Re: Is everyone experiencing this? Nicola

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> I am one year post-amalgam removal. I have very weak adrenals, and

> am on full adrenal support (6.5mg prednisolone) and Armour thyroid.

> Because of my adrenals I have only done about 12 rounds of DMSA at

> 8mg - I cannot tolerate any more. I haven't yet added ALA, because I

> don't think my adrenals can handle it.

>

> I want to know if other people experience pronounced 'dumping'

> episodes. Afer a few days of feeling OK-ish, I get a growing

> headache, feel very fluey and unwell, rapid heartbeat, sore throat,

> and a rising metallic taste in my mouth. Generally a bad night, and

> then a day of feeling terrible - brain fog, flu, fatigue, extreme

> irritability, candida symptoms, excess salivation. During the course

> of the day I need to go to the bathroom several times, then I slowly

> start feeling better. Then I might get a day or so of feeling Ok-

> ish, before the next one starts.

>

A close friend of mine has had a similar 'dumping' pattern since

amalgam removal.

She found that she had to avoid all seafood. I remember her

complaining about shrimp in particular. We could be eating the same

food in the same restaurant and she would react to the shrimp and I

wouldn't. I think that she might be more hypersensitive to mercury

than I am (which makes sense because she has a stronger allergic

predisposition compared to me).

For me it was more like serious worsening of symptoms at 3 months

after amalgam removal and alleviation of symptoms with chelation. I

found that eliminating sulfur foods helped me to feel better, and then

chelation with DMPS helped to alleviate symptoms.

> I guess this is some sort of progress - when I first had my amalgams

> removed I felt horrid all the time, and got significantly worse at

> six months. What surprises me is the intesity of these mercury dumps

> (I assume this is what they are)and why they aren't getting any

> easier, or less frequent. It is miserable to feel so bad again after

> feeling slightly better.

>

> I was kind of prepared for this in the first year after amalgam

> removal, but they are continuing, and making me doubt myself and the

> diagnosis. Maybe I am not mercury poisoned at all (despite the hair

> analysis, which says I am), but simply crazy, or depressed, need

> reverse therapy etc etc. I am surprised there is so little

> improvement when my body seems to be detoxing all by itself. There

> must be A LOT of mercury there (I had 13 amalgams for 30 years and a

> big tuna fish habit)if it is mercury that is my problem. I am either

> one of Andy's very seriously poisoned people, or it must be something

> else that causes these symptoms.

With the hair test results, your symptoms, not being able to tolerate

more than 8 mg DMSA, it sounds like you are poisoned and there is no

need to doubt yourself. Be good to yourself.

I'm not sure if it is that we have a high load of mercury or that with

the weak adrenals we are 'delicate' and need to go slowly with lots of

support.

I can't explain away the metallic

> taste though. This comes when I am feeling bad, and goes when I feel

> better.

>

> What I really want is some reassurance that other people are

> experiencing this as well, and that it does end at some stage. I am

> very tired of this - I have been sick for 3 years, and longing for

> some improvement. I know I must add in ALA to get real improvement,

> but am trying to get my body burden down and strengthen my adrenals a

> bit first.

>

Other people do have similar experiences to yours.

If you have only been sick for 3 years, then the end is in sight much

sooner for you than for me.

It is surprising how much symptom improvement one can get from diet,

supplements, and certain medications. I forget what you have tried so

far. There is a file here 'Diet - how to pick the right one for your

kid' by Andy that helps to sort diet out. 'Amalgam Illness' helps to

explain which supplements and medications help with which problems.

On p 133 Andy says " Start with the things everyone is likely to need.

Then add things to fix the specific problems you have. "

Chelation is what really leads to symptom improvement at the right

doses. I feel so much better when I am taking DMPS as compared to

when I am not. The only way I can explain how I feel is that the

mercury must make me feel lousy when it is floating around on it's own

but when DMPS is there the DMPS escorts it out (making me feel

better). If you find the every 4 h dose taking too hard right now

perhaps you could find someone to prescribe DMPS.

Good luck

> Any reassurance gratefully received.

>

> Best

> Nicola

>

[Guest guest]

Nicola, what supplements are you using to support your body during

chelation besides the armour and adrenal support? And yes I too got

worse at 3 months removal. I was able to stop the worseing by using

dmsa on Andy's protocol, treating yeast and taking supplements.

There are days though...I also do adrenal and thyroid support. I

avoid all fish, and no vaccines. I would get dumping symtoms except

I use the dmsa when I start to feel myself declining again.

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> > I am one year post-amalgam removal. I have very weak adrenals,

and

> > am on full adrenal support (6.5mg prednisolone) and Armour

thyroid.

> > Because of my adrenals I have only done about 12 rounds of DMSA

at

> > 8mg - I cannot tolerate any more. I haven't yet added ALA,

because I

> > don't think my adrenals can handle it.

>

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