Hi Asus, you're welcome. It's pretty normal to have adrenal issues with toxicity. The healthy diet with fats can also help heal the adrenals believe it or not. I don't go in for much testing etc, as when the body gets what it needs and you disgard what is bad, it can start to heal itself.

At any rate, I just thought I'd copy this from another website I belong to regarding your hive reaction:

Healing reactions are not allergic reactions.
An allergy is defined as: "A condition in which the body has an exaggerated response to a substance introduced by inhalation, ingestion, injection, or skin contact, often manifested by itchy eyes, runny nose, wheezing, skin rash, hives, diarrhea, gas, bloating, headaches, aching muscles, joint pain, and many others.

Please note that these reactions are exactly the same symptoms as healing reactions.

These are reactions are created by the body's immune system, which are healing responses, indicating that it is working very hard to eliminate and/or minimize the effects of toxic overloads on the body, or the ingestion of a poison

I only copied that little bit from it as I thought you might find it interesting. The website by the way is exclusively based on toxicity/candida and anything that has made a person sick. It concentrates on healing the body via the diet and specific supplements (chlorella is one that is mentioned to use).

here is the website. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/candidasupport/ in case you're interested in checking out the info there and possibly asking some questions also. You can find out how to get further help with your adrenal glands too.

As for the algin. Russ can answer that far better than me, but from what I gather is, it acts as a "mop", more than a chelator so to speak. It doesn't pull out mercury, but if it comes across any, it will mop it up like a sponge and then the body will disgard it, which is why it can be invaluable in helping with symptoms as you mobilise the mercury with something else. I think it can even help whilst a person has amalgams!

Also, another little tip I got from the other website was this:
Get at least 1 teaspoon of a good ocean sea salt per day; some people will require more, particularly those who have underactive adrenals. The best brand is Celtic Ocean Sea Salt (called Nature's Cargo in Canada).