Re: taking other meds and chelating

[Guest guest]

>

> my son's hair analysis is on its way, I just got the first book, am

> working through it, wonder if I can ask for help. He takes Strattera

> and Risperdone for his neurological symptoms...can he begin ala

> (presuming his issue is mercury).

I think that only Andy is qualified to answer this, or possibly

another parent who has chelated their child while using these drugs.

When you get your hair test you could post it in this group or in

autism mercury. I put a how to post hair test results file in the

files section here. When you post it be sure to give a general

history including reasons why mercury is suspected.

Be sure that he has no amalgam dental fillings and no recent exposures

to mercury (including vaccines) before starting ALA.

He's attached to the drugs, as in,

> he believes they help him, and is unwilling to taper right now. Should

> he be off these drugs before he begins? He's 140 lbs, 13 years old.

> Thanks.

>

My suggestion would be to join the autism mercury group:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Autism-Mercury/

and ask the question there. There is a very large diverse parent

group there who hopefully will be able to share their experiences with

you.

It would be very helpful to use www.onibasu.com to search autism

mercury for other posts that have to do with these two drugs. I

searched using the key words - andrewhallcutler and Strattera and came

up with 17 hits. Four of them here:

http://onibasu.com/archives/am/81836.html (from 2003)

http://onibasu.com/archives/am/206627.html

http://onibasu.com/archives/am/136384.html (from 2005)

http://onibasu.com/archives/am/130918.html (also 2005)

And, a search using the key words andrewhallcutler and Risperdone gave

no hits. Does that drug have another common name? Risperdone alone

gave 4 hits from other parents.

J