Sandra,

I actually have been meaning to reply to a previous post of yours where I think you mentioned that you are or were doing DMSA chelation.

If this is true, perhaps your body is trying to let you know that you have too much mercury in your systemic circulation. Chronic fatigue, endocrine dysfunction, etc. are symptoms of mercury poisoning, which I know you already know. So, perhaps what might really be needed is something to bind to and remove the mercury that's already been released from the tissues, which is what Algin does.

I hope I don't step on anyone's toes here, but I personally don't agree with "everything" the Dr. Cutler recommends, nor do I agree with "everything" Dr. Huggins recommends. In fact, in my opinion, I don't think there's one single protocol that will work for everyone...especially since some people have heavier body burdens of mercury and are more sensitive to the effects of mercury. Obviously getting the mercury out of the tissues is the key, but I really think some people need to take this process much more slowly. I've talked to so many people who end up just as sick or sicker trying to detox too quickly and then they get mad thinking mercury poisoning wasn't their problem since they're still so sick after the removal.

Based on my experience, I also think that following any mercury detox protocol without using something like Algin to help remove the mercury from the body may cause some redistribution of mercury.

Perhaps maybe it would help your body just to really cut back on the detox portion of what you're doing and give your body a chance to deal with the detoxing you've already done. Think of your body as a sink with a clogged drain that is only able to drain very slowly...the more mercury being poured into the drain, the more mercury is accumulating in the sink, while only a small portion of the sink's volume is able to drain out...pretty soon your sink (body) is going to overflow. However, Algin will help absorb the extra mercury in the sink, reducing the total volume until the sink is empty. Then if you start detoxing again slowly, your drain will be able to handle the volume. I know this is a very elementary example but it's all I could think of at the moment.

I'm not sure if other non-digestible fibers (like psyllium hulls) would work against mercury. Before we got our amalgams removed, we spent a long time researching what to do AFTER the removal so we could be prepared ahead of time. All the research we found pointed to Algin as the best thing to use because it has a special affinity for heavy metals. So far, it's still the only such substance I've found with this quality!

I hope you'll let me know if any of this is helpful to you (or not). I would just like to see you get feeling better. I know I wouldn't be able to run my own business today if I still had mercury fillings. At 34, my fatigue was getting so bad I could only work a couple of hours at a time before I'd feel exhausted (and mostly all I was doing was computer work!).

In fact, if you want to post a list of what you're taking including the brand names, we might be able to find out if some of the supplements you're taking contain ingredients that are multiplying the detox effects. You might actually be detoxing a lot more than you think, which would explain why you're still so fatigued and not feeling well.