Just adding to the above. Same deadness that began a few years back. Had no idea it was related to mercury or that I was poisoned through amalgams. I went through a series of emotional states. Pre amalgam removal had quite a ride for a month when a doctor suggested I use chlorella and selenium while amalgams still in, thought I would lose my mind and I had to tell my husband to watch me and not believe me if I got fearful and weird.

As I started to detox just with diet, ridding my diet of sugar and dairy (due to gallstones) and caffeine, my body started to feel a little better. Cut out the chlorella and Seleniumn and the symptoms for me were still there, just way less dramactic.

The more dramatic change came when I got the bugger amalgams out in Jan/Feb this year. One week later I was washing the car! Which was huge, given I had suffered from CFS for 6 years. However, when I began to chelate a week later some of the mental symptoms return. I had to resist impulisveness, crying, depression, unstable thoughts, a lot of prayer and reminding myself that I knew where the symptonms were coming from.

When I really started to notice a difference is the 6th round of chelation. I started with DMSA for two weeks, switched to DMPS ==found a doctor who was familiar with Cutler protocol. After two weeks of DMPS and just about 3 months post amalgam removal, added ALA 25 mgs, that was last week, this week would make it two weeks. Wow, what a difference in thinking ability and clarity as well as regaing a bit of cofidence. This has given me all the more reason to keep on going.

As Bex states, everyone is different and the rate at which your changes occur depend upon the existing variables. Hope this helps.

Gabriella <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />