Re:I have a question regarding DMSA- Janice

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You reminded me of what the Early Intervention intake person said to

us when we were starting speech therapy for our twins and asked if

there were any environmental toxins which could effect speech that we

could avoid. She said, " Don't beat yourself up " .

I wondered when taking responsibility for your children's health and

welfare had become a form of masochism. Is that in the DSM? Then the

EI therapists kept trying to brainwash us that " thimerosal doesn't

cause cognitive problems or autism " . We'd never heard of thimerosal

before and looked it up.

Your boy sounds like he's doing really great because of what you've

done. Because we're all the types to " beat ourselves up " and beat the

bushes to get answers, our kids eventually did get the help they

need. And with no help from the authorities who are paid with

taxpayer dollars to inform the public about risks and dangers.

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> Hi.... I am a Janice too!

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> Yes, we had wonderful reactions like you but a little different.

For my Mark, he is not a mercury boy, but a 'lead' child so he has

dyspraxia. He was a little dosey and spacey during our DMSA round

(we just finished round 1) but the day afterwards, he is wonderful

and we begin to 'see' what the DMSA has eliminated. This week it was

the 'aaaaaahs' in his language, his speech has been crystal clear

(very NT) and it has eliminated a lot of the attention issues. His

ability to focus on his homework was marvelous. He was able to

sustain attention for a couple of hours while writing a term paper

(normally 1/2 hour is the most he can do). Also he insisted on typig

it all on his own and demanded that I not help him. Usually he is

begging for help and I am literally composing the paper. So..... it

was all good. I don't know how long it will last hopefully up until

the next round!

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> When we did our challenge, we got lucky and the effects lasted for

close to 3 weeks before we saw regression again.

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> Now, my son is extremely high functioning and most of his remaining

issues are with speech, attention and fine motor. He has no

behavioural issues. He is 13 and we have done literally years and

years of therapy along with diet (1 year organic and CF). So.... he

has a little mercury. His blood lead level is a 9 and his chelated

level is a 16. So.... bad but not too, too bad.

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> I know that my doctor expected the regression for he asked me how

long the good behaviours lasted and was quite surprised at the length

of time. We did get a rather bad attack of yeast post DMSA so I will

remember to have the Candex handy next time we do a round.

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> I so wish I had known about this years and years ago! What my son

improved in one weekend would normally amount to about 6 months in

therapy!!!!! I could have saved him years if I had only known....

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> Well, we are getting the lead out now and that is the best I can

do. It gets pretty easy to beat myself up sometimes, wishing I had

known about biomed when my son was little.

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> Janice

> Mother of Mark, 13

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