Last update: Sept 18th, 2021
For those of you who think you're fine and are worried this whole chelation thing will make feel worse- it won't! I had major issues with immediate short term memory, spatial disorientation, cognition and comprehension and thought I just had to put up with it and get on with life until I discovered my mercury toxicity. I work full time overseas in a demanding job in high temperatures and things are so much better a year down the line. I did not know how bad I was until I started getting better. I'm now sleeping 4-5 hours at a stretch instead of waking 2-3 time a night, I'm more focused, have more energy and a better short term memory. I have started to dream again, and when I lose things I can think back and find a memory about where I could have left it. I have more motivation and better comprehension of new tasks and also find it easier to follow the plots of books and tv series'. At work I remember my patients and who I need to still go and see on call. I am calmer and much less anxious. The brain fog I didn't realize I had is lifting. So I think I want to encourage those of you who are seemingly pretty well and functioning that it's still worth it for you. I am so glad I started chelating and look forward to seeing what more improvements are ahead for me.
Rachel - Age 50
Rachel - Age 50
Nine years ago (when I was 49) I developed a tremor on one side. I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2013, but another couple of doctors called it essential tremor which was easier to 'wear'. I resisted taking Sinemet because I didn't fancy the dyskinesia side-effect and the fact that it would only help for a ten-year period. In Sept 2019, before I knew about Andy Cutler Chelation, I had my last 4 amalgam fillings removed by my normal dentist. Two months later I began to experience the weird symptoms listed below that were at their worst a year ago. I didn't know it was mercury poisoning that I was suffering from, but in my heart I knew not to go to a neurologist who would say, "PD: cause unknown." It was an answer to prayer that I heard about ACC and mucuna pruriens (which does not have the side effects or the limited time period) through the support group. I discovered I had been through the worst of the dump phase before I started to chelate. My worst was being woken around 2 am with tension attacks, my body unable to relax and lie still. I walked around and did stretch exercises and tried various beds until it passed after an hour or two. Visualization and meditation helped. It happened about 6 times over 6 weeks.
I began to chelate in January 2021. While my tremors are presently still quite bad, I see great progress from chelating and taking 110 mg mucuna pruriens with 50 mg carbilev 3x a day. I have done 17 rounds of ALA, starting at 12,5 mg and reaching 50 mg.
Six months ago I needed a two-hour rest at midday, a straw to drink with, and help with cutting up my food. But no longer do I tremble quite so badly. I've taken a couple of 3-week breaks from chelating and found it very positive to give my adrenals a rest.
There are so many little areas of improvement, I will simply list the things I used to struggle with and now are hardly a problem, if at all:
• Running to the loo too often.
• Limbs shaking for a while after I get into bed. So bad last year, I had to fall asleep on my tummy to keep my legs still, otherwise on my back with my legs in a figure 4 was the only way they would stop twitching.
• Getting up from sitting on a couch. I felt like a 90-year-old.
• Getting out of the bath. I had to get on all fours first.
• Restless left leg that couldn’t rest while seated unless I tucked the foot behind the other ankle.
• Needing to stand up to release tension every 10 minutes while working at the computer or the sewing machine.
• Needing to pull myself up by grabbing the top of the cabinet because my hips were too weak to just stand up.
• Cramping in my right shoulder when peeling pawpaw’s or potatoes or when brushing teeth (with an electric toothbrush).
• Shoulders too weak to roll over in bed and cuddle with my husband.
• Stiff and painful tendons in my elbows: unable to lift a mug of tea to my lips without warm-up exercises.
• Washing my hair in slow motion: my brain wasn’t sending messages of automatic movement.
• Dressing in slow motion. I didn’t wear jeans because managing the fly was too difficult.
• Lurching and staggering from disrupted balance.
• Tooth ache in one or other of all four sectors of my mouth randomly and usually at bedtime.
These are the symptoms I face now, but I am full of peace and hope that they will get better:
• Tension in my right leg that sometimes makes me limp.
• Tremors in my hands that improved so much that I could write with a flowing handwriting and touch type again, but they got worse again.
• I get the shakes all over with arching of my back as I wake up. This happens several times in the early morning as I drift back to sleep each time. The shaking lasts 15-30 seconds.
In summary, my biggest areas of progress are:
• Artistic eye restored: I am turning out artworks (dry pastels) at a steady pace, adapting to my limitations with mark making by drawing with either hand.
• Energy restored: I can get through the day and even the evenings without needing rests.
• Strength restored: I can take my two strong dogs for walks alone again.
• Balance restored: I can stand like a flamingo on one leg!
I definitely notice a forwards-backwards progression in which a symptom will disappear, reappear, then disappear for good. I am deeply grateful for the testimonials of others which have given me hope and focus, and the admins and moderators who patiently and compassionately uphold the amazing, good work of Andy Cutler. I would also like to thank those who pray for me and God who is a very present help in times of trouble.
Wendy - Age 58
I began to chelate in January 2021. While my tremors are presently still quite bad, I see great progress from chelating and taking 110 mg mucuna pruriens with 50 mg carbilev 3x a day. I have done 17 rounds of ALA, starting at 12,5 mg and reaching 50 mg.
Six months ago I needed a two-hour rest at midday, a straw to drink with, and help with cutting up my food. But no longer do I tremble quite so badly. I've taken a couple of 3-week breaks from chelating and found it very positive to give my adrenals a rest.
There are so many little areas of improvement, I will simply list the things I used to struggle with and now are hardly a problem, if at all:
• Running to the loo too often.
• Limbs shaking for a while after I get into bed. So bad last year, I had to fall asleep on my tummy to keep my legs still, otherwise on my back with my legs in a figure 4 was the only way they would stop twitching.
• Getting up from sitting on a couch. I felt like a 90-year-old.
• Getting out of the bath. I had to get on all fours first.
• Restless left leg that couldn’t rest while seated unless I tucked the foot behind the other ankle.
• Needing to stand up to release tension every 10 minutes while working at the computer or the sewing machine.
• Needing to pull myself up by grabbing the top of the cabinet because my hips were too weak to just stand up.
• Cramping in my right shoulder when peeling pawpaw’s or potatoes or when brushing teeth (with an electric toothbrush).
• Shoulders too weak to roll over in bed and cuddle with my husband.
• Stiff and painful tendons in my elbows: unable to lift a mug of tea to my lips without warm-up exercises.
• Washing my hair in slow motion: my brain wasn’t sending messages of automatic movement.
• Dressing in slow motion. I didn’t wear jeans because managing the fly was too difficult.
• Lurching and staggering from disrupted balance.
• Tooth ache in one or other of all four sectors of my mouth randomly and usually at bedtime.
These are the symptoms I face now, but I am full of peace and hope that they will get better:
• Tension in my right leg that sometimes makes me limp.
• Tremors in my hands that improved so much that I could write with a flowing handwriting and touch type again, but they got worse again.
• I get the shakes all over with arching of my back as I wake up. This happens several times in the early morning as I drift back to sleep each time. The shaking lasts 15-30 seconds.
In summary, my biggest areas of progress are:
• Artistic eye restored: I am turning out artworks (dry pastels) at a steady pace, adapting to my limitations with mark making by drawing with either hand.
• Energy restored: I can get through the day and even the evenings without needing rests.
• Strength restored: I can take my two strong dogs for walks alone again.
• Balance restored: I can stand like a flamingo on one leg!
I definitely notice a forwards-backwards progression in which a symptom will disappear, reappear, then disappear for good. I am deeply grateful for the testimonials of others which have given me hope and focus, and the admins and moderators who patiently and compassionately uphold the amazing, good work of Andy Cutler. I would also like to thank those who pray for me and God who is a very present help in times of trouble.
Wendy - Age 58
Some encouragement ❤️ Two years ago in May, I started chelating with ACC. At that point, I thought my life was going to be nothing much more than existing. I was crying in hopelessness because I thought In my mid 30s I had the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s and I couldn’t even hold a book due to muscle fatigue. Both my mind and body were failing me. A friend happened to walk in and catch me crying and inquired what was going on. I told her and she asked what I was doing for my health. I told her cilantro smoothies once a day, eating organic, gluten free, and all that stuff we do when we are seeking health with all our hearts. She told me about this group and that I should get tested for heavy metals. So, I did.
I had a screams mercury hair test. After almost 2 years of chelating, I am social again, have energy enough to plant and maintain a garden (two years ago I couldn’t bring myself to water my indoor plants), have my balance back, just worked outside in the middle of July from 11-1 pm (going to the mailbox would fatigue me), I sweat soaked my shirt (I never used to sweat), I got married, homeschool 1 kiddo, plan to have a baby soon and so much more. If you’re thinking about starting but you’re scared, it’s worth it! If you’re struggling to keep going, it’s worth it! None of this would have been possible 2 years ago. I am so thankful I have my life back and can do the things I love again. I am a highly motivated individual that hates to sit around and do nothing. Before ACC and while chelating, minimal work and sitting around was about all I could do. Thank you admins for all that you do!!! You are a treasure to me and so many others!!! Thank you Andy!!! Without him, none of us would be where we are today! Thank you Jehovah Jireh, you are my source and provider!
Becka - Age 39
I had a screams mercury hair test. After almost 2 years of chelating, I am social again, have energy enough to plant and maintain a garden (two years ago I couldn’t bring myself to water my indoor plants), have my balance back, just worked outside in the middle of July from 11-1 pm (going to the mailbox would fatigue me), I sweat soaked my shirt (I never used to sweat), I got married, homeschool 1 kiddo, plan to have a baby soon and so much more. If you’re thinking about starting but you’re scared, it’s worth it! If you’re struggling to keep going, it’s worth it! None of this would have been possible 2 years ago. I am so thankful I have my life back and can do the things I love again. I am a highly motivated individual that hates to sit around and do nothing. Before ACC and while chelating, minimal work and sitting around was about all I could do. Thank you admins for all that you do!!! You are a treasure to me and so many others!!! Thank you Andy!!! Without him, none of us would be where we are today! Thank you Jehovah Jireh, you are my source and provider!
Becka - Age 39
I am writing this as a thank for having my life back. This protocol works even at very low doses. After less than 10 rounds of 1/2 mg DMPS, I was no longer wiped out from a normal day’s activities. I have now finished 13 rounds and chelation is easier as my health improves. I now have the capacity to do more than just survive. I am much less irritable. Less depression and brain fog. Eyesight has improved significantly. Colors are more vibrant. I wore contacts with thimersol (Mercury) solution for a number of years. Had 10 amalgams. Took me two years to remove them because each time the mercury exposure would make me worse. They were removed safely with rubber dam, cooling stream while cutting them out and separate air source for me to breathe. Broke a mercury thermometer when I was a child. Used mercurochrome as a child as an antiseptic for cuts. Ate lots of seafood.
I never expected I would see so much improvement with so little chelation. Don’t be afraid to go to very low doses if chelation is difficult. In hindsight I would have done 0.25mg if were to start again. I started at 5 mg DMPS and had to rapidly reduce the dosage to something somewhat manageable. After I removed a “silver stain” from a filling, chelation was easier. I know that staying at a low dose saved me from making things worse.
I do have some negative effects from the initial rounds at 5 mg and 1.3mg. I was so spacey on round that I would miss doses and then have to end the round early. Mercury did redistribute to the brain. Immediately after those rounds my ability to recall words was impaired. And my navigation became worse. I will have to address these issues with ALA but I want to get my body mercury down before I start. Thanks to Andy Cutler’s warnings,
I didn’t listen to my naturopath who wanted me to do a challenge test at 100mg DMPS. I am so grateful for having my life back and being able to do more for my children. I am writing this in hopes that some part of my experience will be helpful to others. Thank you to Andy and the chelation forum monitors and who give of themselves so selflessly. Also thank you to Sunshine who shared his experience with the silver stain and his chelation journey.
-Flora, 52
I never expected I would see so much improvement with so little chelation. Don’t be afraid to go to very low doses if chelation is difficult. In hindsight I would have done 0.25mg if were to start again. I started at 5 mg DMPS and had to rapidly reduce the dosage to something somewhat manageable. After I removed a “silver stain” from a filling, chelation was easier. I know that staying at a low dose saved me from making things worse.
I do have some negative effects from the initial rounds at 5 mg and 1.3mg. I was so spacey on round that I would miss doses and then have to end the round early. Mercury did redistribute to the brain. Immediately after those rounds my ability to recall words was impaired. And my navigation became worse. I will have to address these issues with ALA but I want to get my body mercury down before I start. Thanks to Andy Cutler’s warnings,
I didn’t listen to my naturopath who wanted me to do a challenge test at 100mg DMPS. I am so grateful for having my life back and being able to do more for my children. I am writing this in hopes that some part of my experience will be helpful to others. Thank you to Andy and the chelation forum monitors and who give of themselves so selflessly. Also thank you to Sunshine who shared his experience with the silver stain and his chelation journey.
-Flora, 52
On March 30, 2020, I celebrated my 2 year anniversary chelating. I finished doing 111 last week on 200 mg ALA every 3 hours. It has taken blood, sweat, and tears to get here. I am eating keto, I’ve been keto for years now. My source of exposure was mercury from my mother in utero, countless vaccines containing Thimerosal and 5 amalgam fillings. My “tipping point” where the problems became very serious was after a flu vaccine in 2016. The changes in me were so visible, my family and friends feared for me and tried to understand what was happening to the brilliant young woman who was withering away, day by day, at an alarming rate.
My background includes two degrees, one in business and the second in biology (concentration was cell and molecular biology). I was a gifted student, premedical and by all accounts, a go-getter. Ambitious and determined to achieve my goals. I was always independent, self-reliant, but all throughout my life, I had periods of deep depression that seemingly came out of nowhere. I now can trace those moments back to one of two events: dental work done or a vaccine being given that I confirmed contained mercury in the form of Thimerosal. Then in my 20s, I started with fibromyalgia and felt pain daily. In my 38th week of pregnancy, I was given a TDaP and varicela vaccine, which the TDaP contains large amounts of aluminum (another problem in it of itself). After my son was born, I received more vaccines, including the yearly flu. After the 2012 flu vaccine, I developed erosive gastritis and again fell into a deep depression. In 2015 I received another flu shot and the cognitive deficits were showing. I would literally forget what I was saying mid-sentence. I would be driving and get totally disoriented, which is unlike me. I have a very good sense of direction and was always the driver. I’ve never had moments like these and it was getting scarier. I literally felt like I was losing my mind.
In 2016, my final flu shot. I’m over the edge. Erratic, depressive, forgetful, unable to complete basic tasks and by basic, I mean help my 1st grader (at the time) to do his math homework. It’s like my brain was completely unavailable to me. I had panic attacks and anxiety daily. I couldn’t count of my brain for reality. Nothing felt real. Everything was a blur. I had now diagnosed a degenerative back condition, with depression, my psychiatrist thought I was a Type I bipolar. I was being heavily medicated but nothing helped. No improvements. I prayed to either die or get an answer because life as I knew it was changed. It was agonizing to live the day by day. Insomnia every night, anxiety every day, unable to sit still, I couldn’t get through my days without thinking of suicide at least half a dozen times but I knew deep down this isn’t something I could ever do. My son kept me tethered to life...literally. I was here for him. I somehow understood what my death would do to him and that wasn’t an acceptable option. But one day the answer came and instantly I knew in my heart this was it. But I am a woman of science so it took me hours and hours to process the information, review the science but now I had what I didn’t have before: hope. That hope kept me searching for answers.
Now, two years later, I am almost 80% to being me again. I still feel like there are areas to improve but I was so very deeply poisoned. My stats are below but I’m a small person and my mercury load was just too much. It took 2 years to get where I am and I intend to get to 600 mg on the ACC protocol. My before includes: severe depression and anxiety, insomnia, visual disturbances, severe brain fog, I went from being a gifted student to a person who couldn’t do second grade math, severe erosive gastritis, OCD, intrusive thoughts, air hunger, inability to sweat, low libido, extreme anger and irritability, tinnitus, always extremely cold, comprehension issues, memory problems, extreme fatigue, suicidal ideation, I stopped “feeling” things and felt like a zombie who just existed. I stopped laughing and listening to music (sensitivity to sound), sensitivity to light, very emotional and extreme anxiety. It was a punishment to exist in the state I was in. I had peripheral neuropathy, tingling in my hands and feet, numbness would take over my hands and feet after a period of tingling, extreme back pain, sciatic nerve pain, feeling very listless. My hands and feet were always extremely cold. ZERO motivation and life feels like a chore. Extreme shyness and I was always an extrovert and now, I couldn’t look people in the eyes. It was unbearable to even make a phone call. Taking a shower was an assault to my senses and I went from loving morning showers to agonizing over it daily. The feeling of the water on my skin was sensory overload. I hated it but I forced myself to do it. Extremely low libido. There were extreme periods of extreme OCD, like chain smoking or biting my nails until my fingers bled. I used to cry over ANYTHING - coming from a person most would describe as a rebel, a trailblazer, a go-getter who made her own path and made no apologizes for it. I withered into the shell of the person I once was. I was on so many meds before chelation. Daily suicidal ideation over the emptiness, the void that lived inside of me now. Where there were once hopes and dreams, there was...nothing. Officially, my mental health was declining rapidly. They diagnosed with me with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and then type I bipolar disorder. My psychiatrist had me on: 1. Zoloft 2. Lamictal / Lithium 3. Xanax / Ativan 4. Adderall / Vyvanse 5. Dilaudid (for spinal arthritis). And YES ALL AT ONCE. The ones with two names is because they adjusted the dose or changed the medication but I was always on at least 5 medications at any given time. They thought I was a type I bipolar but the problem with that dx is you never “get better” as in, you’re cured. You will always be bipolar. AFTER: about 4-6 months into chelation, I no longer fit the criteria for any type of bipolar disorder. To this day, they have no explanation as to why I’m 100% recovered as far as the symptoms I once had and they’ve reversed their diagnosis. Talk about giving him a run for their money! Best moment ever is seeing him trip over himself, totally at a loss to explain my improvement. I got off the meds by tapering and that was the last time I’ve been on a psychiatric medication.
That was in 2018. It’s been over 1.5 years without medications and I haven’t had any “relapses” into any type of bipolar behavior. Now, 2 years after chelation, the majority of these issues are resolved with the exception of energy, it has improved but there’s a lot of room for improvement. Additionally, I have gained over 30 pounds and it has refused to come off. I was fortunate to be underweight so it’s actually putting me in my “normal” BMI but this has put tremendous strain on my back. I get steroid epidural injections for my neck and back, which plays a big role in slowing my metabolism down. The gastritis is 100% gone - I haven’t felt it in MONTHS. This is something that tormented me DAILY and now it’s GONE. No air hunger, no OCD, no biting nails, no smoking, I love showering again, I’m able to sit still and FOCUS on my work, I still have some visual disturbances but I’m not too worried about that. My body temperature is much better regulated and I’m not always cold. I’m sweating again! I’ve never been so happy to have body odor! It was amazing! Suicidal ideation is gone! I’m laughing again although I know I still have a long way to go. The thing is at this point I’m feeling more like myself again. The hours no longer drag on and on while I feel trapped in this moment. Some days fly by and I’m so grateful for it because it means I’m focused on other things and not sitting, watching the clock. My brain is working again! I was always a gifted student and I honestly didn’t understand what had happened until I realized mercury was the problem. Hormones are regulating because libido is back, cycles are normalizing and I FEEL better. I can easily recall information and my final year of nursing school has become much easier. I don’t smoke and find it disgusting, my nails are growing long and thick, I don’t feel the need to bite them anymore, I can speak to people again and I’m occasionally listening to music again. It’s a long road to recovery but it’s comforting to know I’m well on my way back to finding myself! I did do ALA + DMSA on a 2:1 ratio but candida kept flaring up. I get steroid epidural injections, which suppress your immune system and leads to...CANDIDA OVERGROWTH. So eventually, it was just too much for my body and I removed DMSA. BUT I did 70 or 80 rounds with ALA + DMSA. The most resistant issue is the weight and the fatigue. I don’t 100% feel like myself again but I feel I’m on my way there. I was obviously very poisoned to have needed this much chelation and get these results. I was always a small person, not a lot of body mass at 5’6” and 100 pounds. I suspect I was just so very heavily poisoned, it may take another few years to flush it all out. I’ve gain that weight with chelariom but I’ve read accounts that weight loss occurs at the end of chelation. I’ve been unusually tired during the midday now and I don’t know why. It’s a good time to allow myself to slow down and rest but still, it’s very unlike me to need a 2-4 hour nap daily. Very bizarre indeed. But the best advice I received was to be kind to myself, this too shall pass, and take one day, one hour, one minute at a time. That’s how this protocol makes you better. It’s a marathon, not a sprint! Keep chelating!!!
I owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Cutler...I can honestly say I don’t think I would have survived another year in the condition I was in. I don’t have enough words to thank him and everyone else on this group that has so generously contributed their time and efforts, despite being sick themselves. You are all amazing!!! THANK YOU!!! ? Edit: the supplements I’m on: -Core Four but I’ve increased my vitamin C intake since I’m a nursing student and I could potentially be exposed to different pathogens -Vitamin A -Vitamin D -Sunflower lecithin -Milk thistle -ACE -Histidine -Tyrosine -Biotin -Arginine -Probiotics -Forskolin -Turmeric -CoQ10 -Lion’s Mane -Omega fish oil -Acetyl-l-carnitine -Phosphatidylserine -Selenomethionine -Molybdenum
- Marianne, 36
My background includes two degrees, one in business and the second in biology (concentration was cell and molecular biology). I was a gifted student, premedical and by all accounts, a go-getter. Ambitious and determined to achieve my goals. I was always independent, self-reliant, but all throughout my life, I had periods of deep depression that seemingly came out of nowhere. I now can trace those moments back to one of two events: dental work done or a vaccine being given that I confirmed contained mercury in the form of Thimerosal. Then in my 20s, I started with fibromyalgia and felt pain daily. In my 38th week of pregnancy, I was given a TDaP and varicela vaccine, which the TDaP contains large amounts of aluminum (another problem in it of itself). After my son was born, I received more vaccines, including the yearly flu. After the 2012 flu vaccine, I developed erosive gastritis and again fell into a deep depression. In 2015 I received another flu shot and the cognitive deficits were showing. I would literally forget what I was saying mid-sentence. I would be driving and get totally disoriented, which is unlike me. I have a very good sense of direction and was always the driver. I’ve never had moments like these and it was getting scarier. I literally felt like I was losing my mind.
In 2016, my final flu shot. I’m over the edge. Erratic, depressive, forgetful, unable to complete basic tasks and by basic, I mean help my 1st grader (at the time) to do his math homework. It’s like my brain was completely unavailable to me. I had panic attacks and anxiety daily. I couldn’t count of my brain for reality. Nothing felt real. Everything was a blur. I had now diagnosed a degenerative back condition, with depression, my psychiatrist thought I was a Type I bipolar. I was being heavily medicated but nothing helped. No improvements. I prayed to either die or get an answer because life as I knew it was changed. It was agonizing to live the day by day. Insomnia every night, anxiety every day, unable to sit still, I couldn’t get through my days without thinking of suicide at least half a dozen times but I knew deep down this isn’t something I could ever do. My son kept me tethered to life...literally. I was here for him. I somehow understood what my death would do to him and that wasn’t an acceptable option. But one day the answer came and instantly I knew in my heart this was it. But I am a woman of science so it took me hours and hours to process the information, review the science but now I had what I didn’t have before: hope. That hope kept me searching for answers.
Now, two years later, I am almost 80% to being me again. I still feel like there are areas to improve but I was so very deeply poisoned. My stats are below but I’m a small person and my mercury load was just too much. It took 2 years to get where I am and I intend to get to 600 mg on the ACC protocol. My before includes: severe depression and anxiety, insomnia, visual disturbances, severe brain fog, I went from being a gifted student to a person who couldn’t do second grade math, severe erosive gastritis, OCD, intrusive thoughts, air hunger, inability to sweat, low libido, extreme anger and irritability, tinnitus, always extremely cold, comprehension issues, memory problems, extreme fatigue, suicidal ideation, I stopped “feeling” things and felt like a zombie who just existed. I stopped laughing and listening to music (sensitivity to sound), sensitivity to light, very emotional and extreme anxiety. It was a punishment to exist in the state I was in. I had peripheral neuropathy, tingling in my hands and feet, numbness would take over my hands and feet after a period of tingling, extreme back pain, sciatic nerve pain, feeling very listless. My hands and feet were always extremely cold. ZERO motivation and life feels like a chore. Extreme shyness and I was always an extrovert and now, I couldn’t look people in the eyes. It was unbearable to even make a phone call. Taking a shower was an assault to my senses and I went from loving morning showers to agonizing over it daily. The feeling of the water on my skin was sensory overload. I hated it but I forced myself to do it. Extremely low libido. There were extreme periods of extreme OCD, like chain smoking or biting my nails until my fingers bled. I used to cry over ANYTHING - coming from a person most would describe as a rebel, a trailblazer, a go-getter who made her own path and made no apologizes for it. I withered into the shell of the person I once was. I was on so many meds before chelation. Daily suicidal ideation over the emptiness, the void that lived inside of me now. Where there were once hopes and dreams, there was...nothing. Officially, my mental health was declining rapidly. They diagnosed with me with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and then type I bipolar disorder. My psychiatrist had me on: 1. Zoloft 2. Lamictal / Lithium 3. Xanax / Ativan 4. Adderall / Vyvanse 5. Dilaudid (for spinal arthritis). And YES ALL AT ONCE. The ones with two names is because they adjusted the dose or changed the medication but I was always on at least 5 medications at any given time. They thought I was a type I bipolar but the problem with that dx is you never “get better” as in, you’re cured. You will always be bipolar. AFTER: about 4-6 months into chelation, I no longer fit the criteria for any type of bipolar disorder. To this day, they have no explanation as to why I’m 100% recovered as far as the symptoms I once had and they’ve reversed their diagnosis. Talk about giving him a run for their money! Best moment ever is seeing him trip over himself, totally at a loss to explain my improvement. I got off the meds by tapering and that was the last time I’ve been on a psychiatric medication.
That was in 2018. It’s been over 1.5 years without medications and I haven’t had any “relapses” into any type of bipolar behavior. Now, 2 years after chelation, the majority of these issues are resolved with the exception of energy, it has improved but there’s a lot of room for improvement. Additionally, I have gained over 30 pounds and it has refused to come off. I was fortunate to be underweight so it’s actually putting me in my “normal” BMI but this has put tremendous strain on my back. I get steroid epidural injections for my neck and back, which plays a big role in slowing my metabolism down. The gastritis is 100% gone - I haven’t felt it in MONTHS. This is something that tormented me DAILY and now it’s GONE. No air hunger, no OCD, no biting nails, no smoking, I love showering again, I’m able to sit still and FOCUS on my work, I still have some visual disturbances but I’m not too worried about that. My body temperature is much better regulated and I’m not always cold. I’m sweating again! I’ve never been so happy to have body odor! It was amazing! Suicidal ideation is gone! I’m laughing again although I know I still have a long way to go. The thing is at this point I’m feeling more like myself again. The hours no longer drag on and on while I feel trapped in this moment. Some days fly by and I’m so grateful for it because it means I’m focused on other things and not sitting, watching the clock. My brain is working again! I was always a gifted student and I honestly didn’t understand what had happened until I realized mercury was the problem. Hormones are regulating because libido is back, cycles are normalizing and I FEEL better. I can easily recall information and my final year of nursing school has become much easier. I don’t smoke and find it disgusting, my nails are growing long and thick, I don’t feel the need to bite them anymore, I can speak to people again and I’m occasionally listening to music again. It’s a long road to recovery but it’s comforting to know I’m well on my way back to finding myself! I did do ALA + DMSA on a 2:1 ratio but candida kept flaring up. I get steroid epidural injections, which suppress your immune system and leads to...CANDIDA OVERGROWTH. So eventually, it was just too much for my body and I removed DMSA. BUT I did 70 or 80 rounds with ALA + DMSA. The most resistant issue is the weight and the fatigue. I don’t 100% feel like myself again but I feel I’m on my way there. I was obviously very poisoned to have needed this much chelation and get these results. I was always a small person, not a lot of body mass at 5’6” and 100 pounds. I suspect I was just so very heavily poisoned, it may take another few years to flush it all out. I’ve gain that weight with chelariom but I’ve read accounts that weight loss occurs at the end of chelation. I’ve been unusually tired during the midday now and I don’t know why. It’s a good time to allow myself to slow down and rest but still, it’s very unlike me to need a 2-4 hour nap daily. Very bizarre indeed. But the best advice I received was to be kind to myself, this too shall pass, and take one day, one hour, one minute at a time. That’s how this protocol makes you better. It’s a marathon, not a sprint! Keep chelating!!!
I owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Cutler...I can honestly say I don’t think I would have survived another year in the condition I was in. I don’t have enough words to thank him and everyone else on this group that has so generously contributed their time and efforts, despite being sick themselves. You are all amazing!!! THANK YOU!!! ? Edit: the supplements I’m on: -Core Four but I’ve increased my vitamin C intake since I’m a nursing student and I could potentially be exposed to different pathogens -Vitamin A -Vitamin D -Sunflower lecithin -Milk thistle -ACE -Histidine -Tyrosine -Biotin -Arginine -Probiotics -Forskolin -Turmeric -CoQ10 -Lion’s Mane -Omega fish oil -Acetyl-l-carnitine -Phosphatidylserine -Selenomethionine -Molybdenum
- Marianne, 36
Round #100 Completed after spec removals ALA 200 mg – 2 hrs. DMSA 50 mg With very few exceptions, had most of the listed symptoms with very few exceptions... Had 18 amalgams placed by a dentist that ended up in penitentiary charged for improperly doing needless work. Decade later, I spent 12 days in a Canadian hospital having all sorts of test run including liver biopsies as they knew something was wrong but could not figure it out. Another decade later, decided to have the amalgams crowned which was really improper removal and added more mixed metals batteries to the soup.
Afterwards I became a universal reactor also with asthma. I did not connect the dots to the dental work. Years later, had another liver biopsy with other tests to no avail. Left a 25 year marriage, 10 years trying to get a legal separation and 7 years in the Court system; still no separation but now do know the stress of the game of being buried alive in legal paperwork. Decide to go to a “mercury free”dentist who left 4 specs and a screw left behind, although I did not find out till much later from ACC dentist. I had been doing ACC with specs.
Prior to ACC, 2 years IV chelation with specs by a functional medicine Dr and was given or used all of the avoid list. It was getting that I was barely able to find the doctor’s office. With credit to the dentist, she did remove the specs and screw evidentially although with an unprofessional attitude. Crawled my way through the dark swamp with the help of Andy and the ACC moderators; I was in an awake nightmare.
Core 4 was very helpful for me and so was the thiol avoidance test. I just chose to look at the low thiol list as the upcoming menu. When I trialed thiols, it was like being hit by a truck. 2 year dump, near the end it was coming and going like sunshine breaking through on a cloudy day. During the dump, I had to nap a lot. Found I had to move my doses up to 2 hours. I can still tell 15 minutes before my dose time, dose time is coming. Noticeable changes were with bowel movements. I had tremendous problems with constipation and record being 14 days, no go. Anyone who has suffered with that problem knows fiber, laxatives, prunes, enemas and all other suggestions just did not work. Standardized milk thistle blew open clogged pathways in my liver, bile flowed and bm are no longer a problem. Had air hunger, crawling skin, hot feet, headaches and many of the other symptom milestones on the journey through chelation. I used to wake up feeling drugged, groggy and drag myself through the day. I wake up clear headed now and as a bonus, also aware of people’s micro expressions which have benefited me greatly.
Turning 70 years old next year and looking to the future and experiencing what the next 100 rounds will bring. Being highly toxic and unknowingly doing all the wrong things, I can say without a doubt, ACC is working. Blessed to have found the site and giving myself a pat on the back for crawling through the storm. Hope you will join me on the other side!
- Heather, 68
Afterwards I became a universal reactor also with asthma. I did not connect the dots to the dental work. Years later, had another liver biopsy with other tests to no avail. Left a 25 year marriage, 10 years trying to get a legal separation and 7 years in the Court system; still no separation but now do know the stress of the game of being buried alive in legal paperwork. Decide to go to a “mercury free”dentist who left 4 specs and a screw left behind, although I did not find out till much later from ACC dentist. I had been doing ACC with specs.
Prior to ACC, 2 years IV chelation with specs by a functional medicine Dr and was given or used all of the avoid list. It was getting that I was barely able to find the doctor’s office. With credit to the dentist, she did remove the specs and screw evidentially although with an unprofessional attitude. Crawled my way through the dark swamp with the help of Andy and the ACC moderators; I was in an awake nightmare.
Core 4 was very helpful for me and so was the thiol avoidance test. I just chose to look at the low thiol list as the upcoming menu. When I trialed thiols, it was like being hit by a truck. 2 year dump, near the end it was coming and going like sunshine breaking through on a cloudy day. During the dump, I had to nap a lot. Found I had to move my doses up to 2 hours. I can still tell 15 minutes before my dose time, dose time is coming. Noticeable changes were with bowel movements. I had tremendous problems with constipation and record being 14 days, no go. Anyone who has suffered with that problem knows fiber, laxatives, prunes, enemas and all other suggestions just did not work. Standardized milk thistle blew open clogged pathways in my liver, bile flowed and bm are no longer a problem. Had air hunger, crawling skin, hot feet, headaches and many of the other symptom milestones on the journey through chelation. I used to wake up feeling drugged, groggy and drag myself through the day. I wake up clear headed now and as a bonus, also aware of people’s micro expressions which have benefited me greatly.
Turning 70 years old next year and looking to the future and experiencing what the next 100 rounds will bring. Being highly toxic and unknowingly doing all the wrong things, I can say without a doubt, ACC is working. Blessed to have found the site and giving myself a pat on the back for crawling through the storm. Hope you will join me on the other side!
- Heather, 68
Since childhood I have suffered from chronic asthma associated with eczema and allergies. My parents always told me that these diseases appeared after having been vaccinated. As a teenager I was taken to the dentist who put an amalgam filling in place of a cavity. I then started to experience various new symptoms such as chronic fatigue, muscle and joint pain, my asthma got worse and my allergies. Later I was added several amalgams.
In my thirties I moved to Canada and there again they filled with amalgam what was left of my teeth. Year after year I saw new symptoms appearing and the doctors always told me that everything was going on in my head since the treatments were not effective. My life had become hell, leading a normal professional and social life had become almost impossible because of my symptoms which are listed below: Chronic fatigue Bad character Food intolerance Chemical intolerances Nerve crises Anxiety Panic attacks Beginning of depression Tinnitus Ear eczema Frequent infections Bruxism Severe asthma Allergies Dizziness Memory loss Hair loss Tremors Appearance of hooks near the eyelids Tingling Numbness Sensitivity to odors (especially chemical) Muscle aches Joint pain Headache Startling in case of sudden noise Difficulty concentrating Excessive shyness Indecision Difficulty finding words during a discussion Cognitive fuzzy Double vision Photophobia Tingling Itching Sciatica Back pain Tendinitis Sleep Apnea Heart rhythm disorder Tension disorder Obsessive compulsive disorder Insomnia at night Difficulty waking up in the morning. Candidiasis Bloating Constipation ...... It was then that I decided not to listen to the doctors and their diagnoses and to take the bull by the horns by doing my own research of the real reason for my ailments. It all started by delving into the subject of Candidiasis from which I suffered and discovering that its proliferation could be caused by an immune deficiency, itself caused by chronic intoxication with heavy metals and their head mercury.
I then did a research on mercury and that it was my surprise by discovering its high toxicity and its biochemical effects on the body, and my surprise was greater when I discovered that my amalgams contained on average 50% of mercury, as well as some vaccines, and some drugs (rifamycin eye drops, polydexa, mercurochrome, mercryl laurylé, etc ...), as well as some cosmetic products, tobacco, big fish, thermometers, neon lights, etc ... Bingo !!!! I then made the link between my symptoms and the mercury of my amalgams, especially by reading the book by Françoise Cambayrac "Truths on emerging diseases", and the book by Dr. Andrew Cutler (PhD in biochemistry) "Amalgam illness", and the David Hammond's book "Mercury poisonings the undiagnosed epidemic", and Dr. Hal Huggins' book "it's all in your head, the link between illness and amalgams", etc .... So I decided to do hair tests to be sure, the results were positive. I then began my quest for deliverance and finding adequate treatment. I had tried dozens of protocols without success, on the contrary it was getting worse. Until the day I came across Dr. Cutler's protocol. I started by removing the source of contamination by removing my amalgams but with draconian precautions at the risk of over-contamination by swallowing the liquid methylmercury and inhaling the mercury vapors. After the removal of my fillings my symptoms started to regress, and today after more than 4 years of chelation according to the Cutler protocol my symptoms have disappeared to 99%, I find the joy of living and I feel reborn again.
- Mohammed, 49
In my thirties I moved to Canada and there again they filled with amalgam what was left of my teeth. Year after year I saw new symptoms appearing and the doctors always told me that everything was going on in my head since the treatments were not effective. My life had become hell, leading a normal professional and social life had become almost impossible because of my symptoms which are listed below: Chronic fatigue Bad character Food intolerance Chemical intolerances Nerve crises Anxiety Panic attacks Beginning of depression Tinnitus Ear eczema Frequent infections Bruxism Severe asthma Allergies Dizziness Memory loss Hair loss Tremors Appearance of hooks near the eyelids Tingling Numbness Sensitivity to odors (especially chemical) Muscle aches Joint pain Headache Startling in case of sudden noise Difficulty concentrating Excessive shyness Indecision Difficulty finding words during a discussion Cognitive fuzzy Double vision Photophobia Tingling Itching Sciatica Back pain Tendinitis Sleep Apnea Heart rhythm disorder Tension disorder Obsessive compulsive disorder Insomnia at night Difficulty waking up in the morning. Candidiasis Bloating Constipation ...... It was then that I decided not to listen to the doctors and their diagnoses and to take the bull by the horns by doing my own research of the real reason for my ailments. It all started by delving into the subject of Candidiasis from which I suffered and discovering that its proliferation could be caused by an immune deficiency, itself caused by chronic intoxication with heavy metals and their head mercury.
I then did a research on mercury and that it was my surprise by discovering its high toxicity and its biochemical effects on the body, and my surprise was greater when I discovered that my amalgams contained on average 50% of mercury, as well as some vaccines, and some drugs (rifamycin eye drops, polydexa, mercurochrome, mercryl laurylé, etc ...), as well as some cosmetic products, tobacco, big fish, thermometers, neon lights, etc ... Bingo !!!! I then made the link between my symptoms and the mercury of my amalgams, especially by reading the book by Françoise Cambayrac "Truths on emerging diseases", and the book by Dr. Andrew Cutler (PhD in biochemistry) "Amalgam illness", and the David Hammond's book "Mercury poisonings the undiagnosed epidemic", and Dr. Hal Huggins' book "it's all in your head, the link between illness and amalgams", etc .... So I decided to do hair tests to be sure, the results were positive. I then began my quest for deliverance and finding adequate treatment. I had tried dozens of protocols without success, on the contrary it was getting worse. Until the day I came across Dr. Cutler's protocol. I started by removing the source of contamination by removing my amalgams but with draconian precautions at the risk of over-contamination by swallowing the liquid methylmercury and inhaling the mercury vapors. After the removal of my fillings my symptoms started to regress, and today after more than 4 years of chelation according to the Cutler protocol my symptoms have disappeared to 99%, I find the joy of living and I feel reborn again.
- Mohammed, 49
Tried a DMPS + MgEDTA IVs challenge after 10 rounds of Cutler chelation ( 5mg ) and nearly died from it, lost a lot of weight, still trying to recover from it ( since 2 months ) Problem: it mobilized more than excreted, it came to a redistribution in sensitive areas All symptoms from before got worse ( histamine problems, short term memory, fear and gastrointestinal problems, Fatigue, depression, itchiness, psychological things etc.) PLEASE never do a challenge test i.v. dueto • inexperience about your personal detoxification system capacity and genetics • total amount and type of toxins in the body Test results: high amount of Lead ( I don´t know where it came from ( chemical industry or tinned beer ) Mercury ( amalgam ) Nickel ( amalgam ) Arsenic ( rice and sushi ) Medium amount of Gadolinium ( 2 MRT´s ) Due to lot of vaccinations and travel as well as 5 amalgan fillings, one leaked, 2 whole-body magnetic resonance imaging and daily moderate alcohol consumption ( increases the extraction of the fillings). Now i am doing low low cutler round max. 5mg DMPS max. 3mg ALA. I hope it will help.
-Mike, 35, Germany
-Mike, 35, Germany
I seriously suspect mercury/amalgam for destroying my digestion and inducing histamine intolerance and inducing depression and anxiety. DMPS had positive therapeutic effect. But please, NEVER ever use glutathione, especially im combination with DMPS it drove me suicidal and severely ill. I am now recovering from that terrible mistake. And on short term i will proceed DMPS. Comply strictly to the AC protocol!
- Martin, age: 41, 2 years of chelation
- Martin, age: 41, 2 years of chelation
My Story: My health problems initially started around 10 years ago - at first with joint pain in my fingers and big toes that seemed to be made worse when drinking alcohol or eating sugars. Everything slowly just got worse and another 8 years on I was almost crippled with so many health issues – joint pains, food intolerances, crippling arthritis in my spine and lower back, leaky gut, massive weight loss of around 20 kilos and so many other symptoms that I never even realized that I had until I started to get rid of the mercury.
After extensive investigations by around 25 doctors, specialists and naturopaths and so many tests and procedures – 3 MRI’s, full body bone scan, full body CT scan, gastroscopy, colonoscopy, X-Rays, hundreds of blood tests, hair tests, breath testing, kinesiology, acupuncture, ozone therapy, chiropractic adjustments etc - my health just kept getting worse and worse. Finally I found a naturopath who got me to do a Doctor Data hair test (the same one Andy recommends) and luckily my hair test came back off the scale in Mercury.
I initially wasn’t certain that this Hair Test result was accurate so I went to my doctor and got follow up blood and urine tests for mercury. My blood test came back at 178mnol - in NZ the limit is 50nmol so I was 3.5 times maximum blood limit. Mercury urine showed almost no mercury. The naturopath told me to leave my fillings in and gave me an expensive zeolite and told me not to do anything without consulting her. As soon as she told me not to remove the source of the poison (being an Engineer) I knew this was wrong. I started to study up on how to get the fillings out and had them removed safely. I bought and read a few books, spoke to my GP and a few other people and no one really seemed to have a clue. There was a doctor who specializes in heavy metal detox about 2 hrs away by car but he wasn’t taking any appointments for another 4 months. That is when I found ACC and read up on the protocol and everything I had been learning all started to make sense and I knew I found what I needed to do.
I didn’t realize how badly I was affected until I started chelating and symptoms I never even realized I had would come and go with chelation and then slowly one by one they would disappear. I have been Chelating for about 18 months now and these are the symptoms I had. Many I didn’t even realize related to mercury until I started chelating and they would come and go with the rounds.
Symptoms: Teeth grinding (Gone) Hearing problems, Tinnitus, echoing when talking (Gone) Balance Problems (Gone) Eye sight issues (Gone) Aching shoulders when standing (Gone) Swollen Lymph node in the back of my neck (Gone) Candida (Gone) Losing Bladder control (Gone) Dizziness upon standing (Gone)
My blood pressure seems to have increased however it is still a bit below normal but a lot higher than a year and a half ago. My pulse rate has also increased quite a bit – it is now between 70-80 and prior to this it was 45-55. I am now extremely fit and able to do high intensity exercise most days. Severe food intolerances – I tried so many different diets, Elimination diets, Low Oxalate diet, Low Salicylate Diet, Low Histamine Diet, Paleo diet, couldn’t work anything out…….. if only I knew of a low Thiol diet, which I did for quite a while initially and it helped alot. I can now eat anything I like again - food intolerances are mostly gone although I still eat mostly an organic raw food diet, mainly plant based low carb, healthy fats with animal protein for dinner each night. I can now have chocolate if I want it or some liquorice as a treat.
Plantar Fasciitis (Gone) Tennis Elbows both elbows (Gone) Kept pulling calf muscles (Gone) Kept pulling muscles under shoulder blades (Gone) Stiff neck - wake up a lot with stiff neck like I had pulled a muscle in my neck (Gone) Pain in liver area (Gone) Dry skin on back of heels (Gone) - Skin is so much clearer and softer Leaky gut (Gone) Muscle cramps in back of thighs (Gone) Receding bleeding sore gums (Gone) Tingling and numbness in fingers, went fishing one cold winter’s morning and ended up with frost bite on my fingers. (Gone) Lost libido altogether (This is the only real hormonal issue I have noticed apart from one round where I stayed on round for 3 weeks took me about 3 days to recover from fatigue.) (Gone) Seem a lot happier, more alert and can focus a lot easier - probably because I am not in constant pain and Mercury is not screwing with my brain like it was. Mind is definitely sharper - sometimes slightly slur a word.
I never really thought about this before but I am sure it is Mercury related. I no longer ask people the same question 3 times when I am having a conversation with them…… people would often comment I was bad for that. (Gone) Arthritis in feet and toes (Gone) Arthritis in hands and fingers (Gone) Arthritis in lower back and spine (Much improved still have a bit to go can feel Chelating will fix this as I react every round but gets less and less the more rounds I do) Asthma - I have had asthma all my life, not really bad but as my doses have got higher I notice I get asthma on round now. I may be a bit high but symptoms are quite manageable so I am keeping going. I get the feeling asthma will totally resolve as it gets better the more rounds I do. (The last 2 rounds Asthma reaction has been mild and continues to improve)
New symptoms that I have developed are. Once I had my fillings removed I started to get a lot of muscle twitching and I still get a reasonable amount of muscle twitching now although it is slowing down. It doesn’t bother me now but was a bit alarming at first. I take lots of magnesium and potassium. I have a few theories on why I have muscle twitching but they are only theories, I am thinking the body is twitching the cell to expel the mercury….. the twitching is definitely worse on round. Another theory is there some short of electrical shorting going on because the mercury got right through my spinal column and as I chelate I am pulling the mercury out of the cells/nerves etc causing the nerves to cross fire. The other new symptom is Peripheral Neuropathy in my toes and this is definitely related to chelation and pulling the mercury of my nerves in my spine…… this is also slowly improving the more rounds I do.
Many thanks: I just want to say how appreciative I am to the ACC team for everything they do and Andy Cutler (so sorry he passed) what a brilliant, clever, generous guy. I never corresponded with him but you could see in his posts how sharp he was and he was not driven by money, he was driven by helping people. This protocol saved my life! I think I probably would have ended up with an ALS diagnosis but it probably would have been too late by then. I was very close to having to give up work. I am now in the best health of my life. I am on no medications apart from an Asthma inhaler when needed. I have also made dietary and lifestyle changes. It’s been a big learning curve! I am so happy for being so much more empowered from what I have learned. I haven’t been back to a doctor in almost 2 years.
Andy Cutler Chelation has really helped me to become my own Doctor. I don’t like to speak badly of conventional medicine and I think conventional medicine is excellent if you need surgery for certain things, but the health system actually caused all these problem for me and many other people by allowing amalgam fillings in our mouths - the evidence is over whelming how poisonous they are! Amalgam fillings are not safe and the evidence to support this is overwhelming.
My advice to anyone with health issues is to not put your full trust in the health system - do your own research before having any treatments or taking any medications, if it’s controversial air on the side of caution and don’t do it. Make sure you are making informed decisions with your health - anything that is toxic doesn’t belong in your body! Be open minded. A number of people who I know have mercury poisoning and are in terrible health and have been treated by doctors for many years yet their health continues to deteriorate and yet they are not interested in what you tell them and show them. Don’t be one of these people - there is a way out thanks to Andy Cutler. There is also a good number of people I have explained all this too and they have also had good improvements in their health as well by removing their fillings and doing ACC. Thanks.
-Aron Henley, 45 years, 1 1/2 years equal to 75, 3 day rounds
After extensive investigations by around 25 doctors, specialists and naturopaths and so many tests and procedures – 3 MRI’s, full body bone scan, full body CT scan, gastroscopy, colonoscopy, X-Rays, hundreds of blood tests, hair tests, breath testing, kinesiology, acupuncture, ozone therapy, chiropractic adjustments etc - my health just kept getting worse and worse. Finally I found a naturopath who got me to do a Doctor Data hair test (the same one Andy recommends) and luckily my hair test came back off the scale in Mercury.
I initially wasn’t certain that this Hair Test result was accurate so I went to my doctor and got follow up blood and urine tests for mercury. My blood test came back at 178mnol - in NZ the limit is 50nmol so I was 3.5 times maximum blood limit. Mercury urine showed almost no mercury. The naturopath told me to leave my fillings in and gave me an expensive zeolite and told me not to do anything without consulting her. As soon as she told me not to remove the source of the poison (being an Engineer) I knew this was wrong. I started to study up on how to get the fillings out and had them removed safely. I bought and read a few books, spoke to my GP and a few other people and no one really seemed to have a clue. There was a doctor who specializes in heavy metal detox about 2 hrs away by car but he wasn’t taking any appointments for another 4 months. That is when I found ACC and read up on the protocol and everything I had been learning all started to make sense and I knew I found what I needed to do.
I didn’t realize how badly I was affected until I started chelating and symptoms I never even realized I had would come and go with chelation and then slowly one by one they would disappear. I have been Chelating for about 18 months now and these are the symptoms I had. Many I didn’t even realize related to mercury until I started chelating and they would come and go with the rounds.
Symptoms: Teeth grinding (Gone) Hearing problems, Tinnitus, echoing when talking (Gone) Balance Problems (Gone) Eye sight issues (Gone) Aching shoulders when standing (Gone) Swollen Lymph node in the back of my neck (Gone) Candida (Gone) Losing Bladder control (Gone) Dizziness upon standing (Gone)
My blood pressure seems to have increased however it is still a bit below normal but a lot higher than a year and a half ago. My pulse rate has also increased quite a bit – it is now between 70-80 and prior to this it was 45-55. I am now extremely fit and able to do high intensity exercise most days. Severe food intolerances – I tried so many different diets, Elimination diets, Low Oxalate diet, Low Salicylate Diet, Low Histamine Diet, Paleo diet, couldn’t work anything out…….. if only I knew of a low Thiol diet, which I did for quite a while initially and it helped alot. I can now eat anything I like again - food intolerances are mostly gone although I still eat mostly an organic raw food diet, mainly plant based low carb, healthy fats with animal protein for dinner each night. I can now have chocolate if I want it or some liquorice as a treat.
Plantar Fasciitis (Gone) Tennis Elbows both elbows (Gone) Kept pulling calf muscles (Gone) Kept pulling muscles under shoulder blades (Gone) Stiff neck - wake up a lot with stiff neck like I had pulled a muscle in my neck (Gone) Pain in liver area (Gone) Dry skin on back of heels (Gone) - Skin is so much clearer and softer Leaky gut (Gone) Muscle cramps in back of thighs (Gone) Receding bleeding sore gums (Gone) Tingling and numbness in fingers, went fishing one cold winter’s morning and ended up with frost bite on my fingers. (Gone) Lost libido altogether (This is the only real hormonal issue I have noticed apart from one round where I stayed on round for 3 weeks took me about 3 days to recover from fatigue.) (Gone) Seem a lot happier, more alert and can focus a lot easier - probably because I am not in constant pain and Mercury is not screwing with my brain like it was. Mind is definitely sharper - sometimes slightly slur a word.
I never really thought about this before but I am sure it is Mercury related. I no longer ask people the same question 3 times when I am having a conversation with them…… people would often comment I was bad for that. (Gone) Arthritis in feet and toes (Gone) Arthritis in hands and fingers (Gone) Arthritis in lower back and spine (Much improved still have a bit to go can feel Chelating will fix this as I react every round but gets less and less the more rounds I do) Asthma - I have had asthma all my life, not really bad but as my doses have got higher I notice I get asthma on round now. I may be a bit high but symptoms are quite manageable so I am keeping going. I get the feeling asthma will totally resolve as it gets better the more rounds I do. (The last 2 rounds Asthma reaction has been mild and continues to improve)
New symptoms that I have developed are. Once I had my fillings removed I started to get a lot of muscle twitching and I still get a reasonable amount of muscle twitching now although it is slowing down. It doesn’t bother me now but was a bit alarming at first. I take lots of magnesium and potassium. I have a few theories on why I have muscle twitching but they are only theories, I am thinking the body is twitching the cell to expel the mercury….. the twitching is definitely worse on round. Another theory is there some short of electrical shorting going on because the mercury got right through my spinal column and as I chelate I am pulling the mercury out of the cells/nerves etc causing the nerves to cross fire. The other new symptom is Peripheral Neuropathy in my toes and this is definitely related to chelation and pulling the mercury of my nerves in my spine…… this is also slowly improving the more rounds I do.
Many thanks: I just want to say how appreciative I am to the ACC team for everything they do and Andy Cutler (so sorry he passed) what a brilliant, clever, generous guy. I never corresponded with him but you could see in his posts how sharp he was and he was not driven by money, he was driven by helping people. This protocol saved my life! I think I probably would have ended up with an ALS diagnosis but it probably would have been too late by then. I was very close to having to give up work. I am now in the best health of my life. I am on no medications apart from an Asthma inhaler when needed. I have also made dietary and lifestyle changes. It’s been a big learning curve! I am so happy for being so much more empowered from what I have learned. I haven’t been back to a doctor in almost 2 years.
Andy Cutler Chelation has really helped me to become my own Doctor. I don’t like to speak badly of conventional medicine and I think conventional medicine is excellent if you need surgery for certain things, but the health system actually caused all these problem for me and many other people by allowing amalgam fillings in our mouths - the evidence is over whelming how poisonous they are! Amalgam fillings are not safe and the evidence to support this is overwhelming.
My advice to anyone with health issues is to not put your full trust in the health system - do your own research before having any treatments or taking any medications, if it’s controversial air on the side of caution and don’t do it. Make sure you are making informed decisions with your health - anything that is toxic doesn’t belong in your body! Be open minded. A number of people who I know have mercury poisoning and are in terrible health and have been treated by doctors for many years yet their health continues to deteriorate and yet they are not interested in what you tell them and show them. Don’t be one of these people - there is a way out thanks to Andy Cutler. There is also a good number of people I have explained all this too and they have also had good improvements in their health as well by removing their fillings and doing ACC. Thanks.
-Aron Henley, 45 years, 1 1/2 years equal to 75, 3 day rounds
Just wanna share my experience with ACC. I have done 31 rounds in 14 month, low dosage dmps. These are the symptoms that has disappeared.
Gone:
CFS,
Heartburn
Bloating
Acid reflux
Food intolerance
Ibs
Snoring
Teeth grinding
Depressions
Itching
Eczema
Candida in mouth and other warm places
Food intolerance
Numbness in arms
Pain in arms and legs, shoulder neck and jaws.
Migraines
Metal taste
Cracked heels
Acne on my back
Fistula
Hemorrhoid
Chronic nose infection
Chronic sinus infections
Skin tremors
Mast cell activation
Histamine intolerance
Able to sweat again.
Things that have improved but not gone:
Mood swings
Anxiety
MCS
Rage/Bi-polar symptoms
Adrenal fatigue
Eye Aura
Shyness
Nail fungus
And a couple more I don't remember😉
I am impressed and hopeful that i am gonna get my health back. I am so grateful.❤️🙏🍀🇩🇰
Were you on a specific diet or foods that you avoided?
I couldn't tolerate anything when it was worst. So i avoided many things, almonds made me go almost anafylaktic. Today I eat anything, onion is not a friend of mine.
What happens when you eat onions?
Onions makes my MCS flair up, but it has also improved. I haven't been able to cook for 2 years. I cook now.
- Christian Gravgaard, 31 rounds in 14 months with DMPS only
Gone:
CFS,
Heartburn
Bloating
Acid reflux
Food intolerance
Ibs
Snoring
Teeth grinding
Depressions
Itching
Eczema
Candida in mouth and other warm places
Food intolerance
Numbness in arms
Pain in arms and legs, shoulder neck and jaws.
Migraines
Metal taste
Cracked heels
Acne on my back
Fistula
Hemorrhoid
Chronic nose infection
Chronic sinus infections
Skin tremors
Mast cell activation
Histamine intolerance
Able to sweat again.
Things that have improved but not gone:
Mood swings
Anxiety
MCS
Rage/Bi-polar symptoms
Adrenal fatigue
Eye Aura
Shyness
Nail fungus
And a couple more I don't remember😉
I am impressed and hopeful that i am gonna get my health back. I am so grateful.❤️🙏🍀🇩🇰
Were you on a specific diet or foods that you avoided?
I couldn't tolerate anything when it was worst. So i avoided many things, almonds made me go almost anafylaktic. Today I eat anything, onion is not a friend of mine.
What happens when you eat onions?
Onions makes my MCS flair up, but it has also improved. I haven't been able to cook for 2 years. I cook now.
