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Mercury from dental fillings affects everyone. The extent of your symptoms depends on how well your immune system is working. I had a personal experience with mercury and my journey is being shared to help increase public awareness of this often ignored problem. As a ten month-old child, I received radiation treatment to shrink an enlarged thymus gland. Unfortunately my thyroid gland, which governs the body's energy level, was also partially destroyed by the radiation. My fatigue and lack of stamina gradually worsened as I got older but was more noticeable during periods of stress- especially during the period of my undergraduate and professional education. The problem really took its toll about four and half years ago. As a biologic dentist, I have not placed a mercury filling in a patient's mouth for over 20 years, however I was exposing myself to the mercury vapors while I drilled them out. Even though I was taking a natural thyroid hormone, my energy level keep going down. It was not until I was examined by a holistic health care practitioner did I find out the reason for my low energy. The increased mercury exposure through the years was the cause.Since mercury binds to iodine my thyroid gland was unable to make sufficient hormone levels. A treatment program of antioxidant vitmains, minerals, and chelating agents (substances that bind mercury) were very effective in greatly reducing the fatigue. This process definitely works. My own fatigue level was extremely high to the point where I was waking up in the morning exhausted, was apathetic, could not remember names or retain what I read. To date I have given myself over 16 injections with a chelating agent for mercury and gone through 6 intravenous chelation treatments. This approach is designed to remove the mercury from my body. My energy level has gone way up, my reading retention has greatly improved, plus I wake up rested and my interests have been rekindled. My recommendation as a dental practitioner, who has experienced the ill effects of mercury and has recovered, is to understand the information offered by A Common Sense Approach To The Mercury Issue and apply it to your journey to achieve a higher quality of life. Gerald H. Smith, D.D.S. |