Ziggen, I have used ALA alone, and ALA with DMSA. I had bad side effects using ALA alone, but have no trouble using ALA with DMSA
with equal amounts of each. I will try increasing the ALA so it is in a 2:1 ratio to the DMSA and see if I am okay with that. I have read that people generally had no problemss using ALA with DMSA in anywhere from a 1 to 2 to a 2 to 1 ratio.

Many of my side effects are decreased with using supplements. I find magnesium, B vitamins and vitamin c to be most useful. I also do better on a high sulphur diet, and find using plenty of garlic powder on my food to be very helpful. You might find that zinc and magnesium supplements help improve your memory. You might also want to try taking creatine if you have plenty of muscle ache.