Hi Stuart,

If at all possible I would recommend that you take DMSA along with the ALA, it makes the side effects much more tolorable. When I first started taking ALA I started at 25mg every 3hrs along with 25mg of DMSA every 3 hrs. It turned out to be way to much, the side effects were really bad. So I ended up lowering the ALA all the way down to 2mg, and the DMSA down to 10 mg and decreasing the frequancy down to every 2hrs. I do this for 3 days on 11 days off and I've been noticing slow but steady improvement without any side effects. Plus it makes the yeast issue much easier to manage. slow and steady is the way to go. good luck!

Roger