Hair falling out and progress at 3 months

July 21, 2007

I am on round 12 ( three months since started chelation) DMSA 25mgs, 3

hourly.

I have two questions:

1) When did people start to feel any improvements from DMSA? Is 3

months to soon to be noticing any?

2) My hair has been falling out for a long time - since before

chelation - but it is now worse than ever and I do think it is much

worse since chelating. Any body else found this?

I am seriously concerned about this now and if it carries on at this

rate I will need to " do a Brittney " !!! Actually it's really not funny

at all and I am finding it really upsetting on top of everything else.

I am only 37.

July 21, 2007

>

> I am on round 12 ( three months since started chelation) DMSA 25mgs, 3

> hourly.

>

> I have two questions:

>

> 1) When did people start to feel any improvements from DMSA? Is 3

> months to soon to be noticing any?

>

I'll leave that question to somebody else.

I expect that everyone is different, 3 months is not too soon to

notice improvement, but 3 months can also be a 'stall' point (see the

figure on p 52 of " Amalgam Illness " )

In my own case it's hard to say which improvements are from chelation

and which are from various supplements and medications.

> 2) My hair has been falling out for a long time - since before

> chelation - but it is now worse than ever and I do think it is much

> worse since chelating. Any body else found this?

>

Yes, at various times way before chelation and during chelation.

Stress and/or hypothyroidism will lead to loss of hair. Mercury toxic

people often have poor adrenal function making them vulnerable to

stress, and often have hypothyroidism.

What would help is getting a 4x per day saliva cortisol test to check

adrenal function, compare your symptoms with hypoadrenal and

hypothryoid symptoms, and have blood tests for TSH, free T3 and free

T4, anti-thyroid antibodies. TSH is often low in mercury poisoning

because of secondary hypothyroidism. Or there can be Hashimoto's

because of anti-thyroid antibodies. Free T3 should be in the top 1/4

of the normal range and free T4 in the top 1/3.

It is difficult to find the right doctor to treat these conditions.

If there is adrenal insufficiency the adrenals must be treated first,

before the thyroid. Ask around for a knowledgeable practitioner in

your area.

The reason the hair falling out gets worse with chelation is because

chelation is stress. You could lower the chelator dose and check to

make sure that you are taking all of the supporting supplements.

My hair was falling out quite seriously after a big stress last summer

and it finally stopped when I convinced my GP to increase my dose of T3.

J

> I am seriously concerned about this now and if it carries on at this

> rate I will need to " do a Brittney " !!! Actually it's really not funny

> at all and I am finding it really upsetting on top of everything else.

> I am only 37.

>

July 24, 2007

You can checkout this website for more info on adrenals and thyroid

and how they relate to one another. y is correct is stating that

the adrenals MUST be supported first, then the thyroid. So you may

need to get on adrenal support, measure your temps to make sure you

are stable and then add thyroid meds. These two websites work hand in

hand and answer ALOT of questions and have helped me get on the right

track. I too was losing hair and after getting the adrenal support

and adding the thyroid meds, the hair has stopped falling out at the

rate that it was. As my adrenals stabilize and I am able to add more

thyroid meds I am asuuming the hair falling out will stop altogether.

In some places it has already grown back. My scalp also stopped

hurting when I added the thyroid meds ---

www.stopthethyroidmadness.com

www.drrind.com

Best to you,

la

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> > 2) My hair has been falling out for a long time - since before

> > chelation - but it is now worse than ever and I do think it is

much

> > worse since chelating. Any body else found this?

> >

>

> Yes, at various times way before chelation and during chelation.

>

> Stress and/or hypothyroidism will lead to loss of hair. Mercury

toxic

> people often have poor adrenal function making them vulnerable to

> stress, and often have hypothyroidism.

>

> What would help is getting a 4x per day saliva cortisol test to

check

> adrenal function, compare your symptoms with hypoadrenal and

> hypothryoid symptoms, and have blood tests for TSH, free T3 and free

> T4, anti-thyroid antibodies. TSH is often low in mercury poisoning

> because of secondary hypothyroidism. Or there can be Hashimoto's

> because of anti-thyroid antibodies. Free T3 should be in the top

1/4

> of the normal range and free T4 in the top 1/3.

>

> It is difficult to find the right doctor to treat these conditions.

> If there is adrenal insufficiency the adrenals must be treated

first,

> before the thyroid. Ask around for a knowledgeable practitioner in

> your area.

>

> The reason the hair falling out gets worse with chelation is because

> chelation is stress. You could lower the chelator dose and check to

> make sure that you are taking all of the supporting supplements.

>

> My hair was falling out quite seriously after a big stress last

summer

> and it finally stopped when I convinced my GP to increase my dose

of T3.

>

> J

>

July 24, 2007