Demi, I wanted to respond to the questions you posted earlier...


You may want to check the ingredients in your vitamin C. I've seen vitamin C supplements that actually contain sugar or even aspartame (NutraSweet)! [On a side note, aspartame is a wonderful food additive that causes brain cancers, seizures, neurological disorders, brain damage in unborn children, and even death! There's an excellent video called Sweet Misery that I personally think everyone should see...especially since so many foods, drinks, candies, gums, protein powders, snack bars, etc. contain aspartame!]

Back to the vitamin C, I would keep taking the vitamin C and see if you continue to get headaches. If so, then stop taking it and see if you still get headaches. Perhaps something else is going on. I actually take anywhere from 2-6,000 mg of vitamin C (Citrus Bioflavonoids) every day, plus extra Rose Hips, an herbal source of vitamin C and bioflavonoids that help increase the absorption of vitamin C.

I don't think Glucosamine by itself would stir up mercury. However, many Glucosamine supplements also contain MSM, which can definitely aggravate mercury symptoms, because it is a source of sulfur. Although not everyone has a problem with sulfur, many people do. I myself don't eat eggs because they cause me to have "mercury symptoms." I've also just recently discovered that eating large amounts of freshly chopped garlic (1/8 to 1/4 cup) do the same thing to me also. Of course, I know that's a lot of garlic to eat in one sitting, but I love garlic...it's so good for you! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Extra magnesium is also good for people with mercury poisoning, although you want to be careful not to take too much without getting sufficient calcium. Having an excess of magnesium can be as bad as having an excess of calcium. If you don't eat many organic green vegetables (non-organic vegetables provide very, very small amounts of vitamins and minerals), you may want to consider taking a properly balance Calcium-Magnesium supplement and then add extra Magnesium if you need to.

By the way, you mentioned that you're taking Glucosamine for "muscle pain." However, glucosamine is primarily used for its benefits for "joint pain" and joint deterioration. Glucosamine "stimulate[s] the production of connective tissue?the primary ingredient which makes up cartilage?in the joints." (Source: HART Master Reference)

You may find better relief from your muscle pain with something like Fibralgia, a natural alternative to prescription anti-inflammatories for people with FMS (Fibromyalgia syndrome). If you don't have FMS but yet have chronic muscle pain (including spasms and/or muscle tension), you might find an herbal supplement like Nerve Eight helpful. It contains herbs that help relieve pain and relax muscle tension.

One last thought...have you tried taking Algin? Even though you still have a few fillings left, based on your symptoms, it sounds to me like your body is at a point where it can no longer store the mercury. This means the mercury is circulating throughout your body, which would explain why you're having problems when other people with mercury fillings aren't. In this case, if you took Algin, it would absorb the mercury in circulation, thus reducing your mercury levels in much the same way that Algin would help someone who already had the fillings removed and was detoxing.

I know it may be hard to believe, especially with mercury toxicity and what it does to your mind (I've been there), that something as simple as Algin could really help you feel better. I don't mean to sound like a broken record about the Algin, but I know it's truly been a life-saver for me. I honestly only know of 1 other person who was as mentally and emotionally "oppressed" (for lack of a better description) as I was before the mercury was removed. (Oh yeah, I believe he had a mouthful of fillings too!) With Algin, my symptoms are continually decreasing and many are completely or near completely gone. However, if I eat fish, eggs or do strenuous physical work that stirs up mercury and I don't take Algin, I'm a wreck. But, if I take a bunch of Algin, then the symptoms decrease dramatically very quickly. I'd say I start feeling better often within 15 or 20 minutes. Of course, in this scenario I just described, I have to keep taking extra Algin several times a day for the next several days to get back to where I was before doing something dumb like eating fish or eggs and not taking Algin. You see, I can actually often times get away with eating some fish or eggs as long as I take a bunch of Algin before and after the meal and throughout the rest of the day and evening, or throughout the next day and evening if I ate late. I've experimented a few times and Algin really does make that big a difference for me.

Anyway, you might really want to consider trying Algin. I really think it might help you. I know that without it, I'd be an anxious, irritable, PMSing, brain-fogged, negative, stressed-out wreck. I'd also have chronic fatigue, poor sleep, neck and back pain, and I'd be cold all the time too! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

I hope you'll find at least some of this information helpful. It really grieves me to think that so many people have lived their lives in the same turmoil and despair that I did, all because of their fillings. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />