chelation, ND visit, and hyper symptoms

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Okay, I saw my ND today, and I am totally freaked out and I don't know what to

do. :-( She isn't familiar with Cutler's protocol- go figure- and she made me

sign a paper she typed up saying I was doing this DMSA on my own, not under her

recommendation. Okay, that got me a little freaked. It gets worse.

She admitted she doesn't know much about chelation, and she referred me to a

doctor who deals heavily with chelation. I looked at this guy's website. The

first thing he does is a challenge test. Well, he does it after your kidneys and

liver have passed basic blood tests. Then you make appointments for IV chelation

sessions. NO THANKS!

Great, so here I am without a doctor having any idea about what I am doing. I

left Cutler's books with her (so now I don't even have them to refer to), and

she said she is busy but is interested in reading them. I just can't hold my

breath on it. Today I paid her $100, and I am still trying to figure out what I

paid her for- a death sentence to another doctor with dangerous chelation

protocols?!

I am having hyperthyroid symptoms. I have always had hypo symptoms but never had

anything beyond a basic blood test, which was " fine " . I started getting hyper

symptoms a while after trying iodine supplementation. I stopped all iodine, even

from my multi, and I think/thought the symptoms went away.

I started chelating a week or so later. I did well the first 3 days, although I

have been feeling so good that I would describe it as euphoric. I am now

wondering if that is a mild hyper symptom and my energy that I thought was from

getting my amalgams removed is also another mild hyper symptom. I really have no

idea. Well, today is day 4 of chelation at 25 mg. My heart started beating

faster, more sweating, feeling a little " racy " . I think this is due to chelation

and these are hyper symptoms. I stopped my round.

My TSH early last week, when I was feeling good was 0.6. The lab gave a bottom

range of 0.3 as normal, but my ND says 0.6 is hyper. I was feeling good (not

hyper or hypo) when I took the test, but it was immediately following a couple

days that I felt hyper. I guess you could say my mood was euphoric though. OTOH,

if I don't feel like sh*t and my mood is actually elevated, I have energy, and I

am not cold all the time, I am likely to call that feeling " euphoric. "

I really don't know what to do, and am really considering getting rid of my ND

and consulting with Andy. He does consults, right? I still can't believe she

typed up a paper for me to sign today...and referred me to a doctor who is more

likely to kill me than help me. :-( I have no medical insurance and feel totally

screwed right now...

She also wants me to do a toxic element clearance profile, and called Andy a

" radical " when I said I didn't think he thought there was a point in doing that.

Okay, I might not be quoting him right, but it doesn't stand out to me that he

recommends getting urine tests while chelating...

Any advice on any of this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Olif