Posted by zatar on March 6, 2008, at 19:16:56
In reply to Re: Testing for Anxiety, Depression, posted by bleauberry on February 12, 2008, at 17:24:35
> The basic tests I think give the most bang for the buck, based on probability of finding a problem and based on how common these hidden things are:
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> Heavy metal toxicity testing. A hair sample from Doctors Data is a start. They are the only ones that test a wide range of all minerals including things like lithium. You are not necessarily looking for high mercury, lead or arsenic, though that does happen. You are looking for specific patterns of deranged metals that the toxins directly cause. They have fingerprints. Even if mercury is low in hair, a person can be highly toxic. Mercury displaces other metals from hair, including itself. The hair can be interpreted by The Counting Rules, authored by PHd Andrew Cutler, and there are experts at frequent-dose-chelation on Yahoo that will do it for you free. If there is evidence of mercury or lead, a serious look at chelation and maybe further testing is in order. Don't even think about it without studying the book Amalgam Illness. The only thing worse than metal toxicity is removing the metals the wrong way. There is an FDA approved urine test that shows damage of metal toxicity. It doesn't show when the exposure happened, how much, or what it was, just that it happened and damage has been done. One can also do a challenge test. The single dose high dose method is risky and dangerous, though almost universally commonly practiced. A safer more accurate method is to take DMSA 25mg every 4 hours around the clock for 3 days and then take the urine test. Actually, when people chelate with DMSA on this schedule, those who are toxic have a lot of side effects. Those who aren't don't. That alone is a good clue. My opinions here are shared with a vast majority of underground medicine, but hardly even known by mainstream medicine. That is, heavy metal toxicity is much more common and serious that has been recognized. The primary symptoms are...anxiety and depression.>I dragged out an old Doctor's Data hair elements test done on me by an alternative doctor about 7 years ago and sure enough, according to the counting rules of Andrew Cutler, it did indicate disordered metal metabolism, though I did not do the recommended chelation at that time because I really wasn't sure if it was legit or not. But maybe that was just as well as that particular doctor did the high dose chelation, which Andy Cutler warns about.
Does his book, "Hair Test Interpretation: Finding Hidden Toxicities", go into much detail about what other tests can be used to determine mercury toxicity, and how much does it guide you regarding other issues such as high copper, removing sulfur from your diet, etc. to minimize any side effects from the chelation? From what I could glean on his website and others, it's not as easy as simply popping the chelating agents.
Any other websites with good information regarding this? I have been diagnosed with both Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and have many symptoms and get many side effects from medications, so I need to be particularly careful with what I do. I don't know of any doctors in my area that follow Cutler's chelation recommendations.
Thank you for any advice you can share.
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