Re: What should a person expect when starting this protocol?

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In frequent-dose-chelation trekkie323 wrote:

I have MS and mercury toxicity.

---------Have you done a hair test? How do you know you are mercury

toxic?--------Jackie

Today I took a total of 50mg in divided doses for the first time.

-------Could you tell us the exact dosage and timing? i.e. 12.5mg every 4

hours for 4 doses? The dosage and timing is important. We usually recommend

people start at 12.5mg per dose, but some have found that to be too high for

them, and need to go lower.---------Jackie

My brain feels like it cannot think. I was

unable to give someone directions to my home, where I have lived for 6

years. I am also having vaginal burning and some other odd sensations...

Are any of these things " normal " reactions to DMSA?

---------People do get a variety of side effects from chelation, and brain fog

is a common mercury symptom, that can flare up during chelation, especially if

the dosage is too high, or maybe not taken frequently enough. I don't recall

people mentioning vaginal burning. Or is it more like itching, like you'd get

with a vaginal yeast infection? DMSA can cause yeast to flare up, so that is a

possibility.--------Jackie

I'm wondering if maybe I'm someone who can't tolerate it, and should

stop.

---------If side effects are too much for you, then yes you should stop. It

probably just means that the dosage is too high for you, and you should try it

again at a lower dose. And some people feel better with more frequent dosing,

like every 3 hours, instead of 4. So you need to do some experimenting in the

beginning, to find the correct dosage and timing that is right for you.

Also, are you on the recommended supplements? This can make a difference in

how you tolerate chelation. And many of us need adrenal and thyroid and other

hormone support too.

And are you sure all amalgam is out of your mouth? You should never chelate

with amalgam still in, and people do feel worse when they do so. Some people

have amalgam hiding under crowns or it root canals.

So there are many possibilities here, so we need more info from you. But

there are some people that don't tolerate DMSA well, but I don't think it's that

many. It's usually dosage related.----------Jackie

What types of things do people usually go through when on DMSA.

----------I believe this varies widely. When the dosage is right, some people

feel much better while on a round of chelation, or at least side effects are

kept to a minimum. That is our goal is to find the dosage that we feel best at,

or at least keep side effects to a tolerable level. Most people will have some

side effects at the end of the round, for a day or so.---------Jackie

Thank you for any answers you may be able to provide.