Hi Kathy, that dose and dosed in isolation would have killed me! I took only one isolated dose - 50 mg of DMSA and was thrown into a psychotic mess.

Yet, I could take one 50 mg dose of DMSA every 4 hours and I was ok. I did get detox symptoms, but because of the frequent dosing, the mercury movement was kept even and consistent and the symptoms tolerable.

Even natural methods would throw me into almost psychotic states, so it's not DMSA itself, it's the mercury that's the problem and the movement of it.

ALA isn't the issue, but it's how it's used that might be. It's also WHEN it's used. So you may get just as bad symptoms from using chlorella or cilantro. They can all potentially cause them. It's what you use, when you use it, how you use it that seems to make the difference.

Take it from someone who was very poisoned, very sensitive and would go into psychotic rages many times when trying to detox mercury. Andrew Cutler's protocol was the only one that kept things stable and started getting me well safer and faster. But admittedly some people may get away with what we've mentioned here and even do very well on it. I'd personally opt for one that has been tried and tested and done well for most people.