Hi, thanks Rachel. Sorry you experience a backlash from this as well......I wish mine only took 3-4 days <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shiftyeyes.gif" alt="" /> But it is still not pleasant to experience....

I never used to have this problem. With or without amalgams. It only started when I got that viral infection. So I gather it may have damaged me enough to allow my body to become a sitting duck for toxic exposure and not able to eliminate.

About the composites? I now believe they were not the issue. Painful way to find out eh? I guess I've been grasping at straws to try and improve my condition. BUT, I'm still getting the other side done because I've started and feel I should finish. Plus they last long and hopefully will save me from having to go back (anytime soon).

My diet and dental hygeine should help me, but unfortunately I battle gum disease due to such bad health. Used to have ok gums when I didn't have the virus. Weird eh?

I do believe that there are indeed some dental materials that may contain certain chemicals that may set off some problems in people and I think it's a painful decision to make. Sometimes people leave things alone for fear they'll make a difficult situation worse....I cannot really justify amalgams, but given the alternatives and possible reactions to plastics, it's not always so cut and dry.

I think porcelain is a good option (if it's the right kind) because it's hard wearing and not so leaky. But I think they all have their drawbacks and everybody reacts differently, which just shows how unique we all are <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/gunshot.gif" alt="" />

I have ordered some DMSA and am going to try chelating with that and see if anything happens. failing that? ALA is next on my list. I could SCREAM at dentists who continue to use this neurotoxin in their surgeries. I could scream at myself for being so sick and sensitive to become this suseptible.