Hi Tracy and welcome,

I just wanted to add my two cents' worth. There's a lot of really good advice here.

I belong to a group where people go to get off and stay off psychiatric meds. It's run my a ND who has been helping people in this way for 20 years. Her top 2 healing methods are diet and supplements. I'm not sure what you mean by the gf/cf diet but I did pick up what you said about not having eaten hamburger or fruit. Do you eat meat? Do you have lots and lots of vegetables? Are you able to eat fruit at all? Do you also have healthy fats like fish oil, butter, coconut oil, olive oil? These are all the basis of a very healing diet.

Given the problems you have had for a number of years, and the meds you were on, it would also be important for you to be taking supplements. General advice would be a high-quality multivitamin -- make sure it contains lots of the B vitamins -- several grams of vitamin C a day, 800mg magnesium citrate in divided doses, and fish oil. You would probably benefit from others too but that's where my own expertise ends I'm afraid.

It's possible that you might not be able to take the full dosage of these things straight away, in which case you'd need to start with very small amounts and work your way up. Often if someone has a big reaction to a particular vitamin, it is the very thing their body is desperately needing.

I hope this helps. Others here can help you look at the mercury side of things; but again, diet and supplements are the things that will strengthen you and prepare you for any amalgam removal and chelation you might decide to do.

Best wishes <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Linda.