Hi Pgm, my previous post I mentioned that I did not believe that vitamin C chelated mercury, so I'm not disagreeing with Cutler. Im aware of his stance on vitamin C in this regard. My response/reactions to vitamin C was likely from an increase in glutathione, which possibly indirectly encouraged "some" toxin and/or metal release. This may have occured because of a previous DMPS challenge test which moved so much mercury everywhere and into accessible areas, that it didn't take much to encourage further release from my system. Vitamin C, selenium etc, simply upped the glutathione and encouarged that process further. Had the metals been more tightly stored, (before the DMPS shot), I doubt very much this would have occured. Even Cutler admits that the body will on its own, attempt to excrete some of the mercury, but it is very slow. But no, vitamin C etc are not cures/chelators of this conditon and I have never stated they are!

my metal toxic symptoms were evident, even by those around me. Grey discolouration of the face, metal taste, metal smell, salivation, tremors. Nothing will convince me this was "yeast". I already dealt with candida many times and mercury was always heavily involved in my symptoms.

You have quoted Cutler here, so I gather you also know about his mention of the second phase of suffering? This Can occur months or even later after last amalgam removal and a great increase in symptoms (much like repoisoning), dumping the storage. I have experienced it, as have many others. When you are releasing metals, it is something that is undeniable to the person undergoing this. I even had grey discolouration of the genital area (mercury tattoos). Which eventually faded from chelation. Sorry to be so graphic, but I'm trying to explain my experience with mercury and it's a no brainer for me with what I went through.

I am sure candida can cause mineral derangement, but so can mercury and as we know, candida is simply an opportunist and a symptom of a much bigger problem at work.

Never seen excessive salivation in regards to candida in all the loads of info I have read on it, not just in books, but online for years. Yet you look at mercury and there it is, one of the classic symptoms of it, which makes sense as the response to poisoning of this kind can cause tremor and salivation. Many different kinds of poisoning can cause the same. I had every classic mercury poisoning symptom. Chelation, not yeast treatment is what cured me in the end from this affliction (or near cured me I should say).

Thanks for the info, and I do realise that the symptoms of candida and mercury can indeed cross over, but if someone has treated their yeast, removed amalgams and not found the improvement until the metals are removed, this is very indicative of mercury or other metal toxicity.

PS, many symptoms are attributed to yeast because mercury is often not even recognised or even considered by most in the medical or even "natural" profession. So symptoms of salivation, tremor etc, that are classic poisoning might be added to the "candida profile list" simply because the other symptoms might be yeast related. So it is hardly surprising that symptoms of mercury may well be attributed / added to the candida symptom list, not realising they are classic metal toxicity symptoms and possibly the underlying reason for the entire illness. Yeast is a bugger, but I hardly attribute every symptom to it, and certainly NOT classic metal symptoms. Or you might as well say that mercury really doesn't cause symptoms at all...