Hi, my first post too. I have been reading and getting a lot of good information from all of you. I was diagnosed with mercury toxicity last summer after years of debilitating symptoms. I got my last two fillings out and am doing quite well. But I also have three young boys. All three of them have attention/focus problems. My oldest repeated pre-kindergarten at the recommendation of his teacher due to his difficulty staying on task and impulsivity. My middle child is slightly better with focus, but sometimes get strange pains (a few times he was limping for a day or two for no apparent reason). Sometimes, his feet will fall asleep or he will wake up in the night and say his arm or leg hurts. And my youngest (who while pregnant with I unknowingly had an amalgam removed) has developed several food allergies (including yeast), battles frequent gastritis, also gets strange myalgias, and has hand tremors, and periods of hyperactivity, and shows candida symptoms (frequent throat clearing due to mucous in throat and gastrointestinal - he is carbohydrate intolerant). His hyperactivity appears to correlate with candida symptoms. Thank God, when his symptoms came on, I knew what to do because of my own experience with candida. I only found out about my mercury toxicity last summer, but I figured out the candida a few years ago and got major relief from the diet and antifungals. His symptoms began with gastrititis, a rash all over his body (head to toe) and skin peeling on his fingers and toes. He also had night sweats around that time, which I also had. I was also told he should repeat pre-kindergarten as well but I chose not to this time as it did not help my oldest - he still has attention problems. They can all do the work, but have difficulty getting it done because they stray so easily. They are all doing fairly well in school but only because a spend a great deal of time with each of them after school. I am pretty certain that their problems are associated with my mercury toxicity. I have recently had my youngest two tested for heavy metals (before I read in Andy Cutler's book that a challenge test is dangerous). They had it a week ago and tolerated it well (it was not an IV challenge, but one oral dose). I am awaiting the results, but of course, I have since read that some mercury toxic children don't always excrete mercury, so I don't know what the results will mean. I should get them back any day. I have two autistic nephews and I see signs of candida in both of them. Both of their mothers (my husband's two sisters) have mercury fillings and one of them has chronic yeast infections and other signs of candida. I am sure there is a correlation.

Thank you for your post, Angela. I would love advice from anyone on how I can safely detoxify my children. They are such great boys and I don't want them to struggle with health problems as I did. I will tell my own story some other evening as it's long, but I am getting better every month since amalgam removal. I wish I had found this site years ago.

Thanks again.