Re: blood Hg, fast body pools, etc question - Andy?

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> >

> > I've read here and in the book about how DMSA is used to clear

mercury

> > out of the blood, extra-cellular spaces, and 'fast body pools',

then

> > ALA is used to remove Hg from inside the cells, organs, and

brain.

> >

> > I have 2 questions based on this:

> > 1. My blood levels of mercury were 0 (undetectable) right at the

end

> > of my amalgam removal. Does this mean i don't have mercury in my

> > blood, and a bit earlier start on the ALA might be in order?

(say, 2

> > months post-removal, rather than 3, after 5 or 6 rounds DMSA?)

> >

>

>

>

> Andy has always been consistent about waiting 3 mo after exposure

> before adding ALA. I would stick with his recommendations unless he

> said otherwise.

>

> It could be, for example, that mercury levels are undetectable one

day

> and detectable on another day.

>

> It could have something to do with the mercury dumping from organs

at

> about the 3 mo after removal point. I'm not sure.

>

>

Thanks, , for attempting to address this. I've been re-reading

the book again, and what Andy says a lot is to wait '2-6' months post-

removal.

This passage from the Appendix (pg 204) is interesting, my comments

in {{{brackets}}}:

" Problem: lipoic acid isn't a one way street. It just makes it easier

for mercury to go back and forth between the blood and the brain. If

you have a LOT in the brain, then taking L.A. right away will help.

However, if you have more in the bloodstream than in the brain and

you take L.A. it will move it INTO the brain.

It takes a long time for the brain to fill up with mercury so most

people are expected to have more mercury in their blood. {{{i suspect

a very long slow brain fill-up in my case, as i had most of my 12

amalgams in place by the time i was 19, and i'm now 52}}} And there

is no real test to tell how brain and blood mercury levels relate to

each other. So it is best to get the blood (and urine) levels down a

lot. If the blood level is way down from where it started, then L.A.

is a good thing to try. "

>

> > 2. If DMSA doesn't pull mercury out of the cells, organs, or

brain,

> > can it help at all to remove any Hg problems, considering that Hg

in

> > the cells, organs and brain is what causes problems? Or does any

> > improvement in Hg symptoms have to wait until ALA is used?

> >

>

>

>

> Plenty of people have reported symptom improvement with DMPS or DMSA

> alone. Some of that could be due to removing metals from the gut

and

> removing the metals that are 'dumped' from the organs. People who

are

> toxic have lost most of the natural ability to excrete the mercury

> because of the presence of mercury so the addition of chelators gets

> the process moving.

>

> There are certain problems - like psychiatric and endocrine

problems -

> that would not be expected to resolve without ALA chelation.

>

> J

>

I didn't realize that Hg could be dumped from the organs without ALA,

or what symptoms that would cause, so i guess i'm missing something.

Personally, my endocrine problems are overwhelming and crippling my

life. I've been essentially useless since January, with a long slow

decline for over 7 years to this point, now obviously due to

increasing endocrine malfunctions, formerly attributed to 'menopause'

and 'depression'. There we go with the " psychiatric and endocrine

problems " you mention. I don't have the gut type of problems so much

as some have mentioned.

One thing that makes me very suspicious is that I did not have

the 'feeling better post amalgam' period that most everyone here

seems to have experienced, and that Andy charts in the book. I have

not felt any better post-amalgam removal (and all the best removal

protocols were used), if anything, somewhat worse, which has been

attributed to worsening thyroid and adrenal problems, which are being

addressed.

All this, along with the 0 blood and hair Hg levels, makes me think

that I am in the category Andy describes as " If you have a LOT in the

brain, then taking L.A. right away will help. " . Which is why I'm

thinking about starting ALA ~2.5 months post-removal. Even waiting a

couple more weeks feels excruciating at this point. Maybe that's part

of the psychiatric problem....

thanks,

NJ