Howdy, I have only 2 fillings in my mouth, they are the back two teeth on the lower left side of my mouth. I feel like it's probably best just to get them pulled straight out(the whole tooth) rather than risk any mercury going into my system at all during removal of fillings. Then maybe in the future get those 2 teeth capped or something. Anyone have a reason why I should not take this approach? Do you think I will have trouble finding a dentist who will pull out 2 otherwise "perfectly good teeth"? I can cope chewing on one side of my mouth anyway, and I can sacrifice chewing pleasure for improved general health, another reason I want to do this is I am recovering from benzo withdrawal(the worst pharmacutical drug addiction) even though it's been 4 years since I tapered off I feel like my system is still too sensitive to cope with any extra burden.

I guess I might as well throw in some of my history here... Prior to benzos my symptoms were general anxiety, bad social anxiety, gynecomastia(might not be related to mercury toxicity), hard time concentrating and paying attention in class, frequent urination, frequent thirst, function poorly with less than 8 hours of sleep. By far the most restricting symptom was/is social anxiety. Hence my ignorant entrace into the pharmacutical drug world. I was on the drug for a year, it didnt do anything except turn me into a zombie make me gain weight and other side effects... and for a year of that I paid for with 4 years of suffering in withdrawal... each year less painful than the previous as I slowly recovered. Symptoms were: severe depression, dysphoria, derealisation, blurry vision, poor memory, fear, anxiety, weight gain(I gained 27 pounds), fatigue, poor sleeping patterns, frequent urination and thirst. Anyway I'm now at my pre drug weight, all my mental symptoms have improved but I'm still not at what I consider to be a fulfilling life and not where i was pre benzo, my CNS is still recovering and it is not uncommon for benzo WD to last several years. Benzo withdrawal is like a roller coaster, symptoms come and go and since withdrawal has takin such a long time it's hard for me to figure out what is causing what. I've tried tweaking my diet(which has helped a lot) cutting out different foods, adding certain things, like raw milk which some see as a miracle food source. So with the recovery from benzos it's hard for me to say which symptoms are mercury related.

I guess I need to get a mercury toxicity test done. Didn't mean to stretch this post into my life story, if you can answer my question from the first paragraph that will be helpful...