Guest guest Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Hello, I am convinced that I need to chelate my 6yo son. His hair test (#155) is horrible, lots of therapies have had marginal improvement. His history confirms that he is mercury toxic. I am just really scared to start for fear of making him worse. He is really high functioning, most people don't even notice any differences; however, I know as he gets older, the developmental gap will seem larger. Of course, I know " mainstream " doctors are very against chelation, but they have not done ANYTHING useful for us at all. Also, I think reading about some of the group member side effects scare me a little - I just hate to put him through that. Does everyone experience negative side effects? Does anyone wish they had not chelated? I guess hearing some positive outcomes would really help me not view this process as scary/risky. Thanks for your patience with a mom who really is trying to do her best... Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Hello, I understand your dilemma. I wanted to share my son's story with you. My son was very healthy until age 12, now he is 16. I found that I had heavy metal issues almost 3 years ago and my plan was to chelate myself after dental work and then my kids and hubby. Things have taken longer than plan due to my own health and money issues. My son developed asthma and since age 14, worse every year and allergies. I have hesitated because of unknown side effects also. This year he had a walking pneumonia, allergies and is now on 2 asthma meds. I took him to 2 alt practitioners but I knew that he needed to chelate, but neither one agreed with me so I keep waiting. I just took him to an alternative dentist and he has mercury under a non mercury filling and is loaded with heavy metals. He also had a hair analysis which didnt really show much but thats can happen also. This dentist checks with a meridian evb machine( forgot the name). He uses homeopathic liquids charged with the vibration of the heavy metals to reduce the body burden. I am now going to remove the mercury filling and continue the homeopathic and then in a few months start dmsa and ala on the weekends. Issues with mercury do not go away, then can become worse. I have filter and distilled water, shower filters, non metal cooking pots,do not vaccinate, no mercury dental work and extremely good foods for my family but all that is not enough. I have noticed some emotional things with him also, more critical, a loss of his sense of humor(he was a very funny ,happy kid) skin problems. I guess my advice would be to chelate at very slow doses maybe 6 or 12 mg but to chelate. I realize that my son's metals were worse than I thought and affecting him more than I realized. I also would make sure your son has no mercury in his mouth in case he ever did. I know also plan to check my other son , this dentist is very expensive 600 buck but he is the best in ct. I cant imagine sending my boys out in the world heavy metal poisoned, this is very important and it affects everything, your health, how you relate to others, how you see the world, problem solving. Mercury is not a lit prob its a big prob but chelation is the solution , slow, careful chelation. I think you already realize that theres a good chance that mercury is the problem , anything but chelation will be a band aid, helpful but does not solve the problem. I also think I goofed with the vaccines, the mercury fillings and I need to make it right. OF course I didnt know but the effects are here and I need to help them(both boys) so their adults lives are k. I spent a few bucks on alt practitioners who didn't understand mercury and its side effect and I canceled my own voice that said to chelate 2 years ago. I hope you do what you know and feel , slowly and carefully. I have found chelation difficult but so is living full of mercury. I am not well enough yet to say , its worked, I am cured but I am heading in the direction. I am also nervous about chelating my boys, ages 16 and 17 but the mercury has to come out. In essense because your son is so young, you have a lot more control of him, his foods, his time. I think older boys will complaint and complaint but of course can tell me what they feel as far as side effects. THis is scary its basically new territory and many will not understand , thank god for this room and others like it. Try to find an alt practioner that gets it , aslo join the other room , adult chelation and the austism chelation room. Wishing you lots of luck. ALso try to email Andy Culter to see what he says. Vivian > > Hello, > I am convinced that I need to chelate my 6yo son. > His hair test (#155) is horrible, lots of therapies have had > marginal improvement. His history confirms that he is mercury toxic. > > I am just really scared to start for fear of making him worse. He is > really high functioning, most people don't even notice any > differences; however, I know as he gets older, the developmental gap > will seem larger. > > Of course, I know " mainstream " doctors are very against chelation, > but they have not done ANYTHING useful for us at all. Also, I think > reading about some of the group member side effects scare me a > little - I just hate to put him through that. > > Does everyone experience negative side effects? Does anyone wish > they had not chelated? I guess hearing some positive outcomes would > really help me not view this process as scary/risky. Thanks for your > patience with a mom who really is trying to do her best... > > Janet > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Janet, you might want to take your questions over to Autism-Mercury where there are lots of parents chelating their kids. I was scared to pieces when we first started. I have 2 NT kids whose hair tests met the counting rules. The kids were most definitely exposed to mercury. Symptoms? Oh, mild when you compare it to being autistic, y'know? But look around here, and you can plainly see all kinds of emotional and physical problems resulting from metal toxicity. Did I want that in the future for my kids? I think reading through Amalgam Illness, and seeing the " future " is motivation enough! I read and read at A-M, and here, and I noticed that the people who were having big problems with chelation were the ones who were not following Andy's protocol, either in the past or presently. Once we got a few rounds under our belt (I'm chelating too), I had to wonder what I had been so afraid of. Follow the dosing guidelines religiously. Take supportive supplements. It will be a LOT easier to chelate your child while he/she is young and more under your control, than waiting until puberty kicks in, more problems arise, and by then you don't have a compliant child. The kids and I have taken several breaks since starting to chelate at the end of 2005. We've done ~70 rounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 > > Hello, > I am convinced that I need to chelate my 6yo son. > His hair test (#155) is horrible, lots of therapies have had > marginal improvement. His history confirms that he is mercury toxic. > > I am just really scared to start for fear of making him worse. Fear of the unknown is common. The more you read, the more you understand, the more you talk to people who are chelating, the more relaxed you will become. He is > really high functioning, most people don't even notice any > differences; however, I know as he gets older, the developmental gap > will seem larger. > The mercury will not fall out on it's own (natural clearance from the body would be little, if any, and from the brain would be close to zero). Mercury will cause problems with time. Once it is removed it can't cause problems anymore. It also gets more difficult to chelate kids as they get older and refuse to cooperate. > Of course, I know " mainstream " doctors are very against chelation, > but they have not done ANYTHING useful for us at all. Also, I think > reading about some of the group member side effects scare me a > little - I just hate to put him through that. > > Does everyone experience negative side effects? Negative side effects usually indicate that something is wrong. When chelating with Andy's protocol (the only safe protocol around) it is acceptable to have fatigue and body ache at the end of the round. More than that indicates trouble shooting is in order. The most common problem is that people use doses of chelators that are too high for them. Lowering the dose solves that problem. There will be a dose at which there are NO side effects. The optimum dose is different for different people. Other trouble shooting measures involve supporting the body with diet and supplements. Does anyone wish > they had not chelated? My biggest exposures to mercury were 30 years ago. I wish I had found Andy Cutler when he first was developing his protocol. I guess hearing some positive outcomes would > really help me not view this process as scary/risky. Have you read the " Love letters " file. There are lots of positive outcome stories in autism mercury archives. (there is also a lot of blah, blah, blah, in that group too, it's sort of like panning for gold) Thanks for your > patience with a mom who really is trying to do her best... > The more you educate yourself, the safer your child will be. J > Janet > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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