Hi Linda, it is a pleasure to pass something like that onto others, but moreso to hear if it's helping. I was lucky enough I had the same advice given to me and if I had not? I HATE to imagine. I had been previously taking all sorts of concoctions to eliminate mercury and the symptoms I got from this were INSANE. I mean absolutely screaming, ranting, salivating uncontrollably and almost banging my head against a wall. All that agony to clear some mercury and I thought this was the only way i could do it, and I put myself through so much needless suffering which also impacted those around me. I just cringe when I think back. until Cutler's protocol and then I realised I could do this without becoming a complete basket case in the process.

Admittedly I did not find his a walk in the park either, but rather it gave me symptoms that were at least somewhat tolerable and more stable. The symptoms I got from his were more like feeling hyped up OR slowed down and grotty. Didn't know which way it might go. Depression would worsen sometimes, or lessen other times or heightened anxiety or simply feeling revolting as the toxins were being shifted out. Sometimes I didn't know whether it was helping or not, but over time you start to notice "something" changing. Some people actually have noticed improvements very quickly and are surprised by it. I think DMSA is FAR more powerful than it's given credit for with mercury and just as you stated with the dose, that is evident enough that it has to be started so low because of it's affinity with mercury.

And I have just been reading elsewhere that the classic starting dose now for DMSA is 12.5 mg. So this must be the dose that is working for most people when they start. So in future I won't be talking about 25 mg to start.

And you are a prime example that the dose must be a pretty good one to begin with. I'm impressed that you are now starting on 25 mg of both DMSA and ALA. That is great! I hope that this will heal you of these maladies.

Thing is, Andy says that you can begin to feel cured on this at some point but he said do NOT stop when you reach this stage. There comes a time when the chelating agents actually start keeping you well because they have chelated enough mercury out of you to give that sensation, but unfortunately there is usually still stored mercury waiting to come to the surface. So many people stop it prematurely and dont realise this and once they stop, after time the still remaining mercury begins to start leaking out and filling them back up and making them feel ill again.

So if you do start feeling "cured", you might want to keep on for another half a year or more to make sure you got the rest of it.