I have been swamped and definitely not posting as much as I would like. I have so much to talk about. The last time I posted, I had just started doing the 3 times a day chelation. Here is how that has progressed. I started with very low doses of ALA and DMSA, well I ran out of ALA, so I continued increasing DMSA. I worked up to 100mg 3x a day. Sophie was doing fine, I can’t say that I am seeing the big gains that I saw when we were doing the cutler’s protocol. I have also heard that they go through a time where they stopped making gains for a while even though the metals are still leaving their systems.
Well eventually I purchased some ALA at my local health food store, I have used Kirkman’s up to now, but things are tight here, both in time and money, so I am being very basic. I then worked up to 100mg of ALA. Of course I ran out now of the DMSA so she is just getting ALA.
So here is my summary:
Cons- I am not seeing the huge gains I saw before, none of those “knock me out of my socks” moments. It wouldn’t be fair not to mention that Sophie has left the gf/cf diet with enzymes now and she is only getting a few supplements so this could also account for the lack of huge gains. I will probably ease back into the diet sometime in the near future.
Pros- CONSISTENCY ! I have been able to chelate every week like I have always wanted. It is sooooo much easier only giving this to her 3 times a day that I can actually do it without having it be a major ordeal. Also she doesn’t have the extreme yeast flare ups that she had with the other protocol. Huge plus!
I actually doesn’t seem as hard on her as the other protocol. My theory on this is that she is in the time when it stalls, or this protocol isn’t removing as much metal. The fact that the yeast isn’t as bad also make me think it may not remove as much mercury.
So all this being said, I am very happy with chelating in this manner. I was so afraid to try this for so long because of the threat of harm from metal redistributing between doses, but actually this treatment seems to easier on Sophie.
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Kelly, we are now seeing the same kinds of gains that we were with Cutler’s protocol. I am writing an update now.
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I think you answered your own question. You were seeing more gains with Cutler’s protocol, less with this one — probably because it allows mercury to float around in her body, rather than being excreted because the dosing isn’t frequent enough.
As for yeast, Susan Weed says that candida is actually protective in these situations. It’s the body’s way of protecting the patient from heavy metals…hence the flare-ups.
Best of luck. I think you’d see more improvement w/your daughter if you went back to the old schedule, but of course the only way to know is to try it again.
Take care,
Kelly
Comment by Kelly on July 12th, 2009 @ 3:46 pm