About a week after I was bitten by my tick I had four wisdom teeth removed and 4 fillings in a two day period. Some of which were old silver fillings.

About a month after that my symptoms started. Dizzy/lightheaded, funny feelings in hands, ringing ears and eye floaters. Could the tick with the fillings mobilized everything and given me these symptoms?

I never really herxed with my abx either. I don't know much about it, but I've been wondering about it. Especially with the timing of the tick and the dental work and the symptoms.

Lyme people tend to use a company called Doctor's Data, located in Chicago, for heavy metals testing. There are lots of different treatments--I used DMSA for four months. Also, this is a good time to indulge in supplements: N-acetyl choline, alpha lipoic acid, broken cell wall chlorella, and a few others will start removing small amounts of mercury. That's how I found out about my mercury levels, I started taking NAC for liver support and experienced a huge improvement.

I was present when the oral surgeon opened my husband's wisdom teeth sites. He had lost the teeth years before. It became very clear to me that this was not a healthy jaw and bone. And, oh, how close to the brain that toxin is!

I just ran through my little diary with some notes I wrote, back in 98, where I repeated what my doctor had said that day --- "mercury and dental toxins is the most difficult brain fogging substance; and trying to stay sane in the middle of it, is very tough. Mercury blocks the coming out of the dental toxins (caused by infections). Mercury is the heavier. You are like a barrel with a stopper in it."

To answer your question, in my experience, heavy metals and dental toxins and Lyme and viral, parasitic, fungal infections go hand in hand. One does not exist without the other, or others.

I do not know what a lab test costs. You should in any case have a challenge test, given by a doctor; a doctor that is experienced with metal toxicity and dental problems.

If you want to do it right, do not start with DMSA, NAC, ALA. DMSA brings the stuff down from the brain, but if the roads down are not clear, all you do is shift the metals from one place to the other. You stop, feel good, and then all of a sudden the nightmare starts all over again. All the agents mentioned do that. It is a horrible way to go and I do not understand how a doctor could suggest that at the outset. These agents can be used possibly at one point later on, but certainly not in the way some people are describing it and certainly not for months at a time.

Unless you come up with a lead toxicity also when doing a lab test, I think that is covered by some insurance. The cost, yes, but what choice do we really have. Stay sick forever and let it get slowly worse?
It cost us a little fortune, for two people, but having a new life makes up for everything.

See if you can find yourself a practitioner, possible one that does ART and has training. Any good muscle tester can test you for heavy metals and dental toxins (mercaptan, thioether = dead body toxins)from bad teeth, root canals, crowns over questionable teeth, bridges over bad teeth, etc. One bad tooth alone can do so much damage and can keep a patient from getting well. A good ART practitioner can also determine whether any metals are remaining and where they are. That does not mean once you have some more die-off of Lyme bacteria, fungi, parasites, etc., more metal will not come to light again. That's what makes this art to unique.

Also remember, there is no lab test anywhere that can tell you how much metal is remaining in the body. It tells you what is being released with a challenge at this moment, but it cannot tell what remains behind. So as long as symptoms persist, most likely metals (or dental toxins) are still there.

I can assure you, once the metals are gone, your life will be different; to me it's heaven on earth. You will realize then what had such a grip on you - slowly destroying more and more of your body.

Take care.
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