Hi Jay, I saw your post and registered for the first time to respond.

I had a very similar problem very recently. I was working on having my 9 amalgams removed. I had three amalgams replaced with a dentist who did not use a correct protocol. Within a few weeks I was ill.

My symptoms included: feeling like the side of brain was burning, scalp tingling, hands and feet tingling, numb and hands and feet, lower back pain. Also, I had a very bad case of the flu and a bladder infection.

I finally realized that my symptoms were due, in part, to kidney issues. In fact, it got so bad that my urine started to become absolutely clear. No toxins were being filtered out. On two occasions I was so ill, I nearly fainted, which I have never done in my life prior to this. I tried a basic kidney cleanse of herbs, but still they were shutting down. Finally, the urine became very dark, and there was very little of it.

Here is what I did to resolve them:

http://www.drclark.net/en/drclark_protocol/illnesses/cystic_kidneys.php

I did everything in the above, but it took a week or two for my kidney cleanse kit to arrive from the online shop.

I took the B vitamins including B12....I did the 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda morning and evening. I did the 10 drops of oil of oregano three times daily. I also did one other thing not mentioned in full here. I took a bunch of fresh parsley from the grocery store and boiled it in filtered water for several hours. Then strained. And I drank it (sometimes straight, sometimes watered down) for about a week. I don't know if that was too much parsley but it worked for me.

Chances are, your elimination organs are being hit hard by the mercury load. Besides a kidney cleanse, you should also do a water enema once daily to keep things moving.

Also....Andrew Culter's yahoo group has a file that contains information about what foods to avoid that could potentially distribute mercury around in your blood which I found to be VERY hard on my kidneys. These are high sulfur foods....I had to cut these out totally.

HTH!