My mom is going through the same thing...every tooth in her mouth has an amalgam filling except for a few front ones. She has been getting them since she was little and is now 47. About a month and a half ago she had several of her mercury fillings removed, and also a really terrible infected root canal (which are horrible for you) that they found a huge puss pocket under. A few days later my mom started have EXTREME symptoms, to the point where she keeps thinking she is dying. She is very health conscious and should not be having these issues. We both believe it's mercury poisoning, but the dr's want to look for every possible other thing. She has been to the ER SIX times in the last month!!!! A couple times rushed by ambulance! This is due to these episodes she has, and she also cannot eat (well, she can swallow but not chew, because chewing sets her off...maybe releasing too much mercury??) She gets major vertigo, light headed, see black spots light she is passing out, chest pain/tightness, radid heartbeat, arms and hands go numb, and "electric" sensation shoots through her body, her head feels numb, all at the same time....basically, she says she just feels like she is dying. This is so bad that she has to go to the hospital when it happens because she feels it is it...she is dying. She has had her lungs xrayed, ct scans, echocardiograms. They finally on the last one found that she has Mitral Valve Prolapse, but say that something is making it worse, so they have to do more tests. They tested her blood for mercury which she will get the results for on Friday, but i'm not counting on that to tell us anything because you are supposed to do a hair follicle test! It doesn't stay in your blood!! This makes me so mad, I wish they would just find it and fix her! She has had numerous mercury poisoning symptoms over the years. TMJ, migraines, neck pain, constipation, etc.