Well heres a quick rundown. I started eating very healthy ~4.5 years ago (still was able to eat healthy carbs like whole grains and fruit). I got 10 mercury fillings replaced about 3 years ago. I tried natural detox methods (sauna, kelp, selenium, etc...) for about 2 years, and some mental symptoms improved but some physical symptoms also got worse...and my digestion slowly declined to where I couldn't handle any carbs anymore. I finally decided to try the cutler protocol in the fall of 2008 which I resisted before because I didn't want to wake up in the middle of the night. The cutler protocol seemed to be helping, using ALA, then ALA+DMSA. The progress is slow but the results are lasting...no going back to square one. I can tolerate exercise without feeling bipolar and depressed the next few days. Still not fixed digestive wise but many other symptoms are gradually improving and staying that way. I did realize I had a very small hidden piece of mercury Amalgam in February, but I'm not sure the difference that made as it was very tiny but it was removed.

If mercury isn't your problem then the cutler protocol wouldn't help much. Have you ever gotten a hair test? I learned I had high levels of Lead, cadmium, and uranium from a hair test...as well as my issues with mercury (which didn't show up in the hair test which is very common, 90% of mercury poisoned people won't show much mercury on a hair test)

I really think the most important things for getting better is hope, willpower, and a strong desire to be healthy. For mercury poisoned people I think ALA chelation is very important for getting stored mercury out of the organs and the brain. If you give into feelings of hopelessness and despair the poisons (mercury, copper, etc...) are winning...try your best to be optimistic even in dark times.