Guest guest Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 > > Hi > >My theory is that if one atom of mercury collides with my adrenals at > >the end of a round - I'm a basket case. > > That seems to be the case with me, but why only on ALA? Because ALA reaches deeper into tissues and into the brain than DMSA and DMPS. > I had wondered if I am allergic to ALA, but that is impossible isn't it? ALA occurs naturally in the body. I don't think your reaction is allergy related. It happened two days after you stopped the round didn't it? I think it is a stress reaction (chelation is stress). I have big time stress reactions when I stop rounds - but as the dose is lowered there is a dose at which the reaction won't happen. > > >My adrenals are shot. I am on full replacement cortisol. > Do you believe they will ultimately recover? > I believe that full recovery is possible. It isn't just my adrenals that aren't working properly - there has to be some hypothalmus and pituitary involvement as well. When I was first given the HC prescription I was cautioned that I might not ever get off of it (and also that I wouldn't heal without it). I won't be at all disappointed if I never get off of it - HC has given me quality of life. I would really like to get to the point where I have some ability to respond to stress - right now I have none. > > >Now I can tolerate 25 mg DMPS > per dose and am chelating continuously (without breaks because > stopping is too hard on me). > > mmmm, We can't obtain DMPS her. I wish we could. > I remember a post in autism mercury from a SA woman who was using TD DMPS to chelate her child. I will search for that. > >I went back and looked at your hair test. I wonder why the Na is so > >high!! Could it be that you are losing Na like mad? Do you crave > salt? and do you give yourself extra? I have had to give myself loads > of extra salt in the last year. > > I like salt, but I don't crave salt. I will try taking more. I don't know why the Na is so high. > The hair test book says it does not reflect body burden. Still confused. > Doesn't Aldosterone have some effect on Na? It retains Na and makes you lose K? Yes, I think that's what it does. > I just assumed it was because my poor adrenals are also shot. > > >Read pages 98-99 of " Amalgam Illness " about Mg and K. I don't > >understand exactly why but some adrenally deficient people lose Na and > >retain K and others seem to lose both. > > Maybe if they can make aldosterone the don't lose Na. But if they can't the do lose Na. > > >You may find that you need to increase amount and frequency of Mg > >supplementation and/or follow Andy's suggestion of using supplementary > >arginine, glutamine and taurine to heal the gut so that Mg absorption > >improves. > I do all this except arginine. > > >I don't know what quantities of supplements you are taking. > >Relatively large quantities of Vit C and B vitamins are supposed to > >help the adrenals. I have added extra B6, thiamine, B12 and folic > >acid (on top of the B complex). > > Yes doing this do. Going to start an adrenal program that includes licorice, very high doses of Biotin, Bioflavonoids, B5 and B6 and see how I do. > > >I'm sure that we will be able to tolerate more ALA with time! > Honestly, I'm petrified to try. It really renders me use-less and dysfunctional. Maybe the time is not right yet. Chelating with DMSA will continue to decrease your body burden until you are ready for ALA. I can't do ALA yet for several reasons (have to be able to function in the day, no place to go at night away from all these people I live with to set a bunch of alarms, not alert enough at night to trust myself, etc, etc). Good Luck > But at the same time I know it is the only thing that will cure me. > > Thanks and TK. > Kai > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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