Posted by Montag on November 10, 2009, at 3:06:59
In reply to Re: Mercury, posted by bleauberry on November 7, 2009, at 5:54:59
Bleauberry, thanks so much for the detailed reply. Ive just entered day four of my new DMSA round (6.25 mg at 4-hour intervals), and I thought Id give a quick report and ask a few more questions, if thats all right.
My experience so far has been rather similar to yours. I was a little shaky for the first couple of days, but by now Im mostly feeling good and noticing some alleviation of the brain fog, particularly compared to the days following the first DMSA attempt. (That was horrible; like something was biting my brain.) At times I begin to feel somewhat achy toward the end of a 4-hour interval (I guess thats the redistribution starting), but taking the next dose seems to clear it up.
For me this kills any final doubts about my being mercury-toxic, and makes me inclined to agree with you that DMSA is in fact able to act directly upon the brain.
Here are a few more things I wanted to ask. Again, I have to apologize for the length of this. Once I get the hang of it Im certain I wont be asking so many questions.
1. Knowing that Im bound to feel worse again whenever I stop the round, Im really not that eager to do so. I may well start to deteriorate pretty soon as you said you do toward the sixth day, but in case I do continue to feel okay, do you know of any reason I cant continue the round, even though its my first one?
2. Would it be wise to continue at 6.25 mg for a couple of rounds, or would you suggest bumping it up if I still feel good after this one? (Maybe that depends on what kind of redistribution symptoms I get after stopping.)
3. When you start a new round at a higher dose and it proves to be too much, do you think its best to drop down to a smaller dose for the rest of the round, or try to finish it out at the higher level?
4. I gather that both DMSA and ALA are meant to be taken on an empty stomach, but even though I make a point of eating after each dose, I often still feel partially full when its time for the next one. And I know it will be even harder on the 3-hour ALA cycle. Any idea how critical this really is?
5. Another thing thats proving tough is falling asleep again after the 3:00 am dose. (I tend toward insomnia to begin with.) This is looking ahead a bit, but I think getting up TWICE for the three-hour ALA dose could well wreck my sleep pattern and my sanity. Im wondering if you or anyone you know has tried separating the nighttime ALA doses by 4 hours, while sticking to the 3-hour schedule during the day, and whether such a compromise would be enough to taint the whole endeavor. (It would be a nice bonus if the mercury removal itself enabled me to fall asleep more readily. Everyone says mercury disrupts nearly everything, so who knows.)
6. From what Ive seen on the web, ALA seems to be the real core of Cutlers program, with DMSA playing more of a supporting role, at least for brain mercury. Yet you seem to have gotten your main results with DMSA, and you indicated that you werent crazy about ALA. I was just wondering: are you making a conscious departure from Cutler on that point, or are you going to add ALA back in later on? Do you know of anyone who has recovered using DMSA alone?
7. After making that earlier posting I saw on the web that Cutler really comes down on things like chlorella, MSM or high-sulfur foods, and any form of cysteine, including NAC, and it looks like his adherents follow this fairly religiously. Ive been (or at least I was) taking all of these for quite awhile without negative effects; in fact if anything they seem to help me. And of course every other source I check insists that these are a must to a chelation protocol. You referred to a couple of these in your last two posts, but Im wondering which if any you have used and what your view is regarding their "dangerousness."
(By the way, in your reply to my question about cilantro, you said that you liked the DMSA-chlorella combination. Did you mean DMSA-cilantro?)
8. Last one: Do you know of any good supplements to help heal the brain tissue as the mercury comes out?
Many thanks in advance, and again, I wont hit you with another list this long. But its such an enormous help to have the advice, especially at the beginning. I appreciate the Olive leaf recommendation and will probably try it soon. And I think youre right about candida -- Ive always suspected it in myself, and recently Ive managed to get partial relief from brain fog by taking pantethine, which detoxifies acetaldehyde, a yeast by-product. Not the same as getting rid of candida itself, but certainly a help. And I have started taking anti-fungals along with the DMSA.
(Thanks also to Nolvas for the selenium tip; I am taking that but forgot to mention it.)
-- Montag
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