hi jamesl : I am 6 months post amalgam removal and can honestly say that I am doing way better now than before removal even with detox symtoms , last year at this time I could barely function and thought seriously about ending my life because of the severe depression and many other symtoms ,and now I am able to work 2 jobs,the depression is almost gone , and many of my symtoms are much better , amalgam removal was last resort for me ,I was still in doubt that it could be my amalgams causing so many health problems even as I was having them removed ,but was praying that they were the culprit ,as all my lab results came back as normal ,so dentist and doctors can say what ever they want to , but I know different I am living proof my previous 5 doctors and 2 dentist were wrong about mercury toxicity and how it effects people every one of them told me that my amalgam fillings could not cause these type of problems , the only way anyone will ever know how it feels is to live through there own mercury toxic hell