Thank you. I wish I'd read the book *before* wasting the money on the doctor, but unfortunately I made the (erroneous) assumption that it might confirm my suspicions and couldn't wait. I've only read the introduction so far to "It's All in Your Head"; I probably should have read ahead before asking the question.

On a side note, my dentist told me an interesting story. When he advertised his practice as "mercury free", he not only was bombarded with phone calls from other local dentists, but he also got a phone call from the ADA, who threatened an investigation into his practice. Apparently he photocopied the dozens of pages of peer reviewed studies documenting the problems with mercury, contacted the ADA, and requested to sit down with a representative from the ADA and a press person and have the ADA rep officially go on the record as saying these studies were not sound. Needless to say, they refused.