If the only explanation is mercury poisoning, then it probably is mercury poisoning. Get those fillings out immediately.
"On August 14, 1996, Karen Wetterhahn, a chemistry professor working at Dartmouth College, spilled a small amount of dimethylmercury on her latex glove. She began experiencing the symptoms of mercury poisoning five months later and, despite aggressive chelation therapy, died a few months later from brain malfunction due to mercury intoxication."
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Genetics is fate. Change our genes, achieve free will.