Taken from:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/frequent-dose-chelation/message/24072Hi I thought I better post this now, I should have months ago. I have
not been here for quite a while because all of my symptoms cleared
up. When the last few issues started to clear up I began to reduce
the supplements I took. I am not just taking a few supplements, B
comp, magnesium, zinc & selenium. I went from having issues with
arthritis, allergies to everything, diet was the bare minmum based on
low carb because of really bad digestion and related issues, really
bad fatigue, brain fog, chemical sensitivities to name a few. The
last things to clear were the digestive issues, e.g. 6 months in I
could tolerate carots, squashes, a few months later foods like leeks,
garlic, onions. Then rice, 3 months after that potatoes, another 3
months bread. At this point I was a good 15 months in. Then finally
casein (bovine protein). I had been fine all the way through with
fermented goats milk but could never tolerate anything from a cow.
Also worth mentioning throughout the time I was chelating I was
trying foods out and then all of a sudden I would not get fatigued,
or have digestive issues. So it was not just a one off, I think I
will try that and I was fine. Going back to the other issues, I had
been experimenting with things for 2 yrs before doing chelation
mainly because I was worried about it being dangerous and I was
hoping my issues were not mercury related. I had all sorts of people
like Bee with her diet, nutritionists, doctors etc advising or
promoting something, none of which worked. Not to say that what they
were saying was useless, each had a point but they just did not focus
on the root issues, just specific points. e.g. Doctors with
antibiotics for the gut, parasites, bacteria etc. Bee with her diet,
this could be any of the low carb diets though, hamptoms, atkins,
jordon rubin, body ecology, protein power you name it, again in this
instance I viewed this as something to help control gut
issues/symptoms and to also allow the gut to try and heal up whilst
chelating. The worst advise for me was probably from the nutrionists,
I am sure there are good ones out there though but none seemed to
even understand any of the issues. I was on practically 100% carb, 0
protein, 0 fat at one point, being given all sorts of things like
paragone, various herbs, primal defence etc. To me looking back these
sort of approaches seem crazy, I did not really know anything about
nutrition myself back then though. But I had to waste lots of money
on people before thinking right lets have a go myself because
everyone else just seemed interested in money. So I used low carb to
control symtoms with oils/fats for calories and then chelated to
resolve the issues. After 3 months I could run for 5 mins and walk
for a few miles. At first I had real recovery issues but after the
first few occasions I started to tolerate exercise better. I had all
the digestive issues clear gradually as mentioned above as did all
the other issues. But in comparision to everything I tried this was
very fast, don't get me wrong it was a good 6 months in before I
could really start doing things and it was not much but in comparion
to the previous 2-3 yrs I went no where. My weight is now normal and
I weight train again, I can also work long hours. Not to say this is
the norm just that I can do it. I can literally do very aggresive
training again with normal recovery times and this really surprised
me the most. I had various issues along the way as did and do most
people, you can find all the various posts though I expect in the
archives. I am now at round 107 just about 2yrs of chelation. Started
out at 25mg dmsa/4hrs. 5 rounds went to 50mg, 10 rounds went to 25mg
dmsa/50mg ala. Stopped DMSA round 45. Increase ALA to 100mg shortly
after but started getting issues with pains in my fingers after 8
rounds or so. So then just stayed at 50mg ALA per dose each round for
the rest of the time till now. During this time the only other thing
I could think of is my magnesium requirement went down, e.g diarrhea
so dropped down 100mg which resoved it. I started out a 600mg with
cider vinegar which I found helped with absorbtion. Saying that
without the vineger to bring it (mag glycinate) to base PH I could
not tolerate it anyway, it made me really tired. B comp did the same
at first, more pure versions were not too bad. Its difficult to cover
everything and I hope I have not waffled too much. But everyone
always posted at some point, wheres the recovery stories, not just
feeling better but 100% done. So I thought I would wait till this
point and post it. Hope this helps with any motivation with any of
your approaches. Obviously a big thanks to Andrew Cutler, he did help
me personally a few times with posts but his work on this and his
book for me was a life saver. The book was spot on. If I can help
with anything or if anyone has any specific questions please let me
know.
