Hello, I am brand new to this site. I am here for two reasons. The first is that I am fairly certain that both my husband and I are somewhat mercury toxic. I had a quadrant of my mouths fillings removed about 6 years ago and prceeded to have what I thought was a nervous breakdown, with panic attacks, heart palpitations and a host of other strange symptoms. My husband and I both have a metallic taste in our mouths and dont sleep well, I have little trembles / tingles which i thought was a magnesium deficiency. I did not put all of this together with mercury until I started a project on mercury toxicity ( the second reason I am here). I am mainly a stay at home mom to my 23 month old daughter but, I also do research and design to improve people's experiences with product and services, mainly in health related areas. Currently I am helping a friend of mine ( biophysicist from UCLA) on a project that he and some collegues have been developing - a simple saliva genetic test that looks at a persons susceptibility to mercury and its toxicity. It turns out that some of us are much more susceptible to mercury than others, in fact about 25% of people are VERY sensitive. I was wondering if I might start a conversation thread here about this test and the research ( which will be a very profound impact related to the toxicity of amalgams, coming out at the end of 2011)? I beleive in this project and and would appreciate any thoughts, insights or feedback anyone would be willing to share. On a personal note, I am thankful I started this project and it brought me here, I have hope that my husband and I will be healthier after we get the last of our fillings removed properly and do some detox. The jouney to health!