HI Anon, I know what you mean but unfortunately mercury can have an effect on a person's mind in such a way to cause a feeling of despair and "doom" and two years is a long time when one is going through hell.

I have had 20 plus years of illness so far. But had amalgams out by age 24 and did not do any real active chelating at that stage (which I now wish I had). Once the symptoms began to worsen by age 27 (nightmare time of the stored mercury beginning to erupt out) it then took two years of unadulterated hell of symptoms whilst my body attempted to eliminate the stored mercury. I took many different types f chelation and often with devastating reactions, all to try and get the stuff OUT and hopefully speed up the prolonged agony.. By age 29 I did start to feel I was recovering, and was much happier, but by age 30-31 I got a severe bacterial infection and never recovered. That alone did more damage to me than mercury and has caused even more suffering.

So I can imagine most people on here have their own story and it is not always such a cut and dry picture of "get amalgams out" detox for two years, get better. There is often more complications than this for some of us and often a long history of suffering.

I was not able to chelate in the way you have suggested. One DMSA capsule taken in isolation (50 mg) was enough to cause horrific symptoms and I could remain extremely ill for weeks from that alone. The every 4 hourly dosing kept things much more stable for me as it does for others on here. Though everybody is different and I'm sure some can use DMSA in that manner.

Cilantro is another one that some react very badly to (me included). I'm sure others do ok on it.