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July 6, 2008 8:43pm
I just looked at my profile and the list of ailments I have I did and extensive list of things that helped me and things that didn't. Since …
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lizgirl
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Didn't win the lottery.
About Me
I have had many problems in the past and spent most of my past 20 years trying to get help for them. Chronic fatigue/pain, depression, IBS, Bad PMS, food sensitivities. In general I am just depressed with my life's outcome since I spent most of it being sick and not excelling in the things I would like to do in a career. View the happy faces in my Journal for some information on how the supplements helped me.
Interests
Like walking, shopping; hate cooking but I have to do more and more of it. Love good movies. Love pets and children. I have 4 grandchildren I like spending much time with. Enjoy trying new wines and visiting vineyards. Taking photos. I'm a seamstress by trade but no great jobs in my area.
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Personality disorder description
July 6, 2008 4:34pm
http://allpsych.com/disorders/personality/index.html
My son fits this 100%.
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I put a "fool proof" mayo recipe up with step by step directions. I hope you enjoy it.
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thank you for journal post thank you will get them yogurts are you ok i hope you are cos you dont deserve be unhappy you are a kind lady i abused laxitives again other day do you think damaged tummy for good because never be right since hurts bloated lots am consaptd the oats dont work for me i dont move with them scared and uphappy
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Good Morning Liz, Just read your recent journal enteries and left you my comments. Please take a moment to read them. I hope you can relax and take some well deserved ME time and enjoy the rest of the 4th of July weekend. Take care of yourself, Hugs, Maryann
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Just wanted to come by and see how your doing and wish you and hubby a happy 4th!!! were having a BBQ with our Neighbor I have been up sense 5am I'm soooooooo tired It started at 2 and I am ready for a nap LOL told my hubby I was going in for a few mins needed a break(guess you no he dontg need a nap) so I thought by and see how your doing well I guess I go back but I will need a nap real soon:) hugs.............
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Happy Fourth!! Hope you have a great day!!!
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Close Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionI suffered panic attacks at age 22 and was put on tofranil. After 2 years on it I was panic free. When I turned 28 I became very sick and the doctors didn't think it was depression. Years down the road I found what I was dealing with. candida overgrowth was, chronic fatigue, fibro, hormonal imbalance, food sensitiviy and IBS. During the process of trying to get well I got depressed. Actually I believe I suffered from depression all the time.
Treatments
- Meditation Not Working
- This never helped me. It is helpful to keep you from going into a panic state but it never helped my depression.
- Positive Thinking Working / Worked
- The only thing positive thinking does for me is to keep me out of dispare.
- Prozac Working / Worked
- Prozac was suggested for me by my GYN because I was suffering from PMSD. It helped a lot and my dosage was increased. Although I felt so much better I sought out help with a psychiatrist. I was having some symptoms that this medication wasn't working for. Prozac helped me feel emotionaly stable. My doctor suggested to put me on risperdal, and this helped the rest of my complaints. I was on that medication for about 6 months. Now I only take Prozac.
- Zoloft Not Working
- I was put on it with the main problem of anxiety and it didn't help.
Close Food Allergies
Type of allergy: Other Foodscitrus. chemicals in soaps (SLS) and some foods. Soy products, corn products, preservatives in foods. Have to make my own stuff. WHEAT.
Treatments
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked
- Can't figure out some of them.
Open Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
I have IBS with constipation. Biggest problem I have is with trapped gas not moving out. UGh!
Treatments
- Acidophilus Not Working
- Aloe Vera Not Working
- sensitive to it and causes severe constipation. So does citrus.
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked
- Found I was sensitive to Wheat and anything with wheat in it. Wheat gave me spasms and anxiety, blurred vision and more. I was told to follow a gluten free diet but the doctor didn't think I was sensitive to gluten itself. Had a blood test and it didn't show a wheat allergy. Go figure.
- Chamomile Not Working
- helps relieve stomach gas
- Colace Somewhat Helpful
- not intended to take long term.
- High Fiber Diet Working / Worked
- This works best but is hard to do. I need very high fiber diet and it is too much for my husband. Beans, cabbage, quinoa, oatmeal, zucchini,are my best friends.
- Levsin Working / Worked
- Helps relax my digestive system so it can begin moving again. Seems it goes into spasms and traps in gas.
- Miralax Somewhat Helpful
- Helped a little but after taking it for 2 weeks it began making me feel sick. Recently began taking it again and I am not getting sick off of it. I take it when I have a meal that isn't high in fiber.
- MSM Working / Worked
- I was having bad bowel pain. I read they use this supplement to treat bowel inflammation. So I tried it for 2 months and it got rid of my pain. I still have IBS but without the pain. Must take vitamin C with MSM.
- Peppermint Somewhat Helpful
- helps for stomach gas and occasionally bowel gas.
- Probiotics Not Working
- Psyllium Not Working
- never worked
Open Hemorrhoids
Developed during and after pregnancy for many years. I developed too many inside and out. Started feeling afraid to eat because I would then have to poop.
Treatments
- Anusol Working / Worked
- This helped me more than Preparation H. Also lying down for 15 minutes after a BM.
- Hemorrhoidectomy Working / Worked
- After surgery this is very painful. I had surgery on the inside as well as outside of my rectum. Inside doesn't pain much.
