Hi Steve,

Welcome to the Mercury Forum. I recognize every single symptom you mentioned and have experienced the brain fog and memory loss (both short-term and long-term) first-hand. The good news is that now that all my fillings have been removed, the brain fog is gone and my memory has been improving. Hopefully, you will experience the same recovery now that you know what's really going on!

Dr. Cutler's Amalgam Illness book is an excellent reference and I think you'll really be able to appreciate his thoroughness.

I have actually followed a very slow, mild detox process because I am very sensitive to things that expel mercury from the tissues: cilantro, ALA, etc. Like you, I have taken chlorella and found that as long as I take Algin with it (which binds to the mercury so it can be eliminated through the colon), I don't experience "mercury symptoms."

I've actually met a lot of people through this forum that have tried detoxing with supplements like ALA (alpha lipoic acid) and they feel sick or have an increase in their old mercury symptoms. This happens because ALA and other detox supplements actually cause mercury to be expelled from the tissues. However, if there's nothing to bind to this mercury, it gets reabsorbed into the systemic circulation and redistributed. So far, Algin has been the best supplement I've found for this purpose. I've posted a link to information about it in case you want to know more.

There are a lot of articles, etc. that have been posted in the past on this forum. I even believe we've posted some studies published in various peer-reviewed medical journals about mercury poisoning. You will most likely find this information to be very interesting. Unfortunately, medical schools aren't educating doctors about this "very real" epidemic... could it be because pharmaceutical companies make more money if people are sick??? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

In any case, welcome, and please keep us posted on how you're doing. If you ever have any questions about what other people have done to detox or what others have experienced, just post to the forum any time. There are a lot of great people on this forum from all over the world who will be glad to help!