Bex, my protocol consist of chlorella, cilantro, chlorophyll, CO Enzyme Q-10, DHEA, and some other vitamins and minerals. It was one given to me by one of the better Dr's in the area named Dr. Ali. The dosage of DMSA is 100mg and Lipoic Acid is actually 100mg(very high) but only twice a week(weekends only). It does not make me feel bad or more sick. I also take a high dose of vitamin C here and there..its the only thing that helps me with my constipation and gives me a boost at times. Now that I think about it, candida is a problem I've had for a very long time..even before i started feeling toxic..i remember my tongue always being white and always tasted like yeast IMO. So i think the mercury is what is really bothering me because while test show my gut has candida in it, I do recover after cheating the diet. I may get a slight headache and feel a bit fatigued right after but i recover in about 20 min usually.
Trujerz,
Mercury is easily moved into the brain and other areas when it's mobilised, as you'd know. The effects may not necessarily show themselves immediately. Whether one is using strong mobilising agents like chlorella/sulfur products etc and/or by using good strong chelating agents like DMSA and ALA on a protocol that does not keep a constant/even level of the chelating agents in the blood stream. The movement of mercury as a result of either/both becomes a much greater risk.
If either DMSA and/or ALA are not taken every 3 - 4 hours around the clock (to keep an even level of the chelator in the blood stream), but rather taken other ways, the level of these chelating agents will spike up when you take a dose, but if it is not followed up by 3-4 hourly doses, the levels of the chelator will drop again. The movement of the mercury then becomes unpredictable/sporadic and this is where the risk of moving mercury into the brain/nervous sytem becomes a reality. There is always a risk of redistibrution, but the 3-4 hourly dosage reduces this substantially.
I know there are some great physicians out there who believe in mercury and are well qualified and top quality and are wanting to detox their patients with various protocols, but plenty of people have been injured by a variety of them and I've met a number over the years on forums.
Some maybe more tolerant than others. Yes, not one size fits all, I am aware of that and I am not trying to be dogmatic. I may sound it, but I'm only saying this out of care! I just don't want to see you get hurt. You maybe tolerating it just fine, but when talking about the movement of mercury, things can so easily be made worse long term if they are not done correctly in the meantime. Again, the impact may not always be apparent at the time.
However, I am not here to dictate. I'm just here to give an opinion and some advice, however unqualified I am. But believe me, it is not just personal experience, but also the testimonies that give the evidence for a protocol's safety, effectiveness and success and a man that appears to have gotten about the closest to a protocol that really does live up to what is said about it.
Please, if you would, I would recommend you read the book:
"Amalgam Illness, Diagnosis and Treatment" highly by Andrew Hall Cutler. You may not wish to switch from the protocol/products you are already on, and that is your decision, but I would still advise reading this as a great way to educate oneself on mercury poisoning, what it does, how it works, where it goes, what to take for it and how to remove it, etc. It goes into everything! Hormones and how to help problems in that area etc. I found this book a great comfort and source of information to me. I also found Hal Huggins "It's all in your head" to be a great one too, which I'd recommend.
Cutler's book was a great avenue for me to begin to understand the problems I was having and the terrible side effects of the chelating protocols I had been on. It was a way to begin chelating safely and effectively finally, after being messed around badly by other protocols that were given to me by other doctors/health professionals.
Thanks for the information too. I maybe will start using iodine..i've seen a bottle of it in my house somewhere b4 lol Is there any side effects with that do you know? Just curious
No problem. Side effects can occur. Detoxification can happen due to the addition of iodine that may displace particular toxins/metals/chemicals, which can cause symptoms and I can attest to that! If you take too much (particularly too soon), you can "overstimulate", especially if you have been deficient for sometime and this may result in feeling hyper with your heart racing. If this happens, you maybe going too much, too fast.
So if you wish to try it? I'd start small and slow. But certainly, support your adrenals too. Both are really important as you'd know.
Apparently licorice (sugar free) is a helpful product too for adrenals. You might even be able to get it as a herbal tea.