Re: Severe reactions to chelation...3 days on 11 off? Anyone know this one?

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Thanks for the response. I need to get back on milk thistle, been

thinking about that recently. Will do that.

The rig I bought is a 2001. It's had a lot of time to off-gas. I

won't even walk in a new rig. They absolutely poisonous. It's a

nice rig, but nice and old.

I'm really confused about the pectin thing. It's detoxifying

properties are known, as is it's affinity for mercury (here are just

the hits received on apple pectin alone:

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8 & fr=yfp-t-

501 & p=apple+pectin+mercury & rs=1 & fr2=rs-bottom) People in the on line

mercury community were telling me to take pectin when I first

realized I was toxic 10 years ago. If we need to avoid the 1 mg of

ALA in Emergen-C (I've seen that and wondered what kind of effect

that might have, but didn't see that much of a difference when I was

taking it, but I think I'm going to stay of it from now on) why

aren't we factoring in other things that move mercury around? Seems

to me any food containing pectin would be as great a concern as the

cilantro. They all have the same effect on me. I think the fruit

takes longer to mess me up because it contains so much C, but by day

seven I'm starting to crash and burn in a big way and maybe that's

why others aren't aware it's a factor. It was the last discovery

I've made, I didn't put that together until this last December.

Cilantro -- I avoid it for all I'm worth. Just a few flecks of that

stuff messes me up. That story in the files about the guy who at a

whole bunch of it in one sitting? Aighhhhhh...

I'd like to combine what I already know with Andy's protocol. I

agree that using food as a chelator isn't the way to go. But knowning

what those foods are now and avoiding them will be helpful to me. I

feel like I finally know how to be healthy on the off-days.

I don't know the doses of ALA/DMSA I was taking but do remember

upping the dose a few times during the process. I didn't get worse

(long run) when I stopped chelation for a few years. The only

psychiatric stuff I'd have was from slipping up and eating a

detoxifying food or not taking one of my supplements for a few days.

I don't wish to be argumentative here, I'm just a curious person and

trying to make decisions for myself, and I'm wondering what the

evidence says about the consequences of mercury left sitting in the

brain, if it's not stirred up? Has anyone ever focused on going the

opposite route with it, putting their efforts into making sure it

doesn't move around? I realize that's counter-intuitive, but I can

tell you that someone who gets as crazy as I do, felt great when

doing this. Normal. Healthy and happy. I couldn't ride up

mountains but I could ride hard on more *level* terrain to my heart's

content. I'd get a little tired in the summer. That's about it. The

heat was one thing I couldn't control. But I suppose moving to

Alaska would take care of that.

As I am with most things, I do things my own way. I follow my own

inner guidance, do a lot of research, and incorporate that which I

find, which rings right with me, along the way.

And yes, I get anemic very quickly if I don't take massive amounts of

iron. I have the gene for esophogeal rings (only found in women of

northern European descent) -- the rings form (supplements get stuck

in the throat as a result, it looks, even on an x-ray like there is a

rubber band around the outside of the esophogus) when iron levels are

low. I used to get this only around periods, then would get it in

between periods the more toxic I got. I look pale and feel weak and

find myself taking deep breaths of air...and if I let it go on long

enough I can't sleep, headache... whenever the rings are present, so

no question this is about iron deficiency. Clearly, for some reason,

my body won't store it. If I went without iron, I would be on the

mat in nothing flat. I avoided taking it for years because everyone

said to be careful of taking too much iron, and it turned out to be

one of the things I needed most. And a lot of it. That was a major

turning point in my recovery.

How much adrenal cortex can a person take? Is there DHEA in that? I

would think so. And do you take it in divided doses, or just in the

morning? I've just been taking it in the morning. And I'm guessing

the cortex is much more powerful than just " raw adrenal " . I take 4 B-

50's a day. I take hydrolyed collagen which is supposed to help the

adrenals. Anything else I should be doing? I can't imagine drinking

salty water. I think I'm just going to have to stick with putting it

on my food. How much do you put in your water?

I'm also going to " up " my molybdenum. I know that has something to

do with iron absorbtion and I remember being very low on that in the

hair test. I didn't know you could take 1000 mcg a day.

Is there any way to get lithium without a prescription?

Thanks very much for your help...

Jen

> >

> > I was part of this group years ago and pop back in every so

often. I

> > have decided for myself the last few years to just learn what

pulls

> > mercury out and avoid it so I can function. Anything I chelate I

end

> > up suicidal, in as few as 7-10 days sometimes. I can't eat any

fresh

> > fruit or raw veggies (pectin), cilantro of course, curries,

peppers,

> > chlorophyll. I was having all sorts of plotting thoughts after

> > eating watermelon for 9 days last month. I don't know why my

reaction

> > is so severe but..

> >

> > I did 3 months of sauna therapy after I learned of this 9 years

ago.

> > I did several 6-8 week cycles (maybe 5-8? can't remember) using

> > Andy's protocol. Probably about 8 months worth total. I felt

great

> > the first 3-4 days on the watermelon so I'm thinking that shorter

> > che

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