Here's the list of symptoms that have appeared over the past 16 years:
- gluten sensitivity
- dairy sensitivity
- salicylate sensitivity
- amine sensitivity
- sensitivity to different preservatives
- unable to control temperature (cold feet especially)
- particularly sensitive to glutamates and glutamate analogues
- night-time hallucinations (visual and aural)
- deranged ability to concentrate. By observing the effects of different supplements and medications, I traced problems with NMDA receptors, dopamine metabolism, and acetylcholine receptors

All in all, it was rather unpleasant. After removing all of my 9 amalgams at once, I experienced an increase in the symptoms overall. This deterioration began to reverse after about 1 1/2 months (during which a new general feeling of fatigue was constant). I'm now 2 1/2 months post removal and feeling much better. I no longer have the hallucinations, my feet are generally warm, my concentration is vastly improved, and I'm able to eat more fruits and vegetables that are higher in salicylates. Most important, I no longer have a feeling of foreboding that things are just getting worse and worse. In fact, it's the opposite, I am becoming more optimistic each day. I'm dreading the sixth-month resurgence of symptoms predicted by Cutler, but will cope with supplements and continued cycles of chelation with DMSA. At about 7 months post-removal, I intend to begin chelating with ALA.