There is a conflict of opinion here, and I don't know what to believe. Some people get better simply from having their amalgams removed - they have a 'dramatic improvement' almost overnight - GRRRR. Their body seems to detox the mercury by itself, and I know from my own experience that this is true. I have experienced mercury on the move post amalgam removal without doing anything. There is a view that you don't have to do anything much apart from support the parts the mercury has trashed (thyroid, adrenals), follow a strict candida diet, and let the body do what it has to do, and detox will take place over time. Andy Cutler hinted at this with his diagram in Amalgam Illness, where a non-chelating person ends up after one year with only slightly higher mercury levels than a chelating person. Andy also says that the DMSA is taken to REDUCE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE BODY DETOXING ITSELF (can't remember which page), the implication being that it will happen by itself anyway, DMSA just speeds it up slightly and makes it a bit more bearable.

Then there is the view that the mercury will only come out with chelation, which means DMSA every 4 hours, feeling lousy on round and trashed sleep (which I personally can't handle).

So, I'm confused. At present I can't get my head around chelation. My sleep has been trashed for 2 years now, and a few weeks ago I finally caved in and got sleeping tablets, which give me a 6 hour stretch. This is so precious and necessary to functioning the next day with 3 kids. I am seeing my dentist on Monday, and if he will prescribe me oral DMPS, which just needs to be taken every 8 hours, I may give this a go.

Anyone got any views?

Nicola