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Hi everyone ! I'm new to this forum and have found this particular forum rather interesting. I have been digesting loads of 'peer reviewed' research journal articles in relation to mercury poisoning but it is great to hear 'regular' peoples views. I believe too that I have been poisoned by mercury. I have 21 amalgam fillings, have been exposed to some pretty toxic pesticides in Japan many years ago and have had 4 x Rh- vaccine shots. I seem to have all the classic symptoms of mercury poisoning. I won't even name them all - we all know what they are!!! I have a pituitary tumour (non malignant) called a Prolactinoma. In general in wreaks havoc with my menstrual cycle and PMS etc. Just wondering if anyone out there has heard of a connection between mercury and pituitary disorders ?

Mercury DIRECTLY poisons the pituitory gland, one of the main areas mercury is involved in and then affects everything else. I am stunned that you have 21 amalgam fillings. I had only 8 and was poisoned.

If I were you? At the minimum from this moment on, I would begin to take supplements to help directly counteract some of the effects of this mercury. Things like vitamin C, vitamin E, B complex, zinc, magnesium, flaxseed oil (1 - 2 tablespoons a day mixed in plain yoghurt or cottage cheese and make sure it's organic flaxseed oil). (selenium supplements can help some people too if they want to add this).

This is the minimum for any mercury toxic person. Everyday you should take those things and the vitamin C and B complex need to be taken up to 3 - 4 times a day to be effective becuase they get used up very quickly.

I would also get on a anti candida diet. Mercury poisoning causes yeast to proliferate in the body and will not only add to the toxicity, but begin to cause it's own problems, coinciding with the mercury and sometimes even overtaking it in some cases. This means, no sugar, no yeast, no gluten, and minimum fruit and milk (none in some cases).

Many of us have had to do this in order to even get through each day. It can help improve the immune system and help the body deal better with the mercury. It's no cure, but it can be a life saver sometimes.

Hope this isn't pushy, just some advice on what might help you at this time, until you have finally gotten all your amalgams out and can begin actually chelating the mercury out of your body once that has happened.

Best wishes and hope you can at some point find a safe biologic dentist who will replace your amalgams safely with full protection and gradually get this poison out of your mouth.

P.S. regarding milk. Milk has been found to interfere with mercury excretion. I do not know how significant this is, but might be wise to avoid it if it's a concern.

Hi Bex,
Thanks for all your advice. You definately weren't too pushy. Yes 21 amalgams is crazy hey. When I was 11 years old (now 35) my crazy dentist said to my parents that my fissures (I think these are the natural troughs in the molars) were a little deeper than normal so how about we fill them all in now as she will end up with cavities one day anyway. My parents who naturally had no idea about mercury in amalgams said 'Yeh why not - fill em all in !! So that is how I got 16 of them in one hit. I guess the others may have been cavities. Who knows - I met a biological dentist a few years ago who mentioned that my original dentist who would be about 85 years old now (probably deceased from mercury poisoning) was known as Mr Quicksilver in the Dental industry here in Brisbane. I have been living with this for so long I guess I have adapted myself quite well to live with all the symptoms for so many years. However, in the last 6 months or so my brain fog is becoming increasingly bad. I fear that I may lose my job that I love so much. Sometimes when I am chatting with people I feel like I cannot construct proper sentences anymore. Combine this with the anxiety, I then just turn into a blithering mess on the inside. Not many people in my life realise that this is going on ,so some how I seem to be able to disguise my distress quite well. So anyway, this doctor that I saw recently suggested that I may have mercury poisoning. Hair analysis revealed moderate levels of mercury. However, all the other agonist and antagonist nutrients are way out of whack. So I have started taking Selenium, magnesium, B Vits, Vit E etc and have an appt with a Biological Dentist in 2 weeks to discuss removal. I will only go ahead with it, if he follows all the correct procedures. I feel so lucky to have stumbled across this website for 2 reasons. 1. Learning lot's about what to expect and protocols pre and post amalgam removal and most importantly... 2. To actually be able to express this kind of stuff without people thinking I am crazy. Even though I haven't exactly explained to my family and friends about the Candida, anxiety, numbness,depression etc I have actually tried to explain that I want my amalgams removed and I am sure that they think I am completely nuts. By the way I might try the milk exclusion thing. Didn't realise that this impacts on mercury excretion. Thanks !!

Hi Rachie, no problem, hope some of it might be of some help, but living with this thing is a nightmare regardless.

I know exactly what you mean about how internally you can be in great distress, but you can to a point put on an act to other people but inside you want to die or scream. The ones who see the distress I'm in are my parents.

