Re: Goals for Wellness--O/T

[Guest guest]

You said:

" For example, if I had no other means to attain the goal, would taking

the small-frequent doses of DMSA alone, with no other supplements,

get rid of the mercury? "

-------I believe Andy has stated in AI that the more effective chelator is the

ALA. That's

the one that gets the mercury out of your brain, not the DMSA. The DMSA is for

reducing

the side effects of the ALA. Please anyone correct me if I am misremembering

this from

the book.

You said you're a beginner. You didn't say if you've had your amalgams removed

or not, or

whether you've started chelation yet or not. So I can't help wondering whether

you have

had any of these symptoms of new Hg exposure or redistribution yet. I never

experienced

hypoadrenal symptoms until after my amalgams were removed--at the 2 month

mercury

dump " slump " Andy warns about. Prior to that, I had no idea what a miserable

time I was

in for. Never even bothered to think about adrenals being a problem. As soon as

it affects

you personally, it suddenly becomes very important.

If you have a high tolerance for discomfort, then go ahead and save money that

would go

to supplements. I understand the situation completely. I ended up selling a lot

of our stuff

in our closet on eBay to make money for supplements, and I've been able to do

it! Without

that, I wouldn't be able to afford the supplements or the amalgam removal.

(That's right--

eBay paid for my amalgam removal, and usually I'm not even a regular eBay

seller!) You

may not be working or go out much, so I understand you don't have a lot of

demands on

you. However, if you haven't gotten very far into chelation process yet, let me

say you

would be best not to underestimate the overwhelming power of Hg redistribution

to

disrupt your life. One example: Both myself and my husband have inadvertently

damaged

relationships with very close friends quite badly because of severely

overreacting to our

friends. This happened to each of us during a time when the mercury was dumping

into

our bloodstreams quite a bit, causing new exposure/redistribution. We value

their

friendships, so now we have to repair the bridges we burned. And we ought to

give them a

list of the symptoms we anticipate, like Andy says.

Also important to consider: a lot of the supplements Andy recommends are not

merely to

help you feel better. Some of them are truly necessary to enable your internal

systems to

be ABLE to get the mercury out. Selenium and Zinc, for example, bind with

mercury and

make it passive and poorly soluble. Milk Thistle helps your liver do its job.

And if your liver

can't do its job, chelating won't be of much use, will it? So one really must

use certain

supplements at least at a basic level while chelating.

That said, check out Dr. Lam's site on adrenals (and probably other problems,

too, like

hypothyroid). Along with a very thorough explanation of hypoadrenal problems,

his

treatment suggestions are all lifestyle changes that won't cost you a penny. As

soon as I

started applying just a few of his recommended lifestyle changes, my hypoadrenal

symptoms made great improvement. I was pretty happy about that!

Here's the link to Robin's original post, which was long.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/frequent-dose-chelation/message/24246

>

[Guest guest]

You said:

" For example, if I had no other means to attain the goal, would taking

the small-frequent doses of DMSA alone, with no other supplements,

get rid of the mercury? "

-------I believe Andy has stated in AI that the more effective chelator is the

ALA. That's

the one that gets the mercury out of your brain, not the DMSA. The DMSA is for

reducing

the side effects of the ALA. Please anyone correct me if I am misremembering

this from

the book.

You said you're a beginner. You didn't say if you've had your amalgams removed

or not, or

whether you've started chelation yet or not. So I can't help wondering whether

you have

had any of these symptoms of new Hg exposure or redistribution yet. I never

experienced

hypoadrenal symptoms until after my amalgams were removed--at the 2 month

mercury

dump " slump " Andy warns about. Prior to that, I had no idea what a miserable

time I was

in for. Never even bothered to think about adrenals being a problem. As soon as

it affects

you personally, it suddenly becomes very important.

If you have a high tolerance for discomfort, then go ahead and save money that

would go

to supplements. I understand the situation completely. I ended up selling a lot

of our stuff

in our closet on eBay to make money for supplements, and I've been able to do

it! Without

that, I wouldn't be able to afford the supplements or the amalgam removal.

