Chelation Series, Part 8: Numbness, Nerve Pain, and “Weird Sensations”: The Surprising Connection to Mercury

This article is part of the Chelation Education Series. For an overview and full list of articles, visit the Chelation page.

https://www.vigeohealth.net/chelation

When nerves start sending strange signals — buzzing, tingling, zaps, patches of numbness, or that creepy “cell phone vibrating in my foot” feeling — most people get bounced between neurologists, podiatrists, and anxiety screenings.

Nobody ever asks the real question:

“What’s interfering with this nerve’s ability to make energy?”

Here’s the answer mainstream medicine misses every time:mercury loves sabotaging nerve metabolism.

Let’s break down how — and what you can do about it before chelation is even possible.

Mercury Targets B1 Thiamine-Dependent Enzymes First

Your nerves run on Vitamin B1 -thiamine-driven biochemical pathways.Mercury disrupts the enzymes thiamine activates — especially transketolase, a major player in carbohydrate metabolism.

When a nerve can’t process fuel?

It misfires.It weakens.And it screams in the form of odd sensations you can’t quite describe.

This is why early mercury neuropathy looks so different from B12 deficiency or diabetic neuropathy.The pattern is metabolic, not structural.

B12 Helps Not Because You’re “Deficient” — But Because It Supports Damaged Pathways

People often feel immediate relief from:

• methyl B12 injections

• hydroxocobalamin injections

• or high-dose sublingual B12

Not because they’re low in B12 —but because B12 temporarily supports myelin repair, nerve conduction, and nitric oxide balance while mercury is still interrupting enzyme pathways.

It’s a patch job… but it’s a good patch job.

Neuropathy Often Shows Up Before Brain Fog or Cognitive Symptoms

Here’s the part nobody warns you about:

Peripheral nerves take the hit long before the brain waves the flag.

Why?

They’re long, energy-hungry, and extremely sensitive to mitochondrial disruption.

So symptoms like:

• tingling

• random zaps

• “wet” sensations

• patches of numbness

• crawly feelings

• vibration sensations

…are often early mercury signatures — years before someone gets diagnosed with “mild cognitive impairment,” “anxiety,” or “mysterious fatigue.”

What If You Can’t Chelate Yet? (Amalgams Still In? Too Sick? Not Ready?)

Good news: You can support nerves without mobilizing mercury.

Here’s what actually helps:

✔ Thiamine (B1)

Rebuilds metabolic pathways mercury disrupted.

✔ Methyl or Hydroxo B12

Supports myelin and nerve signaling.

✔ Magnesium and/or Malic Acid

Calms hyperactive firing and reduces mis-signaling.

✔ Taurine

Stabilizes cell membranes and supports bile flow.

✔ Glycine

Supports glutathione gently without mobilization.

✔ Selenium

Neutralizes circulating mercury into HgSe so nerves stop taking the hit.

None of these move metals.They stabilize the system so you don’t deteriorate while waiting for safe chelation.