Hi pgm, yeah I understand the die off symptoms with candida, but I do not know of any direct antifungal component of ALA, aside from the fact it raises glutathione....

From what I understand, because it's also chelating metals and is also a powerful antioxidant and great for the liver, in the long run it would likely help yeast issues because it's ridding the person of toxicity...

But in the short term, I do hear it is problematic with yeast. Not "die off", but rather flare ups/feeding. I am only reporting what others have experienced and what Andy seems to indicate too. He feels it's to do with the sulfur or something.

At any rate, there are some contradictory opinions on this and I really am not qualified enough to be able to know personally.

The reason I did not use ALA (in hindsight I'm surprised I didn't), was because the DMSA alone was causing more than enough detox symptoms in me, that I did not wish to take it any further. HOwever, when I felt that I was improving or even on my way to full recovery, I did not feel the need to use ALA.

There are some people who do get well on DMSA alone, it seems to depend where the mercury is stored.

However, it is highly likely that I was not as detoxed as I thought. Hard to say, but certainly from viral infection etc later on, I plummeted very fast and I was far more suspeptible to yeast and I believe any remaining mercury that was left behind. Suddenly symptoms were much more apparent. I did not really get into ALA, I was dealing with the horrific symptoms the virus brought me and did not think mercury was significant.

REcently, finding out I had leftover amalgam all that time was a shock to me. As tiny as it was, apparently even a small amount can cause big issues in healing from this condition and that makes me wonder too!

It is fully out now and I am relieved on that front. I am dealing with yeast, taking stuff for possible parasites at the moment and may later give ALA a go. I don't feel "too" bad at the moment (cross fingers).

I do not know whether this is due to the parasite cleansing OR because every little bit of amalgam is GONE....hard to say. PErhaps combination of diet, parasite cleanse and absolutely zero amalgam!

I am also paying my dental materials off, so not much left over to go get ALA. But will do hopefully in the future. Will let you know what happens when I try it. I do know that brain mercury can cause ongoing yeast issues, so that's another thing I'm wondering about.

Yes my situation is serious because it's multi factoral and I think there are a few on here that have the same problem. A number of things going on at onetime and trying to get into a position of treating as many as you can in the hopes of symptom relief and improvements. It is not easy to strike a balance to where you feel a bit of relief.

Everything seems to come into play, diet, supplement support, parasite/yeast control/cleansing, chelation, thorough dental work, cavitation clean ups (if needed), reducing intake of external as well as internal toxins, replacing amalgam with biocompatible dental materials. So much often needs to be done to help a person. One thing may not make enough difference if in this type of situation. If there is ongoing stubborn health problems, it's a case of trying to address each issue even if you're not sure if it's the cause in hopes that you'll hit the jackpot or near enough to. It may take more than one issue to be addressed before the body responds better.