(That's right--

eBay paid for my amalgam removal, and usually I'm not even a regular eBay

seller!) You

may not be working or go out much, so I understand you don't have a lot of

demands on

you. However, if you haven't gotten very far into chelation process yet, let me

say you

would be best not to underestimate the overwhelming power of Hg redistribution

to

disrupt your life. One example: Both myself and my husband have inadvertently

damaged

relationships with very close friends quite badly because of severely

overreacting to our

friends. This happened to each of us during a time when the mercury was dumping

into

our bloodstreams quite a bit, causing new exposure/redistribution. We value

their

friendships, so now we have to repair the bridges we burned. And we ought to

give them a

list of the symptoms we anticipate, like Andy says.

Also important to consider: a lot of the supplements Andy recommends are not

merely to

help you feel better. Some of them are truly necessary to enable your internal

systems to

be ABLE to get the mercury out. Selenium and Zinc, for example, bind with

mercury and

make it passive and poorly soluble. Milk Thistle helps your liver do its job.

And if your liver

can't do its job, chelating won't be of much use, will it? So one really must

use certain

supplements at least at a basic level while chelating.

That said, check out Dr. Lam's site on adrenals (and probably other problems,

too, like

hypothyroid). Along with a very thorough explanation of hypoadrenal problems,

his

treatment suggestions are all lifestyle changes that won't cost you a penny. As

soon as I

started applying just a few of his recommended lifestyle changes, my hypoadrenal

symptoms made great improvement. I was pretty happy about that!

Here's the link to Robin's original post, which was long.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/frequent-dose-chelation/message/24246

>

[Guest guest]

> You said you're a beginner. You didn't say if you've had your amalgams

> removed or not, or

> whether you've started chelation yet or not. So I can't help wondering

> whether you have

> had any of these symptoms of new Hg exposure or redistribution yet. I

> never experienced

> hypoadrenal symptoms until after my amalgams were removed--at the 2 month

> mercury

> dump " slump " Andy warns about. Prior to that, I had no idea what a

> miserable time I was

> in for. Never even bothered to think about adrenals being a problem. As

> soon as it affects

> you personally, it suddenly becomes very important.

Hi ,

I'll second that. I never knew about adrenal problems until I started to

chelate. It hit me the first round and slammed quite hard for some time

after that.

I believe my thyroid took the smack after removal a long time ago.

To me adrenal and thyroid support (gentle e.g. ACE or heavier e.g

HydroCortisone) are mandatory before mercury removal and chelation.

Your comments are spot on about how mercury toxicity can change our

personality, mostly making it more reactive and aggressive.

Thanks,

Dean

[Guest guest]

> You said you're a beginner. You didn't say if you've had your amalgams

> removed or not, or

> whether you've started chelation yet or not. So I can't help wondering

> whether you have

> had any of these symptoms of new Hg exposure or redistribution yet. I

> never experienced

> hypoadrenal symptoms until after my amalgams were removed--at the 2 month

> mercury

> dump " slump " Andy warns about. Prior to that, I had no idea what a

> miserable time I was

> in for. Never even bothered to think about adrenals being a problem. As

> soon as it affects

> you personally, it suddenly becomes very important.

Hi ,

I'll second that. I never knew about adrenal problems until I started to

chelate. It hit me the first round and slammed quite hard for some time

after that.

I believe my thyroid took the smack after removal a long time ago.

To me adrenal and thyroid support (gentle e.g. ACE or heavier e.g

HydroCortisone) are mandatory before mercury removal and chelation.

Your comments are spot on about how mercury toxicity can change our

personality, mostly making it more reactive and aggressive.

Thanks,

Dean

[Guest guest]

> I'll second that. I never knew about adrenal problems until I started

> to chelate.

I agree with all and Dean have to say but that wasn't anywhere

near what I was attempting to communicate; the thrust of my post was

more philosophical in nature: We can't all do everything all the time

so how do we make choices in our personal approach to treatment. That's

all.

And yes, I've had all my amalgams removed and all that. I'm new but I'm

a quick study :-)

~robin