Originally Posted by JK98
Hello Birdlady. This is the first post I have seen a post here by you in a very long time. I have been occasionally reading your blog. I had 25 mercury fillings, almost all of which I have had for over 20 years. I have decided to stop the high dose (around 15 mg a day)iodine and focus on chelation. I am doing 50 mg ALA + 50 mg DMSA every 3 hours for 3 days(2 nights) each week. How many mercury fillings did you have?

Most of my adult life I was around 50 pounds overweight. Once I started having the mercury fillings replaced, I started losing weight. A few months ago I became concerned because I started becoming too thin, even though I was eating plenty of calories. It seemed like no matter how much I ate I would still lose weight. Then that stopped and I started gaining weight. Now I am having trouble losing the weight I gained, and am struggling just to stop myself from gaining more weight.

Birdlady, I read in your blog about your water retention. Have you tried using herbs like asparagus, burdock, milk thistle, licorice root, dandelion, or some detox teas? I am convinced that water retention is quite often due to the body trying to dilute toxins. Do you drink enough water? Taking in too little salt or taking in to much salt might lead to water retention.


Yeah it's been a long time since I've posted. Since my last posting, I went to see a doc about 6 hours from me and he has me started on some meds.

A lot of my fluid retention is from the Florinef and Cortef for my adrenals. Honestly, I think I was too thin before hand, so it's just something I'm going to have to deal with with exercise. I still have a long way to go, but at least I can get up in the morning and my blood pressure is no longer in the high 80's.

I had 8 amalgams and never even got close to reaching the doses you are on. I stopped once I hit 25mg DMSA because my adrenals and thyroid crashed. Right around that time I developed itchiness and my life literally spun out of control. I'm still trying to get the HC and florinef dosing right, so I won't be adding in chelation for at least another 3-4 months. My doc will likely be putting me on armour soon and I need to be able to distinguish symptoms from chelation and symptoms from a new med.

In addition to the new meds, I think the water retention is actually going back to my thyroid and low potassium these days.

I've been trying to stay away from adding in any herbs because I have to know what symptoms are from what. Every day is a new adventure for me.

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