Metal-Free

[Guest guest]

We tried 2 bottles of metal-free without ANY success. We have had success with

DMSA and it is much less expensive. Have not had any side effects or yeast

issues either.

Lori

[Guest guest]

> times she has autistic behaviors: when she is upset she hits her head with

> her hand, after she eats certain foods she'll repeat herself for 45 minutes

> or so. She has incredibly high anxiety and is very fearful of a variety of

> things. The fearfulness and anxiety seem to be getting worse. Many food

> allergies and is getting new ones--We have started rotary diet.

Rotation is good, or test for food issues.

You can consider enzymes to address food issues

http://www.houstonni.com/

http://www.kirkmanlabs.com/

> We have done several lab tests and found out she has high heavy metals

> (nickel, arsnic near red, tin, silver, mercury).

Consider removing sources of current exposure

http://www.danasview.net/metals.htm

> I found a doctor in environmental medicine who has lots of experience

> chelating with Metal-Free (a liquid) He thinks it is the safest option for

> her age. Anyone have any experience with this or ideas?

I used ALA for my kids' chelation. More general information on chelation here

http://www.danasview.net/chelate.htm

If you can't open any of these sites, send me an email and let me know, I will

send you information directly.

Dana

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group. You may be part of the source, but if she got vaccines,

they contain mercury in the form of a preservative called thimerosal and there's

arsenic in pesticides used on golf courses, orchards, cotton fields in

particular; in stain resistance used on carseats, strollers, playpens,

upholstered furniture, carpet, etc and on/in weather-treated lumber (often used

for decks, patios, and playsets. Try to identify and reduce her other sources

of exposure.

>

I don't have any experience with Metal-Free or even remember the ingreidients

but others on the list, including Andy who has a PhD in chemistry have advised

against it. Many on the list have used DMSA and/or ALA on children the age of

your daughter. You can get both without a prescription.

S

We have done several lab tests and found out she has high heavy metals<BR>

(nickel, arsnic near red, tin, silver, mercury).  She is still breast<BR>

feeding and I'm doing a hair test--we think I'm probably the source.  <BR>

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[Guest guest]

I am using Metal-Free for seven month on my 5y autistic son, did " Heavy Metal

Stool Analysis " before

starting treatment and twice after so far.

It is pulling large amounts of Uranium (96th percentile 69 before), Antimony

(95th percentile 67 before),

Beryllium (97th percentile 55 before) but no mercury yet.

We went this way because we were not educated enough (and scared) at the time to

go with DMSA & ALA

and it is supposed to be safe (I talked to several doctors who had treated

children and adults with it).

I am just finishing reading Andy's book and compared it to the DAN! protocol. A

lot of the problems Andy describes are

the same DAN! has recognized but his book is from 1998 and DAN! is 2003. It

looks like Andy has time, experience and

treatment numbers on his side. I also researched mainstream medicine chelation

and know now why they are so reluctant

to do it(Not much knowledge / training for doctors).

I will Go to Autism ONE in Chicago to see Andy's presentation and some other

approaches.

I like his slow / low approach because of the lower sideeffects.

I will start soon with Andy's protocol and tests to find out if we have mercury.

I am not sure because our Naturopath gave him homeopathic remedies when our son

got diagnosed

three years ago because of high Aluminium. At that time we were totally clueless

about documenting anything with lab tests.

Metal-Free is now pulling everything out that was not listed on the homeopathic

product, but with autistic kids and mercury

everything seems to be a " little " bit different.

Keep your mind open to " different " approaches and if you go that way do lab test

before and after.

There are people out there that want to take advantage of us but it seems some

of the products work for

yet unknown reasons. Every parent who did lab test about those products (good or

bad) should report them

to somebody like the Autism Research Institute (ARI), they collect data for all

kind of drugs, minerals, amino acids

and so on.

We need a better data base!!!

Andy's protocol is of course proven and is for a lot of people the " gold

standard "

Carsten

[ ] metal-free

I have just joined this group. Unfortunately, my dinosaur computer does

not allow me to open attached files so I couldn't read FAQ. My daughter

has no formal diagnosis but receives OT for sensory integration type

issues. She is 2 1/4 and is very verbal, social and does pretend play. At

times she has autistic behaviors: when she is upset she hits her head with

her hand, after she eats certain foods she'll repeat herself for 45 minutes

or so. She has incredibly high anxiety and is very fearful of a variety of

things. The fearfulness and anxiety seem to be getting worse. Many food

allergies and is getting new ones--We have started rotary diet.

We have done several lab tests and found out she has high heavy metals

(nickel, arsnic near red, tin, silver, mercury). She is still breast

feeding and I'm doing a hair test--we think I'm probably the source.

I found a doctor in environmental medicine who has lots of experience

chelating with Metal-Free (a liquid) He thinks it is the safest option for

her age. Anyone have any experience with this or ideas? Thanks.

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