Sunshine

I guess the real decision will be guided by how you feel. Are you functional? Do you have fatigue so debilitating you can't do a normal day? Are you housebound? Are you hypoglycemic? Very anxious? Cold all the time?

If you are any or all of these things, you should think seriously about taking them. Dean on FDC recommends that almost all people take some form of adrenal support for the removal procedure, and chelation after, because it is so stressful on the body - and if you've got weak adrenals, it will make them worse.

If you don't want to go on HC, try adrenal glandulars or supporting herbs - although these will do nothing to get the thyroid hormone into your cells, like cortisol. If you don't do well on this, or are getting worse, then you can review your decision. I would alway start on the weakest form of adrenal support, and work your way up according to need.

If you feel OK and feel you can get by without it, then go for it, although thryoid / adrenals do tend to catch up with you at some stage - I have seen posts on FDC from people who are well down the path of chelating, and are not doing well because of weak thyroid / adrenals. A testing time will be the 6 month organ dump, which was vile for me, and continued that way for a good 6-8 months.

Bear in mind it will take chelation with ALA for 12-18 months to get the endocrine system working properly again, IF it is not too damaged it can recover, so you will need to function in that time. 18 month post removal, I am currently doing my 29th round with 12.5mg DMSA, and don't anticipate starting with ALA any time soon, because I have such a high body burden, and daren't mobilize any more mercury than is already swishing around my system. For me adrenal / thyroid support was not a nice extra. I had stage 5 adrenal fatigue, was bed and housebound, and had to stop amalgam removal (13 amalgams over 6 months) because I was so weak. I don't think I'll get off the steroids now - I think too much damage has been done.

What I'm trying to say is be guided by your symptoms. Don't go on support because your results say you need to.

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Nicola