I think you're going the right way about it by taking steps to get them out in a safe manner. I cannot believe a dentist did that to you, but have heard of it before (preventative dentistry). Filling in teeth to the extreme to prevent future problems. Sadly they create them.

Yeah candida is part of the syndrome, this is why I have to stick to a strict diet or my suffering increases even more (even when I think it's not possible).

HOpe the supplements help a little and whether the milk exclusion does or not will be interesting. I find personally that sugar, gluten and yeast are the worst culprits, but for me, I have to stay off milk now because it's enough to feed candida on it's own (I used to be ok with it and was able to still use it). But now finding out that it complicates or inteferes with mercury excretion, it's probably better I am not on it anyway.

Sometimes one can live with mercury, but it does depend on where it is and what other factors are involved at the time and how long your body has been battling. At some point, it usually catches up and this can be from other factors weakening your immune system to make you more suseptible to the mercury that you may have been fighting better against previously.

I am close to your age (33) and have lost 19 years of my life to this poison. I don't know if I'm bitter or not, I don't really know half the time how to feel or who I really am because I haven't felt like myself for a very very long time.

I don't see me ever coming right, i feel damage has been done because I am no longer healing, which I always used to be able to do. Other factors are obviously involved though.

Keep us posted on how things go with you. By the way, the way to really test for mercury is a hair test, not so much to test the level of mercury (because mercury can hide and not come out), but to look at the minerals and see how deranged they are. Mercury poisoning causes deranged minerals in the hair. This is the signature of mercury pretty much.

Don't worry about others thinking you're nuts, I get the same thing. I can only relate to others with this toxin and that is all, though I am VERY lucky to have such wonderful supportive parents who believe me and listen. But nobody can truly understand the agony of this toxin, other than someone who has it in them.

Rachie:

I also was diagnosed with a pituitary tumor about 3 years ago. They were trying to find the cause of my chronic migraines. They told me they could not tell if it was malignant without a biopsy. I went back for a 3rd MRI about 1 1/2 years later, and it hadn't grown, so I decided to just leave it alone for now. I have since learned that the mercury toxicity in my 13 amalgams caused the migraines and the tumor. I just had all my amalgams removed on the 12th.
I pretty much agree with Beth, with the addition of algin.. It helps bind up the mercury so it doesn't reabsorb back into your body.
Best of luck to you....

Rachie:

Here are some sites which talk about the relationship between mercury and the pituitary gland:

http://users.penn.com/~rarearts/mercurypoisoning.htm
http://www.iodinesource.com/ThyroidGland.asp#PosteriorPituitary

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~berniew1/ms.html

http://mercuryfreedentistry.com/?page=symptoms

http://www.dentalwellness.net/can_mercury.php

Hope these sites answer your question.

Rachie, just before I got braces, my dentist filled all my back molars in preparation for the braces. I had no cavities there. And did he ever fill them! Why? Who knows. Maybe he needed a new boat. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Hi Diana,
Interesting to hear that someone else on this forum has a Pituitary tumour. I find it absolutely amazing that it has taken me about 12 years to finally work this out. Imagine all the people out there who have numerous symptoms and disorders and just live with it because they don't have the willpower or the interest in finding out what is wrong with them. I started having my major symptoms when I was 23 years of age (no menstruation, anxiety, major PMS that seemed to come out of nowhere and a distinct change in my personality, naturally for the worse unfortunately).
I was working in Japan as a professional golf caddy. Yeah I know - wierd job! After doing this for about 8 months my eyesight started to go all wierd so I went to see the Golf Course Doctor and he said that it was nothing to worry about as it was just all the herbicides and fungicides that they use at the golf courses in Japan. I have since found out that these substances are heavily laden with Mercury and Japan does not have the same type of restrictions on amounts of Mercury added that Australia or the U.S does. My gut instinct tells me that I was already compromised by the amalgams through my teenage years, but when I was socked by large quantities of mercury through these other poisons that is when the real problems started. If I didn't have all the amalgams in my mouth whilst I was in Japan I may not have ended up in the mess that I have found myself to be in for the last 12 years.

