I'm currently a patient of Dr Myhill's, and after having my initial consultation with her she suggested many different tests that would be relevant for me, one of which was a heavy metals test.
Following the test, I received the results that I had abnormally high levels of lead in my body, and Dr Myhill suggested Chelation Therapy to get rid of it.
I am to take three 250mg DMSA tablets, on one day of the week, every week, for three months.
Anyhow, I started the DMSA last Friday, but felt very ill a few hours after. I do not know if this is a coincidence, or if it could be due to the DMSA. However, what happened is that my old problem with being very agitated/wired, and unable to rest returned (this is a problem I used to suffer with a lot, but had calmed down hugely since I've started following Dr M's protocol). This problem also causes trouble getting to sleep, and despite taking prescription sleeping tablets at 10pm I didn't sleep until 5am.
By the next day (last Saturday) the 'wired' problem had gone and had been replaced by a level of fatigue much greater than before I had the DMSA. It is now Monday and I am still not recovered and feel much worse than before.
So my question is - is this normal? I know when I started Perrin a while back I got worse before I improved (and it was the same symptoms that got worse). I guess I hoped I wouldn't have to go through that horrible detox phase again since I've been doing Perrin for a while now and wouldn't think that this DMSA would take me right back to feeling awful again since I've already done so much detoxing.
What have other people's experiences been with DMSA? And do you think it is worth continuing with it?
I am going to talk to Dr Myhill about this during my next consultation, but would like the opinion of other sufferers too.
Thanks, xxx
Following the test, I received the results that I had abnormally high levels of lead in my body, and Dr Myhill suggested Chelation Therapy to get rid of it.
I am to take three 250mg DMSA tablets, on one day of the week, every week, for three months.
Anyhow, I started the DMSA last Friday, but felt very ill a few hours after. I do not know if this is a coincidence, or if it could be due to the DMSA. However, what happened is that my old problem with being very agitated/wired, and unable to rest returned (this is a problem I used to suffer with a lot, but had calmed down hugely since I've started following Dr M's protocol). This problem also causes trouble getting to sleep, and despite taking prescription sleeping tablets at 10pm I didn't sleep until 5am.
By the next day (last Saturday) the 'wired' problem had gone and had been replaced by a level of fatigue much greater than before I had the DMSA. It is now Monday and I am still not recovered and feel much worse than before.
So my question is - is this normal? I know when I started Perrin a while back I got worse before I improved (and it was the same symptoms that got worse). I guess I hoped I wouldn't have to go through that horrible detox phase again since I've been doing Perrin for a while now and wouldn't think that this DMSA would take me right back to feeling awful again since I've already done so much detoxing.
What have other people's experiences been with DMSA? And do you think it is worth continuing with it?
I am going to talk to Dr Myhill about this during my next consultation, but would like the opinion of other sufferers too.
Thanks, xxx