Hi TW, this is a tough one. I think I figured out I was being poisoned by "something", because I kept tasting metal. I smelt of metal when I would sweat. I had shivering and tremors and blue nails. My tongue also had tremors....I think common sense came into it.

I did not even "know" about mercury poisoning at this stage. But I knew I was being poisoned by these symptoms. On top of this, my body (legs in particular) were often bloated with swollen puffy tissue. I was not even eating much. This can also be a sign that the body tries to buffer the toxins by fluid.

So for me it was more the bizzare symptom profile that was the key. I was labelled as having just "candida" or "Chronic fatigue" but for me? The symptoms suggested there was more to it. Coming across an article in a magazine on amalgam toxicity and someone's story of recovery from the removal, to suddenly see my own symptoms there on a page in front of me was a shock. For the first time I could relate to something.