Just finished my first round (1 full week) of 50mg doses of DMSA every three hours. I never felt anything negative that I could confidently attribute to the chelation. I've felt great the entire way through it although I am glad it's over so I don't have to wake my girlfriend and myself up three times during the night so I can do it.

I've read a post from Cutler saying that DMSA isn't absolutely necessary for chelation but ALA is. Here's the quote so I'm not putting words in anyone's mouth:

"A lot of adults succesfully detoxed with ALA alone (mostly because
they couldn't tolerate DMSA for some or other reason). The ALA is
essential to detox, the DMSA is not.

Andy"

Since I have this coming from someone who literally, "wrote the book" on the subject coupled with the fact that I've felt no negative side effects I feel confident with starting ALA in my next round along with my DMSA.

In the meantime I'm going to start researching good ways to remove (or at least reduce) parasites in my body. If you have any favorite links/sources or programs that you recommend feel free to drop me a line so I can look it over and decide which one I'm going to go with!

Thanks to the forum and everyone here so far, even if nothing dramatic happens here it will be nice to have peace of mind that I removed any small amount of mercury I had in my body.

I'll update more as I continue.