What is DMSA really doing to me?

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Hi -- I'm sorry to be asking so many questions here. I have been ill

for a long time, it is taking its toll on my life, nothing I do seems

to help and I really want to get better. Unfortunately, I'm sure that

many here understand what this is like.

I am suspecting again, as I have been for the past several months,

that DMSA is doing something to me chemically OTHER than chelating

mercury. It's having an antidepressant effect somehow. Here is why I

think this:

As soon as I miss a single dose (or decrease the dose, as I have done

because 12.5mg was straining my adrenals), the depression deepens

again. A single dose -- never mind a rest from a chelation round. I

don't think this is the pattern of a mercury-poisoned person's body.

PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong, because this is the crux of the

problem for me.

I don't have ups and downs in how I feel and never have, which again

is not the pattern of a mercury-poisoned person. When I take DMSA I

feel better. As soon as I'm not taking it, I feel more depressed, and

I flatline there until I take DMSA again, whether it's a dose away, a

week away, or months away. My condition never deteriorated during my

recent months off chelation; I simply felt bad when I ceased, and

stayed that way.

I never noticed any positive benefits from chelation after the

initial month or so after amalgam removal, when the immediate

symptoms from that went away (e.g. occasional ringing in ears,

digestive problems, deep brain fog).

ALA doesn't seem to have this effect on me. It's the DMSA. Which

again doesn't make much sense if mercury is in my brain (as it would

be according to my symptoms being mostly mental/emotional).

And again, as soon as I reduce my DMSA dose, I feel worse. It's same

old-same old. My conclusion is that the DMSA is somehow lifting my

mood by having a chemical effect in my body which is unrelated to

mercury. I don't understand it and unfortunately I can't continue to

take it as a kind of antidepressant because it's so hard on my

adrenals, which are in poor shape.

I feel very disappointed but if anyone can shed some light on this

I'd be very grateful. I think this is an unusual reaction and I don't

honestly expect to get any answers . . . but if anyone here has any

ideas I'd appreciate them.

Thanks again,

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