I am now 6 months post removal. Have not started DMSA. Improvement so far was cessation of teeth grinding, jaw pain, stiff neck, hence less headaches and less brain fogginess hence better mental acuity.

For the last week or so all these symptoms have come back with a vengance. To the point where I chipped one of my front teeth during the night due to excessive grinding. Lovely!!!

I guess this is the 6 month nightmare thing. Will be starting DMSA in a few weeks and I really hope that I can tolerate it and really looking forward to getting rid of the jaw clenching / grinding thing again. It was such a relief after years and years to have ceased this but now that it is back it is really annoying. Anyway I seem to be a text book case for all the typical symptoms of mercury toxicity, my removal exprerience was typical and so therefore I guess I should have expected the 6 month dump that everyone talks about and lo and behold here it is.

Sorry, I have to agree with anonymous about the Gall Bladder Meridian theory. I remember years ago I was having major cystitis to the point where I ended up getting pyelitis and my doctor was quite concerned about my kidneys. This went on for about 6 months. As soon as I would finish the antibiotics it would come back worse than ever.

Then I saw a Chinese herbalist and acupuncturist. He said that there can be a connection between the ears and the kidney and urinary bladder meridians and asked if I had, had any ear infections. I said no and then he said do you ever use ear plugs and I said yep certainly do. Then it dawned on me that I had been using the ear plugs for 6 months since my boyfriend at the time had changed his work hours and was coming home really late at night. He would turn on the TV and I couldn't sleep so I started using ear plugs every night. After the Accupuncturist told me this I immediately stopped using them and have never experienced cystitis since.

Cheers from Rachie