DO NOT FOLLOW the above example as it was personalized for me.
Your own personal requirements can be confirmed by a practitioner who is adept at using muscle testing or spiritual guidance. The supplements were taken 4 times daily with meals ... requiring four small meals per day. Dosage was tested for and confirmed immediately before the meal. I NEVER experienced ANY symptoms of toxicity of ANY of the supplements. This indicated that my body needed them and was efficiently using them against ???

DISCONTINUING the supplements for 8 hours, as a test of their necessity and effectiveness ... resulted in the following:

SYMPTOMS: Fall, 1996

• muscle energy dropped by 50%;
• vertigo with periods of light to heavy dizziness;
• all of my torso muscles began to ache;
• my vision blurred and the skin around my eyes tightened;
• pain on my left side from the waist downward for 4 inches;
• glands in my neck became sore and my neck stiffened;
• pain on my right side 4 to 5 inches below my nipple (liver);
• intestinal gas.

IT WAS OBVIOUS to me that the supplements were effective in controlling something and I wanted to know what. On a limited income (payment from my client had been delayed) I couldn't continue to pay over Can $130 per month for supplements. The high requirements and the devastating symptoms told me something was wrong and had to be addressed or it would become fatal.

GENERAL PRACTITIONERS don't inspire me.
I don't like going to them at the best of times as they have almost always been a disappointment. They could do nothing for my allergy symptoms except suggest drugs which damaged me. A GP who did surgery on a crushed finger left me with fused and misaligned bones after the cast was removed. His answer was that if I wanted to use the finger normally, he would have to operate, re-break it, re-cast it, and there would be another 6 weeks of healing. At age 8, I passed.

ANTIBIOTICS were frequently prescribed for me during my teens and twenties for 4 cases of tonsillitis. I was given no precautions and few instructions ... and like many people developed an allergic reaction to penicillin. I later got rid of that myself. When you are hypersensitive, as I was for the early 40+ years of my life, you either pester doctors constantly and feel sorry for yourself, OR, you ignore the symptoms and work on until something drastic happens. Those were the options then. The latter approach was more socially acceptable.

TESTICULAR PROBLEMS
In mid October, 1996, I went to a General Practitioner who had been referred to me as "Alternative medicine friendly". By the time I got to her, I was a little urgent in attitude as the symptoms had recently expanded to include an obvious testicle problem with much pain and swelling. Sexual excess can sometimes lead to testicle problems. My sex drive had quickly disappeared in early 1993, so that was not indicated here. The GP mentioned that she could do little herself and referred me to a colon specialist and a urologist on an emergency basis.

THE UROLOGIST was to look after the emergency testicle problem.
His first appointment was the following February --- 4 months away!
A diagnosis would have been a good start --- but then, if he found something he might be obligated to do more. Waiting until then, if my situation was as bad as it felt and progressing as fast as it was, I would be dead.

I DID MY OWN RESEARCH, primarily by the Internet.
My symptoms were identical with those of testicular cancer.
Communicating with a specialist in urology and a volunteer for a testicular cancer website, I was informed of the medical industry reality. In North America, testicular cancer has become a major killer of males aged 22 to 45. There is no accepted "cure" other than surgery. The usual time to see a specialist was 6 months. There are 2 kinds of the cancer: rapid and slow-forming. If you have the fast progressing type you are almost certain to die before reaching the urologist's office. Even if you do get diagnosed as positive, the operation is not a simple testicle removal. Usual cost was (1996) US$ 40,000+

I DEVISED MY OWN PLAN from my Spiritual Guidance and the research available. The "problem" went into remission within 10 days. It returned in early March, 1997, and I got it into remission again. It returned a third time in May, 1997, and my developing "plan" of prevention finally got rid of it. Mercury toxicity has been indicated as a precursor to cancers, and, was indicated by all of my other symptoms ... as I discovered later. One of the half dozen main organs for mercury accumulation is the testes.

THE COLON SPECIALIST seemed to show more promise.
I got an appointment to see him in later November, 1996.
The General Practitioner had advised me NOT to say anything about the supplements that I was taking nor to indicate too much concern ... because "conventional medicine doesn't understand such things and you will be considered crazy." So, I kept my mouth shut, listened, asked them questions, and answered their questions.

