Thanks for the heads-up Sunshine. Interesting. I will certainly keep this in mind. I wonder, though, why Andy says in his book to take such high doses? If I could afford more DMSA I would increase according to his guidelines. They only start at 50mg. He recommends up to 200mg per dose for ALA.

I'm doing OK with the side effects at the moment. Euphoria doesn't seem to be as troublesome. I was intending to have my usual 3 days off chelation and finished my last round at 4pm yesterday, but had a very disturbed night's sleep and an early morning wake-up, a symptom that's been dogging me during these long dark nights, usually when I've had several days off chelation. Strange how I got whacked right away this time. If it's redistribution then it's pretty striking. I haven't noticed any change in other symptoms. Started chelating again this morning. I have also had a few itchy rashes actually, which I would like to think are a sign that my body is just working extra hard right now to get the mercury out.

The glimpses of feeling good, or normal, have gone for now. But I think that's to be expected as my body keeps dumping the mercury. My mood is fine, thankfully, and my brain is fairly clear, and those things are what I need in order to function.

We had a Lord of the Rings film on last night. Has it struck anyone else here that depression is Mordor? I wonder if Tolkien was ever depressed. He fought in the trenches in World War One, so maybe that's pretty similar.