I then spent the next 3-4 years doing the rounds of doctors, specialists and even a psychotherapist who labelled me as OCD (hypochondriac). Something inside me told me that this was cellular and not something that my mind had merely created. When I was 27 I made the decision to study accupuncture and naturopathy as a way of trying to help myself and perhaps if I liked it enough, to make it my future line of work. Well, after only a few months at college one of my lecturers suggested that I try the herb Chaste Tree (Vitex) to at least try to bring back my period. It did after only taking it for 5 weeks. First period in over 4 years. This really fuelled my interest in Natural Medicine and it was then about 2 years after that through my own research that I realised that I must have a Pituitary tumour. A CT scan showed this to be correct. I have been taking Chaste Tree for about 8 years now, and have a fairly regular cycle. It definately helps to a degree with my PMT and visual disturbances and headaches that I originally had from the tumour. I have experimented with the Chaste Tree by going off it for a month or two and lo and behold - no mestruation and hello headaches.
I had heard about amalgam poisoning many years ago at college. They really didn't go into it in any great detail. I guess a part of me refused to believe that the dental industry could possibly get away with this for such a long time and I have a real fear of the drill. Imagine as an 11 year old getting 16 fillings over the course of a couple days. I hate that drill !!
However, my desire to get this muck out of my mouth totally outweighs my fear of the drill now.
Did you have all your amalgams removed in one go ? My partner is flying to the states tomorrow so I have asked him to get Algin and the Andy Cutller book for me. Do you know about the effect of Glutathione on mercury? The doctor that I saw suggested that I take it prior to removal. Looking forward to hearing how you go now that you are post removal. Sounds like a real long road ahead for some of us. Thanks for your support and I am going to check those links out that you sent right now.

Hi Beth and Dallas,
Sorry thought that I had to reply seperately to each of you. Didn't realise that I could do it in one hit. I will blame it on the mercury !! Yeah someone the other day just told me about 'preventative dentistry'. I reckon my dentist wanted a new set of golf clubs personally !! Apparently these days in Australia they use some type of dental cement to fill in fissures as a form of preventative dentistry. Have you had all your amalgams removed already Beth ? Was it you who had the really bad reaction to Garlic supplements ? Hope you all have a lovely day. A big cheery amalgam grin to all of you out there !!

Hey, Rachie, that's looking on the bright side! Any memory glitches or impaired brain function we can blame on the mercury. I know I always do. Anyway, what are your eye symptoms? In the past few months, I have been wondering about a pituitary tumour because my TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) was sky high whilst my T3,T4 were low normal. This can be a sign of a pituitary tumour. I have had double vision for the past number of years now and so far, it hasn't been helped by amalgam removal (last Dec.) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Rachie:
I was surprised to see your post about the pituitary tumor. I am sure they are mercury related, but didn't know there were others out there who had made the same connection.
You might want to read Andy Cutler's book before taking the Glutathione. If I remember correctly, he doesn't think it's a good idea.
I had my 13 amalgams replaced in the last 2 months, one quadrant at a time. I am sicker than a dog right now. I think the removal 'stirred up" the mercury, even though my dentist uses about all the precautions, and I did more on top of them. I also think the dental work weakened my immune system.
Anyway, I got a nasty cough 2 days after my 3rd quadrant removal, and went ahead with the last quadrant 15 days later, on the 12th. The cough had improved, but now I still have the cough and a horrible head cold, with a sinus infection, I think. AGHHHHHHHH!
Anyway, I wanted them out more than anything. So, I just sit here coughing and blowing. I have tried just about every natural thing I can think of to help, but nothing seems to help too much. ( I avoid doctors as much as possible) My husband went to the doctor for the cough, got a stack of prescriptions, and is still coughing.
This is the sickest for the longest I can remember being my entire life!
I wanted to start chelation, but have decided against it until I am better. I sure don't want to get sicker!
Sorry to ramble....

Sending healing wishes and prayers that you feel better soon Diana......are you taking lots of vitamin C, that will help flush the mercury out of your system.

Hope you feel better soon...

Sandi
xoxo

Hi Rachie,
Just want to offer my support. It is amazing that dentists are still putting poison in people's mouths - and especially children! It is so hard to deal with these illnesses especially when we know we did not do this to ourselves! So much of natural medicine today focuses on the responsibility of the individual to take care of his or her own health. However, when we had this done to us unknowingly, it seems even more difficult to fathom. I have gone down the same road you did with Dr. after Dr. after Dr. The allopathic Drs. don't even believe in mercury poisoning. The naturopaths just want to take your money (all out of pocket) and they don't guarantee that they can help you. I have spent thousands and thousands.

I sincerely hope and pray you are feeling better soon. I know getting your amalgams out will help. I too am pre-amalgam removal. I am very scared. I have heard so many horror stories. I just wish everyone got them out and was fine.

Like you, I just want them out. My holistic dentist says he cannot guarantee I will feel better. However, I know in my heart this is the right thing to do.

