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I did some searching yesterday. Yea, I have the white tissue
near the teeth. Some tinnitus, though playing in a rock band
over the years probably caused some of that. But this issue
seems like it is so far from cut and dried it would be tough
to spend many thousands to seek a cure, since I don't have
the thousands to try. What if there's a potential, and it's
at the upper part of some range. And murcury levels are in
the upper part of the normal range. And many people living
in New England feel like I do in late winter.
Electolyte levels came back OK, but this was after adding
some to my diet past two days. I was feeling much better in
recent days after adding vitamin D and doing a bit of
tanning. A stressful 7 hour drive from NH to DE through CN
and MY (try that for fun sometime) and reading about mercury
set me back a bit.
Isn't life interesting. I have a variety of very common
ailments, a mouthful of a substance (like millions of other)
with a know toxicity, and there is probably no easy answer.
I'd sure like to think that someday fillings could be put in
or replaced with something other than mercury. What were
yours replaced with? What was the cost? What is known about
the material used? My dentist replaced the one because it
was starting to crack, and he wants to do one or two more. I
have no reason not to believe he is a caring man, but would
be leary if he suggested replacing all my 50% mercury
filling with ones that were less mercury, and more of
another heavy metal. Now, if there were a substance that
could be used with no know toxicity, and it would cost a
couple grand, I might consider. See where I'm going.
My plan now is to eliminate obvious sources of twitching.
Vitamin and electrolytes have been ruled out. Seasonal
anxiety and depression could be root cause. I have
insurance, so could get a brain MRI if I wished. If some
nice warm weather and occasional use of anxiety med
eliminated twitches, I'd be much relieved.
Mike
> I'm happy that you're a scientist - you will
> understand this.
>
> The fillings placed are typically 50% mercury, and the
> rest a combination of silver, zinc, sometimes copper.
> Depending upon the relative amounts, the average work
> function of the metals will be different and there will be
> a different potential created in the electrolyte of the
> mouth. This gives rise to the current between fillings,
> hence a leaching of mercury and/or the other metals as a
> direct function of the amount of current. Just like a
> typical carbon/zinc cell. Look at the mouth tissue that
> touches the teeth - i had a nicely defined row of white
> wherever the teeth touched the cheek. After removal, that
> slowly went away and it is healthy tissue now. I think the
> white was caused by the current flow.
>
> The fact that your filling is a different color would
> indicate that it has a different combination of metals in
> the base, perhaps less mercury. But most likely a very
> different potential.
>
> I had twitching eyelids, twitching muscle under the eyes,
> twitching shoulder and calve muscle. Also tinnitus
> (ringing in the ears) and psoriasis. About a month after
> amalgam removal, the psoriasis disappeared - but it came
> back to some extent later. The twitching gradually
> diminished and was gone 6 months later. Tinnitus has
> greatly subsided.
>
> Not to panic, I found out about herbs which accelerate the
> removal of mercury in the soft tissues only recently. The
> best one is cilantro, which you can get raw at the
> supermarket for a low price. It is also quite tasty in
> salads. Chlorella is also useful, but I haven't found a
> good source for it yet.
>
> I would suggest that you get into your favorite search
> engine and start studying about mercury and heavy metal
> toxicity. I found these sites by doing a search on
> "mercury cilantro chelation":
>
>
http://www.kitchendoctor.com/articles/cilantro.html
>
http://www.adhdezine.com/Mar01.html http://www.spiritofhe-
> aling.com/articles/html/mercury_detox_amalgam_fillings.htm
>
http://www.beatcfsandfms.org/html/HgDetox.html
>
> The ADA is not going to do anything about the toxicity
> problem of these fillings. After all, they are the only
> fillings insurance companies will support. Nevertheless,
> mercury must be stored in locked cabinets in industry and
> schools - but it is safe in the mouth? That really
> irritates me. It would be a monstrous class action suit
> against the ADA if everyone got together. Imagine - 200
> million people with an average of 5 fillings...
>
> I wish you the best in this endeavor. Mercury might not be
> the problem in your case, but it is certainly worth
> investigating.
>
> GT
>
>
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> > > Have you had a gold crown or inlay placed within the
> > > last 3 years? Or any metals other than the
> > > mercury/silver typical of
> conventional
> > > fillings, such as a bridge?
> >
> > I had a filling put in about a year ago. It is lighter
> > color silver, not dark like the old ones. Now this is
> > getting scary. I'm being poisoned to death? Twitching
> > eyelid and calves are a certainity.
> Had
> > them past few years this time of year. Now it's worse
> > than ever.
> >
> > It could definitely be mercury, because I get bloating
> > and gassy at times. Is this usually reversible to a
> > large degree? Geuss I might have permenant neurological
> > damage? Due to getting a filling last year for the first
> > time in 25 years?
