off-days symptoms (was ALA bad side effects?)

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In a message dated 10/10/00 10:20:40 PM Central Daylight Time,

smdevlin5@... writes:

<< When I said mercury redistribution I was talking about what happens

every time you go off a cycle of any chelator. Most everyone on this

list has described changes in their child during the " off " periods,

even with DMSA. Most kids seem to be better while " on " the chelator.

Once you stop the chelation cycle, there is some mercury in the body

that has been released into the bloodstream. With no chelator to

pick it up and move it out of the body, it redistributes. >>

Another likely cause of the temporary worsening of symptoms several days

after stopping a chelator is that the body notices less metals in the

bloodstream and striving for health, releases more into the blood for the

body to remove. You get a temporary feeling of metals in the blood as they

are sent out of the body. As my body has detoxed, I've noticed a period of

worsening of symptoms (even when not actively chelating) followed by a

release and jump in health.

This cycling of the body's release of metals might be lightened with a very

low longer dosing of chelators but then you run the risk of demineralizing

the body too much or overloading the kidneys or other detox organs. I think

it's important to watch each person's response individually and determine the

cycle their body uses to release things and set a chelation schedule

accordingly.

Gaylen