mercury amalgam

danno · Post by **danno** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:49 am

in my desperation to find the cause of my pain I'm currently looking into the whole mercury amalgam toxicity thing.
obviously this is a very contentious topic, and I'm definately not convinced by holistic dentistry, but seeing as conventional medicine has nothing to offer me I don't have much to lose.
my symptoms do loosely correlate with when I had fillings done, and it's time now for them to be replaced, so I guess I'll find out one way or another.
i have found a couple of accounts over the net of resolution of chronic prostatitis following amalgam removal. there also seems to be some correlation between testicular function and heavy metal build up.
i know this post is a bit off the radar, but something is causing this pain and i've got to find it or I'm going to go insane.

alprost · Post by **alprost** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 9:26 am

Danno, before you start to look at more unusual possible cuases you should investigate all of the obvious cuases of CPPS. The most obvious cause in in this regard is pelvic floor muscle spasm - 90% of cases of chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome are suspected to be neuromuscular in origin. Pelvic floor problems should be diagnosed by 1 - A manual exam of your pelvic floor muscles; and 2 - A computerised assessment of your pelvic floor muscle function.

If you have not yet had this type of assessment, this should be your first port of call.

jamo · Post by **jamo** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:34 pm

I had my amalgams removed, didn't make much difference to my pain. Which points to a muscular problem, yet again. Doesnt mean to say that metal toxicity wasn't a contributing factor of many variables causing CPPS.

danno · Post by **danno** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 7:11 am

thanks for your replies.
my uro recently wrote me out a referal for a physiotherapist who specialises in pelvic floor rehabilitation. the suspected diagnosis on the form reads "? pelvic floor spasm and chronic pelvic pain syndrome". sounds like he suspects the same thing as you guys. I'll make an appointment tomorrow.
i'm really not coping very well psychologically. I think it is safe to say I'm obsessed with this problem. I am very depressed and very stressed because of it, which obviously can't be helping anything but is really inevitable. believe me, I'd rather be thinking about something else.

Post by **webslave** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 4:59 pm

Your anxiety-prone personality is normal for CPPS/IC/PM patients. You may benefit from a short course of an anxiolytic/muscle relaxant like lorazepam. Ask your doctor.

alprost · Post by **alprost** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 3:14 pm

danno wrote: thanks for your replies.
my uro recently wrote me out a referal for a physiotherapist who specialises in pelvic floor rehabilitation. the suspected diagnosis on the form reads "? pelvic floor spasm and chronic pelvic pain syndrome". sounds like he suspects the same thing as you guys. I'll make an appointment tomorrow.

Good idea - hope it goes well! It sounds like you are very lucky to have found a good urologist.

danno wrote:i'm really not coping very well psychologically. I think it is safe to say I'm obsessed with this problem. I am very depressed and very stressed because of it, which obviously can't be helping anything but is really inevitable. believe me, I'd rather be thinking about something else.

Once you get your assessment and start progressing with treatment chances are you will feel a whole lot better within yourself.

danno · Post by **danno** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 3:20 am

the more I hear about muscular tension the more I understand, but it still seems weird to make that connection. something is definately wrong.
got my physio appt, so I suppose I'll just have to sit tight (wokka wokka).
thanks for your replies, it makes me feel like less of an alien.

alprost · Post by **alprost** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:37 am

danno wrote:the more I hear about muscular tension the more I understand, but it still seems weird to make that connection.

You should read these links:
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=808&p=3954
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=239&p=1158
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=248&p=1214

Hope this helps,
Al.

rkeith · Post by **rkeith** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 5:29 pm

Danno,

Anxiety will only aggravate the condition as outlined in AHIP. The tension-anxiety-pain cycle continues to feed on itself and can spin out of control resulting in pain. I only know too well this process when I was first diagnosed. I have made some improvements with the Wise protocol and just recently been taking Buspar for anxiety with some good results. Too soon to know if it will be effective over the long term. Hope this helps. It is easy to say not to worry but very difficult to do.

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