Andrea, I think to answer your question on whether my adrenal exhaustion got worse from (or after amalgam removal) -- well .... I think I'll have to say yes. I'd like to explain though. And if I had it all to do over again, I'd do it exactly as I did it, EXCEPT I would have gotten the adrenal/thyroid testing done prior to amalgam removal and began adrenal support before amalgam removal.

I was extremely ill prior to removing my amalgams. I was in a situation where my epstein barr virus levels were sky high and not going down. That is really what motivated me to have my healthy dental revision. I had mercury toxicity, cavitations, root canaled tooth and an abscessed tooth. I had to start eliminating the toxic and infected load on my body straight away.

I had all 17 of my amalgams removed in one visit using conscious sedation and for me, it was the way to go. I felt great afterwards. I also had vitamin C IV therapy and other nutritional IV therapies done, had my allergy to heavy metals reversed 2 weeks prior to amalgam removal also. The holistic dentist also had me on all kinds of homeopathics and supplements to try and aid my body through the process.

Two weeks after amalgam removal, I had a long-standing abscessed tooth and a root-canaled tooth extracted. This was a difficult procedure for me and made the amalgam removal seem like a piece of cake. THe extractions were difficult because I developed the mother of all sinus infections immediately after the root canal removal -- it's a long story, but the roots from that tooth were extending into my sinus cavity and the sinus cavity actually was perforated at removal. My dentist also applied a bunch of other healing and supportive measures. He also used oxygen therapy, Anodyne Infrared therapy, a little bit of ozone therapy -- he hit me with alot of healing stuff afterwards and it helped a great deal.

I think the surgery, would have been much, much easier had I been supporting my adrenals. I really wish that I'd been tested beforehand, as I said. And who knows? Perhaps I would have been able to dodge that horrific post--surgery sinus infection bullet as well because when the adrenals are supported and/or functioning at par, then our immune systems are working better.

My dentist told me that it looked like I needed to be treated for adrenal fatigue based on symptoms -- he told me that before my dental revision. I just wish he'd been more forceful (or that I had picked up on what he was saying!) and asked questions then and there and gotten tested and began treatment for it. At the time I was so ill and I just didn't realize how far-reaching adrenal exhaustion could be. I didn't even know that it was a condition that was treated other than to take a few supplements or glandulars. I just didn't know! lol Had I a chance to do it over again, I would have requested that my medical doctor test my adrenals before the dental revision. As it happened, my adrenals weren't tested until 4 months after the dental revision by my internal medicine doctor.

Anyway, I also think that the life/situational stressors I had been experiencing that year played a large role in my adrenal collapse. Carrying around a ton of viral/bacterial infection, heavy metal toxicity, plus a gynecological surgery involving general anesthesia, antibiotic therapy, and many personal life stressors (illness and terrifying car accident injuries of family members, one of which was my child) -- the body can only take so much.

I do know that if I still had my amalgams today, I'd be a much sicker lady. And I probably would be having alot of difficulty in treating the adrenal fatigue. I honestly think that it was the tooth extractions and infection afterwards that were so hard on my adrenals. The amalgam removal really felt as though it went very, very well judging by how I was feeling afterward and how well my body reacted to having the amalgams removed.

I hope this helps.

SomedaySoon (Sharon)