Hi all,

I haven't really made any progress with my illness for a year and have decided to start chelating again. After amalgam removal I chelated for 8 months but plateaued and was never really sure if mercury was the root cause of my problems.

I started a round of ALA today. I had worked up to 100mg last time I did this, along with 50mg DMSA. So I thought I'd be OK to start at 25mg, every 3 hours. I've had 3 doses and my symptoms are building up. I've had a headache all day, there's been tightness in my chest, and more recently I've started to feel nauseous. My gut has been complaining for several hours.

I think it's almost undeniable that the ALA is moving mercury around. Maybe the DMSA I always took with it before, got rid of these symptoms to the extent that I didn't realise what was going on inside of me. The thing is, I really want to avoid DMSA. It upsets my adrenals now even at very small doses, it's expensive, and it look like there are supply problems now too.

Sooo . . . if the symptoms get too bad during this round, I guess I'll have to stop and take a lower dose next round. I'd rather not though. Hm, don't know how likely it is I'll get through this one, though, if my symptoms are this bad already. Does anyone have suggestions for what to do about the nausea?

Thanks!
Linda.