Hi Linda, the fact you have been able to stablise those symptoms tells me that it's gotta be mercury (and maybe other metal) related. As awful as it is, it is at least "some" consolation that you are likely on the right road.

Maybe this is the way to keep doing it until you feel secure to up the dose a bit later on maybe. Maybe the ALA is not as stable as DMSA OR it's pulling mercury out of the organs/brain and needs DMSA to help keep a stronger grip on what's been pulled out.

Hope you can keep this up (financially as well), and keep us posted on how things go as time goes on. andy cutler's book is one of the best "mercury" related purchases I ever made, so hope you can get that at some stage. Though alot of it is over my head, there is enough that is very logical and helpful and is a real aid as you go through this. You may find yourself continually opening his book and re-reading over and over.

Not the most organised book, but content is excellent.