Posted by Kerry Gibbons on November 10, 2005 at 21:02:06:
In Reply to: low white blood cell count posted by Jenny on November 10, 2005 at 20:51:38:
You are obviously having some very strange things happen to you. MSM is not addictive at all, so going off of it or reducing should not be a problem. I go off of it myself from time to time just to take a break, and have not had any "withdrawals" from it. Nor have I ever had anyone report any problems in reducing their MSM.
Considering all that you have said here, I would advise you to see your doctor again and let him or her know what is going on, especially if it continues on. But I can tell you that with the literally tons and tons and tons of MSM that we have provided to our customers, no one else has reported anything like what you are experiencing.
: I WILL TAKE YOUR ADVICE AND BACK DOWN FROM THE MSM BUT I SURE DO HATE TO LOSE ALL THE BENEFITS I HAVE GAINED FROM TAKING IT FOR SO LONG NOW. ALTHOUGH I HAVE ALSO WONDERED WHY MY INTERNAL THERMOSTAT SEEMS TO BE OFF AND I WOULD JUST START SHAKING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I AT FIRST JUST THOUGHT THAT I WAS COLD BUT LAST NIGHT I STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND HAD TO BE MEDICATED IN ORDER TO STOP (TOOK 50MG. BENADRYL). I THINK I WAS HAVING WITHDRAWL SYMPTOMS BUT I DON'T DO DRUGS AND I HADN'T BEEN DRINKING! PLEASE REPLY, THANK YOU.
: : No, I have not heard of MSM causing the white blood cell count to drop. But there are also not a lot of people taking that much MSM for long periods of time. I took high amounts for about three months before dropping down.
: : As to the internal bleeding theory, I would think both red count and white count would be down causing anemia.
: : At this point, I would recommend that you do back down the MSM amount down to around 1 to 2 teaspoons a day until things are figured out.
: : : i slowly worked my way up to 16 tsp. of msm a day and have been taking this dose for several months. many chronic symptoms have disappeared but i still have allergies which is the reason i have not cut back on the dosage. my last two blood tests indicate that my wbc and globulin and others are getting lower and lower. they are now going to send me to a cancer doctor to try to figure out what might be wrong. i read online that i could be internally bleeding. the high dose of msm could not be causing this, could it?!(i only weigh 120 lbs., am i taking too much)? please reply asap, i am really frightened!