Chelating with ALA only question.

[Guest guest]

I hate to ask stupid questions, but I just need to know this.

I have stopped the DMSA and I am only chelating with ALA now. My

daughter is 3 and we just finised round 13 this past weeked. We

haven't gotten the DDI test back yet so I have no idea if she has

lead. I know she has mercury because she has pretty much every sign of

mercury toxicity.

Anyway, DMSA made my daughter crazy. It made her hump things and act

like something nonhuman. ALA on the other hand is wonderful. This past

round I only used ALA and the round was the best so far. She even ate

dinner at the table with us yesterday which has NEVER happened!

So, my question is this... when I get the DDI results back and if they

show lead or other things, do I have to chelate with DMSA? Can I just

use ALA and hope that the other metals will leave her body? I really

don't want to go back to using both.

Okay, sorry if this question is redundant.

[Guest guest]

> Anyway, DMSA made my daughter crazy. It made her hump things and act

> like something nonhuman.

At my house, humping things meant yeast overgrowth.

>>ALA on the other hand is wonderful.

Yep, ALA was wonderful here. I chelated with only ALA.

> So, my question is this... when I get the DDI results back and if they

> show lead or other things, do I have to chelate with DMSA? Can I just

> use ALA and hope that the other metals will leave her body? I really

> don't want to go back to using both.

I used only ALA. I did some research and asked some questions, and

several people did reply that ALA did cause their child to excrete

lead, as evidenced by test results. So I believe ALA does excrete

lead, altho probably not as well as DMSA does.

Dana

[Guest guest]

Thanks Dana. I will stick with ALA alone. I thought the humping was

yeast but once I stopped the DMSA the humping stopped. The humping

also started when the DMSA started. I was thinking it might have

raised her cysteine levels and increased her libido? Sounds weird,

yes, but at least it's gone now.

Thanks so much.

> > Anyway, DMSA made my daughter crazy. It made her hump things and act

> > like something nonhuman.

>

>

> At my house, humping things meant yeast overgrowth.

>

>

> >>ALA on the other hand is wonderful.

>

>

> Yep, ALA was wonderful here. I chelated with only ALA.

>

>

> > So, my question is this... when I get the DDI results back and if they

> > show lead or other things, do I have to chelate with DMSA? Can I just

> > use ALA and hope that the other metals will leave her body? I really

> > don't want to go back to using both.

>

>

> I used only ALA. I did some research and asked some questions, and

> several people did reply that ALA did cause their child to excrete

> lead, as evidenced by test results. So I believe ALA does excrete

> lead, altho probably not as well as DMSA does.

>

> Dana

>

[Guest guest]

Some people have chelated their kids entirely with ALA. My son was strange on

ALA alone, so that didn't work for us.

Barb

[ ] Chelating with ALA only question.

I hate to ask stupid questions, but I just need to know this.

I have stopped the DMSA and I am only chelating with ALA now. My

daughter is 3 and we just finised round 13 this past weeked. We

haven't gotten the DDI test back yet so I have no idea if she has

lead. I know she has mercury because she has pretty much every sign of

mercury toxicity.

Anyway, DMSA made my daughter crazy. It made her hump things and act

like something nonhuman. ALA on the other hand is wonderful. This past

round I only used ALA and the round was the best so far. She even ate

dinner at the table with us yesterday which has NEVER happened!

So, my question is this... when I get the DDI results back and if they

show lead or other things, do I have to chelate with DMSA? Can I just

use ALA and hope that the other metals will leave her body? I really

don't want to go back to using both.

Okay, sorry if this question is redundant.

[Guest guest]

, I'm in the same boat. We are using ALA only also. My son

had bad reactions to DMSA, not humping, but stomping and slamming

himself onto his knees and headbanging. My son humps when he has

beans, it's really weird, somehow the food allergy causes it.

> > > Anyway, DMSA made my daughter crazy. It made her hump things

and act

> > > like something nonhuman.

> >

> >

> > At my house, humping things meant yeast overgrowth.

> >

> >

> > >>ALA on the other hand is wonderful.

> >

> >

> > Yep, ALA was wonderful here. I chelated with only ALA.

> >

> >

> > > So, my question is this... when I get the DDI results back and

if they

> > > show lead or other things, do I have to chelate with DMSA? Can

I just

> > > use ALA and hope that the other metals will leave her body? I

really

> > > don't want to go back to using both.

