Necessary to test for mercury? 
Jiffer
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I have a ton of symptoms related to mercury poisoning. Candida, adrenal fatigue, hormone imbalances, thyroid problems, chronic fatigue, dizziness, frequent urination, insomnia, spacey feeling, brain fog, memory loss, problems with temperature regulation . . . and probably more.
My ND has been treating me for these things, but funny how I'm the one who brought up the possibility of mercury poisoning. I do have four Amalgam fillings and have gotten a price on replacing them from my dentist. My doctor agreed I should have them replaced (after I brought it up). When I asked her if I should test for mercury poisoning first to be sure it's an issues she said, "If you have Amalgam fillings, you have mercury poisoning." She kind of thought it was a waste of time and money to test.
What are your thoughts? If nothing else, it seems I should maybe know the levels of mercury in my system so I can test again later and see how those levels have changed. Yet, I also don't want to spend the money on the test if it's really not necessary.
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- Re: Necessary to test for mercury? indianagirl
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,952,339Many of us here are finding a lot of success with healing through Dr Wilson's Nutritional Balancing program. He tests for several metal toxicities plus toxic levels or deficiencies in various nutrients. What I have learned is that if you have one form of metal poisoning chances are you have others. And metal toxicities have shown again and again in several people I know and others stories I've read to be a huge contributing factor, if not the root cause of AF.
I would say definitely get tested and get your amalgrams replaced if you can. My holistic MD did the same thing, mentioned metal toxicity as a last resort, remote possibility. Turns out I have several, namely copper (but also mercury), which is one of the leading culprits in worsening and preventing healing in AF.
I would start working with someone who is adept at reading hair tissue mineral analysis and can guide you through the NB program. I tried several routs over the last year and this is the first one that is showing me any real success in true healing. Good Luck!
Dr Wilson's site: http://www.drlwilson.com/HAIR%20ANALYSIS/HA%20COVER%20LETTERMC.htm
There are several different healing practitioners all over that can work with you in this way, but this is my personal nutritionist, we do everything over the phone and email, it's super easy:
http://avivaallergy.com/
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- Re: Necessary to test for mercury? Michael B
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This is a reply to # 1,952,339"If you have Amalgam fillings, you have mercury poisoning."
Yep glad you found a competent doctor with common sense. It may still serve you to get a hair test done, to monitor your progress with chelation.- Re: Necessary to test for mercury? indianagirl
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This is a reply to # 1,952,383I would be careful with straight chelation of one metal while dealing with AF. My nutritionist and I were just talking about this a few days ago. She did chelation before doing nutritional balancing and after all that she still had a lot of metal toxicity. The body has to be strong enough and nourished properly to be able to really release and eliminate these things. Chelation can be really hard on a person, especially if you are already in a weakened state.
- Re: Necessary to test for mercury? Jiffer
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This is a reply to # 1,952,430I fully agree and was just reading about that on Dr. Mercola's site today. He has a mercury detox protocol and also gives advice on how to prepare the body before removal of fillings.
I've been so strict with my diet because of the candida, and taking so many supplements, I can't imagine I could get to much more of a healthy state pre-mercury detox, since ultimately my health won't really improve until I rid my body of mercury.
However, there are a few things I can do to boost my immune system even more, and he recommends taking chlorella before filling removal, as well as after.
Here's a link to his Mercury Detox Protocol.
http://www.mercola.com/article/mercury/detox_protocol.htm
As competent as I hope my doctor is, I do wish she would have mentioned mercury poisoning as a possibility. I'm the one who brought it up and while she agreed I should have my fillings removed, she never mentioned detoxing or chelating the mercury, or preparing my body beforehand. She did mention to be careful what dentist I have do the removal.
I have definitely learned that one must ultimately take their health into their own hands, inform themselves and be proactive in their treatment options and choices.
Wouldn't it be so nice if we could just go to any doctor, trust them implicitly, do whatever they told us and we could be magically well?!
In a perfect world. ;)
- Re: Necessary to test for mercury? #154478
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This is a reply to # 1,952,529Hi everyone, I am getting my alagams out Monday, I have been reading so much. I have just read more than a few articles that chlorella may not be good. Just wanted to give the word to look at some of the new stuff circulating on that suppliment. My best to you :)
- Re: Necessary to test for mercury? Jiffer
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I was surprised to see your comments on chlorella, since I knew that Dr. Mercola highly recommends it.
I just came across his comments on a mercury chelation protocol, much of which he agrees with and some of which he does not. He has a lot of experience with mercury poisoning and has strong opinions. After clarifying his beliefs on why he does not support the use of DMSA, but does recommend DMPA, with reasons why, he then mentions chlorella. I pasted his comments on chlorella below, with the link to the full article below that.Other areas of disagreement are in the negative recommendation for chlorella. Their information on chlorella is seriously flawed. It is based on a small study done by Doctor's Data. They never demonstrated increased absorption of mercury from the chlorella, only that mercury was present in the chlorella. Since hundreds of tons of mercury are deposited into the oceans every year, this is not surprising.
However, what the investigators failed to account for was that the binding coefficient of chlorella to mercury is far in excess of its potential to release mercury into the body. It only ABSORBS mercury, it does NOT release it into the body.
The other issue of potential for contamination with toxic dinoflagellates is only true for blue green algae and NOT for chlorella since chlorella is a cultured product and is NOT contaminated with it.Here's the link to the full article. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/06/02/mercury-autism-part-two.aspxI have been following Dr. Mercola for many years now, reading his newsletter daily. In a world where everyone is giving so many varied opinions of what to do and not do, I tend to trust and agree with his recommendations.
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