HI, wow, I'm more amazed that you can handle this regime at all??? Especially with amalgams. Being mercury toxic and using ALA in this manner has often been a cause for complaint, rather than elation with the adverse reactions in people (me included).

ALA has a lot of attributes, not just as a chelator, but also the fact it's good for the liver, increases glutathione in the body (which is what we need for detoxing chemicals/toxins/metals). It is an excellent antioxidant.

Perhaps that is also why you are gaining benefits, but the only problem and risk is the fact it can chelate very well....that may sound good but it can cross over the blood brain barrier and that is why it's good for removing brain/organ mercury. What happens though if the blood and tissue levels of mercury are still high whilst the ALA is on its way through the body (grabbing onto mercury as it goes and crossing into the brain?

This is why some people have had very adverse effects because of the risk of further uptake of mercury from the blood and tissue into the brain. ALA is usually the one to use late in the programme, way down the road after amalgams are gone and some chelation has already taken place with something that clears the blood and tissue first. That way when you use ALA, you're working with a cleaner safer slate.

Not only this, but according to Andrew Cutler (biochemist who has studied mercury toxicity for years) to keep the blood levels of ALA even, it needs to be taken every 3 hours around the clock. If it is taken less often than this, or randomly, the movement of mercury also become random and often displaced into more sensitive tissue and often the brain. One can end up with far more brain mercury as a result. Side effects are not always immediately observed. So this is why one should be very very careful.

The manner you are taking your ALA has often been a cause of bad reactions in others. So I am pretty astounded but impressed that you are going so well and obviously your body is reacting well to this regime.

Goes to show there is not always one hard fast rule for everybody. But generally it is wise to follow a path that has been tried and tested and safe...rather than take risks.

Still, I wish you all the best and hope that this improvement is sustained.....do you think you will get the amalgams removed? rather than remain trying to chelate out what is constantly going in?