Benza, my advice is to get off the prescription drugs, and use them only as a last resort. If you need relief from symptoms,
try finding a herbal remedies. Chelation made my symptoms much worse, and life much more miserable. I guess that makes sense since chelation pulls out deeply stored mercury and dumps it into the bloodstream. The Cutler protocol makes sense logically, but interrupting sleep to take doses can also contribute to fragile people feeling much sicker from improper sleep along with their other problems. I used to be in a rush to chelate and did several weeks of chelation with ALA, but this make me feel much worse after a while and I had to stop. Now I am scared to do any more chelation. I guess if I could find a chelation protocol that is more gentle and gradual than the Cutler protocol and doesn't interrupt sleep then I might try it. I think part of my problem is sleep problems, which imo contributes to my muscle ache.

Some people get some relief from licorice root, which helps detoxify the body and acts as a mild antidepressant. It is also a very mild laxative. I was using licorice root tea for a while, but haven't used it recently. I might start using it again though.