I think the sicker you are from mercury the more likely it is you have Lyme Disease. They feed on each other. You can't completely get rid of mercury toxicity while you still have Lyme, and you can't completely get rid of Lyme while you're heavy metal toxic. Their symptoms are also amazingly similar, and plentiful.
My naturopath was telling me today that people who get really ill from DMPS have Lyme in their systems, because the Lyme bugs love mercury and will bind to it. She described this as them kind of panicking when mercury tries to exit the body and they hang on for dear life!
I was sent to the naturopath by my holistic dentist for a Vit. C IV prescription to get my fillings out, and she said my symptoms also sounded like Lyme. But I wasn't sure I wanted to go through with the most accurate test because it was $250 and I was expecting a lot of dental bills coming up.
Then the NAET therapist I went to to treat an allergy to Vit. C (which I had to do before I could get the Vit. C IV for my dental work!) said she looked over my symptoms and they sounded very much like Lyme. So then I finally started looking them up and was amazed.
http://www.canlyme.com/patsymptoms.htmlI went ahead and got the Bowen test and I'm glad I did. I tested very high on the scale for Lyme. There are co-infections they test for too, like Babesia, which can be devastating to the brain, teeth and eyes. Otherwise, just testing for straight Lyme is $150.
I'm taking Samento (TOA-free Cat's Claw) now, and Noni, per doctor's instructions. But I started taking TOA-free Cat's Claw before I even got the test because I was curious (Saventaro brand, 30 pills for $15 at the health food store) and started seeing improvements within a few days, primarily in my mood. But also in the rash on my face, even my dad commented on that. I may have noticed a difference so quickly because I'm also on a gluten-free diet, and some people have noticed that can help Lyme. Most likely because Lyme is another thing that can trigger gluten intolerance!
http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3964It's not recommended that you treat yourself with Cat's Claw, but if you do, start on a low dose (I took just one pill even though the package said 3) and slowly work up. Mainly I think what you have to worry about is a herx reaction (from rapid dying off of bugs) and you can help keep that from happening by taking a liver detox supplement like Milk Thistle, which I'm also taking.
There's a study in the article The New Great Imposter that shows this type of Cat's Claw supplement is superior to antibiotics for Lyme. Here's that article and a bunch of others on Samento.
http://www.samento.com.ec/sciencelib/sammain.htmlI hope this helps in some way. Illness can get so complicated, and the mental symptoms make everything that much more frightening. *hugs*
