Guest guest Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hi Carlin, I have worked for ophthalmologists for the last 24 years, maybe I can help answer your questions. Visual acuity is rarely the same in both eyes. In other words vision is often worse in one eye. Convergence insufficieny is something we see fairly often. For the black hole you are experiencing, I need more description. Your age alone will also have an affect on your vision. If you could be a little more specific about your symptoms, I may be able to find out for you their cause or severity. Good luck with your chelation. Michele > > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone is experiencing vision problems as I haven't > seen many people mention it. My left eye seems weaker than the right. > Often I have convergence problems. I often can't tell if it's my eyes or my brain... > missing behind my eye, as if there is a dark, black hole, yet I can > still see. > ~ Carlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Visual problems are very common in mercury poisoning. Andy talks about some of it in his book. My vision improved within hours of having all my amalgams out. Colors got brighter and everything was clearer. It no longer had this " haze " over it. I do notice that at times my vision will seem a bit blurry if I have gone too long between rounds. It improves again with a round. Convergence problems and Lazy eye are signs of mercury toxicity and mentioned in the book. Andy has said that once enough chelation has been done, one should seek vision therapy from a developmental optometrist. We had to do this with my son. He has eye tracking problems..so he had these eye charts that we put up on the wall and he would practice reading from them in a certain order. You do this for a few weeks or so to correct the defect. I have noticed my ability to read and not lose my place very second has improved a lot. It stands very likely that chelation will improve things for you, and at some point down the road..some vision therapy. How do you know it's time for ala? Well when you can take it and it does not make you incredibly sick. As in no crushing headaches. Usually one does some dmsa chelation first, then adds in ala. But if you have been 9 months amalgam free, you can try both and see how it goes. > > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone is experiencing vision problems as I haven't > seen many people mention it. My left eye seems weaker than the right. > Often I have convergence problems. I can still read, but not lengthy > articles because my brain gets tired or my eyes won't work...it's hard > to describe. I often can't tell if it's my eyes or my brain...all I > know is it doesn't feel right. Sometimes it feels as if something is > missing behind my eye, as if there is a dark, black hole, yet I can > still see. It just feels strange and is very worrisome. I am hoping > that ALA will resolve this. Currently I'm only on round 5 of DMSA 25mg > every 3 hours. So far I've only been able to tolerate 4 days on each > time. I've had my amalgams out for 9 months. Do you think I can go > ahead with the ALA? How do I know it's time? Thanks. > ~ Carlin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Visual problems are very common in mercury poisoning. Andy talks about some of it in his book. My vision improved within hours of having all my amalgams out. Colors got brighter and everything was clearer. It no longer had this " haze " over it. I do notice that at times my vision will seem a bit blurry if I have gone too long between rounds. It improves again with a round. Convergence problems and Lazy eye are signs of mercury toxicity and mentioned in the book. Andy has said that once enough chelation has been done, one should seek vision therapy from a developmental optometrist. We had to do this with my son. He has eye tracking problems..so he had these eye charts that we put up on the wall and he would practice reading from them in a certain order. You do this for a few weeks or so to correct the defect. I have noticed my ability to read and not lose my place very second has improved a lot. It stands very likely that chelation will improve things for you, and at some point down the road..some vision therapy. How do you know it's time for ala? Well when you can take it and it does not make you incredibly sick. As in no crushing headaches. Usually one does some dmsa chelation first, then adds in ala. But if you have been 9 months amalgam free, you can try both and see how it goes. > > Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone is experiencing vision problems as I haven't > seen many people mention it. My left eye seems weaker than the right. > Often I have convergence problems. I can still read, but not lengthy > articles because my brain gets tired or my eyes won't work...it's hard > to describe. I often can't tell if it's my eyes or my brain...all I > know is it doesn't feel right. Sometimes it feels as if something is > missing behind my eye, as if there is a dark, black hole, yet I can > still see. It just feels strange and is very worrisome. I am hoping > that ALA will resolve this. Currently I'm only on round 5 of DMSA 25mg > every 3 hours. So far I've only been able to tolerate 4 days on each > time. I've had my amalgams out for 9 months. Do you think I can go > ahead with the ALA? How do I know it's time? Thanks. > ~ Carlin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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