Guest guest Posted March 11, 2000 Report Share Posted March 11, 2000 Well Said, M. Riley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2000 Report Share Posted March 13, 2000 Mike, I had similar symptoms - 3 - 4 days of dry, flaky, skin, 2 days of " normal " skin and 2 - 3 days of inflamed, red skin. After many 2 months of this, I stopped taking the doxycycline altogether. (I believe the antibiotics made my seb. dermatitis worse). These days, I take acidophilus, vit. C (2 gr)., borage (1000mg) or evening primrose oil (6 capsules), vit. B-12 (200 mcg), and L-Lysine (500 mg). *I take half these amounts, twice daily*. (I'm still experimenting with this list - be aware that vit. B-12 will compete with other B vitamins, so it is necessary to add the other B's from time to time. The idea of taking acidophilus is to restore the " good " bacteria that was killed by the antibiotics in your intestinal flora. Borage and EPO have essential fatty acids that may be missing from our diet. These fatty acids will increase the level of prostaglandins, which should reduce the level of redness in your skin. SO far, I haven't had any side effects with this regiment, but, please - listen to your body). This has helped me far more than the antibiotics did. Robin " M. Riley " <adanac@earth To: rosacea-supporteGroups link.net> cc: Subject: Support 03/11/2000 12:20 AM I can certainly see that you are a very sensitive, understanding person, as you claimed to be. And of course, I'd also add you are a mature individual. I posted this message for information, not for harassment. I can tell that you simply enjoy upsetting people. If this is your idea of support, pls keep up the good work. Your maturity and kindness is much needed in this world. May the Lord help you continue in this pursuit. Re: Ever-Changing Symptoms > hmmm... one would have thought that because of your " overly-zealous " research > you already knew about these meds? > " M. Riley " wrote: > > > Does anyone else experience this? Each week I get new symptoms. One > > week I'd be beet red (but no bumps or flakiness); the next week, the > > redness goes down but the skin is incredibly dry and flakey, like > > sandpaper; the next week, the flakiness is not so bad, but now there > > are tiny itchy bumps (mostly colorless). > > > > Someone mentioned before that tetracycline works well at reducing > > bumps, but not redness. I just switched to doxycycline and wonder if > > that might be a reason why I've gotten all these itchy bumps now. Any > > ideas? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please read the list highlights thoroughly before posting to the whole group. see http://ii.net/~dp/rosacea/toc.html To leave the list send an email to rosacea-support-unsubscribeegroups ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Check out your group's private Chat room -- /ChatPage?listName=rosacea-support & m=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2000 Report Share Posted March 15, 2000 Correction: Fatty acids will decrease the amount of prostaglandins produced by our body. (Not increase). Robin Wasko To: adanac@... 03/13/2000 cc: rosacea-supporteGroups 09:39 AM Subject: Re: Support(Document link: Robin Wasko) Mike, I had similar symptoms - 3 - 4 days of dry, flaky, skin, 2 days of " normal " skin and 2 - 3 days of inflamed, red skin. After many 2 months of this, I stopped taking the doxycycline altogether. (I believe the antibiotics made my seb. dermatitis worse). These days, I take acidophilus, vit. C (2 gr)., borage (1000mg) or evening primrose oil (6 capsules), vit. B-12 (200 mcg), and L-Lysine (500 mg). *I take half these amounts, twice daily*. (I'm still experimenting with this list - be aware that vit. B-12 will compete with other B vitamins, so it is necessary to add the other B's from time to time. The idea of taking acidophilus is to restore the " good " bacteria that was killed by the antibiotics in your intestinal flora. