lets say your brain has 4 parts. The front, the back, and the 2 sides. The front part of your brain is what you are thinking about right now. The back part of your brain is what has happened in the past (long term memory, ie. school days, a phsycial fight you had, your first blow job, and etc...)

and the sides of your brain, stuff that you aren't thinking about right now, but also not stuff that is in back of the brain. its stuff that you plan out for the day or the week (ie, starting work at 8, taking your DMSA, going to the gym, clocking out of work. its like your not thinking about it, but you totally havent put it in the back part of your brain.

My problem is the sides of my brain, I feel like I cannot control the sides of my brain. I feel like those thoughts keep moving around. Its very very hard for me to organizde the day. Its like I don't forget it, but I can't remember it. They keep moving. It pisses the out of me. I dont know if you call it short-term memory or something. But it is extremly difficult. Like the sides of my brain is weak.

Anyone else have this symptom? Please, I am on my 4th week of DMSA. When will this curse go away!?!?

Your first BJ? Oh my, Anonymous, can't you think of something a little more appropriate. You are a loser. Mercury or not.

It seems like you are talking about disorganized thinking.

The way it happens for me is similar to accessing the hard drive on my computer when I don't have enough RAM memory. If I don't have enough RAM it doesn't matter what is on my hard drive, I hit the "enter" key but nothing happens, or it happens so slow it may as not be happening.

When I am sick from detoxing and experiencing something beyond brain fog, I keep going to my mind to access data, sort facts, plan events, etc., but nothing happens.

When I get better this strange ocurrance stops. It will often come and go depending on where I am at in my detox/illness. If that is true for you it is probably simply a matter of either waiting for your body to adjust to the detox, or reduce the level of detox you are doing.

What happens when you stop the detox for a period of time?

lol Anonymous, thats pretty funny. Carla leave the guy alone. lol Anonymous, I know what you mean. I have those symptoms as well, Im on my 3rd week of DMSA and ALA as well, and I'm not sure myself when these symptoms will go away. I need to know as well. By the way do yo uhave any digestive problems? because I do.

I too have these symptoms, it's really frustrating, can't seem to get organised, im not doing any kind of chelating either. Dawn

Hi Dawn,

Have you tried chelating before or had your amalgams out? What is your history?

I had something that is somewhat similar happen to me when I still had the mercury amalgams in.

I would be working on my computer and suddenly I'd have the impulse to get a drink of water. I'd find myself in the kitchen looking for water before I realized what I did. This mostly went away after my fillings were removed.

About short-term planning...

I can also relate to this. When the fillings were in, trying to organize my day was so difficult because I could plan to do something at a certain time, then started thinking about the thing I would want to schedule immediately after that and forget what the previous item was. Very, very frustrating.

This is completely gone now. I had my fillings removed in July of 2000. Here's a like to my story in case anyone is interested...

My Mercury Amalgam Story

Here's a like to several other mercury stories as well...

Mercury Amalgam Stories

so it is highly possible once all mercury is out of system, the brain function would normalize... correct?

Correct, if you get enough nutrition you need the body can most certainly heal and repair itself, but it does take time.

time is always against us. i am on my 4th week of DMSA, it is too early to see a difference, correct?

I had my last 2 out 2 wks ago so it,s early days yet. Im only doing the normal things like eating lots of protein and taking all the right supplements. My body seems to be detoxing itself, i have so much brain fog. Dawn.

On a more general note, the following personal issues have gone away by themselves since I've had my amalgams removed in July of 2000:

Fear of public speaking

Fear of rejection

Fear of commitment

Extreme shyness

Low self esteem

The change in my life since the fillings have been removed has gone far beyond physical and extend deep into my emotional well-being, and I would have never realized this have I not had my fillings removed.

Dawn, i have lots of brain fog. Im just fine when I'm not planning or organizing my day. But if I try to plan or organize something, then it hits me. Its been like this for the past 3 years. Very very frustrating, just like that diagram I drew and what ananoymous's original post was. The second I try to plan something I feel like I'm forgetting whats going on in my life and all the thoughts just move around in the mind.