Hi linda, I'm glad you brought this up as a new thread. I did respond about this, but would like to again.

Insomnia was a big part of mercury toxicity for me and looking back was most of my life. Perhaps I have the tendency anyway, I dont know. But most definitely it got much worse when the toxicity really got me in my mid teens and from there on. I did find some aid when I did the candida diet, but the insomnia came back with a vengence after I got the amalgams removed.

I assumed it's a case of "retox" when the root cause is removed, but there is the exposure from it, plus the exposure you get from mercury trying to come out of you and usually your old symptoms return and often worse than what they had been for many people (me included).

I had one bout during the time my body was trying to detox the mercury after having no more amalgams, with chronic insomnia that I think lasted about a year and a half or two years straight. Then it seemed to begin to improve. But came back of course when I got the virus.

Again the candida diet "can" sometimes help, because more nutrients are absorbed when you are eating healthy and avoiding the junk, but if it's full on mercury sometimes you're at its mercy.

I took selenium to aid with detox, but though it was good stuff it could also cause me to suffer insomnia too! So I took breaks from it. Perhaps I took too much sometimes and was over stimulated...? I dont know.

Definitely cut out caffeine if you are having any. Stick with herb tea (non caffeine) and keep the diet going without any sugar. I hope that for you, with enough time, these things will begin to subside with permanent results!

I wonder how much mercury intefers with the chemicals in the brain to such a degree to where a person becomes dependent on the seasons and time tables because of mercury.