People who know me here understand that I am very encouraging of posters to improve their life styles, and to examine if diet or some deficiency state might be affecting their health. With Peripheral Neuropathy for example , deficiency states of B12, B6 and folate, and magnesium are often triggers for nerve pain.
So I have made posts on the various forums here about testing and how to improve health.

I do think following the gluten free diet is very helpful for many people with autoimmune issues. That is a whole subject all by itself! This site is very good for reading and learning about removing gluten:

http://sites.google.com/site/jccglutenfree/

jccgf posts here on our Gluten forum too. She is a great resource and patient and helpful.

As far as you, Aries, are concerned I would wonder what your trigger was. Did you have vaccines before your bulbar symptoms appeared? Did you have thyroid workups? Males are showing up more and more with thyroid disease, mostly because of autoimmune triggers and also thyroid mimics in the environmental pollution arena. When the thyroid is swollen, swallowing is difficult, and choking common, because the laryngeal nerve can get compressed (this happened to me with my previous goiter, for example).

I wonder if you, Aries, had a drug treatment with a known nerve toxic drug before you experienced your throat problems?
I am still working on this thread, Statins will be my next post.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread122889.html
Some drugs damage nerves quickly, others take time.

I do have some concerns about Iodoral, and manganese.
The safety of Iodoral is not proven, IMO. Its use is based on one OB/GYN who experimented on his own patients with it.
This thread voices my concerns about high dose supplementing with iodine:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ghlight=iodine

I also have concerns about manganese. We inhale this commonly from gasoline fumes. Manganese is also quite plentiful in vegetables and this link has some examples:

http://www.healthalternatives2000.co...ion-chart.html
another good food content site is www.nutritiondata.com
this site is more complex to use, but has more foods listed.
I recall one study I read about prison inmates, who the majority it was found had elevated manganese levels. Manganese can damage the brain and give Parkinsonian type symptoms, and also causes anger, rage and aggression. I would therefore be very careful with manganese unless a doctor okays its use.

This monograph by the Linus Pauling Institute gives good manganese information too:
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocente...ese/index.html

I would caution readers here to be careful with manganese and iodine supplements, and do alot of research on them etc.

This is about the best information I have found about Huperzine A:
http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supple...INE+A&source=2
I consider this substance really to be a drug...and so therefore I would urge readers here to have some medical advice and supervision while using it.

And lastly as a moderator here too, I will put up our medical disclaimer as a reminder.
Many of us here have improved our own health by using alternative medical means. But for those with serious, life threatening conditions, those readers should always keep their medical supports on hand and include doctors in their decisions involving herbs, or supplements. Consider drug interactions and interactions with foods as well.