I didn't have it to that extent, but I did have stiff joints to where if I put myself in one position - to move out of that position created quite a bit of pain, stiffness and difficulty. This was when I was very mercury toxic.

I felt like an old woman. Unfortunately, sometimes as you are getting mercury out of you, the very symptoms it causes can intensify at the time it's moving around and/or being removed. Wherever the mercury is and where it's causing the most problems, the symptoms stem from there. Psychological symptoms can also occur and a person's depression/anxiety can increase during that time also. As can any other symptom. It is not easy to go through. The key is to try and keep those symptoms as tolerable as humanly possible (within reason). Which is easier said than done, because sometimes increased pain from what you already have is already intolerable.

Which is why I believe Cutler's protocol is so important. It can sometimes help with symptoms too. It does not always increase them, because the idea is to keep the movement of mercury more even and stable. So there are times when I felt better during chelation. Though sometimes it does increase certain symptoms, so I knew that I was detoxing too. Hard not to when you're very poisoned. The more poisoned you are, the more symptoms can be expected.

Yes this illness can indeed be a Hell on earth. Cutler refers to it as tremendous suffering. And indeed it is. If the physical symptoms aren't bad enough, the mental ones are torturous in their own way. And couple that with the typical overgrowth of candida that occurs when immune compromised, and it's no wonder some people go over the edge. Which is why controlling candida is (to my mind) essential - even to help lessen toxicity and help a person cope better. It saved my life I'm sure of it (or had a part to play in doing so).