Re: Is untreated mold in the house/MCS a reason to hold off on starting DMSA?

Re mold:

No, the test kits haven't been ordered yet. (I'm working with the wonderful support of a family member, but the budget is somewhat tight, so things like getting mold plates have been getting delayed.)

Re bile flow:

That is actually sounding quite likely. Fat also makes me much more nauseous than it did prior to getting sick, when I consumed approximately the same large quantities of it.

That explains quite a lot - thank you.

Digestive enzymes have really seemed to help in the past, though I generally required large amounts of them.

Ox bile sounds interesting; I've heard some overwhelmingly positive reports and a couple of odd bad ones involving horrible gallbladder pain.

Your scientific/mathematical links were very helpful.

I had not yet had the time to acquire a clear picture of Hg, Hg++, organic mercury, dithiols, oxidation into Hg++ (is this a large factor behind antioxidants helping mercury-poisoned folks as well?), and the BBB.

My understanding is much better now. :-)

I'm popping in here fairly briefly for now, but will probably pop back in to read more in depth.

Brain fog and EMF sensitivities are back today, along with some emotionality and mood-flattening depression, which had lifted during the 5 day round.

Possibly following a perfume exposure, possibly also effects of being off for several days (this is day 3 off - when do redistribution "off" effects begin showing up, and how long do they stay?)?

Thank you for all the links -they're very to the point and great.

I haven't read the reports or love letters yet - brain fog is becoming quite great.

Your dedication to your female friend, helping her begin and go through chelation, is a heartwarming thing to see. :-)

I suspect low aldosterone as well - a blood test done when progesterone was high (towards the end of a menstrual "cycle" when - it appears - aldosterone should be at its highest) showed low-ish aldosterone, and I urinate very frequently and feel constantly dehydrated.

So far, the doctor who discovered the adrenal fatigue had suggested "Florinef" - the coticosteroid - but I cannot tolerate most medicines, and especially cannot tolerate additives; my "Cortef" must be compounded. "Florinef" cannot, so I am unsure what to do regarding the dysregulation of fluids and electrolytes in my body, other than looking into the "sports drink" you recommended (perhaps this is why coconut water seems to help me lots?)... and hoping pregnenolone, and ACE will help. I've also head of "tri-salts" from various sources, though perhaps the tri-salts were a suggestion for POTS (the autonomic disorder, which I've also developed following the fluorescent bulb).

Will look into posting on the FDC when able to use the computer again at any length. That sounds like a very good suggestion, and I am realizing how complex my case seems to be from all the multitudes of questions and uncertainty I have been hassling you with. ;-)

I also have Asperger's (and have my entire life; self-diagnosed very recently and very sure). My symptoms of being Aspergic fluctuate and typically worsen with symptoms of MCS or mercurialism.

I have - happily - with the help of my very wonderful partner been able to sort through a lot of the background anxiety from that and my rough early decades of life, and am still sorting through that every day.

So, propensity to gut problems and toxin problems given the autism-spectrum would also make quite a bit of sense.

I wonder if the Autism Mercury group would be useful for me as well, if there are problems common or specific to being on the spectrum.

Before the fluorescent bulb exposure, healing my gut and circadian rhythm seemed to be helping lots with my anxieties around people and aversion to them.

Following the CFL bulb exposure and consumption of about 4 lbs of cheese (I'm apparently very dairy intolerant; with Hg inhibiting DPP IV, this also makes a lot of sense), I experienced a very strong aversion to looking a familiar person in the eye - for the first time in quite a while.

Is interesting - adrenal fatigue, mercury, toxins, health...

Before I became biochemical-research inclined, I was always quite inclined to think that it was all emotional trauma/needing to "sort myself out," and I figured I was just far more efficient with mathematics, acquiring verbal skills than most others because I paid more attention/had a slightly more efficient brain. ...after all, I've always clearly remembered much of my life from age 3+.

Undoubtedly, those are there to some degree, but the body is indeed an extremely complex biochemical instrument interacting with our very complex (and toxic) modern environments.

I wouldn't have even come across things like adrenal fatigue and autism-gut-mercury before, much less considered that I had something like Asperger's.

My apologies; this reply has turned a bit rambly and long.

Thank you for your insights into my situation and information/resources. :-)

OBW