Re: HELP, SCARED, Chlorella - Chelate now!!!

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Debbie, Calm down girl! :-) You need to give yourself a medal

not " Hate " yourself. As Dr. (Name slips away but a well known DAN

Dr. of " One Tack/Two TAck " Theory fame) says " Your child is the best

lab " - Observe and make adjustments. Just count yourself lucky to be

on this wonderful list where none of us know ALL the answers but we

can all make potentially meaningful suggestions - Try them

cautiously, observe, learn, ask, make adjustments, observe, learn,

ask, make adjustments, observe, learn,.................. That is why

you (and most on this list) are better than most doctors - We admit

we don't know it all and that every child is different. Once we

think we know it all and start to adopt a " one size fits all program "

we are going to real damage to a significant portion of our kids.

Having said that, this is my take on what I would do and some of the

reasons:

I would start very slowly with a low dose DMSA to remove mercury (and

lead) - mercury is probably there but you possibly won't see any in

the hair while the arsenic and lead is so high and maybe won't see it

in the urine either until much of the lead is gone - Remember, the

lead is as bad as the mercury and the arsenic replaces the selenium

in the cells which stops the cells natural ability to produce

glutathione, which is necessary for the body to naturally detox heavy

metals.

I would NOT use ALA or DMPS since they cross the blood Brain barrier

and can do all sorts of bad things to children whose bodies have

heavy toxic loads. Wait until the toxic load in the body is down

quite a bit.

Also, spend more on the treatment of the problem (ie. detoxing) than

runnig tests otherwise you may quit to soon (ie when the money runs

out rather than when the problem is solved). You know your son has

lead, arsenic, etc. - DMSA is great for getting rid of lead and ALA

will get rid of Arsenic and probably much other stuff will go out at

the same time. Rather spend your money on the other vital tests to

make sure your son is getting what he needs (ie. minerals, vits,

efa's, etc) Occasional testing of urine will show your overall

progress but your observations will tell you more about when you need

to increase/decrease, etc.

Finally, don't overreact to regression - I believe most people on the

list will tell you stories (mostly different) about regression in

their children before significant progress was made but by asking,

thinking, observing, changing dosage/supplements, etc. they have been

overcome. The differences speak to just how different our children

are so as Dr. Sidney Baker (Aha! His name came to me.) - " Your child

is your best lab! " - Just remember not to try to create the atom

bomb/silver bullet in your lab but rather to take small steps toward

the eventual solution - and the sooner the better for you and your

child......... and mankind!

I have read the other wonderful answers to your questions, just take

this in along with the rest as you search for YOUR child's solutions

and keep us posted. Best wishes, 2002 is going to be a wonderful

year for you and your family, I just know it! Much love, ken

P.S. I have not been very active on this list for a long time but I

have read almost every post and continued my 9+ years of research.

Mainly because of my own " Hatred " of myself for not being

able/clever/devious/eloquent/sly/dedicated/convincing/determined/etc.

enough to convince my wife to be more supportive of my efforts to

help my 13 year old daughter as I see her wonderful strides made

begin to slip backwards or not progress as quickly or much as I know

she could. She remains though, a wonderful daughter and the light of

my life. Hate myself - maybe, but probably not, but I am not going

to give up and I hope you won't either! Yes, I am crying as I write

this but 2002 is going to be a wonderful year as we all learn that

there is NO single correct answer to all of life's challenges!!!

Happy New Year to everyone on this list and especially your children.

HAVE A GREAT YEAR!!!

> Hi,

>

> Please help, anyone!

>

> I've been giving my son Primal Defense (a probiotic, mainly) which

also

> contains chlorella for six weeks at the advice of my son's DAN

doctor. During

> this time, he gradually seemed to be getting worse, until about a

week ago

> his pupils began to dilate. At this time, I took him off the Primal

Defense,

> not knowing what else could have been causing the problem. The

doctor does

> not seem to think chlorella is the problem. After searching for

more info

> about chlorella and mercury toxicity, I DO think it's the likely

problem.

>

> Had I known six weeks ago what I know about chlorella now, I'd

never have

> used the Primal Defense. I am REALLY, REALLY hating myself right

now. I feel

> like I've done it again...first the vaccinations, now the Primal

Defense.

>

> So HELP!!!! What can I do to reverse this problem? Was chlorella

adding

> mercury? Redistributing what's there? We've done the DDI Hair Test

and

> counting rules did not suggest mercury toxicity, but there was high

antimony,

> arsenic, aluminum, lead and uranium.

>

> I'm afraid to start ALA because I'm suspicious he may have high

> plasma/cysteine (he became hyperactive on transdermal glutathione,

though it

> may have been the carrying agent and not the glutathione itself, I

don't

> know..). I hate poking my poor son again to find out. He's

traumatized by

> needles. Isn't ALA supposed to be not used if high plasma/cysteine?

Also I

> wonder that sometime high sulfur foods make him drowsy (broccoli,

beans,

> MSM), so have pretty much cut them back.

>

> I'm losing my son on a daily basis, here, and am incredibly

frightened. Any

> help would be REALLY appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

> Debbie

>

>

>

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In a message dated 1/1/02 1:35:16 PM Central Standard Time,

kengullan@... writes:

> I would NOT use ALA or DMPS since they cross the blood Brain barrier

> and can do all sorts of bad things to children whose bodies have

>

Actually, DMPS does not cross the BBB. There's some disagreement as to

whether DMSA does or not but pretty overwhelming evidence that DMPS does not.

Gaylen