RE: LDN, mercury toxicity as cause or start of MS, other topics?

[Guest guest]

Hi . LDN didn't have symptomatic relief for me, but I didn't have

exacerbations while taking it. My body has gotten stronger and I don't feel like

I'm heading towards further damage with my lifestyle changes. I haven't had any

exascerbations in over two years and my recent MRIs showed no new activity. I

also removed the amalgams from my mouth and the mercury toxicity that I was

found to have is not effecting me as much as it did. I had several types of

chelation but I plan to use Andy Cutler's method of DMSA and ALA after I finish

a 60day detox and bowel cleanse. I also have candida albicans overgrowth under

control. I chose to stop LDN because I prefer to be totally drug-free. If I

felt it would be helping me, I would still be taking it.

julie levitt wrote: If one is doing well on LDN, why

would it be

necessary to then stop LDN. I have been on LDN for

just over 3 months but I don't see it as a

temporary intervention but curious why others

would (assuming it works for me). I failed brief

trials on avonex and copaxone and even tried

copaxone again but none stopped the continued new

lesions and progression.

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[Guest guest]

I don’t and never had any amalgams or vaccinations

as a child or adult for that matter so I am using

Cutler’s protocol of DMSA right now. I don’t

tolerate the ALA and it causes vastly worse CNS

problems which he actually talks about in his book

so I am just doing the 50mg per day of DMSA right

now for the first 3 months. My hair and blood

tests for mercury were extremely high (almost

6ppm) where over 1 is elevated and over 3 is high

so that was a little ground shattering.

Unlike you, I don’t have any candida/yeast issues

btw interesting for all the other health issues I

have faced.

I have been having exacerbations for multiple

years and Skip’s pharmacy has discussed use of the

LDN to modulate some of the experience so we shall

see. I am continuing to have exacerbation and much

spasticity although significantly worse when I

first started the LDN and increased the dose. I do

take beclofen regularly during the day due to

spasticity although some point hope to eliminate

that from my protocol.

I have done several other types of vitamin based

chelation and detox but obviously none touched the

mercury and especially what worries me is the

level of mercury in my brain that is even harder

to get out. ALA always made me very progressive in

Cns symptoms so for now, I am not to take

ALA…cutler mentions this in his protocol as

well……I have done other chelation as said but none

as strong as DMSA and apparently the mercury level

now in my body is quite worrisome so I had to jump

to the DMSA right away.

For now, I am going to remain on the LDN at 4.5mg

and see. If spasticity continues, I may jump back

down to 3mg so we shall see.

julie

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From: mscured

[mailto:mscured ] On Behalf Of

Pugh

Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 10:46 AM

To: mscured

Subject: RE: LDN, mercury toxicity as

cause or start of MS, other topics?

Hi . LDN didn't have symptomatic relief for

me, but I didn't have exacerbations while taking

it. My body has gotten stronger and I don't feel

like I'm heading towards further damage with my

lifestyle changes. I haven't had any

exascerbations in over two years and my recent

MRIs showed no new activity. I also removed the

amalgams from my mouth and the mercury toxicity

that I was found to have is not effecting me as

much as it did. I had several types of chelation

but I plan to use Andy Cutler's method of DMSA and

ALA after I finish a 60day detox and bowel

cleanse. I also have candida albicans overgrowth

under control. I chose to stop LDN because I

prefer to be totally drug-free. If I felt it would

be helping me, I would still be taking it.