OT: mental illness from heavy metals?

As another note, I have never had any success reversing neurological symptoms doing chelation therapy. And I have done DMPS IVs, DMSA, DMSA/ALA (although I do not tolerate this), ALA by itself which gave me such anxiety I could not continue, NDF, NDF plus, glutathione IVs, nebulizing glutathione, Metals Factors, Porprazyne (http://www.funimky.com/downloads/ALL%20ABOUT%20PORPHYRAZYME.pdf)
oral EDTA, 53 bottles of NCD!, four bottles of ACZ zeolite, tons of chlorella, chitosan, PCA-RX, TD-DMPS, Metal Free, 18 g bottle of OSR which gave me explosive Candida, plus all kinds of other mineral loading therapies based on the Klinghardt philosophy that mineral replacement is one of the keys recovery. So I have nebulized magnesium, taken umpteen mineral replacement products... all to no avail. Constantly taking antifungal therapies, which don't seem to do much of anything... sat in an infrared sauna for a year... plastered on a jug of Ancient Minerals... this is a partial list!

And yet a single phlebotomy [blood donation] has done more than any of the above.

http://www.thisisms.com/ftopic-9480-255-days0-orderasc-.html

A low adrenal function can appear like an excessively high thyroid function (e.g., both may be thin, nervous, have palpitations, be pale, have unstable temperatures etc). A low thyroid function may appear as high adrenal function (e.g., both may appear heavier than expected, have a reddish facial complexion, have stable temperatures, be or appear calm etc).

If poor thyroid function is the only cause, we typically see a reddish complexion, thinning of the outer eyebrows, easy weight gain, depression, sluggishness, excessive sleep, high blood pressure, and a decreased ability to fight infection. Conversely, if poor adrenal function is the only cause, we typically see pallor, full eyebrows, difficulty gaining weight (if the problem is severe), difficulty losing weight (if the problem is moderate), anxiety, exaggerated startle reflex, insomnia and un-refreshing sleep, low blood pressure, allergies and auto-immune problems. Most people have a mixture of poor thyroid and poor adrenal function rather than purely one or the other, and therefore a mixture of symptoms.


http://www.drrind.com/therapies/metabolic-therapy

Iron overload and storage in vital body organs can damage and may cause:

chronic fatigue (the most common complaint by patients);
cirrhosis/cancer of the liver (with or without a history of alcohol use);
arthritis/joint pain;
impotence/sterility/infertility; early menopause/irregular menses;
hair loss; hair thinning
diabetes (bronze diabetes, a darkening, graying of the skin not caused by sun exposure);
cancer (cancer thrives on iron); (especially primary liver cancer)
abdominal pain/swelling;
weight loss;
frequent colds/flu/infections, compromised immune system;
headaches;
hypothyroidism; (low thyroid)
heart irregularities/heart failure/heart attack (especially in younger men);
cirrhosis of the liver (with or without a history of alcohol use);
hepatoma/liver cancer (the leading cause of death in HH);
premature death.

http://www.americanhs.org/faq.htm

I would also like to emphasize however, that there is no way on earth that anyone can tell you how much iron you have stored in your organs are in your bones or in your brain... there is no way that they can measure total body burden of metals, any metal... most metals do not stay in the bloodstream... even with hemochromatosis, there will only be 250 mg of blood per 500 mL, the blood cannot contain loads of extra iron, that is physiologically impossible... everybody's blood is going to contain about the same amount of iron, and if we have been "iron loading", that extra iron is going to be secreted into the organs/bones/CNS... but there is no way on earth any person or any Dr. will be able to tell you what quantity has been stored... whether it is 5 g for 10 g or 50 g

gregslater wrote:Paradox,

Did you do all your testing after all the amalgams were removed, or a before and after? I really would like to do testing before, during (as I can't remove them all at once), and after. But I'm concerned that some of the ways to test (such as with DMSA) might not be a good idea while I still have amalgams.

My first removal appoint is next week, so testing beforehand is likely out. And by that first appointment I will have been on MCC and humifulvate (and the other stuff in Metal Shield) for over a week too.