- Christian Gravgaard, 31 rounds in 14 months with DMPS only
Mercury poisoning/amalgam illness. Weird symptoms since teens. Detox methods: Alpha Lipoic Acid, DMSA, sauna. I used DMSA at first but now just use ALA + sauna. The sauna will fully rid the body of all toxic metals but ALA is needed to detox the brain. 9-10 amalgam fillings removed in 2012. A few of the amalgams were cracked and leaking. Dentist had to remove a shard of mercury that had broke off the filling and had lodged itself in my gums. Mother had a mouthful of amalgams when I was born. Took a multivitamin with ALA in it with fillings still in and ended up in the psych ward mad as a hatter. Multiple police had to restrain me. Doctors blamed all symptoms on Cannabis use. I didn't know what was happening at the time and it was horrifying. Diagnosed ADHD as a child. 75 rounds completed on ACC. I plan on going to 200. Currently I’m using 50mg ALA and going to the sauna 3-4 times a week. I could stop right now and live a good life. This protocol really does work. Slow but very effective. It took you years to get sick and removing the mercury too fast can make you worse. What do you have to lose?
Fully cured:
*Panic attacks / can't breath
*Clicking / snapping jaw (TMJ)
*Flickering vision
*Chronic dry eyes
*Feelings of tight band around head
*Ringing in the ears
*Suicidal thoughts
*Frequent fatigue/ yawning
*Looking extremely pale
*Debilitating hand tremors
*Inability to laugh / feel pleasure
*OCD rituals
*Insomnia
*Frequent urination
*Pupils different sizes
*IBS/ chronic diarrhea
*Rapid heartbeat
*Jolting awake just before falling asleep
*Eye floaters / patterns
*Heartburn
*Hypoglycemia symptoms
*Headaches
*Pins and needle feeling / numbness
*Feelings of terror / doom
*Hazy / blurry vision
*High blood pressure
*Addiction to alcohol (needed to cope) Improved or almost gone:
*Unprovoked rage
*Wanting to argue with people
*Paying attention
*Obsessive thoughts
*Blocked sinuses / sense of smell
*Anti-social behaviour
*Memory recall
*Feeling awkward around others Working on eliminating:
*Dark circles under eyes
*Oral thrush on tongue / candida
*Trigger points / tight muscles
Thank you Andy (RIP)
- Kenny Gourley, 30 yo, 75 rounds
Fully cured:
*Panic attacks / can't breath
*Clicking / snapping jaw (TMJ)
*Flickering vision
*Chronic dry eyes
*Feelings of tight band around head
*Ringing in the ears
*Suicidal thoughts
*Frequent fatigue/ yawning
*Looking extremely pale
*Debilitating hand tremors
*Inability to laugh / feel pleasure
*OCD rituals
*Insomnia
*Frequent urination
*Pupils different sizes
*IBS/ chronic diarrhea
*Rapid heartbeat
*Jolting awake just before falling asleep
*Eye floaters / patterns
*Heartburn
*Hypoglycemia symptoms
*Headaches
*Pins and needle feeling / numbness
*Feelings of terror / doom
*Hazy / blurry vision
*High blood pressure
*Addiction to alcohol (needed to cope) Improved or almost gone:
*Unprovoked rage
*Wanting to argue with people
*Paying attention
*Obsessive thoughts
*Blocked sinuses / sense of smell
*Anti-social behaviour
*Memory recall
*Feeling awkward around others Working on eliminating:
*Dark circles under eyes
*Oral thrush on tongue / candida
*Trigger points / tight muscles
Thank you Andy (RIP)
- Kenny Gourley, 30 yo, 75 rounds
!!I think I had been ill for a very long time. I started to have a lot of symptoms about 10 years ago after I received a lot of holiday vaccines. I did not realize at the time what was the cause . as time went on I suffered with Terrible daily aura migraines. Very bad brain fog, terrible short term memory My thumbs would retract into my palms. My feet would curl inwards I could not use my hands very well or pick up I dropped a lot of things I developed deficiencies I had really bad shooting pains under my feet plantar fascitis The pains in my legs were excruciating I could not walk unaided Fatigue was really really bad. At times I just lay in bed 24 hours of the day I was always angry and would shout and scream in rages I honestly thought I was losing my mind I was getting no help at all from doctors and hospitals I received a Brain scan which showed lesions but I was quickly dismissed . Enough was enough so I searched the internet. when I typed in my symptoms I kept coming across heavy metal toxicity and then found my way to Dr. Andrew Cutlers group. Wooo! This was the start of my journey to better health and sanity . I had a mouth full of amalgam silver mercury fillings. I read the files . watched the videos . And then by the grace of God I knew it was the past vaccines and the silver in my teeth that was making me so ill. I arranged for the removal of those teeth poisons and then followed Dr. Andrew Cutler's protocol. It has been a 3 year journey of pill taking and supplements but bit by bit my symptoms improved . However I thought my legs would never see much improvement and they were the very last to show any improvement. I gained a very lot of weight. Im not sure if this was due to the protocol or the fact I could not do much in the line of exercise or if it was a combination of both . I tolerated the pills very well and fortunately I was able to up my dose regularly .I built up to taking 200mg of ALA- I only ever took ALA after the 3 months of DMSA . I am pleased to say my legs have finally improved . so much that I have taking to walking daily for either 30 minutes and even one hour at a time. I have joined slimming world and have lost 25 and 1/2 lbs in 9 weeks. I want to lose 7 stone in total but I will continue going in this right path. 3 years ago I could only ever imagine feeling this way again and I actually now feel alive . I will continue taking my many supplements and I am hoping to one day be down to my core four. If not though I will continue with a lot of supplements its a very small price to pay. Would I recommend the ACC Protocol ? Absolutely. never ever give up. Doctor Andrew Cutler has saved my sanity and my life and for that I will be eternally grateful Thank You :)
- Bina, 3 years of chelation
- Bina, 3 years of chelation
I have wanted to write this for awhile but thought that now would be appropriate. I am coming up on my 3 year anniversary of having six amalgams and two root canal teeth removed. This is to encourage those who are looking for answers, those having a rough time, those that think nothing is working. Keep going.
I went through six years of on again off again depression with insomnia, weird sensitivities to foods and supplements. It started when I lost some weight and then developed insomnia. I took over the counter sleep meds and woke up depressed one day. My doctor gave me prescription sleep meds and the depression and insomnia worsened. I went through six episodes of this over six years. All lasting 3-5 months. Towards the end the off periods were not so good anymore, it was all running together. I have been through a week of an addiction hospital with hard core drug addicts because I thought that would help me get off the Ativan that my doctor prescribed for sleep. They told me I was delusional and to stop researching things on the internet. I had to play along or they wouldn't release me.They wanted me to take three antidepressants. The Ativan made me suicidal. I went through a period of not being able to eat anything with vitamin C in it. No food, no supplements with vitamin c or I would have a strange anxiety type reaction hours after I took it. This is a really weird strange story. I was waiting to die or to do it myself. In the back of my mind I thought my teeth could be the issue but I didn't want to deal with the cost and the dental work. Finally I found a doctor and dentist in Columbus, Ohio who told me I wasn't crazy and believed me. I took money out of a retirement fund and had the work done.
I have now chelated for almost three years and I am up to 200 mgs of ALA. I plan to chelate through the end of the year and then see how I do without. I have no depression and I sleep great every night. The only thing left that I notice is that I have issues with dairy for now. Other than that things are great. So many things were trial and error. Everyone is different. You can get through this, don't ever give up. It works.
Did you start chelation without Vitamin C?
The vitamin c issue was fixed before I started chelation. I take vitamin c now. Crazy story. Remeron is actually one of the strongest antihistamines made... it so happens to be an anti-depressant. I took it because I promised my wife I would. It turned out to be the thing that fixed the vitamin c problem. No one has ever been able to explain it to me and no doctor would believe that I couldn't eat anything with vitamin c in it. It has something to do with my kidneys, probably from mercury. It seems to be healed now. I take a speck of the Remeron about once a week or so, I will completely be off of it in a week or two. I have never taken enough of it to be considered an antidepressant.
- Jim B., almost 3 years of chelation
I went through six years of on again off again depression with insomnia, weird sensitivities to foods and supplements. It started when I lost some weight and then developed insomnia. I took over the counter sleep meds and woke up depressed one day. My doctor gave me prescription sleep meds and the depression and insomnia worsened. I went through six episodes of this over six years. All lasting 3-5 months. Towards the end the off periods were not so good anymore, it was all running together. I have been through a week of an addiction hospital with hard core drug addicts because I thought that would help me get off the Ativan that my doctor prescribed for sleep. They told me I was delusional and to stop researching things on the internet. I had to play along or they wouldn't release me.They wanted me to take three antidepressants. The Ativan made me suicidal. I went through a period of not being able to eat anything with vitamin C in it. No food, no supplements with vitamin c or I would have a strange anxiety type reaction hours after I took it. This is a really weird strange story. I was waiting to die or to do it myself. In the back of my mind I thought my teeth could be the issue but I didn't want to deal with the cost and the dental work. Finally I found a doctor and dentist in Columbus, Ohio who told me I wasn't crazy and believed me. I took money out of a retirement fund and had the work done.
I have now chelated for almost three years and I am up to 200 mgs of ALA. I plan to chelate through the end of the year and then see how I do without. I have no depression and I sleep great every night. The only thing left that I notice is that I have issues with dairy for now. Other than that things are great. So many things were trial and error. Everyone is different. You can get through this, don't ever give up. It works.
Did you start chelation without Vitamin C?
The vitamin c issue was fixed before I started chelation. I take vitamin c now. Crazy story. Remeron is actually one of the strongest antihistamines made... it so happens to be an anti-depressant. I took it because I promised my wife I would. It turned out to be the thing that fixed the vitamin c problem. No one has ever been able to explain it to me and no doctor would believe that I couldn't eat anything with vitamin c in it. It has something to do with my kidneys, probably from mercury. It seems to be healed now. I take a speck of the Remeron about once a week or so, I will completely be off of it in a week or two. I have never taken enough of it to be considered an antidepressant.
- Jim B., almost 3 years of chelation
Just to give you guys some hope on here that may have just started or have been doing the protocol for a while. In 2015 in November I started having shortness of breath and high heart rates/blood pressure and mild anxiety. I went to the local health store and had purchased some chlorella because I wanted to detox, especially after reading an informative article about it in a health magazine I subscribed to at the time. Well, after taking Chlorella I unleashed a barrage of stored toxins which flooded my body simultaneously and thus initiated an incomprehensible array of bizarre and painful symptoms that would become the daily experience I knew and have now grown accustomed to. Ignorant of the potentially devastating effects of chlorella with amalgams still in, I knew nothing of what would ensue after taking this fairly common supplement. I went from being a well paid fully functional full time employee with a plush and independent life as well as successful musician to bedridden and hospital bound. I cant even articulate the tragic feeling of powerless as I watched my health deteriorate into a hopeless and helpless state of being, wondering when and if I would ever regain my health. It started with tingling in the middle of my forehead, crawling sensations on my scalp, and a feeling of tightness of the muscles in my eyebrows and forehead,seizure like episodes which would cause me to draw a blank and would cause numbness in my stomach which would spread to my hands and feet, I could not navigate across the room, to the store, to the bathroom. It was as if I forgot how to navigate. My vision was affected, I would see halos around bright lights and colors appeared unfamiliar and different. I experienced de-realization, de-personalization, the worst anxiety I've ever known. The fear was crippling. Trouble swallowing, over active vagal response to digestion which caused nausea low bp [blood pressure] and near syncope. High cortisol and aldosterone but undetectable amounts of dopamine as well as recurrent potassium deficiencies. High white blood cell count. Bp would climb so low that I would have to lay flat to avoid passing out. So, I sought to reverse the damage I had done and came across the Andy Cutler site. I first had extensive blood tests done ordered by my primary, they concluded that it was my adrenals because of the imbalance. They also concluded that I had an obscenely high amount of organophosphates in my blood (pesticides) and that I needed to see a toxicologist. Desperate for relief and not getting treatment fast enough, I became driven to reclaim my health.So I scoured the net and came across some literature on Andrew Cutler. I bought the Andy Cutler book, I had my amalgams removed safely by a Dentist. Unfortunately shortly afterwards I became violently ill. I mean, if I were to list the array of problems it would just be absurd. I had a systemic reaction and it seemed as if every system in my body crashed. I couldn't eat, sleep or even be left alone as my heart would fluctuate and I had the constant feeling of my head swelling.Scalp pain that would randomly change locations,Constant tinnitus, visual snow.
I started taking ALA in March of 2016, 3 months after amalgam removal. At first it seemed to intensify my visual problems and anxiety but fast forward to now in May of 2017, I feel at least 55-60% better. I am able to eat, slowly. I can watch movies now, I am not bedridden and am employed. I can navigate much better than before and have the strength to see a healthier future. The higher I go although my chelation process has been very slow and gradual, I feel so much better on ALA than when I'm not taking it. I still suffer from strange histamine reactions and numbness and tingling as well as memory problems but it is far less often and I have found that an organic plant based alkaline diet has been beneficial in reducing inflammation and aiding in recovery. If you saw a picture of me before I started taking ALA and now you would not even recognize me, So, hang in there, it most definitely works and I am regaining things slowly, perhaps much slower than I'd prefer but I am regaining them nonetheless.
- Elizabeth Wolfe, around 14 months of chelation
I started taking ALA in March of 2016, 3 months after amalgam removal. At first it seemed to intensify my visual problems and anxiety but fast forward to now in May of 2017, I feel at least 55-60% better. I am able to eat, slowly. I can watch movies now, I am not bedridden and am employed. I can navigate much better than before and have the strength to see a healthier future. The higher I go although my chelation process has been very slow and gradual, I feel so much better on ALA than when I'm not taking it. I still suffer from strange histamine reactions and numbness and tingling as well as memory problems but it is far less often and I have found that an organic plant based alkaline diet has been beneficial in reducing inflammation and aiding in recovery. If you saw a picture of me before I started taking ALA and now you would not even recognize me, So, hang in there, it most definitely works and I am regaining things slowly, perhaps much slower than I'd prefer but I am regaining them nonetheless.
- Elizabeth Wolfe, around 14 months of chelation
How can you live 48 years of your life and be happy and healthy, then get vaccines and anti-malarials and have your life be destroyed? That happened to me. In those 48 years I did have issues that I didn't connect to heavy metal poisoning but now I can honestly say I know what a person with dementia, Alzheimer's, autism, schizophrenia, bipolar and fibromyalgia feels like. I never knew people suffered like that!
I'm getting my life back now with Dr Cutler's protocol and I want to encourage you all! I know what it feels like to have your life Stripped Away but now I have a will to live again. I don't come into the group much anymore because I'm getting my life back but I feel like I want to encourage all of you to just keep going, do what you can to chelate. Get the Mercury out of your mouth as safely as possible.
Had 16 Mercury amalgams for most of my life two of those turned into root canals unsafely and two others were extracted and then ultimately I got my two front teeth root canals that also had to have extracted. So before I could start chelating last May the 2016 I had to have 12 Mercury amalgams replaced with safe Composites and 4 root canals extracted. Its not fast but it works! I'm living proof. I'm still on low doses after 11 months at 2 milligrams of ala and 2.5 milligrams of dmps but even at low doses this protocol works!
thank you Dr Andrew Hall Cutler.
I found ACC [Andrew Cutler Chelation] in March of 2016 after almost 2 years of constant torment /torture and suffering and 26 + different doctors and so called specialist making me worse. Had 4 root canals extracted and 12 mercury amalgams replaced with bio compatible materials I paid $325 to biocomp.Com to get a test done for this.
Almost 2 years to the day from when I came back from the mission trip is when I started chelation.
Can I please ask what your worst symptom was?
I'd say the severe suicidal depression was the scariest most painful symptom but feeling like I was going crazy was probably second... the constant adrenaline surges and over whelmed by every noise site, too. seriously it was all too much. It has been terrifying to say it mildly.I was praying for death for over 2 years.
Which anti malarials or vaccines did you take?
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-04/adf-accused-of-massive-cover-up-over-anti-malarial-drug/7001142?pfmredir=sm
Within hours of the first [anti-malaria] pill my life wasn't the same. My doctor said it was a coincidence and that I was just starting perimenopause...After my research it is common to have the reaction I had.
Can u tell us some of the improved symptoms that are going away because of chelation?
This is a post I wrote last year.
"Sudden symptoms May 2014 after vaccines/anti malarials & 35+ years of 12 amalgams and 4 root canals.
Tight band around my head, panic attacks all day in the beginning. Never let up then turned to constant adrenaline surges and impending doom. Feeling like I could loose my mind for minutes at a time, feeling like something is being ripped from my frontal lobe (horrible pain), 40lb weight loss, rapid aging, muscle loss, apathy, joylessness, despair, insomnia, extreme, mood swings that changed by the minute, catastrophic thinking, sensory overloaded easily, skin sensitivity, memory issues, brain fog, Extreme food intolerances, fatigue, lethargy, bone pain, eyesight worsening, feeling others pain, uti infections, eye infections, bruising, right ear pain when I sleep, wake at 2:00am with panic, feelings of doom after showers and bm's (Strange), brain inflammation, air hunger, more infections, isolation, cold flashes, night sweats but I didn't sweat with exercise back before being poisoned. I'm sure there is more."
These are about 75 to 80% gone. I still get cold flashes and air hunger at times when my adrenals are struggling but nothing like before.I am still thiol intolerant so I'm careful. Often I had to sit in my room in silence with the lights down. I couldn't even tolerate conversation with my husband and kids. I couldn't hear about anything bad or watch tv or listen to the radio. My dog barking was painful to my body. I understand this sounds extreme but my life was destroyed. When I say I prayed for death I am not saying that lightly.
I have a reason to live now, and I want to. When I was severely poisoned I told myself yhat I would help others if I could and I would share my story when I recovered. I'm still chelating and I will for as long as it takes.
I would tell my husband that I wish I could be put in an induced coma so I could just sleep. My body was in constant fight or flight! I'm recovering and you all will too. ACC works!!! I'm living proof!
Angelia Darling James, age 51, 11 months of chelation
I'm getting my life back now with Dr Cutler's protocol and I want to encourage you all! I know what it feels like to have your life Stripped Away but now I have a will to live again. I don't come into the group much anymore because I'm getting my life back but I feel like I want to encourage all of you to just keep going, do what you can to chelate. Get the Mercury out of your mouth as safely as possible.
Had 16 Mercury amalgams for most of my life two of those turned into root canals unsafely and two others were extracted and then ultimately I got my two front teeth root canals that also had to have extracted. So before I could start chelating last May the 2016 I had to have 12 Mercury amalgams replaced with safe Composites and 4 root canals extracted. Its not fast but it works! I'm living proof. I'm still on low doses after 11 months at 2 milligrams of ala and 2.5 milligrams of dmps but even at low doses this protocol works!
thank you Dr Andrew Hall Cutler.
I found ACC [Andrew Cutler Chelation] in March of 2016 after almost 2 years of constant torment /torture and suffering and 26 + different doctors and so called specialist making me worse. Had 4 root canals extracted and 12 mercury amalgams replaced with bio compatible materials I paid $325 to biocomp.Com to get a test done for this.
Almost 2 years to the day from when I came back from the mission trip is when I started chelation.
Can I please ask what your worst symptom was?
I'd say the severe suicidal depression was the scariest most painful symptom but feeling like I was going crazy was probably second... the constant adrenaline surges and over whelmed by every noise site, too. seriously it was all too much. It has been terrifying to say it mildly.I was praying for death for over 2 years.
Which anti malarials or vaccines did you take?
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-04/adf-accused-of-massive-cover-up-over-anti-malarial-drug/7001142?pfmredir=sm
Within hours of the first [anti-malaria] pill my life wasn't the same. My doctor said it was a coincidence and that I was just starting perimenopause...After my research it is common to have the reaction I had.
Can u tell us some of the improved symptoms that are going away because of chelation?
This is a post I wrote last year.
"Sudden symptoms May 2014 after vaccines/anti malarials & 35+ years of 12 amalgams and 4 root canals.
Tight band around my head, panic attacks all day in the beginning. Never let up then turned to constant adrenaline surges and impending doom. Feeling like I could loose my mind for minutes at a time, feeling like something is being ripped from my frontal lobe (horrible pain), 40lb weight loss, rapid aging, muscle loss, apathy, joylessness, despair, insomnia, extreme, mood swings that changed by the minute, catastrophic thinking, sensory overloaded easily, skin sensitivity, memory issues, brain fog, Extreme food intolerances, fatigue, lethargy, bone pain, eyesight worsening, feeling others pain, uti infections, eye infections, bruising, right ear pain when I sleep, wake at 2:00am with panic, feelings of doom after showers and bm's (Strange), brain inflammation, air hunger, more infections, isolation, cold flashes, night sweats but I didn't sweat with exercise back before being poisoned. I'm sure there is more."
These are about 75 to 80% gone. I still get cold flashes and air hunger at times when my adrenals are struggling but nothing like before.I am still thiol intolerant so I'm careful. Often I had to sit in my room in silence with the lights down. I couldn't even tolerate conversation with my husband and kids. I couldn't hear about anything bad or watch tv or listen to the radio. My dog barking was painful to my body. I understand this sounds extreme but my life was destroyed. When I say I prayed for death I am not saying that lightly.
I have a reason to live now, and I want to. When I was severely poisoned I told myself yhat I would help others if I could and I would share my story when I recovered. I'm still chelating and I will for as long as it takes.
I would tell my husband that I wish I could be put in an induced coma so I could just sleep. My body was in constant fight or flight! I'm recovering and you all will too. ACC works!!! I'm living proof!
Angelia Darling James, age 51, 11 months of chelation
My functional medicine doctor prescribed a multivitamin that had alpha lipoic acid in it*. I took this multivitamin every day for years. The alpha lipoic acid took the mercury from my amalgams and deposited that mercury in my brain. I developed ataxia and nystagmus. My tremor got much worse as did my cognition. An MRI I had after I started taking this multivitamin showed some brain ischemia and calcification. I have had some gains on the Cutler protocol. My anhedonia lifted. My blood pressure and pulse rate returned to normal after being high. I no longer lose hair like crazy. I no longer have the inflammatory geographic tongue. I am still very ill though with immune deficiencies and neurological conditions. I have recently hit the peak of my dump phase but will chelate through it. I owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Cutler and the folks in the chelation think tank for this chance to recover my life.
- Martha, age 56, 10 months, 40 rounds
*(can be also found in the What NOT To Do section)
- Martha, age 56, 10 months, 40 rounds
*(can be also found in the What NOT To Do section)
Just wanted to post a massive thank you to Dr Andy Cutler and his AMAZING protocol. I suffered acute mercury poisoning nearly three years ago after incorrectly cleaning up a broken mercury thermometer (vacuumed and swept 😩). My physical and mental health rapidly deteriorated after this event....I developed tachycardia, numbness, tingling, night-sweats, tremors, bleeding gums, insomnia, panic attacks, acute anxiety, suicidal thoughts... the list went on! I received no acknowledgement from conventional medicine, who said I was suffering from post natal depression and my symptoms where purely psychosomatic! I was therefore prescribed anti-psychotic medication and antidepressants, and shoved off for counseling. After following my gut instinct and doing more research, I found Andrew Hall Cutler! My Hair Mineral Analysis met all the rules and I appeared text book mercury toxic! Long story short, i had my 8 amalgams safely removed and completed 12 months chelation on ALA and DMSA, which I tolerated really well. It has now been one year since I completed chelation and I feel better than I have for years and years! I now realize that although the mercury thermometer tipped my body burden of mercury over the edge, I already had an underlying toxicity due to my lifelong amalgams. I'm so grateful of the thermometer incident (as horrific as it was), it alerted me to the issue of mercury toxicity and AC chelation! I've since recommended this protocol to many people with various conditions including parents of kids with autism, chronic fatigue syndrome and motor neuron disease. Thank you, thank you, thank you Dr Cutler, you deserve a Nobel Peace Award in my opinion! You certainly saved my life!
All my symptoms resolved gradually... last thing to resolve were night sweats and numb patch below my knee. I still have some numbness on my little toes which I think is permanent.
Started on 12mg DMSA for 3 months after amalgam removal then added 6mg ALA and increased both to 50mg each over about 6 months. So did 50mg of both DMSA and ALA for about 6 months from memory. I seemed to tolerate chelation well, with no real side effects except a little fatigue/irritability initially. I ended up enjoying the feeling of pulling metals from my brain which is a little hard to explain. It was exciting seeing life from a different angle with more energy, inspiration and zest.
I was feeling so good and we wanted to try for another baby, I decided to stop. Will definitely continue later down the track to remove any residual mercury. It's always a balancing act in life.
- Jane Reid, 12 months of chelation
All my symptoms resolved gradually... last thing to resolve were night sweats and numb patch below my knee. I still have some numbness on my little toes which I think is permanent.
Started on 12mg DMSA for 3 months after amalgam removal then added 6mg ALA and increased both to 50mg each over about 6 months. So did 50mg of both DMSA and ALA for about 6 months from memory. I seemed to tolerate chelation well, with no real side effects except a little fatigue/irritability initially. I ended up enjoying the feeling of pulling metals from my brain which is a little hard to explain. It was exciting seeing life from a different angle with more energy, inspiration and zest.
I was feeling so good and we wanted to try for another baby, I decided to stop. Will definitely continue later down the track to remove any residual mercury. It's always a balancing act in life.
- Jane Reid, 12 months of chelation
Before and after the removal of mercury containing amalgam fillings mercury.
One year ago today I had my last 4 uglies removed! (The other side mirrored this) I am currently on round 30 ALA alone. My mental clarity and social awkwardness has improved immensely and my food sensitivities are much less! My cycle has regulated, dizzy spells have stopped completely and headaches, that were a daily occurrence, are very rare! About 4 yrs ago when I first attempted a hot yoga class, just walking in, I about passed out. I spent 90% of the class laying on my mat and didn't try another class until a few months ago. Now I go 2-3 times a week and LOVE every minute. I have had an amazing nutritional therapist by my side that has helped me decipher what exactly my body needs as support throughout this process and I can't thank her enough!!❤️ Thank you Andrew Hall Cutler for your work!!
- Kelsey Webber, 30 rounds
- Kelsey Webber, 30 rounds
Another positive reinforcement...especially for those who have referred to this as "a cult following with restrictive rules" and for those who feel so ill and are terrified to do this without a doctor. I found this board [the "Andy Cutler Chelation" group on Facebook] a year ago after spending the better part of a year bedridden. Not "kind of" bedridden, but "I can barely leave my room to pee" bedridden. I had so many issues I couldn't begin to list them all here, the most dangerous being out of control blood pressure and heart rate that had me at stroke level. Luckily a year into this (and many specialists later) a doctor miraculously commented on my amalgams and I started researching which led me here. Everything was so hard at that time! I felt so sick! My life had completely stopped and I could barely put one foot in front of another. I couldn't work, I sold my business, I missed my daughter's wedding...and I started trying to follow this protocol when all I really wanted to do was lie in a hospital and have someone check on me every 5 minutes. I was terrified.
I had the amalgams out complete with horrible reactions every time that would last a week to ten days. I had more anxiety than I could ever describe before I swallowed that first chelater dose since I react to everything under the sun. I was sure my heart would explode or something. And it was ROUGH! I had to take a break from chelating, my adrenals were awful. Again, I just wanted a doctor who could help me and hold my hand and talk medical stuff to me. To be this ill and not have one, went against all good common sense I had but when you ask on here about it everyone says, "You don't need one." I'm like, "Oh, I do!!! Believe me!" I played with thiols, made mistakes, accidentally ate cilantro and thought I am never going to get better. All these good comments on here are from people not as sick as I am....then the dump hit. I sunk lower. But I had no choice but to follow the protocol (what else could I do??), so I cow-girled up and did it. Even when it was hard. Even when it wasn't convenient. I made myself do it, without a doctor. Every now and then I would notice a small beacon of light. Little by little things improved....
For months I couldn't even bear the thought of tidying the guest rooms and washing sheets after my daughter had been here. I shuddered at the thought, my house has never looked so rough but I couldn't do a bloody thing...and I'm an OCD clean freak! I am now 10 mos. post amalgam removal, well into chelation and just this past weekend I'll tell you what I did.... I detailed my guest rooms top to bottom (even ironed the sheets!!!), I washed every window in my house I could reach (inside and out), I scrubbed every toilet, I cleaned every inch of my fridge, I used CLR on all my faucets, you won't find a speck of dust anywhere, I mopped all the floors, vacuumed the stairs, made a dish out of an Irish cookbook, cleaned every windowsill....and today I went to 3 opposite ends of Chicago getting things together for Easter dinner I'm hosting. THIS is what happens when you buy into the cult with the restrictive rules....and you trust the people on here when they say you don't need a doctor to do this! YOU GET WELL!!! My husband barely recognizes me...he calls during the day to say, "You're so much better and I just want to be there to do stuff with you!" So, new and old members, if you are truly sick with mercury, FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES ON HERE, don't be upset if you are corrected....Dr. Cutler and the admins know what they are talking about. Have faith, stay the course and YOU WILL come out on the other side.