> >

> >

> > I used only ALA. I did some research and asked some questions,

and

> > several people did reply that ALA did cause their child to excrete

> > lead, as evidenced by test results. So I believe ALA does excrete

> > lead, altho probably not as well as DMSA does.

> >

> > Dana

> >

>

[Guest guest]

>

> I hate to ask stupid questions, but I just need to know this.

Funny how the questions that have this in front of them are so

often really great questions...

>

> I have stopped the DMSA and I am only chelating with ALA now. My

> daughter is 3 and we just finised round 13 this past weeked. We

> haven't gotten the DDI test back yet so I have no idea if she has

> lead. I know she has mercury because she has pretty much every sign

of

> mercury toxicity.

ALSO please look at copper level on the hair test. Toxic level

of copper is not common, but it the symptoms are very like

mercury.

>

> Anyway, DMSA made my daughter crazy. It made her hump things and act

> like something nonhuman. ALA on the other hand is wonderful. This

past

> round I only used ALA and the round was the best so far. She even

ate

> dinner at the table with us yesterday which has NEVER happened!

>

> So, my question is this... when I get the DDI results back and if

they

> show lead or other things, do I have to chelate with DMSA? Can I

just

> use ALA and hope that the other metals will leave her body? I really

> don't want to go back to using both.

>

> Okay, sorry if this question is redundant.

>

Makes me wonder if your daughter is a low sulfer person.

Or --um-- something. I mean, there's the anti-oxidant bit, but

somehow the sulfur part is more what I think could be here.

You might want to read more about sulfur

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/ANDY_INDEX.html#sulfur

Anyway, that is not what you asked Regarding lead, I think

wait and see what the hair test says. And then, if so, there's

always more to talk about LOL. Like, um, yes, I think you would

want to use DMSA -- but if that really won't work there are other

options -- and maybe DMSA + something else (like sulfury food?)

would work. No use getting deep into it if you don't need to

(e.g. if not high lead).

best,

Moria

[Guest guest]

-Thanks Moria!

Funny you say this, because I was thinking she might be low sulpher

too. I used to hide garlic in her food and she was always very clear

after eating it. I am really hoping she isn't high copper, I do give

65mg of zinc a day. But I will post if DDI if it ever comes back!

Thanks so much.

-- In , " moriamerri " <moriam@...> wrote:

>

>

> >

> > I hate to ask stupid questions, but I just need to know this.

>

> Funny how the questions that have this in front of them are so

> often really great questions...

>

> >

> > I have stopped the DMSA and I am only chelating with ALA now. My

> > daughter is 3 and we just finised round 13 this past weeked. We

> > haven't gotten the DDI test back yet so I have no idea if she has

> > lead. I know she has mercury because she has pretty much every sign

> of

> > mercury toxicity.

>

> ALSO please look at copper level on the hair test. Toxic level

> of copper is not common, but it the symptoms are very like

> mercury.

>

> >

> > Anyway, DMSA made my daughter crazy. It made her hump things and act

> > like something nonhuman. ALA on the other hand is wonderful. This

> past

> > round I only used ALA and the round was the best so far. She even

> ate

> > dinner at the table with us yesterday which has NEVER happened!

> >

> > So, my question is this... when I get the DDI results back and if

> they

> > show lead or other things, do I have to chelate with DMSA? Can I

> just

> > use ALA and hope that the other metals will leave her body? I really

> > don't want to go back to using both.

> >

> > Okay, sorry if this question is redundant.

> >

>

> Makes me wonder if your daughter is a low sulfer person.

> Or --um-- something. I mean, there's the anti-oxidant bit, but

> somehow the sulfur part is more what I think could be here.

> You might want to read more about sulfur

> http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/ANDY_INDEX.html#sulfur

>

> Anyway, that is not what you asked Regarding lead, I think

> wait and see what the hair test says. And then, if so, there's

> always more to talk about LOL. Like, um, yes, I think you would

> want to use DMSA -- but if that really won't work there are other

> options -- and maybe DMSA + something else (like sulfury food?)

> would work. No use getting deep into it if you don't need to

> (e.g. if not high lead).

>

> best,

> Moria

>