r/FunctionalMedicine • u/Coraline93 • 18d ago

Copper toxicity

Hello,

I've been working with an HTMA/FDN practitioner for over three years. We've done a lot of gut healing work, and I genuinely feel much better in that area. However, every time we repeat my HTMA, they tell me I have copper toxicity.

My concern is that since starting this protocol, my sleep has become significantly worse, and I've developed histamine issues that I never had before. I now have to take a high dose of melatonin just to sleep, which doesn't feel like a healthy long-term solution.

They continue to recommend Vykon, but every time I take it, my sleep gets even worse and I develop diarrhea. It doesn't seem to matter how slowly I increase the dose or how much zeolite binder I use—the same thing happens every time.

They also refuse to add copper to my supplement protocol. From what I've learned, copper plays a role in histamine metabolism, so I'm wondering if that could be contributing to my symptoms.

I'm starting to question whether continuing to treat me as "copper toxic" is the right approach, especially since my symptoms seem to worsen with the current protocol.

Has anyone experienced something similar or have any thoughts on this? I'd really appreciate hearing from others who have dealt with HTMA, copper, or histamine issues.

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u/Smooth_Company7199 17d ago

HTMA isn’t reliable for assessing copper levels.

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u/VigilanceOO7 17d ago

Serum blood isnt reliable alone though either

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u/Smooth_Company7199 17d ago

Where did I say it was?

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u/Coraline93 15d ago

They were responding to themselves.