- Lana Cichon, ca. 10 months of chelation
I had the amalgams out complete with horrible reactions every time that would last a week to ten days. I had more anxiety than I could ever describe before I swallowed that first chelater dose since I react to everything under the sun. I was sure my heart would explode or something. And it was ROUGH! I had to take a break from chelating, my adrenals were awful. Again, I just wanted a doctor who could help me and hold my hand and talk medical stuff to me. To be this ill and not have one, went against all good common sense I had but when you ask on here about it everyone says, "You don't need one." I'm like, "Oh, I do!!! Believe me!" I played with thiols, made mistakes, accidentally ate cilantro and thought I am never going to get better. All these good comments on here are from people not as sick as I am....then the dump hit. I sunk lower. But I had no choice but to follow the protocol (what else could I do??), so I cow-girled up and did it. Even when it was hard. Even when it wasn't convenient. I made myself do it, without a doctor. Every now and then I would notice a small beacon of light. Little by little things improved....
For months I couldn't even bear the thought of tidying the guest rooms and washing sheets after my daughter had been here. I shuddered at the thought, my house has never looked so rough but I couldn't do a bloody thing...and I'm an OCD clean freak! I am now 10 mos. post amalgam removal, well into chelation and just this past weekend I'll tell you what I did.... I detailed my guest rooms top to bottom (even ironed the sheets!!!), I washed every window in my house I could reach (inside and out), I scrubbed every toilet, I cleaned every inch of my fridge, I used CLR on all my faucets, you won't find a speck of dust anywhere, I mopped all the floors, vacuumed the stairs, made a dish out of an Irish cookbook, cleaned every windowsill....and today I went to 3 opposite ends of Chicago getting things together for Easter dinner I'm hosting. THIS is what happens when you buy into the cult with the restrictive rules....and you trust the people on here when they say you don't need a doctor to do this! YOU GET WELL!!! My husband barely recognizes me...he calls during the day to say, "You're so much better and I just want to be there to do stuff with you!" So, new and old members, if you are truly sick with mercury, FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES ON HERE, don't be upset if you are corrected....Dr. Cutler and the admins know what they are talking about. Have faith, stay the course and YOU WILL come out on the other side.
- Lana Cichon, ca. 10 months of chelation
CHELATION REPORT, Dec. 25th 2016
Double set of vaccines with boosters because I've lived in two countries and I'd lost my first vaccination records.
18 amalgams placed between ages 8-15, replaced multiple times and unsafely removed in 2003 when I was 32 (that year I developed autoimmune thyroiditis, Graves and then Hashi's, glucose dysregulation, central apnea, air hunger, extremely low blood pressure and body temperature, and anhedonia).
Felt more or less fine, 70-80% recovered, for the following 7-9 years.
Lots of very strange health problems in the last 3-4 years coinciding with the use of cilantro, the most serious being adrenal fatigue and blood glucose dysregulation, possibly metabolic syndrome, general inflammation and multiple tendon and muscle injuries, generalized anxiety and the onset of phobia and OCD. I started searching the internet for answers the doctors weren't providing me with. Symptoms worsened almost to the point where I was after my unsafe removals in 2003 after taking chlorella for 2-3 weeks (only 1/8 of the recommended dose on the bottle) in October 2015. I think chlorella made me thiol intolerant until I started ACC chelation.
At the end of 2015 I learned about ACC and I started sneaking on this site but I was skeptical (basically, it all sounded too freaky and sectarian to me at that time, I didn't want to wake up in the middle of the night with my adrenal fatigue and I was scared of DMSA, and, specially, DMPS). Then I did stupid things like taking ALA as a supplement together with MSM or doing a round and then skipping night doses, which clearly backfired on me. I learned the hard way quite quickly.
Started ACC chelation in January 2016 with 2-3 rounds of 60, 30, 15 mg ALA. Then I stopped in mid February because of hidden amalgam (a composite looked shiny greyish to me). First hidden amalgam removal on 26th February 2016. Second hidden amalgam (?) removal on 11 May 2016 (didn't show in panoramic, was found while an old composite was replaced). This date I became amalgam free but I still didn't know. I proceeded to remove ALL my composites to make sure.
13th June 2016: I STARTED ACC CHELATION the right way!!!
My rounds are rarely the minimum length because I feel sooooo much better when I'm chelating (I feel like a normal person) that I always extend them beyond the minimum. Chelation was a life saver at months 6-7.5 post 1st hidden amalgam removal. Of the 3 chelators, ALA helped me the most during the worst of my dump phase. My short rounds are usually 72-87 hours. If I can, I do a week, a week and a half...(I use a lot of DMPS for that since I work full time). My longest round has been 13 days. I've only skipped a week of chelation because of travel, which I deeply regret (skipping this opportunity to chelate, not the trip).
I would say that my dump phase started with the trial ALA rounds and as soon as the hidden amalgam went out, so let's say it started at the beginning of March. Worst part was between months 6-7.5 post first hidden amalgam removal (adrenal fatigue, nausea, malaise, insomnia and hypoglycemia came back with avengence). Not so sure if the second was amalgam. 10 months from 1st hidden amalgam removal: I still feel I'm dumping but so much less. I've been raising doses recently and feeling almost no side effects from chelation.
Posted a lot in the first 8 months. Now I tend to post less but I'm feeling SOOOO much better.
By the end of 2016 (6 months and 18 days of chelation), I'll have completed:
-Round number 23 (which is a long round)
-2,390 hours of chelation in total.
-That's the equivalent of:
37.3 x 64-hour rounds of chelation
This is the breakdown by chelator:
18.47 x 63-h rounds of ALA alone or combined
6.20 x 64-h rounds of DMSA alone or combined
24.67 x 64-h rounds of DMPS alone or combined
ALA Initial dose (after hidden amalgam removal): 3mg.
Current dose: 8.3 but will probably increase to 12.5 on my next round.
DMPS Initial dose: 5 but had to go down to 2.5, 1.6 and even 1.25. Current dose: 8.3 but will probably up to 12.5 in a couple of rounds as I don't feel anything on this dose now.
DMSA Initial dose: 2 mgs. Current dose: 6.25 but would probably be able to do 12.5 (I'm raising one chelator at a time, ALA first, of course).
Gains in these 6 1/2 months:
-Liver pain -100% GONE, one of the first things to improve, as soon as I started ALA, bam!, sayonara, au-revoire, adios...
-Nausea and malaise in the early afternoon - 85% improved
-Adrenal crash before lunch -85% improved
-Physical weakness -25% improved
-Insomnia, waking up in the middle of the night or too early -100% GONE (even when I'm doing ALA rounds. Now I can just take the ALA every 3 hours at night and go back to sleep in seconds).
-I can go to bed later (like close to 1:00 am) and I feel 100% FINE the next day, whereas before I had to go to bed by 22:30 to feel alert, be functional and not suffer immensely the following day.
-Motivation with work: 75% improved
-Cravings for sugary and carby stuff (despite having been on a ketogenic diet for 2.5 years): 90% improved
-Abnormal appetite, especially after sweet things such as berries, stevia, butternut squash and liquorice (the only sweet things I tolerate): 95% improved.
-Abnormal periods (too heavy, slightly painful or uncomfortable, shorter and shorter cycles, and more and more irregularities like 2 periods in one month, then the next period after 20 days, lots of spotting, clots...): this became worse in the first months of chelation to the point everybody was screaming perimenopause at me. However, it has resolved 100% with chelation and my cycle is normal now.
-What I believe was central apnea (the moment you fall asleep your body forgets to breathe so you wake up because you're suffocating): 99% GONE
-Air hunger, especially at night: 99% GONE
-Constipation, loose/watery stools, weird stools (pencil-thin at times, which might indicate inflammation of the gut or constipation or blockage): this comes and goes but every time it comes is much better than before, so I'd say 50% resolved.
-I don't know how my autoimmunity is doing but I used to feel tightness in my throat, had an inflamed thyroid and high antibodies (close to 600). Those sensations are 100% gone now but I would need tests to prove my antibodies are low/er now.
-General inflammation: 90% improved, I don't have random body pains any more but my shoulder tendons still feel weak and a bit inflamed.
-Itchy red hands when I touched fruit: 100% gone in the last few weeks.
-Anger: 25% improved.
A number of random weird symptoms that I attribute to mercury mobilization in the body have improved or disappeared, but sometimes they come back:
-Tired eye muscles, blurry vision, eyes that start moving sideways involuntarily when I look at things up close-- this comes and goes but it's rare these days.
-Feeling like my eyes were crossing and then not being able to uncross them (but when I looked in the mirror they were not crossing so I guess they weren't focalizing well or they couldn't change from looking something close to looking something farway and viceversa): 100% GONE
-Numbness in legs or arms: 99% GONE
-Vibrations: 95% gone
Symptoms that I still have:
-Floaters: the lighter ones are less noticeable but the darker ones are still there, maybe they look more translucent, not sure.
-I suspect low thyroid function: my temperature has gone lower since my longest round (36.2 C/ 97.1 now when it used to be 37/ 98.6). My weight went up about 10 pounds or so but my belly seems to be thinner than at the beginning of chelation. It went to my butt and my hips (my butt used to be flat so I wonder if a bigger butt is a sign of adrenal recovery as cortisol issues lead to muscle wasting, especially of the glutes and leg, which is typical of adrenal insufficiency). I take tyrosine and a bit of iodine but no effect on thyroid. I don't have mental fog, hair loss or other issues related to thyroid.
-Motivation to go out and do things other than work and chelate, that got worse.
-As the winter approached, I started having a lower mood. I find that is related to my low motivation to do things other than work and chelate. I need to increase my vit D3 intake, fish oil and find a good brand of flax oil that doesn't have traces of sesame and other stuff I don't tolerate.
-I need more energy, more joy, more confidence, less social isolation, more eagerness to be out there in the world and socialize, more creative thinking, more risk taking, more life in me... This is just the early stage of chelation. I have A LOT of more chelating to do.
-Impatience, feeling I always have to be productive or do something and I can't just relax and enjoy my time, worried about I don't know exactly what...
-Feeling awkward and not relaxed in my body, worried about I don't know exactly what...
My worst off round/ redistribution side effects:
-Lots of fatigue, crashing fatigue
-Sleepiness
-Pain in the ovary area (also on round, happened in the first months, then it completely disappeared)
-Some air hunger (gone or very rare now)
-Inflammation and pain in neck, shoulders and a painful spasm on my side (that was after my longest round, I might have needed to do more electrolytes during the round).
CURRENT SUPPLEMENTATION:
Core 4
Selenium: 150 mcgs
Iodine: 225-450 mcgs
Tyrosine: 1,000 mgs
Milk thistle: 900 mgs divided in 3 meals
Taurine: 1,500 mgs
Probiotics: lots, between meals
ACE: went from up to 15 caps to 4-6 caps a day, on some days even 2 and no adaptogens are enough
Adaptogens: liquorice tea, freshly grated ginger root tea, rhodiola, Siberian ginseng, maca, ashwagandha
Calcium: 500 mg, randomly
Sodium: lots, with every meal
Potassium: occasionally
K2 + D3: 100 mcg + 1,000 IU
Fish oil: when I remember
Digestive support: pancreatin + ox bile + betaine hci + glutamine
Arginine + lysine: about 1,200 mg + 1,000 mg
Coconut oil and assorted essential oils from time to time.
Supplements I'm going to try or bring back:
Glycine
Sunflower lecithin
More ox bile and betaine
Chromium
Thiol tolerant. On dairy-free ketogenic diet for 2.5 years.
May 2017 bring lots of rounds and health gains to you all.
- Carmen Y.P., ca. 6.5 months of chelation
Double set of vaccines with boosters because I've lived in two countries and I'd lost my first vaccination records.
18 amalgams placed between ages 8-15, replaced multiple times and unsafely removed in 2003 when I was 32 (that year I developed autoimmune thyroiditis, Graves and then Hashi's, glucose dysregulation, central apnea, air hunger, extremely low blood pressure and body temperature, and anhedonia).
Felt more or less fine, 70-80% recovered, for the following 7-9 years.
Lots of very strange health problems in the last 3-4 years coinciding with the use of cilantro, the most serious being adrenal fatigue and blood glucose dysregulation, possibly metabolic syndrome, general inflammation and multiple tendon and muscle injuries, generalized anxiety and the onset of phobia and OCD. I started searching the internet for answers the doctors weren't providing me with. Symptoms worsened almost to the point where I was after my unsafe removals in 2003 after taking chlorella for 2-3 weeks (only 1/8 of the recommended dose on the bottle) in October 2015. I think chlorella made me thiol intolerant until I started ACC chelation.
At the end of 2015 I learned about ACC and I started sneaking on this site but I was skeptical (basically, it all sounded too freaky and sectarian to me at that time, I didn't want to wake up in the middle of the night with my adrenal fatigue and I was scared of DMSA, and, specially, DMPS). Then I did stupid things like taking ALA as a supplement together with MSM or doing a round and then skipping night doses, which clearly backfired on me. I learned the hard way quite quickly.
Started ACC chelation in January 2016 with 2-3 rounds of 60, 30, 15 mg ALA. Then I stopped in mid February because of hidden amalgam (a composite looked shiny greyish to me). First hidden amalgam removal on 26th February 2016. Second hidden amalgam (?) removal on 11 May 2016 (didn't show in panoramic, was found while an old composite was replaced). This date I became amalgam free but I still didn't know. I proceeded to remove ALL my composites to make sure.
13th June 2016: I STARTED ACC CHELATION the right way!!!
My rounds are rarely the minimum length because I feel sooooo much better when I'm chelating (I feel like a normal person) that I always extend them beyond the minimum. Chelation was a life saver at months 6-7.5 post 1st hidden amalgam removal. Of the 3 chelators, ALA helped me the most during the worst of my dump phase. My short rounds are usually 72-87 hours. If I can, I do a week, a week and a half...(I use a lot of DMPS for that since I work full time). My longest round has been 13 days. I've only skipped a week of chelation because of travel, which I deeply regret (skipping this opportunity to chelate, not the trip).
I would say that my dump phase started with the trial ALA rounds and as soon as the hidden amalgam went out, so let's say it started at the beginning of March. Worst part was between months 6-7.5 post first hidden amalgam removal (adrenal fatigue, nausea, malaise, insomnia and hypoglycemia came back with avengence). Not so sure if the second was amalgam. 10 months from 1st hidden amalgam removal: I still feel I'm dumping but so much less. I've been raising doses recently and feeling almost no side effects from chelation.
Posted a lot in the first 8 months. Now I tend to post less but I'm feeling SOOOO much better.
By the end of 2016 (6 months and 18 days of chelation), I'll have completed:
-Round number 23 (which is a long round)
-2,390 hours of chelation in total.
-That's the equivalent of:
37.3 x 64-hour rounds of chelation
This is the breakdown by chelator:
18.47 x 63-h rounds of ALA alone or combined
6.20 x 64-h rounds of DMSA alone or combined
24.67 x 64-h rounds of DMPS alone or combined
ALA Initial dose (after hidden amalgam removal): 3mg.
Current dose: 8.3 but will probably increase to 12.5 on my next round.
DMPS Initial dose: 5 but had to go down to 2.5, 1.6 and even 1.25. Current dose: 8.3 but will probably up to 12.5 in a couple of rounds as I don't feel anything on this dose now.
DMSA Initial dose: 2 mgs. Current dose: 6.25 but would probably be able to do 12.5 (I'm raising one chelator at a time, ALA first, of course).
Gains in these 6 1/2 months:
-Liver pain -100% GONE, one of the first things to improve, as soon as I started ALA, bam!, sayonara, au-revoire, adios...
-Nausea and malaise in the early afternoon - 85% improved
-Adrenal crash before lunch -85% improved
-Physical weakness -25% improved
-Insomnia, waking up in the middle of the night or too early -100% GONE (even when I'm doing ALA rounds. Now I can just take the ALA every 3 hours at night and go back to sleep in seconds).
-I can go to bed later (like close to 1:00 am) and I feel 100% FINE the next day, whereas before I had to go to bed by 22:30 to feel alert, be functional and not suffer immensely the following day.
-Motivation with work: 75% improved
-Cravings for sugary and carby stuff (despite having been on a ketogenic diet for 2.5 years): 90% improved
-Abnormal appetite, especially after sweet things such as berries, stevia, butternut squash and liquorice (the only sweet things I tolerate): 95% improved.
-Abnormal periods (too heavy, slightly painful or uncomfortable, shorter and shorter cycles, and more and more irregularities like 2 periods in one month, then the next period after 20 days, lots of spotting, clots...): this became worse in the first months of chelation to the point everybody was screaming perimenopause at me. However, it has resolved 100% with chelation and my cycle is normal now.
-What I believe was central apnea (the moment you fall asleep your body forgets to breathe so you wake up because you're suffocating): 99% GONE
-Air hunger, especially at night: 99% GONE
-Constipation, loose/watery stools, weird stools (pencil-thin at times, which might indicate inflammation of the gut or constipation or blockage): this comes and goes but every time it comes is much better than before, so I'd say 50% resolved.
-I don't know how my autoimmunity is doing but I used to feel tightness in my throat, had an inflamed thyroid and high antibodies (close to 600). Those sensations are 100% gone now but I would need tests to prove my antibodies are low/er now.
-General inflammation: 90% improved, I don't have random body pains any more but my shoulder tendons still feel weak and a bit inflamed.
-Itchy red hands when I touched fruit: 100% gone in the last few weeks.
-Anger: 25% improved.
A number of random weird symptoms that I attribute to mercury mobilization in the body have improved or disappeared, but sometimes they come back:
-Tired eye muscles, blurry vision, eyes that start moving sideways involuntarily when I look at things up close-- this comes and goes but it's rare these days.
-Feeling like my eyes were crossing and then not being able to uncross them (but when I looked in the mirror they were not crossing so I guess they weren't focalizing well or they couldn't change from looking something close to looking something farway and viceversa): 100% GONE
-Numbness in legs or arms: 99% GONE
-Vibrations: 95% gone
Symptoms that I still have:
-Floaters: the lighter ones are less noticeable but the darker ones are still there, maybe they look more translucent, not sure.
-I suspect low thyroid function: my temperature has gone lower since my longest round (36.2 C/ 97.1 now when it used to be 37/ 98.6). My weight went up about 10 pounds or so but my belly seems to be thinner than at the beginning of chelation. It went to my butt and my hips (my butt used to be flat so I wonder if a bigger butt is a sign of adrenal recovery as cortisol issues lead to muscle wasting, especially of the glutes and leg, which is typical of adrenal insufficiency). I take tyrosine and a bit of iodine but no effect on thyroid. I don't have mental fog, hair loss or other issues related to thyroid.
-Motivation to go out and do things other than work and chelate, that got worse.
-As the winter approached, I started having a lower mood. I find that is related to my low motivation to do things other than work and chelate. I need to increase my vit D3 intake, fish oil and find a good brand of flax oil that doesn't have traces of sesame and other stuff I don't tolerate.
-I need more energy, more joy, more confidence, less social isolation, more eagerness to be out there in the world and socialize, more creative thinking, more risk taking, more life in me... This is just the early stage of chelation. I have A LOT of more chelating to do.
-Impatience, feeling I always have to be productive or do something and I can't just relax and enjoy my time, worried about I don't know exactly what...
-Feeling awkward and not relaxed in my body, worried about I don't know exactly what...
My worst off round/ redistribution side effects:
-Lots of fatigue, crashing fatigue
-Sleepiness
-Pain in the ovary area (also on round, happened in the first months, then it completely disappeared)
-Some air hunger (gone or very rare now)
-Inflammation and pain in neck, shoulders and a painful spasm on my side (that was after my longest round, I might have needed to do more electrolytes during the round).
CURRENT SUPPLEMENTATION:
Core 4
Selenium: 150 mcgs
Iodine: 225-450 mcgs
Tyrosine: 1,000 mgs
Milk thistle: 900 mgs divided in 3 meals
Taurine: 1,500 mgs
Probiotics: lots, between meals
ACE: went from up to 15 caps to 4-6 caps a day, on some days even 2 and no adaptogens are enough
Adaptogens: liquorice tea, freshly grated ginger root tea, rhodiola, Siberian ginseng, maca, ashwagandha
Calcium: 500 mg, randomly
Sodium: lots, with every meal
Potassium: occasionally
K2 + D3: 100 mcg + 1,000 IU
Fish oil: when I remember
Digestive support: pancreatin + ox bile + betaine hci + glutamine
Arginine + lysine: about 1,200 mg + 1,000 mg
Coconut oil and assorted essential oils from time to time.
Supplements I'm going to try or bring back:
Glycine
Sunflower lecithin
More ox bile and betaine
Chromium
Thiol tolerant. On dairy-free ketogenic diet for 2.5 years.
May 2017 bring lots of rounds and health gains to you all.
- Carmen Y.P., ca. 6.5 months of chelation
Mikael Jarvinen
Never had amalgams, I'm at round 47 with 25mg ala and 25mg dmsa. Normally I do rounds with 50mg ala. 3 years ago I had constant anxiety, terrible short and long term memory and a long list of other symptoms. Most of them are gone. I had hardly any chest or body hair; now my arms, chest and upper back is starting to look as lush as a rain forest. I only have fatigue after redistribution. I'm looking to continuing to improve my muscle strength and coordination and general brain function.
I remember I used to deeply fall asleep in the middle of a work day. Then not being able to sleep at night. That doesn’t happen anymore. My skin used to burn all the time, that’s been long gone now, too.
- Mikael Jarvinen, 47 rounds
I've got used to Cutler chelation being a regular everyday part of my life and I just get on with it now, and I suppose that I even take it for granted, especially now that I am feeling so much better. I have chelated for 13 months (56 rounds) and my health improvements (mental and physical) have been excellent.
So I wanted to stop for a minute and remember why I started it and honor just how brilliant it is.
I started it because I had been sick for quite a while and I didn't know why. But Cutler chelation has basically UN-sickened me. It has quite dramatically turned the direction of my life around. It is of course, no exaggeration to say that Cutler chelation saves people's lives, saves them from a despicable, culturally and medically sanctioned poisoning.
And the reason that I am getting so reflective is that I made Facebook friends with a very intelligent, friendly and sincere young man from this group who was also trying to turn his life around from what seemed to be the consequences of the same medically sanctioned poisoning. Unfortunately he was too sick and he didn't make it. He passed away some time in the last couple of days.
His passing has made me sad and also it has made me angry. But as well it has highlighted for me what an amazingly brilliant thing is going on here in this group. Thank you so much Andrew Hall Cutler and thank you to the brilliant moderators and participants in this group [the Andy Cutler Chelation group on Facebook].
Rest in Peace Michael Douglas. I hope you are soaring with joy through shimmering pre-dawn skies.
- Paul, 56 rounds
So I wanted to stop for a minute and remember why I started it and honor just how brilliant it is.
I started it because I had been sick for quite a while and I didn't know why. But Cutler chelation has basically UN-sickened me. It has quite dramatically turned the direction of my life around. It is of course, no exaggeration to say that Cutler chelation saves people's lives, saves them from a despicable, culturally and medically sanctioned poisoning.
And the reason that I am getting so reflective is that I made Facebook friends with a very intelligent, friendly and sincere young man from this group who was also trying to turn his life around from what seemed to be the consequences of the same medically sanctioned poisoning. Unfortunately he was too sick and he didn't make it. He passed away some time in the last couple of days.
His passing has made me sad and also it has made me angry. But as well it has highlighted for me what an amazingly brilliant thing is going on here in this group. Thank you so much Andrew Hall Cutler and thank you to the brilliant moderators and participants in this group [the Andy Cutler Chelation group on Facebook].
Rest in Peace Michael Douglas. I hope you are soaring with joy through shimmering pre-dawn skies.
- Paul, 56 rounds
Heather Cruz
I 100%, started out completely bed ridden. I've gone low and slow because I was very ill. 4 years now since removal. Almost living normal life by year 3. I had lyme disease and was treating that when I learned from doc about mercury. I had 13 large amalgams! So I was pretty toxic.
I got Lyme disease and got sick very quickly. MS type symptom and bad fatigue. Hormonal issues, depression, Pain, etc etc. Fatigue was always the worst for me. Finally learned about mercury. I was so sick it took me 5 appointments to get them all removed. It made me very ill each time even with all precautions. I went for a lot of holistic treatments, lymph drainage and sauna. A lot of symptoms I'd had for years disappeared shortly after removal. Mainly migraines with auras. Strength started to return. I was intolerant to all foods and supplements for quite awhile. That's why I did things low and slow. Under direction of holistic doc I chelated, did sauna, coffee enemas and lymph drainage. I still need to chelate some more but taking time off this summer. I want to get another hair test done before I start again for comparison. This summer I worked and played full time. Felt better than I did in my 20's! I'm having a flare of gastroparesis and pots right now. I'm believing it's my vagus nerve issues and I need to get back on detoxing and chelating. One thing I never go without is the milk thistle. I drink it as tea everyday. Also 5 htp [hydroxytryptophan] helped a lot with mood issues. I could never tolerate dmsa or dmps. ALA only. It was and is a very lonely road. Family might have compassion but they cannot begin to comprehend the torment we go through.
I also want to add adrenal support was crucial. I used Thorne ACE [Adrenal Cortex Extract] and now maintain with drenamin by standard process. I was up to 5 a day. I could’ve probably used more but i was pretty phobic of any pills for awhile. This kept me semi upright. Now I usually do 4 drenamin a day and they are way less potent. It's such a slow process but so with it. Feel better than I ever did in my 20's even!
- Heather Cruz, ca. 1.5 years of chelation
I got Lyme disease and got sick very quickly. MS type symptom and bad fatigue. Hormonal issues, depression, Pain, etc etc. Fatigue was always the worst for me. Finally learned about mercury. I was so sick it took me 5 appointments to get them all removed. It made me very ill each time even with all precautions. I went for a lot of holistic treatments, lymph drainage and sauna. A lot of symptoms I'd had for years disappeared shortly after removal. Mainly migraines with auras. Strength started to return. I was intolerant to all foods and supplements for quite awhile. That's why I did things low and slow. Under direction of holistic doc I chelated, did sauna, coffee enemas and lymph drainage. I still need to chelate some more but taking time off this summer. I want to get another hair test done before I start again for comparison. This summer I worked and played full time. Felt better than I did in my 20's! I'm having a flare of gastroparesis and pots right now. I'm believing it's my vagus nerve issues and I need to get back on detoxing and chelating. One thing I never go without is the milk thistle. I drink it as tea everyday. Also 5 htp [hydroxytryptophan] helped a lot with mood issues. I could never tolerate dmsa or dmps. ALA only. It was and is a very lonely road. Family might have compassion but they cannot begin to comprehend the torment we go through.
I also want to add adrenal support was crucial. I used Thorne ACE [Adrenal Cortex Extract] and now maintain with drenamin by standard process. I was up to 5 a day. I could’ve probably used more but i was pretty phobic of any pills for awhile. This kept me semi upright. Now I usually do 4 drenamin a day and they are way less potent. It's such a slow process but so with it. Feel better than I ever did in my 20's even!
- Heather Cruz, ca. 1.5 years of chelation
Nov. 13, 2016 will be 7 months of chelation. I feel so good it's hard not to share with people. I am upping my dose to 50 mg of ALA. My biggest breakthrough lately is my sleep. It has been great. I can breath through my nose now and sleep deep. I also have stopped snoring. My nasal polyps appear to be going away or not affecting me as much. I can also tolerate the core 4 [Vit C, E, magnesium and zinc] at the recommended doses. When I first started I struggled tolerating core 4. I can really feel them helping now. Happy Chelating everyone!
- J.K., close to 7 months
- J.K., close to 7 months
I was recently asked about my progress so I thought I would just post it for anyone who is new and looking for hope. A year ago I was at the worst of my poisoning from corroding amalgam fillings. I was in bed pretty much dying. I had Hashimoto's autoimmune disease and about 50+ symptoms to deal with. I found this group/protocol and knew the #1 priority was to get my fillings safely taken out. I did it in February of this year and I immediately felt better and every symptom went away. It didn't last long sadly and I slowly started getting sick again (the dump). I started chelating and it was hard at first but the more I did it the better I felt and the better I became. It's been 9 months and I can say I am 80% better than I was a year ago. I've done low doses of DMSA and I have recently added ALA. I feel I have gotten out a lot of the fast pools of mercury and now it's time to get the deep mercury out of my body and brain with ALA+DMSA. I'm gonna get that last 20% of my health back! This Protocol really works and you will get better! Thank you to the group [the Andy Cutler Think Tank group on Facebook], without them I'd have been all alone trying do this.
