JK98, as far as I know, DMSA is not an effective chelator of arsenic or cadmium. Lead and mercury yes. I was severely poisoned by smoking a packet of cigarettes on my birthday a few years back and no amount of DMSA helped me. Yet DMSA helped me when I was poisoned by mercury after antifungal use. But sadly it did nothing for the aftermarth of the cigarette intake. Believe me, I tried a few times.

I "think" that ALA can chelate arsenic and mercury. Not sure about other metals.

Weety, I was very chemically sensitive with candida and mercury both. Treating candida reduced that substantially. I stopped getting sick after cleaning the house once I treated candida. I was able to tolerate polishing and cleaning again. Of course the reason why I got candida was the mercury, but again treating candida was necessary for me to gain any control of symptoms and help my body cope better with the mercury. I still had amalgams at that time too.

Do you consume enough animal protein? Meat and eggs are important in mercury toxic people according to Hal Huggins, plus butter too (and animal fats overall).