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@neutralempty I don't have a dislike for desperation. Why would I? I don't have any dislikes or blame. I only think it's a tragedy that a guy was convinced of one diagnosis and therefore went down a path that made him lose all hope.

@Socrates From the original post video from 14min, direct quote from Brian: "My chelation mishaps have made me 1000x worse than I was originally, and if I knew how much worse it could've got, I would've probably been able to live the rest of my life only partially disabled from the initial redistribution from the Bactrim. But at this point, it's just all too much. I now know how dangerous moving Mercury around is. And the worst part is, it won't kill you. It will just render you completely disabled and unable to function. My life right now is not worth living in the slightest, and with no alternative solution to miraculously removing the Mercury from my body and brain, I am choosing to end it without any more suffering." Again I find this story sad because he is so convinced of the diagnosis of mercury toxicity that when it does not work, he completely loses hope which leads to suicide. Whereas in my opinion 100 to 1 he was a normal young guy with an existential crisis, lack of direction, maybe unemployed or few friends or activities that he enjoyed. He needed goals, work, relationships, diet, exercise. I'm sure there were so many normal things to try that could have improved his situation. I honestly think the lesson is - please don't push a diagnosis of mercury onto struggling, impressionable young guys. Brian says he was "thrilled" to finally have this diagnosis. That is so sad. Guys are desperate to get better and get convinced of a one-stop cure-all detox which for Brian totally crushed his hope to go on when it didn't work.

@Leo Gura +one million for testing. Honestly I think that no one should believe they have heavy metal toxicity if it is not shown on a test. Because those symptoms are just so unreliable for being that particular diagnosis. Testing, testing, testing, testing should be emphasized at every possible mention of a heavy metal toxicity diagnosis. I'm not sure I agree with your other statements - depression can definitely cause an attention-deficit, inability to focus, ruminating thought patterns of the hopelessness of focusing, working, being productive etc. Again - it is so so dangerous to tell someone that their brain is not functioning correctly. I have been down that black hole of depression and been so close to ending it. If someone had told me it was that my brain was not functioning properly, I probably would have ended it. I am in a better place now with regular exercise, with helping out in the community, with keeping regular hours, sunlight, hobbies. The obsession with heavy metal toxicity at all seems dangerous to me. The human condition is essentially dissatisfaction and depression. I'd say every human alive struggles with some feeling bad and depression and periods of unexplained sadness in their life, but it is almost always fixable and temporary, even sometimes without changing anything consciously, people can report that their low moods lifted. No I don't know the facts and figures about heavy metals but I'd honestly say 100 to 1 that people should focus on much more mundane causes than heavy metals. Honestly, who could not journal more, exercise more, practice daily gratitude, go to sleep when it gets dark, focus on quality friends and family relationships etc. So much more likely that improvements are to be found there. Diagnosing yourself with heavy metals toxicity seems slightly like a scapegoat for it being much more normal, and you being much more normal! Even perhaps subconscious or prideful avoidance of some of those improvement activities which require some effort.

@Leo Gura (just made this account don't know how to quote better) Replying to this: "If you struggle with concentration problems, brain fog, fatigue, ADD, autism, inability to meditate, crazy monkey mind, etc. -- that's a good sign you might have heavy metal toxicity and you need to get it fixed before attempting any serious consciousness work." I would be really careful with "diagnosing" these symptoms as Mercury poisoning. Because they are so common. EVERY single person alive has trouble meditating. Every single person alive has crazy monkey mind. And attributing this to the difficult problem of Mercury may send a person down the WRONG path. An amazing line from Thomas Sowell is something like, 'Misdiagnosing a problem makes it less likely to be solved.' If someone completely believes it's Mercury and detoxing does NOT work, then they may GIVE up HOPE (eg. Brian) whereas if it is depression, low mood, lack of life purpose, this is more fixed with: exercise, diet, sunlight, jobs, goals, vision etc. Honestly this is quite serious, convincing someone that those symptoms are that particular diagnosis, leads them into the situation Brian found himself in. I think you should be more careful and see that those symptoms could be MULTIPLE other problems ie. depression, and that those symptoms are NOT especially good signs that you have metal toxicity and MUCH MORE common is depression, low moods, lack of life purpose, unemployed, no social connections etc all are much MORE LIKELY diagnoses. (sorry I may not reply I just made this and will probably forget)