I may not have had MS for long, but I do know what it is like to be constantly tired. I had been severely anemic for at least 7 years before being diagnosed with MS. This supplement it actually a godsend and I would really recommend just trying it.

I hear ya... I'll look this stuff up to see what I can find out... I've had fatigue problems for years and years - before I knew I had MS.

Thanks for posting!
Hugs,
~Lorrie

Sounds like your Mom is wonderful at researching for you too. Mine is always coming across articles and such, subscribing to newletters and researching. Kudos to wonderful Moms!

My energy came back with the vitamin D supplement but as soon as I started the copaxone again it has gone down considerable...are you on any of the crab drugs? Also I see that you were having breathing problems was this due to the MS?

So my question is...are you on any of the CRAB drugs? The reason I ask is that I find some things that suggest that they give energy by "boosting" the immune system a waste of time and money. Now there are reasons to take antioxidants, but it does not work for the energy thing for me. The reason I feel this way is that Rebif, which I take, is an immune system depressant. So, yes, to fight free radicals, and other antioxidant properties. Just me, I have yet to really feel any energy from any of them.

But thanks for the post, I will give a look see, curious to see what all is in it. I take several supplements and have to be sure that nothing is the wrong thing to take with the other. But, again, thanks for the hint. Hopefully some will find it useful.

I am on Betaseron, and have been since last September. I started having breathing problems when I was taking Alertec/Provigil.

You have every reason to be skeptical about these supplements, I was as well, but I figured as long as my mom was going to buy them it can't hurt to try.

I read on some other forums that some doctors give glutathione patches to patients with MS but there isn't really any reliable information that I have come across yet. All I know is that I now have energy when I didn't before.

I just know it works, and if it continues working for the next month I have a lot of family members with fibromyaglia that are looking forward to trying it.

Please let us know! And also, if you would, let us know if you feel any difference in some of the MS things. I don't mean is it a "magic bullet," but rather looking more for how it may or may not interact with the meds.

Thanks again, and please do let us know. If it continues to work, I would love to consider it.

nikki

So 3 weeks into taking the glutathione supplements, I still have tons of energy. I'm going to start working out tomorrow. I've been afraid to overdo anything in the case that I crash and burn.

I have energy, I can focus. I feel hyper, like I have too much energy a lot of the time. My mom just says I probably feel like a normal 22 year old should and that since I have been tired since I was in my mid-teens I have no idea how I should really be feeling.

I saw my neurologist yesterday to go over the results of my MRI from last week. The Betaseron injections that I am taking do seem to be working. My entire right brain appeared white on my MRI in September and still in November. I have only developed one new lesion since November and it is no longer active. All of my previous lesions seem to be fading.

I don't know if my energy levels are returning because I have no active lesions or if the glutathione supplements are giving me energy.

I asked my neuro about glutathione and he said I'm likely experiencing a placebo effect. However I was very skeptical about the supplements going in since Modafinil (Alertec, Provigil) did not work for me, it only gave me breathing problems and made me jittery.

All in all, I would definitely recommend trying glutathione. I know that I feel better than I have in years. I was even able to get up at 5am for work the other day, bike 1km there, leave at 11am bike 2km to school and do school work and then get home and clean the apartment, make dinner and watch a movie. I was a little bit tired the next day, but I was able to get things done still.

I am happy that you are getting good results, but every study I have seen suggests that glutathione is broken down in the stomach and not absorbed well orally. There might be some special formulations that protect it so that it can be absorbed but mostly free glutathione is going to be a waste to take orally......I dont know if there is a by-product that will raise energy or if it acts as a free radical scavenger in the gut and if that does anything, but oral glutathione wont increase your glutathione levels.

However, if you take glutathione as a suppository you can raise your glutathione levels. Also, there are other supplements like NAC that will raise your glutathione levels.

Do these supplements contain other things besides glutathione? If its just free glutathione is might be a scam/placebo unfortunately....I hate to say that when people are feeling better, but you cant really get benefits from oral glutathione unless you put it in your butt or inject it or use other supplements that indirectly contribute to your own glutathione production.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutathione

Supplementing has been difficult, as research suggests that glutathione taken orally is not well absorbed across the GI tract. In a study of acute oral administration of a very large dose (3 grams) of oral glutathione, Witschi and coworkers found that "it is not possible to increase circulating glutathione to a clinically beneficial extent by the oral administration of a single dose of 3 g of glutathione."[21][22]

However, plasma and liver glutathione concentrations can be raised by oral administration of S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe).[23][24][25] Glutathione precursors rich in cysteine include N-acetylcysteine (NAC)[26][27] and whey protein,[28][29][30][31][32][33] and these supplements have been shown to increase glutathione content within the cell. N-Acetylcysteine is available both as a drug and as a generic supplement. Alpha Lipoic Acid has also been shown to restore intracellular glutathione.[34][35] Melatonin has been shown to stimulate a related enzyme, glutathione peroxidase,[36] and silymarin, an extract of the seeds of the milk thistle plant (Silybum marianum') 'has also demonstrated an ability to replenish glutathione levels.[37][38]

Sorry, I should have mentioned that I am using a different formulation than just a glutathione supplement. The MaxGXL supplement contains Vitamin C, L-Glutamine, N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) Alpha Lipoic Acid, proprietary GSH Absorption, Cordyceps, N-Acertyl D-Glucosamine, Quercetin, Milk Thistle extract.

If you look at the website for the supplement www.maxgxl.com you'll find out more about it. I have read the Wikipedia website, and I read it before even starting these supplements. I do not think it is a placebo effect.

Awesome. Those actually WILL work to raise glutathione levels. It sounds like a good formula, but dont just buy oral glutathione. Its a waste.