It's Round 5 and I must have hit some mercury stores. I am definitely feeling it. It isn't necessarily an unpleasant feeling, I just have this weird sensation...My legs are switching randomly. My left hand feels numb. Lights are even bothering me right now...I have a cold sweat and I feel hyper.

I didn't feel like anything was happening with the first 4 rounds. Now I know for a fact, that mercury is moving!

I'm on my 4th round of ALA so I'm right there with you!

I tried an organic adrenal glandular last week though for like 4 days and it really made me feel like s**t...it was a strange reaction...still don't know what to make of it but I'm not going to take it for a while.

btw...sensitivity to lights is a common sign that your adrenals are stressed...but I bet you already know that.

I've been seeing progress though and really am liking chelating this way. I bet after a dozen or more rounds we'll definitely be feeling a really noticeable difference.

I was taking the DMSA every 3 1/2 hours, but I need to bump it up to 3. I am getting mercury redistribution symptoms with about 25 minutes left on my timer.

No need to make things worse for me by waiting that extra 25 minutes! haha Yes my adrenals have been bad for a long time. Adrenal fatigue is what I thought I originally had. Then it morphed into diabetes insipidus and then mercury poisoning. I even took one of those saliva tests and I think my morning numbers were a 5. haha! I haven't been going much for my adrenals recently. Maybe I should...=/ too many pills...

Hi Birdlady,

Apparently some people are faster metabolisers and need to take the chelators even more often than every 4 hours. You maybe one of them! I think I might be also. Though I can't tell these days, because I don't rend to respond either way.

However, I also recognised that some symptoms were expected and at times it was comforting because I felt things happening. I mainly stuck with every 4 hours. If it had been completely intolerable, I would have bumped it up to 3 hours also.

Some people recommmend ACE (adrenal cells extract) for adrenals. It is natural and helps to rebuild/recover/support. It is thankfully not something that one tends to become dependent upon or does more damage in the long run, as other things might.

Natural salt is good also for adrenals (e.g. 1/4 teaspoon or so in vitamin C or other vitamin drink or lemon drink 3 times daily), as are vitamins/minerals. This is what I was recommended on email as an example:

Possible Nutritional and Herbal Supplements• Adrenal Support: As a rule (based on an individuals response) building the patient up to 4 to 6 capsules daily from 3 daily in divided doses should be considered for the moderately to severe adrenal fatigued individual - with a potential to titrate back to two daily depending upon symptoms and life demands
• Multivitamin and Mineral Boost: 5 g daily in water
• Vitamin C: 2-4 g daily in water
• Magnesium Aspartate: 3 x 125 mg capsules daily
• Vitamin B5: 500mg 1 x capsule 3 x daily
• Calcium Citrate: 750-1000 mg daily
• Vitamin E (natural): 1 x 500 IU capsules daily (if you are on blood thinners monitor blood clotting time)

e) Adrenal Cell Extracts
• adrenal cell extracts nourish and help rebuild the adrenal cells
• for more information see www.adrenalfatigue.org

I actually have a very slow metabolism so having to take the DMSA this often is very strange.

Vitamin C did the trick for me tonight. I felt much improved about 45 minutes after taking it.

3 hours should help with redistribution.

A few questions... Were fillings the source of mercury? If so...how long ago were they removed?

Yeah I had 8 amalgams and they were removed September 9th to be exact. As a child I also had all my vaccinations too, so I know there's mercury from then.

Today I am feeling very sick again. I woke up with a wicked headache and I took some vitamin C, but now I have diarrhea from it...I guess I took a little TOO much! haha

Hi Birdlady,

Well, I"m not sure why, but Andy did say some people use DMSA up more quickly than others which might require more frequent intake. But it also may mean you are very sensitive to metals and perhaps the movement, even slight redistribution, is enough to create too many symptoms in you.

You can extend it to every 4 hours during the night if it helps you get more sleep and go back to every 3 during the day. Many do this. However, if that still causes too much suffering, then you'd need to stick to 3 during the night too.

Vitamin C powder with bioflavanoids, when I was mercury poisoned was incredibly powerful, that plus selenium. I added vitamin E later for even more effect. These three alone is pretty much what I took supplement wise back then. I didn't find much else ALL that helpful. Though in hindsight, I think magnesium and zinc might have been good to add there too.

Vitamin C, for me at that time, encouraged release/mobilising of metals. I assume that may have been because of increased antioxidant power from taking it and the indirect response was an increase in ability to detox. It's not a direct chelator apparently, but it certainly had some effect! As did the others.

Yeah, you can take too much and get the runs for sure. Good way to find out your tolerance level and then you can back off a bit and take a little less.

Feeling ill, feeling better, feeling ill, feeling better, is the way it goes with detoxing mercury. A pattern that I know only too well. It can be ongoing horrible symptoms for ages and then improvement and then worse and then better. And sometimes the feeling bad can last too long, especially if you've redistributed a bunch of mercury, which I did many times and was ill for months on end sometimes. Though it got rid of some mercury in the process, it hurt a lot.

Hows the hair going? any further growth?

The hair is doing really well!

This is back in July when the hair was at its worst. Before the amalgams were removed.



This is from last week. 4 Rounds into chelation and you can see a huge difference. There may be a new spot, but I am still very optimistic.

Today has been terrible. This morning I was doing okay. We went out to the mall, but then in the afternoon I crashed. I feel completely wiped out. I think I've slept for about 6 hours today in addition to what I slept last night.

Water is tasting sweet to me and it is disgusting. I feel so thirsty but am having a hard time getting it down because of the sweet taste. Does anyone know what might be causing that? The only thing I saw online were a few people suffering from it who were undergoing chemo!

Edit: I wanted to clarify that I am on my break. The breaks have become so hellish for me that I am actually regretting them.