My remaining symptoms? Depression, emotional numbness, fatigue, occasional insomnia and anxiety, no libido, low body temperature, irritability, little desire to be around people, lack of motivation. Before I started chelating again, I honestly felt dead inside, like I wasn't experiencing life but just going through the motions, forcing myself to do everything but never enjoying it. When my amalgams were removed the insomnia was much worse and I had awful brain fog. I'm certainly in a better state now, but it's easy to say that -- as soon as I started chelating a few days ago, I felt better (despite the chelation symptoms, if that makes sense).
There are other factors involved with this though. When I discontinued my antidepressant 3 years ago, my body was damaged further. I developed exercise and heat intolerance. Summer days with no air con are torture. And the emotional numbness got a lot worse. I was hoping that adrenal and thyroid support would help but they don't seem to be doing much. Also, I'm on Day 5 without sugar and I imagine that's helping me too.
A year ago when I chelated, I was on 100mg ALA and 50mg DMSA without any trouble. No one who is toxic can start on those doses though. I'm happy where I am and I'll work my way up gradually. If I tried any sort of detox apart from the sugar one, and what my body does naturally with my supplements, I think it would just put more stress on me. It's best not to tinker with too many things at once.
