Hi Sunshine, I am new this forum and have been following your posts for the past few weeks. Nice to meet you! I just wanted to let you know I have learned a lot from you already because many of the ailments I suffer from are very similar to what you have described about yourself. I had 9 teeth filled with huge amalgam fillings since about age 12, over 21 years of exposure to and inhaling that toxic mercury they were leaking! I got really sick about 6 months ago and started researching and stumbled across mercury poisoning from amalgam fillings. I was stunned to find out what I had been so oblivious too for so long. I had the flu and pneumonia shots in October 2007 and had a reaction 1 week after doing so. I still hadn't thought that it may have been a reaction to that until I started researching further. I started having very bad light-headedness, brain fog, constipation, numbness and tingling throughout my entire body, ringing in my ears, severe back and shoulder pain, tearing eyes, congestion, heart palpitations, episodes of nearly passing out, metallic taste in my mouth, weight loss, and impending feelings of doom. All of the symptoms hit me like a ton of bricks and I had no idea what was going on with me. I started to seek a biological dentist and in doing so I stumbled across an office here in my home town that shared an office with a doctor of integrative medicine. I began having my filling replaced in December of 2007. I had them removed in 4 separate visits, and with 3 weeks in between each visit. I was very sick in between each one but I was also seeing the integrative medicine doctor who diagnosed me with mercury toxicity, candida, parasites and adrenal fatigue. I had several liver flush IV's and each dental visit I had Vitamin C IV's and responded well to the treatment. I immediately started taking an all natural Heavy Metal Detox supplement called Oral Chelation II/Ageless II by Extreme Health USA while my amalgams were still in. It made me feel a little better right away. Then after my amalgams were removed 2 months ago, I added Modiflan, Algin, and Vitamin C supplements as well. I have just been prescribed Cortef but am afraid to start taking it. They suggested 5 mg in AM and 5 mg @ noon. I am terrified to try it because of the conflicting information I read about it. I have opted to wait for the DMSA as my integrative doctor and I agreed that I am too sensitive right now and I have a reaction to everything I take, so the go slow approach is working for me. I can't wait until I can slow down on taking some of the supplements but for now, I am taking things very slowly. Anyway sorry for going on and on. I just wanted to say hello and I appreciate this forum very much! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/byebye.gif" alt="" />