[color:"red"] Reply to VeggieJuicer [/color] : yup, had nothing to loose... although the vaccines are certainly an important part of the equation, I believe that mothers with amalgams will give birth to autistic, aspergers, adhd or add children, hence the epidemic of those diseases.

I now believe that these diseases are just a continuum of problems caused by the mercury... they are all co-morbidities... my aspiness : I was clumsy, had a hard time keeping eye contact with people, not getting social cues, not understanding the hype about lots of things, phases of transitional asexuality (I had libido, but no sexual desire), was staying inside the house all the time, I had a hard time learning things... which brings me to the ADD part of it.... concentration problems, difficulty maintaining interest in a certain task, difficulty reading for more than 15 minutes without getting sleepy, NO MOTIVATION FOR ANYTHING, cycles of depression, FATIGUE, the list goes on and on. I had the symptoms of all these things combined : Asperger's + ADD + CFS + Fibromyalgia + Hypothyroid + Depression. Hello beautiful life huh?!!

Now, after only 5 rounds, I am able to concentrate, am much much less anxious than I was, NO MORE DEPRESSION (except for a short while after the end of the chelation cycle), I feel like my motivation is starting to come back, I feel physically so well I just can't describe how great it feels. I am able to get up in the morning and I do my tasks very rapidly, it doesn't take forever to get going. I started doing activities outside the house, it's absolutly wonderful. No more fatigue, no more boredom.

Basically, I need more chelation to get some more focus, and get the motivation back... I still have a slight attention deficit and the motivation is really not there yet. I'm not there yet, but I made some significant improvements in just 2 months.

[color:"red"]Reply to heavymetalme [/color] : start with a low dose of DMSA-only (no ALA) for the first 6 to 8 rounds, this way you can get some mercury out of the main body organs first, the brain is the later part of the process. Go only with a dose you can tolerate and give your body the time it needs to recover. Drink LOTS OF WATER, especially while chelating and also while off chelator. At a certain point, you will feel and you will know that you can tolerate more and attempt a dosage raise. Eat lots of veggies and fruits, it helps to detoxify.

I was gutsy to ramp up the dosage that fast to 50 mg of DMSA and ALA but I felt like it was necessary so as to get more mercury out, and I was confident that I could tolerate the aftermath. It was not pleasant, I had depression and a general feeling of overall ickyness with a weird fatigue but I felt like I needed a stronger dose to get things moving.

On the last Saint Friday, in the morning, I felt the presence of Jesus-Christ in my bedroom. I swear, it is true. I just knew it was Him. He touched me... I felt a warmth of energy on my liver. He told me that my liver was overloaded with toxins and that this should help me. A few days later, I was told in a very vivid dream, by my now diseased grandmother, that I had been mercury poisoned by the amalgams of my mother while she was pregnant. I got out of bed and knew I had to do something about it.

I thank the Lord for all the help I have received and I encourage you to meditate (to observe the Silence within) and to pray. I pray for your wellbeing and I will do my part to get the information out on this tragedy... mercury poisoning. Science without Faith is blind. And Faith has nothing to do with fundamentalist religiousness (which is just another form of materialism, really).

I should start the 6th cycle pretty soon. I will keep you posted. God bless you all.