Hi, I wonder if anyone can help with information.

About the start of the year I broke a filling, and then got it replaced, at the same time I was getting tingling in my head which would come and go, and move around my head. My Dr could find no explanation for it, neither could I. Then the lady who I sometimes get reiki treatments from asked if I had had any dental work done lately, when I told her I had she said the tingling could be down to this. Well this was enough to prompt me to go and get 5 "silver" fillings removed.

Unfortunately I did not do enough research and just got them taken out and replaced with white fillings without any protection or going to a mercury free dentist. I got the five fillings taken out over a 3 week period and felt great initially.

Now however, I have been suffering from recurring chest pains, and more worrying - trouble breathing. I am most concerned about the trouble breathing, it feels like someting is catching my throat and that I can't get enough air. I went to my doctor with the chest pains and had an ecg which came back fine. I am convinced that the chest pains and trouble breathing are coming from the fact that I probably exposed myself to a massive amount of mercury vapour or whatever, trouble is I don't know what to do about it. I have been taking multi-vitamins, eating a good diet, lots of fruit especially apples as I have read they are good for getting rid of mercury, and now have stared to take chlorella. I am only taking about three chlorella tablets a day,(half the recommended maintenance dose) I thought I would take it steady, but right now I am still getting the trouble breathing. It comes and goes I won't have if for days, then boom back it comes.

I should add that I now I have one crown with a silver filling underneath it, but I am definately not touching that at the moment. I really want to go the natural route for getting rid of the mercury, which is why I thought I would try the chlorella, although I have also read that you should not take this if you still have a filling, I was thinking if I only took a low dose then it might be ok. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can lessen the chest pain and trouble breathing or will I just have to put up with it for a while. Oh I have also been having Epsom Salts baths which seem to help a bit. I also read that the body would get rid of a lot of the mercury naturally, if I just left well alone and followed a good diet would things eventually settle down, not sure what to do. Would be greatful for any advice, thanks

Lizbet,

I've had trouble breathing for 15 years; I can understand

This is what I would do if I were you ...

1. Get that other filling/crown taking out by someone whom respects mercury (not sure what procedure they would do).

2. Read as much as you can on the subject and anything that has to do with it (your condition and treatments).

3. NEVER chelate while you have mercury still on your body (fillings).

Basically you want to keep your body healthy, neutralize the mercury and slowly get it our of your system.
Sounds like you are on the right track of getting your body healthy ie eating good.

Sauna's are a great way to detox the body, algin is also a great mercury absorber, Vit c will help also. The epsom salt baths sound like they are helping also.

Thank you for your reply.

I will just follow a good diet and hope things settle. looks like I had better stop the chlorella, its all a bit confusing there is so much information, and it is difficult to know what route to follow. I think I will just hope that my body can remove some of the build up of mercury on its own and not interfere at the moment with too much supplements etc. I am sorry you have also had trouble breathing I have only had this over the last four weeks or so and it is awful, and pretty scary too, must be terrible having it for years. I think I will leave well alone at the moment and as I said hope that everying settles down. Thanks again

Ya there is alot of info out there and hard to know what to do.

Thanks for the kind words ...

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lizbet,

I had a similar symptom when I still had amalgam fillings where I felt that my heart was beating too fast and I could not catch my breath.

(my story)
http://herballure.com/mms

I would not take any mercury chelating substances (chlorella) while you have amalgams in, even if they are under and crown. Taking these types of substances with mercury in can mobilize additional mercury.

I would highly recommend that you start taking Algin daily to help prevent mobilized mercury from redistributing, plus Vitamin C with Bioflavonoids to protect yourself from mercury-induced oxidative damage and Vitamin E with selenium to protect your brain from the same.

Remember, don't chelate with any mercury still in, even if it's covered.

I would also check what the white fillings are made of. You can at least get a manufacturer and model from your dentist and then look up what they're made of. Post the manufacturer and model here and I'll be happy to look it up for you as well. This would be important to know so you know how to deal with the symptoms these white fillings may cause.

