Guest guest Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 > > I have been taking 50mg of ALA every 3 hours for the 72 hour protocol, except I have stopped at 60 hours because I can feel the mercury in my chest & throat migrate into my brain & now I have massive branfog where I cannot concentrate as very well. > > I will be adding DMSA 100mg soon for a new round but I would like to know if I should keep using the ALA as it is the best mercury chelater so far; or should I take the DMSA alone for several rounds then go back to ALA+DMSA? > > I weigh 180 pounds & have no amalgam tooth fillings. Just vaccine mercury poisoning. > It is ok to use ALA as long as it has been at least 3 months since last exposure. The doses you are using are too high to start. In the frequent dose chelation group we usually suggest adults start at 12.5 mg/dose. The bottom end of Andy's dose range is 1/8 mg/lb, which means an 180 lb person would start at 22.5 mg (or 25 mg). The dose should be adjusted depending on side effects. There will be less side effects at lower doses. Try several rounds of each chelator by itself to assess side effects and determine appropriate dose before combining them. It is best to chelate at the doses where side effects are manageable so that rounds won't be stopped early and the person can chelate on a regular basis. Alka seltzer gold may help with brain fog. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Lower the dose. Your dose is too high to start out with. Any reason for starting ala first? And certainly DO NOT start the dmsa at 100mg. Dmsa helps reduce the side effects of ala...so taking them together makes chelation A LOT more comfortable. dosing per pound applies more to children. Adults should begin with low reasonable doses like 12-25mg. And if those are tolerated without side effect, they can be raised slowly. If they create side effects they should be lower. I began at 12.5mg of dmsa. And after some months was able to add 5mg of ala. And very slowly worked my way up over the years. There's no hurry because you are going to be chelating for a long time anyway. My advice...use 25mg of dmsa/ala together on your next round. And be sure you are dealing with things like yeast and taking supplements. It's a lot harder to dose adults by weight because you almost always end up taking a dose higher than you can stand. I'm using 25mg dmsa/ala and I'm on round 76. I have worked my way up to 50mg in the past and paid dearly for it. So unless you are tolerating it without feeling badly....its fine to use smaller doses. Jan > > I have been taking 50mg of ALA every 3 hours for the 72 hour protocol, except I have stopped at 60 hours because I can feel the mercury in my chest & throat migrate into my brain & now I have massive branfog where I cannot concentrate as very well. > > I will be adding DMSA 100mg soon for a new round but I would like to know if I should keep using the ALA as it is the best mercury chelater so far; or should I take the DMSA alone for several rounds then go back to ALA+DMSA? > > I weigh 180 pounds & have no amalgam tooth fillings. Just vaccine mercury poisoning. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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