Hi,
You aren't experiencing withdrawl from mercury because it is not like an addictive drug. But left to it's own devices, it will cause havoc in you body because it will not come out on it's own fast enough. In fact, and everybody differs on this in terms of timeline, a certain amount of months after your amalgams are removed, the body tissues start dumping the mercury. This is the ideal time to start on the DMSA. I did not have the knowledge when I had mine removed. So I was naive in thinking that the Mercury would come out on it's own and I would eventually, in a reasonable period of time, start feeling better and get my health back.

I found out the hard way that this is not the case because the mercury goes through a cycle of reuptake in the body. So while your body tissues are dumping it, it goes into your blood stream which is filtered through the liver. And the liver dumps it into the intestines which reobsorbs the mercury.
Essentially, it is being recycled in your body in perpetuity.

After I had mine removed, I did nothing for two years out of ignorance. In retrospect, I can see what was happening. One of the first symptoms I had was that I was getting trigger finger, because as my body tissues were expelling the mercury it was being reobsorbed by my connective tissues and tendons.

As cutler says, you have to get it out! and the only way to do that is to chelate. Making the decision to chelate was not one I took lightly. Even my family does not know about it because they think that it is dangerous. I often do it right under their noses without them having the slightest clue.

But if you do it properly and follow certain guidelines, it is perfectly safe. You just have to get up the courage to start. Good luck and welcome to the site!