I have just hit the six-month organ dump, and am coming to the conclusion that I am too toxic to chelate at present. I did a round of DMSA over New Year (yeah, had a great time), crashed my adrenals and felt absolutely terrible for a few days, despite taking replacement cortisol and a near replacement dose of thyroid. Chelating obviously stressed my adrenals more than they could handle.

I am coming to the conclusion that a strict anti-candida diet is all I want to do for the mercury at the moment. My body seems to be getting rid of it by itself (don't know how fast, or how much - but it definitely is doing something. How else to explain the sudden increase in symptoms, including salivation, buzzing in my legs, angina and feeling absolutely lousy, which last for a few days then slowly fade away. These are the same symptoms I had after each amalgam removal).

So I am sticking to the diet, taking the Cutler recommended supplements, and waiting to feel better. It will take at least a year to feel a reasonable difference, but already the severity of my symptoms has faded.

I absolutely agree with Bex and Sandy about the importance of diet. It is the keystone of treating this illness. The candida is evil, but I have a bad time when I take antifungals, so I will let the mercury diminish further before I get aggressive with the candida.

Sure is an (unpleasant) roller coast ride ...