5 amalgams in May, ill since July.

I can't really decide on the purpose of this post, so I'm throwing it out there for support, advice or general commentary. I'm still waiting for my doctor to get back to me before decide how to proceed.

I moved 200 miles (A long way here in England; spanning at least seven dialects!) at the end of May to start a new job. Everything was going absolutely fine until one weekend in late July. I spent saturday helping my brother fix his car, and had a constant 'not quite right' feeling all day. On the sunday my Mrs and I ate out for our anniversary, and I'd developed a strange tingly sensation in the back of my head. I had one pint and felt absolutely trollied, like I'd had 7. The following day I was dizzy, short of breath, and the tingling sensation had turned into what I've determined to be 'brain fog'; wierd sensations that significantly impaired my thinking. I took the afternoon off work. It had been a hot weekend so I just put it all down to sun stroke.

The next two weeks everything just spiralled out of control, I was constantly dizzy, sick most mornings & lost 3 stone. The brain fog made me feel like I was constantly about to pass out. I wasconvinced that I had a brain tumor, variant CJD, alzhiemers disease, Parkinsons, TB and AIDS. Simultaneously.

The doctors had no explaination. I had every blood test imagineable including Lyme disease, all good/negative. I was given prochlorperazine for the dizziness which didn't really help.

I saw some improvement over the following weeks, including a total loss of the fuzzy back of the head feeling which thankfully hasn't been back since; but I'm still not right.

My current symptoms are broad and I won't bore anyone with a list; generally boughts of nausea, mood instability and minor physical problems. I can't say they're particularly severe, but I feel really frustrated at constantly feeling 'not quite right'.

It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that I remembered that I'd had 5 fillings just before moving in May, and decided to do some research online. The first few hits on Google were like being punched in the face,

I went back to the doctor expecting a usual NHS 'no they're approved so therefore safe' response. What I got was like an even bigger punch in the face; my doctor went silent and turned white. He told me that he acknowledges that Amalgams are a contraversial issue but he's had several discussions in the past with people who claimed to get better from a range of symptoms after Amalgam removal, and added that he can't believe we still use amalgam.

My doctor told me to carry on as normal and that he'd look into what could be done, but wasn't optimistic that the NHS would do anything about it.

I've started taking vitamin A, B, C, E; Selenium and n-acetyl cysteine supplements and seen mild improvement in the past week. I'd had a really bad bowel which has seen the biggest improvement.

I went to an NHS dentist who told me I need another 3 fillings but she could do resin ones on this occasion. She said she couldn't tell me whether or not replacing my Amalgams would make me feel any better and that she's 'in this country following this country's rules'. Amalgam replacements generally aren't available on the NHS and she quoted me £600 to do them privately. I asked about removal precautions and she said she's only use the aspirator tool; no rubber dam or anything else.

So there it is. I feel variably not my usual self and am still waiting for my doctor to get back to me. I'm by no means the worst case; I'm working 40 hours + overtime, doing a two hour Aikido session and a couple of swimming pool visits per week and I cycle two miles to work.

Just struggling to decide what to do about these bloody fillings meanwhile!