Posted by janejane on January 15, 2010, at 19:47:21
Anybody else have this, or know about it? I asked to get my level tested because I was afraid I had an excess, and it turned out the opposite was true. I've been supplementing, but after 3 months, it's even a little bit lower than it was (last was 57 with reference range 70-155 mcg/dL). I'm not sure what it means, and the doc doesn't seem to, either.
I'm not supplementing zinc other than the 15 mg in my multi. And I take the copper separately so the zinc doesn't compete with it. (My serum zinc was low normal.) I increased my intake since I got the last results so hopefully that'll help.
I think I need to ask to get my iron checked since iron deficiency can apparently go with copper deficiency. I've not been really tired or anything, though, so I don't think I'm anemic. I wonder how mercury fits into all of this.
I also wonder how much this affects my depression. It would be weird it it turned out to be the total answer to it. Doubt it, but I certainly wouldn't mind if all I needed to do was to correct this.
My understanding is that copper excess is more common than deficiency, but I thought I'd ask if anyone knows about it. Thanks in advance for any insight anyone has to offer!
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