Guest guest Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 oh! and this book is from 1996 - is that information enough up to date at this point? Cris Re: Intro Hi nne, I am having trouble with my keyboard with certain letters and punctuation, but I want to respond to you. (Hmmm, seems to be working better now.) Anyway, I've been dealing with this for 23 years. Always thought the inability to function was due to depression. However, when I was diagnosed with ADD inattentive type, I found out it was the culprit. I read on a forum about the phenomena of " paralysis of will " . The more I read, I read there's a tie in with stress and ADD. I'd never had any symptoms of ADD before really. Evidently my period of extreme stress activated the ADD inattentive type. (Believe me, there's NO hyperactivity involved. LOL) I also read about a study done that found that children with ADD are low in cortisol in the brain. Of course, all my health problems (hypothyroidism, depression, narcolepsy, menopause, delayed sleep phase syndrome, fibromyalgia) contribute to fatigue! I did alot of reading including Dr. Jefferies' " Safe Uses of Cortisol " , expensive paperback, but extremely helpful. He encourages physiological dosages of Cortef rather than pharmacological. I was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 magnesium oxide 500mg x 3 times a day works for me. When my daughter was pregnant the only thing that worked for her was milk of magnesia (in large doses!) Lynda (in the UK) Re: Intro I've eaten prunes - dried. my grandmother used to boil them - I said I'd never do that!!! oh my!! LOL but...I do have some here, I should eat them and see what happens. something I got away from. I used to take a shakley product. It worked for a while - then sort of stopped working too. I can't eat psyillium - and a lot of products have that in it. do just dried prunes work the same as cooked prunes? I'm hoping you say yes!! LOL thanks! cris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 I've eaten prunes - dried. my grandmother used to boil them - I said I'd never do that!!! oh my!! LOL but...I do have some here, I should eat them and see what happens. something I got away from. I used to take a shakley product. It worked for a while - then sort of stopped working too. I can't eat psyillium - and a lot of products have that in it. do just dried prunes work the same as cooked prunes? I'm hoping you say yes!! LOL thanks! cris Re: Intro Hi, Cris, I've always dealt with constipation too. I've used Fiberblend with success. I purchase it from www. hacres.com. I was taking it daily. Then I noticed that they recommended not to take it for an extended time period because of some of the herbs in it, I think. So I began to eat prunes by adding water, and heating in the microwave. (I was heating it on the stove, but I kept forgetting it and burning it! LOL) I eat 8-10 prunes daily like this with my organic eggs. And it works well. I used to get gas from prunes but that stopped after eating it on a regular basis. (Actually, I had reached a point, where I didn't really need the prunes. But then I had to start taking Adderall and Effexor and the constipation returned. But the prunes help along with drinking alot of water.) in Va. ----- I can't wait for my constipation to go away!! LOL I've heard too much can give you diahrea - I can't imagine that ever happening with me! I take several stool softeners/night, and still only go to the bathroom about once a week. I've also taken that IBS drug for women - talk about pains!!! Cris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 I can't reduce it for him - he never eats at home anymore... we went thru a lot of elimination diets when he was young. He had a serious reaction to processed corns - could eat corn on the cob fresh - but give him processed corns and watch out! he would be literally bouncing off of the walls!! What are meant by essential fatty acids, do you know? and then - still need a cooperative son! thx!! Cris Re: Intro Just in case this helps...there have been several major studies here in the U.K. that show supplementation with good doses of essential fatty acids dramatically reduces symptoms of ADD..they used prisoners as subjects...one girl begged to stay on it when the trial finishes as she felt so much more focussed!!! Also eliminating gluten from diet can help...but needs a co- operative son!!!! (However..you CAN reduce it!!!) Hope this helps Chirpy Fluffyowl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 hmmmmm - I even have some of that - I had planned on adding it back into my regime....I get so tired of taking umteen vitamins, I just up and quit sometimes!! 3x/day tho - I know I won't remember to do that!! LOL thanks! Cris Re: Intro magnesium oxide 500mg x 3 times a day works for me. When my daughter was pregnant the only thing that worked for her was milk of magnesia (in large doses!) Lynda (in the UK) ----- Original Message ----- From: cris To: NaturalThyroidHormones Sent: 09 June 2004 14:41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Hi and Sandy - I think I recognize you from some other bird lists! I have been on HRT (premarin). That wasn't mentioned in all the bad publicity about HRT. It was mostly the drugs that cominbined estrogen and progesterone that were dinged. I always thought progesterone was not what we wanted, until I joined this list and started reading all the files and links. Then I read about estrogen dominance, which I never heard of before. I even ordered the progesterone cream. Am I doing the right thing? This is all so confusing. When I read the symptoms for adrenal burnout, hypo (Hashi's), estrogen dominance, etc. ,, I have lots of them, so what causes what? I did stop the premarin when I started taking Armour. ..... joan ----- HI, Sandy, I've heard some women are losing weight with natural progesterone cream. I don't know how old you are. But as we get older our estrogen diminishes but our progesterone diminishes faster. And there's many symptoms that go with this estrogen dominance. Gaining weight is one of them. I can send you some info, if you're interested. How many birds do you have? Wow, African greys and quakers. I only have cockatiels and one lovebird. But I love all birds. Birds are my favorite people! LOL I bet you have some talkers! Take care. in Va. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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