Well, I think some people get dramatically worse upon removing the offending material because they are often exposed to a lot of it in the process, plus it seems to set off the body into some kind of unloading mode. As though removal of the meta from the mouthl seems to alert the system into dumping it's storage of it.

Andy calls this the second phase of suffering. It can happen anytime. But usually, according to Andy, about 6 months following amalgam removal. For me it happened almost instantly, then went into a bit of a remmission then I really got hit later and that was when I had to chelate to do something about it. Unfortunately I chelated with anything and everything and made myself go through so much hell just to remove a bit of mercury. Andy's protocol I stumbled on much later and his was the only one that enabled me to chelate easier and the symptoms were not easy, but there were not totally insane like with other stuff.

The DMSA yu're taking now could be helping you because it can sometimes control symptoms. So it does not always make you feel worse, for some it does the opposite. Some people want to stay on it all the time for that reason!

If you feel it's just a good patch and that the DMSA may not really be doing a thing, you could try upping it, or trying it for a few more rounds before deciding. Symptoms do not always show up at first, they can hit you later on. So be careful.

You could increase dose if you want, and keep going and maybe do another few rounds and if there continues to be no change, better or worse, then I'd probably add the ALA.

Just my thoughts.

As for the eggs? Yes, Andy mentions that some people who are mercury toxic may find high sulfur foods a problem, because they can mobilise the mercury. For me? They used to be a big issue, but mainly if I included too much in one meal. I can handle eggs, but not if I include a pile of other sulfur foods with it. Main problems with me are overdoing it in one meal.

I must have eggs because on this diet, I am limited in what I can eat and they don't seem to do much anymore. you'll have to decide that based on how you feel with them.

Andy's book morealess suggests people do a trial if they suspect a problem with high sulfur foods. He does definitely advise caution and some have to eliminate them. But it makes it very ahrd becuase so much else has to be elimianted like sugar, gluten etc. What does that leave us? barely nothing. Meat and veges and even then, no sulfur veges. I couldn't do that. I'd be half starved. So best to do take it easy and not overdo it I think.