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

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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

chelation periods are the way to go for me. If anyone has any

suggestions re: that kind of protocol, I'd appreciate it.

The summer heat is sucking the life out of me. I moved into a fifth-

wheel and have been traveling all year (and took up mtn. biking) and

I don't know if I'm reacting to having followed the sun all year (as

a kid I was fine in the winter but was on the couch all summer -- in

MT) or if it's about the mtn. biking this spring which surely

depleted me. But this summer I'm just wrecked. Useless in the

afternoon and evening, then I come back to life late in the evening

and say up to 4 a.m. or even past dawn (I'm into photography and I'm

up so...what the hell). This time last year I had times when I felt

truly joyful. I haven't felt that way at all in about a year so I'm

wondering if the warm weather all year and the biking isn't the

reason. I'm planning to stay up north this winter to see what

difference that makes. A good time to detox I figure. Maybe I can

find a sauna somewhere to help on my " day 4's).

I just can't keep living this way. Not for another 40 years, and

maybe not even for another five or ten.

My adrenals are thrashed. Mtn. biking didn't help on that front.

Getting on the bovine adrenal brought me back to life and allowed me

to mtn. bike (during the cool winter in CA, on the bovine adrenal, I

felt like I was made of steel, was able to work out and felt great!)

but I have one of these extreme sport personalities and will push

myself right up to that line. Fortunately I'm in MN for the summer --

no mtns. Couldn't bike even if there were any.

I need massive amounts of supplements. Take several Chinese patent

formulas for my kidneys, liver, spleen and have to take massive doses

of iron and 7-keto to function normally (in the summer though,

nothing helps, I'm just a rag doll). Today my arms were weak just

working on a puzzle. I've been in the heat for about five months, was

in the desert SW this spring. It's not that hot here but was in the

80s this week and humid and I'm just useless. Period was terrible,

was up throwing up all night because I forgot to take me B's that

day. And I'm sleeping flat on my stomach -- no pillow -- which tells

me I'm very toxic right now. That was one thing I noticed when

chelating. Normal is side or stomach with a pillow -- toxic is *no*

pillow, have to be flat on the bed and the first few days of

chelation, I can sleep (even fall asleep) flat on my back. I'll know

the mercury is out when I can fall asleep on my back.

Someone on this list told me I likely have another three years of

detox to do to get it all out. Any ball dropped sends me into the

suicidal pit and I'm just so tired of not being able to be the person

I want to be -- I have to choose between that though and what three

years of detox would do to me. At this point I find it hard to

believe I will ever reach that place. Where I can actually eat fresh

fruit without going insane. If I ever get there though, I'm eating

curry and fresh fruit daily, the rest of my life. And as much salsa

as I can.

If anyone has done the 3/11 protoocol -- how much of that do you feel

bad? Just hit the C hard on day four? I tried both DMSA and alpha

lipoic acid and prefered the latter. DMSA was too harsh. ALA felt

better to me. And I've forgotten the starting doses. Any

suggestions? Maybe I noted that in my old posts. That was at least

five years ago I think.

And I'm wondering if my 2grams of Vit. C 2x a day are causing me

problems? To what degree does that chelate the hg? I've reduced it

to 1 g 2x a day. Seems like I was feeling worse after upping it, but

I dunno. I think I was on that much all spring (along with many

packets of Emergen-C while biking) and I felt great while it was cool

in Sedona (Feb - mid-April) and terrible in Moab mid-April to mid-

June. Don't know if it was the vit. C dose or the heat or a

combination of both.

And is there any harm in chelating this summer on this schedule with

fresh fruit rather than ALA? Is that any less safe? It would sure

be a lot more enjoyable.

Also my blood-pressure is really low. I put a ton of salt on

everything (I know, adrenals) and I start getting all woozy upon

standing whenever I stop eating Chex Mix on a daily basis. Blood

pressure is usually about 95/60. When I slam the salt I can get it

up to 103 and I do feel somewhat better. Any other tips for raising

the blood-pressure?

Annnd, this week, the sciatica stuff I haven't had in years kicked in

again -- right in the center of my butt on both sides. Can't remember

what I did for that. Anyone?

A lot o' questions -- would appreciate any input you might be able to

offer on any of it.

Thanks so much!

Jen