RE: Thank you Moria!, was Chelation questions - help!, quandry DMSA dosing &ALA

[Guest guest]

Hi Moria. I followed your advice and lowered both the DMSA dose and

the ALA dose, the former from 15mg per dose to 10 mg, and the latter

from 5 mg per dose to 3mg (I did those 8 little piles you recommended)

this round, and my son is doing great again! No more stomach pains.

He is calm and eating well again, and verbalizing. You were right the

dose was just too high. Who would think there would be such a big

difference between 5mg and 3 mg? And the 15 mg dose that was

tolerated so well alone and on a 3/14 day schedule, was not tolerated

with ALA on a weekly schedule. Thanks so much for the help. How long

do you recommend to stay at this lower dose, until there is no more

progress at this level?

Thanks again. Irene

[Guest guest]

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> Hi Moria. I followed your advice and lowered both the DMSA dose and

> the ALA dose, the former from 15mg per dose to 10 mg, and the latter

> from 5 mg per dose to 3mg (I did those 8 little piles you recommended)

> this round, and my son is doing great again! No more stomach pains.

> He is calm and eating well again, and verbalizing. You were right the

> dose was just too high. Who would think there would be such a big

> difference between 5mg and 3 mg? And the 15 mg dose that was

> tolerated so well alone and on a 3/14 day schedule, was not tolerated

> with ALA on a weekly schedule. Thanks so much for the help. How long

> do you recommend to stay at this lower dose, until there is no more

> progress at this level?

Actually all I did was encourage you to do what you thought was

needed. And that is exactly what I would suggest going forward:

I suggest that you keep doing what you've been doing: watch and keep

track of all the variables -- doses of ALA/DMSA, how long between

chelation periods, other health issues (e.g. illness, changes

in supplements), how he is feeling and responding.

If you don't already do so, you might consider keeping a written

log about these things.

I expect you'll have a much better idea about when to change the

dose after a few more rounds.

I don't think there's much " trick " to this -- it's observation all

the way. Watch, make small changes, watch some more. Obviously

you are going to take care and make small changes in dose....

and then you'll know whether to make more or larger changes or

whether to pull back.

Moria