ALA and Depression/Suicidal Thoughts

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My 14 year old daughter suffers from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease which is

hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy. She is 14 so her childhood vaccines

did contain mercury. (We no longer vaccinate) In my focus to treat her CMT, I

started her on supplements that promote nerve health or delay the progression of

CMT...fish oil, Evening Primrose Oil, B 12, Folic Acid and Alpha Lipoic Acid.

I was giving her one 300 mg timed release tablet in the morning. I should have

remembered that ALA is also used in Andy Cutler's protocol as I followed that

protocol 7 years ago to treat my own mercury poisoning from amalgams, etc but I

forgot.

For the past few months she has been dealing with atypical depression with

suicidal ideations. She is in a psychiatric hospital for the second time this

month. She says that these suicide thoughts just come out of nowhere..they just

pop in her head. Now she has had some traumatic events over the past 2

years...the CMT diagnosis and her 1/2 siblings on her father's side being taken

away by the state due to substance abuse but I am wondering if the ALA I am

giving her could possibly be causing or contributing to this depression since it

is pulling the mercury from her brain. I have not stopped it yet because I am

afraid of making her feel worse.

Any advice is so very greatly appreciated. Should I stop the ALA? Could it be

causing these thoughts?

Thanks in advance from a very worried mom!!