Have you got any DMSA left, Bex? Enough to do a gentle round?

Months and months ago, I took a 200mg cap of ALA, as a little test to see if it would provoke any reaction in me. (I do not recommend this.) It seemed to. I then took some DMSA for a few days and that cleared the symptoms. DMSA is good at mopping up mercury in the bloodstream.

You'd think I would have got the hint then, LOL. It still took a long time after that before I was convinced that I needed to continue to chelate.

I think the probiotics were competing with the candida and dislodged it or caused some die-off. Death of mercury-laden candida equals mercury in the bloodstream. I know you say it feels different from what you're used to, but it's still a possibility.