9 year-old who doesn't respond to chelation anymore - Andy and others please

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Hi

I started chelation with ALA for my 9 yo son, who is autistic on

the higher funtioning end, in January. His hairtest didn't meet the

counting rules, but I was advised to do a trial anyway because of

his dx and exposure history (had all his baby and toddler vaccines

and was breastfed by a mom with amalgam fillings).

At first we saw great improvements, especially in social and

emotional connectedness (is this a real word?), ability to handle

frustrating events much better and just being more balanced

emotionally and outright pleasant at times, which was a biggie.

After 2-3 months the improvements stopped and I increased the dosage

from 12.5mg to 18.75mg for 2 rounds. Nothing happened and he slowly

started backsliding. I thought maybe the dose is too high and

decreased back to 12.5mg. It didn't help.

Right now his eye contact is a bad as ever, he is having tantrums

over little things, is defiant and also physical with his younger

sister at times. He curses and is constantly in a bad mood and ready

to argue. He will do socially totally unacceptable things, like

pointing at people or saying stuff to strangers.

I can't tell for sure if he's better on or off round or if anything

is making a difference anymore. I was really encouraged at first and

totally bummed now. I need guidance about how to proceed.

I am posting his test results in hopes that someone sees something

I overlooked, something that is pointing to a specific problem maybe.

Further down is going to be a list of his current supplements as

well.

POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS

element result ref range color

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aluminum 8.1 <8.0 yellow

antimony 0.18 <0.066 yellow

arsenic 0.048 <0.080 <none>

beryllium <0.01 <0.020 green

bismuth 0.11 <0.12 green

cadmium 0.27 <0.15 yellow

lead 0.97 <1.0 green

mercury 0.18 <0.40 green

platinum <0.003 <0.005 <none>

thallium <0.001 <o.o1o <none>

thorium <0.001 <0.005 <none>

uranium 0.084 <0.060 yellow

nickel 0.15 <0.40 green

silver 0.10 <0.13 green

tin 0.39 <0.30 yellow

titanium 0.46 <1.0 green

ESSENTIAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS

element result ref range color under/over 50%

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Calcium 817 160-500 yellow over

Magnesium 94 12-50 yellow over

Sodium 41 12-90 white over

Potassium 33 10-40 green over

Copper 11 0.9-30 green under

Zinc 190 10-190 green over

Manganese 0.22 0.18-0.60 green under

Chromium 0.36 0.23-0.50 green over

Vanadium 0.037 0.025-0.19 green under

Molybdenum 0.058 0.040-0.089 white over

Boron 2.9 0.50-3.5 green over

Iodine 0.43 0.25-1.3 green under

Lithium 0.010 0.007-0.023 white at 50%

Phosphorus 182 160-250 green under

Selenium 0.68 0.95-1.7 yellow under

Strontium 4.8 0.21-2.1 yellow over

Sulfur 52600 45500-53000 green over

Barium 1.2 0.19-1.6 green over

Cobalt 0.019 0.013-0.035 green under

Iron 11 6.0-17 green over

Germanium 0.035 0.045-0.065 yellow under

Rubidium 0.041 0.008-0.080 green over

Zirconium 0.18 0.060-0.70 green under

He does get some of the minerals from differnt sources, I have a

Calcium/Magnesium/Zinc pill for instance in the morning and

additional Magnesium and Zinc later in the day, so I'll post the

total mgs and in how many doses it is divided over the day.

Ester C 1,500 mg in 3 doses

Calcium 1,115 mg in the morning

Magnesium 600 mg in 3 doses

Zinc 45 mg with 150 mg Histidine in 3 doses

Vit. E 400 IU in the afternoon

Vit. A 15,000 IU in the evening

Selenium (Se yeast) 200 mg in the afternoon

B-50 1 tablet in 3 doses

NN Omega 3-6-9 1 Junior 1 cap morning and evening

Molybdenum 250 mg in the evening

Milk Thistle drops in 3 doses (don't know the exact mg right now but

I figured it out at the beginning and it's within " Andy-recommended "

range

He also takes HOustons enzymes, all three, with his meals but not

all snacks anymore.

I have treated what I thought was yeast with NF and GSE and he has

been taking a capsule of Culturelle daily for about 2 weeks. Was

taking Houstons Suprema Dophilus before.

I've tried L-Tyrosine for attention and focus but it didn't help.

His newest symptoms are hair loss and poor appetite, he has had

those for a couple of weeks now. I don't know if they are related to

chelation or mercury.

Thanks to anyone in advance who is willing to take a stab at this.

Jutta