James, one of the worst things you can do is take any form of chelation with amalgams still in. And ALA is probably the worst of them. For starters, even if you have no amalgams, this stuff should only be used later down the track after your body has reduced the blood levels of mercury. ALA crosses the blood brain barrier and if you have a high level of mercury in your blood still (as you will have), it will take more mercury INTO the brain.

So I'd drop all forms of chelation immediately. And once you do have your amalgams out, I'd suggest getting onto a safe tried and tested mercury chelation protocol that has a good reputation, such as the Andy Cutler one.

Please be careful, you can make yourself much worse with this toxicity. It's too easy to do things wrong. And yeah, I would look at the candida side of things too very seriously, as this can contribute to mercury poisoning in a big way, sometimes causing symptoms that are identical to mercury, or even worse in some cases. The diet is most definitely necessary! If you want to treat candida, diet isn't an option, it's the whole point of the cure.

The only stuff you can probaby get away with taking is general basic supplements like vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium (if tolerated), milk thistle to support your liver, pure fish oil. You can get B complex from eating foods that contain it like beef liver etc. Or taking the dessicated liver tablets. This is a more tolerated way of getting the B complex for many people.

Hal Huggins, probably one of the leading authorities on mercury toxicity, suggests that a mercury toxic person avoid sugar, caffeine, wheat etc and consume mainly high protein foods like meats and eggs and to have plenty of butter, as he feels butter helps the body with mercury.

I wish I could suggest more to help you, but there isn't much you can do at this stage but diet and basic supplements, or you risk causing more problems. Amalgam removal is the next step, but I would get yourself prepared physically before you undertake that so your body is as well as you can possibly get it under the circumstances.

Getting worse during/after removal is common. So whatever dentist you go to, there is risks. They each have their own way of doing things and it's likely one will be great in one way, one in another. I doubt all of them will have the ultimate removal process, but the ones you have mentioned on here are probably right up there with the best.