Mikey

I have been feeling rubbish lately too. I am 21 months post amalgam removal, and have chelated intensively with the Cutler protocol for 8 months. Around Christmas time my liver began complaining, so I stopped chelating so intensively - I now do a DMSA round every two weeks rather than every 4 days.

Because I got blown out of the chelating, I thought I would have a look at the methylation protocol - taking folinic acid, B12 and TMG to get the methylation pathway of the liver going. This certainly worked, but I don't recommend it. It unleashed the mother of all detoxes in my body, that continued for 3 weeks AFTER I stopped taking the supplements. I even had to stop taking my regular B vit for a week to calm things down. And I felt absolutely horrendous - fluey, depressed, very adrenal - it was a nightmare. Thinking it was a question of dosage, I went back on the supps at a much reduced rate, and still went into a detox that took weeks to pull out of. I have felt absolutely rubbish during this time.

In my experience, chelating is a MUCH more comfortable way to get rid of the mercury. And I think you just have to keep muddling through, chelating regularly, eating properly, balancing your hormones as far as you can. There will be times when you feel better and times when you feel worse. It is a frustrating, difficult process, because you simply do not know what is going on half the time, and progress is not linear. How many times have I welcomed feeling a bit better, thinking - it must get better from here - only to go back down into detox. I think the worst thing you can do is what I did, and became distracted by another protocol.

You might check out your diet / hormones - adrenal / thyroid support? can you specify a bit more what you mean by feeling crap?

Keep muddling on - after my experience with the methylation thing - I have even more faith in the Cutler protocol.

Best
Nicola