The high hair mercury level means that your body was excreting plenty of mercury. I guess you were taking plenty of ALA before this? Those who are most mercury toxic are those who excrete little mercury. Being able to do a 13 day round at a high dosage with minimal side effects means you probably already got rid of much of the mercury.
Don't increase the DMSA dosage too rapidly, as it can cause diarrhea. Imo the max dosage for DMSA should be around half a mg per pound, even though some say to take up to 1 mg per pound. DMSA might be what caused the bloating you experienced. NAC can also cause digestive side effects. DMSA is much less toxic than DMPS,however it is still quite a bit more toxic than ALA. Also keep in mind that DMSA does an even better job chelating lead than mercury(it also chelates cadmium and arsenic) so any chelation symptoms you experience when increasing the DMSA dosage could be due to mobilizing these other metals and not so much from mercury.
Hey J!
Thats a relief and good too know that, Thank you much !
J, what was your hair analysis result like for mercury? I be curious too know since
you most likely had very high levels so i wonder if it coresponds too the result...
I think your right that im not heavily poisoned since my mercury came from tuna, fish oils plus having
caught it quite early. If one was heavily poisoned then like you say i doubt i be able too manage
125mg of ala for 15-16days in my first round.
Yep i was taking 400mgx3-4 a day for good couple months and also took similar doses of Ala a few months
before that as well. Just finished my 1st round at 15-16 days on, at 125mg ala and 25mg dmsa. Kept Dmsa
at same dose and thinking of leaving it out next time as feel its giving me this stomach bloat, went from 31" waist too
36" couple nights ago but now is down too 34". Possibly could be the mercury moving from the brain too the gut.
ahh ... that explains it!! Diarrhea ... ughh i had that non stop when i first got the bloat but that was 12 days after taking
dmsa at 25mg and keeping it at same dose throughout.
Thanks for this dose recommendation JK and yep im well under it. I started NAC again but at a lower dose since i feel
will always need some NAC due too very low sulfur and cysteine levels. It helps my digestive and liver issues alot
and i feel a big difference when not taking it although i usually need a higher dose too feel the good effects
600mgx3 a day.