- Candice S., 9 months
- Candice S., 9 months
Closing in on 100 rounds. I feel great...before starting I had many many issues. I couldn't even get out of bed and I could barely talk. Severe depression. I used to live with 6 dudes, and I'd go in the bathroom and cry late at night so they wouldn't notice ( i had to share a room). I had burning on the soles of my feet....my life is great today. I could barely hold down a job two years ago, now I have a very hectic job as a mental health clinician. I passed the counseling exam and got licensed all during chelation....best of all-- I have a social life and can connect with others.
I never have had a hair test. Because I have had such a good reaction to dmsa and got relief from it, I tend to believe I have had problems with lead. I've done my fair share of gutting old houses and painting, so unfortunately...it's likely....I definitely hope to wind down chelation next year, not without trying 100 mg DMSA first....oh, also, I've done a lot of saunas so that has probably helped lead.
I've had to walk through a lot of adversity in life, but nothing compares to the challenge of chelation. I went through many many tough weeks when all I had was a little hope.
- Connor Cannon, ca. 100 rounds
I never have had a hair test. Because I have had such a good reaction to dmsa and got relief from it, I tend to believe I have had problems with lead. I've done my fair share of gutting old houses and painting, so unfortunately...it's likely....I definitely hope to wind down chelation next year, not without trying 100 mg DMSA first....oh, also, I've done a lot of saunas so that has probably helped lead.
I've had to walk through a lot of adversity in life, but nothing compares to the challenge of chelation. I went through many many tough weeks when all I had was a little hope.
- Connor Cannon, ca. 100 rounds
When I came here [the "Andy Cutler Chelation " Facebook" group] last year I was desperate with no other solution, the medical system had failed me and this was my last hope. Now things are very different. I've already recovered enough at this point that I could stop chelating and live a good life.
Just a year ago I was an inch away from being suicidal and could barely work a part time minimum wage job. I was scared as hell. Now I have lots of hope and can see a great future ahead of me. I work at least 40 hours per week (by choice, not necessity) and am getting raises and job interviews left and right.
And the best news is that I've only been chelating a year, done 47 rounds, and I've never taken a dose of ALA higher than 5mg. I still have about 2 years left to go. I can hardly imagine how good things will become for me if my luck continues the way it has been going. I literally owe my life to chelation, to this group, to Andy Cutler.
- Mack, 47 rounds, 1 year of chelation
Just a year ago I was an inch away from being suicidal and could barely work a part time minimum wage job. I was scared as hell. Now I have lots of hope and can see a great future ahead of me. I work at least 40 hours per week (by choice, not necessity) and am getting raises and job interviews left and right.
And the best news is that I've only been chelating a year, done 47 rounds, and I've never taken a dose of ALA higher than 5mg. I still have about 2 years left to go. I can hardly imagine how good things will become for me if my luck continues the way it has been going. I literally owe my life to chelation, to this group, to Andy Cutler.
- Mack, 47 rounds, 1 year of chelation
2 years of chelation. 85% would be the exact number [to describe how much I improved on the protocol]. Getting rid of brain fog and social anxiety was the best thing ever. Now for that last 15 percent..... I was mercury poisoned for about 10 years after my amalgams were removed by an incompetent dentist. Lost my 20s, so trying to get back what I lost. Hard to describe that last 15%, but only way to describe it would be that extra zest for life, that additional energy to want to explore the world. Don't get me wrong though. I now find myself enjoying music, vision more clear, tolerating milk and gluten foods better, eye contact comes naturally, more social. 10 years of being mercury poisoned definitely takes a toll on the body. So trying to repair those last parts. I do owe a lot to Cutler's chelation.
- A.P. , 2 years of chelation
- A.P. , 2 years of chelation
Two months, 6 rounds, just DMPS so far. Huge improvements but still a ways to go, with ups and downs. Social anxiety is much lessened, I can listen to music again and hear music not noise, and can follow the words, I went from sleeping most of the day to awake most every day (a nap here and there if I do too much) - I've been doing a lot of yard work and even went on vacation (would have been a waste and too much to plan before, though I did too much walking there and paid for it). I don't fall asleep after every meal, and my depression has lifted greatly. I laugh again. I can breath thru my nose again.
- Pam, 6 rounds
- Pam, 6 rounds
- Aine Ni Cheallaigh, author of the book "Getting the Mercury Out" and blog mercurystories.com,
ca. 120 completed rounds
ca. 120 completed rounds
I’ve been chelating for 3 years. Almost completely recovered. Feel like a different person. Mercury changes your personality. Which symptoms were the worst? It's a tie between anxiety, back pain and candida. How much they improved? Anxiety 85%, back pain 99%, candida 99%.
I had serious candida overgrowth. Dealt with it using homemade milk kefir. No problems at all now.
I've recently discovered vitamin D and B12 deficiencies, so am just starting to correct those. They can affect anxiety big time, so it's not just a case of massive amounts of chelation but also identifying and correcting long term deficiencies.
- Steve, (196 rounds, 3 years)
I had serious candida overgrowth. Dealt with it using homemade milk kefir. No problems at all now.
I've recently discovered vitamin D and B12 deficiencies, so am just starting to correct those. They can affect anxiety big time, so it's not just a case of massive amounts of chelation but also identifying and correcting long term deficiencies.
- Steve, (196 rounds, 3 years)
I'm 44, I removed my 8 amalgams 16 years ago (safely), I lived behind the largest coal power plant in Atlanta (high Mercury emission) for 3 years, moved out 13 years ago (my ex husband that lived there with me developed a tumor in the knee and died at 41 from brain hemorrhage cause by chemo, I had a tumor in my breast and removed it but didn't agree to do any chemical therapies, just did Gerson therapy. I was injured by the DTP shot at age 20 when I clearly had signs of mercury intoxication, but doctors back then and now don't even know how to test for it so nobody figured it out. So Mercury has been my closest enemy for years.
When I found out I was mercury toxic (thanks to Pavarotti's pharmacist in Italy that suggested it) I went to 8 doctors that specialize in chelation. Some considered the best in the field. They all gave me DMSA to take 1-2 times a day. Same for DMPS. I was sleeping 22 hrs a day when on chelation. (on improper protocol) All 8 docs said it was part of the process. If I didn't research Cutler on my own and started the cycles based on half-life, I would have probably gotten Alzheimer from mercury distribution. I was losing memory etc....
After I read Cutler's book I took 1 pill of DMPS every 8 hrs and I was sleeping 7 hrs per night........ So clearly the DMPS from Germany was getting more Mercury out then other DMPS, and clearly it was not the DMPS that was the problem, it was the Mercury redistribution (from improper dosing) that made me sleep so long. (My DMPS and DMSA pills were 100 mg pills.)
Then I did 6 months of high dose ALA and 100 mg DMSA every 3 hrs alternating with DMPS. (frequent dose protocol) I ran and did sauna every day for 1 hr for 2 months and then once a week. After 6 months went down to 63. So almost 1 year of chelation and I still had Mercury......but I no longer suffer cold. I used to freeze with 60 degrees weather since I was injured by the DTP shot at 20 years old. Now 20 degrees and I am fine. Periods are almost back to normal........ My white hair has disappeared. Only negatives are that my eye bags get worse during chelation and my eye sight got a bit worse after 25 years of wearing same prescription.
- Anonymous (around 8 months of chelation)
*Read about this person's experience with improper protocol that led to using frequent dose in the "What NOT to do" section
When I found out I was mercury toxic (thanks to Pavarotti's pharmacist in Italy that suggested it) I went to 8 doctors that specialize in chelation. Some considered the best in the field. They all gave me DMSA to take 1-2 times a day. Same for DMPS. I was sleeping 22 hrs a day when on chelation. (on improper protocol) All 8 docs said it was part of the process. If I didn't research Cutler on my own and started the cycles based on half-life, I would have probably gotten Alzheimer from mercury distribution. I was losing memory etc....
After I read Cutler's book I took 1 pill of DMPS every 8 hrs and I was sleeping 7 hrs per night........ So clearly the DMPS from Germany was getting more Mercury out then other DMPS, and clearly it was not the DMPS that was the problem, it was the Mercury redistribution (from improper dosing) that made me sleep so long. (My DMPS and DMSA pills were 100 mg pills.)
Then I did 6 months of high dose ALA and 100 mg DMSA every 3 hrs alternating with DMPS. (frequent dose protocol) I ran and did sauna every day for 1 hr for 2 months and then once a week. After 6 months went down to 63. So almost 1 year of chelation and I still had Mercury......but I no longer suffer cold. I used to freeze with 60 degrees weather since I was injured by the DTP shot at 20 years old. Now 20 degrees and I am fine. Periods are almost back to normal........ My white hair has disappeared. Only negatives are that my eye bags get worse during chelation and my eye sight got a bit worse after 25 years of wearing same prescription.
- Anonymous (around 8 months of chelation)
*Read about this person's experience with improper protocol that led to using frequent dose in the "What NOT to do" section
Update June 2017:
Just a quick positive update. I've been to hell and back (and will at some point provide a very detailed account), I am 2 years out from amalgam removal and 60 rounds of ALA 1-5 mg only usually 1-2 mg. I found hidden amalgam twice. Once at 10 months out and again last month. Yep last month 2 years out! Despite not tolerating DMSA or DMPS, low dose ALA and hidden amalgam I am feeling great right now. Do I still have set backs ? Yes I do but I can't even explain the world of difference Between me 2.5 years ago and now.
Some people are a little freaked out by some of the recent scary posts by some, and well you surely wouldn't have been a fan of mine 2 years ago. I was terrified and suffering horribly. I felt like a lunatic and sounded like one too.
No cardio in 3 years and just did one hour on the elliptical 9 out of last 10 days. Having missed every holiday with family and friends for 2.5 years I will be going to NH for 4th of July and driving myself. 4 hour drive. Big deal when I couldn't even run an errand for 3 years and had panic attacks when driving and from being blinded by lighting in stores. Just spent 3 days away from home and did a lot of driving. UNHEARD of 2 years ago. Had to be driven on same trip last year and return same day took days to recover.
thought I was dying and suicidal much of the time. Wouldn't wish my experience on anyone. Ever. Just wanted to say how grateful I'm feeling right now. I'm not perfect. still much work to be done but I've come so far.
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I want to offer some hope to people who are struggling. I am almost 1 year out from amalgam removal/chelation. Coming into removal I felt like I was dying and I was absolutely terrified. Some of the people in this group will remember my posts from last year. I held very little back.
I felt some immediate relief initially after getting 10 amalgams out but chelation was always a battle for me. I experimented at many doses but my adrenals were a mess coming into this and I believe they, in part, were holding me back. DMSA and DMPS were a struggle. DMSA physically and DMPS emotionally. ALA was much smoother but I, after a little experimentation found 2 mg ALA was the only dose i could tolerate.
I entered dump phase at 5 1/2 months and had to drop to 1 mg ALA. For 6 months it was really really bad. I had about 3 weeks of relief in middle of that 6 months where I felt better but then back to bad. Feel like I had 2 dump phases. Then at 10 months out I found hidden amalgam and was re-poisoned again! This was only 2 months ago and I was horrified. I thought I had been so careful and replaced all of my fillings (even composites and a root canal extraction) but my dentist forget to tell me about one filling; a composite that ended up having Hg underneath. The only reason I figured it out was cause tooth looked gray. So imagine that. 10 months of chelation every single week on low dose but still... I was so angry and extremely sick again for 1 month (months 10 through 11). And then suddenly... I felt better and of course I didn't trust it at first but it's been 3 consistent weeks now and I am almost 1 year out. When I think about how terrible I felt just 1 month ago I am amazed at the difference. I'm on chelation break because of the hidden amalgam but I feel hopeful like my body is calming down and I will resume chelation end of May. I still have adrenal issues at night but I feel my body calming for first time in almost two years of basically being in fight/flight mode. Horrible anxiety which had become constant part of my life for most hours of day.
In sum, a rough year of very low dose chelators (1-2 mg ALA!) and hidden amalgam 10 months out and now at 1 year out I am feeling better than I have in 2 years! I don't want to jinx it but I am so grateful it makes me want to cry. Remember that Cutler says the first year is going to be really rough if you are really poisoned and I think he may say body starts calming down 12-15 months. I know personally I had it in my head that 9 months out I'd be better/less bad (because of that chart on page 52) and I would obsessively count down how many days left till 9 months and was in for big disappointment. Was Not until 11 months out that I started feeling less bad. So was it passage of time or the hidden amalgam? Who knows. I just know I have come a long way from where I was. I believe in this process and know that I can only go up from here. One last thing, i love this saying. It's so true for us Mercury poisoned. Keep going. If things suck lower your dose. It's normal to question this process, Mercury and pretty much everything that ever happens on this chelation roller coaster... But Hang in there. Be certain you don't have hidden amalgam. Go to at least 2 different holistic dentists. Get a panoramic count your fillings and make sure they are all addressed. That means don't trust composites. Get them switched out. Check under crowns. Have root canals pulled (they too can have Hg) cover all your bases because you don't want to end up like me finding it 10 months out after having now re-poisoned myself for all that time and still I feel better. My only fear is another dump phase. I will keep you all posted but I have no regrets this protocol and getting that poison out of my mouth, it saved my life.
- Violette, 42 rounds (1 year)
Just a quick positive update. I've been to hell and back (and will at some point provide a very detailed account), I am 2 years out from amalgam removal and 60 rounds of ALA 1-5 mg only usually 1-2 mg. I found hidden amalgam twice. Once at 10 months out and again last month. Yep last month 2 years out! Despite not tolerating DMSA or DMPS, low dose ALA and hidden amalgam I am feeling great right now. Do I still have set backs ? Yes I do but I can't even explain the world of difference Between me 2.5 years ago and now.
Some people are a little freaked out by some of the recent scary posts by some, and well you surely wouldn't have been a fan of mine 2 years ago. I was terrified and suffering horribly. I felt like a lunatic and sounded like one too.
No cardio in 3 years and just did one hour on the elliptical 9 out of last 10 days. Having missed every holiday with family and friends for 2.5 years I will be going to NH for 4th of July and driving myself. 4 hour drive. Big deal when I couldn't even run an errand for 3 years and had panic attacks when driving and from being blinded by lighting in stores. Just spent 3 days away from home and did a lot of driving. UNHEARD of 2 years ago. Had to be driven on same trip last year and return same day took days to recover.
thought I was dying and suicidal much of the time. Wouldn't wish my experience on anyone. Ever. Just wanted to say how grateful I'm feeling right now. I'm not perfect. still much work to be done but I've come so far.
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I want to offer some hope to people who are struggling. I am almost 1 year out from amalgam removal/chelation. Coming into removal I felt like I was dying and I was absolutely terrified. Some of the people in this group will remember my posts from last year. I held very little back.
I felt some immediate relief initially after getting 10 amalgams out but chelation was always a battle for me. I experimented at many doses but my adrenals were a mess coming into this and I believe they, in part, were holding me back. DMSA and DMPS were a struggle. DMSA physically and DMPS emotionally. ALA was much smoother but I, after a little experimentation found 2 mg ALA was the only dose i could tolerate.
I entered dump phase at 5 1/2 months and had to drop to 1 mg ALA. For 6 months it was really really bad. I had about 3 weeks of relief in middle of that 6 months where I felt better but then back to bad. Feel like I had 2 dump phases. Then at 10 months out I found hidden amalgam and was re-poisoned again! This was only 2 months ago and I was horrified. I thought I had been so careful and replaced all of my fillings (even composites and a root canal extraction) but my dentist forget to tell me about one filling; a composite that ended up having Hg underneath. The only reason I figured it out was cause tooth looked gray. So imagine that. 10 months of chelation every single week on low dose but still... I was so angry and extremely sick again for 1 month (months 10 through 11). And then suddenly... I felt better and of course I didn't trust it at first but it's been 3 consistent weeks now and I am almost 1 year out. When I think about how terrible I felt just 1 month ago I am amazed at the difference. I'm on chelation break because of the hidden amalgam but I feel hopeful like my body is calming down and I will resume chelation end of May. I still have adrenal issues at night but I feel my body calming for first time in almost two years of basically being in fight/flight mode. Horrible anxiety which had become constant part of my life for most hours of day.
In sum, a rough year of very low dose chelators (1-2 mg ALA!) and hidden amalgam 10 months out and now at 1 year out I am feeling better than I have in 2 years! I don't want to jinx it but I am so grateful it makes me want to cry. Remember that Cutler says the first year is going to be really rough if you are really poisoned and I think he may say body starts calming down 12-15 months. I know personally I had it in my head that 9 months out I'd be better/less bad (because of that chart on page 52) and I would obsessively count down how many days left till 9 months and was in for big disappointment. Was Not until 11 months out that I started feeling less bad. So was it passage of time or the hidden amalgam? Who knows. I just know I have come a long way from where I was. I believe in this process and know that I can only go up from here. One last thing, i love this saying. It's so true for us Mercury poisoned. Keep going. If things suck lower your dose. It's normal to question this process, Mercury and pretty much everything that ever happens on this chelation roller coaster... But Hang in there. Be certain you don't have hidden amalgam. Go to at least 2 different holistic dentists. Get a panoramic count your fillings and make sure they are all addressed. That means don't trust composites. Get them switched out. Check under crowns. Have root canals pulled (they too can have Hg) cover all your bases because you don't want to end up like me finding it 10 months out after having now re-poisoned myself for all that time and still I feel better. My only fear is another dump phase. I will keep you all posted but I have no regrets this protocol and getting that poison out of my mouth, it saved my life.
- Violette, 42 rounds (1 year)
Our whole family has chelated. In my personal experience (I did 50-ish rounds?), the worst rounds were my 4th, 5th, 6th, and then it was nothing but better from there on, in fact, my body craved to get ALA and the other things I put in the capsules. I usually used milk thistle, biotin, a coenzyme b complex, and selenium in the capsules. I felt a lot smarter after several rounds - in that, I started seeing the big picture in the world and in my social life. I started having original thoughts (which I never really noticed that I ever had before). By original thoughts, I pretty much mean philosophy and not just parroting everything I heard from somewhere else. As far as health benefits, I had a lot more energy and motivation to do things. Most of the health benefits that came with chelation also came with elimination of gluten, soy, and dairy products. I think that if you lessen these mucus-producing foods, it is easier for your body to detox.
- Elizabeth, 55 rounds over 2 years, doing 1 round every other week
- Elizabeth, 55 rounds over 2 years, doing 1 round every other week
Robert Cartland, 29 min video on the health issues he suffered and what the protocol has done for him:
Currently at Round 17 (6 months) - 8 mg DMSA and 5 mg ALA - dosing 3hourly. Some early thoughts on what NOT to do: I had a bad experience with the following, before finding my way to Frequent Dose Chelation (using Andy Cutler's Protocol): * Unsafe amalgam removal: Recommend that you defer this until you are sure about the dental revision techniques used by the dentist. Lots of information available on this - so research thoroughly first. * After having 4 remaining amalgams removed by a 'holistic dentist', I started trying to recover 'naturally' with Chlorella and various diets (using the Klinghardt Protocol) I became much worse with bad redistribution symptoms - new migraines, neural periphery, bad fatigue and a host of cognitive issues - including brain fog. (SImilar to Alzheimer's) * I had to find a third dentist (IOAMT and Huggins trained) - who uncovered 9 additional pieces of amalgam in my mouth under crowns and in 2 root canals. My situation was made worse as three of the crowns (only a few years old and probably the trigger for my rapid decline) were made of gold. The use of mixed metals and the subsequent high galvanic currents, is known to cause a rapid increase in the amount of mercury being released from amalgams. * I then tried Nutritional balancing (as per Huggins) via a Nutritional service that was working with my new dentist. While most of the recommendations were very sound and I still follow the (Paleo style diet with high quality fats and moderate quality protein), thiol food sensitivity caused a lot of issues for me and made me even more ill. Cutting out 'sulphury foods' (as per Cutler) reduced a lot of my immediate problems. The guidance on supplementation was sound (included basic 4) but included too many sulphur supplements and did not recognise my intolerance to Vit. B supplements. Through the wonderful support of the FDC list and Facebook group, I tried Methylated B vitamins (including Folinic acid) and this had an immediate benefit for me. * During my worst times, I was too challenged to comprehend Cutler's reference books. In hindsight, I would suggest working through the information on a need to know basis, or else it is overwhelming. Follow the basic guidelines of the AI book/plus support groups, to get started. Start with the low doses recommended and increase doses very conservatively. Moving too quickly seems a common problem during chelation.
- Anne, 17 rounds (6 months)
- Anne, 17 rounds (6 months)
I was diagnosed in 2014 with chronic autoimmune peripheral polyneuropathy (due to demyelinization of both motor and sensory nerves) which would flare 3-4 times a year and needed to be treated with IVIG. I couldn't walk nor swallow, senses were off and I saw double. After I started Cutler's detox it has never reappeared. My latest neurological exam in December 2015 showed that I almost completely regained my neurological response (speed and intensity) and my reflexes, meaning the myelin is repaired. I can climb mountains again, my vision is back, water doesn't taste salty anymore, the needles in my hands and feet disappeared and touching the ground with my feet doesn't feel like walking on ice anymore. It took 6 months from the moment I started The ACC [Andrew Cutler Chelation] protocol with DMPS (July 2015) after having been hospitalized thrice since August 2014. I could immediately tell it was doing something positive because of how sleep suddenly improved. Sleep improved after 17 years of only managing to sleep 3-4 hours. Plus the feeling of being doomed at 3 am, like "it's the end my friend" from Apocalypsis Now, horrible, like wanting to run from home and jump in the river to feel alive again.. That disappeared too.
Update February 2017:
This is an update for those of you who know me and a testimony on how things can change for the better addressed to newcomers to give them some hope if needed. I was admitted to the Think Tank back in 2015 when there were 6500 followers and interacted weekly with it for about a year until I pretty much understood the protocol and a bit selfishly stopped being as active in it, needing to concentrate intensively on getting my people both chelated and fed. We started Cutler's detox around mid/end of spring of 2015, my 2 kids, my husband, my 2 sisters and myself. I won't get into all the messy details of the start and the years previous, doubts, ignorance, mistakes, loads of money spent on wrong treatments etc etc. We were all pretty much doomed with chronic ailments. We had spent thousands in treatment for my at the time 16yo son who had gone from a thriving smart sporty beautiful loving sociable boy to a disheveled zombie, a walking dead, unbearably frightening , locked in his room in gut pain (2 years), yellow, shivering, low blood pressure, chronic fatigue, little eye contact, me checking whether he was still alive at night, etc. My husband who was called by his colleagues the "James Bond of the roofs" and was an amazing (in my view) photographer had become chronically IBS grumpy seemingly pre-Alzheimer, isolated, irritable, brain fogged, clogged, no memory left, sleeping most of the day, with severe chronic fatigue and pains...he stopped working and had neither the will nor the imagination to come up with ideas to solve our situation. My very logical, artsy and street smart at the time 14yo daughter was rigged by learning disabilities (and other things) and treated as stupid by some teachers due to her inability to retain anything linked to letters and numbers, and with no academic future. I basically couldn't sleep and was coming out of three hospitalizations for life endangering poly neuropathies first diagnosed as acute Guillain-Barre and then chronic poly neuropathies: couldn't swallow, couldn't walk, lost 15Kg (a good thing) my perceptions and senses were all messed up, warm felt icy, water felt salty, a knife seemed planted in my back and electricity shedding needles seemed poked in my feet and hands. Being a psychologist-psychotherapist with about 30 years of experience and loads of personal psychotherapy as well as a life-long interest in medicine, there was one thing which SAVED us all and also as a family: I somehow KNEW that all this was not psychological as in my son's case all doctors (but one) seemed to suggest and despite the fact that this thought kept tormenting me at night and filling me with huge guilt. I also somehow KNEW my husband was very sick and not "lazy, egocentric and antisocial etc" as sometimes implied and I kept fighting against the ever tempting liberating secret personal thought of divorce also fed by well-meaning friends. Anyways, long story short, here is where we're at today, about 18 months into chelation (And we only manage - for now - 12.5mg of ALA - still a long way to go...). My son is back studying (with great teachers'feedback) and looking like an attractive young man, planning activities and trips with friends. The brain fog disappeared and the gut and CFS issues come and go depending on diet and stress. My daughter is not chelating, she prefers to go out with friends but she is taking the supplements and that somewhat controls her issues, she is absolutely beautiful (in my eyes :-)!) and popular and planning to go to a dancing/arts school. My husband is smiling and is on and off bright eyed and active with initiative again - unbelievable, feels like a miracle -, and we even LAUGH again together, what a blessing and revival. I went from being a nervous wreck insomniac with chronic aches and pains and a chronically stuffed nose to managing to feel the fresh air in my sinuses and managing on and off after now almost 20 years to sleep 8 hours in a row with no sudden attacks of utter despair. I feel clear headed and emotionally stable and hopeful as never before, especially each time I see my kids getting slowly slowly better. My sisters happy too, one of them even says she LOOOOVES chelation, it makes her feel sooo much better, with most of her physical handicapping issues now under control. SO...my advice to you is: do your research, ask all the questions you need to ask and get started as soon as possible, don't wait as I did, especially with children. Lots can be done before kids become teenagers with their own minds. Cutler's protocol is safe, as long as you do exactly what Cutler says and what Think Tank administrators and experienced people here say.... All my heartfelt best wishes for recovery goes to all and each one of you. Thanks to Andrew Hall Cutler Andy, and thanks to all of you who have helped and still help me and to those who keep the group going.
- Rachel
Update February 2017:
This is an update for those of you who know me and a testimony on how things can change for the better addressed to newcomers to give them some hope if needed. I was admitted to the Think Tank back in 2015 when there were 6500 followers and interacted weekly with it for about a year until I pretty much understood the protocol and a bit selfishly stopped being as active in it, needing to concentrate intensively on getting my people both chelated and fed. We started Cutler's detox around mid/end of spring of 2015, my 2 kids, my husband, my 2 sisters and myself. I won't get into all the messy details of the start and the years previous, doubts, ignorance, mistakes, loads of money spent on wrong treatments etc etc. We were all pretty much doomed with chronic ailments. We had spent thousands in treatment for my at the time 16yo son who had gone from a thriving smart sporty beautiful loving sociable boy to a disheveled zombie, a walking dead, unbearably frightening , locked in his room in gut pain (2 years), yellow, shivering, low blood pressure, chronic fatigue, little eye contact, me checking whether he was still alive at night, etc. My husband who was called by his colleagues the "James Bond of the roofs" and was an amazing (in my view) photographer had become chronically IBS grumpy seemingly pre-Alzheimer, isolated, irritable, brain fogged, clogged, no memory left, sleeping most of the day, with severe chronic fatigue and pains...he stopped working and had neither the will nor the imagination to come up with ideas to solve our situation. My very logical, artsy and street smart at the time 14yo daughter was rigged by learning disabilities (and other things) and treated as stupid by some teachers due to her inability to retain anything linked to letters and numbers, and with no academic future. I basically couldn't sleep and was coming out of three hospitalizations for life endangering poly neuropathies first diagnosed as acute Guillain-Barre and then chronic poly neuropathies: couldn't swallow, couldn't walk, lost 15Kg (a good thing) my perceptions and senses were all messed up, warm felt icy, water felt salty, a knife seemed planted in my back and electricity shedding needles seemed poked in my feet and hands. Being a psychologist-psychotherapist with about 30 years of experience and loads of personal psychotherapy as well as a life-long interest in medicine, there was one thing which SAVED us all and also as a family: I somehow KNEW that all this was not psychological as in my son's case all doctors (but one) seemed to suggest and despite the fact that this thought kept tormenting me at night and filling me with huge guilt. I also somehow KNEW my husband was very sick and not "lazy, egocentric and antisocial etc" as sometimes implied and I kept fighting against the ever tempting liberating secret personal thought of divorce also fed by well-meaning friends. Anyways, long story short, here is where we're at today, about 18 months into chelation (And we only manage - for now - 12.5mg of ALA - still a long way to go...). My son is back studying (with great teachers'feedback) and looking like an attractive young man, planning activities and trips with friends. The brain fog disappeared and the gut and CFS issues come and go depending on diet and stress. My daughter is not chelating, she prefers to go out with friends but she is taking the supplements and that somewhat controls her issues, she is absolutely beautiful (in my eyes :-)!) and popular and planning to go to a dancing/arts school. My husband is smiling and is on and off bright eyed and active with initiative again - unbelievable, feels like a miracle -, and we even LAUGH again together, what a blessing and revival. I went from being a nervous wreck insomniac with chronic aches and pains and a chronically stuffed nose to managing to feel the fresh air in my sinuses and managing on and off after now almost 20 years to sleep 8 hours in a row with no sudden attacks of utter despair. I feel clear headed and emotionally stable and hopeful as never before, especially each time I see my kids getting slowly slowly better. My sisters happy too, one of them even says she LOOOOVES chelation, it makes her feel sooo much better, with most of her physical handicapping issues now under control. SO...my advice to you is: do your research, ask all the questions you need to ask and get started as soon as possible, don't wait as I did, especially with children. Lots can be done before kids become teenagers with their own minds. Cutler's protocol is safe, as long as you do exactly what Cutler says and what Think Tank administrators and experienced people here say.... All my heartfelt best wishes for recovery goes to all and each one of you. Thanks to Andrew Hall Cutler Andy, and thanks to all of you who have helped and still help me and to those who keep the group going.
