Hypoadrenia and MCS?

For those who have MCS, you might be interested in this article. It is in Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients. Paul Yanick, Jr.,Phd. says that people with MCS are better off not to detox. I read the whole article but still do not understand what he believes we should do. It is called Quantum Repatterning Technique. Has anyone heard of this? I know this a long read but if you have mcs you will want to read it. I have had it for several years and thought detoxing would be a GOOD thing. Here is the link.:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_259-260/ai_n10299320
for the article below.


The naturopathic philosophy of reducing toxic body burdens of heavy metals and nonmetallic toxins is critically important for the restoration of good health. However, when key detoxification enzymes are dysfunctional, detoxification strategies may promote inflammation and serious damage to the organism. Safe "non-crisis" detoxification via Trans Sulfuration-Sulfate and the sphincter of oddi have been presented. (1-6) When toxins can't be disarmed and excreted safely out of the duodenum, they can sabotage fertility, weaken the immune system, accelerate aging, erode intelligence, trigger carcinogenesis, and activate neurological symptoms and cytokine-driven inflammatory processes that lie at the core of many high-profile diseases. (7-9)

One reason that Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) can be such a stubborn problem is that it involves so many of the body's interlocking systems, and lying at the center of it all is an adrenal deficit in enzymatic detoxification. For this reason, doctors are finding it maddeningly hard to minimize or eliminate the symptoms of MCS, thwart unwanted pain and inflammation, and stop carcinogenesis. Lifestyle changes aren't enough. For the nation's major diseases to be controlled, doctors must learn how to unlock tensed energetic streams that govern healing and repair via adrenal energetics and physiology (the adrenal influence on detoxification enzymes).

Increasing worldwide pollution coupled with overcrowding, contaminated water and food, and indoor air contaminants has between 15 and 37% of the American population complaining of sensitivities or allergies to chemicals, car exhaust, tobacco smoke, air fresheners, and the scents of many common household cleaning agents and body care products. Indoor air contaminants (synthetic cleaning agents, synthetic colognes, perfumes, body care products, and air fresheners) wreck havoc with detoxification functions and the chemistry of the whole body goes awry. These pollutants act as stressors that infiltrate and damage the body and rapidly deplete the nutrient precursors and co-factors required to the body. Moreover, these pollutants throw off the calibration of the body's stress defense mechanisms, propelling the body into a vicious cycle of stress-driven reactions that allow stagnant energy to build up in the upper abdomen.

The best way to understand what MCS is--and what it is not is to observe how it affects the lives of people who have it. MCS has serious implications and social effects that demand more public and professional understanding. MCS sufferers experience personality changes--becoming angry, depressed, irritated, anxious, fearful, and lethargic--and acute heart symptoms, brain and nervous system reactions, paralysis, an inability to breathe or a feeling of suffocation, intense headaches, dizziness, brain fog, short-term memory losses, muscle and joint pain and convulsions when exposed to certain chemicals.

Most sufferers find it impossible to live a normal life. Shopping and the normal social routines of life become impossible making isolation and withdrawal the only option to avoid a chemical exposure that could trigger a serious or near fatal neurological reaction. When they seek professional help, they are labeled as "psychosomatic" or misdiagnosed with psychiatric disorders, cognitive and neurological impairment, allergies, migraine headaches, sinusitis, or asthma. Sadly, the real cause (enzyme detoxification deficits and the deferral of repair routines due to hypoadrenia) remain obscure and masked by commonly prescribed antihistamines, decongestants, anti-inflammatory drugs, megavitamins (especially B complex and vitamin C), herbs, and cortisone.

Detoxification in Individuals with Impaired Enzymatic Detoxification is Contraindicated and Dangerous

MCS is a disabling, multi-organ syndrome caused by an impaired ability to detoxify chemical toxins. (11,12) According to a recent 2004 International Journal of Epidemiology study, impaired metabolism of toxic chemicals underlies MCS. In this case control study, a gene-gene interaction between enzymes suggested an elevated risk for MCS. (13) These findings parallel other observations of a link between enzyme abnormalities in GulfWar syndrome veterans and in a retrospective case-control analysis reporting cognitive and neurological impairments as symptomatology. (14,15) Clearly, labeling MCS patients as "psychosomatic" is not supported by scientific or clinical evidence. (38)

Effective detoxification protocols for MCS patients must address sulfoxidation deficits, specifically the impairment of the enzyme cysteine dioxygenase (CDO). The fact that CDO is the primary enzyme deficit in MCS patients and that it's not adequately identified by the acetaminophen challenge test, the urinary-sulfate-to-creatinine-ratio and the plasma cysteine-to- sulfate ratio, make it an exceedingly bad idea to employ detoxification strategies that do not conjugate or disarm volatile and inflammation-producing toxins. Indeed, impaired CDO activity has been linked to Rheumatoid arthritis, (41) Lupus, (42) Parkinson's Disease, (43) MCS and neurological diseases. (43-48)


I read through the article and while I understand that detoxification may be harmful, I am unsure of what the author is suggesting as an alternative. I know what he says about supplements is true as my body becomes very overstimulated and exhausted when I take a lot of supplements.


Thanks for answering. I feel the same way you do. It wasn't clear what he thinks we should do. I feel like detoxing is the only way I have to get well. however if that makes me worse, I certainly need to look into it further. I am afraid of everything. I had my amalgams removed too fast. That was when I found out I had mercury poisoning -- when it caused mcs I knew it had to be the mercury.

I would like to know what other alternative docs feel about this guy's opinion. I will repost later and address Polly. She might have insight into this idea or at least know more about what he means for us to do. I am also going to find a mcs forum to see what some of them think about it. In any case, I appreciate your time. Thanks and good luck.