Hi Bex,
Thanks for all your advice. You definately weren't too pushy. Yes 21 amalgams is crazy hey. When I was 11 years old (now 35) my crazy dentist said to my parents that my fissures (I think these are the natural troughs in the molars) were a little deeper than normal so how about we fill them all in now as she will end up with cavities one day anyway. My parents who naturally had no idea about mercury in amalgams said 'Yeh why not - fill em all in !! So that is how I got 16 of them in one hit. I guess the others may have been cavities. Who knows - I met a biological dentist a few years ago who mentioned that my original dentist who would be about 85 years old now (probably deceased from mercury poisoning) was known as Mr Quicksilver in the Dental industry here in Brisbane. I have been living with this for so long I guess I have adapted myself quite well to live with all the symptoms for so many years. However, in the last 6 months or so my brain fog is becoming increasingly bad. I fear that I may lose my job that I love so much. Sometimes when I am chatting with people I feel like I cannot construct proper sentences anymore. Combine this with the anxiety, I then just turn into a blithering mess on the inside. Not many people in my life realise that this is going on ,so some how I seem to be able to disguise my distress quite well. So anyway, this doctor that I saw recently suggested that I may have mercury poisoning. Hair analysis revealed moderate levels of mercury. However, all the other agonist and antagonist nutrients are way out of whack. So I have started taking Selenium, magnesium, B Vits, Vit E etc and have an appt with a Biological Dentist in 2 weeks to discuss removal. I will only go ahead with it, if he follows all the correct procedures. I feel so lucky to have stumbled across this website for 2 reasons. 1. Learning lot's about what to expect and protocols pre and post amalgam removal and most importantly... 2. To actually be able to express this kind of stuff without people thinking I am crazy. Even though I haven't exactly explained to my family and friends about the Candida, anxiety, numbness,depression etc I have actually tried to explain that I want my amalgams removed and I am sure that they think I am completely nuts. By the way I might try the milk exclusion thing. Didn't realise that this impacts on mercury excretion. Thanks !!