"THE BEST colon specialist in Toronto" had one answer to all colon problems.
Eat more fiber. I explained that I had been following a high fiber diet for 10 years.
He didn't seem to hear me, or just ignored it. With my insistence, he scheduled and did a colonoscopy. His finding was that my colon was amazingly clean and if I had suffered from colon cancer or colon parasites earlier none was present now. I was fully aware of this because of the herbal remedy I had followed earlier and the 8 polyp-like structures I had passed ... resulting in an immediate disappearance of ALL of the symptoms I had then.

MY THYROID tested marginally low so he prescribed a thyroid medication.
By the third dose my reaction was so dramatic that it took me 3 weeks to recover after I went off it. He finally relented that in his 40 years of practice he had never seen a case like mine "in his medical journals." As far as he was concerned, I couldn't be sick because my sickness wasn't "recognized" by the industry. If science had been developed on such a rationale, nothing would ever have been discovered ... because someone had not discovered it before!

SYMPTOMS, Thyroid toxicity, December, 1996:

• greater alertness in the first hours, with great tiredness after the following;

• intense and constant peristaltic action of my intestines such that my abdomen vibrated and it woke me from my sleep;

• abdominal tension and soreness as if I had experienced diarrhea for a long time;

• development of headache and nausea.

ALWAYS get a second opinion before taking a thyroid medicine, no matter how expert the doctor is. This was supposed to be a low dose.

AN INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALIST was referred to me by the colon specialist.
I provided a written history of my health to his office in hopes of assisting him. My visit was depressing. Without any tests or questions, he provided me with a "state-of-the-art" outline. As he said,

"conventional medicine is not good at explaining and understanding a lot of things yet. I don't think I can help you any, but, as an alternative I would like to refer you to (a psychiatrist) to make sure that depression is not part of the problem".

What could I say?
What could I lose? Under the circumstances, who wouldn't be depressed?

MANERIX
During February, 1997, I saw a psychiatrist.
He interviewed me for 3 minutes and prescribed a drug, Manerix.
In the following 7 or so months, I saw him once every 2 to 4 weeks.
The Manerix worked immediately. He did not know why, and did not care. When I finished my research re. Manerix-serotonin, he was disinterested. If I felt I needed more, for any reason, I got a prescription. When I later felt I had to go back on it, my General Practitioner assumed that it must be for depression ... that is what she wrote in the record ... because that is what the industry prescribes it for, and, because a psychiatrist had prescribed it. This, in spite of my informing her of the bowel regulating properties I had taken it for.

Manerix will no longer likely be prescribed (2003-2004) because medical professionals who can prescribe tend to listen to and read all the promotional material circulated by the pharmaceutical companies and few of the available research reports. In addition, the pharmaceutical companies often pay for most of the research to be done. The tests that don't look positive are too often discarded, set aside, minimized, or ignored. Feedback from patients is generally viewed as idiosyncratic and unscientific unless the patient sues the doctor, hospital, or company ... or threatens to, or dies. In 2004 and later, you will likely be told that Manerix is too old of a product with newer anti-depressants having less negative side-effects.

5-HTP, also known as Tryfonia and L-5-Hydroxy-Tryptophan is the more available supplement for supporting serotonin biosynthesis. You don't need a prescription for it and can buy it at a health food store in Canada. The cost will likely be 50% or less of that of Manerix and it will not have the negative side effects. It is the serotonin support that Manerix afforded me. That eliminated my constipation resulting from lack of peristaltic action which in turn had been precipitated by the mercury toxicity in my system. It had diminished the serotonin production in my intestines and led to physical depression. IF you choose to try Tryfonia, do so only after using muscle testing or Spiritual Guidance to determine IF you require it, and then as to how much to take each time and when.

Had I not had my Basic Personality, access to Spiritual Guidance, and a spiritual perspective, I would most likely have been severely psychologically depressed. The rest of my short life would have been lived in acute care wards, on government assisted medical and social assistance poverty, or terminated by heart or liver or kidney failure. Don't expect doctors of any stripe to draw these connections or make these suggestions to you. They are content to throw another dart at the rationalized pharmaceutical dart board and drug you senseless, make you another guinea pig for the medical industry (certainly not anything scientific), or shame you into apathy and defeat by accusing you of being hypochondrial.

REMOVAL #1
In April, 1997, a tooth with a large amalgam filling located beside a gold crown began to become sore. I went to a local dentist and she removed it as an emergency, which could be covered by Social Services. My health improved --- immediately. But after 2 more months my health was in fast decline again. By the time June, 1997 arrived, either the Manerix was not working enough, AND/OR something was afflicting my health again. The symptoms had gently begun to infiltrate my awareness in March.

