Posted by bleauberry on September 4, 2009, at 19:44:10
In reply to Re: Lamictal intolerance sign of brain damage?? » bleauberry, posted by whitmore on September 4, 2009, at 16:32:18
> Bleauberry: Thanks so much for taking the trouble to respond to my post. I have long suspected some heavy metal toxicity, most likely Hg, as I have all sorts of hormonal issues, which I'm sure contribute to the emotional problems. Growing up in London in the 50's, I had fillings galore, which have been replaced with ever larger ones over the years. I'm attempting to get rid of them all and then I will chelate. Meanwhile, at least my sensitivity makes for inexpensive med. bills!! Whitmore.
Your description certainly fits "amalgam illness" in a picture perfect manner. So you don't feel alone, be it known there are thousands in your shoes, many already improved, many in the process, many just discovering, and many who haven't a clue what the heck is wrong.
A book called Amalgam Illness by PHD Andrew Cutler is a must read for you. Inexpensive, probably the best book you'll ever buy. You will learn all about the history and politics behind amalgams, current debates, and in striking detail exactly what Hg does in every part of the human biology. And it has the best safest chelation method on the planet, chock full of tips for supplements, herbs, and meds to help individual symptoms along the journey back.
At chelation forums, nearly universal symptoms with everyone include hormonal issues of the adrenals and/or thyroid, and unusual senisitivities to meds and/or foods. Where there is mercury, there are always psychiatric symptoms as well. Everything from mild depression to bizarre psychosis.
You definitely want those amalgams gone. I see no higher priority in your life at this point. As long as they stay, you die a slow premature death, one grueling odd symptom after another.
I am well informed on the science of testing and chelation methods, so when you get the poison removed from the mouth, let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Until then, there really is nothing you can do except take a high intake of antioxidants and Selenium, which binds with mercury to help minimize its effects.
You can pretty much assume you also have an unsuspected yeast overgrowth going on, so it would be wise to study up on candida diets, start them, and start some herbs that kill them. They basically take some otherwise harmless mercury and make it quite toxic, right in your gut to be absorbed.
If you saw the video on youtube of mercury vapor rising off an extracted tooth with an amalgam in it, you would be shocked.
Dentists can take saliva samples before and after chewing a piece of gum, to show the difference of mercury content in your saliva after the aggravation of chewing.
You definitely do not want to do any kind of chelation at this time. It will only dissolve more of the mercury in your mouth and poison you worse.
Are there other possible causes for your problems? Maybe it's not mercury? I am one of many who did not fully embrace the concept when my Nurse Practioner first pointed it out. It was a full two years later of more and more weird things piling up that I finally said ok, there is something to this amalgam stuff. I got them replaced. Then I did a DMSA urine challenge test a month later after things settled down. The mercury and lead were in the highly elevated range. Actually, now when I pull that chart out and look at it, it still terrifies me.
Who would ever think something as common and accepted as amalgams could do so much bad? In the book Amalgam Illness, it is all explained how it came to be. A common error of man, with assumption being the usual downfall. And the politics of denial. It is a complicated but fascinating history.
Many countries and states now outlaw the use of amalgam fillings.
Some people have excellent genetic detoxification pathways that allow them to have a few small amalgams for a lifetime and never have any symptoms. Most are not that fortunate.
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