Re: ALA dosing schedule - please help

[Guest guest]

TK--- try to keep your dosages more consistent - 3 hr if possible

don't go back and forth 2.5 then 3 the 4 then 3 etc as it will cause

more redistribution.

>

> I'm doin the math on a dosing schedule for ALA, and wondering how

> other people deal with this.

>

> Here is one possible schedule:

> 11pm ; 3am ; 7am ; 11am ; 2pm ; 5pm ; 8pm ; 11pm

>

> the problem i have found is to get it to come out even nat night,

that

> is, so i can plan for the same bedtime every night and do the 4

hours

> overnight and 3 hour interval the rest of the time.

>

> But as you can see here, a schedule that comes out even has 4 doses

at

> 3 hour intervals, and 3 doses at 4 hour intervals. Which seems like

> too many 4 hour intervals to me. Is this ok?

>

> Perhaps if i make the 11pm into 11:30pm, it would be better? That

> makes 3 doses at 3 hour intervals, 2 doses at 3.5 hour intervals,

and

> 2 doses at 4 hour intervals.

>

> Or maybe I should work an extra dose in and have some 2.5 hour

> intervals or something -- but would that make too big a difference

> between the 2.5 hour and 4 hour intervals? I think i remember

someone

> saying there should not be more than an hours difference in the

dosing

> intervals.

>

> Starting my ALA today, finally, it's been three months. Starting to

> realize the scheduling issues.

>

> How do others do this?

>

> thanks,

> NJ

>

[Guest guest]

I like to keep the same schedule day to day when on round. I find it easier,

and I'm less

likely to forget a dose.

I dose at midnight because I'm usually up then anyways (I work evenings). Then

3 am.

Then 6 am. I can *usually* go back to sleep for a couple hours after the 6 am

dose. It's a

drag if I can't though. I do best on 8 hours sleep. Then 9 am, noon, 3 pm, 6

pm, 9 pm

and midnight again.

HTH,

in Illinois

[Guest guest]

If you can do as TK suggests (keep dosing times identical) then

obviously thats the safest route. But Andy does say that you can go 4

hours at night with ALA (3 during the day).

I personally have to dose 4 hours at night otherwise I simply can't

sleep, which would make chelation impossible. So basically I do

something similar to what you suggest.

I find dosing the same time every day makes chelation a million times

easier - the downside is the scheduling issue that you describe. The

day is 24 hours so you kinda have to juggle to get all your doses in.

Something like this works for me:

12:30am 4am 8am 11:30am 2:45pm 6:00pm 9pm

That makes 7 doses in total.

I wouldn't necessarily advise others to do this unless they absolutely

had to (due to sleep problems). Its just that this works for me.

.

>

> I'm doin the math on a dosing schedule for ALA, and wondering how

> other people deal with this.

>

> Here is one possible schedule:

> 11pm ; 3am ; 7am ; 11am ; 2pm ; 5pm ; 8pm ; 11pm

>

> the problem i have found is to get it to come out even nat night, that

> is, so i can plan for the same bedtime every night and do the 4 hours

> overnight and 3 hour interval the rest of the time.

>

> But as you can see here, a schedule that comes out even has 4 doses at

> 3 hour intervals, and 3 doses at 4 hour intervals. Which seems like

> too many 4 hour intervals to me. Is this ok?

>

> Perhaps if i make the 11pm into 11:30pm, it would be better? That

> makes 3 doses at 3 hour intervals, 2 doses at 3.5 hour intervals, and

> 2 doses at 4 hour intervals.

>

> Or maybe I should work an extra dose in and have some 2.5 hour

> intervals or something -- but would that make too big a difference

> between the 2.5 hour and 4 hour intervals? I think i remember someone

> saying there should not be more than an hours difference in the dosing

> intervals.

>

> Starting my ALA today, finally, it's been three months. Starting to

> realize the scheduling issues.

>

> How do others do this?

