Nina,

I honestly relate to your experience. I have been ill for around seventeen months, and for the first eight months i saw LOTS of doctors NHS AND privately (which are the same docs as NHS only we pay! I was admitted to hospital in the early stages with high temperatue barely able to function, they found nothing to be wrong with me, I had such bad CONSTANT nausea i could barely eat and retched and gagged over my food, i was terrified as weight was dropping of me, i look anorexic, i HAD to push myself through the awfull nausea. I became inolerant to one food after another, drenching night sweats, flushing face and extremities, foggy brain, burning sensations, sore throat, hairloss (half the volume) dizzyness, so weak i trembled, eyesight probems, insomnia/nightime waking, loss of temperature control, joint pain, constipation, digestive chaos, a visible lump in my stomach region that conventional docs checked me out for (ultrasound/endoscopy/colonoscopy) i was told i had IBS and my symptoms were just nerves, i later found through tests this was gut fermentation caused by candida caused by the metals!!! I also had blood in my urine and bad kidney pain, with the urine test strips i used i ALLWAYS had leukocytes in my urine which are present were there is inflammation, also specific gravity is ALLWAYS fixed, a sign of kidney damage, the ultrasound and bloodtests were normal so doctors said the strip results were unimportant they declared me well (FANTASTIC) and offered me antidepresants, they were arrogant and patronising and made me feel even worse than i allready was!! i felt Sooo helpless. Eventually i had lymphocyte sensitivity test that showed me to be reacting to nickel and mercury, also toxic screen for liver showed 50% abnormal enzymes consistant with exposure to a toxic metal (nickel) about a month after safe removal this dropped to 20%, i am now reacting to my composites, i am sure if i had sorted out the amalgams sooner my immune system wouldnt be in such turmoil. PLEASE dont let the docs upset you, THEY ARE BULLYS when we produce symptoms they cannot explain, they dont have the good grace to say i dont know, only you know how you feel, trust yourself, Demi is right we have to take our health into our own hands, it is just hard to comprehend in this day and age that we could very easily be left to rot by these ~#*&@$#* I have changed my GP, but have not consulted with my new one, i have no faith in them, my old GP told me that all my symptoms were in my head....he was right.
The main thing is Nina you have identified your problem, and know what to treat.

Take Care
Ann