Detox problems

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After stopping my mercury exposure (eating fish) for a week, I have

attempted to do sauna (which I had previously been able to tolerate).

I stopped on Wednesday of last week. I did sauna on Wednesday,

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday with no problem. On Tuesday, I

became very ill with a severe headache and severe nausea and just

feeling very bad. I skipped Wednesday. Today, I saunaed again and am

feeling very bad again. I'm thinking I must be dumping too much

toxins for my body to handle after stopping exposure and the sauna is

causing stuff to be stirred up too much. I think I will stop doing

sauna for awhile and maybe try DMSA again.

Where are people getting their low dose DMSA? When I first began

chelating at the end of 2001, I had stopped my mercury exposure for

over a year, so I didn't need to get my body burden down. I did DMSA

at 50mg for a week on, a week off for one round only. I then went to

DMSA at 50mg + ALA25mg with no problem. Now, coming back to the list,

I hear of people having to start really low (at 12.5mg or 25mg). I

guess I will have to experiment to see what'll work for me. I feel

like I am back to square one--very frustrating.

Kim O.