Hi again guys, just to respond to some of your comments. My liquid ionic zinc does not contain copper in the ingredients, so yes you will have to find one that does not contain copper. Some manufactures add it to it as they know zinc depletes copper, but they are not aware of some people having copper toxicity. My brand of zinc is 'Good State Health Nutrition' and contains 0% copper.
Also that's great to hear Mike_NY, stopping anxiety definitely seems like a proven way that some people can use to heal DP, stopping the anxiety can start off a positive chain reaction. When you're not anxious and worrying then zinc stays up at a natural level, which in turn gradually brings copper back down, which eventually leads to better liver & adrenal gland function, which then have even more ability to remove excess copper, and so on and so on.
Also saunas are actually proven to expel and cleanse excess copper from the body, which is why you probably feel better afterwards. And also light exercise, aerobic exercise, slow walks and deep breathing are apparently proven to expel it too.
You can definitely be accurately tested to see if you're deficient in zinc. However the downside is you cannot really do accurate testing for copper, hair mineral samples can be taken to give a general idea but they are never accurate as most of the copper in you is sitting mostly deep inside the brain and other organs, and only taking actual tissue samples gives an accurate result.
Yes unfortunately all nuts & seeds are bad for containing high amounts of copper, however there is a known method you can try to remove the copper. There are youtube videos you can search for that instruct on how to soak nuts in water to remove it, making them copper free. I don't know if it works with seeds but it definitely works with some types of nuts.
Also just to respond to a question near the beginning of this thread, iv'e been researching more and looking into cannabis and why it might trigger DP. So these are new facts I have just found and have now added this revised note into my article...
When highly toxic cannabis rapidly depletes B12 & Zinc, the drop in both of those make copper spike, then to top that off cannabis is also very high in cadmium. Cadmium drives copper even deeper into the tissues, so it seems plausible that the combination of all 3 of these factors happening at the same time when smoking cannabis could be a trigger of DP, if copper is in fact the trigger. Cannabis is mostly an illegally grown plant around the world and does not come with any high quality control standards, so growers are much, much more likely to use large and dangerous amounts of fertilizers and pesticides to gain the most guaranteed and largest possible crop yields, in result adding a lot more dangerous & unnecessary cadmium into the end product.
When highly toxic cannabis rapidly depletes B12 & Zinc, the drop in both of those make copper spike, then to top that off cannabis is also very high in cadmium. Cadmium drives copper even deeper into the tissues, so it' seems plausible that the combination of all 3 of these factors from smoking cannabis can be a trigger of DP, if copper is in fact the trigger. Cannabis is mostly an illegally grown plant around the world and does not come with any high quality control standards, so growers are much, much more likely to use large and dangerous amounts of fertilizers and pesticides to gain the most guaranteed and largest possible crop yields, in result adding a lot more dangerous & unnecessary cadmium into the end product.