Now that I'm newly mercury aware, I realize that my sister has suffered from major depression since she was 14 or so. She now takes antideps which work ok, but they have side effects and she'll be on them for life. If she goes off them, she gets horribly depressed.

Of course, her depression is "genetic" and she also goes to therapy where they try to find reasons for her being down. Trouble is, out childhoods were pretty idyllic and I just don't buy the genetic angle.

My dad's a physician, and he is pretty open-minded. But the mercury issue doesn't register on his radar, and he'd be annoyed if I suggested that my sister have her amalgams out.

Also, I would feel guilty if she had a difficult time of it or got worse. Plus, there's little chance I could sell her on Andy's protocol.

It sucks, watching someone you care about suffer for no reason. And worse, it sucks having her be tormented by shrinks who convince her the depression is from her childhood, or her attitudes, or her genetics, when I would be anything if she hadn't had amalgam, she'd be infinitely better off.

Oh, and my mom has a mouthful of mercury which I'm sure crossed that placental barrier nicely when she had both my sister and me.

Here is a quick and easy-to-read list of Fast Facts from the CDC that may help convince skeptics.

Hope this helps.

Dude im in the exact same situation.

Im in the process of getting mine removed but have to save up which is going to take ages.

My sister has sufferred a few episodes but I dont want her to take anything or scare her.

She has amalgams and I think she said she swallowed one thats chipped or something but im not going to scare her but I started getting really anxious about the whole situation.

My parents think im crazy about the whole Mercury issue and tell me not to waste my time or money...

have you seen the tv commercial about how if your anti-depressants stop working than you will have to combine different ones to get the same results ( been there,done that)
i know for a fact that mercury was causing my depression, I am almost depression free since having my amalgams out , I get very minor depression spells now and then , but not like before ,now I just have to fix my brother ,he is going thru the same thing with depression but he also has fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome it will take some time with him.