google it. I still recommend the Pfeiffer Treatment Center in Chicago.
--Nate
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