Lead and DMSA, my chelation report

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I have been chelating using the frequent dose protocol since November

2006, four days after finishing amalgam removal. I used 12.5 mg. of

DMSA. My symptoms were bad before the amalgam removal. They got

significantly worse during amalgam removal, despite the safe protocols

of a mercury free dentist.

I need to tell you that in addition to the mercury, I was diagnosed as

lead poisoned back in 1982. I was never treated for the lead

poisoning. Also, in July 2006 a naturopath gave me a DMPS shot for a

24 hour urine. Guess what!? He found mercury. He subsequently gave

me two IVs of EDTA before I figured out I was getting sicker and

started doing my own research as to what to do. In August 2006 I

found my way to this group. September 2006 I started getting my

amalgams removed.

At first, chelating felt okay. But as I soldiered on round after

round, I exhibited more and worse symptoms until I was nearly

completely loony. With each chelation I could feel and sometimes see

lead being pulled out of my body. I would exhibit dark patches at my

various joints. They would resolve after a couple of days. It did

not affect all of my joints with every chelation. Instead, it was as

if each joint took its turn alternating with each chelation. I could

handle the joint pain and such. But the psycho-absolutely-crazy

person I became was beyond anything I could have ever imagined. I

spent days, even weeks where I couldn't even drive or leave the house.

After about three to four months of chelation, I started hearing

people talking when no one was around. More than once I got up from

my computer and went into another part of the house to see who was

there. Of course there was no one.

It wasn't until I stopped the DMSA and used ALA only that I had what I

would call a more comfortable and perhaps normal (if there is such a

thing) chelation experience. The craziness began to melt away.

I tried a couple of rounds in May of 2007 with both DMSA and ALA. For

me, it was as if I was on high speed. I became brilliant. I didn't

sleep much. WHOOSH! But it was not a good WHOOSH. I decided that

maybe I needed to work with ALA only for awhile. And doing that felt

okay.

Then in July, I went to my dentist for the first time since my amalgam

removal to get my teeth cleaned. A new panoramic xray was done. A

small amalgam on the gumline far in the upper back of my mouth was

discovered. The dentist had missed one! I couldn't believe it. All

of that time I had been chelating with an amalgam, albeit a very small

one. I got it taken out immediately.

I decided to continue with ALA after waiting only a month. This was

because I was afraid to use the DMSA after my previous experience and

because I felt like I really needed to chelate. I did three rounds in

August 2007 and another three in October-November 2007 with ALA only.

My naturopath talked me into using the DMSA again with the ALA.

Before trying that, I took a planned month off from any chelating.

Since resuming chelation January 1, I have done three rounds of ALA

and DMSA together. I have honed it down to 10 mg. ALA and 5 mg. DMSA

every three hours for either three or four day rounds.

Once again, like last winter I have had focused joint and bone

symptoms as the DMSA does its job pulling out lead. The symptoms have

expanded and intensified with each round. The first round

was okay. The second round I had some additional symptoms including

the appearance of a very large dark area just above my left ankle

which resolved at the end of the round. The the third and last round

was okay during the round but horrible afterward with psycho symptoms,

brain fog, and depression.

I have concluded that the DMSA causes me the additional symptom

troubles because of the lead. (Of course I don't know this to be the

fact but it is what I feel.) I have read that it is customary to

chelate less often for lead (I don't mean frequency of doses!),

usually just one round a month. So I think I will try doing that now.

I do want to dump the lead along with the mercury. I don't want to

be sick and crazy. So my plan is to chelate with ALA only except for

one round per month when I will add the DMSA. That will give my body

more time to recover from the lead while still going after mercury

with the ALA.

I have to tell you that compared to where I was before and during

amalgam removal, and since the dark days of DMSA chelation last

winter, I am soooo much improved. My husband tells me this often.

For a couple of years, I could barely walk I had so much leg pain.

Now I walk up and downstairs confidently and with strength and no

pain. My face/skin looks healthier. There is " life " in my cheeks and

eyes. I think more clearly now and enjoy more days where I am able to

accomplish things because I can stay focused on what I am doing.

Reading is becoming easier for me more of the time, and I am glad of

that as I have missed reading. I have taken on some significant

volunteer responsibilities that would have been no problem for me

years ago, but which while challenging me now, would not have been

mentally possible for me to do the last couple of years.

While chelating lead complicates the situation, I will continue to

chelate and expect to see more improvements over time.

See my hair test at

http://www.livingnetwork.co.za/healingnetwork/hairtest.html

I am hair test #25. My husband is #26. My son is #27. We all had

amalgams removed and we all are chelating.