Hi Dagmar,

I just wanted to mention another idea you might think about
for the nighttime. Actaully similar to what Andy also said.

You may want to try (painful as this sounds) keeping him
awake for say 10 or 15 minutes and THEN giving him the
syringe of chelation stuff. I know that when was chelating,
sometimes I had NO IDEA what was going on when the alarm
woke me up, because I was asleep and things are different.
[And I know ALL ABOUT IT ahead of time LOL!] Sometimes
I could wake up and take the pill no problem. But many
times I just didn't know what was happening, for example
didn't know "oh this is an alarm clock" -- didn't know
WHY it was ringing, etc. Didn't know if I had already
taken the stuff or not. I could be in the middle of
a dream or in some deep sleep state -- you just never
know......

You might go so far as to play music or do a small activity
at night, like wash his face first, or tell a story, or
whatever. Wow--I just remembered a dream I had last night.
[no kidding]

best wishes,
Moria

--- In Autism-Mercury@y..., "dagmarjahr" <dagmarjahr@e...> wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
> I have trouble giving my son 4 1/2 years old his night time doses of
> ALA. First time I tried, he sort of took them the first night
> although some of it got spillt or spat out again, after I tried to
> force it into his mouth. The second night he just wouldn't take it.
> I don't want to force it into his mouth again, firstly, because it
> doesn't feel right (invading his body against his will) and also,
> because if he spits it out again, I never know how much he has had,
> which makes for very inexact dosing.
>
> After this I gave him about 2 weeks break, spoke to him about it
> (during the day you can reason with him although he is still very
> strong minded, but during the night he just won't listen) and got
> his promise, that he would take it during the night next time.
> Yesterday, I gave him ALA all through the day and practised with him
> to take it with a syringe (which he enjoyed), all perpared for the
> night as I thought. Then he again refused to take it when I woke him
> for his first night time dose. I decided then to give up for at
> least several months, because I was worried, that I might do more
> harm than good. This morning I gave him fairly high doses of Vit C,
> Milk Thisle and also some selenium, to limit potential harm.
>
> Later I found that him practising writing numbers for the first time
> and doing quite a good job. This could be coincidence, but I was
> wondering, whether it might still be a positive result of this
> aborted round of chelation.
>
> I now feel half tempted to risk doing the odd day at a time and
> already give the selenium before bedtime in case he refuses nightime
> doses.
>
> My son is not autisic, but probably poisoned by mercury from my
> fillings (I got a mixture of gold and amalgan and had dental work
> before I got pregnant with him and I think also whilst
> breastfeeding, which I did until he was nearly two). He is not
> vaccinated.
>
> Sorry this is so long. I be gratefull for advice.
>
> Dagmar.
>
> P.S. I doubled his first dose of the day, thinking that if you
> always give a full dose after half the ALA is gone it would
> gradually add up to double the dose anyway and I might as well start
> on this level. Is this alright?