i wanted to ask what some theories are as to why some people get so sick and others don't? so many millions of people have amalgams in their mouths but like someone else told me, it seems the really sick people are only dotted around the map.

my degree of poisoning has been crazy since my earliest memories. like there literally has not be a moment of peace i don't think when i compare to how normal people feel. even if i had psychotherapy and anxiety techniques every single day for years i couldn't control my anxiousnes, depression, and ocd stuff. that scares me and i feel disconnected from the world totally. energetically i am a lifeless zombie.

heavy metals freaking suck!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

I think it depends on your genetics and perhaps a few other predispositions. The same reason 1 out of every 100 children is autistic. Unlucky genetics. Some kids end up with ADHD, Aspergers from the same toxic insult that caused others autism. While others are effected in more subtle ways.

My CFS started with a stress trigger (6 months of very extreme stress) bound with very high anxiety. Somehow the stress either releases mercury stores or fouls up the detox pathways enough to increase the mercury concentration over some threshold.

shawn, people who haven't had their immune system compromised have no problem with mercury.

Common ways that people have their immune systems compromised are excessive use of alcohol, cigarettes and drugs, surgeries, viral and bacterial infections and sexually transmitted diseases. Also, a lot of people are born with compromised immune systems based on the prenatal care they received and the lifestyle their mothers lived while they were carrying their baby.

James nailed it. I don't know most people's background here except we all have had either amalgams or vaccine shots w/mercury, but that list was almost all encompassing for me.

Hi Shawn
I agree with all that has been said and for me I believe the pathways became clogged and that is where my problems began. As time went by it just got worse and as that happened I think that is what put my immune system in such a bad state. This is my opinion and with detoxing things are getting better but am still far from home.
Rachel