Re: ALA without DMSA or DMPS now adrenal & homocysteine

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> > Anyway, he convinced me to wait a couple weeks at least so he could

> get me

> > in better shape for the chelation. He did have a point in that he

> wanted to

> > see how the new substances affected me, and chelating would have

> interfered

> > with the evidence.

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> >probably a good thing, as i had a big adrenal reaction,

> > and have been working on fixing that.

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> Do you mean that you had a big adrenal reaction when you were

> increasing the armour thyroid? What are you doing to 'fix' that?

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Before I went on the Armour, I had an adrenal reaction to the amino

acids (BioBuilde and EnduraPak) and megadoses of B12/folate combo

(sublingual). I don't really understand it, but apparently he does. He

had me start slower and build up on those and this has helped. He's

trying to build up my body's capacity to respond. It seems to be an

innovative approach.

actually, there's a paper that pertains to it here:

http://www.defeatautismyesterday.com/vinitsky.htm

the article is linked at 'Click here for Dr. Vinitsky's paper', but I

thought this post was relevant as well

If I don't do better with this (i'm already making some progress),

further tests will be done. I'm on the Armour now, though only up to

1/2 grain per day, but no adrenal problems.

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> > If i'd been chelating, we may have

> > mistook it for a reaction to that

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> > I showed him the guidelines from this list, and he asked for a copy,

> seemed

> > to think it sounded good because the dosing was conservative, so is

> willing

> > to go with me on it. He is willing to prescribe DMPS for me, which

> is great,

> > but i'll have to wait till he thinks i'm ok to begin it.

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> > Upshot of all this is, if i end up 2 -3 months out from amalgam

> removal and

> > no chelation having been done, is it ok to begin with ALA?

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> At THREE months after removal it's ok to try ALA at low doses.

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> > I've heard of people using just ALA, and apparently those with

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> > homocysteine (which is me)

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> It's people with low plasma cysteine who feel better on ALA.

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> Plasma cysteine and homocysteine are two TOTALLY different things.

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so, my low plasma homocysteine (4.5 umol/L) doesn't relate to this?

I had a lot of tests done, and this was on it, but no plain cysteine.

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> >actually feeling better on it. Since DMSA or DMPS

> > is supposed to clear the blood before using ALA for the brain, i'm

> wondering

> > are these folks ok with just ALA if they wait the required 2-3

months?

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> Three months or more (am I remembering this right TK??).

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> > are they at risk no matter what if they haven't done DMPS or ALA? I

> haven't

> > been able to find this in the book.

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> It's ok to chelate with ALA alone provided the person waits 3 months

> after amalgam removal or recent mercury exposure.

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> DMSA and DMPS help to alleviate the mercury side effects (and help to

> remove mercury from the body). Some people find the side effects of

> ALA chelation too much and appreciate the relief that they get with

> one of the other chelators included. Others can manage with just ALA.

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> If you get side effects with 12.5 mg DMSA I'm guessing that you will

> want DMSA or DMPS to help with side effects when you introduce ALA.

> When the time comes, a trial of chelation will tell you what you need

> to know.

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> J

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Got it. Many thanks.

NJ