DMSA First Round Experience and Side Effects

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share my experience while doing my first round of DMSA chelation.

Basically, I had a leftover Amalgam from years ago (a few tiny speckles) and had it removed in December 2013. Just this week, I started with DMSA at 6mg every 4 hours.

On the first day the only side effects that I experienced were feeling too full after lunch,heaviness on the right hand side, slight shakiness in my hands. My later interpretation of these symptoms is something to do with the adrenals (even though my starting dose is fairly low). I went to the steam room and after that I felt quite good.

The second day started well but after lunch I started to feel dizzy, a bit nauseous and had a very minor anxiety attack. This feeling occurred on the 3rd hour after taking the previous dose. Even though I went to the sauna (dry sauna this time) this feeling did not go away. Later on I went to the movies and after taking my next dose, the sickness went away. It came back around the 3rd hour (of my prior does) in the evening and my face started to turn red and started feeling hotness on my forehead. As it became time for my next DMSA intake, I took it but the situation did not change much. I started feeling anxious and panicky, and took some 5-HTP to relax me and to fall asleep. Slept for about 2 hours and then woke up not being able to sleep - anxiety was gone but my body started trembling (not very strong but it felt tense). That's when I decided to stop my round - 1.5 days in duration total. Later it all relaxed but I had the feeling that the trembling might be some way for the body to detox (just my interpretation).

Today after I stopped the round, I was feeling a bit sour and at around lunch time I felt a bit shaky that calmed down after 30-40 min. After that I felt quite calm and relaxed. With the exceptions of the above episodes with side effects, the chelation overall felt calming.


A few things that are worth mentioning - my Homocysteine is above normal (17.8 with <10 being expected). I have started taking vitamins B but I'd imagine it is still on the high side.

I wanted to inquire if these side effects are normal and weather I should do something about them. I have gone over the Amalgam Ilness book a number of times but some of the effects I do not recall of being mentioned in the book (dizziness, sickness). I would like to continue chelating but not with such severe effects.

Any comments/experiences will be very appreciated. Tweet