First DMSA + ALA round each two hours

[Guest guest]

Finally I have managed to finish my first round of three days on ALA &

DMSA, 12.5 mg of each chelator each two hours. My first attempt was

unsuccessful. I

tried it each 3 hours, and I found myself extremely tired and I was

unable even to manage to program my phone to wake up during night. The

tiredness was unbearable.

Previously I did 7 rounds of DMSA only at 12.5 mg or 25 mg each three

hours (it was rough at the higher dosage).

The reasons to consider this option were:

1. At HTI, p. 238, Andy says

" People who find a chelation protocol

" rough " often do much better if the

interval between doses is DECREASED,

and find it gets rougher if the interval is

INCREASED. While obvious from

pharmacokinetic considerations, this is

apparently counterintuitive for many

health care providers. " ,

2. In http://onibasu.com/archives/am/92631.html Andy says that timing

each two hours or more often is really a " giant pain " , but I think he

refers to the practical problems of waking up at night too often or

preparing too many capsules, etc. In my case, what I really found a

" giant pain " was the extreme tiredness of timing each three hours.

Otherwise it follows from the message that it seems to be no problem

with more frequent dosing.

3. There are also some other messages addressing the possibility of

timing more often than each three hours. For example

http://onibasu.com/archives/am/92509.html or

http://onibasu.com/archives/am/94116.html

Well, timing each two hours I have felt really great during the round.

I though it was more prudent to stop after the third day but I would

have liked to continue.

The day and a half after the round I have been tired, not extremely

but I would say 'quite tired'. Nevertheless, the tiredness has been

compatible with normal life (taking care of my children including a

picnic, but silently wishing the picnic to end and to be able to go to

bed!).

The last dose was only of DMSA. Maybe next round I will take some more

doses of DMSA only to end the round trying to soften a little bit the

end of the round. Perhaps I could also try to check if it is possible

for me to time the chelators each 2.5 hours or each three hours at

night, but maybe I will leave this issue for some future.

I am quite enthusiastic with the possibility that I have found a

right timing for me. I don't know to what extent this information

would be of interest to others or even if my next round will be as

great as this one has been.

Best regards,