Please keep us posted.

Air hunger - where you are breathing normally but don't feel like you're getting enough air - is a sign of hypothyroidism and / or hypoadrenalism, which is common in mercury toxicity. Sounds like your thyroid took a hit from amalgam removal so you need to get it checked. Get the doctor to test for your Free T4 and T3 levels - the TSH test is meaningless. A combined T4/T3 thyroid medication like Armour is more effective for mercury toxic people than straight T4 (like Synthroid or Euthyrox), which the body itself has to convert into T3. Loads more information here

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

Don't get too distracted by taking lots of supplements! If its hormones you need, the supplements won't do anything. I wasted a year taking lots of supplements to detox this and raise levels of that, all the while getting worse and worse. It was thryoid hormone I needed to get rid of the air hunger, digestive problems, fatigue, feeling cold, depressed etc etc. It's a long journey but I feel I'm on the right path now taking Armour and adrenal support while having my fillings out.

Thank you all for your information, i will try and do what you have recommended and I will get my thyroid checked by my Doctor. Am probably tempting fate by saying I'm feeling a bit better today, but then again that seems to be what happens good days and bad. Its good to get info/tips from everyone going through the same. Most of my friends think I'm mad getting my fillings replaced, seems that a LOT of people are completely unaware of the mercury/amalgam problem. Would like to think - eventually anyway - that I have done the right thing. Thanks again.

Hi Lizbet. Sorry for your troubles. I know how scary it is. I had a filling taken out with all precautions and I still get stressed about it, wondering if I'm okay or if I got too much mercury, or what's going to happen.

Try to stay as relaxed as possible. I know that is hard to do, and I am Miss hyper of the century, lol, but it helps to not stress about things.

I do think our bodies can recover, but that it takes time. I got really ill when they put the fillings in, but within 3 years of no longer getting the fillings and cutting out fish, I got a tremendous improvement. This gives me hope that we can get better, even without trying (I had no idea mercury was causing me problems).

Hi Lizbet,

I believe your breathing problem is from your white fillings as well as the amalgams you had. I have white direct composite fillings that have estrogen behaving substances called bis phenol A that can cause breast cancer and hormonal problems. I also have substances in them that can cause lung cancer. There is scientific evidence that shows that rats and other animals have gotten lung cancer from these substances found in some white composites. I think its called sillicon crystilline. I'm not positive if this is the correct name. I got to find these pages of my notes to make sure. I have trouble breathing too some days.

As far as keeping the amalgam under your crown, I believe that this is part of the problem as well. It will still leak into your system dayly causing health problems even if you have the healthiest life style. It did to me. Why, because there is so much toxins coming out of your teeth that no amount of suppliments will be enough. You have to get to the source of the problem first in order to get rid of the symptoms.

I'm not saying to stop any suppliments or a healthy lifestyle, keep doing this. I'm just saying that it is like buying time, but its not getting to the source of the problem.

I took 1000 mg chlorella 5 times a day when I had my amalgams still in and it made me feel alot better. I learned that if you eat cilantro it will moblize the mercury, but won't remove it unless your taking chlorella with it to moblize the mercury and than expell it. So to be safe, don't eat cilantro at all untill you got all your amalgams out. I believe that chlorella is safe before and after removal. Also try to detox with clay bathes. I detoxed with these before and after removal and they worked excellent!!! I know for sure that if I did not use them especially while my amalgams were in, someone was going to come home and find me dead on the floor one day. Yes, they are that affective!!! To find more information on these clay bathes, and other information and click to: DMPS AND SUICIDAL THOUGHTS. Also ALLERGIC TO WHITE COMPOSITES, and everywhere that it says CLAY BATHES on this mercury section of this forum. Then scroll down to all my letters from SCARLET. I believe they will help you in one form or another.

I also wanted to say that I don't blame you for not wanting to go back to a dentist. I have the same fears. Please read as many of my letters as you can. They will also give you information on the dental materials I found that probably are the safest to get. Do your own research though to see if I didn't miss anything.

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