HI Aaron, I think you're right. I too wondered if some people were lucky enough that they just had to have their amalgams removed and the ongoing exposure not being there, their body pretty much took over, or could handle just about any chelation, so long as some mercury was mobilised so the body could do the rest.

For others, this is often not the case and they can be injured due to not handling the mobilised mercury and not being able to readily eliminate it, so then it can bounce around and go into worse areas, possibly causing some damage along the way.

This is why Andy warns people against this, though even he admits so get away with it it would seem.

If you're already doing the every 3 hours....it seems that every 2 "might" help, but it could come down to dose. You may need to drop the dose to a level that is a little more tolerable. But you can see how you go.

IT is very difficult to know what to do. I have been poisoned by cigarettes recently, well actually 5 weeks ago and I am not coming right, which shows how badly my elimination system is working (or not working). DMSA of course isn't helping this, as it's not designed obviously to detox the toxins in cigarettes. Mercury maybe one of them, but it is probably not why I'm this poisned, as DMSA usually helps with mercury or I get an increase in symptoms from using it.
and this time I'm getting no worsening or improving from it.

If you have mercury lodged in your brain, alpha lipoic acid is the one to use for that. But only at the appropriate time in the right way (as you know). but as DMSA is obviously causing enough symptoms on it's own....this would suggest you have enough mercury in areas that the DMSA is reaching and moving. Unless of course you're reacting badly to DMSA itself....it's rare, but it happens and some people have to stop using it and instead go on to oral DMPS (which needs a prescription), though it only needs to be used every 6 - 8 hours around the clock. Easier than every 3-4 hours!!

Some people do not use either of those chelating drugs and go straight for the alpha lipoic acid. You can do that, so long as you are 3 months post any mercury exposure. Though has to be used every 3 hours or more often around the clock, for about 3 days each week.