Take care and God bless,
spiderbaby

Hiya everyone,
Thanks for all your support. Anonymous, I must admit I am not so sure about TSH, T3 & 4 and it's impact on Pituitary tumours. I have a prolactinoma - therefore it makes my circulating prolactin levels sky high. In fact higher than a breast feeding woman. Naturally, your thyroid hormone levels would have an impact on your pituitary as it regulates the thyroid gland. Benign pituitary tumours are apparently in fact not officially 'tumours'. They are in fact a 'swelling' of the Pituitary. The cells of real tumours are different to the host tissue that it decides to grow on. B. Pit Tumours have exactly the same cells as the Pituitary so are therefore really 'swellings'. Some medicos believe that it swells in a similar way that the thyroid gland swells into a goiter. The believe that it is a form of homeostasis for it to enlargen to literally try to catch more of a certain hormone that it is lacking. However, even though homeostasis is generally a good thing, sometimes in this case it can create more problems than do good. Gosh I hope I haven't confused you !!
The symptoms of a pituitary tumour (aka swelling) really depend upon where the swelling is. My swelling is on the anterior side which in my case makes my prolactin levels go crazy. Sometimes, if the swelling is on the Posterior side it can cause acromegaly (face becomes elongated, voice deepens, hands and feet become huge) not nice. I guess the only way to really find out is to have CT imaging done.
My vision problem with this tumour was primarily double vision and blurriness. Chaste tree has helped this significantly.

Diana best of luck with everything and hope you feel super dooper soon. Just think of it this way - if you didn't feel any change whatsoever you may in fact feel worse. Just keep telling yourself that you are currently ill because your body is dumping this awful muck. Be gentle with yourself and let your body know that it can take as long as it wants to do it's work. (within reason!!) Revel in your sickness !!!
Lots of hugs for everyone !!!

Thanks, Rachie! I am the anonymous one who wrote about the pituitary tumour and double vision (forgot to log in). This info helps me to try to pinpoint the problem. I still have the double vision, but since amalgam removal, I have periods of very clear vision, which I didn't have before.

Thanks, Rachie. I wish you good things too.
Yes, I am taking extra vit C.
I am also taking echanacea, goldenseal, elderberry juice. I have the humidifier next to my bed at night with vicks stuff in it.
I have also tried lobelia, fenagreek, cough drops, allergy herbs, migra-profen for my sinus headache, colloidal silver, some tomato juice cocktail I found the recipe for on the internet, which almost gauranteed it would clear up the sinuses., but which didn't do anything for me.
I was taking some grapefruit seed extract until I read it is an antifungal. I don't want any more mercury released right now....
I have eaten so much fresh garlic and onions, I am surprised I'm not stinking.
I even made a nightime "soup", of onions, garlic, and euchalyptis(?) leaves which I mixed up in a crockpot and left on all night. It didn't help the cough or cold, just made us hungry...lol
If anyone has any other suggestions, I would love to hear them.

Hi Diana,
Head colds and coughs are so yukky and debilitating hey ?? I have a very strange 'cure' that I have only tried once and yes it did work. It sounds like you have had this cold for a few days and this treatment is normally recommended at the initial stages of a cold or flu. So can't guarantee it's success for you this time. Unfortunately it takes a bit of effort, but here it is anyway....

It is called the 'cold sheet' treatment. I guess the idea behind it, is to increase the body temperature until you are sweating to induce a fever and then you 'shock' the body to induce a homeostatic response.

Firstly, you take a hot bath (as hot as you can comfortably withstand) and add some grated fresh ginger and half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper to the bath water. While you are in the bath you need to drink a hot ginger tea. Stay in the bath for about 20 minutes or until your face is sweating. Then you need someone to help (husband ??). The other person prepares a sheet that has been dunked in icy cold water. As you step out of the bath the other person wraps you in the wrung out icy cold sheet. It actually feels quite blissfull !! You then very promptly shuffle off to bed (which has been prepared with some type of plastic liner with a dry sheet over the top) and then you need to layer yourself with as many warm blankets as you can on top. You then need to try and stay in bed until you are profusely sweating again.

Mmmm I know sounds kind of bizarre but some swear by it. It is apparently an old remedy from Eastern Europe. The sweating may also be a plus for the mercury to boot !!

Are you drinking loads of water ? Hope so. Let us know how you are getting along.

Anonymous:

Yikes! That sounds pretty drastic! Not sure If I am that brave or sure it will work, since I have had this "junk" for awhile. The cough has been hanging on for 3 weeks, and the congestion for over a week. I have read about the ginger bath. Might give that a try.
By the way, I drink over 1/2 gallon (1.8 L) of water a day.
I believe that is considered alot.
Thank you so much for the suggestion, though. Maybe someone else can benefit. I will research a little more on it also.

hi, i've read about that cold sheet treatment from some works from the late Dr. Christopher-- a pastor and herbalist. I plan on trying something similar next time i get sick.-- like take the same type of bath, but then switch the shower on to ice cold water afterwards.

I've heard that this cold sheet treatment does actually get the body to attack the cold/flu.