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To the authors of Voltammetric determination of copper with proton pump inhibitor drug omeprazole:
M. A. Ghandour, A. Hassan & H. M. Ali
Citation:Ghandour, M.A., Hassan, A. & Ali, H.M. Voltammetric determination of copper with proton pump inhibitor drug omeprazole. J Anal Chem 70, 392–397 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061934815030065
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1061934815030065
Three scientists in Cairo who were just testung copper in water, and gave me not only the clue to the cause of fibromyalgia, but even the molecule for the type that I have, and thereby helped me to find the (slow) cures for it.
Sentence three from the abstract:
"The experimental results show that the reduction of the copper(II)-omeprazole complex is irreversible."
Without that, I would still be relying purely on Epsom salt baths.
To BB, not just for letting me stay with him and his wonderful wife, RS, but for the education an antioxidants protecting the body from COPD to the point of raising a waking 70s oxygenation level for over a month to 95 through less than half a day's social interaction with good friends, and a blood pressure normally 170 to 200 dropping to 137 the next day after walking around the block and talking to an Italian lady for over an hour for further increase in serotonin and possibly oxytocin. Also for my education in how dopamine sequesters iron in the cells, which unfortunately prevented us from enjoying dopamine-inducing YouTube videos together during the visit, from the pain caused by my fibromyalgia iron deficiency, and the experience of nutritional deficiencies from medication. I might neither be here nor have ever had the required experiences to develop so much of this without you.
DS, who let me learn about Pyrrole syndrome using him as a guinea pig, was the first person with whom I could discuss antioxidants and the neurotransmitter dance, and the practical difference in coping mechanisms between depression and hypomania. You should have been a psychiatric and medical professor, but being a lobbyist at least gave you the chance to gain antioxidants while making a living. Never forget that you changed the world and improved an amazing number of lives with the work you did with your friend Nick.
Uwe Gröber, the first person I ever fell in love with without knowing their gender. His or her writings on magnesium galvanized my further research is on magnesium and may have saved the life of a friend, but not in time to prevent amputation of one of his toes, loss of vision, and an unrelated car accident, among other magnesium deficiency related issues.
TIME Special Edition: Mindfulness pages 30-34
To an amazing number of people which I met who shared the copper II omeprazole fibromyalgia with me, and the few who had a different type and educated me.
Any number of doctors who either lacked the information because it wasn't available yet, or simply ignored my conditions as a result of the emotional psychiatric issues caused by nutritional deficiencies from medications, requiring me, if I was to survive, to gain this education on my own. Especially to the doctors who did not know the limitations of the procedures that they ordered, or the patient preparation. Maybe in writing this I can forgive or forget what I am going through because of you.
To the doctors who treated me right and encouraged me, and occasionally learned things from me: Dr. Refegee, Dr. Kahan, Dr. O'Dell.
Still under construction
To B (see, I'm using your nickname instead of your real name), an emotional support and my occasional editor who doesn't want to be credited.
To my honey, who responds to my telling him that he raises my oxytocin levels by telling me that he loves me too.
And always, to my mother and sister, two intelligent women who supported me emotionally despite living with the crises which we shared.
©Deborah Barges Oct 2020 open access