Withdrawal Index
6.2 Bacterial Infection
The patient had developed a bacterial infection in the brain/nervous
system. The bacteria were destroying the serotonin.
A Neurological Profile Test was carried out on the patient’s
urine using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) for the
reasons given above. The test was carried out by Neurotech International
Limited (44 (0) 1202 510910, email dntaylor@btconnect.com ).
The HPLC output for a typically depressed patient shows low levels
of serotonin precursor, low levels of serotonin and low levels of
serotonin non-toxic derivatives. In this case the HPLC test showed
the neurological profile to be not just abnormal but pathological.
Bacteria were present in the nervous system.
It showed the serotonin precursor was nearly normal but the serotonin
level itself was close to zero and the non-toxic derivatives were
very high. Therefore the serotonin was being produced but rapidly
destroyed. High levels of neurotoxins were also identified along with
an inflammation marker. This suggested that there was bacteriological
infection destroying the serotonin. Rather than treat the patient
with random antibiotics a programme of drug reduction and immune system
boosting was followed.
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