- Rachel
I feel SO much better, in ways that I never imagined. Still have a ways to go but so incredibly happy to see such drastic results - things really started changing once I started ALA. I now do ALA alone and love it! My anxiety has decreased significantly since starting chelation in May 2015.
- Ryan (9 months)
- Ryan (9 months)
I am on round 51, about a year now. I am like one of our moderators, very toxic and had to start with just 1mg DMPS. I am up to 5mg dosing every 6 hours. I do four days on and three days off per week. Seeing good improvements and am hopeful. Improvements include: digestion regularized starting round 8-early 20s. Better ability to get to sleep and stay asleep. Improved immune function (caught my first cold in five years and fought it off in about five days). Better energy throughout the day. Improved outlook. I could go on.
If there is one thing I want everyone to know it is that even the smallest doses are helpful if that is all you can tolerate. No need to cowboy the process.
- S.H. (51 rounds, around 1 year)
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Update Jan 2017:
About five years ago (somewhat post unsafe amalgam removal, lots if international travel, immunizations, exposures in refugee camps, etc) I was dealing with sudden severe weight loss, IBSD+C type GI issues, nausea, stomach aches, months of pervasive dizzy/vertigo symptoms, food intolerances, heart palpitations, blood pressure drops (POTS), leading to collapse and mostly bedbound status.
Two and a half years into that mostly bedbound status, we found toxic mold in the house, which we vacated, then remediated, and that helped some. I tried a few alternative health approaches that didn't help. Acupuncture and chiropractic did help with symptoms but didn't fix anything. Then I came across ACC and started chelation at very low dose. I had significant Arsenic and Mercury. Classic all-lows, three rule hair test (test 880 if you want to check it out).
After about 97 chelation rounds, starting with just 1mg DMPS, I'm now at 15 mg DMPS (6hrs) and 5mg ALA (2hrs). I chelate 4 days on and 3 days off, every week. I had to take a short two month break that meant I had to start back lower dose but I'm good now. I feel better on round. And amazingly, I sleep ok even waking every two hours. This was one of the things I never thought I could do because my sleep was so bad, and even waking once a night for DMPS was a challenge.
I have been seeing very slow but *very significant* improvements this past year or so.
REPORT comparing my previous symptoms to current:
1. Pervasive fatigue and PEM. The worst one. I was mostly bed-bound and would get winded, and experience POTS/PEM just getting myself food to eat. 50% improved. Now I am able to do a full work week, still from home, without having to rest throughout the day. I can take a shower without a racing heart and PEM. I can do small chores around the house (I do all the laundry, a little bit each day, as my PT). Occasionally emptying the dishwasher, or cooking a meal for my kids. Anything I can do to help take some of the load off my wife. I still have very real limits to my daily energy envelope, but as long as I operate within that, I have some significant quality of life again.
2. Unrefreshing sleep, intermittent sleep, trouble falling and staying asleep. 85% improved I'm able to get to sleep and stay asleep with only occasional resort to small doses of beta blockers to calm my CNS.
3. Ongoing GI issues. IBSD and food intolerances. Digestion 100% improved, no more stomach aches, no more nausea (what a relief!). IBS D+ C 100% improved. Solid stools, normal elimination. Still have food intolerances but assume that will come back as the gut continues to heal. I think this improved first because of all the arsenic I got rid of from the DMPS. Just a theory.
4. Severe reactive hypoglycemia -- like I reacted with a massive, frightening sugar drop within fifteen minutes of eating a carrot or a piece of cheese. So I am still mega paleo, very low carb. I eat many times a day. This is improving but hard to estimate how much. I can now eat peas, many carrots, but I still can't eat fruit or bread, etc. So maybe 30% improved?
5. Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability -- nerve twitches mostly in my feet which was worst at night trying to fall asleep. I also had random twitching all over my body, some profound again at night. (Heavy metals? Viruses in the nerve cells? don't know). 80% improved -- I fall asleep most nights with very minimal peripheral nerve issues, muscle jerks, involuntary muscle fasciculations.
6. Heart arrhythmias, palpatations, chest pangs, some can lead to my limbs feeling 'sleepy' for a bit before the adrenaline kicks in. This included hospitalization for atrial fib. 80% improved with supplementation of potassium and sodium ascorbate (sodium increasing blood volume) and some periodic microdosing of beta blockers.
I still obviously have a lot of chelation to do, but the key thing for me after a period of two and a half years of declining health and helplessness/hopelessness was to see that there was something I could try (first, mold avoidance, second ACC chelation) that could positively affect my health.
Just having hope again, and for my family to see these improvements, has made SUCH a difference for us all. Endless, heartfelt thanks to all the moderators, peer supporters, and to Andrew Hall Cutler.
- S.H. (97 rounds)
If there is one thing I want everyone to know it is that even the smallest doses are helpful if that is all you can tolerate. No need to cowboy the process.
- S.H. (51 rounds, around 1 year)
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Update Jan 2017:
About five years ago (somewhat post unsafe amalgam removal, lots if international travel, immunizations, exposures in refugee camps, etc) I was dealing with sudden severe weight loss, IBSD+C type GI issues, nausea, stomach aches, months of pervasive dizzy/vertigo symptoms, food intolerances, heart palpitations, blood pressure drops (POTS), leading to collapse and mostly bedbound status.
Two and a half years into that mostly bedbound status, we found toxic mold in the house, which we vacated, then remediated, and that helped some. I tried a few alternative health approaches that didn't help. Acupuncture and chiropractic did help with symptoms but didn't fix anything. Then I came across ACC and started chelation at very low dose. I had significant Arsenic and Mercury. Classic all-lows, three rule hair test (test 880 if you want to check it out).
After about 97 chelation rounds, starting with just 1mg DMPS, I'm now at 15 mg DMPS (6hrs) and 5mg ALA (2hrs). I chelate 4 days on and 3 days off, every week. I had to take a short two month break that meant I had to start back lower dose but I'm good now. I feel better on round. And amazingly, I sleep ok even waking every two hours. This was one of the things I never thought I could do because my sleep was so bad, and even waking once a night for DMPS was a challenge.
I have been seeing very slow but *very significant* improvements this past year or so.
REPORT comparing my previous symptoms to current:
1. Pervasive fatigue and PEM. The worst one. I was mostly bed-bound and would get winded, and experience POTS/PEM just getting myself food to eat. 50% improved. Now I am able to do a full work week, still from home, without having to rest throughout the day. I can take a shower without a racing heart and PEM. I can do small chores around the house (I do all the laundry, a little bit each day, as my PT). Occasionally emptying the dishwasher, or cooking a meal for my kids. Anything I can do to help take some of the load off my wife. I still have very real limits to my daily energy envelope, but as long as I operate within that, I have some significant quality of life again.
2. Unrefreshing sleep, intermittent sleep, trouble falling and staying asleep. 85% improved I'm able to get to sleep and stay asleep with only occasional resort to small doses of beta blockers to calm my CNS.
3. Ongoing GI issues. IBSD and food intolerances. Digestion 100% improved, no more stomach aches, no more nausea (what a relief!). IBS D+ C 100% improved. Solid stools, normal elimination. Still have food intolerances but assume that will come back as the gut continues to heal. I think this improved first because of all the arsenic I got rid of from the DMPS. Just a theory.
4. Severe reactive hypoglycemia -- like I reacted with a massive, frightening sugar drop within fifteen minutes of eating a carrot or a piece of cheese. So I am still mega paleo, very low carb. I eat many times a day. This is improving but hard to estimate how much. I can now eat peas, many carrots, but I still can't eat fruit or bread, etc. So maybe 30% improved?
5. Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability -- nerve twitches mostly in my feet which was worst at night trying to fall asleep. I also had random twitching all over my body, some profound again at night. (Heavy metals? Viruses in the nerve cells? don't know). 80% improved -- I fall asleep most nights with very minimal peripheral nerve issues, muscle jerks, involuntary muscle fasciculations.
6. Heart arrhythmias, palpatations, chest pangs, some can lead to my limbs feeling 'sleepy' for a bit before the adrenaline kicks in. This included hospitalization for atrial fib. 80% improved with supplementation of potassium and sodium ascorbate (sodium increasing blood volume) and some periodic microdosing of beta blockers.
I still obviously have a lot of chelation to do, but the key thing for me after a period of two and a half years of declining health and helplessness/hopelessness was to see that there was something I could try (first, mold avoidance, second ACC chelation) that could positively affect my health.
Just having hope again, and for my family to see these improvements, has made SUCH a difference for us all. Endless, heartfelt thanks to all the moderators, peer supporters, and to Andrew Hall Cutler.
- S.H. (97 rounds)
I stumbled across this group ['Andy Cutler Chelation Think Tank' on Facebook] in April of last year. I had been suffering debilitating anxiety, insomnia, muscle pain, rashes, and social withdrawal. A biochemist had given me the diagnosis a couple years earlier of mercury poisoning after I developed a gut candida, but his treatment plan included chlorella and I got worse. My reaction to chlorella was severe anxiety, excruciating burning nerve pain, and also rage, anger, and irritability. I started chelation in June 2015 with 25 mg ALA and 6.25 DMSA. The improvements were almost immediate. Less anxiety, better sleep, nowhere near the agony and itchiness, and I started going out again. I am now at 200mg ALA 25mg DMSA. The transition is remarkable. I am 8 months in and feel fantastic after being nearly bedridden. After 14 years of "options" and 17 practitioners later, years of needless suffering and loss, I did several months of chelation and have my life back. Stick with people in the know, who are focused and care about your well being, and you will have a much better chance of recovering.
- Charles, (32 rounds, ca. 9 months)
- Charles, (32 rounds, ca. 9 months)
I have been chelating on and off for several years. It's a long boring story... but basically so far I have reversed MS (yes.... multiple sclerosis) and UC (ulcerative colitis). So far only reversed two conditions that are supposedly impossible to reverse. Still have a couple more to go. There are signs that my adrenal fatigue is getting a little better. Not sure about the hypothyroid. I have some chelating left to do.
In 1991 I had my first MS attack. Official diagnosis in 2000 based on all the criteria they use. MS diet started in 2000 after the diagnosis. Removed amalgams 2004. Started chelation about a year later. MS diagnosis reversed by the same neurologist who gave it to me in 2008. MRI lesions either gone or reduced in size. Normal neurological exam and no MS symptoms at that point. There are others who have reversed MS with amalgam removal and chelation.
The attacks were numbness, weakness, balance problems, difficulty walking. First attack my legs felt like huge pieces of wood. I was admitted to hospital and it was the docs who suspected MS.
- Linda, age 60, has been chelating on and off since 2005
In 1991 I had my first MS attack. Official diagnosis in 2000 based on all the criteria they use. MS diet started in 2000 after the diagnosis. Removed amalgams 2004. Started chelation about a year later. MS diagnosis reversed by the same neurologist who gave it to me in 2008. MRI lesions either gone or reduced in size. Normal neurological exam and no MS symptoms at that point. There are others who have reversed MS with amalgam removal and chelation.
The attacks were numbness, weakness, balance problems, difficulty walking. First attack my legs felt like huge pieces of wood. I was admitted to hospital and it was the docs who suspected MS.
- Linda, age 60, has been chelating on and off since 2005
Brian started chelating on Sept. 11th, 2011, 4 days after removal of his last amalgam.
Amalgams out 09/07/2011. 2012 is 1 year report. I took a lot of time off in 2016, so delayed updating Spring 2017.
2012: Ability to concentrate, not be distracted, ADD (cadmium) : was ~50% of best?
2015: I have to watch becoming too fixated and forgetting to do other things. Such as coming into a room to do 3 things, and doing one or two of those and 2 or 3 others I see I forgot to do but forgetting the key reason I was there like my next dose. This is definitely worse on round and rarely happens off round. So normal is around the corner.
Spring 2017: This is pretty good now. I always was he "absent-minded professor" but have always beem mercury toxic. So how much is reversible? I am headed toward the best I've ever been.
2012: Anxiety : Varies. Worlds better, but hope this is ~33% of norm
2013: in the 66%-75% range I think
2015: No appreciable anxiety. Dropped the GABA, still using glycine though.
Spring 2017: Volunteered to fill in the Tenor slot on a Barbershop Quartet Feb 13 & 14 this year. No way I would volunteer for the stress in the last 6 years until now. So the anxiety about the unknown is much reduced. Can be better yet, but pretty good.
2012: Can't find right word: `Jeopardy' is better, ~50% of norm?
2013: Still improving but forgetting words I know, too, 75%?
2015: Knowing the answer but slow on the recall. An improvement, but likely never going to have the recall of old.
Spring 2017: This is better. I know I know more of rthe Jeopary questions and am getting more to verbal response in time, But no Bruce Jennings, Maybe another 20 years of chelation? :) Anyway lost words show up later rather than nothing at all.
2012: Clumsiness: No longer a spastic, but guessing ~75% of norm.
2013: Much less so, but I am worse on round. 85%?
2015: not stubbing toes. On round with a higher dose my typing and fine motor skills suffer some, but it seems to be getting less with each dose increase, and only one more to go.
Spring 2017: The only toe nail with a black spot ws from something that fell over while my hands were full. Typing at worst on round is about as good as it got off round early on.
2012: Cognition: ~ 50% of norm judging by Soduku
2013: Soduku hard one are like mediums used to be, 75%?
2015: This has improved more. About half the time to do puzzles of a given difficulty.
Spring 2017: Easy and medium Sum Sodukus are easy now. There was a time the easy ones were just too much work. Hoping for more gains here.
2012: Concentration: in the 50-75% range
2013: Maybe a bit better 65-85%?
2015: I can concentrate very well, at times a little too focussed maybe?
Spring 2017: Can go to a room and do three or seven things I did not intend to do and still remember and do what I came to do before I leave the room. That was unheard of before. Mental notes are being remembered with some regularity though not all the way back yet (I hope).
2012: Creative thinking/Planning: can do some now, ~50%?
2013: better, can do spontaneously. 75%?
2015: This has improved a lot in setting up things that need to be done in order. Maybe 90% there?
Spring 2017: Maybe 95% back, to the best I was, but I am hoping to exceed that as I was always toxic. 150% would be really nice! :)
2012: Dark thoughts: 75-90% reduced
2013: 95%?
2015: Only with idiot drivers. :)
Spring 2017: Getting better with dumb drivers. My softer side is returning! :)
2012: Daytime Drowsiness/Narcolepsy: Chromium helped, ~80%
2013: M-folate and M- B12 helps me a lot near 100%
2015: None as long as I do not stay up late posting to FDC….
Spring 2017: Yes, this is gone if I get my 8 hours of sleep.
2012: Depression: stay at home day 1 after round, 33-50%
2013: better 75-85%? Still have that day after effect.
2015: Still a little averse to shopping the first day off of round, but don't avoid it as before.
Spring 2017: The agoraphobia and asocial tendencies are down low enough that I am close to as good as I have ever been.
2012: Disorientation (getting lost): 50-75%
2013: 85%?
2015: It just doesn't happen.
Spring 2017: The car has a nice GPS system, so I have not had to tax my sense of direction, but it seems about as good as it ever was.
2012: Dizziness: Severity & Incidence ~90%
2013: maybe 95%, 100 mg ALA can give me a little
2015: A very little if I eat a lot of thiols.
Spring 2017: I got some last round with too many late dosings, but otherwise, no dizziness.
2012: Dreaming: 100%?
2013: Dreaming in technicolor now, not wimpy pastels. 100%?
2015: Same.
Spring 2017: Dreams remembered better.
2012: Eyesight (color, depth, and field): 100% of normal?
2013: Still some improvement possible as some days are incredible.
2015: The colors are vibrant all the time. On or off round.
Spring 2017: Eyesight still improved a bit. The big floater in teh left eye is most active on round. They can be fixed now at a risk.
2012: Eyesight (alignment): Still a little say ~95%
2013: seeing a bit less of this issue 98%?
2015: This was most obvious at night. It is gone now.
Spring 2017: If tired, on round, and at night, I can get a small amount of this, bur is just blurs traffic sign text instead of seeing two semis on above the other when there is bit one.
2012: Feeling of joy/ Well Being: happens, hoping this is 33% of norm
2013: 50-75%?
2015: Much improved. The mild euphoria of ALA is back.
Spring 2017: More improvement. Humor is better. Still slow on the uptake of some forms of humor.
2012: Headache/band of tension: Comes with chelation, no estimate
2013: gone then a bit came back at 100 mg ALA
2015: No more.
Spring 2017: Yep, gone. Suspect I reallly have to screw up a round to get this now!
2012: Irritability /Anger Control: huge improvement 75-100% normal?
2013: Lithium helps! 100%
2015: Pretty laid back. Except for idiot drivers. :)
Spring 2017: The idiot drivers are less tiresome, except when they threaten my life on my bike. Getting my sweet self back.
2012: Listless, unmotivated, inability to face work: 25%?
2013: Maybe 50%? off round at 100 mg. 75% at 75 mg ALA
2015: This is in the 80+% range and I am getting things done again.
Spring 2017: Maybe another 10% improvement. Doubled the Inositol, so that may be part of that. This may go over 100% as I was always toxic.
2012: Lack of appetite: Happening more. Body getting needs?
2013: Normal now I think.
2015: Have to watch thirst being mistaken for hunger.
Spring 2017: ALA and exercise can do this. Not had this problem a lot last year and that may explain the weight gain.
2012: Long posts on forums: -100%
2013: A few exceptions, not rambling monographs
2015: The dude abides.
Spring 2017: Well these reports are long. Some of my explanations are long (or I get all these pesky questions).
2012: Longsightedness: ~95% of normal?
2013: Some days superior, others very good.
2015: Except for floaters on round, 100%.
Spring 2017: Yeah about the same.
2012: Loss of balance: ~75% of norm
2013: None unless alcohol related.
2015: Not getting this of "flop foot" stubbing my big toe.
Spring 2017: I still have some trouble balancing on one leg eyes closed, but not as bad as it was.
2012: Processing speed: maybe 50% of normal?
2013: Better, not into the quick retort yet 75%?
2015: More improvement but I am still not quick with the retort, but closer.
Spring 2017: Hope to get more, closer, almost there...
2012: Repetitive thoughts: ~75% of normal?
2013: 95%?
2015: Repetitive thoughts? What repetitive thoughts?
Spring 2017: Yes this is not the broken record anymore.
2012: Sense of dullness, `veil' `fog': 80-100% depends on day
2013: 95-100%
2015: More layers have lifted. The bad days are like the former good days.
Spring 2017: This is like an onion. More levels peel off. Her is hopig for more to come! :)
2012: Shyness/unsociability: ~50%, functional
2013: 80-90% if not on round
2015: I am 80-90 % on round and 95%+ off round
Spring 2017: Yes this is better, I am not back to the best I ever was and likely can go beyond that.
2012: Speech parsing/understanding: ~75% of normal
2013: Maybe 90%
2015: Tinnitus on round can bring it to 95%, but otherwise, it is gone.
Spring 2017: Still have some issues on round with TV dialog when the statement is out of context.
2012: Spelling/grammar: ~25-50% of normal
2013: Writing improved too. 75-80%?
2015: Back to pre amalgam out level, more improvement is likely.
Spring 2017: Not as good as it ever was but improved.
2012: Startle reflex: ~75%?
2013: 85%?
2015: None.
Spring 2017: Yes, this is gone.
2012: Manual dexterity/typng errrorz : Bad on round. 25%?
2013: Was pretty good 80%?, 100 mg of ALA maybe 50%
2015: 90-95% on round, rare off round.
Spring 2017: Still improving.
2012: Memory, Short Term: was terrible, hoping 25% of normal
2013: can be 50% on round, but maybe 75% overall?
2015: pushing 90-100% area. Hard to know how good it will get yet, but nice.
Spring 2017: Improved and improving. Expect this to exceed 100% of the best it ever was.
2012: Memory, Long Term (lead): coming back on line, 50%?
2013: hoping this is 75% as I could use some more!
2015: More hard to put a percentage on it. 80-90%?
Spring 2017: Improved and improving. Expect this to exceed 100% of the best it ever was.
2012: Migraine/Cluster Headache: Magnesium fix before chelation.
2013: I can now remember how bad these were.
2015: I forget how bad those were.
Spring 2017: These are a bad memory now. .
2012: Neuropathy/tingling/numbness: ~95%
2013: My big toes are almost back to full feeling.
2015: They are back and I am back on P-5-P.
Spring 2017: Had one recently, First in over a year. Tied to too many late doses on the same round.
2012: Noise intolerance: 50-75%?
2013: 75-90%?
2015: Still a little. Familiar sounds no. Loud music I do not know well, yes.
Spring 2017: I caught a minor taste of this recently. Nothing like it used to be, only notable in that I had not felt it in some time. Also related to a badly executed round.
2012: Tinnitus: varies but about 50% from worst to not there
2013: returns on round but quieter. Have to listen for it sometimes.
2015: Quieter again. Varies during a round. may always have some.
Spring 2017: This has been both quieter and noisier since. Worst on round. but worst now is maybe half what worst was before. You get used to the din!
2012: Vertigo: ~75% maybe more
2013: Rare now. Short life, less intense. 95%?
2015: Only if I miss a dose on round and take the next without noticing, and it is mild.
Spring 2017: A missed dose can do it still, bit otherwise it is gone.
Immune Dysfunction
2012: Asthma: essentially gone, occassional wheeze 80%?
2013: about the same maybe a bit less 90%?
2015: None
Spring 2017: Still gone.
2012: Candida/Athlete's Foot/Toe fungus/Etc.: essentially gone
2013: Nice new toenail.
2015: One toenail each foot with fungus from stubbing them. Being treated.
Spring 2017: Not quite finished curing those toe nails, Vicks Vapo Rub.
2012: Eye allergy. Redness & grit in eye, 95-100%
2013: Not getting the ‘sleep’ in the eye much at all.
2015: Not a problem.
Spring 2017: Using contacts again has increased this some.
2012: Sinus issues/drainage: 80-90% of normal?
2103: Some. 90%?
2015: Rarely get any.
Spring 2017: Had a bad cold and did not end up with sinusitis! I do not remember when that did not result in a round or two of antibiotics.
2012: Seasonal allergy response: 90% to normal?
2013: Some. 90%?
2015: I am on 2 X antihistamine and it is helping food reactions, too.
Spring 2017: I was off but am back on 2 X dose to help with histamines.
2012: Hoarse voice: sporadic, now gone 100%
2013: Yes gone.
2015: Same. Gone.
Spring 2017: Yep, fine.
2012: GI Issues Diarrhea: Only if I eat something I don't tolerate
2013: Rare even for a food I don’t tolerate to do this: I get musculoskeletal RA like symptoms instead.
2015: Only if I double up on Vitamin C.
Spring 2017: Yeah the diarrhea/constipation cycle is long over.
2012: Can't fully void: rare instead of usual, 95%?
2013: Especially rare at 1000 mg of magnesium!
2015: Do not remember the last time. Is that bad memory, or good GI work?
Spring 2017: No issue now.
2012: Beet family intolerance: still present
2013: Seems to be partly gone.
2015: Spinach is OK. Haven't tried the rest. Should try quinoa.
Spring 2017: Quinoa is high thiol. Still can’t do thiols much.
2012: Constipation: Rarely and explained, 95%?
2013: about the same,
2015: Travel gets me.
Spring 2017: Pretty much gone. Travel and schedule changes can cause it.
2012: Corn intolerance, still here
2013: still here
2015: haven't retested it.
Spring 2017: Corn is still an issue but not as bad.
2012: Dairy intolerance: 95% of normal?
2013: Biotin might have been helping the leaky gut and letting me eat dairy. Intolerant again. Maybe pushed too much problem foods too fast.
2015: May be lactose intolerant and casein and whey tolerant, but not sure yet.
Spring 2017: I just stay away from all dairy except occasional GF pizza and take the hit.
2012: Gluten intolerance: 80% of normal?
2013: The reaction is less, but I an a Celiac in waiting: No gluten!
2015: avoiding gluten the rest of my life at this point. The leaky gut fall out is hard to deal with.
Spring 2017: Still a problem and may remain one.
2012: Soy intolerance: some gain (non-wheat soy sauce)
2013: I avoid soy. I am low on testosterone so need a food with estrogen like compounds like I need man-boobs.
2015: I will test Miso soup. Fermented soy is a whole different ball game.
Spring 2017: Miso soup was too high thiol.
2012: Mineral Imbalance (absorption): unknown, seems better
2013: nothing to add
2015: No issues.
Spring 2017: Hair tests have looked normal until the one the fall of 2016. So minerals seem to be fine other than I had to add K.
2012: Nightshade family intolerance: ~80% (potatoes a minor issue)
2013: Potatoes seemed to be tolerated. Biotin? Then not.
2015: potatoes, peppers, and cooked tomatoes are back. Raw tomatoes flare my arthritis.
Spring 2017: Unchanged.
2012: Thiol intolerance: 95% (as long as I do not overdo them).
2013: about the same.
2015: I had a spell a year ago when I could eat none. They are back as long as I do not overdo them.
Spring 2017: I can get away with a little now and again. Like egg in GF bread gives a 10 point BP increase.
2012: Liver MCS (arsenic): 100% of norm (I think)
2013: Yes, normal I think. Niacinamide is good for this.
2015: Backed off the niacinamide and increased food issues. Increased niacinamide and reduced salicylate issues.
Spring 2017: The liver is happier. I think I may have shed some gallstones.
2012: Alcohol sensitivity: normal 1 or 2 drinks, beyond? 100%?
2013: Seems pretty good, maybe more like 90% though
2015: 1 drink feels normal. Two on my birthday were normal. No testing beyond this.
Spring 2017: I get a BP increase so avoid alcohol.
Endocrine issues
2012: Body temp: Off the desiccated thyroid, still need HC, ACE
2013: Ace and pregnenolone only. Low side of normal BBT.
2015: Normal temps with one Thorne ACE a day.
Spring 2017: Need more ACE, Desiccated Thyroid, and some HC as temps are a bit below normal and variable.
2012: Blacking out on standing: Once only, bad amalgam removal
2013: High BP if anything.
2015: no issues.
Spring 2017: Yeah, BP is plenty high.
2012: Cold Hands and feet: 100% with HC & ACE
2013: Have to watch being too hot.
2015: The feeling too hot was fixed with antihistamine.
Spring 2017: Some days a bit cold. Dealing with that.
2012: Energy: ~80 % of normal?
2013: more like 50%. That 80% estimate was way optimistic!
2015: I have energetic days, and not so energetic days. An improvement but I don't know how much better this will get.
Spring 2017: It is improving but there is room for more and it should exceed the norm of 10-20 years ago.
Excessive Urination: Was issue once. Fixed with supplements.
2012: Libido: Improved with testosterone & pregnenolone. 50%?
2013: A larger dose of T was needed, off scale low with treatment
2015: off T because of prostate test numbers. Have to call doc about T level it feels more normal.
Spring 2017: T is into the normal range and rising.
2012: Nose oiliness: After bad exposures, 100%
2013: No wildcatting for oil
2015: forgot about this symptom.
Spring 2017: Not a problem.
2012: Oversleeping/Late to retire: ~33%?
2013: Better but maybe 50%
2015: still an issue on round.
Spring 2017: This has not improved a lot. Suspect change when the mercury level being chelated drops enough.
2012: Weight gain (HC, lead?): struggling with, HC & Pb,! ]
2013: Avoided a gain
2015: lost and regained some weight. Need more exercise!
Spring 2017: A work in progress.
2012: Weight Loss: I wish.
2013: down 5 and avoided gain on holiday (a miracle)
2015: Was down to 185 now 200 but down from 235 in 2013.
Body
Acrodynia (page 29, AI): Bad in 1987 (bad removals) not now.
2012: Arms above the pillow (arsenic): Much less now. 70%?
2103: 90%?
2015: Sometimes.
Spring 2017: Returned with the increase in arsenic in the recent hair tests.
2012: Eye floaters: Was 100%, but Shark Liver Oil worse, now 100%
2013: Bad from bike accident a year ago. Cleared after 3 weeks off round. Now back but easier to live with.
2015: Still a bother on round.
Spring 2017: Does settle if off round awhile, but rounds make it float again.
2012: Extreme cold spell/shivering/rapid breathing: Once. 100%
2013: No return
2015: Normal temps.
