Re: Anger as side effect of chelation?

[Guest guest]

Yes, that is very likely a side effect of chelation with ALA.

Being conscious about what is going on is of great help for me. If

they are too annoying, you can just stop the round. I did it for that

reason several times.

Hope this may help,

>

> Hello,

> I have been experiencing what seems to be an odd side effect of

chelation. I've just finished

> my third round with ALA. I'm normally a very easy-going person.

But recently I've been

> feeling very angry and irritable. It seems to coincide with

chelation, and I have been

> experiencing other side effects, which I expected, such as increased

brain fog and some

> exacerbation of adrenal and thyroid symptoms. But I wasn't prepared

for this " emotional "

> aspect, which feels alien to me. Has anyone else experienced this,

and does this sound like

> an expected side effect of chelation?

>

[Guest guest]

Has anyone else experienced this, and does this sound like

> an expected side effect of chelation?

>

Absolutely. I have found that this side effect has diminished greatly

but still the odd round on day one I am miserable to live with,

everything so to speak pisses me off---and I am usually very tolerant.

I feel so angry, grumpy. For me is passes after the first day but prior

it happened all the time, even off round.

It will get better. Let your family know.

Colette

[Guest guest]

Has anyone else experienced this, and does this sound like

> > an expected side effect of chelation?

> >

> Absolutely. I have found that this side effect has diminished

greatly

> but still the odd round on day one I am miserable to live with,

> everything so to speak pisses me off---and I am usually very

tolerant.

> I feel so angry, grumpy. For me is passes after the first day but

prior

> it happened all the time, even off round.

>

> It will get better. Let your family know.

>

> Colette

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Colette,

Thanks so much for this encouraging post. I long for the days

when people gave me the nickname " sunshine " . Can I ask how long

you've been chelating? Are you on any adrenal/thyroid support?

Val

[Guest guest]

You could try shortening the time between doses.. I find that

when I am feeling worse taking it sooner totally gets rid of the

side affect..

Nanci

In frequent-dose-chelation , " accs4 " wrote:

>

> Hello,

> I have been experiencing what seems to be an odd side effect of

chelation. I've just finished

> my third round with ALA. I'm normally a very easy-going person. But

recently I've been

> feeling very angry and irritable. It seems to coincide with

chelation, and I have been

> experiencing other side effects, which I expected, such as increased

brain fog and some

> exacerbation of adrenal and thyroid symptoms. But I wasn't prepared

for this " emotional "

> aspect, which feels alien to me. Has anyone else experienced this,

and does this sound like

> an expected side effect of chelation?

>

[Guest guest]

HMMM. I have no direct experience, yet, with ALA. But lots of

experience with anger, impulsivity, lability, fearfulness, anxiety.

All of those psychological symptoms happen to me when Hg crosses the

BBB into my brain, not out.

Remember, ALA can transport Hg into the brain as well as out of the

brain. If you have not adequately reduced soft tissue mercury you

could be dumping more Hg into the brain. How long did you chelate

with DMSA or DMPS? Did you try taking the ALA with one of those

chelators? If so did you experience the same symptom?

Doug

[Guest guest]

e,

>

> Can I ask how long you've been chelating? Are you on any

adrenal/thyroid support?

>

> Val

=====Val, I have done 24 rounds since Nov 2007. My anger has been

much better since the end of May (looked at my daily diary). Still

happens just no so much intensity or frequency.

i am on TADS (165 mg 3x a day in divided doses)only for adrenals and

of course all of the supplements. No Thyroid support.

My last cortisol test (saliva- 4 pt) was two weeks ago and I did it

while on support. My range is fine in the morning and plummets to

just a hair over the low end of " normal " . They are worse than the

first cortisol test I did 2 years ago. They are struggling. I

recently started doing my rounds on a 3 and 11 timing instead of 3

and 4. It is helping to give my body a break

Colette

Hope this helps

[Guest guest]

>

> Hello,

> I have been experiencing what seems to be an odd side effect of

chelation. I've just finished

> my third round with ALA. I'm normally a very easy-going person.

But recently I've been

> feeling very angry and irritable. It seems to coincide with

chelation, and I have been

> experiencing other side effects, which I expected, such as

increased brain fog and some

> exacerbation of adrenal and thyroid symptoms. But I wasn't

prepared for this " emotional "

> aspect, which feels alien to me. Has anyone else experienced this,

and does this sound like

> an expected side effect of chelation?

>

Yes I do. I am on my 5th month of chelating with ALA alone (I had a

bad time with DMSA) and it makes me very irritable at times. I am

trying DMSA in low doses along with the ALA to try and control the

side effects. best regards RObert .

[Guest guest]

the supplement 5-HTP has helped my Hg-poisoned husband tremendously with rage,

being

easily irritated, and that feeling that " every little thing " pisses him off.

Actually, 5-HTP

transformed him into a man who is regularly very difficult to live with into a

man who is truly

tolerant, patient, and not easily angered. I can always tell when he skips a

dose, because he

turns into " the Incredible Hulk " within 24 hours.

1 per day worked great for a while. Now it takes 2 per day. No chelation yet.

>

>

> Since alot of us have experienced this, does anybody know exactly

> what it is? Is it yeast or mercury?

>

[Guest guest]

Chelation will help with the anger tremendously....I almost feel back

to my normal self. Still have days where I notice my anger but I act

on it less.

Colette

>

>

>

> >

> >

> > Since alot of us have experienced this, does anybody know exactly

> > what it is? Is it yeast or mercury?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

accs4 wrote:

>

> I chelated for three months with DMSA before starting ALA, according to the

protocol.

> The first two rounds with ALA were not too bad, with only minor side effects

(beyond

what

> I had already been dealing with). I thought, " oh, this isn't going to be too

bad. " Then,

just

> as I finished the third round, I started feeling this anger, actually a

feeling of rage, that

> was very distinctive. It was definitely not just a " bad day " kind of thing.

I can

sometimes

> be irritable, but I never feel the kind of boiling rage that I was feeling

yesterday! It is

> better today, thankfully.

>

Yes, early on when just adding ALA I wigged out on a customer at work. In 20

some years

of waiting tables, I had never lost it with a customer. Sure, this guy made an

inflammatory

comment, but I was suddenly consumed with rage and I tore into him with swear

words.

Oh, it was awful. VERY uncharacteristic of me.

It only happened once. (whew!)