Re:DMSA did me more harm than good

[Guest guest]

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I'm sorry to hear that you had a bad time of it with DMSA. I too had

gastrointestinal distress when I first started rounds of DMSA. It took months

of pro-biotic usage to finally overcome the candida that I expect was the real

issue with my taking DMSA.

As for the frequent urination, that became less frequent, but it is " the way

out " for the bound mercury with DMSA. Infrequent

urination would be a greater problem.

I stopped chelating with the DMSA (50 mg) for about six months and continued

with only the ALA (50 mg).

Unfortunately, this choice coincided with a severe (but unknown) exposure to

lead dust: don't trust the HEPA filters on shop vacs (mine fell off the mount,

spraying lead paint particles all around my work shop, and into my lungs). I

was feeling so ill that I almost gave up on my chelation altogether. I chose to

do a 2nd hair analysis to see if I'd progressed over 18 months of chelation,

and I discovered my very high lead levels. Since I have added DMSA back for my

last 5 rounds, and I am feeling substantially better.

Now I wonder how long I am going to be pulling lead out of my bones (I feel

re-exposed within 3 days of stopping a round).

Even before the lead exposure, I believe that I did better on the DMSA / ALA

combo than on ALA alone.

My hair analysis still shows deranged mineral transport, but there is no

question that, overall, I have had diminishing neurological symptoms (MS

diagnosis, ADHD reality). I am one of few on this group that seem to tolerate

larger dosages of both DMSA and ALA. I have gone above 50 mg of both, but have

settled on 50 mg as a dosage that works without too much gastrointestinal

distress.

Best wishes,

Jim

[Guest guest]

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I'm sorry to hear that you had a bad time of it with DMSA. I too had

gastrointestinal distress when I first started rounds of DMSA. It took months

of pro-biotic usage to finally overcome the candida that I expect was the real

issue with my taking DMSA.

As for the frequent urination, that became less frequent, but it is " the way

out " for the bound mercury with DMSA. Infrequent

urination would be a greater problem.

I stopped chelating with the DMSA (50 mg) for about six months and continued

with only the ALA (50 mg).

Unfortunately, this choice coincided with a severe (but unknown) exposure to

lead dust: don't trust the HEPA filters on shop vacs (mine fell off the mount,

spraying lead paint particles all around my work shop, and into my lungs). I

was feeling so ill that I almost gave up on my chelation altogether. I chose to

do a 2nd hair analysis to see if I'd progressed over 18 months of chelation,

and I discovered my very high lead levels. Since I have added DMSA back for my

last 5 rounds, and I am feeling substantially better.

Now I wonder how long I am going to be pulling lead out of my bones (I feel

re-exposed within 3 days of stopping a round).

Even before the lead exposure, I believe that I did better on the DMSA / ALA

combo than on ALA alone.

My hair analysis still shows deranged mineral transport, but there is no

question that, overall, I have had diminishing neurological symptoms (MS

diagnosis, ADHD reality). I am one of few on this group that seem to tolerate

larger dosages of both DMSA and ALA. I have gone above 50 mg of both, but have

settled on 50 mg as a dosage that works without too much gastrointestinal

distress.

Best wishes,

Jim

[Guest guest]

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> I'm sorry to hear that you had a bad time of it with DMSA. I too

had

> gastrointestinal distress when I first started rounds of DMSA. It

took months of pro-biotic usage to finally overcome the candida that

I expect was the real issue with my taking DMSA.

>

> As for the frequent urination, that became less frequent, but it

is " the way out " for the bound mercury with DMSA. Infrequent

> urination would be a greater problem.

>

> I stopped chelating with the DMSA (50 mg) for about six months and

continued with only the ALA (50 mg).

>

> Unfortunately, this choice coincided with a severe (but unknown)

exposure to lead dust: don't trust the HEPA filters on shop vacs

(mine fell off the mount, spraying lead paint particles all around my

work shop, and into my lungs). I was feeling so ill that I almost

gave up on my chelation altogether. I chose to do a 2nd hair

analysis to see if I'd progressed over 18 months of chelation,

> and I discovered my very high lead levels. Since I have added DMSA

back for my last 5 rounds, and I am feeling substantially better.

>

> Now I wonder how long I am going to be pulling lead out of my bones

(I feel re-exposed within 3 days of stopping a round).

>

> Even before the lead exposure, I believe that I did better on the

DMSA / ALA combo than on ALA alone.

>

> My hair analysis still shows deranged mineral transport, but there

is no question that, overall, I have had diminishing neurological

symptoms (MS diagnosis, ADHD reality). I am one of few on this group

that seem to tolerate larger dosages of both DMSA and ALA. I have

gone above 50 mg of both, but have settled on 50 mg as a dosage that

works without too much gastrointestinal distress.

>

>

> Best wishes,

>

>

> Jim

>

THanks Jim. I have never tried the hair analysis. In AI, Andy talks

about problems with the pituitary gland causing urinary problems. I

will see if I can get my GP to do some tests, but he's not convinced

about mercury problems -yet. Thankfully my body has calmed down and

in a month I will try ALA. Supplements that also didn't help when

tried included Glutamine - argenine - and forskolin. St johns wort

used to help a lot, but because I used that for several years, that

doesn't seem to be much use now either.

Kind regards Rob -UK