Unfortunately and typically, often the worse case senario poisoning fails to show a result. Either it's due to brain poisoning and/or due to the mercury being retained and not eliminated. It is very hard to pinpoint whether mercury is an issue and one way is a hair analysis test and then to find out how to read it properly to see whether it has the particualr mineral distortions that mercury is notorious for causing.

What your doctor is suggesting, doesn't sound bad though to me....but what would I know? I'm no health professional, but certainly I can't see anything wrong with his supplement suggestions. It may well aid you a little, but if you do have mercury and the mercury is in the brain, you'll need something to aid it out like alpha lipoic acid (taken the same way as DMSA)

Some people do not tolerate DMSA and luckily it is optional anyway, it is not essential. ALA is essential, as is chelate brain and organs.

The only reason for DMSA is to help speed up the initial clearance of mercury from the blood stream. But if you have been months apart from any recent mercury expousre, you can use ALA. It's just not wise to use too early on after recent exposure (e.g. amalgam replacement). best to wait about 3 months before using ALA.

The best dietry suggestions for anybody toxic to my mind come from this website here - http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/candidasupport/

the lady running this site, is aware of mercury toxicity and other illnesses. Her recommendations are the best I've heard for anybody. The fats to include in the diet are pretty essential, they help the body to produce bile, and help eliminate toxins, plus help heal tissue/brain.