Think I Need DMSA Continuous. Great Antidepressant. Off Rounds Real Bad.

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Could you all please share your thoughts with me? I realize DMSA is

not supposed to be taken continuously. Something about the body

needing to heal. What exactly needs to heal after a round? Seems to

me the body is healing better when metals are contstantly being

removed and not allowed to redistribute between rounds.

I've taken every antidepressant you can think of. Most make me feel

worse or have hugely intolerable side effects, even at small doses.

I accidentally found the best antidepressant I've ever had...DMSA

12.5mg every 4 hours. But when I stop it at the end of a round, oh

my do I sink to the most unbearable scary lows ever, mixed in with

some anxiety.

So I want to stay on DMSA continuously. Weeks? Months? Don't know.

All I know is that for some reason it does me a lot of good on it,

and a lot of bad off it. Other than being a metal chelator, I wonder

how it affects brain function? Serotonin? Dopamine? Etc. It has

a " feel " to it of an antidepresant drug, sort of a serotonin feel,

except that it actually works.

I just finished round 4. First 2 rounds were 25mg. Second 2 rounds

were 12.5mg. Rounds have been 6 days on, 7 to 14 days off. 12.5mg is

much better than 25mg. General trend each round...more depressed the

first 2 days, subtle lifting of depression and significant

improvement in socializing and work function 3rd day, then from 4th

day onward I am so much improved that other people comment on how

much better I seem and look. I only stop a round because the book

says to. It feels to me like a lot more damage is done by stopping a

round than not.

All I know is my life is so much better on DMSA. Work, family,

church, everything. I noticed a few others have done continuous

dosing. I want to. At only 12.5mg, I don't realistically see

neutrophil risks and such. Actually, I believe my mental and

physical risks off rounds significantly outweigh any risks of

staying on a continuous round. Your thoughts? It's like I cannot

tolerate any redistribution whatsoever. Or, maybe DMSA does

something else besides chelate, because off round sure feels like a

massive drug withdrawal syndrome to me.

I wonder if somehow some of us just need a lot of sulfur? Or do I

just feel better because metals are being removed? Weird. It sure

feels to me like DMSA does something else besides just chelate

metals. In any case, if I don't improve in the next day or two I

will have to go back on it just to end the torture. I was scared

starting DMSA because all the warnings and side effects and forums

spoke of it causing depression and fatigue. For me, just the

opposite. Great antidepressant and boosts energy too.