According to what I read on the net, some of the food grade diat. earth varieties are safer than others. Some zoos are experimenting with it to deworm animals. The problem is that you have no idea what grade the stuff you are buying is, so you are taking a chance. I haven't even seem much about human use. I would not use it.

I have had good results with Kroeger Wormwood Combination, although any formala that has wormwood, black walnut green hull extract, and clove will probably work. You should also eat plenty of raw garlic. That is an excellent antiparasitic. So is ginger. I use ginger oil rather than raw ginger, but eat raw garlic.

Just try something else for parasites for now. I liked the now foods fresh green black walnut, wormwood, clove tincture. My animals eat large amounts (the goats like 1/2 cup a day sometimes) and only get healthier...but me, I can feel strong effects from 1/2 teaspoon...

Did you ever try bentonite clay? I get the same reaction from bentonite as I get from D. Earth...and bentonite is pretty well known to be safe.

D. Earth is merely fossilized hard shelled sea creatures...its nothing crazy or way out there. It has been used mixed in with grains for quite a while to prevent insects from living on them...so we've eaten small amounts of it probably most of our lives.

-Gary

Basically DE works by scratching the exoskeleton of bugs, parasites and worms which causes them to lose water. Ultimately they die from dehydration. Your symptoms lead me to believe you have A LOT of parasites.

I copied this from the website I linked below.
Diatomaceous earth (DE) is the remains of microscopic one-celled plants (phytoplankton) called diatoms that lived in the oceans and lakes that once covered the western part of the US and other parts of the world.

Just verify you are using FOOD GRADE diatomaceous earth. You could become very sick if you use the pool filter grade because I believe chemicals are added into it.

This website has a lot of information to look over.
http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/defaq.html

Have you done any type of colon or parasite cleanses in the past? If not, then you are probably just getting die off symptoms. The first time I did a colon cleanse I felt absolutely terrible. Good luck!

The first colon cleanse I ever did was from Dr. Natura. I'm not exactly sure how mercury safe it is, but it was very effective. The tea was pretty wicked because it had senna in it. You aren't supposed to use that long term and some people say not to use it all. I guess I'd have to do more research on it to make a definitive stance.

I remember how terrible I felt the first week. I thought my insides were gonna explode. At the time I was working at Kohl's and it was during Christmas! hahah There was this horrible knot that wouldn't go away. Well I stuck with it and really helped my body clear itself out. I stayed on it for a month and a half. Then about a year later I did it again and did not have symptoms even half as bad as the first. From my experience the first good colon cleanse is really painful. You figure all those years of parasites growing and food clogging the intestines significantly affects the body.

I'd wait to start something new, when you have a few days off in a row from work. Working and detoxing may not mix very well. Especially the first week of it! haha