- Preparation H Somewhat Helpful
- Kind of kept me lubricated but didn't shrink them. However the formula has improved since I first took this.
Open Pre-menstrual Syndrome (PMS)
My problem began when I went off the birth control pill. I only took it 6 months and stopped because it made me awful depressed. My period was messed up after that and I had bad PMS that nobody wanted to recognize.
Treatments
- Black Cohosh Not Working
- Evening Primrose Oil Working / Worked
- This helped me with an imbalance I suffered after my period was over. I would begin to have hand shakes and felt awful inside for a week and then it would go away. Doctors dissmissed me even when I asked them if it was related to my hormones? I saw a talk show program that had a GYN answering question to an audience. One woman commented on these same symptoms. He told here that it was an imbalance in her estrogen during that time of the cycle. EPO helps replace estrogen. Take with vit-E.
- Midol Somewhat Helpful
- Midol helped me with reducing pain but I had to stop taking it when I reached about 30 years old. It contained caffeine and gave me the shakes.
- Naproxen Not Working
- Oral Contraceptives Not Working
- Birth control pill is what messed me up to begin with! Doctors don't want to try to fix it.
- Progesterone Cream Working / Worked
- This helped me a good bit. I only needed to take it for about 6 months. Now after 8 years I am using it again to treat my IBS that shows up during my PMS weeks.
- Prozac Working / Worked
- Fell very emotionally stable on this medication. Also sleep better and have better energy and think again. Did nothing for heavy bleeding.
- Zoloft Not Working
- Wasn't helpful with anxiety much.
Open Financial Challenges
lizgirl hasn’t entered any details for this support group.Open High Cholesterol
Doctor found my cholesterol to be high. Put me on a diet, it worked. It has been some years I need another check.
Open GERD & Heartburn
I had a D&C which reqired me to use anesthesia to knock me out. I woke up and experienced throat pain something awful the next few days and onward. Went to a throat specialist and had a scope into my throat and found no problems. He told me that this throat pain is caused by acid reflux. I had a test that confimed a hernia at the top of my stomach that causes this problem. I don't feel heartburn.
Treatments
- Antacids Not Working
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked
- Don't eat things that will constipate you or create too much acid you can't handle. Sometimes I can't eat hot/spicy foods.
- Baking Soda Not Working
- Dietary Modification Working / Worked
- Eat smaller meals. Update, This problem totally went away when I stopped eating wheat. Wheat caused constipation and slowed my gut function down. Caused acid reflux.
- Ginger Not Working
- Pepto-Bismol Not Working
- Prilosec Working / Worked
- Taken every other day for me. Or I get stomach pain.
- Raising Bed Position Somewhat Helpful
Open Diets & Weight Maintenance
I began having more anxiety than I could handle. One doctor put me on an antidepressant that didn't work. He wouldn't change it so I changed doctors. In the meantime I was eating chocolate all day long everyday and this relieved my anxiety. Thanks for prozac I am not in need of chocolate. However I gained 40 pounds!
Treatments
- Atkins Diet Not Working
- I can't do this diet because of my high cholesterol. I don't doubt it would help me.
- Counting Calories Somewhat Helpful
- I can't locate a calorie counter book nowhere. Try to east sensibly.
- Dancing Considering
- I dropped weight before by dancing. However I don't feel like dancing at the age of 49. I bought a couple of DVD's and can't get into it 1
- Eating Healthier Foods Somewhat Helpful
- Eat Less Somewhat Helpful
- Physical Exercise Considering
- When the weather was nice I walked 3 miles 3 times a week. Didn't loose weight but didn't gain it either.
Open Senior Health & Aging
lizgirl hasn’t entered any details for this support group.Open Healthy Eating
I have to eat healthy to avoid foods that make me sick and to quiet IBS. It isn't easy to do. I had to eliminate foods with perservatives in it.
Treatments
- Organic Diet Working / Worked
- I have found that more organic foods have less bad ingredients in them. Must read labels!
Open Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
I experienced many kinds of fatigue over the years. One piling up on another. Each feeling was a different imbalance. Low minerals, low progesterone, low thyroid, yeast overgrowth, food sensitivity, chemical sensitivity, depression disorder needing 2 kinds of medication. Repair detox or sulfur pathway with sulfur amino acids and cofactors. Chelating with EDTA. Digestive enzymes.
Treatments
Open High Blood Pressure
My husband has high readings and I want to learn more.
Open Career Changes
lizgirl hasn’t entered any details for this support group.Open Health Care Reform
lizgirl hasn’t entered any details for this support group.Open Menopause
Not menopausal yet! Need information though.
Open Fibromyalgia
Suffered the effects of Fibro after having chronic fatigue for a very long time. Joined community to help keep me well.
Treatments
- 5-HTP Not Working
- Acupressure Not Working
- Heat Not Working
- Vitamin B12 Not Working
Open Stress Management
Who doesn't need help in this area?
Treatments
- Hypnotherapy Not Working
- Tried this for relaxation with a therapist, had a bad experience.
- Music Somewhat Helpful
- Physical Exercise Not Working
Open Nutrition
To finding answers in my health I had to look into nutrition.
