Re: DMSA reaction, Andy?

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Jackie (and Jade):

Thanks for the replies.

I think you hit the nail on the head, Jackie, with Vit.C. I have been taking

2,000 mg of C every day, but I had run out of it before the next paycheck, so,

the last round I was only taking 500 mg per day, and then none at all for the

next several days.

I had been up to 50 mg of Iron per day, until I read here that I was probably

hurting myself because the body is trying to compensate for the higher Hg by

excreting the iron? So, I stopped supplementing and haven't experienced any

symptoms to the negative until this round.

I hear what you're saying on the chelation, but really, I don't feel I have a

choice--if I don't chelate, my glands are literally rock hard and I experience

pronounced head pressure...and more severe migraines.

In answer to the ALA question--yes, I've been able to chelate with the usual

off-round symptoms that everyone else experiences.

Hopefully, the situation will rectify itself soon--I'm using my gov't *rebate*

check to get this horrible cap out...and keeping my fingers crossed that this is

the answer to the issues.

Thanks,

Robyn

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In frequent-dose- chelation@ yahoogroups. com Boogie Check wrote:

Hey Everyone,

I asked this question privately... one responded, the other didn't...so I

thought I'd ask this publicly for any input.

I had a reaction to DMSA last October/November- -feeling more depressed than

usual, gut was inflamed after round, and more redistribution than usual.

I thought it might have been a fluke, or perhaps the dosage was too high, or

that I had gone off my organic food/distilled water diet, so I tried it again

with my last round.

I took 6 mg of DMSA along with12.5 mg ALA. On the second day, I felt really

depressed--the kind where you don't have a bright spot all day. I stopped the

DMSA, but continued the ALA for another day.

----------According to TK, some people just don't tolerate DMSA. He didn't. I

believe it gave him migraines. So he had to use DMPS. Also, just so I'm clear,

you have done rounds with just ALA alone, and they were fine?------Jackie

The day after I stopped the round, I was incredibly pale. White as a sheet, they

say. This is the first time something like that has happened.

I do suffer from anemia.

---------Low iron is very common with mercury toxicity. Have you ever had your

ferritin checked? Mine was *extremely* low a couple of years ago. Andy says

you're better off on the lower side of normal, but mine was *way* lower than

that. So in my case, some supplementation was fine. Otherwise, Andy says taking

lots of antioxidants, like Vit C, can help to raise this, because the low iron

is caused by too much oxidative stress, probably from the mercury. Just to be

clear, I took lots of antioxidants too, and a low dose, very absorbable form of

iron, called IronSorb by Jarrow. No huge doses of iron that a regular doctor

might prescribe.-- -----Jackie

Also, I have the crown in that I suspect has amalgam underneath it. I know per

Andy's guidelines that I shouldn't be chelating, but if I don't chelate, the

glands in my neck become more swollen to the point of being rock hard.

----------I did mention the possibility above that you just don't tolerate DMSA,

but it is more likely that you have amalgam under this crown and that is causing

your problems. I'm sure that's not what you wanted to hear, but from all the

reports we hear here and from Andy, it is not a good idea to chelate with

amalgam still under a crown. Many will tell you absolutely not. You may very

well be moving more mercury into your brain by doing this, and you will continue

to get worse. I'm sorry, but I think the only real solution is to have that

crown checked.---- -Jackie

The only thing that relieves it is chelating.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Robyn

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