Re: Hi to everyone and an update

[Guest guest]

---Hi Nate,

It's great to hear from you, been wondering how you were doing.

Sounds like you have improved 200% since we last spoke! Your Mum is

wonderful and deserves the biggest of all hugs. Most of my

withdrawal stuff has gone except this nerve pain in my hands and

feet. I have been off now for 9 months.

Stay in touch.

Love

In Withdrawal_and_Recovery , Nate Pratt

<natethegreat098@y...> wrote:

> Hey everyone I know it's been awhile. I haven't forgot

> about all of you and hope everyone is doing well. Well

> I'm definitely doing better now. I had a span of about

> 3 weeks where I was doing really good. I was walking,

> exercising, jumping on my trampoline. doing front and

> back flips like before, fishing, going out all the

> time and not getting tired, had a couple job

> interviews but not got one yet but hey I'm looking. I

> had both the jobs I interviewed for if I wanted them

> but I just decided it wasn't right for me. I want to

> be 100% sure I get into something I want to do and

> isn't too strenuous on my body. It's a little rough

> right now. I'm in a little bit of a rut. Makes no

> sense to the patterns sometimes. It's when I get in

> the dip of a valley I get worried and depressed.

> Doesn't help my life has some never ending drama to

> it. Bt hey all that I've been through and still go

> trough has prepared me for bigger things in life. When

> this is all completely done and over with and I know

> in my heart it will some day. Everything else will

> seem like smooth sailing I plan on going back to

> college in the fall also. Hmmm.....I have alot of

> thanks to give to my chirolpractor and to this group

> that I've made it as far as I have. He found that I

> had hypo-adrenals and hypo-thyroidism, anemia, an

> infection, viral pneumonia, heavy metal toxicity and a

> very suppressed immune system. At one point I was on

> 60 plus pills a day! I'm down to significantly less

> than that now but still have quite a cocktail going

> still. My official diagnosis is chronic fatigue

> syndrome. I was wondering catherine. Is it common to

> have these problems with withdrawal. Like I understand

> the symptoms of everything. But what's the cause

> behind them? Like example the weakness could be due to

> poor adrenal glands. Do the drugs damage this area?

> Well anyways thanks alot everyone for listening to me

> when I was really down in the dumps I appreciate it.

> You were the only people that showed you cared about

> me beside my family and girlfriend. Not even my

> bandmates would listen to me or be there for me when I

> needed them most which are now former bandmates but

> yeah thanks to everyone. I'm still not near normal yet

> and like I said earlier I'm in a bit of a rut right

> now definitely not feeling as good as I did before but

> I know I'm on the way. These patterns just frustrate

> me b/c it seems like there is no rhyme or reason to

> the periods of highs and lows. Anyhow I'll try and

> keep up and postmore often. Thanks once again.

> Nate

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Hey Nate!

It's good to hear from you. I'm glad things have improved. You said:

<<Hmmm.....I have alot of

thanks to give to my chirolpractor and to this group

that I've made it as far as I have. He found that I

had hypo-adrenals and hypo-thyroidism, anemia, an

infection, viral pneumonia, heavy metal toxicity and a

very suppressed immune system. At one point I was on

60 plus pills a day! I'm down to significantly less

than that now but still have quite a cocktail going

still. My official diagnosis is chronic fatigue

syndrome. I was wondering catherine. Is it common to

have these problems with withdrawal. Like I understand

the symptoms of everything. But what's the cause

behind them? Like example the weakness could be due to

poor adrenal glands. Do the drugs damage this area?>>

** The answer is -- absolutely. They certainly can cause this type of

damage.

You said:

<<I'm still not near normal yet

and like I said earlier I'm in a bit of a rut right

now definitely not feeling as good as I did before but

I know I'm on the way. These patterns just frustrate

me b/c it seems like there is no rhyme or reason to

the periods of highs and lows. >>

** That's the nature of thyroid and adrenal malfunction. Food, stress,

sleep, and exercise play a role too.

You and your mother may find the following books helpful:

J. Shomon: Living Well With Hypothyroidism

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Price: $ 8.00

http://www.thyroid-info.com/book.htm

Shomon: Living Well With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

(Best Seller)

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Price: $ 8.00

Shomon: Living Well with Autoimmune Disease

SRP: $ 14.95

Price: $ 8.00

Puchase them here:

http://store.yahoo.com/iherb/mbooks.html

You said:

<<Anyhow I'll try and

keep up and postmore often. Thanks once again.>>

** That would be great. Thanks, Nate. Keep in touch.

Regards,