Guest guest Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Hi >My theory is that if one atom of mercury collides with my adrenals at >the end of a round - I'm a basket case. That seems to be the case with me, but why only on ALA? I had wondered if I am allergic to ALA, but that is impossible isn't it? >My adrenals are shot. I am on full replacement cortisol. Do you believe they will ultimately recover? >Now I can tolerate 25 mg DMPS per dose and am chelating continuously (without breaks because stopping is too hard on me). mmmm, We can't obtain DMPS her. I wish we could. >I went back and looked at your hair test. I wonder why the Na is so >high!! Could it be that you are losing Na like mad? Do you crave salt? and do you give yourself extra? I have had to give myself loads of extra salt in the last year. I like salt, but I don't crave salt. I will try taking more. I don't know why the Na is so high. The hair test book says it does not reflect body burden. Still confused. Doesn't Aldosterone have some effect on Na? It retains Na and makes you lose K? I just assumed it was because my poor adrenals are also shot. >Read pages 98-99 of " Amalgam Illness " about Mg and K. I don't >understand exactly why but some adrenally deficient people lose Na and >retain K and others seem to lose both. Maybe if they can make aldosterone the don't lose Na. But if they can't the do lose Na. >You may find that you need to increase amount and frequency of Mg >supplementation and/or follow Andy's suggestion of using supplementary >arginine, glutamine and taurine to heal the gut so that Mg absorption >improves. I do all this except arginine. >I don't know what quantities of supplements you are taking. >Relatively large quantities of Vit C and B vitamins are supposed to >help the adrenals. I have added extra B6, thiamine, B12 and folic >acid (on top of the B complex). Yes doing this do. Going to start an adrenal program that includes licorice, very high doses of Biotin, Bioflavonoids, B5 and B6 and see how I do. >I'm sure that we will be able to tolerate more ALA with time! Honestly, I'm petrified to try. It really renders me use-less and dysfunctional. But at the same time I know it is the only thing that will cure me. Thanks and TK. Kai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Hi >My theory is that if one atom of mercury collides with my adrenals at >the end of a round - I'm a basket case. That seems to be the case with me, but why only on ALA? I had wondered if I am allergic to ALA, but that is impossible isn't it? >My adrenals are shot. I am on full replacement cortisol. Do you believe they will ultimately recover? >Now I can tolerate 25 mg DMPS per dose and am chelating continuously (without breaks because stopping is too hard on me). mmmm, We can't obtain DMPS her. I wish we could. >I went back and looked at your hair test. I wonder why the Na is so >high!! Could it be that you are losing Na like mad? Do you crave salt? and do you give yourself extra? I have had to give myself loads of extra salt in the last year. I like salt, but I don't crave salt. I will try taking more. I don't know why the Na is so high. The hair test book says it does not reflect body burden. Still confused. Doesn't Aldosterone have some effect on Na? It retains Na and makes you lose K? I just assumed it was because my poor adrenals are also shot. >Read pages 98-99 of " Amalgam Illness " about Mg and K. I don't >understand exactly why but some adrenally deficient people lose Na and >retain K and others seem to lose both. Maybe if they can make aldosterone the don't lose Na. But if they can't the do lose Na. >You may find that you need to increase amount and frequency of Mg >supplementation and/or follow Andy's suggestion of using supplementary >arginine, glutamine and taurine to heal the gut so that Mg absorption >improves. I do all this except arginine. >I don't know what quantities of supplements you are taking. >Relatively large quantities of Vit C and B vitamins are supposed to >help the adrenals. I have added extra B6, thiamine, B12 and folic >acid (on top of the B complex). Yes doing this do. Going to start an adrenal program that includes licorice, very high doses of Biotin, Bioflavonoids, B5 and B6 and see how I do. >I'm sure that we will be able to tolerate more ALA with time! Honestly, I'm petrified to try. It really renders me use-less and dysfunctional. But at the same time I know it is the only thing that will cure me. Thanks and TK. Kai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 >>TK--- and get the dmsa dosage up over time before adding ala again Hi Kai, I have just re-read some of Andy's book pgs 199 to 204 - Chelation guidelines - and it seems clear that TK's recommendation hits the nail on the head. You obviously still have too high of a body burden of mercury and need to increase the dose of DMSA and chelate some more out from your blood/body before adding ALA. ALA is likely pulling mercury into your brain as the blood levels are still two high. If you lower you body burden some more that should help. I'm convinced that the more mercury you have in a target organ the more is attracted to it. Metals attract metals and I'm certain that this effect may be at play here. Considering your history you have masses of mercury in your brain and when redistribution occurs it must target you there. Remember ALA is not a one-way street as Andy says. It can carry mercury out the brain, but it can carry mercury in too! It does this especially if the concentration of mercury in the blood/body is still high. Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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