Addressing memory loss and cognitive dysfunction

My husband has been taking Ornithine to see if ammonia is causing any of the cognitive problems he’s been experiencing for several months.
His memory, short and long term, and processing information skills have gone up and down for the past few years.
Lately, they’ve been pretty bad. He’s started the Ornithine and it’s seeming to make him slightly worse every day.
For example, if we are watching a movie and I comment on a line one of the characters had just said, he’s already forgotten it.

He does detox with an infrared sauna twice a week, red light therapy 3-4 times a week, hyperbaric oxygen therapy 3 times a week, coffee enemas, activated charcoal, diatomaceous earth, clean diet, supportive supplements, etc.

He has a history of TBI, which is why he’s been doing things like HBOT for years, now.

It’s troubling for me to see this degeneration occur. He’s tried taking Neuro antitox for about a month, too. It initially did nothing for a few weeks, and then just caused him to feel awful.

Can you think of anything that changed right before this decline - circumstances, environment, treatment, etc?

You can drive yourself crazy trying to figure out what is driving it it may be the ammonia but in my experience it is more largely due to the infections.

WalkingbyFaith said...
Make sure there’s no current mold exposure. Mold exposure can cause dementia type symptoms. I moved into my car April of last year. My mother still lives in the house. Just since the end of last year (5-6 mths), her memory has gotten much worse. Every day I have to remind her that I can’t go in the house because she forgets. Many days she asks if we ate breakfast/lunch. She can’t remember where or what she ate.

My first mold doctor told me that older people are affected more in the brain and cognitively, while younger people tend to have more physical symptoms.

Oh, I’m dreading the possibility of it being mold we’ve moved out of multiple places due to mold. We’ve had to move in with family and really don’t have other options.
I don’t think it’s a major issue here, because I’d smell it and notice it immediately. But there’s stuff like lots of old books and clothes ina couple do the rooms that have that dusty/musty scent to them.

We did do Real Time Labs recently and the results weren’t anything crazy, according to our LLMD.

He’s younger, but has had almost dementia like symptoms in the past, when we were in a really bad mold situation.

It’s hard to figure out what circumstances could have been happening. It’s been bad on and off for about a year when he got mold exposure for about a month last year. It was somewhat bad then, but then got much more worse beginning of this year. He doesn’t remember some things we did less than a year ago. I know taking 3 weeks of azithromycin back in February almost literally destroyed him.

Super sorry to hear about your mom’s cognitive challenges! That’s so hard to watch. You are incredible for making the courageous decision to live in your car. We have considered tent living In the past.

MargaritaLyme said...
Canary, the only thing that seems to have helped me is eliminating pathogens. I am working with a bio magnetic pair therapist.it has taken 15 months for me to feel brain function return.nothing else worked…antibiotics, HBOT, herbals. And like him, I was insanely sensitive.

I tried it and after only one session had no cramps or Charlie horses (usually happened nighly) for over a week! How did it help you?
I also have mold.
I have stopped due to severe weight loss until I see doctor next week.

Canary,

That’s interesting azithromycin made his cognitive problems much worse. What did the LLMD have to say about his response to the drug? I don’t know anything about Rx drugs, but others here do. If they don’t comment here on this post, you might want to make a post asking why azithromycin would make him worse and describe what happened.

What about binders? Have either of you ever taken Cholestyramine?

Post Edited (WalkingbyFaith) : 5/29/2022 7:22:15 AM (GMT-6)

Dr Issac Goiz is credited with developing it although it’s origins began prior to him. There is a lot out there to read on the topic .

Essentially it involves the placement of magnets of opposite polarity on areas of the body where pathogens are believed to reside.. the magnets neutralize the area making it inhospitable to pathogens. It works. The advantage to those of us who are overloaded is that the treatment is paced.

I no longer have severe neuro ticking, flailing arms, etc, I still have symptoms but with every treatment they are improving. It is a good option for those of us who either can’t tolerate them or who velar even a drug free route is for them it is great to have options.

Sentence should have read

When the body can’t clear infections from years past is a recipe for disaster.

WalkingbyFaith said...
Canary,

That’s interesting azithromycin made his cognitive problems much worse. What did the LLMD have to say about his response to the drug? I don’t know anything about Rx drugs, but others here do. If they don’t comment here on this post, you might want to make a post asking why azithromycin would make him worse and describe what happened.

What about binders? Have either of you ever taken Cholestyramine?

His LLMD was super concerned at that response and had him stop the abx immediately. He has not continued it and put him on a Green Dragon LB Core protocol.
As far as binders, he’s done/does zeolite, activated charcoal, and diatomaceous eart.
We’ve never tried cholestyramine; I’ve seen it mentioned loads of times. Neither of us have a good history responding to pharmaceuticals, so I’ve been a bit wary.

MargaritaLyme said...
One piece of advice that has proven invaluable to me that I wish I had learned years ago is that for some less is more.

When it comes to detoxing a gentle approach is more effective. Too many methods employed at one time,especially the more intense ones like FIR saunas can push the body too much

Yen my case, after over a year of treating and too many years of infection, saunas are not recommended.



This may or may not apply….treatment and supportive therapies are very dependent on individual needs.

Best to you voth.

I think that's really valuable wisdom, thanks so much. I've been having him back off some therapies (instead of every day, just once a week, etc) thanks to the advice on here. It's so interesting how FIR saunas can be way too much of a stres for the body. That's something I need to think about.