Mercury fillings and Autism

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I did not need silver fillings until I was in my late teens I can say I certainly had AS before then.

I do not know anything about the mercury filling / autism connection, but as a human being with a body that does not respond well to being bombarded with heavy metals, I would say do your best to avoid getting mercury fillings.

Yes, mercury at body temperature is not likely to leak from the fillings, and you are more likely to ingest mercury eating fish than you are with a filling sitting in your mouth. However, if you ever drink hot liquids, eat hot food or smoke cigarettes, this can set off mercury leaking from your fillings. Every time you chew, mercury leaks from a filling. If you have to get any drilling done on the tooth that has a filling (say the filling needs to be replaced or something) you will have mercury leaking into your body.
Check this website out:
http://www.iaomt.org/news/archive.asp?intReleaseID=274

Also this video is great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylnQ-T7oiA

My mom just showed me that video a few weeks ago. She is going through naturopathic treatment for mercury poisoning right now after suffering from constant headaches and nerve / sensory issues. She had her heavy metal toxicity tested and has extremely high level mercury poisoning.

She has only had 3 amalgam fillings in her lifetime, though they have been worked on a few times. She drinks tea but does not smoke and lives a very healthy lifestyle.

I myself have one mercury filling and I'm considering getting it replaced and getting my heavy metal levels tested.

I had 12 fillings. All of them had mercury. I got them all between the ages of around 12 to 18. I personally didn't notice any effect of them on my symptoms at all.

Actually, my symptoms have mellowed out with age. So maybe I should make the psuedo-science conclusion of the mercury fillings have helped my asperger symptoms.

I had 12 fillings. I am now down to only six. Wisdom teeth got removed and a few we're replaced with crowns. I haven't noticed any difference in my symptoms as the mercury got removed either.

I've seen the mercury fillings come and go and I haven't noticed any difference either way.

I thought it was illegal to put mercury in anything. But I have recently seen a mercury thermometer.
Can you still have an MRI scan with mercury fillings?

I found something else that might be of use on that webpage:

I would like to apologize about a few replies that you were given. You came here to speak your mind, and that's very brave of you. If everybody in the world could speak their mind the way that you did, the world would be a more accepting place towards everybody, no matter what their beliefs are. I hope to see you in the future.

Peace

I had Asperger's before I ever had my fillings.

Amalgam contains less than 3% Hg, and does so in such a way that it's going to stay put. Furthermore, I question if Asperger's can affect the way the body physically processes toxins and metals.

Also, my dentist told me the Amalgam ones are a bit more durable than the others anyway.

Per this thread on a hormone forum I'm a member of:

Removing amalgams for thyroid issues?

Mercury is a known endocrine disruptor so yes, it can impact thyroid. I was told it can make it difficult to become optimized and stable. I had my amalgams removed about 8 months ago. I did it hoping it would help, but mostly to help my future unborn (un-conceived) children.

Just my personal opinion on chelating here...

I did a TON of research on chelation after removal (remember to never do it before your amalgams are out). I read research articles, talked with experts in the field, spoke with docs, etc. My opinion based on actual research is that even without chelation, your mercury levels start to decline pretty rapidly except for the first week or so after removal when there is a slight increase. After that, there is a steady decline. This is true for everything I read except Andy Cutler's protocol. He says there is a spike around 6 months post removal. I found NO evidence for this. I tried to get an answer from him about where that speculation came from and I never got it. I had joined the yahoo group to get more info on it and there was really no acceptance for any other ideas. That was a total turn off for me. Plus, some responses from Cutler himself were very judgmental. I saw one woman ask about getting pregnant after the removal and he said that if she didn't wait 18mos-24mos after removal, she was risking her baby's health and should wonder if God will punish her for it. Nice, huh? I'm not making this up. Anyway, I ended up just doing natural things and eating well. I had no 6 month mark where I suddenly felt worse. I used cilantro with chlorella (which Cutler thinks is dangerous), increased selenium, increased Vit C, and ate good food.

I had no toothaches or problems before removing my amalgams, but have had issues since. I had deep cavities UNDER the amalgams so I don't know that this caused the problems, but it aggravated the pulp so I've been fighting a toothache for a long time now. I had to have crowns put on most of the fillings because they were so large. My insurance paid for 1/2 of everything. For 4 crowns and 2 fillings, it cost me $2100.