Spring 2017: A little below normal a few months ago, close to being on T now.
2012: Face pain: Showed up in lag phase 100%, I hope
2013: gone and good riddance
2015: Forgot about that.
Spring 2017: No return,
2012: Fibromyalgia sore spots: 100% normal now
2013: Brief reappearance after no Epsom Salts for 3 weeks
2015: I haven't had this for so long.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Hair loss: much lower, thickening?
2013: no bald patch
2015: Thinning has returned to normal for my family.
Spring 2017: Yes getting more bald.
2012: Hair growth: More frequent haircuts.
2013: Same.
2015: Faster nail growth too.
Spring 2017: Same.
2012: Heart Pain/Angina: May be 100% of normal now (gone).
2013: Exercise related 97% of max HR a bit too long.
2015: Gone. Some heart pressure with exercise until arteries open up.
Spring 2017: Platinum exposure made this worse. Need K to help.
2012: Heart racing (tachycardia): 100%?
2013: This has not come back to haunt me.
2015: Gone
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Heart slow (bradycardia): 100%
2013: Lowest Resting pulse is about 50 instead of 46.
2015: Seems to be exercise related. More exercise and I get bradycardia.
Spring 2017: Same.
2012: Heart arrhythmia: 100%?
2013: Another scary one that is gone.
2015: Gone
Spring 2017: Gone
2012: Heart palpations: 100%?
2013: Only with the pain reliever after the accident.
2015: Gone
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: High Blood Pressure: work in progress.
2013: It remains so.
2015: I can control it with diet and medicine to most any range.
Spring 2017: Still have to monitor.
2012: Gingivitis: starting & gone with the amalgam 100%
2013: same
2015: No issues.
Spring 2017: No issues.
2012: Joint pain: 100%?
2013: The return of food intolerances was in joint pain.
2015: Nothing to note. Injured both shoulders independent from chelation, though.
Spring 2017: Have to avoid raw tomatoes.
2012: Lower lip spasm: Came in stall phase, gone? 100%?
2013: this one is gone. Have had others sporadically
2015: some hand and arm tremors with strong coffee.
Spring 2017: Occasionally get a muscle section twitching in the left glut or quad on round, otherwise, no.
2012: Microtremors: varies but guess ~75%
2013: Maybe 85%
2015: 100% gone off round maybe 95-98% on round.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Muscle pain: 100% with Epsom salts
2013: Epsom Salts still help
2015: Same.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Muscle weakness: can't estimate improvement, 50-70%?
2013: about the same, low testosterone related?
2015: Regaining strength.
Spring 2017: Regaining strength.
2012: Non-functioning leg (minutes): Not lately, 100%?
2013: an occasional but shorter duration and intensity occurrence
2015: No more.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Nail lines/spots: Increased early in chelation, gone, now back
2013: gone again
2015: Had my first in ages on left index finger and it is almost grown out now.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Peripheral neuropathy fingers: 75%?
2013: 95-100%
2015: gone.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Peripheral neuropathy toes: 50% (I hope)
2013: 90%?
2015: none.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Post-meal hypoglycemia/sleepiness: ~75%?
2013: 100% with methylation treatments
2015: none.
Spring 2017: None.
Prostate pain: Never.
Psoriasis: If that was my dandruff, then 100%
Puffy face: 100%
Skin hotspots : 100%
Skin dry patches: ~75% ; 2013: 100%
Sweating: half back with copper, 100% now?
Teeth clenching: 100%?
- Brian, (age 64, 5.5 years, total rounds: 181. Since Brian did many long rounds of up to 16 days, if one was to present the days he was effectively on round in the "standard" 3-day rounds it would result in over 240 rounds total.)
Amalgams out 09/07/2011. 2012 is 1 year report. I took a lot of time off in 2016, so delayed updating Spring 2017.
2012: Ability to concentrate, not be distracted, ADD (cadmium) : was ~50% of best?
2015: I have to watch becoming too fixated and forgetting to do other things. Such as coming into a room to do 3 things, and doing one or two of those and 2 or 3 others I see I forgot to do but forgetting the key reason I was there like my next dose. This is definitely worse on round and rarely happens off round. So normal is around the corner.
Spring 2017: This is pretty good now. I always was he "absent-minded professor" but have always beem mercury toxic. So how much is reversible? I am headed toward the best I've ever been.
2012: Anxiety : Varies. Worlds better, but hope this is ~33% of norm
2013: in the 66%-75% range I think
2015: No appreciable anxiety. Dropped the GABA, still using glycine though.
Spring 2017: Volunteered to fill in the Tenor slot on a Barbershop Quartet Feb 13 & 14 this year. No way I would volunteer for the stress in the last 6 years until now. So the anxiety about the unknown is much reduced. Can be better yet, but pretty good.
2012: Can't find right word: `Jeopardy' is better, ~50% of norm?
2013: Still improving but forgetting words I know, too, 75%?
2015: Knowing the answer but slow on the recall. An improvement, but likely never going to have the recall of old.
Spring 2017: This is better. I know I know more of rthe Jeopary questions and am getting more to verbal response in time, But no Bruce Jennings, Maybe another 20 years of chelation? :) Anyway lost words show up later rather than nothing at all.
2012: Clumsiness: No longer a spastic, but guessing ~75% of norm.
2013: Much less so, but I am worse on round. 85%?
2015: not stubbing toes. On round with a higher dose my typing and fine motor skills suffer some, but it seems to be getting less with each dose increase, and only one more to go.
Spring 2017: The only toe nail with a black spot ws from something that fell over while my hands were full. Typing at worst on round is about as good as it got off round early on.
2012: Cognition: ~ 50% of norm judging by Soduku
2013: Soduku hard one are like mediums used to be, 75%?
2015: This has improved more. About half the time to do puzzles of a given difficulty.
Spring 2017: Easy and medium Sum Sodukus are easy now. There was a time the easy ones were just too much work. Hoping for more gains here.
2012: Concentration: in the 50-75% range
2013: Maybe a bit better 65-85%?
2015: I can concentrate very well, at times a little too focussed maybe?
Spring 2017: Can go to a room and do three or seven things I did not intend to do and still remember and do what I came to do before I leave the room. That was unheard of before. Mental notes are being remembered with some regularity though not all the way back yet (I hope).
2012: Creative thinking/Planning: can do some now, ~50%?
2013: better, can do spontaneously. 75%?
2015: This has improved a lot in setting up things that need to be done in order. Maybe 90% there?
Spring 2017: Maybe 95% back, to the best I was, but I am hoping to exceed that as I was always toxic. 150% would be really nice! :)
2012: Dark thoughts: 75-90% reduced
2013: 95%?
2015: Only with idiot drivers. :)
Spring 2017: Getting better with dumb drivers. My softer side is returning! :)
2012: Daytime Drowsiness/Narcolepsy: Chromium helped, ~80%
2013: M-folate and M- B12 helps me a lot near 100%
2015: None as long as I do not stay up late posting to FDC….
Spring 2017: Yes, this is gone if I get my 8 hours of sleep.
2012: Depression: stay at home day 1 after round, 33-50%
2013: better 75-85%? Still have that day after effect.
2015: Still a little averse to shopping the first day off of round, but don't avoid it as before.
Spring 2017: The agoraphobia and asocial tendencies are down low enough that I am close to as good as I have ever been.
2012: Disorientation (getting lost): 50-75%
2013: 85%?
2015: It just doesn't happen.
Spring 2017: The car has a nice GPS system, so I have not had to tax my sense of direction, but it seems about as good as it ever was.
2012: Dizziness: Severity & Incidence ~90%
2013: maybe 95%, 100 mg ALA can give me a little
2015: A very little if I eat a lot of thiols.
Spring 2017: I got some last round with too many late dosings, but otherwise, no dizziness.
2012: Dreaming: 100%?
2013: Dreaming in technicolor now, not wimpy pastels. 100%?
2015: Same.
Spring 2017: Dreams remembered better.
2012: Eyesight (color, depth, and field): 100% of normal?
2013: Still some improvement possible as some days are incredible.
2015: The colors are vibrant all the time. On or off round.
Spring 2017: Eyesight still improved a bit. The big floater in teh left eye is most active on round. They can be fixed now at a risk.
2012: Eyesight (alignment): Still a little say ~95%
2013: seeing a bit less of this issue 98%?
2015: This was most obvious at night. It is gone now.
Spring 2017: If tired, on round, and at night, I can get a small amount of this, bur is just blurs traffic sign text instead of seeing two semis on above the other when there is bit one.
2012: Feeling of joy/ Well Being: happens, hoping this is 33% of norm
2013: 50-75%?
2015: Much improved. The mild euphoria of ALA is back.
Spring 2017: More improvement. Humor is better. Still slow on the uptake of some forms of humor.
2012: Headache/band of tension: Comes with chelation, no estimate
2013: gone then a bit came back at 100 mg ALA
2015: No more.
Spring 2017: Yep, gone. Suspect I reallly have to screw up a round to get this now!
2012: Irritability /Anger Control: huge improvement 75-100% normal?
2013: Lithium helps! 100%
2015: Pretty laid back. Except for idiot drivers. :)
Spring 2017: The idiot drivers are less tiresome, except when they threaten my life on my bike. Getting my sweet self back.
2012: Listless, unmotivated, inability to face work: 25%?
2013: Maybe 50%? off round at 100 mg. 75% at 75 mg ALA
2015: This is in the 80+% range and I am getting things done again.
Spring 2017: Maybe another 10% improvement. Doubled the Inositol, so that may be part of that. This may go over 100% as I was always toxic.
2012: Lack of appetite: Happening more. Body getting needs?
2013: Normal now I think.
2015: Have to watch thirst being mistaken for hunger.
Spring 2017: ALA and exercise can do this. Not had this problem a lot last year and that may explain the weight gain.
2012: Long posts on forums: -100%
2013: A few exceptions, not rambling monographs
2015: The dude abides.
Spring 2017: Well these reports are long. Some of my explanations are long (or I get all these pesky questions).
2012: Longsightedness: ~95% of normal?
2013: Some days superior, others very good.
2015: Except for floaters on round, 100%.
Spring 2017: Yeah about the same.
2012: Loss of balance: ~75% of norm
2013: None unless alcohol related.
2015: Not getting this of "flop foot" stubbing my big toe.
Spring 2017: I still have some trouble balancing on one leg eyes closed, but not as bad as it was.
2012: Processing speed: maybe 50% of normal?
2013: Better, not into the quick retort yet 75%?
2015: More improvement but I am still not quick with the retort, but closer.
Spring 2017: Hope to get more, closer, almost there...
2012: Repetitive thoughts: ~75% of normal?
2013: 95%?
2015: Repetitive thoughts? What repetitive thoughts?
Spring 2017: Yes this is not the broken record anymore.
2012: Sense of dullness, `veil' `fog': 80-100% depends on day
2013: 95-100%
2015: More layers have lifted. The bad days are like the former good days.
Spring 2017: This is like an onion. More levels peel off. Her is hopig for more to come! :)
2012: Shyness/unsociability: ~50%, functional
2013: 80-90% if not on round
2015: I am 80-90 % on round and 95%+ off round
Spring 2017: Yes this is better, I am not back to the best I ever was and likely can go beyond that.
2012: Speech parsing/understanding: ~75% of normal
2013: Maybe 90%
2015: Tinnitus on round can bring it to 95%, but otherwise, it is gone.
Spring 2017: Still have some issues on round with TV dialog when the statement is out of context.
2012: Spelling/grammar: ~25-50% of normal
2013: Writing improved too. 75-80%?
2015: Back to pre amalgam out level, more improvement is likely.
Spring 2017: Not as good as it ever was but improved.
2012: Startle reflex: ~75%?
2013: 85%?
2015: None.
Spring 2017: Yes, this is gone.
2012: Manual dexterity/typng errrorz : Bad on round. 25%?
2013: Was pretty good 80%?, 100 mg of ALA maybe 50%
2015: 90-95% on round, rare off round.
Spring 2017: Still improving.
2012: Memory, Short Term: was terrible, hoping 25% of normal
2013: can be 50% on round, but maybe 75% overall?
2015: pushing 90-100% area. Hard to know how good it will get yet, but nice.
Spring 2017: Improved and improving. Expect this to exceed 100% of the best it ever was.
2012: Memory, Long Term (lead): coming back on line, 50%?
2013: hoping this is 75% as I could use some more!
2015: More hard to put a percentage on it. 80-90%?
Spring 2017: Improved and improving. Expect this to exceed 100% of the best it ever was.
2012: Migraine/Cluster Headache: Magnesium fix before chelation.
2013: I can now remember how bad these were.
2015: I forget how bad those were.
Spring 2017: These are a bad memory now. .
2012: Neuropathy/tingling/numbness: ~95%
2013: My big toes are almost back to full feeling.
2015: They are back and I am back on P-5-P.
Spring 2017: Had one recently, First in over a year. Tied to too many late doses on the same round.
2012: Noise intolerance: 50-75%?
2013: 75-90%?
2015: Still a little. Familiar sounds no. Loud music I do not know well, yes.
Spring 2017: I caught a minor taste of this recently. Nothing like it used to be, only notable in that I had not felt it in some time. Also related to a badly executed round.
2012: Tinnitus: varies but about 50% from worst to not there
2013: returns on round but quieter. Have to listen for it sometimes.
2015: Quieter again. Varies during a round. may always have some.
Spring 2017: This has been both quieter and noisier since. Worst on round. but worst now is maybe half what worst was before. You get used to the din!
2012: Vertigo: ~75% maybe more
2013: Rare now. Short life, less intense. 95%?
2015: Only if I miss a dose on round and take the next without noticing, and it is mild.
Spring 2017: A missed dose can do it still, bit otherwise it is gone.
Immune Dysfunction
2012: Asthma: essentially gone, occassional wheeze 80%?
2013: about the same maybe a bit less 90%?
2015: None
Spring 2017: Still gone.
2012: Candida/Athlete's Foot/Toe fungus/Etc.: essentially gone
2013: Nice new toenail.
2015: One toenail each foot with fungus from stubbing them. Being treated.
Spring 2017: Not quite finished curing those toe nails, Vicks Vapo Rub.
2012: Eye allergy. Redness & grit in eye, 95-100%
2013: Not getting the ‘sleep’ in the eye much at all.
2015: Not a problem.
Spring 2017: Using contacts again has increased this some.
2012: Sinus issues/drainage: 80-90% of normal?
2103: Some. 90%?
2015: Rarely get any.
Spring 2017: Had a bad cold and did not end up with sinusitis! I do not remember when that did not result in a round or two of antibiotics.
2012: Seasonal allergy response: 90% to normal?
2013: Some. 90%?
2015: I am on 2 X antihistamine and it is helping food reactions, too.
Spring 2017: I was off but am back on 2 X dose to help with histamines.
2012: Hoarse voice: sporadic, now gone 100%
2013: Yes gone.
2015: Same. Gone.
Spring 2017: Yep, fine.
2012: GI Issues Diarrhea: Only if I eat something I don't tolerate
2013: Rare even for a food I don’t tolerate to do this: I get musculoskeletal RA like symptoms instead.
2015: Only if I double up on Vitamin C.
Spring 2017: Yeah the diarrhea/constipation cycle is long over.
2012: Can't fully void: rare instead of usual, 95%?
2013: Especially rare at 1000 mg of magnesium!
2015: Do not remember the last time. Is that bad memory, or good GI work?
Spring 2017: No issue now.
2012: Beet family intolerance: still present
2013: Seems to be partly gone.
2015: Spinach is OK. Haven't tried the rest. Should try quinoa.
Spring 2017: Quinoa is high thiol. Still can’t do thiols much.
2012: Constipation: Rarely and explained, 95%?
2013: about the same,
2015: Travel gets me.
Spring 2017: Pretty much gone. Travel and schedule changes can cause it.
2012: Corn intolerance, still here
2013: still here
2015: haven't retested it.
Spring 2017: Corn is still an issue but not as bad.
2012: Dairy intolerance: 95% of normal?
2013: Biotin might have been helping the leaky gut and letting me eat dairy. Intolerant again. Maybe pushed too much problem foods too fast.
2015: May be lactose intolerant and casein and whey tolerant, but not sure yet.
Spring 2017: I just stay away from all dairy except occasional GF pizza and take the hit.
2012: Gluten intolerance: 80% of normal?
2013: The reaction is less, but I an a Celiac in waiting: No gluten!
2015: avoiding gluten the rest of my life at this point. The leaky gut fall out is hard to deal with.
Spring 2017: Still a problem and may remain one.
2012: Soy intolerance: some gain (non-wheat soy sauce)
2013: I avoid soy. I am low on testosterone so need a food with estrogen like compounds like I need man-boobs.
2015: I will test Miso soup. Fermented soy is a whole different ball game.
Spring 2017: Miso soup was too high thiol.
2012: Mineral Imbalance (absorption): unknown, seems better
2013: nothing to add
2015: No issues.
Spring 2017: Hair tests have looked normal until the one the fall of 2016. So minerals seem to be fine other than I had to add K.
2012: Nightshade family intolerance: ~80% (potatoes a minor issue)
2013: Potatoes seemed to be tolerated. Biotin? Then not.
2015: potatoes, peppers, and cooked tomatoes are back. Raw tomatoes flare my arthritis.
Spring 2017: Unchanged.
2012: Thiol intolerance: 95% (as long as I do not overdo them).
2013: about the same.
2015: I had a spell a year ago when I could eat none. They are back as long as I do not overdo them.
Spring 2017: I can get away with a little now and again. Like egg in GF bread gives a 10 point BP increase.
2012: Liver MCS (arsenic): 100% of norm (I think)
2013: Yes, normal I think. Niacinamide is good for this.
2015: Backed off the niacinamide and increased food issues. Increased niacinamide and reduced salicylate issues.
Spring 2017: The liver is happier. I think I may have shed some gallstones.
2012: Alcohol sensitivity: normal 1 or 2 drinks, beyond? 100%?
2013: Seems pretty good, maybe more like 90% though
2015: 1 drink feels normal. Two on my birthday were normal. No testing beyond this.
Spring 2017: I get a BP increase so avoid alcohol.
Endocrine issues
2012: Body temp: Off the desiccated thyroid, still need HC, ACE
2013: Ace and pregnenolone only. Low side of normal BBT.
2015: Normal temps with one Thorne ACE a day.
Spring 2017: Need more ACE, Desiccated Thyroid, and some HC as temps are a bit below normal and variable.
2012: Blacking out on standing: Once only, bad amalgam removal
2013: High BP if anything.
2015: no issues.
Spring 2017: Yeah, BP is plenty high.
2012: Cold Hands and feet: 100% with HC & ACE
2013: Have to watch being too hot.
2015: The feeling too hot was fixed with antihistamine.
Spring 2017: Some days a bit cold. Dealing with that.
2012: Energy: ~80 % of normal?
2013: more like 50%. That 80% estimate was way optimistic!
2015: I have energetic days, and not so energetic days. An improvement but I don't know how much better this will get.
Spring 2017: It is improving but there is room for more and it should exceed the norm of 10-20 years ago.
Excessive Urination: Was issue once. Fixed with supplements.
2012: Libido: Improved with testosterone & pregnenolone. 50%?
2013: A larger dose of T was needed, off scale low with treatment
2015: off T because of prostate test numbers. Have to call doc about T level it feels more normal.
Spring 2017: T is into the normal range and rising.
2012: Nose oiliness: After bad exposures, 100%
2013: No wildcatting for oil
2015: forgot about this symptom.
Spring 2017: Not a problem.
2012: Oversleeping/Late to retire: ~33%?
2013: Better but maybe 50%
2015: still an issue on round.
Spring 2017: This has not improved a lot. Suspect change when the mercury level being chelated drops enough.
2012: Weight gain (HC, lead?): struggling with, HC & Pb,! ]
2013: Avoided a gain
2015: lost and regained some weight. Need more exercise!
Spring 2017: A work in progress.
2012: Weight Loss: I wish.
2013: down 5 and avoided gain on holiday (a miracle)
2015: Was down to 185 now 200 but down from 235 in 2013.
Body
Acrodynia (page 29, AI): Bad in 1987 (bad removals) not now.
2012: Arms above the pillow (arsenic): Much less now. 70%?
2103: 90%?
2015: Sometimes.
Spring 2017: Returned with the increase in arsenic in the recent hair tests.
2012: Eye floaters: Was 100%, but Shark Liver Oil worse, now 100%
2013: Bad from bike accident a year ago. Cleared after 3 weeks off round. Now back but easier to live with.
2015: Still a bother on round.
Spring 2017: Does settle if off round awhile, but rounds make it float again.
2012: Extreme cold spell/shivering/rapid breathing: Once. 100%
2013: No return
2015: Normal temps.
Spring 2017: A little below normal a few months ago, close to being on T now.
2012: Face pain: Showed up in lag phase 100%, I hope
2013: gone and good riddance
2015: Forgot about that.
Spring 2017: No return,
2012: Fibromyalgia sore spots: 100% normal now
2013: Brief reappearance after no Epsom Salts for 3 weeks
2015: I haven't had this for so long.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Hair loss: much lower, thickening?
2013: no bald patch
2015: Thinning has returned to normal for my family.
Spring 2017: Yes getting more bald.
2012: Hair growth: More frequent haircuts.
2013: Same.
2015: Faster nail growth too.
Spring 2017: Same.
2012: Heart Pain/Angina: May be 100% of normal now (gone).
2013: Exercise related 97% of max HR a bit too long.
2015: Gone. Some heart pressure with exercise until arteries open up.
Spring 2017: Platinum exposure made this worse. Need K to help.
2012: Heart racing (tachycardia): 100%?
2013: This has not come back to haunt me.
2015: Gone
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Heart slow (bradycardia): 100%
2013: Lowest Resting pulse is about 50 instead of 46.
2015: Seems to be exercise related. More exercise and I get bradycardia.
Spring 2017: Same.
2012: Heart arrhythmia: 100%?
2013: Another scary one that is gone.
2015: Gone
Spring 2017: Gone
2012: Heart palpations: 100%?
2013: Only with the pain reliever after the accident.
2015: Gone
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: High Blood Pressure: work in progress.
2013: It remains so.
2015: I can control it with diet and medicine to most any range.
Spring 2017: Still have to monitor.
2012: Gingivitis: starting & gone with the amalgam 100%
2013: same
2015: No issues.
Spring 2017: No issues.
2012: Joint pain: 100%?
2013: The return of food intolerances was in joint pain.
2015: Nothing to note. Injured both shoulders independent from chelation, though.
Spring 2017: Have to avoid raw tomatoes.
2012: Lower lip spasm: Came in stall phase, gone? 100%?
2013: this one is gone. Have had others sporadically
2015: some hand and arm tremors with strong coffee.
Spring 2017: Occasionally get a muscle section twitching in the left glut or quad on round, otherwise, no.
2012: Microtremors: varies but guess ~75%
2013: Maybe 85%
2015: 100% gone off round maybe 95-98% on round.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Muscle pain: 100% with Epsom salts
2013: Epsom Salts still help
2015: Same.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Muscle weakness: can't estimate improvement, 50-70%?
2013: about the same, low testosterone related?
2015: Regaining strength.
Spring 2017: Regaining strength.
2012: Non-functioning leg (minutes): Not lately, 100%?
2013: an occasional but shorter duration and intensity occurrence
2015: No more.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Nail lines/spots: Increased early in chelation, gone, now back
2013: gone again
2015: Had my first in ages on left index finger and it is almost grown out now.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Peripheral neuropathy fingers: 75%?
2013: 95-100%
2015: gone.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Peripheral neuropathy toes: 50% (I hope)
2013: 90%?
2015: none.
Spring 2017: Gone.
2012: Post-meal hypoglycemia/sleepiness: ~75%?
2013: 100% with methylation treatments
2015: none.
Spring 2017: None.
Prostate pain: Never.
Psoriasis: If that was my dandruff, then 100%
Puffy face: 100%
Skin hotspots : 100%
Skin dry patches: ~75% ; 2013: 100%
Sweating: half back with copper, 100% now?
Teeth clenching: 100%?
- Brian, (age 64, 5.5 years, total rounds: 181. Since Brian did many long rounds of up to 16 days, if one was to present the days he was effectively on round in the "standard" 3-day rounds it would result in over 240 rounds total.)
I'm recovering from eight amalgams put in when I was around thirteen (after removal of braces), three amalgams in my deciduous teeth, about five years of allergy shots as a pre-teen, vaccinations, Mercurochrome, broken thermometers, exposure to many broken florescent tubes, and growing up in a house that had a bottle of mercury in the basement (yes, really).
My improvements so far:
Erethism - 95% improved
Brain fog - Cured
Hay fever - 50% improved
Insomnia - Cured
Crying fits - 99% improved
Anxiety - 90% improved
Social Phobia - 90% improved
Light Sensitivity - 70% improved
sound sensitivity - 70% improved
Dry, itchty eyes - 90% improved
Poor memory - Cured
Inability to concentrate - Cured
Migraines - Cured
Mouth sores - Cured
Sciatica - Cured
Back pain - Cured
Three years ago I was either out-of-control angry or crying like a baby all of the time. I would spend days crying and then I'd want to smash things. I could not effectively function in day-to-day life. Brain fog and poor memory were so bad that I could barely function at work. My erethism caused much pain and anguish in me an also in many others. I spent 35 years incredibly angry and unable to maintain relationships with others. I've lost relationships with loved ones, lost jobs, pissed off people everywhere, and obviously achieved much less in life than I likely would have without this poisoning. Additionally I've lived in physical pain for all this time. The second year of chelation was particularly difficult, I experienced a long dump phase. I spent several months in emotional agony and hardly left the house. If you're going to undertake chelation, the dump phase will likely be a difficult time for you. Don't give up, the rewards for persevering are wonderful! Today, after chelating for almost three years, I'm a new person. I sleep like a log, remember everything, and can concentrate better than at any time in my life. I don't feel like smashing things. And best of all, I'm rebuilding relationships with people who are important to me. I expect that I have another year or so of chelation left. I look forward to finishing and living the rest of my life as a normal person. My recovery has been truly amazing!
- Paul, (age 50, 33 months)
My improvements so far:
Erethism - 95% improved
Brain fog - Cured
Hay fever - 50% improved
Insomnia - Cured
Crying fits - 99% improved
Anxiety - 90% improved
Social Phobia - 90% improved
Light Sensitivity - 70% improved
sound sensitivity - 70% improved
Dry, itchty eyes - 90% improved
Poor memory - Cured
Inability to concentrate - Cured
Migraines - Cured
Mouth sores - Cured
Sciatica - Cured
Back pain - Cured
Three years ago I was either out-of-control angry or crying like a baby all of the time. I would spend days crying and then I'd want to smash things. I could not effectively function in day-to-day life. Brain fog and poor memory were so bad that I could barely function at work. My erethism caused much pain and anguish in me an also in many others. I spent 35 years incredibly angry and unable to maintain relationships with others. I've lost relationships with loved ones, lost jobs, pissed off people everywhere, and obviously achieved much less in life than I likely would have without this poisoning. Additionally I've lived in physical pain for all this time. The second year of chelation was particularly difficult, I experienced a long dump phase. I spent several months in emotional agony and hardly left the house. If you're going to undertake chelation, the dump phase will likely be a difficult time for you. Don't give up, the rewards for persevering are wonderful! Today, after chelating for almost three years, I'm a new person. I sleep like a log, remember everything, and can concentrate better than at any time in my life. I don't feel like smashing things. And best of all, I'm rebuilding relationships with people who are important to me. I expect that I have another year or so of chelation left. I look forward to finishing and living the rest of my life as a normal person. My recovery has been truly amazing!
- Paul, (age 50, 33 months)
This is me at my sickest, a day or two after having half my amalgams removed - studying "Amalgam Illness" by Andrew Cutler and reading the forums!
Here is my latest progress report:
* I have managed to get 83 rounds since I started chelation 21 months ago. I still chelate at low doses. This minimizes side effects, keeping it easy for me.
* MCS was severe and isolating. I had high sensitivity, especially to smells. Perfumes have triggered migraines, severe nausea, anxiety and even panic attacks. Because of this, I rarely went out in public.
* Today, MCS is not the issue it once was. Although I still do not like artificial scents, they no longer make me ill.
* Migraines - I started getting headaches in the late 1990s. By 2005 or so, the headaches came with neck and shoulder tension and digestive symptoms like nausea, occasional vomiting. I would typically spend 1-2 days a week in bed, in pain, with the curtains drawn. By 2012, I was in constant pain.
* Today, I rarely get headaches. I am down to 1-2 a month, and they are not as severe as before.
* I have managed to get 83 rounds since I started chelation 21 months ago. I still chelate at low doses. This minimizes side effects, keeping it easy for me.
