Hi Samh,

I am very sorry to hear of this. I have been in many similar states as this. Many products/chelation would make it worse and cause me to scream and cry for hours on end and behave in ways that had me close to being committed. That plus driving out in my car contemplating suicide.

So yes, I relate. I have to ask you, when did you have your amalgams replaced? How long after that did you begin chelation? And did you use DMSA by itself for enough time before using ALA? ALA will take mercury into the brain if the blood/body levels have not been reduced first.

This is why it is crucial to clear the blood/body first. Though it apparently happens gradually bit itself over months, DMSA is a chelator and can do the job more efficiently and make life easier in the process. Though it may cause detox symptoms, it can help over time. It did for me, I needed it desperately. In fact, DMSA continued to cause symptoms for a LONG time, so I feel that in some people the blood/body levels take much longer to bring down than perhaps other people. Had I used ALA during that time, it makes me wonder what might have happened.

Before I stumbled upon Cutler's protocol, I used all kinds of products and protocols and near made myself insane many times over. I didn't expect mercury detox to be easy, but I did not expect it to cause me to turn almost psycho in the process. THe DMSA alone, began to help me a great deal and I would suggest that you drop the ALA and start using DMSA alone every 4 hours arund the clock and see if you can start to help this dreadful reaction. Using ALA too early, or when body/blood levels are too high can indeed cause big problems.

I have had many horrific reactions after many backfires from chelating wrongly or using things at the wrong time and I really felt permanent damage had been done. Sometimes it took weeks or even a couple of months to start feeling more normal again. I also a few times used DMSA alone and this helped me come back to some normality quicker.