Hi Forida,
My Mother breastfed me with amalgams and I got so ill, they had to take me off her breastmilk. According to the nurse, my body was treating it like poison....interesting eh?
It is interesting that your children had the vomiting problem which appears to have stopped since you've had your amalgams out. Obviously the levels in your blood have reduced somewhat, but this does not mean the storage of it has reduced enough for you to feel well and may in fact be starting to come back slowly, which in a sense, makes a person feel worse (like repoisoned).
So you may well be experiencing what is referred to as "the second phase of suffering). Some can indeed feel better right after amalgam removal and for sometime afterwards and then suddenly start feeling worse! And that is usually what it is. The storage is beginning to leak out.
Now that you are free of amalgams, I would recommend that you begin chelation (detoxing the mercury with a chelating agent/s). This will help grab the mercury and take it out of you. I recommend the Cutler protocol for this, as it reduces the redistribution of mercury (wild mobiliation, which can make things worse unnecessarily). Yes, you may get an increase in symptoms, or you may find it helps the symptoms. But you should not have to tolerate any worsening that is INtolerable!
Yes, you can get there again and even better! But it is not a quick fix or necessary easy to get there because your body is now addressing the storage of poison, but it's a slow process and requires help. Diet can help (excluding sugar/wheat/gluten/yeast) alot! Supplement support - vitamin C (powered with bioflavanoids), vitamin E, B complex, selenium (if tolerated), milk thistle may help, magnesium, zinc etc. You can also take a multi to cover all bases too if you wish. It is best to take vitamin C, B complex, magnesium and milk thistle around 3-4 times daily for effectiveness. Split tablets if necessary so you're not overdosing on some of them, unless they are of low dose and you can take them that many times!
How long? That differs from person to person. I cannot tell you how long. Months/maybe a few years. But you should, if you do it right, begin feeling better along the way, even if full recovery takes a few years. Sometimes one can FEEl recovered much sooner, but it is advised to keep chelating, because there can still be significant stored mercury left behind.
I recommend you read this link here:
Index posts by Andy Cutler And go through it as thoroughly as you can.
But I'll give a quick rundown. After amalgam removal, according to Cutler. You can start taking DMSA about 4 days afterwards - just in case there has been some swallowed mercury, not wise to take earlier than that. His book recommends 50 mg as the starting dose, but many people find this too much. So you can take half that amount or even quarter. E.g. you can even start as low as 12.5 mg. I found 25 mg a good one for me.
You take a dose every 4 hours around the clock (even waking up at night). So get a good alarm clock and keep a glass of water by your bed and the DMSA of course. Yes it is not overly convenient, but it is very important! Taking it every 4 hours keeps a steady and even flow of DMSA in the blood stream, which keeps the movement of mercury more controlled, rather than a fluctating/random intake which can bounce mercury around more unpredictably. That you do not want, as it can readily enter worse and more sensitive areas. Brain being one.
You can do this for 3 days (or more, up to a week if you wish). Then stop and take a break for about the same amount of time or longer. E.g. 3 days on, 4 days off. Or 3 days on, 6 days off. Or one week on, one week off. You can vary this, as long as you do it for no less than 3 days and take a break of the same or more.
You repeat this cycle for about 3 months or so. This helps reduce blood levels of mercury. Though, if you are already months past amalgam removal or more, then your blood levels may have already reduced naturally on their own. But some like to try DMSA anyway, as it can still do some extra chelating.
The MAIN one to use after blood levels are reduced is ALA (alpha lipoic acid). This is an antioxidant. You can get this in a chemist or health food shop. Should be readily available. This can be used by itself, or WITH DMSA. Using with DMSA may help with symptoms and could be even more effective! But you can use ALA alone and of course some people simply cannot afford DMSA or may not be able to get hold of it.
Again, only use ALA if you are 3 months or MORE post amalgam removal. ALA can chelate the brain and organs of mercury. But you should not use it when blood levels are still very high, which they usually are for a few months following amalgam removal. If you use it when they are still high, the ALA may transport more mercury INTO the brain on its way there! As it can cross the blood brain barrier!
DMSA apparently is optional. ALA is apparently essential (according to Cutler).
ALA is taken similar to DMSA, but even more often. You take a dose every 3 hours around the clock (same senario). If you need more sleep? You can apparently extend it to every 4 overnight, so long as your symptoms allow. But go back to every 3 during the day. A dose can be much the same as mentioned, whichever you tolerate. You can do 3 days on, 4 days or more off if necessary.
This is done for many months until you get well. It may take sometime. You maybe interested in getting his book
"Amalgam Illness, Diagnosis and Treatment" by Andrew Hall Cutler. Available on this very website. Highly recommend this as a guide for anybody in the process of getting mercury out of their body and how to deal with it whilst it's still in there!
http://herballure.com/Products/AmalgamIllness_DiagnosisAndTreatment/index.htmlIt will go through everything and explain why these chelating agents are taken as they are! Why Andy believes other protocols can be risky and even downright dangerous. Which supplements can help etc. Which tests are recommended and most accurate. Very indepth book.
I hope this is helpful to you.
