MERCURY REMOVAL DID NOT HELP FIBRO OR TINNITUS

[Guest guest]

Got these reports from 2 newsletter readers today--

Reader 1--

" I bought into the mercury and pain/tinnitus theory. After having

all my amalgams removed and cavitations cleaned out and many

chelation treatments to remove metals, guess what? My savings were

gone; I still had the symptoms and the tinnitus was still there. I

was one of several persons who went through these steps to get better

and none of us would do it again if we were advised to. It didn't

help. We still have fibro and tinnitus.

Mercury can aggravate the ringing and the primary offensive source is

seafood. There may be a correlation between the increase of symptoms

when eating foods high in mercury. I have found it true in my case. I

find it best to stay away from seafood that is not wild caught in

deep waters well away from shore; also fatty seafood of any kind. I

tried experimenting to see the effects of high fatty fish and sure

enough the ringing in my ears got worse, especially in the right ear.

I do take EPA/DHA capsules and they are pharmaceutical grade. These

have been purified to remove metals and other contaminants in fish.

So that way I get the omega 3's so important to our health.

The American Academy of Physicians put out a good report on Tinnitus

about 4 years ago that listed among its causes neurological and

metabolic disorders (thyroid, high lipids, and vitamin B12

deficiency). Many of us with fibro have been diagnosed with some or

all of these.

This is just my two cents worth from my own expensive efforts to

alleviate my many fibro, loud ear symptoms. I found other things

worked to help me improve very much but it has not helped the

wretched ringing, hissing, and siren sounds especially in my right

ear. Keep us posted please on tinnitus. Perhaps someone has or will

learn of some things that REALLY work. For me, avoiding foods that

contain mercury are the best I can find for the ringing. "

Reader 2--

" I, too, suffer from tinnitis....it can be as gentle as a ringing in

the back of my head to the sound of a car horn so deafening I cannot

describe it. Being a product of the 50's and free dental care at a

local dental school, I had a mouthful of mercury fillings, and due

to a sudden dental flare in 2003, I spent over an entire month in a

dentist's chair; she had to remove all my fillings and after having

completed the work to correct my problems, she gave me nice,

new 'white' fillings. Having the mercury removed was something I was

very excited about, but I am sorry to say that I have yet to have any

positive results from it. As a matter of fact (and coincidentally as

well, for I know it Is NOT the cause), I have become worse due to a

complete body covering of myofascial pain - it is a LAYER of pain,

especially in both legs entirely. "