Okay people, there's so much talk here about "slow and gentle" chelation. Now I know that the degree of symptoms and illness here due to mercury amalgams vary from person to person. Remember, with mercury amalgam illness, the range can be from "imperceptible disturbance" to "total incapacitation". When you are on the latter end of the spectrum, you have a ton of mercury in your brain. Your hypothalmus is poisoned. This is the master gland of the body. From a poisoned hypothalmus, you can then expect a total disturbance in the way all of your other hormones are working. The messages get all garbled up. The mercury molecules attach to the hormones and render them inactive. Thus, nothing in your body and brain is working properly. Personally, I believe that in this kind of situation, aggressive chelation with aggressive chelators is necessary in order to get well. Mercury will stay in the brain for 25 years. Who wants to be sick for twenty five years by doing slow and gentle chelation which will not get the mercury out of your brain. Sometimes, slow and gentle is just not going to work.

Sandra