Open Question: Do I have mercury poisoning?11 June 2011, 9:49 amI have had much dental work done over the past years, with various mercury amalgam filling replacements that were not performed with a dental dam. I experience chronic headaches, have problems remembering what I'm doing (go on the computer but forget why I got on in the first place, declining school performance, etc). I also currently have 3 cracked fillings. I get tingling in my fingers and toes often, body soreness just about everywhere if i don't take something for it, and continuous flank pain. People have often commented on the fact that I tend to be emotional and reactive over random things, and I do admit that it doesnt take much to fly me into a rage or make me feel depressed. I had previously been diagnosed with depression when i was younger due to suicide attempts, but I have found that much of the anger and sadness I feel tends to be reactionary based. Nevertheless, the intensity of it always seems to be far greater than the situation would necessitate. I started feeling this way a year after i had a massive amount of amalgam fillings placed due to an admitted love of sweets and distaste of all things minty when i was younger. My symptoms seem to have only gotten progressively worse since then. I also feel stressed out often without knowing particularly why, like there is this great tension or stress that i cannot resolve and quite frankly dont even know the cause for. I used to excel in academics, being a straight A student in honor and AP classes throughout elementary and highschool, but this doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Learning has become increasingly difficult and I seem to be unable to grasp the entirety of concepts or even be able to recall them completely once they have been taught only moments ago. Please can anyone help me? I feel like my life is falling apart and I don't know what to do about it. I feel like im going crazy, and my dreams seem to be slipping away from me as each day goes on. I wanted to be a doctor, but even getting through undergraduate school seems nearly impossible. I know they say dental amalgam is "safe" but with no FDA testing due to classification I cannot see how it would be safe to put mercury in the human body if small levels in water are known to "contaminate" fish. I took some chemistry and understand also that it is supposedly inorganic mercury, but the exposure of this amalgam to acid would chemically alter it to be organic, specifically strong acids such as those found in the stomach. Can anyone help me? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read this :)
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