Originally Posted by Birdlady
All I can say Jeanie is to take it slow. I think a lot of people try to do it too fast because they either think they can handle it or because they want to get healthy NOW. When you do this you have a greater risk of hitting rock bottom. Then you'll have to wait weeks in between round to start up again. This will in fact makes you waste more time.

Doing this is not only hard on your body, but subconsciously you begin to associate these attacks with chelating then you no longer want to do them anymore! Chelating should be a good thing. If you are taking it and it's making you want to die, then either you are taking too much or you need to start off with DMSA. Now I'm not saying you won't have any symptoms, but there is a huge difference between normal detoxing symptoms and mercury overload symptoms.

ALA is very good, but it is also very very strong. If you think you have a lot of body mercury left, then I do not recommend ALA to start. I had to explain to my husband why it's not good to do it at first. Then he wanted to start with 25mg of DMSA every 3 hours and I was a little worried about it. I told him it could be too much. Well after 2 days into it, he had such a severe migraine that he lost vision for hours. He had those artifacts you get whenever a migraine is severe. Needless to say he didn't want to chelate anymore. I just explained to him, that he needed to wait a few days, then start off MUCH MUCH slower. Now he is taking half of a 25 mg capsule and he isn't having those problems anymore. He can't understand why I could start with 15mg, but he has to start with 12.5mg. I can't really explain it either! I'm the "sick" one in the house.

If you are having mercury symptoms, then you must be extra careful. If you don't have mercury symptoms, then don't assume that you are less poisoned.

He doesn't have the classic symptoms of mercury poisoning! I cannot stress that enough. None. He has some digestion problems, but most people wouldn't associate that with mercury.

Being sick puts such a strain on marriage and life. I know a few of you would like to have someone with you to help out, but it isn't always that easy. Things are pretty tough for me right now too, Jeanie and we don't even have any kids to worry about other than 2 furry cats!!


Thank you Birdlady. I had already forgotten about that site with the really low dosages. We've had some $$ difficulties so have had to put that off, but should be able to order some next month. I'm going to shoot for that! Or if nothing else, realistically, once the holidays are over since my daughter and her son are coming for Christmas. In fact - that is going to be my new years resolution!! Too much else going on right now. I really appreciate the support you guys.