Posted by JLx on January 14, 2008, at 20:04:40
In reply to Consider Mercury toxicity....Really!, posted by sregan on January 12, 2008, at 22:06:40
I appreciate this post, not least of which for reminding me why I was taking selenium, which I've slacked off taking recently. I generally find I feel better when I take handfuls of supplements but I get sick of it, especially the expense.
But now I am recalling a discussion with Larry Hoover about mercury and amalgams in the past where I decided to take 600 mg of selenium a day to bind mercury. I took 400 mg today and had a day that I would describe as more smooth than usual lately.
I am sold on the idea of mercury toxicity and psychological symptoms. I wish I could afford to have my amalgam fillings removed but I absolutely cannot, nor do I anticipate affording that any time in the forseeable future, unfortunately. I don't eat tuna any more and I don't chew gum either as I read that that releases more mercury vapor from amalgams.
I read about chlorella getting mercury out of the body on the Mercola site, and bought some but only took it once as it didn't seem to digest at all. I should try it again, or perhaps a different brand.
I've also read that cilantro is a good mercury chelator. I hate the taste of it but thought I might try to choke some down so I put some in a blender with water. Awful!
Pectasol is something I've never heard of before, but I looked it up and whoa, pretty expensive. $99 for a month's supply of Life Extension Foundations brand.
> I have experimented with almost 100 supplements in 3 years. I am being strangely affected in a common way by: Selenium, MSM, ALA, Chlorella and Pectasol (probably most pronounced with Clorella). These are all mercury mobilizers and/or chelators.
I am reminded by this that MSM has been something I thought was helpful in the past, but again, something I've slacked off on.
I believe somebody mentioned on a board here recently that ALA actually makes mercury symptoms worse? I'll have to try to find that.
What brands and dosages of these things do you take?
Thanks for the topic!
JL
> I've been on this board at times for a year or more, have had CFS for over 4 years with considerable brain chemistry issues. I have just experienced a 7-8 hour complete remission in symptoms twice now using supplements that either chelate or mobilize mercury (Pectasol, Selenium, Chlorella and Spirulina).
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> Twice within a month I have experienced "normal" brain chemistry and in done a bunch of research on the Mercury issue which until now I would have never believed and never took the issue seriously.
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> With all the recent work with autism and success with methylation and the FACT that mercury vapor is released from amalgams in toxic doses has me convinced that it is an issue (or THE issue) I am dealing with.
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> I have experimented with almost 100 supplements in 3 years. I am being strangely affected in a common way by: Selenium, MSM, ALA, Chlorella and Pectasol (probably most pronounced with Clorella). These are all mercury mobilizers and/or chelators.
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> Twice now I was my old self for a while. It was wonderful and both times I smiled the entire time except when I broke down into tears for the wasted years. Now I am very hopeful one day I can return to normal.
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> Please consider that your mental symptoms might be caused by mercury especially if you ever had or have amalgam fillings in your mouth.
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> I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't experienced it. What psychologists would have had me in years of therapy for or Psychiatrists have prescribed several drugs to correct I can do with simple supplements. The fact that I could go from very symptomatic on Monday to completely asymptomatic on Tuesday tells me that Therapy is not going to help and the drugs won't do any more than attempt to mask or compensate for the symptoms while adding a host of side effects.
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> It would not surprise me if Mercury (being so abundant in our bodies) is responsible for a large percentage of todays maladies especially anything dealing with the brain.
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> Please take this seriously. I do not take this lightly and have done my homework before I bring this to you tonight.
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> sregan
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> A great board ad someone's experience of hoe mercury has caused mental symptoms similar to depression, see: http://herballure.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB19&Number=248785&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1
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> Andy Cutler, PhD is the leading expert on chealation techniques and has a book available.
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