jinx i don't know what to say. I offer just common sense advice. I know from personal experience that mercury makes you believe many things. I also believed many things when i was more toxic. In restrospect my depression and my anxiety made me believe many things that were not true.
I was obsessed with parasitic infections and brain disorders that i never had for example.
I agree that chelation should be done regardless, because even the chance that mercury is involved is quite high. It's more common than people think when you consider how many sources of exposure now.
However, one may also mistakingly blame
everything on mercury and there maybe some situations where it isn't OR it maybe only partly the problem. Mercury is of course a great mimicker, but it's not the only cause of disease. There are indeed hidden infections/viruses that can create havoc. Whether mercury set the foundation for them to occur? Possibly yes, possibly no. Nobody can know for certain, but chelation should be employed if in doubt.
Because unless whatever the problem is diagnosed and treatable, there isn't many other options available. chelation should always be tried in the meantime IMO. What is there to lose afterall? Except possible heavy metals in the process. Slow as it maybe.
The odds are slim that all 3 assumptions are true but you are still very afraid to use DMSA because it might hurt you. In reality the DMSA will probably helpful long term because it lowers your heavy metal burden.
The idea that DMSA might(seriously) hurt you is based on an improbable scenario but your anxious hg intoxicated psyche tells you that it is very probable.
DMSA may have drawbacks, but it has a lot of positives. It helped me post amalgam removal done Cutler style more than any other detox plan I tried I think. I too had a few fears of the neutrophenia scenarios, but I the mercury was causing havoc and at that time, I did not wish to use ALA. I got more than enough symptoms from DMSA alone and was not ready to bring ALA onboard!
Anxiety is a very useful emotion because it can prevent you from doing things that might hurt you but when you are hg toxic your anxienty gets out of control and can no longer be trusted.
Your decisions seem to be based on emotions(that are out of control in hg toxic people) and because you are so fearful you are afraid to do anything because in theory it could harm you.
The result is that you do a lot of procrastination, chase every fad, frequently change your treatment program, worry a lot about stuff that doesn't matter, make a lot of theories on whats going on in your body etc.
The affects on outlook/emotions/responses are profoundly affected by mercury. Sticking to plans is hard. Procrastinating is common. The more poisoned one is, the more difficult it can be. A two edged sword. I know how it is, I know what I've been like with it and I believe still am. I recognise myself in fellow sufferers.
Not finishing what one started. Not going through with prior plans, not being consistent is pretty common and something I have been guilty of and often still am. But it is very difficult for the more toxic to keep any form of stability in themselves and their life. It is often too easy to tilt the balance when one is this toxic. So such a person tends to then avoid it for fear of a repetition.
However, from what I've witnessed - I have nothing but admiration for the many sufferers I've seen on here who have persisted in one way or the other to keep going. Somehow they keep trying. Chelation isn't easy at the best of times, but so much more difficult for those in a more serious toxic situation or battling more severe yeast issues. However, if it's mercury that's doing all this? There isn't a lot of choice in the matter.
Brain mercury can be responsible for allowing other problems to come onboard as a result. However, once those things come onboard, they can in turn, hinder ones ability to then continue to detox mercury. Again, it can be for some, a two edged sword. So though mercury can be the reason, detoxing it after one has a virus/hidden infection can be another story. I can attest to this and how my once active detoxing came to a standstill following such infections. Yes they can hinder or near block proper response to chelation. Not only that, if cavitations are involved, the toxins from them are worse than mercury and do not respond to chelation. They are not metal. Hard to spot though on xrays etc. Usually suspected when one worsens after extraction dental work (as I did). Though they are common in most people, not everybody is affected. Immunity should usually keep such toxins localised. However, they can apparently come systemtic and once that happens, a person can be seriously affected.
I'm still going to give ALA another go. Haven't got much to lose at this point. I'm hoping that regardless of the lack of healing/detox symptoms, that something may happen aside from the increase in yeast (which Jammes you pointed out as a symptom in itself).
