No, not necessarily, you need a normal creatinine to make muscle
etc.Creatinine fluxes thruought the day and high creatinine goes with
darker urine, lower creatinine is with nearly water colored urine.
But in the game we are playing,(for lack of better word) and at times
needing to see it on paper, and if you are inclined to "need" to
prove to anyone, as usually it only takes one result of a high level
to get people to believe you(been there done that) the way to do it,
to nail a test with black lines is:

Watch behavior and urine color. Darker urine will usually give you
the off behaviors,hyper, cranky, moody, when they bounce out of that
funk, urine will go clear, that is the urine you want to send, the
one following a funky behavior going to clear water colored urine.
WORKS EVERY TIME. But it has to precede a dark urine spell.
Bottom line you are seeing improvements, moving up the chain of
issues that is all that matters. But we all like to "see" what we are
doing on paper at times.

--- In Autism-Mercury@yahoogroups.com, "noaholiviaian" <phaselow@...>
wrote:
>
> So, is having lower creatinine BETTER under some circumstances? His
> creatinine has always been nearly 2 SD below the norm; I was
excited
> to see that number approaching normal...
>
> I am usually not one who relies on test results for confirmation.
I
> only do blood work every 6 months at best. For some reason, this
> test frustrates me. I guess I was hoping to show it to my husband
> to get him on board.
>
> Everyone is correct: the bottom line is that the Autism is
> literally melting away. I worry at times that I'll be stuck with
> ADHD as a replacement Dx (was never a hyper kid before), but most
> days I'll take it!! I often wonder if he is hyper because he is
> frantically making up for lost time... all of these experiences he
> missed for 2 years after regressing. This kid has a zest for life
> that wears me out!
>
> Pam
>
> --- In Autism-Mercury@yahoogroups.com, "deverelementary"
> <kearneysix@> wrote:
> >
> > It is all just the timing you nailed that test. I bet his mercury
> > excretion was higher with the lower creatinine level. The higher
> the
> > creatinine goes, the lower the metal excretion will be. Next time
> you
> > get a urine test, take it when the color is nearly clear, the
> metel
> > excretion will be greater with the lower creatinine, especially
> after
> > seeing a spell of darker urine. Works all the time, that is if
you
> > are into seeing it on paper, some are, some don't care. --- In
> Autism-
> > Mercury@yahoogroups.com, "noaholiviaian" <phaselow@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > I just rec'd a copy of our latest DDI urine toxic metals test.
> I
> > > had been eager to see the results, since it was the first test
> > since
> > > adding oral ALA to our TD-DMSA regimen.
> > >
> > > ZERO mercury. Not even a little blip on the page. Our prior
> urine
> > > test (just DMSA) showed mercury in to the yellow. Nothing else
> was
> > > pulled in any significant amounts, except we saw lead for the
> first
> > > time (still very much in the green).
> > >
> > > We are seeing remarkable improvements in our child since
> starting
> > > ALA. Can't quite recall: is ALA mainly excreted in the feces?
> > >
> > > On a nicer note, his creatinine is much, much closer to the
norm
> > (83
> > > now vs 32 mg/dL 6 mnths ago).
> > >
> > > So, TD-DMSA alone seemed to show (on paper) the mercury coming
> out
> > > in the urine but we didn't see the great behavioral
> improvements.
> > > TD-DMSA plus oral ALA shows spectacular behavior changes but
> looks
> > > poor on paper.
> > >
> > > What to do? Continue on and dump the urine test for some hair
> and
> > > stool testing?
> > >
> > > I'm frustrated. I feel like someone who opened a gift;
thinking
> it
> > > would be an engagement ring only to find a goofy charm bracelet.
> > >
> > > Pam
> > >
> >
>