Hi Bex. Yes, ALA is known to cause yeast problems, but I don't associate these problems with feeding the yeast. I got itching on scalp (where I definitely had candida) and on places where I used to have eczema, when using ALA. This isn't anything major, lasted perhaps a few hours and then it was gone. Itching is also on the list of side-effects from anti-fungal drugs. The point is that killing candida leaves behind proteins, and other stuff that may cause allergic reactions. Killing candida definitely also leaves behind candida toxins like aldehydes in bloodstream, which are a great burden to the liver. It's not a wonder then that people get damaged liver from taking powerful anti-fungals, or even otherwise. And with each round of ALA, the symptoms get easier for me, so this process of using ALA doesn't at least make the candida worse for me, I would say the opposite. The power with ALA is that it goes everywhere, including the brains, nothing gets spared, it is detox at best.

I'm surprised that you didn't use ALA, even Andy says ALA is essential while DMSA is not. He even said this again this month on the FDC forum ("ALA alone is as fast as you're going to go, the rest only speed it up a bit"), so he hasn't changed his mind. It's a great mistake not to try it, if I would be allowed only one supplement it would be ALA. The rest of the supplements have been *insignificant* compared to it for me. Without it, you can't really rid yourself of your mental problems and brain fog easily. But on the other hand, in your present condition it won't work very well, because you got to solve your root cause first, before starting to chelate, I'm sure you wont tolerate the toxins coming from that process. Your fast liver phase1/slow phase2 may even be caused by the candida toxins leaking out constantly. I think your situation is pretty serious, but frankly speaking I don't know yet what could be done about it. Well Molybdenum is known to aid in aldehyde detox, but this can only be a minor and temporary aid.