Re: Chelation around the clock?

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--- In , " svallo44024 " <frankvallo@h...>

wrote:

> Andy says to give DMSA every 4 hours even at night. Meaning around

> the clock? For instance, do you all set the alarm for midnight,

> 4a.m.,etc? I know this must sound incredibly dumb, but I've been

> wondering about this for quite awhile.

>

Hi ,

Yes, you have the right idea. Every 4 hours---- at the

most-- between each dose, for 3 days.

The times could vary--- it could be 8 PM, midnight, 4 am,

8 am etc.

Or it could be 7:15 PM, 11:15 pm, 3:15 am, 7:15 am--

and so on.

It is also okay to give doses early if it is more convenient---

but no more than 4 hours between each dose is the goal.

When using ALA it is the same thing, but every 3 hours.

Moria

[Guest guest]

Hello Andy and Moria,

Could DMSA and ALA be given together every 3 1/2 hours. Would the life cycle for

ALA last an additional 1/2 hour.

Your comments are very much appreciated.

Regards

Rowan Kroon

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Date: 7/11/03 2:44 AM

--- In , " svallo44024 " <frankvallo@h...>

wrote:

> Andy says to give DMSA every 4 hours even at night. Meaning around

> the clock? For instance, do you all set the alarm for midnight,

> 4a.m.,etc? I know this must sound incredibly dumb, but I've been

> wondering about this for quite awhile.

>

Hi ,

Yes, you have the right idea. Every 4 hours---- at the

most-- between each dose, for 3 days.

The times could vary--- it could be 8 PM, midnight, 4 am,

8 am etc.

Or it could be 7:15 PM, 11:15 pm, 3:15 am, 7:15 am--

and so on.

It is also okay to give doses early if it is more convenient---

but no more than 4 hours between each dose is the goal.

When using ALA it is the same thing, but every 3 hours.

Moria

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[Guest guest]

> Could DMSA and ALA be given together every 3 1/2 hours. Would the

life cycle for

> ALA last an additional 1/2 hour.

Yes, this is OK for some people. Others would need it more often.

Some might even benefit from taking it more often than every 3 hours,

but unless there are big problems to motivate it I don't suggest this

because they would go insane actually doing it.

> Your comments are very much appreciated.

>

> Regards

> Rowan Kroo

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--- In , " moriamerri " <moriam@e...>

wrote:

> Every 4 hours---- at the

> most-- between each dose, for 3 days.

-- Moria,

I was thinking re DMSA every 4 hours (which we are finally about to

begin), with dosing at, say - 2, 6 and 10 am & pm - wouldn't it make

sense to begin on Friday morning 6am and finish Sunday night 10pm.

You only lose one dose (2am Friday morning) but get a whole extra

night's sleep. Particularly important if you are doing chelation

every weekend.

I guess during school time parents of older kids must be starting

Friday afternoon and going thru till Sunday night (or in this case

would you recommend going finishing on Monday morning?)

And of course that's just DMSA. ALA is even trickier. But no one said

fighting autism was easy...

[Guest guest]

> I was thinking re DMSA every 4 hours (which we are finally about to

> begin), with dosing at, say - 2, 6 and 10 am & pm - wouldn't it make

> sense to begin on Friday morning 6am and finish Sunday night 10pm.

> You only lose one dose (2am Friday morning) but get a whole extra

> night's sleep. Particularly important if you are doing chelation

> every weekend.

yes, this is exactly what I did. It is 2.6 days, as I count.

Although I did not " time " doses using " round " times like 6 am.

I would take first dose whenever I woke up, which might be

6:20 AM, and last dose (on day 3) as late as I was awake.

Generally speaking.

>

> I guess during school time parents of older kids must be starting

> Friday afternoon and going thru till Sunday night (or in this case

> would you recommend going finishing on Monday morning?)

yes, a lot of parents do it just as you just stated: from

Friday after school to Monday morning.

In all these cases it is good to try to push the edges IMO.

> And of course that's just DMSA. ALA is even trickier. But no one said

> fighting autism was easy...

ALA was not overly tricky for me. It did take me a while to get

the alarms all sorted out, and figure out that I actually sleep

7 hours at night, so a dose after 3.5 hours works out.

best,

Moria

[Guest guest]

> I was thinking re DMSA every 4 hours (which we are finally about to

> begin), with dosing at, say - 2, 6 and 10 am & pm - wouldn't it make

> sense to begin on Friday morning 6am and finish Sunday night 10pm.

> You only lose one dose (2am Friday morning) but get a whole extra

> night's sleep.

This is fine.

Andy . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Andy & Moria.

-Steve

[Guest guest]

--- In , " moriamerri " <moriam@e...>

wrote:

>

> When using ALA it is the same thing, but every 3 hours.

>

> Moria

Do you have to do ALA every 3 hrs at night? I thought 4 hrs was

ok. I just started chelating my daughter yesterday with ALA alone

and did every 4hrs at night. Did I make a mistake?

[Guest guest]

>

> >

> > When using ALA it is the same thing, but every 3 hours.

> >

> > Moria

>

> Do you have to do ALA every 3 hrs at night? I thought 4 hrs was

> ok. I just started chelating my daughter yesterday with ALA alone

> and did every 4hrs at night. Did I make a mistake?

Every 4 hours at night is **acceptable**, however, you are

still technically " stretching it " . It is a compromise that

is a SLIGHT stretch, to accomdate all us sensitive sleepers.

You did not make a mistake, you understand correctly.

Moria