Question about cycle length

September 26, 2008

Hi. I just finished my first round of DMSA a few days ago (yipee!!!)

and I'm wondering about how to schedule my future rounds. I'll be

taking ALA as well for those (I had my fillings out about 3 years ago).

Some people say to take as many days off as you do on. Andy says in

his book in one place to do what works for you, maybe that's 10 days

on and 4 days off, maybe it's 7 days on and 7 days off, maybe 3 days

on and 11 days off.

I'd rather take more days on at a time to get the Hg out of me faster.

So I'm wondering... why do we take days off?

1) Daily DMSA intake causes yeast problems for some people?

2) Daily ALA causes reduced copper intake?

3) Otherwise you're volunteering as a guinnea pig since doing on-off

cycles is how most people have done this process successfully.

4) Chelators suck the minerals out of your body and you need regular

time off to replenish the lost minerals.

5) ???

I heard somewhere that reason 4 applies more to EDTA than it does to

DMSA or ALA.

My first round I went 8 days and added ALA for the last 3 days. I

felt better while chelating and felt crappy the day I stopped. I was

taking 25mg of each chelator every three hours around the clock.

I apologize if this has been asked before, but can anyone share ideas

about why to take time off, and why a person might take two weeks off

versus three days off? Does it depend on what works for the

individual? What signs do we look for?

Surely if I was chelating an autistic child over the weekends that

would necessitate a certain schedule, but what about for us adults?

thanks for your time,

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