Hi

I?m really glad to have found this forum. Stumbled across it by accident. This is my introduction posting.

I?ve come to the conclusion over the last 2-3 days that I?ve been suffering from mercury poisoning for approx. the last 15 years and I didn?t realize. Amazing thing is I?m a doctor (30 years old) but this just isn?t something we are taught at med school.

I can see now that there is a link between my dental work and the myriad of health problems I?ve developed over the past 10 years. For those of you guys long in the group these will be really obvious but when you know nothing about mercury poisoning and are told by your peers that amalgam ?has no scientific evidence against it? then its not even something you consider!

As a kid I had 4 amalgam fillings. This may not seem a lot but I?m certain this was plenty for me. These fillings were removed (without protection) and replaced with composites when I was a student between 1994 - 2002. Shortly after the first 2 were replaced I experienced my first round of depression. Five or six bouts followed in total, 3 of which lead to my hospitalization. Anxiety, horrific insomnia, aggressiveness, irritability, asthma and several food allergies also all developed over the course of the next 4-5 years.

Multiple chemical sensitivity followed. I was/ am affected by particular washing detergents, emusifiers, laundry agents, chemicals used to make cheap press-wood furniture and most recently adhesives and acrylic compounds used in dental procedures .

Most debilitating of all has been the the brain fog that slowly but surely has settled in: - memory loss and lack of concentration. I?m not going to go into how horrific this was for someone who up until then had been an energetic, talented, capable achiever ? as I?m sure many of you know exactly what this feels like.

I have become aware of detoxing during the last two years and though not knowing the cause of my problem was mercury have made general regular attempts with sauna, mineral supplements, chlorella and ALA. I have had some good results and some symptoms are lots better. And that?s without any direction at all. I?ve just recently heard about Andrew Cutler?s book and have ordered this. I?m hopeful now that with proper protocol I should be able to make bigger better leaps towards good health again once I know how to deal with the problem.

I suspect also that being part of a discussion group like this is really important. Exchanging ideas, info and experiences with others who have suffered similar somehow is invaluable. I think it?s the whole fact of being taken seriously.

Looking forward to it.

Steve