Re: Symptoms that come and go

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> In Amalgam Ilnness, Andy talks about how mercury toxic people often

have periods of

> reprieve, only to fall back into their symptoms.

>

> Question: especially with brain mercury, which never leaves, how can

symptoms come and

> go? If the mercury is relentlessly attached to key brain structures,

how can things seemingly

> get better? Can anyone explain the mechanism?

The body finds ways to adapt, so it can function better under

various kinds of stress.

One way this can happen is if you have increased/reduced amounts of

a particular nutrient or hormone or neurotransmitter present, the

body can, over time, decrease/increase it's sensitivity to that

substance, or it may find a way to make less/more of that substance

(hormone or neurotransmitter). One example of this is described on

p. 48 (dopamine).

I look back over my life and see symptoms that appeared/worsened

after exposures to mercury and lead, and it seemed like I overcame

those problems to some degree over time. But I sure didn't chelate

and the mercury was still in there. My body found ways to operate

better despite the mercury. At some point, my body ran out of ways

to adapt.

> Also, I'm finding my symptoms - headaches, ear pressure, vertigo -

have been all but

> eliminated with use of a B vitamin complex (in a small dose; I had

tried it before but used to

> high a does and got neuropathic symptoms).

One reason for supplementing is to address deficiencies that are

present. Doesn't matter if they are due to a simple lack of the

nutrient, or due to a functional deficit caused by mercury. The

whole point of the section from p 133-167 is there is a lot you

can do to improve symptoms.

> I know supps can alleviate mercury problems but is it possible that

these problems were not

> directly caused by mercury? That a B deficiency is the root cause?

(Yes, I realize these things

> are complex and intertwined and that heavy metals can block

absorption of b-vits. But the

> fact that my headaches are 100% gone leads me to believe mercury is

not causing them).

>

You might have corrected a simple deficiency (especially if you

haven't taken B vitamins in the past, because most people need more

than are present in diet), or you might have corrected a functional

deficiency caused by mercury.

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