Well, I tried "aggressive" chelation, having intravenous DMPS followed by 50 grams of vitamin C each week for 3 weeks (on different days of the week so as not to conflict with the 7-day immune cycle).

After the 1st treatment, I had a colon hydrotherapy treatment, and I felt pretty good. After the 2nd treatment, I didn't feel too great for about 24 hours (I also didn't have colonics). Then, after the 3rd treatment, I developed a 103-104 degree fever, headache, body aches, back/kidney pain, etc., which I believe lasted for at least 24 hours before these symptoms began to subside, if I remember correclty. (Again, I didn't have colonics.)

So...did having the colonics help remove the excess mercury that DMPS was drawing out (which my body couldn't eliminate on its own), and not having colonics allowed some of the mercury to be re-absorbed and re-distributed? Or, would aggressive chelation with multiple DMPS treatments have been more than my body could have handled even if I had had colonics each time?

My question with "aggressive" chelation is that if you are expelling/pulling out more mercury from your tissues than your body is capable of eliminating through the kidneys and colon, then what happens to this mercury? Doesn't it get "re-distributed?" I have to believe this is what happened to me and why I got sick following DMPS.

I certainly do not claim to know everything about mercury detox. But, I honestly haven't talked to anyone yet who has done "aggressive" chelation and told me they felt better afterwards.

If anyone is in the "total incapacitation" end of the spectrum and is having success (improved health) with "aggressive chelation", please share your experiences and what you are doing so others in the same situation can benefit.

However, if you're not already really sick, I still suggest more gentle, slower detoxing so you can remain a functioning individual.