On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 02:56:52 -0600, "Dave Moore"
Gave us:

Damn, for almost a week I have been forgetting to
post about my recent experience. So, since
I finally remembered;

Not long ago I started noticing that when I would
play the guitar I was missing a lot of the strings.
Also I was doing weird stuff like bumping into
the edges of doorways on occasion,
instead of gracefully passing through them.
Sometimes when standing still, it would feel like
my feet were sliding apart in this kinda weird
almost spinning sensation. Sometimes numbness
in the hands.

Anyway, finally, it dawned on me that perhaps
30 years involved in electronics with a good
20 of them heavily involved in prototyping guitar
amp designs, might have taken it's toll.

That's just stupid. For a definitive control, go to your doctor and
tell him you need a heavy metals screening. Check for lead, mercury,
and cadmium.

You'll likely find very little. Metallic form lead is not
dangerous, and the lead alloyed in solder even less so. Cadmium has
been out of use in dangerous form for a long many years now... decades
even.




So I did some
research online and discovered that indeed my symptoms
just might well be those of lead poisoning.

To make a long story short, for the last couple
of months I've been munching mass quantities
of Cilantro, about 1 bunch/day.
Also I've been supplementing with selenium.

You can hurt yourself by taking too much of many vitamins. E and
selenium are just a couple. You should take no more than that found
in a normal multivitamin.

Both supposedly have chelating agents in them that
can help rid the body of metals.

Better off merely getting a blood screening to find out if any of
your actions are even warranted at all.

Anyway, after about 2 month's of this, I am noticing
my coordination has improved immensely
when playing the guitar, and no more
weird numbness or spinning sensations as of late.

Hahahaha... ever heard of placebo response?

How about psychosomatic illness?