SYMPTOMS, June, 1997:

• waking up after 2-3 hours with headache & heart palpitations;
• physically tired to point of exhaustion but mentally alert;
• waking up with febrile paralysis (unable to move) for 10 minutes+;
• unusually anxious, aggressive, and hyper in the afternoon;
• fluctuating body temperature during the evening.

RESEARCH
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I had done research on hypersensitivities which had included an analysis of heavy metal symptoms. This work had always been used to assess others. I now went back to these studies and discovered that MY symptoms suggested mercury or lead toxicity. Like many people, I was under the mistaken impression that amalgams were fillings made of silver and lead. Further research clarified their composition as silver and MERCURY.

I tabulated all of my symptoms, supplements, and the meaning of Manerix together with the symptoms of mercury toxicity ... and I had an answer. For confirmation, I went to an out-of-town General Practitioner who used Homeopathic methods and was aware of alternative health approaches. I showed him my information and asked for his feedback. He agreed with the mercury toxicity diagnosis, recommended that I have my amalgams removed, and return to him for homeopathic and other remedies to remove the toxic buildup of mercury. He provided me with a prescription to take to a dentist specifying that he believed that my symptoms were the result of mercury toxicity and that my amalgams should be removed. I seemed to be making progress and I happily went off to see a dentist.

THE GP's PRESCRIPTION proved to be useless.
Of the four (4) dentists I went to, including a University of Toronto Dental Clinic instructor, ALL informed me that General Practitioners know nothing about dentistry so their judgement is useless. They, the dentists, on the other hand, did not believe anyone ever got mercury toxicity from amalgams. It was obvious, with my meagre finances that all of my amalgams were not coming out. So, I concentrated on the one indicated by my Spiritual Guidance.

REMOVAL #2
This second amalgam was also beside a gold crowned tooth.
Not having been paid by my then employer for 5 months and living below poverty level income, money was still a problem. I went back to my local dentist whose services I had previously used. She advised me that Ontario Social Services no longer covered dental costs. I explained the urgency of my health condition. Her reply was that if I paid her for each extraction ... she would pull out as many teeth as I wished. Her offer was attractive and shocking. I still did not have up to $150 per tooth.

THE DENTAL CLINIC at the local university came next.
I could just get a booking in on the last day before they closed for the summer. I arrived with doctor's prescription in hand for the extraction and provided a history to the student dentist. The instructor-senior dentist arrived. He flatly denied that amalgams were ever a health problem. He suggested that if mercury were the problem it might be from my eating too much canned tuna! He was serious! He refused to do anything and suggested that I read articles in the university dental library by an author he knew. I made a note.

THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY was upstairs, so I checked it that day.
There were no articles by the author specified by the dental instructor.
I was, however, Spiritually Guided in the little open time remaining to most of the research references I note on my FACTS page.

Last day of June, 1997, ... 4 years after planned dental work cancellation.
Still desperate, and now highly frustrated, and, confident ... for the articles explained the facts which supported the Guidance I had received ... I sought out another dentist. I had filed down the points on what was now a broken amalgam because my tongue was being scratched by its sharp edges. It was late in the day and the dentist had a personal appointment to go to.

I said simply that the tooth was painful and it was an emergency. He explained how the Social Service system worked ... the only one out of 4 dentists who did. Dentists were encouraged by the government to take in Social Services (low Income) patients on an emergency basis and do amalgam-only dental restorations. If they wanted to get paid, they had to pay for insurance which covered a certain number of patients per year. Instead of extracting the tooth, he volunteered to put in a quick temporary plastic filling that would last up to 6 months. Four years later, it was still fine.

MY IMMEDIATE HEALTH CHANGE was noticed by the 4 persons I was working with at the time. As Guided, I was able to decrease my herbal and vitamin dosages to nothing over a two month period. At first, my energy came back fully. No more fatigue. Clearer thinking. More patient communication. Better digestion. Improved intestinal performance. And returned sex drive.

I was Spiritually Guided NOT to become more closely involved with the friend whom I had been engaged to in early 1993. Such guidance is often not readily understood until it plays itself out. It is easy to rationalize all matter of possible explanation ... all of which are usually wrong. If we are meant to know, we can find out; otherwise, it is best to be patient and learn when we are ready for the answer and it will not be traumatic.

A SUDDEN RE-OCCURRENCE of Symptoms happened after about 6 weeks, --- just as the research indicated would often normally happen. More mercury was being released from my organs and taking time to exit from my system. My supplement requirements went back up temporarily and then decreased to just the zinc and Manerix.