Setback

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Things are not (no longer) moving in the right direction.

During the last few weeks I have gone from feeling relatively ok

(able to work about 60%, and have even had some energy left for my

familiy)

to feeling like I did prior to and during amalgam removal, which

means tired, fatigued, twitches are back (bigtime), loss of muscle

power/stamina,

burning/aching muscles, visionary disturbances, shaky (like I'm

loosing motoric precision; this I can't remember having had earlier),

and just feeling crappy.

My arms and legs feel heavy.

What seems to have started this turn for the worse was a round of 25

mg DMSA / 3 mg ALA every 3 hours (left me feeling worse) followed by

a couple of

rounds of 33 mg DMSA every 4 hours. Just before the last round off 33

mg DMSA I felt 'ok' again, but after that round I was back in the

ditch.

During the two DMSA only rounds there was worsening, and it took a

few days off round to get back to 'normal' after the first one. I

thought maybe

there has been a shift and that I need to take DMSA every 3 hours. So

I have reduced the dose to 12.5 mg and taken it every 3 hours for two

rounds (3 days on, 4 days off),

but I'm still just getting worse. I haven't really felt very

different on or off rounds the last two rounds.

Is this setback due to redistribution from dosing with too long

intervals, or could it be something else ?

Take a break from chelating maybe, to see if things stabilize (which

isn't exactly what I want...) ?

Has someone else had this experience ? If so, what did you do to get

better (and for how long) ?

I have started a new search for someone who can help me with possible

adrenal/thyroid issues, but this is not easy (either).

Frustrating business this. I have been chelating for 11 months now,

and I have had some improvement during this period, until now that

is.

I have read the 'muddle along' posts, but I'm finding it hard to do

nothing when a 'down' lasts this long. Also of course afraid I'm

going to get worse.

- Kyrre