Re: adrenals and chelation

[Guest guest]

> Ok, I'm trying to get a handle on this conundrum. Healing the

> adrenals takes time and you have to reduce all stressors. Yet if I

> understand correctly, mercury is one of those stressors. Chelation

> gets rid of mercury. Chelation however stresses the adrenals. So,

> what if you take a break from chelation and start supporting/healing

> the adrenals. You can only achieve so much if you don't get the

> mercury out, right? But won't chelation damage whatever strides you

> make in healing the adrenals? Especially if they're really

trashed?

> It just seems like a catch-22. I know go low and slow. But wouldn't

> that just be a slow burn on the adrenals?

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Ok, I'm going to answer my own question I talked with Falls

Pharmacy tonight and the pharmacist said they're hearing more and more

people requiring adrenal support while chelating. She did say its a

bit of a catch-22 and that it depends on exactly what is stressing the

adrenals. If its metals, then getting them out will help them heal.

If there are other factors its more complicated. But she did

recommend taking a break for about a month or so. Since I have Isocort

she said people take up to 8 a day for support. Also, she said HC

helps alot of people tolerate chelation. She also suggested taking a

2 week break between each round to let the adrenals rest a bit.

Anyway, that's the 4th source who has reccommended supporting

adrenals/hormones FIRST before beginning chelation.

Hope this helps any newbies out there..

Val

[Guest guest]

REALLY good questions. I can't wait to see what others say.

>

>

> Ok, I'm trying to get a handle on this conundrum. Healing the

> adrenals takes time and you have to reduce all stressors. Yet if I

> understand correctly, mercury is one of those stressors. Chelation

> gets rid of mercury. Chelation however stresses the adrenals. So,

> what if you take a break from chelation and start supporting/healing

> the adrenals. You can only achieve so much if you don't get the

> mercury out, right? But won't chelation damage whatever strides you

> make in healing the adrenals? Especially if they're really trashed?

> It just seems like a catch-22. I know go low and slow. But wouldn't

> that just be a slow burn on the adrenals?

>

> Val

>

[Guest guest]

> Anyway, that's the 4th source who has reccommended supporting

> adrenals/hormones FIRST before beginning chelation.

Hi Val,

I would like to add my support to this.

I only became aware I had adrenal problems after the first round of DMSA at

12.5mg.

Since then I have wished that I had started some adrenal support first.

Getting lost in the adrenals and thyroid can delay chelation indefinitely so

you don't have to have FIXED your adrenals, you just have to be on some

support.

The one-size-fits-all solution is to start Adrenal Cortex. This stuff is

near miraculous.

I remember when I first made it onto these lists I virtually ignored posts

on adrenals and thyroid (only because I knew little or nothing about their

implications).

I wish I had of paid more attention from the onset.

In fact it was only through chelation that I became aware I had adrenal and

thyroid problems.

They seem to go hand in hand with chelation and dental work.

So important....

DeanSA

[Guest guest]

I would like to add my two cents to this discussion.

I believe that supporting adrenals properly can make chelation much easier. In

AI, Andy even says that bringing hormone levels to where they were when you were

in your 20s can make a huge difference.

I started adrenal support about 3 months before amalgam removal. My adrenal Rx

includes cortisol, DHEA, and testosterone. Before I started this Rx, I was

very, very tired and just getting out of bed in the morning took a superhuman

effort. I would sleep 8 hours a night, only to wake up exhausted and then

sometimes fall asleep for another 2-3 hours during the day.

I would say that the adrenal support has been extremely helpful and has made the

entire process easier. Amalgam removal itself was a breeze (it was done in one

sitting) and chelation has not been extremely difficult. The worst part is

really the chopped up nights caused by 3-hour dosing of ALA. I think that,

without the adrenal support, I would have found chelation very draining.

I am now on my 44th round of chelation (currently 25 mg DMSA and 50 mg ALA). At

one year post-amalgam removal, I am now considering how to reduce my adrenal

support because I am feeling so much better.

---Katharine

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[Guest guest]

I think one should get the saliva test to find out where the

adrenals are. I would have thought that mine were poor but they

were just low normal and I have not yet had to take adrenal

support. For me it was mostly hormonal,thyroid and mineral,

vitamin imbalance.

I will add that even though I would think that adrenals are

one of the first to go, in my case not true// I had been

severely sick for 30 years with stress an all day and night

event .I think I have had hypoglycemia since very young, for

sure very badly at age 30 ,{I am now 56} , when I got tested.

MY blood sugar did not ever go up.. it was going down by the

half hour stage of the medical test.. and it kept on going down

for the whole remaining five hours of the test.

I had a scare with a " tumour " on my adrenal gland at age 35

which turned out to be just a cyst. Thankfully I got a

second opinion and avoided removal of that adrenal gland.

And again I had many years of severe stress.

I would feel somewhat improved on the adrenal herbs I was

trying the last few years but then would get sensitive to

them ..

ONce I did the higher doses of chromium the hypoglycemia I

feel is gone and with the pregnenolone my energy is

reasonable. My thyroid is low and I need alot of minerals. \

Sometimes we have that one redeeming body part that allows us

to return to the health we deserve..

.

Nanci

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chelation , Katharine Spehar wrote:

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> I would like to add my two cents to this discussion.

>

> I believe that supporting adrenals properly can make chelation much

easier. In AI, Andy even says that bringing hormone levels to where

they were when you were in your 20s can make a huge difference.

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> I