1 day protocol--safe? Andy?

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4th attempt to post!

I happened upon a chelation schedule that appears to work well for my

son (5 yo, 32 lbs). I'd like your opinions and comments.

1st dose (about 6 a.m.): low dose DMSA (4-6 mg: I'm separating

capsules so precision is not there, but this is the target range) to

mop up " loose " mercury without opening blood brain barrier.

9:am and every 3 hours thereafter: 4-6 mg ALA alone.

9:00 p.m. 4-6 mg DMSA alone again to mop up.

I'm chelating only 1 day at a time, then waiting 5+ days before

chelating again. When I was chelating 3 days in a row, by the end of

day 1, Mit would be feeling bad, then was really cranky and lethargic

on day 2 and worse on day 3 then would been several days to " be

himself " again...plus we were seeing very little improvement, if any.

I stumbled into the 1 day approach when I accidently slept through

the night after day 1 then had to wait for the next cycle to start up

again. I was amazed at how quickly Mit bounced back and showed

startling improvement....more babbling, more signing, more eye

contact, more tolerance for demands, etc. I waited a couple of weeks

to see if there was regression (none seen) then did the above 1 day

schedule on purpose. (The only difference in the intentional 1 day

cycle was the switch back to DMSA with the bedtime dose.) Again,

marked improvement!!!

This is almost too easy to be okay! As I understand the concern with

short cycles is that starting and stopping the chelators can cause

the mercury to move to " worse " places, e.g., the brain. Since his

behavior, learning, etc. all are improving, I would think it would be

safe to assume that his brain concentrations are indeed going down.

Right? What other organs could be in jeapordy and what signs do I

look for?

Please........any thoughts, opinions, or suggestions are most welcome.

Thanks

Peg P

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Empirically it is observed with adults that when they do one day

cycles they get more " psychiatric " symptoms of the schizo-affective

disorder and related problems type. If they do 3 day cycles this

seems not to happen. They do clear out a lot of mercury and many of

their symptoms do improve on 1 day cycles, but due to this psychiatric

subset (which is quite difficult to measure but pretty easy to

understand if you know the people and interact with them over a period

of time while they do this) worsening I suggest chelation cycles of at

least 3 days.

I don't know to what extent children are more resilient and can be

chelated for shorter periods without ill effect.

I would say that if it is impossible to do 3 day cycles, and also

impossible to do 2 day cycles, certainly do 1 day cycles. Your child

will improve. But you may still have a residual problem that is

generally considered a very serious one if adult experience is a

guide.

I doubt it will be a big problem if you do 1 day cycles for a few

months, then build up to 2 day and eventually 3 day cycles. You may

have to chelate a little longer than would have theoretically be

necessary to get all the mercury cleared out, but practicality often

doesn't conform as well as we would like to theory. If it is

practical to do it this way it is a lot better than doing nothing, and

probably also than doing 1 day cycles as the sole form of therapy.

Andy

> 4th attempt to post!

> I happened upon a chelation schedule that appears to work well for

my

> son (5 yo, 32 lbs). I'd like your opinions and comments.

>

> 1st dose (about 6 a.m.): low dose DMSA (4-6 mg: I'm separating

> capsules so precision is not there, but this is the target range) to

> mop up " loose " mercury without opening blood brain barrier.

>

> 9:am and every 3 hours thereafter: 4-6 mg ALA alone.

> 9:00 p.m. 4-6 mg DMSA alone again to mop up.

>

> I'm chelating only 1 day at a time, then waiting 5+ days before

> chelating again. When I was chelating 3 days in a row, by the end

of

> day 1, Mit would be feeling bad, then was really cranky and

lethargic

> on day 2 and worse on day 3 then would been several days to " be

> himself " again...plus we were seeing very little improvement, if

any.

>

> I stumbled into the 1 day approach when I accidently slept through

> the night after day 1 then had to wait for the next cycle to start

up

> again. I was amazed at how quickly Mit bounced back and showed

> startling improvement....more babbling, more signing, more eye

> contact, more tolerance for demands, etc. I waited a couple of

weeks

> to see if there was regression (none seen) then did the above 1 day

> schedule on purpose. (The only difference in the intentional 1 day

> cycle was the switch back to DMSA with the bedtime dose.) Again,

> marked improvement!!!

>

> This is almost too easy to be okay! As I understand the concern

with

> short cycles is that starting and stopping the chelators can cause

> the mercury to move to " worse " places, e.g., the brain. Since his

> behavior, learning, etc. all are improving, I would think it would

be

> safe to assume that his brain concentrations are indeed going down.

> Right? What other organs could be in jeapordy and what signs do I

> look for?

>

> Please........any thoughts, opinions, or suggestions are most

wel