You need to read my posts more thoroughly before jumping to wrong conclusions. I do not doubt pathogens, nor such infections as lyme disease etc and the ongoing lengthy treatments of infections like this (if in fact a person is suffering from them). I've mentioned that on here too, so I'm simply repeating myself. I'm usually talking about needing to treat pathogens, as well as chelating stored mercury......so I'm somewhat bewildered by your ongoing need to state otherwise or the issue you have with stored mercury and the need to ignore it.

Your post is interesting and compelling, but how does this invalidate my statements on stored mercury? I have already stated my belief in pathogens on here and it's up to people to persue that area more if they wish. It is also up to people if they want to work on any stored mercury they believe maybe continuing to cause problems.

I think I will need to repeat the statements of my previous posts, because they are being ignored/overlooked. So here they are again restated in a slightly different way. Mercury poisoning, for many, is not just about the direct effects of amalgams or even the post effects, it is often about the years worth of accummulated mercury in tissues/organs/brain that requires chelation if a person wishes to truly rid themselves of this toxin.

Repeating previous statements I've made:
Pathogens need to be treated, but accummulated stored mercury needs to be chelated. Amalgam removal alone and treating pathogens is not a cure for many people who find they need to rid themselves of stored metals as well. This is logical. Treating pathogens can take years and it will definitely take years if the person has stored mercury that they are not dealing with also. Missing out one or the other maybe a mistake.

Pgm, you have I think admitted you have had "one" amalgam. I am not sure how this might compare with the others on here (who usually have or had many more than that) and how much accummated mercury would result from one amalgam. Perhaps your issues are indeed all pathogen related. However, as other people have usually had many more amalgams and often many years, and as mercury accummulates, then it is wise that they should persue chelation of stored mercury, as well as pathogens. Ridding themselves of stored mercury, should also help their fight against pathogens.

I have also asked you more than once now, ---> why are you using the every 3 hour protocol of Andrew Cutler's (alpha lipoic acid) for "pathogens"? The protocol is designed only for mercury and the way mercury works and how to remove it safely. It is not designed for pathgoens. You would be free to use ALA anyway you wish, as your issues are pathogens, not stored mercury. Why subject yourself to the ongoing inconvenience of waking every 3 hours? Or at least having to take a pill every 3 hours? No need to do this at all if you do not have stored mercury.

Again, more repeats of previous statements --->. I did not claim that mercury poisoning is responsible for every symptom. I have mentioned pathogens time and time again on here. Die- off included. I don't think anybody can conceiveably know each and every issue or symptom and EXACTLY what is creating what in all circumstances. Therefore again it is wise not to ignore either issue and both should therefore be persued and treated if one is to gain improvement or even cure from the overall condition. If amalgam removal and chelation, diet and supplements do not do the trick (which I've seen with some), then surely there is another underlying factor that needs to be properly dealt with. And perhaps that could be a more serious infection.

I am simply repeating over and over previous statements.....

I also cannot vouch for any professional having full knowledge of all things and the ability to test everything and having the results that explain everything that is going on. I find it more interesting to read differing professional thoughts on these matters and then applying it and finding what works. The proof of the pudding, as they say, is in the eating. What you suffer and what someone else suffers maybe different and what works for you? may not work for them. We can only pass on what helped us and hope that someone else benefits from that. I have personally found Andy Cutler's statements, for the most part, more accurate (at least in my own situation) of any I've come across so far. Other protocols to treat mercury have been disastrous and painful. His was more tolerable. I figure that if enough other people find the same, then it is a good thing to recommend it. Whether you believe it's all for pathogens or not is of no consequence, you didn't design his protocol, he did. And it was designed for mercury, not pathogens. You also haven't had the indepth study of mercury that he has and the years worth of figuring out how best to deal with it, treat it and chelate it. You're welcome to persue pathogens and recommend the same to others, but please stop accusing me of denying the pathogen relationship to mercury. It gets old after a while.

Repeated statement:
This is an amalgam/mercury toxic forum, people are here to treat mercury (not just pathogens) and chelate the storage back out of their bodies and brains, which can also take years.