[color:"blue"] Round 6 [/color]

This round was intense. I was on 50 DMSA and 50 ALA. I felt good during the chelation. I was very fatigued after. I slept like a baby the next 3 days. I felt like in my early teenage years when I was growing up. The muscle fatigue was intense. I felt like my brain was healing also. Small headache. Flu like symptoms for half a day. I had to sleep all day for 7 days after the chelation! I was depressed of course and on the sixth day of rest I had a major depressive episode where I started to get borderline suicidal thoughts but just a little bit. Nothing I couldn't handle, as I know that this is temporary and caused by the chelation and the fact that my body is healing. And it was temporary. It went out almost in a flash during the evening. And today I am ok with no depression whatsoever.

Now, 7 days after, I would say that I feel much better than before. I feel much more energy in my body, in my muscles. My memory is good. I had short term memory problems, but now it's back: I can remember where I put my keys, for example, and I can remember what it is or was that I want/wanted to do, my thoughts are more aligned, if you know what I mean. I seem to be more focused while typing on the computer. But I still have an attention deficit... It's still a little too hard to concentrate and start writing my university works. I'm still waiting for signs of any motivation and drive to do this kind of work. But a least I am functionnal on a day to day basis, with the ability to do the laundry, pick up my stuff and organize a little. It's still hard to get moving and get out of the house, but I do get out of the house more than before.

I had a sensibility to light and sun, but now I seem to enjoy light more and tolerate it much better. I know the thyroid meds helped that aspect too. I still have some stimming: stimming is an aspergers/add trait... you move your feet constantly or you have the habit of curling your hair constantly when you try to think hard. I have noticed however that it is less intense, as my anxiety level came down quite a bit, thanks to the chelation.

I am trying not to take any coffee, as it is a stimulant and I want to evaluate my capacities without it. I keep taking my supplements, that goes without saying.

I think 50 mg DMSA and 50 mg ALA is the maximum I can tolerate. It is quite demanding. I will do another cycle (7th round) on this dosage but not right away. I'll give myself another good 3 to 4 days rest. I have the feeling the next round will be even more demanding than this one was. I'll probably get back down to 25 mg for the 8th and 9th cycle, but we'll see. One cycle at a time...