I have had a long, ugly, life threatening journey before discovering I had problems with mycotoxins (now seemingly resolved) and then discovering heavy metals: lead, thallium, arsenic, and mercury. Knowing nothing and with a dumb doctor, I began with her advice chelating with OTC EDTA. That lowered lead a good bit in urine tests. Then began several months course of DMSA at 100 mg every four hours, before realizing a base problem that was undiagnosed was severe copper toxicity. Switched to DMPS 100mg and got a little better, then began ALA every 3-4 hours, now at 175mg and going to get to 200 (I began this journey 8 months ago at 140lbs and gained 50 lbs in two months, it feels squishy and awful like lymph and water weight and I imprint like crazy, so I don’t know what I actually weigh and am going for the higher ALA dosage as if I really weigh 200lbs, because that’s what the scale says).
My main question is, can lead be stored in the brain like mercury? If so, what gets it out? ALA from google searches does not seem to chelate lead well but I don’t know what else crosses the blood brain barrier. I accept that after a lifetime of lead exposure I will be taking EDTA off and on until I’m dead because of it’s long half life, today I’m most concerned with getting out anything from my brain.
Thank you!
Also, did anyone else pack on massive amounts of weight while chelating heavy metals? I have gained and lost 50lbs three times in four years, with no change in diet or movement. I can barely move for the last three years, but I barely eat. I have to force food down and eat really healthy. I’m hoping it’s just stress and will come off when I get all the metals out.