* MCS was severe and isolating. I had high sensitivity, especially to smells. Perfumes have triggered migraines, severe nausea, anxiety and even panic attacks. Because of this, I rarely went out in public.
* Today, MCS is not the issue it once was. Although I still do not like artificial scents, they no longer make me ill.
* Migraines - I started getting headaches in the late 1990s. By 2005 or so, the headaches came with neck and shoulder tension and digestive symptoms like nausea, occasional vomiting. I would typically spend 1-2 days a week in bed, in pain, with the curtains drawn. By 2012, I was in constant pain.
* Today, I rarely get headaches. I am down to 1-2 a month, and they are not as severe as before.
After 67 rounds of the Andrew Cutler chelation protocol.
* I had many food sensitivities, likely due to intestinal permeability. So severe that I ate the same “safe” foods every day.
* I followed the GAPS diet, a gut healing protocol, for one year. I can now tolerate foods like potatoes that I could not tolerate before. I still eat an organic whole foods diet and will likely stick with it when I am completely recovered.
* Tinnitus was absolutely maddening. Over the years, it grew from a faint high-pitched tone to a loud tone, and in 2014 I started to hear a creaking sound in my left ear, like a metal cricket chirping very loudly, over and over.
* Today, it has dialed back to a faint high-pitched dial tone with the occasional barely noticeable chirp. It’s still there, but it isn’t driving me bonkers.
* PMS with Pit of Despair crankiness - I experienced severe anxiety and rage at that time of the month. My symptoms fit the profile of oppositional defiant disorder during or a few days after onset of period.
* Today, a little crankiness and discomfort at that time of the month. No big deal.
* Infertility - was and is. Since I am just getting my health straightened out for the first time at age 43, I am not sure children are in the cards for me.
* Chronic fatigue was truly crippling. At the height of my illness, I had very little energy to give. I was done, couch-bound by 3 pm most days. I felt drained by company. It was a hard slog just to get up and be productive.
* Today, fatigue sets in occasionally, but it’s not as frequent or severe as before. I can work regular days and even go out in the evenings sometimes.
* Cognitive difficulties. I was foggy headed all the time. My intelligence declined. I was severely distractable. I was unable to do some the complex mental tasks that my job requires, and referred a lot of work to others. I was having trouble remembering everyday conversations, like my husband telling me where he was going, or what we had talked about 2 minutes ago. I would often lose the thread of conversations.
* Today, my memory is much better. Although it is still hard to stay on task sometimes, I get more work done and am more present in my life. My cognitive functions have come back. A year ago, I enrolled in a training program for a new career. I enjoy learning and am doing well.
* Life was heavy and serious all the time. Life was not fun even though I had a lot going for me. I felt like I couldn't cope with "the world" anymore.
* Although my joy has not fully returned, there are glimpses of it now.
* An unexpected result of getting better is looking back at the trail of stupid decisions and ruined relationships in my past. As I move more completely out of “crisis mode” and into regular life, I find there is a lot of grief and regret that I must come to terms with.
* Emotional fragility and volatility since childhood. My default emotions were anxiety and anger, and I was unable to push back or assert myself without losing my cool.
* Emotions are still strong, but not as intense as they used to me. My emotional range is back— when I feel sad or hurt, I can express the sadness or hurt without bringing anger to it.
* I still have not completely recovered my joy and enthusiasm for life, but things are much better than they were.
* Anxiety/PTSD were severe. My sympathetic nervous system was on high alert 100% of the time.
* Today, I can handle stress without flipping out.
* Symptoms that have completely resolved:
* TMJ, frequent infections (URIs, UTIs), tooth decay, gall stones, electrosensitivity
I cannot say enough about this protocol. It is slow but effective. I can't ever repay the kindness of the people responsible for getting the word out and setting up sites like this one. And of course to Andy for sharing the protocol and showing so many people the way to recover their health. I truly can't thank you all enough. Detailed notes on my symptoms in my progress reports:
- 7 rounds progress report
- 20 rounds progress report
- 30 rounds progress report
- 50 rounds progress report
Update March 2016: I passed another large gallstone followed by what felt like “gall gravel” or old, thickened bile that was very toxic and brought on a ferocious headache as it made its way through my system. I suspect this is a decade or so of accumulated toxic gunk clearing out. As much as passing a gallstone sucks, ultimately I think it's a good thing.
- Molly, (43 yo, 80+ rounds)
* I followed the GAPS diet, a gut healing protocol, for one year. I can now tolerate foods like potatoes that I could not tolerate before. I still eat an organic whole foods diet and will likely stick with it when I am completely recovered.
* Tinnitus was absolutely maddening. Over the years, it grew from a faint high-pitched tone to a loud tone, and in 2014 I started to hear a creaking sound in my left ear, like a metal cricket chirping very loudly, over and over.
* Today, it has dialed back to a faint high-pitched dial tone with the occasional barely noticeable chirp. It’s still there, but it isn’t driving me bonkers.
* PMS with Pit of Despair crankiness - I experienced severe anxiety and rage at that time of the month. My symptoms fit the profile of oppositional defiant disorder during or a few days after onset of period.
* Today, a little crankiness and discomfort at that time of the month. No big deal.
* Infertility - was and is. Since I am just getting my health straightened out for the first time at age 43, I am not sure children are in the cards for me.
* Chronic fatigue was truly crippling. At the height of my illness, I had very little energy to give. I was done, couch-bound by 3 pm most days. I felt drained by company. It was a hard slog just to get up and be productive.
* Today, fatigue sets in occasionally, but it’s not as frequent or severe as before. I can work regular days and even go out in the evenings sometimes.
* Cognitive difficulties. I was foggy headed all the time. My intelligence declined. I was severely distractable. I was unable to do some the complex mental tasks that my job requires, and referred a lot of work to others. I was having trouble remembering everyday conversations, like my husband telling me where he was going, or what we had talked about 2 minutes ago. I would often lose the thread of conversations.
* Today, my memory is much better. Although it is still hard to stay on task sometimes, I get more work done and am more present in my life. My cognitive functions have come back. A year ago, I enrolled in a training program for a new career. I enjoy learning and am doing well.
* Life was heavy and serious all the time. Life was not fun even though I had a lot going for me. I felt like I couldn't cope with "the world" anymore.
* Although my joy has not fully returned, there are glimpses of it now.
* An unexpected result of getting better is looking back at the trail of stupid decisions and ruined relationships in my past. As I move more completely out of “crisis mode” and into regular life, I find there is a lot of grief and regret that I must come to terms with.
* Emotional fragility and volatility since childhood. My default emotions were anxiety and anger, and I was unable to push back or assert myself without losing my cool.
* Emotions are still strong, but not as intense as they used to me. My emotional range is back— when I feel sad or hurt, I can express the sadness or hurt without bringing anger to it.
* I still have not completely recovered my joy and enthusiasm for life, but things are much better than they were.
* Anxiety/PTSD were severe. My sympathetic nervous system was on high alert 100% of the time.
* Today, I can handle stress without flipping out.
* Symptoms that have completely resolved:
* TMJ, frequent infections (URIs, UTIs), tooth decay, gall stones, electrosensitivity
I cannot say enough about this protocol. It is slow but effective. I can't ever repay the kindness of the people responsible for getting the word out and setting up sites like this one. And of course to Andy for sharing the protocol and showing so many people the way to recover their health. I truly can't thank you all enough. Detailed notes on my symptoms in my progress reports:
- 7 rounds progress report
- 20 rounds progress report
- 30 rounds progress report
- 50 rounds progress report
Update March 2016: I passed another large gallstone followed by what felt like “gall gravel” or old, thickened bile that was very toxic and brought on a ferocious headache as it made its way through my system. I suspect this is a decade or so of accumulated toxic gunk clearing out. As much as passing a gallstone sucks, ultimately I think it's a good thing.
- Molly, (43 yo, 80+ rounds)
Mercury-Mitochondria-Methylation-Mycoplasma: Brian and I were exposed to mercury that was used on the farm. An old sprayer was our clubhouse and we had open mercury in our bedroom. My story is too long for this forum, but I'll try. I was Bipolar for years - I had all the treatments. I tested (+) for mercury and understood this to be Mad-As-A-Hatter syndrome.
Starting in January, treating mecury toxicity arrested the Bipolar (I believe it was shutting down my thyroid and pegging the T3 at top of normal) but I slipped into ME/CFS after amalgams were removed unsafely. My wife was helping me to stand. My muscles were wasting and I couldn't get my temperature up to anything approaching normal. I had lost thyroid and adrenal function. Fatigue and brain-fog were my constant companions. I had a mild transient improvement to signal the end of the dump phase but the much anticipated healing did not take place.
By 18 months I had 100 Cutler Rounds under my belt. I had been pushing the rounds hard trying to get my immune system to wake up to the 100+ polyps in my colon. I needed NK T-cells. I was going to have to have it removed and I couldn't imagine surgery with ME/CFS. I couldn't stand. I was going up the stairs hand-over-hand on the banister and that was with thyroid, and adrenal meds on board. I could walk about 300 feet and going to town would lay me up for a 3 days. I was urinating 25-35 times a day. Never did figure that out as I could not remember to count. Up 4-5 times a night. I was going every 12 min after supper. I was depressed, couldn't think, it was a very dark time. I was sent home from work incapable. This was July 2012.
A member on FDC going by "hirvinc" finally got through to me. He had tried before but I had blinders on. I had methylation problems. Methylfoalte and methylB12 turned on the lights and the depression lifted. I returned to work and was asked to be in charge. There was that much of a difference! I predicted that I was going to be MTHFR c677t and MTR++. I got the first one right and was an enzyme over with MTRR++ x2. As well a slew of other SNPs in methylation including "the frailty gene" TCN2. Transcobalamin moves B12 into the cells. I now flood my body with B12 and use osmosis/diffusion to move it into the cells and across the BBB. Guessing my SNPs caught Dr Hui's attention. I recovered slowly and the brain-fog came down to around 15- 20% a lot of the time. I could walk for a mile and light yard work for 2 hours a day.
In the spring of 2013 I had the colon out and my small intestine was connected to the rectum. I have had another 22 polyps removed from the rectum in the last 2 years. Things had plateaued for me. Life was reasonably good and in the spring of 2015 I stopped chelation at 300 rounds. (I still have some lead to chase down. I'm on sabbatical.) I was tested for stealth infections. It was a CFS panel and it showed that DNA indicated mycoplasma and HHV-6. I am into my 7th month of antibiotic = doxycycline and it has been as big of a step as the MB12 was. I can be active 7 hours a day and there are times in the day when I do not have brain-fog. I still have some residual symptoms and I am still improving slowly. I will carry the scars of this battle for the rest of my life. The colon is gone, thyroid and adrenals damaged, and the impact of decades of mental illness on myself and my family....but still, I win :)
- Brad, (61 years old, 300 rounds)
Starting in January, treating mecury toxicity arrested the Bipolar (I believe it was shutting down my thyroid and pegging the T3 at top of normal) but I slipped into ME/CFS after amalgams were removed unsafely. My wife was helping me to stand. My muscles were wasting and I couldn't get my temperature up to anything approaching normal. I had lost thyroid and adrenal function. Fatigue and brain-fog were my constant companions. I had a mild transient improvement to signal the end of the dump phase but the much anticipated healing did not take place.
By 18 months I had 100 Cutler Rounds under my belt. I had been pushing the rounds hard trying to get my immune system to wake up to the 100+ polyps in my colon. I needed NK T-cells. I was going to have to have it removed and I couldn't imagine surgery with ME/CFS. I couldn't stand. I was going up the stairs hand-over-hand on the banister and that was with thyroid, and adrenal meds on board. I could walk about 300 feet and going to town would lay me up for a 3 days. I was urinating 25-35 times a day. Never did figure that out as I could not remember to count. Up 4-5 times a night. I was going every 12 min after supper. I was depressed, couldn't think, it was a very dark time. I was sent home from work incapable. This was July 2012.
A member on FDC going by "hirvinc" finally got through to me. He had tried before but I had blinders on. I had methylation problems. Methylfoalte and methylB12 turned on the lights and the depression lifted. I returned to work and was asked to be in charge. There was that much of a difference! I predicted that I was going to be MTHFR c677t and MTR++. I got the first one right and was an enzyme over with MTRR++ x2. As well a slew of other SNPs in methylation including "the frailty gene" TCN2. Transcobalamin moves B12 into the cells. I now flood my body with B12 and use osmosis/diffusion to move it into the cells and across the BBB. Guessing my SNPs caught Dr Hui's attention. I recovered slowly and the brain-fog came down to around 15- 20% a lot of the time. I could walk for a mile and light yard work for 2 hours a day.
In the spring of 2013 I had the colon out and my small intestine was connected to the rectum. I have had another 22 polyps removed from the rectum in the last 2 years. Things had plateaued for me. Life was reasonably good and in the spring of 2015 I stopped chelation at 300 rounds. (I still have some lead to chase down. I'm on sabbatical.) I was tested for stealth infections. It was a CFS panel and it showed that DNA indicated mycoplasma and HHV-6. I am into my 7th month of antibiotic = doxycycline and it has been as big of a step as the MB12 was. I can be active 7 hours a day and there are times in the day when I do not have brain-fog. I still have some residual symptoms and I am still improving slowly. I will carry the scars of this battle for the rest of my life. The colon is gone, thyroid and adrenals damaged, and the impact of decades of mental illness on myself and my family....but still, I win :)
- Brad, (61 years old, 300 rounds)
I redid my supplement schedule yesterday to reflect the instructions in the Amalgam Illness book. About an hour in, and I have to say, this is the most "normal" I have felt in a long time: No brain fog, got the morning off to a good start, I can actually focus for once, I'm getting things done, not having to push super hard to find my words. Getting the supplements on lock is so important. Night and day difference. Also, just to be clear in case anyone is in the same boat as I am and is wondering why: I NEVER had amalgams. You don't need to have ever had amalgams to be mercury toxic. My mother had a mouth full them, the mercury load pushed to me, I was born sick, and my poor parents had no idea why. On top of that, I had vaccines and then two different rounds of allergy shots in two different states, adding extra thimerosal to the cocktail while trying to make it "better." It took 36 years, an army of doctors, and bad Dx after bad Dx for us to figure out what was really harming me, and I did it in the past five years, throwing spaghetti at the wall with my face stuck in Google searches. Now that I'm married, my husband and I are trying to make sure we get as much of this stuff out of us as possible before we try to have munchkins. I remember what being a sick baby was like. My personal choice: I'd rather wait it out for my children's sake, even if I'm going to be a bit late to the baby party... better late than never. ;) Thankfully, now that she sees I am getting better, my mother is starting down the road to get her fillings replaced. My husband had one and, watching what I was going through and not wanting to possibly reinfect me, had it replaced six months ago just in case. He's been a lot more tired than usual - likely body dump - so we're going to get a hair test done and see what we need to do. Looking forward to spending at least the second half of my life, if not more, clear and healthy, and helping as much as I can to usher the rest of my family into feeling better as well. Wishing the same for all of you.
- Demi (36 years old)
- Demi (36 years old)
Almost 40 years ago I was poisoned by mercury while working in a steel mill, but it took 35 years to find out the cause of my symptoms. I used to work below a 100 ton vat of molten steel as it was poured into ingots. One day, in the middle of a shift, I suddenly felt extremely fatigued, so I sat down behind a girder and went to sleep. The foreman found me after about half an hour but didn’t fire me as he saw how ill I looked. The next morning, I woke with a dozen painful ulcers in my throat and mouth, inflamed lymph glands in my armpits and groin, burning in the soles of my feet, and a metallic taste in my mouth. I had diarrhea which resulted in 10 to 12 bowel movements a day. These symptoms were constant for the next six months, before becoming intermittent. The onset of a bout was preceded by a metallic taste in my mouth: then I would develop painful mouth ulcers and inflamed lymph glands. I would feel listless and depressed for ten days to two weeks. I didn’t sleep well, and woke frequently during the night. Often when I slept, I felt as if there was a wrestling match going on in my head – as if something was moving around in my brain. This cycle would repeat itself every four to six weeks.
I consulted many different doctors over the years and tried many treatments, but nothing helped. About ten years after getting sick, I had all my amalgam fillings (what people call silver fillings, but which are actually 50 percent mercury) replaced with the more modern, white “composite resin” materials – but I didn’t notice any change in my symptoms. I didn’t understand then that it wasn’t enough to remove the source of the mercury, but that I also had to remove the mercury that was sequestered in my brain, kidneys, thyroid and other organs. As I got older, the frequency and severity of the ulcers slowly lessened, but I began to experience chronic fatigue. By the afternoon, I just didn’t have the energy to do anything. My insomnia worsened and later my sense of balance began to deteriorate: I often felt unsteady when walking. I developed chronic sinusitis and a permanent ache on one side of my face. I became more irritable and less sociable, preferring to spend time on my own: talking was too much effort. My level of thirst increased, and I usually drank more than four liters of liquid a day. I woke two to three times a night to urinate and to drink some water – six times on a bad night. I was exhausted nearly all the time and felt life was not worth living. Most of the people I interacted with at this time were not aware of my inner state, or my physical state, as I managed to keep it together on the outside while I was at work.
Eventually, while searching the Internet in 2010, I came across an article discussing the use of scrap metal from old cars in the production of steel. When steel is made, about 25 to 35 percent of the raw steel is provided by scrap metal, which is mainly crushed automobiles. The US government had now decreed that the mercury-containing switches used in cars had to be removed before the cars were added to the molten steel mixture, in order to reduce the amount of mercury released into the atmosphere. Eventually I found a forum on Andy Cutler’s protocol and began chelation with 12.5 mg of DMSA every 3 hours. Five years later, I take 200 mg of ALA and 20 mg DMPS. I no longer have sinus problems, chronically itchy skin, my bowel function is normal and I no longer get ulcers. My balance problems were among the first symptoms to disappear. Everyday life is no longer the struggle it once was. My exposure to mercury was higher than most people’s – the average person requires 2 to 3 years of chelation for a cure. I still have a degree of post exercise fatigue if I overdo exercise, and while my sleep pattern has improved, it could be better. Throughout the course of chelation there have been no sudden improvements – just a gradual, at the time imperceptible decline in all my symptoms.
- David Hammond, (5 years)
Mercury Poisoning: The Undiagnosed Epidemic
I consulted many different doctors over the years and tried many treatments, but nothing helped. About ten years after getting sick, I had all my amalgam fillings (what people call silver fillings, but which are actually 50 percent mercury) replaced with the more modern, white “composite resin” materials – but I didn’t notice any change in my symptoms. I didn’t understand then that it wasn’t enough to remove the source of the mercury, but that I also had to remove the mercury that was sequestered in my brain, kidneys, thyroid and other organs. As I got older, the frequency and severity of the ulcers slowly lessened, but I began to experience chronic fatigue. By the afternoon, I just didn’t have the energy to do anything. My insomnia worsened and later my sense of balance began to deteriorate: I often felt unsteady when walking. I developed chronic sinusitis and a permanent ache on one side of my face. I became more irritable and less sociable, preferring to spend time on my own: talking was too much effort. My level of thirst increased, and I usually drank more than four liters of liquid a day. I woke two to three times a night to urinate and to drink some water – six times on a bad night. I was exhausted nearly all the time and felt life was not worth living. Most of the people I interacted with at this time were not aware of my inner state, or my physical state, as I managed to keep it together on the outside while I was at work.
Eventually, while searching the Internet in 2010, I came across an article discussing the use of scrap metal from old cars in the production of steel. When steel is made, about 25 to 35 percent of the raw steel is provided by scrap metal, which is mainly crushed automobiles. The US government had now decreed that the mercury-containing switches used in cars had to be removed before the cars were added to the molten steel mixture, in order to reduce the amount of mercury released into the atmosphere. Eventually I found a forum on Andy Cutler’s protocol and began chelation with 12.5 mg of DMSA every 3 hours. Five years later, I take 200 mg of ALA and 20 mg DMPS. I no longer have sinus problems, chronically itchy skin, my bowel function is normal and I no longer get ulcers. My balance problems were among the first symptoms to disappear. Everyday life is no longer the struggle it once was. My exposure to mercury was higher than most people’s – the average person requires 2 to 3 years of chelation for a cure. I still have a degree of post exercise fatigue if I overdo exercise, and while my sleep pattern has improved, it could be better. Throughout the course of chelation there have been no sudden improvements – just a gradual, at the time imperceptible decline in all my symptoms.
- David Hammond, (5 years)
Mercury Poisoning: The Undiagnosed Epidemic
I would like to be the first to submit my testimonial as I was the person who asked for this page to be set up. So many people need encouragement, and so many others just mention their progress in passing on the various forums and then the comments go off and disappear in to the ether. The person who made the comment tends to disappear, too, because they feel better and just go back to getting on with their life.
I have been sick most of my life. I suspect it started with vaccines as a baby as my mother told me she almost lost me to a high fever and convulsions and I have wondered if that was caused by a vaccination.
I also made a lot of mistakes at the outset. I chelated with amalgams in place, and then later on with hidden amalgam. I count four years of chelating from the time I started the Cutler protocol.
This is what has improved:
No more anxiety or depression
No more brain fog. I now can come out of a parking lot and know which way to turn. I no longer feel as though I am going to rear end people when I drive.
I no longer have to pee every five minutes.
I CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT!!! What a luxury!
I feel a whole lot less marginal and weird. I am no longer attracted to marginal and weird people.
I can now lose weight if I put my mind to it and it stays off for a long time. I have gone from a size sixteen to a twelve. My skin looks beautiful and my hair is glossy. People tell me I am "aging backwards."
One complicating factor is that I have had Hep C for decades. I skated along managing it pretty well with Traditional Chinese Medicine but in the last few years it had really started to bother me. While all the stuff I mentioned above was improving, I was experiencing more and more fatigue. I just finished the three month new invention to kill the virus and it worked. My energy is starting to recover. And that is why I have finally got round to writing this testimonial!
People with mercury poisoning pretty much all complain of brain fog. but when those brain fog symptoms occur in your sixties and they seem to be getting worse, then the people around you think you are getting dementia. As far as I am concerned, all dementia is is mercury poisoning manifesting in an older person. They have a brain full of Mercury and as things do their natural falling apart process with age, then the mercury really gets its chance. The weakest link fails first, too. The docs do their sacred song and dance of naming the disease. Is it Alzheimers, or is it Lewy body or it is progressive aphasia...but really it is just mercury. Unless you were in an accident and injured your brain, that is what it is. The symptoms I had were the normal brain fog stuff of coming in to a room and having no idea why I just did that; inability to do anything intellectual, pretty much. Inability to read non fiction because I would forget the beginning of a paragraph before I got to the end.. Terrible word recall. Being in danger of rear ending people on the road. What the neurologist I saw found the most disturbing was my complaint that I had no maps in my head anymore. I had no idea how to get from point A to point B and had to just kind of head out and hope that instinct would take me where I wanted to go. When I left a parking lot, I couldn't remember which way I had come in and could absolutely not switch any directions backwards in my head, that's for sure. Now all this stuff has cleared up. I can't say when it went away....it just did...little by little and over time. I don't worry that I am going to drive out there and get all fuddled and lost anymore. A piece of advice I like to give people is: keep a log. It is astounding how fast we forget the bad stuff.
- Rebecca Lee (4 years of AC)
I have been sick most of my life. I suspect it started with vaccines as a baby as my mother told me she almost lost me to a high fever and convulsions and I have wondered if that was caused by a vaccination.
I also made a lot of mistakes at the outset. I chelated with amalgams in place, and then later on with hidden amalgam. I count four years of chelating from the time I started the Cutler protocol.
This is what has improved:
No more anxiety or depression
No more brain fog. I now can come out of a parking lot and know which way to turn. I no longer feel as though I am going to rear end people when I drive.
I no longer have to pee every five minutes.
I CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT!!! What a luxury!
I feel a whole lot less marginal and weird. I am no longer attracted to marginal and weird people.
I can now lose weight if I put my mind to it and it stays off for a long time. I have gone from a size sixteen to a twelve. My skin looks beautiful and my hair is glossy. People tell me I am "aging backwards."
One complicating factor is that I have had Hep C for decades. I skated along managing it pretty well with Traditional Chinese Medicine but in the last few years it had really started to bother me. While all the stuff I mentioned above was improving, I was experiencing more and more fatigue. I just finished the three month new invention to kill the virus and it worked. My energy is starting to recover. And that is why I have finally got round to writing this testimonial!
People with mercury poisoning pretty much all complain of brain fog. but when those brain fog symptoms occur in your sixties and they seem to be getting worse, then the people around you think you are getting dementia. As far as I am concerned, all dementia is is mercury poisoning manifesting in an older person. They have a brain full of Mercury and as things do their natural falling apart process with age, then the mercury really gets its chance. The weakest link fails first, too. The docs do their sacred song and dance of naming the disease. Is it Alzheimers, or is it Lewy body or it is progressive aphasia...but really it is just mercury. Unless you were in an accident and injured your brain, that is what it is. The symptoms I had were the normal brain fog stuff of coming in to a room and having no idea why I just did that; inability to do anything intellectual, pretty much. Inability to read non fiction because I would forget the beginning of a paragraph before I got to the end.. Terrible word recall. Being in danger of rear ending people on the road. What the neurologist I saw found the most disturbing was my complaint that I had no maps in my head anymore. I had no idea how to get from point A to point B and had to just kind of head out and hope that instinct would take me where I wanted to go. When I left a parking lot, I couldn't remember which way I had come in and could absolutely not switch any directions backwards in my head, that's for sure. Now all this stuff has cleared up. I can't say when it went away....it just did...little by little and over time. I don't worry that I am going to drive out there and get all fuddled and lost anymore. A piece of advice I like to give people is: keep a log. It is astounding how fast we forget the bad stuff.
- Rebecca Lee (4 years of AC)
I was poisoned primarily by mercury dental amalgams. I got my first one at age 10 and shortly after began experiencing shortness of breath when running. They told me I had asthma. Shortly after that I noticed floaters in my eyes. This began a slow and steady decline in my health as my dentist gave me more and more fillings. I had 13 teeth with amalgam fillings by the time I was 16. I developed chronic fatigue, often sleeping 16 hours at a time, anemia, infections, depression, anxiety, nightmares, bleeding gums, tonsillitis, teeth clenching/grinding at night and neuropathy in my feet. I even lost my peripheral vision. As I entered my late 20's I thought I was developing ADHD too. I couldn't remember things or focus anymore. I was making lists and sticking them up all over the house and my desk was covered in post-its to remind me to do things. I lost my creativity. I felt like I didn't fit in anywhere either, like I was somehow different. I became moody and slowly began to retreat from socializing because I found it exhausting. I started noticing that I wasn't hearing correctly either. The symptoms were similar to what is now called "auditory processing disorder" because what I would hear I did not interpret correctlty. Similar sounding words were easily confused. I even noticed colors were not vibrant anymore with my vision. There were so many more symptoms, and it went undetected by all the doctors I saw for these various issue. In 2006 I stumbled upon mercury poisoning and frequent dose chelation when doing some research about developmental delays in children. I had all my amalgams removed by a Huggins trained dentist. I spent almost 8 hours in a dental chair to do it. Several hours after removal it felt like a filter has been removed from my vision and I could see color as brightly and vividly as I did when I was a child. The trees were beautiful green and the sky deep blue. I never knew why things looks began looking so hazy, but now I know it was mercury affecting my vision. I began frequent dose chelation 3 months after amalgam removal.
I've spent the past 10 years chelating and nearly all of my original symptoms are gone. The only lingering issues I have is low adrenal and thyroid function but it's possible the cause is not mercury in my case. I've done 150 rounds and can take 300mg of alpha lipoic acid without any side effects or post round symptoms. It's been a long road but this protocol has really given me my life back.
- Jan Martin, co-author of Fight Autism and Win and Detoxing Kids
I've spent the past 10 years chelating and nearly all of my original symptoms are gone. The only lingering issues I have is low adrenal and thyroid function but it's possible the cause is not mercury in my case. I've done 150 rounds and can take 300mg of alpha lipoic acid without any side effects or post round symptoms. It's been a long road but this protocol has really given me my life back.
- Jan Martin, co-author of Fight Autism and Win and Detoxing Kids
I've been chelating for about 1.5 years. I used to be in so much pain. On a scale, I'd be at a constant 10. Now I'm like 1 or 2. I don't think about it much,anymore. I play basketball with people half my age and I probably have more energy and stamina than most of them. This Sunday I played basketball for,2.5 hours, sandy volleyball for 1.5 and then went to the gym for an hour. I focus better when I'm reading. I'm more sympathetic to peoples suffering. I'm not afraid to reach out to strangers. My work performance is better, just got a raise. I'd say I've done about 70 rounds, I stopped counting at 56. I'm at 100 ala only. I get better, little by little.
- Reach, (1.5 years of AC)
- Reach, (1.5 years of AC)