Re: reacting to ala, not dmsa

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi,

>

> just wanted to share my experiences with ALA and DMSA. When I take ALA

> (around the clock, 60 mg)I get this strange pulling feeling in my head

> shared by many Hg sensitive I believe. My emotional issues will also

> get more pronounced.

These two symptoms are both commonly reported with ALA chelation.

>

> Whenever I try DMSA I seem to get no reaction from it. I believe it is

> 50 mg or 65 mg. Should I increase the dosing?

You could increase the DMSA dose (by about 2/3) or keep it the same.

If you are chelating with ALA/DMSA at the doses you give above (about

60 mg each) the DMSA will act as an accessory chelator and be there to

pick up any mercury that the ALA drops, possibly making chelating more

comfortable and reducing the chance of redistribution.

Is my experience with

> DMSA/ALA shared by others as well?

Yes.

I get quite a large reaction to low doses of DMSA, which I think means

that I have a greater body burden of mercury than you, or that the

damage mercury has done to my body over time is greater than it is for

you. Consider yourself lucky

J

>

> Thanks, Phil

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi,

>

> just wanted to share my experiences with ALA and DMSA. When I take ALA

> (around the clock, 60 mg)I get this strange pulling feeling in my head

> shared by many Hg sensitive I believe. My emotional issues will also

> get more pronounced.

These two symptoms are both commonly reported with ALA chelation.

>

> Whenever I try DMSA I seem to get no reaction from it. I believe it is

> 50 mg or 65 mg. Should I increase the dosing?

You could increase the DMSA dose (by about 2/3) or keep it the same.

If you are chelating with ALA/DMSA at the doses you give above (about

60 mg each) the DMSA will act as an accessory chelator and be there to

pick up any mercury that the ALA drops, possibly making chelating more

comfortable and reducing the chance of redistribution.

Is my experience with

> DMSA/ALA shared by others as well?

Yes.

I get quite a large reaction to low doses of DMSA, which I think means

that I have a greater body burden of mercury than you, or that the

damage mercury has done to my body over time is greater than it is for

you. Consider yourself lucky

J

>

> Thanks, Phil

>

[Guest guest]

Maybe decrease the ALA dose to about half rather than increasing the DMSA.

Bascially, more sensible and safer to reduce the one that seems to be causing

side-effects, rather than increase the one that isn't - you just might start

getting side-effects from the DMSA as well.