Sosick,

I've read all the posts and I couldn't agree with you more. You mirror my experience with trying to get rid of this poison. The only difference is I tried Cutlers ALA protocol first. What a mistake that was! Firstly, in response to some things I've read on this site, ALA initially gives you quite a boost, nothing to do with Hg, but to do with it's use in the Kreb and citric acid energy cycles. Secondly, Yes Sosick, one of the few people that understands that Hg only exists in your blood for a short time before it's absorbed into you major organs. In fact when you look it up, Hg exist only for a max 48 hours in your blood, that’s why blood tests don't work. If you have amalgams, then you're constantly being poisoned so it will show up. Some salts of Hg actually only last for fractions of seconds in blood, such as ethyl and methyl Hg.
Back to Cutler. I had allot of Hg (as I found out later), but bought the yellow book and did as specified. It scared the hell out of me. At first I got the feeling that something good was happening then I started to get burred vision. I ended up going to an ophthalmologist. He said my eyes were perfect 20/10 vision. So why the blurred vision I asked. Well certain drugs have an affect on the colernergic ? system in the brain he said and proceeded to ask if I'd taken any such as Welbutrin etc. It’s the brain that does the final focusing of the image you see. I hadn't, but knew what was happening, the ALA was dumping Hg into my brain. Later I spoke to a couple of doctors I came to know and they speculated that the ALA was probably crossing the BBB and loosing it's load of Hg to any Aluminum I had in my brain already (my Aluminum levels were always exceedingly high in blood tests before I got rid of the Hg).

I found a doctor in New York that treated me for 2.5 years, every other week with DMPS ( followed 2 days later by vit and Mineral drip). The last year with DMPS and Ca EDTA. For curiosity, I did a test where I went back to using Cutlers ALA protocol and then did the same 24 hour urine test as I usually did for the DMPS, the result was less than a 10th the usual amount being excreted. This in my opinion is the reason people spend so much time on these boards being sick using this protocol. It took me 2.5 years to get most of this poison out, I can’t imagine doing it for 20+ years.

As soon as I found out about amalgams and that they were poisoning me I went straight down to Mexico (I have a house there) and got a dentist friend of mine to (as I put it to him) “get this toxic waste out of my mouth!”. The only thing I did was take a couple of shots of tequila first before he did it because alcohol stops the Hg from being absorbed from the blood to your major organs (probably just slows it down). But the point is enough was enough after 42 years. I found what Cutler said in his book about getting tired etc 6 months after the amalgams coming out, but, I hadn’t started with the DMPS chelation at that point.

You are so right about the affects of DMPS the first few weeks, I was shattered, but determined. I had a good doctor that new his stuff. I felt so good right after, but the next day, wow, talk about tired. It was only ameliorated by taking extra mineral supplements when I felt really bad. As soon as you get past the initial few weeks a MIRACLE occurred. Remember, I’d been suffering from this all my life, symptoms disappeared I didn’t even know I had! I’m a completely different person, I mean, my girlfriend would tell me that my personality had changed (for the good) every few months. I don’t even recognize myself. She said to me later that she literally fell in love with me all over again. What a testament for DMPS I say. I caution people though! DMPS is the best chelating agent because it’s the most effective at removing Hg, and there is it’s weakness, if in the hands of a doctor who doesn’t know how to use it can be VERY dangerous, just as Hg is dangerous. If you think about it, dumping too much Hg into you blood system at once is like getting poisoned all over again with Hg. If you go to the DMPSbackfire site it’s filled with people who essentially got all the symptoms of Hg poisoning because their foolish doctors didn’t know the right protocol. I’ve even spoken to some of them and that’s what they say, that they were basically experimented on. These people need to finish what they started and get a good doctor who’ll chelate them.

Having said all this, as Sosick says, it’s expensive. For one reason and another I ran out of money after 2 years, the doc picking up the tab for the remainder (Nice Doc, right?) But, the circumstances were unusual, I lived next the the twin towers and on 9/11, on the way to work, the second plan flew over my head into the south tower. I made a big mistake, I stayed there for a further 2 years, loosing my job and getting sicker and sicker. I did a DMPS 24 hour urine test 8 months after, not only had my Hg gone up where it had gone down to almost nothing for 2.5 years, but I ended up with Uranium (low but present) where I hadn’t had any before. Later I found out that they put it into planes to stabilize them in flight.

To cut a very long story short:-

I believe the following to be true based on my experience.

ALA will keep you sick for years if you’re an adult because you’re probably absorbing more Hg than you’re getting rid of. I specify adult, because I have no experience with children and would never give advice, children are different.

I’m sorry, but homeopathy doesn’t work in this case, I tried it for years, Nothing…..

Just bite the bullet and get this toxic waste out, if it’s too much try less and less DMPS till you can tolerate it.

MAKE SURE you get IV nutrients (20g Vit C etc) 1 or two days after DMPS, this is essential. I would content that a few weeks of this before you start with DMPS is essential and is the only criticism I have of my doctor.

You will feel better from IV Vit C alone because C ameliorate the symptoms of Hg poisoning.

DMPS does not cross the BBB barier and is in lower concentrations in the brain. Only after you have depleted the Hg in the body can you consider taking something like ALA or DMSA that does cross the BBB. Curious thing happened, when you start to lower you body’s Hg levels significantly, it seems the body starts to move the hg out of the brain to the body, by itself. Remember you heard it here first.

Yes I have had conversations with Andy, I don’t know what his story is but, personally I don’t think he should be playing doctor. Doctors (the right ones) should be playing doctor.

DMSA doesn’t work for me, my brother and my Mother. My brother couldn’t take DMPS, finally got him some Penacilamine (old chelator). This was to get a result from a 24 hour urine test result to show his doctor.

Hair analysis isn’t going to show anything for allot of people with Hg poisoning without something to dislodge the Hg bound up with proteins in the major organs. I think this has already been shown to be true.

Overall, this is one difficult element to test for and to remove from the body. It takes along time and allot of money.

Testing and monitoring should be an integral part of the treatment. I’ve noticed allot of people here seem to imagine Hg is going in or out of there bodies but, don’t actual know if the treatments they’re doing is having any affect at all.

Remember, easy to anger, is one of the main symptoms Hg poisoning. I used to suffer from this, especially on message boards…..

These are my opinions I’m sharing with you, do with them as you like.

Good on you Sosick, we need more people like you around who have got well. (My opinion also).