Re: Mercury in blood regarding the taking of ALA

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> Sorry to post 3 times in a row, but i feel its better to get them off

> my mind than to keep them in.

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> I only started DMSA chelation 2 months after Amalgam removal so would

> it only be safe to take ALA therefore 5 months after to give 3 months

> of DMSA chelation before i start ALA.

TK--- you [can] try ala three months after amalgam removal regardless.

I would suggest continuing the dmsa alone for now to reduce body

burden. please read through suggestions in files section.

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> I was also eating fish up until a month ago, and this time last month

> my mercury blood levels come back at 40mg.

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> Thanks

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In frequent-dose-chelation H wrote:

Sorry to post 3 times in a row, but i feel its better to get them off

my mind than to keep them in.

I only started DMSA chelation 2 months after Amalgam removal so would

it only be safe to take ALA therefore 5 months after to give 3 months

of DMSA chelation before i start ALA.

----------I don't think there is a magically exact answer to this. What you

want to do is lower your body burden of mercury before using ALA, because ALA

crosses the BBB, and it is a two-way street. It can carry mercury into and out

of the brain. So if your body burden is still high when you use/try ALA, then

it might carry more mercury into your brain. If your body burden is low, then

it should be carrying mercury out of the brain. Sort of an equilibrium thing.

Everyone probably has a different body burden, so we can't say that exactly 3

months is going to take care of this. It is probably just going to have to be

trial and error on your part, and judge by how you feel when you do try/add ALA.

If it were me, since you do feel really good on DMSA, then I would do just

DMSA for awhile, and maybe wait closer to that 5 month mark. But any time after

3 months post amalgam removal, would probably be fine to *test the waters* with

ALA. If you don't feel good, then stop. Simple as that.----------Jackie

I was also eating fish up until a month ago, and this time last month

my mercury blood levels come back at 40mg.

-----------I'm not familiar with blood mercury levels, because hardly anyone

reports about it, and we don't suggest it either, because mercury has a very

short life in the bloodstream, so only very recent exposures show up there. But

this could happen while eating alot of mercury-containing fish. So if your

blood levels are high from consuming fish recently, then I would suggest waiting

3 months from the time you stopped eating fish to try using ALA, and use just

DMSA during that time to lower your blood levels and body burden.---------Jackie

Thanks

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your answers Jackie, especially about the fish one as thats

what i was kind of thinking myself, but wanted another opinion about

it.