ALA - a few questions, need answers

[Guest guest]

We are on our second round using ALA with DMSA, previously we only used DMSA.

Has anyone noticed that their child's stool has an unbearable foul odor while

using ALA?

Often our son has foul smelling gas even prior to the bm. When he goes the

smell is hard

to take. What is this, the metals coming out in the feces? Hate to ask this

indelicate

question, but we can't figure out what it is. We never had this with DMSA.

Also, does there come a point where you can just chelate with ALA and eliminate

DMSA?

Or is the DMSA helpful to deal with the redistribution effects of ALA? Did

anyone on this

group start out with both and eventually go to just ALA?

How long do you stay at one dose of ALA, until you don't see any more progress?

ALA seems to be hard on my son's stomach. I try to give each dose with at least

a little

bite of a gfcf cookie (has sugar I know and feeds yeast, but at least he takes

it with

something). It is hard to get him to eat on round now, whereas with DMSA, it

was like he

was always starving and could not get enough food, which as a mother was

something I

loved to see. I try to tell myself, maybe he eats less with ALA, but he is so

calm and so

clear, it is helping his brain... Any suggestions about what to do about the

stomach upset

aspect?

Is all ALA created equal? I use the Kirkman hypoallergenic stuff, but is there

anything

better out there, more " pure " if you will, without the silicon dioxide, for

example?

Thanks. Irene

[Guest guest]

I have found stinky stools related to Gluten foods we are using just

ALA, As far as I am aware you are supposed to use the DMSA till all

body Mercury is gone, and then its safer to use the ALA on its own to

then chelate the brain I am guessing because there is no chance then

of redistrubting a large quantity of the body merc into the brain

inenvertedly. But that said we are only using ALA and I have been

told on here that that is okay, I am a bit worried about it because

the day we take him off the round his behaviour seems to get

headbanging....but then after this last round he is talking so much

more its so exciting, and he is listening and interested when I show

him things. My theory on it now is that the ALA is removing the

Mercury from his brain, and if as part of the process mercury ends up

being redistributed back into the brain when we go off the round,

then eventually we will get all the mercury out, and this is a reason

to keep the dose lower rather than higher, as to not redistribute a

huge amount of it anyplace. I wonder when finishing the round if it

would be a good idea to come of it slowly like say give 1/2 then 1/4

of the dose?

>

> We are on our second round using ALA with DMSA, previously we only

used DMSA.

>

> Has anyone noticed that their child's stool has an unbearable foul

odor while using ALA?

> Often our son has foul smelling gas even prior to the bm. When he

goes the smell is hard

> to take. What is this, the metals coming out in the feces? Hate

to ask this indelicate

> question, but we can't figure out what it is. We never had this

with DMSA.

>

> Also, does there come a point where you can just chelate with ALA

and eliminate DMSA?

> Or is the DMSA helpful to deal with the redistribution effects of

ALA? Did anyone on this

> group start out with both and eventually go to just ALA?

>

> How long do you stay at one dose of ALA, until you don't see any

more progress?

>

> ALA seems to be hard on my son's stomach. I try to give each dose

with at least a little

> bite of a gfcf cookie (has sugar I know and feeds yeast, but at

least he takes it with

> something). It is hard to get him to eat on round now, whereas

with DMSA, it was like he

> was always starving and could not get enough food, which as a

mother was something I

> loved to see. I try to tell myself, maybe he eats less with ALA,

but he is so calm and so

> clear, it is helping his brain... Any suggestions about what to do

about the stomach upset

> aspect?

>

> Is all ALA created equal? I use the Kirkman hypoallergenic stuff,

but is there anything

> better out there, more " pure " if you will, without the silicon

dioxide, for example?

>

> Thanks. Irene

>