>

> thanks,

> NJ

>

[Guest guest]

I, too, dose 4 hours at night, because I really need my sleep. I typically sleep

10pm-6am, so this is how I dose:

6am

9am

12pm

3pm

6pm

10pm

2am

6am (repeating)

I also always start my round at 6 a.m. Then I finish my round with the 10 p.m.

dose 2 days later. This way I am only waking up for 2 nights, and I am only 1

dose short of 3 days (because my days consist of 7 doses).

This might be cheating a bit, but I get more sleep and get some chelation done!

-Olif

[Guest guest]

>

> TK--- try to keep your dosages more consistent - 3 hr if possible

> don't go back and forth 2.5 then 3 the 4 then 3 etc as it will cause

> more redistribution.

>

ok, so is it less redistribution if i don't vary the dose interval

more than an hour?

I've been trying this schedule:

11:30pm ; 3am ; 6:30pm ; 10am ; 1pm ; 3:30pm ; 6pm ; 8:30pm ; 11:30pm

this makes all the intervals either 2.5, 3, or 3.5 hours.

I'm trying to keep it at waking up only twice a night, as i have bad

sleep issues. Also, I seem to feel the need to dose more frequently

during the afternoon, which is where i have the 2.5 intervals.

is this better, TK?

NJ

PS thanks, , sounds like we have similar ideas/problems with this...

[Guest guest]

It's interesting to see how notes compare on this. I've tried going

both 4 hours and 3 1/2 hours at night vs. 3 hours since starting

ALA. I wake up with a headache & dizziness that passes in an hour

or so on the 4 hour schedule. All things considered, I prefer to

risk the headache by extending to at least a 3 1/2 hour night dosing

schedule.

On a 3 hour schedule, I'm woke from a deep sleep 3 times per night &

usually realize I can't allow myself to sleep anymore by the 3rd

timer alarm. It isn't uncommon to go several days with just one or

two 3 hour periods of deep sleep on this schedule. When overtired &

not getting a sound sleep day after day, I become confused as to

what's a 'symptom' and what's simply a case of being dysfunctional

due to being 'overtired'. I have concerns that lack of deep,

uninterrupted sleep can be counterproductive to the actual chelation

process, since our body systems, including the liver, depend upon

the periods of rest to do their job properly. I've attempted a

slight compromise by going 3 1/2 hours through the night, which

helps.

I chelate with ALA/DMSA 3 1/2 days total, but find symptoms

overwhelming when I try to take it beyond that, and continue with

DMSA a day or two to help clear out released mercury.

Joanne

>

> I, too, dose 4 hours at night, because I really need my sleep.

[Guest guest]

I've tried going

both 4 hours and 3 1/2 hours at night vs. 3 hours since starting

ALA. I wake up with a headache & dizziness that passes in an hour

or so on the 4 hour schedule. All things considered, I prefer to

risk the headache by extending to at least a 3 1/2 hour night dosing

schedule.

~Joanne

This works for me, too, Joanne. I found that trying to maintain the 3 hour

dosing at night was creating more problems with exhaustion from lack of deep

sleep. I went to the 4 hour schedule, and like you, I wake up with a mild

headache the first day or two, but on the third day of dosing, I'm doing well

enough that I don't have the headache issue.

I have noticed that the dosing messes with my hormones A LOT. I have noticed

with the rounds that I get cranky, tired, and weepy with crying spells just like

I do before my period starts. I wonder if the chelation process inreases

progesterone?

In health,

BC

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[Guest guest]

BC - I don't know what the mechanism is (progesterone? other

hormones? neurotransmitters? a mix or all of the above?), but most

of us run into the emotional ALA symptoms. I stop ALA rounds at 3 1/2

days because it's pronounced when I try to push it one more day.

Joanne

> I have noticed that the dosing messes with my hormones A LOT. I

have noticed with the rounds that I get cranky, tired, and weepy with

crying spells just like I do before my period starts. I wonder if the

chelation process inreases progesterone?

>

> In health,

> BC