Hi Linda, have you tried just using ONE of the chelating agents to see which one of them is really causing this rumbling?

Like just use DMSA for a while and see if this is donig it and try the ALA alone for a while. I know it's not ideal because using both together can make things easier, but it may help you find out which of these is the problem.

One guy on frequent dose forum has issues with DMSA and some people do and have to drop it. He has gut problems with it. So he's choosing to wait things out for a few months and then chelate with ALA alone.

I had BIG problems with DMSA at one stage, but it was because I had redistributed metal into my gut, plus I was not on a strict candida diet. So the yeast must have proliferated around that area and still does to this day whenever I do anything wrong.

One doctor reckons the gut problems I have are related to a cavitation. Odd eh? I never used to have this problem. I personally think it's just immune related because of the virus I got many years ago. Gut and immune system are apparently connected.

Anyway, Linda I feel for you with what you suffer with this SAD and the quick withdrawal from antidepressants. I too got off them very quickly and lapsed into a dangerous depression and was close to hurting myself badly. I used to curl up on my bed in a foetal position.

Nobody had told me about the dangers of going straight off them at onetime. No doctor or psychologist said a thing. So because I had side effects, my reaction was to "stop taking them". I was only 21 years of age.

Just remember, that the first year or two of trying to eliminate mercury can be disheartening for many people because you really feel like you're not making progress. And then you have a good patch or you feel the detox happening and you KNOW at that point something is going on, but because you keep being pushed back into this, it's a hard thing to endure.

In fact, living with amalgams was actually almost easier than withdrawing from them and eliminating the storage. Very weird and not something I expected either. What a slow grind it can be. Don't give up, you are doing so much for yourself. Think about this, no amalgams, good diet and chelation. Something will be happening, but this is how it can be.

I did not really notice improvements until enough mercury had been well and truly cleared to where I could actually FEEL the results. Before that, I was too full of the stuff to notice....though I sure noticed detox reactions when they hit.

Right now I am taking DMSA every 4 hours after the dental office visit. Not noticing any changes yet, but hoping there will be. Usually it takes days before things start to happen, either detox reactions or vague lifting of some symptoms. These days I don't have enough of the extra cellular mercury to really feel DMSA working. My next trial will be with alpha lipoic acid. That will hopefully show me if there is any lingering brain/organ mercury.

Gotta be done, I NEVER bothered with ALA in the past when DMSA alone had done so much for me that I didn't feel the need. I think that was a bad move, considering leftover mercury can make you vulnerable to future problems! And then I got this horrible viral infection that I never healed from....makes me wonder sometimes.

That plus possible cavitations. I get sick and tired of problems stemming from my teeth and jaw affecting my entire body. You'd think the dentists woudl make the connection...luckily a growing number are!