> >
> > I'd hoped it was low soduim, because the symptoms I have
> > a similar
> to
> > the one for that malady, and I know I was eating very
> > little sodium while consuming alot of water for several
> > weeks. Had all the nerve symptoms, tingling, sensations,
> > twitches. Twitching eleylid and
> calves
> > still there, but kinda shaky tonight too. Have to get to
> > someone right away tomorrow.
> >
> > Mercury and or low sodium. Quite the combination. The
> > neurological effects have not been gradual, really came
> > on strong past couple weeks. Hope the suddenness doesn't
> > portend bad things.
> >
> > If I lick some salt, and have to urinate pretty good a
> > minute later, doesn't that have something to do with low
> > sodium levels, if I
> recall?
> >
> > Many thanks.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > >
> > > If so, a small electric potential will occur between
> > > that and the fillings. This will cause a small current
> > > to be produced, which accelerates the leaching out of
> > > mercury. Many dentists have the capability to measure
> > > the potential and tell you if there is any problem. Be
> > > sure to find a dentist that doesn't scoff at the
> toxicity
> > > problem of mercury. I had a variety of potentials
> > > between the 11 fillings and the gold inlay in my case.
> > >
> > > If you believe you have mercury toxicity, you need to
> > > get in
> contact
> > > with a nutritionally oriented doctor/nutritionist to
> > > start on a program to remove the mercury. It can be
> > > done, but it is slow. Sometimes hair testing can
> > > reveal heavy metals, but I don't always trust the
> > > results.
> > >
> > > GT
> > >
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> > > > "GT" <
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> > > > > Do you drink diet soda? Some of your symptoms
> > > > > sound like
> possible
> > > > > aspartame poisoning. Also, do you drink tap water
> > > > > that has been fluoridated?
> Fluoride
> > > > > goes through filters, the water should be RO or
> > > > > distilled.
> > > > >
> > > > > My health became much better after getting off
> > > > > that garbage!
> > > > >
> > > > > Another possibility might be excessive mercury
> > > > > from the
> seafood, or
> > > > > from dental work. I also had muscle twitching from
> > > > > dental mercury.
> > > > >
> > > > > GT
> > > >
> > > > First, thanks to everyone for the replies.
> > > >
> > > > No diet soda, and very little H2O from the tap. Yes,
> > > > florine is
> added
> > > > in my town.
> > > >
> > > > Blood test for Ca, Mg, TSH, and kidney function came
> > > > back
> normal.
> > > > Still awaiting Vitamin D. A most important aspect of
> > > > my maladay
> is
> > > > the fact that I have felt this way the past three
> > > > years (albeit
> to a
> > > > lesser degree), right around the end of February. BP
> > > > has a significant annual cycle (high in Feb, low in
> > > > Aug) as well, but
> could
> > > > be unrelated to present situation. Past 2 yrs was
> > > > just insomnia, palpitations, and eyelid twitch. This
> > > > year my calves have also twitched, feels like my
> > > > lower legs are buzzing. Per advice of a
> MD at
> > > > NIH (suspects low Vit D), I have gone to a tanning
> > > > booth 3 of
> past 4
> > > > days and added Vit D and calcium supplement.
> > > > Palpitations have
> almost
> > > > disappeared, resting HR has come down, and twitches
> > > > decreased,
> but
> > > > still have some (eyelid and calves), along with this
> > > > feeling
> that my
> > > > lower legs are buzzing. All in all, it really feels
> > > > like some significant CNS stress.
> > > >
> > > > Being a research scientist, it's my nature to be
> > > > very analytical
> in a
> > > > quest for an answer, rather than just say "help
> > > > doc". I just
> traveled
> > > > out of town for two weeks, so won't see him for 2
> > > > weeks. Looking
> back
> > > > at my activities the past several weeks, I see that
> > > > I was doing
> about
> > > > 40-60 min/day, 4-5 days/week of cardio, moderate
> > > > amount of
> sweating,
> > > > and drinking more than 1/2 gallon of water each day,
> > > > and I
> haven't
> > > > used table salt on food in 3 years. I eat all whole
> > > > foods, very
> little
> > > > processed stuff, and rarely eat out in restaurants.
> > > > Based on my caloric needs, I was getting nowhere
> > > > near RDA, unless I'm
> getting
> > > > sodium from some source for which I can't account.
> > > >
> > > > Do my symptoms sound like low electrolytes? In
> > > > summer, I have
> gotten
> > > > the muscle twitches, and an ocassional charlie horse
> > > > when
> drinking
> > > > straight water. Yea, I know... Gatorade is a good
> > > > thing. If it
> is low
> > > > sodium/potassium, how long would it take to see
> > > > significant improvement. One day, several days? I
> > > > guess next step might be
> to
> > > > look at adrenal function.
> > > >
> > > > Oh, yea, I have a mouthful of murcury fillings.
> > > > Wonder if added stress of seasonal low sun, winter
> > > > blahs (I live in NH), and
> something
> > > > related to murcury could have added up. The
> > > > involvement of my
> nervous
> > > > systems has me, um, nervous....
> > > >
> > > > Cheers, Mike
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