Porphyrin test results and review

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I've done about 100 days of chelation now with 12.5 mg ALA and 12.5

DMSA mostly - after trying a few variations without success. Around

50 days in I did a porphyrin test and repeated it 50 days later.

The results show a big drop in precoproporphyrin, which is a specific

marker of mercury toxicity, i.e. nothing else causes it. On the

first test it was 14 nmol/gCr against a reference of 5-9. I guess

the reference is a normal average, as ideal would presumably be zero.

On the second it had dropped to 7, right in the middle of the normal

zone. So the test seems to say I should be OK now.

I expected chelation to take longer. I still get a marked reaction

to chelation which increases gradually through rounds, mostly poor

concentration, poor memory, and some physical symptoms, none too

drastic, but I now limit rounds to 4 days as this keeps side effects

manageable, and leave about 10 days in between, which as it happens

seems to be about the time it takes for me to get back to " normal "

again. " Normal " does seem better than it used to be, but some way

short of good health. I tried increasing to 18 mg ALA but found

this too much and went back to 12.5. All of this seems to suggest

I have a long way to go, and that chelation is drawing out mercury

hidden in the brain and causing some temporary trouble on its way

out. But another view would be why continue when it seems to mess

me up, if the tests show little toxic effect from mercury?

I've been lucky in a way in that I have my own business - I would

have been sacked from any job years ago - but that business has

certainly suffered from my CFS and I really need to give it my best

at the moment if it is to carry on supporting me as I recover.

Any comments?

Guy