Low copper and zinc

The only suggestion I have is about your low body temperature - have you had your T3 & T4 of your thyroid function tested? That's often a culprit in this.

This will also serve to bump your post back up to the top of the forum.

I do know that Lyme can lower your body temp - it's an effort by the bacteria to have a nicer living space, so we want to do what we can to raise our body temp - dress very warm, drink hot/warm beverages and so on.

i get cold all the time, i have chronically low iron and zinc, as well as magnesium. in the end i started IV for vitamins (for the iron) and mega doses of magnesium. my zinc went up as soon as i fixed the other too.
i think low value in these can easy cause your symptoms, read some books on mega dosing (careful make sure you do research first) and look at IVs, to help out. if you still don't get anywhere it might be an absorption issue or the effect of lyme.

Increasing your copper and zinc has to start in your GI tract. The GI bacteria are responsible for your absorption of minerals like copper and zinc. You need to limit exposure to Streptomyces, Enterococcus, and Prevotella and increase levels of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. There are many more good and bad bacteria, but you have to start somewhere. Chronic inflammation causes reductions in copper and zinc levels.

Zinc and calcium are more related than zinc and copper, but the tendency is for copper and zinc to go low and aluminum, cadmium, and sometimes thalium to take its place. Thalium accumulates in tissues high in potassium like muscle, heart, and the CNS. Thalium and potassium are about the same size and can use the same transports and even bind the same receptor sites. The same can occur for copper and other metals. Prevotella is bad about allowing other unwanted metals bind in place of our normal metals like copper and zinc.

Neem is a good herbal to take to kill Prevotella and other unwanted GI bacteria. Oregano or raw Nigella sativa seeds are good for reducing H pylori which also may be a contributing factor to reduced copper and zinc. Supplementing with a good probiotic like Florajen3, VSL#3, or Ortho Biotic would be advised.

One element to keep an eye on is lithium. Lithium helps to increase hormone levels, it helps increase BH4 levels, it protects against cadmium, and it removes negative stress on polyamines. By removing the negative stress on polyamines, that will decrease copper and zinc loss. A potential negative to lithium is that it may inhibit iodine uptake.

Continue supplementing copper and zinc and eat more raw, green leafy vegetables.