Hi Shawn, just another note. I belong to the frequent dose forum and saw that you typed a message and Andy responded to you. Looks like he does not recommend ALA to chelate copper....

I would then have to apologise to you for recommending it, but I seem to have heard some conflicting information, so it's made it quite hard.

I also thought if you "did" have mercury (from past vaccinations etc), that it "might" help you, however doesn't look like it's the recommended thing to do in copper toxicity.

I hope that the proper diet and supplements (zinc and molybdenum with every meal that Andy suggested, and perhaps other helpful supplements recommended earlier for copper excess) might help you. It does seem kind of strange that copper toxicity would be in isolation though. One would wonder if doing chelation for mercury might actually help you anyway?

However, if ALA increases copper absorption, then that sounds unwise. wonder if Andy could advise you on what to do in case mercury is a part of this. What does somebody do who has both these toxicities at once and requires a chelating agent that will not make one worse whilst helping the other.

I wonder if you would respond to a course of DMSA....it might be worth a try. Certainly it does not increase copper and "if" there is any mercury in accessible areas, you may notice something.