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You are extremely knowledgeable about the toxins which we may very well be reacting to. Other theories are: 1) that our central nervous systems are in high alert due to childhood trauma or other traumas and we need to calm down the system, 2) our mast cells have been impacted/damaged or are overly sensitive and are spitting out chemicals incorrectly and overshooting the mark and damaging healthy tissue (cytokine storm) ... in my case Lyme Disease and Babesiosis (bacterial and viral exposure) contributes to or causes the damage. 3) We have the MTHR gene mutation. I haven't researched this very much but from what I've read a lot of people have this genetic mutation either a single or double copy and it prevents methylation ... meaning that you can't eliminate the toxins easily once our bodies become exposed to them. It also may affect our bodies abilities to absorb nutrients. Then when we are exposed to something toxic we immediately react because we ar already full of toxic material and our cells can't eliminate those toxins quickly so we suffer. I believe when we are having a flare up our bodies are becoming full with toxins and when we are able to detox then systems improve. So perhaps Fibro is related to all of these possible causes: childhood trauma, toxins in the environment, inability to remove toxins easily due to the MTFR genetic mutation, and exposure to virus's and bacterias. Therefore I try to eat organic and get the purest water and avoid seed oils plus selecting foods that are low inflammatory and possibly low histamine, and figuring out your food sensitivities and then avoiding those foods for a period of time until the immune system calms down. Eliminate the toxic load and you might feel better. It does take a lot of work and determination to do it because we are sensitive and our environments often have things that are toxic to us that's outside of our control.

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Thank you for your comments. I did not know about the gene mutation as a possible cause. I can remember back to around 1969 of having symptoms. These have gotten worse with age. They started using the sludge in the 1970s.
I am determined to "rule-out" the PFAS and autoimmune items since I have found that QUEST Labs offers tests without a physician order. These can be found on their website. (There are other companies that do this but do not offer the PFAS Test.) It is expensive. The PFAS Test includes 9 different chemicals. You can order and pay for it on line and then they allow you to book an appointment.
Unfortunately, according to an article by the AMA "PFAS Health Effects and CDC Guidelines....."there is no medically approved treatment to remove PFAS from the body". So, if my results are positive, what can I do next. Reduce exposure would be one thing. Perhaps water purification - check to be sure it removes PFAS along with the other bad things. But, what in the world can you do about the food supply?
You can get rid of the rubber cooking tools and containers, non-stick pans, but it is also in stain resistance or water resistant clothing. We are just saturated with it.
So, to stop my panic for now until I get my test results back. To do the tests on Monday.