Hi Bex. Thank you for your response. The brand of ALA i was using was from Holland and Barrett basically their own brand and was 30mgs. I tried their own ALA several times and couldnt tolerate it, i was a mess.

Im currently in the USA and went to wal-mart of all places and picked out the Spring Valley brand of ALA 100mgs. I split it up into the lowest doses i could(like the other brand) took some and waited for the tears and the regular'i cant take this anymore' response and there was none! I did a full round and im fine.

It is real strange as im using a type of ALA which is 100mgs instead of 30, ok im still splitting it up, but its like im taking a different chelating agent altogether. Theres no candida flare ups, just that feeling of my head being full of sand thats being moved around. It's a truly wierd feeling, like sludge.

I'm glad you mentioned the whole mind slowing down thing and that its a typical symptoms. It's like im slow motion all the time.

For once im optimistic about getting better. Im just going to take it real slow, which i can't really help right now, and see what happens. I could not tolerate DMSA by day 3 of each round i looked like death.

As for my candida i take Formula SF722 and drink Pau Darco tea. Those two things never fail me. Ive tried all the other stuff and none of them worked, just made me feel terrible.

Thanks for replying!
Stuart