Hi, I'm from new zealand too!! And yeah, info here is limited I know. along with the amount of dentists and doctors who are trained specifically in this biologic field of medicine.

Not sure what method of chelation you're doing? But I strongly suggest that ifyou're not doing the Andrew Hall Cutler method, that you definitely give it a go. No presusre, but I can tell you that this man, who is a biochemist has spent years and years studying mercury and every aspect of it, including how to chelate it in such a way to avoid making a person worse, or causing damage. He cured himself of it and works with many mercury people, adults and children alike (even autstic kids).

More and more people are getting onto his protocol, some of whom have been adversely affected by other protocols and been made very ill. His is proving to be very safe and very effective.

The protocol is this - DMSA is taken every 4 hours around the clock (even at night) non stop for about 3 days or up to a week if wanted.

The reason for this method is based on the fact DMSA has a certain amount of time it remains in the blood at a certain level, if a person does not take it every four hours, the DMSA level in the blood drops and then suddenly they go and take another dose later on, or the next day or whenever, which causes random movement of mercury as the blood levels of DMSA are not consistant or remaining at the same level, so mercury is redistributed and can go into worse areas like nervous sytem and brain.

I have experienced this and it's horrific. his protocl avoids this. The dose recommended is about 25 mg of DMSA every 4 hours. The person can then either reduce the dose if it's too high for their tolerance, or increase. But a good idea is to start low and take the same dose for the whole round and then see how you feel following it and remain on the same dose for a few susequent rounds until you are certain you ar ready to increase.

Not a good idea to reduce the dose during a round, as this can alter the amount of DMSA in the blood during this time and cause possible redistribution of mercury. Better to stop the round if the dose is too high, wait for a few days and try again on a lower dose. You can however, INCREASE the dose during a round if you want to try a higher dose, but better to do this before you even start a round.

Basically you can do this for 3 days up to a week. Then you take a break for about the same amoutn of time you had on. You repeat this cycle for a few months so your blood/tissue/urine mercury will be reduced over that time.

Later on, when you're ready, you can add the antioxidant alpha lipoic acid, which is the true blue chelator and is used in teh same way, either with the DMSA, or alone. but must be taken every 3-4 hours around the clock for about 3 days every week. This is the one that removes mercury from brain and organs and is the one to cure.

however, if it's used too early on and you have a high body burden of mercury, you risk further uptake into the brain because lipoic acid can move through and cross the blood brain barrier, so you want to make sure your body area is as clear as possible (the blood etc) before this.

DMSA does not clear brain mercury, it cannot pass the blood brain barrier. Some say it does, but the tests done were done on rats. Rats have a very permeable BBB and DMSA easily crosses it, so it can remove mercury from rat's brain. Humans have a totally different BBB and DMSA cannot pass over it to any clinical degree.

Also, if you're not already? You may want to seriously consider making sure you are following a candida diet. This is often absolutely essential for mercury toxic people, as candida is a very big problem with mercury and can cause enough ill health on it's own, let alone with the mercury.
Plus, can improve your immune system, gut and liver and help your body feel a little better, stronger and help with the detox process.

DMSA can encourage some candida overgrowth so the diet can often be crucial to keep things under control, particulary when yu're chelating.

Sorry for such a long post, just trying to put across as much information as I can and have learned. I have suffered many years, gone through many bad detox protocols and been injured, finally came to one that worked and was safe, and was healing from this condition.

Sadly I have had crashes to my immune system from other illnsess that I can't seem to recover from, so I don't really get the improvements I did, but I can tell you that the candida diet, the safe protocl of DMSA and later lipoic acid, will very possibly be your best bet at getting through this.

along with supplements to help like antioxidants, (vitamin C, vitamin E, milk thistle possibly, selenium (selenomethione form), magnesium, B complex, zinc etc. Some suggestions.

No pressure, this is here if you wish to go with this method.

All the best