1st ALA round went too well - whats up with that?

July 21, 2007

Hi,

After 3 months of chelating with DMSA, gradually increasing the dose, I

added in ALA and did a 5 day round at 25mg DMSA(decreased from dose I had

worked up to) and 25mg ALA, on a 3 hr schedule.

Day one with tha ALA, I felt a bit 'goofy', mentally. From there, each day I

felt a little clearer mentally -- it felt like the lights were beginning to

switch on in my head. By the last 2 days of the round, I was actually doing

some work again, for the first time in 5 months! My work is intellectually

demanding and requires a lot of focus and keeping various technical elements

in mind, and I have not been able to approach it for 5 months.

Not saying I was completely 'back', by any means, but it was a significant

shift.

Is this positive effect due perhaps to the excellent 'side-effects' of ALA

on the brain, mitochondria, enzymes, and all that, or could it actually have

something to do with chelation, in so short a time?

I was kind of scared to end the round, but I did last night, expecting to

wake up with a headache at least or some crazy mental symptoms post-round,

but so far so good. Does this mean I do not have mercury poisoning after

all? I'm hoping that isn't true, actually, because that would mean I have

lupus or some other condition that chelation won't help, according to my

blood tests. If I do have Hg poisoning, and ALA is so beneficial, I should

count my lucky stars...

Any insight would be helpful here... I guess I should try raising my dose of

aLA next time? Is this experience/pattern consistent with mercury poisoning?

Does one necessarily need to see negative effects to know one is Hg

poisoned?

Thanks,

NJ

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