I remember sitting in Carrabba's restaurant after work one day with my business partner and an employee. It was several days before my amalgam removal. I was feeling uncontrollably depressed and didn't know why.

I told the people I was with to forgive me for being so quiet but I could not control that way I was feeling. It was intense. I told them that I knew nothing was wrong but that I could not help but to feel this way.

A few minutes later I realized that I had eaten a tuna fish sandwich each of the previous three days. Tuna, of course, contains high amounts of mercury. I repeated this a few days later (this time on purpose just to see the effect) and had the exact same results emotionally.

I sympathize with people who have not put together the pieces of the puzzle—connecting emotions to diet. I didn't for most of my life either. However, there comes a time when we have to realize this: If emotions were not based on a physical process (i.e. chemistry), there would be no such thing as antidepressants or "recreational" drugs. When people say, "I'm high", they're talking about an emotion that's directly related to a drug. Give a kid a Coke and some M & M's and see how their behavior changes in the following 20 minutes. This behavior change is related directly to emotions.

I believe most of us on this forum have made the connection that depression is not controllable just by trying. It is a chemical process that, I believe in only a very few special cases, can be helped by acts of the will, and so we do understand the struggle, both emotional and relating to friends and family who do not understand. It's good to know there is common sense on this forum. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


In case it helps anyone... Through experimentation with myself before amalgam removal, I discovered that both (processed, i.e. "refined") sugar and caffeine caused considerable depression in me. After amalgam removal, the effects of these toxins are negligible in most cases.