Re: Some more questions, Lou

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> Is it possible to ask on the autism group without joining it?

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I'm not sure. Go here:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Autism-Mercury/

click " post " and see what happens. If you do join you can always set

your status to " no mail " and read on the web when you want to. It is

possible to find answers to your message by finding your original post

and then looking at the bottom of the message.

> How do I ask Andy -- do I post here?

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What he usually says is to post to the group and then send the post

number privately to him. His address is AndyCutler @ aol.com without

the spaces.

Be sure to organize your history for him, include important details, a

link to your hair test if it is still up, when your hair test was done

in relation to chelation, how you chelated, etc, and then ask whatever

questions are important to you.

J

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> Also, the main problem I am having now is anxiety.

It's not surprising considering the stress of trying to determine what

to do about your illness, little support from the medical community,

and preparations for what sounds like a heavy teaching load. I would

be suffering from a lot more than just anxiety.

I've never had it as

> bad as this. It's going on all day, and I'm waking in the middle of the

> night with a pounding heart and fear of nothing. This all started after

> I had chelated properly for one day at 12.5mg of DMSA. I would not have

> thought that a day on that dose would cause what could possibly be such

> a horrible redistribution symptom. I did try to start again today but

> only took one dose -- that horrible sleepiness! If the anxiety doesn't

> get me, the sleepiness during chelation will, because I can't function

> with that going on either. I have handled a few rounds on 6mg DMSA and

> don't get the sleepiness but haven't noticed any benefits from those

> either. Let's face it, these are all still really small doses.

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> I'm not sure if I should just dig in, face the sleepiness, and hope a

> round of 3 days gets rid of the anxiety. I'm not sure of anything, you

> can tell! Somehow I've got to finish prepping school work -- that's

> contributing to the anxiety too.

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Jackie and Val gave some important suggestions in their posts.

I would focus on finding the right supplements and medications, and

the right doses, for you to support your body. It's surprising how

much better a person can feel with the right supplements and

medications. It is not an easy job to get all that in place. When I

was working on it I basically had to look at one thing at a time,

optimize that, and then move on to the next thing.

You would end up with a list of supplements, doses, and at what time

of day to take them. Then you need pill minder boxes to store them in

and have them all organized.

The same for medications. It sounds like you need to find a

supportive doctor to work with.

Once you have the supplements and medications in place to support your

body and control symptoms, then you could start chelation. You might

be able to chelate with 6 mg DMSA every 4 h for Th, Fri, Sat and rest

on Sunday. Or, it might turn out that you can chelate with 5-6 mg

doses of ALA once a week or once every 2 weeks.

Best

J

> Thanks very much for your help here.

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