As mentioned in the previous post, Detoxing – Part I (Detoxing – Part I), several years ago I had seen a Naturopath who put me on a program of detoxification and system rebuilding.  I took what he prescribed for about two years.  My life was changed, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity was not cured, but I was enjoying a level of health I had not experienced for a very long while.  I actually felt good for years to come after that.  But as with many things; if one does not continue what worked to get better, one starts to get worse.  This was my experience, and after almost seven years of not being on the prescribed program of Detoxing and rebuilding, it was time to go back to the Naturopath.

The naturopath initially put me on a product from Integrative Therapeutics called SLF Forte(Integrative Therapeutics SLF Forte). This product is a combination of herbs and vitamins that promote elimination of toxins already in the body and strengthens the channels of elimination.  The ND said that this was the best product he has found in all his years helping people with these issues and is just about all he uses anymore.   He also give me a rescue formula to use once a MCS trigger had been encounter.  This rescue tincture is called Cedar Bear Naturals: Lively Liver Plus (now Liver Build and Protect). This was only to be used as needed when experiencing and MSC event.

The idea behind such products is that those of us with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity will feel better if we can get MCS triggers that are already in our bodies back out.  We will also feel better when a new trigger is introduced if it is eliminated quickly and effectively.  I had seen this ND before and I trusted his judgment.  I knew to do what he told me to do and I jumped in as soon as I got home.  His program was to start with two pills of the SLF Forte each day.  I did so and was amazed that I felt better in less than a day. I remembered why I had done this for two years before.  I stayed at two pills a day for about five days then went up to three, then four over the next week.  At four I started to feel terrible.  Now, don’t be alarmed.  This is a normal part of Detoxing.  As your body begins to scrub itself out it will dump old toxins back into your system as they are eliminated.  This is just part of the process and does not last forever.  In fact it rarely lasts more then a day or two and it just about always followed by a sharp increase in well being.  After a while four pills were showing no progress and I went up to the prescribed six.  Again the detox dump happened on and off for a week.  The final step in this program was to go up to eight pills a day; this is where I am at presently. 

I want to interject that the rescue tincture has been a god send.  It has helped me to quickly recover from some bad Multiple Chemical Sensitivity exposures.  The worst of which might have wiped me out for a day or more; but now with drinking the tincture then taking a shower and a nap I’ll feel better in an hour or less.  This addition to the detox program as proved to be a wonderful asset.  

Metals have been a huge trigger of mine over the last three years.  For a long time metals were simply not an issue.  Many triggers have lessened but this is one that has gotten steadily worse over the years.  After a discussion with my ND we added a product to help eliminate metals from my body.  I’ve been taking Source Naturals: Cilantro Metal Detox for the last several weeks.  This is a chelating agent in the form of a tincture.   I started with one dropper full three times a day in water and have built up to three droppers three times a day.  This has also caused the expected trend of feeling better, and then worse and then better again that is the hallmark of any quality Detoxing program.  

Don’t get scared off by the up and down nature of a quality detox program.  If you increase from the minimum dosage to the maximum too quickly you will have some rather bad days, but it you go more slowly and have patience with the program you will avoid the worst of the lows in the process.  At the moment I have an abundance of free time and have perhaps gone faster into the program than if I had more responsibilities at the moment.  Just like last time I expect to be on this program for a good long while, after all I’ve got six plus years of toxins to scrub back out of my system.  

  ~ Zen Master Sam