Re: What should a person expect when starting this protocol?

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Thanks Jackie,

I did do hair analysis and met one of the counting rules that would

indicate I am mercury toxic. I had three amalgams removed about a

year ago. I did the hair analysis before the amalgams were removed.

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> I have MS and mercury toxicity.

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> ---------Have you done a hair test? How do you know you are

mercury toxic?--------Jackie

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> Today I took a total of 50mg in divided doses for the first

time.

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> -------Could you tell us the exact dosage and timing? i.e.

12.5mg every 4 hours for 4 doses? The dosage and timing is

important. We usually recommend people start at 12.5mg per dose, but

some have found that to be too high for them, and need to go lower.---

------Jackie

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> My brain feels like it cannot think. I was

> unable to give someone directions to my home, where I have lived

for 6

> years. I am also having vaginal burning and some other odd

sensations...

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> Are any of these things " normal " reactions to DMSA?

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> ---------People do get a variety of side effects from chelation,

and brain fog is a common mercury symptom, that can flare up during

chelation, especially if the dosage is too high, or maybe not taken

frequently enough. I don't recall people mentioning vaginal

burning. Or is it more like itching, like you'd get with a vaginal

yeast infection? DMSA can cause yeast to flare up, so that is a

possibility.--------Jackie

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> I'm wondering if maybe I'm someone who can't tolerate it, and

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> ---------If side effects are too much for you, then yes you

should stop. It probably just means that the dosage is too high for

you, and you should try it again at a lower dose. And some people

feel better with more frequent dosing, like every 3 hours, instead of

4. So you need to do some experimenting in the beginning, to find

the correct dosage and timing that is right for you.

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> Also, are you on the recommended supplements? This can make a

difference in how you tolerate chelation. And many of us need

adrenal and thyroid and other hormone support too.

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> And are you sure all amalgam is out of your mouth? You should

never chelate with amalgam still in, and people do feel worse when

they do so. Some people have amalgam hiding under crowns or it root

canals.

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> So there are many possibilities here, so we need more info from

you. But there are some people that don't tolerate DMSA well, but I

don't think it's that many. It's usually dosage related.----------

Jackie

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> What types of things do people usually go through when on DMSA.

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> ----------I believe this varies widely. When the dosage is

right, some people feel much better while on a round of chelation, or

at least side effects are kept to a minimum. That is our goal is to

find the dosage that we feel best at, or at least keep side effects

to a tolerable level. Most people will have some side effects at the

end of the round, for a day or so.---------Jackie

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[Guest guest]

A doctor once told me, relating to drug reactions good or

bad... " anything is possible " . With mercury toxicity, double that.

With MS also, triple that.

I find even 6mg DMSA every 3 hours, or 4 hours, to be a sledgehammer

dose. Even after 9 rounds. I'm considering going all the way down to

1mg and just doing that constantly like a 4 hour vitamin or

something.

While we tend to think of dmsa as just a metal chelator, it does

other stuff, mostly understudied or unknown. In trout and rats it has

various affects on brain neurotransmitters. It has interactions with

the immune system. While everyone says it doesn't cross the blood

brain barrier, I don't buy it. It sure feels like it to me. I know

what a sudden boost in serotonin feels like from my many psych meds

in the past. To me, DMSA does the exact same thing. I swear it feels

like a serotonin med and a benzodiazepine tranquilizer at the same

time. The arguments that it does not cross the blood brain barrier

are based on assumptions that the blood brain barrier has not been

compromised. I say, purely opinion, that with some of us the barrier

has indeed been compromised, likely by the mercury molecule itself,

or lead maybe, or some hidden microscopic infection or parasites.

Anything is possible. Next time, just go real low on the dose. I am

considering, and you might have to at some point, going with DMPS

instead. People seem to do better with it, in general. Mileage varies

of course.

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> I have MS and mercury toxicity. Today I took a total of 50mg in

divided

> doses for the first time. My brain feels like it cannot think. I

was

> unable to give someone directions to my home, where I have lived

for 6

> years. I am also having vaginal burning and some other odd

sensations...

>

> Are any of these things " normal " reactions to DMSA?

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> I'm wondering if maybe I'm someone who can't tolerate it, and

should

> stop.

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> What types of things do people usually go through wnen on DMSA.

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> Thank you for any answers you may be able to provide.

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