Re: Re: DMSA feedback

[Guest guest]

Dear Andy and List, Thanks for your posts. I ordered DMSA inasmuch as

physician would have. I hope to receive it after the Christmas rush. Again I

am the list member with ten DMPS treatments and I do consider my brain to be

functioning better following the DMPS and ALA. I cannot report what would

have happened without the ALA because I was fortunate to discover it toward

the end of the DMPS.

Prior to my illness (that began following 10 plus fillings) I had very good

artistic dexterity and that seems to be returning. Music is not as bothersome

to my ears. Noice such as sharp, high pitched sounds still bother me,

excessively.

I believe that pesticide exposures further depleted glutathione in my case,

and that acetylcholinesterase has been a problem. I had cholinesterase

inhibition after Chemlawn sprayed me over a hedge with a carbamate or

organophosphate. I have had a number of xenobiotic exposures that are simply

" unlucky " or job related. I believe that the mercury/glutathione explanation

is one of the best that I have heard about.

I also have some GW researchers helping me out, and they have described gene

fragmentation into gene 22q11.2, the ppar gene. They (two or three) believe

this is one of my problems, following Dursban and anon exposures from

living near heavily sprayed lawns and trees.

I am usually very positive in reporting improvements, sometimes to the extent

that I cannot recognize the simple ebb and flow of illness. However, I have

some recognition of better noun-grasping, a severe problem for me. Although I

fatigue easily, I have done more this Christmas than those past. I have been

diagnosed with CFS, FM and MCS. I noticed that my odor sensitivity is

lessened and I attribute that to the ALA. I have been using the ALA protocol

most people on this list have been discussing and today is my third " off

Alpha Lipoic Acid day " in approximately four rounds of ALA. I don't want to

mislead anyone; I am still chronically ill. I just push myself to the

extreme. However, this year I went inside a mall (for about two hours) and am

not half dead as I was from the same time spent in an extremely xenobiotic,

toxic environment last year.

I have a number of health problems that have led me to begin reading the

Autism site, and from that reading I see many similarities, albeit less

severe, that remind me of my condition. I am light and sound sensitive and

have been for many years. I would say my total mercury fillings (counting

refilling 10 amalgams) that probably had nothing wrong except that they were

toxic (dentist said ten were cracked?) exceed 25. I am a tooth-grinder and in

addition to that I had the habit of biting the inside of my cheeks throughout

my life. I can still catch myself at both of these repetitive type habits

although I have largely stopped both.

I probably released mercury directly into facial cheek tissue, did I not?

I mention this because I think that behavior might be due to the set of my

jaw (cute type overbite) or that I had rather roundish face and often hit my

facial tissue when I bite down. This led to what would be considered a

nervous habit of biting my inner cheeks. I am curious about the number of

others who might have same habit, one that is not as rare as one might think.

My kid's orthodontist said his son had the same habit. I am curious about

this vis a vis mercury toxicity.

Will report on DMSA plus ALA shortly. SJ

[Guest guest]

Andy

do I STILL have to take DMSA after 2 years, and MUST I take it whenever I

take ALA? I (Andy told me earlier) to not take ALA without DMSA.... and I

wonder if anything has changed, after this time has past

I still have clonus and high uroporphs. But no measurable Hg/As/Pb anymore

(24hr urine/DMSA challenged)