That might be true Dawn. I was hoping that if I chelated well, my thyroid would overcome whatever problems it was having. It's hard to tell but I can see for sure that I am very fortunate in not being as ill as some others on this list, and it isn't clear how much these things might be affecting the depression. If I thought it was very likely that they were causing it I would probably take more action. As it is, my next step in that direction may be to wait another 6 weeks or so until I can start my return-to-teaching course, see if the depression starts to lift. If it doesn't then I will pursue other avenues like thyroid, more chelation etc.

I did ask for a thyroid test last time I saw the doc but all they did was TSH, how useless is that. Next time I would insist on T3 and T4. I also asked for hormones like estrogen to be tested but they said they don't do that unless they suspect a tumor. ??????

I am sat here wondering if I am feeling yuck today because the 50mg of ALA was rather a shock to my body, or because it isn't doing me much good on its own and I need DMSA with it. This has been a reminder of what things were like last winter, and that I've been doing rather better since: more motivation, clearer head, able to keep things ticking over OK. I posted some listings on eBay tonight that I'd pre-prepared and it's good they were already ready because i think I would have been too foggy tonight to put them together.

Guess I'll see how I feel in the morning, this round is almost done. I'm a little frightened. I hate the foggy brain more than anything else. When I initially started the ALA a few rounds ago it seemed to help to clear it a little.

Linda.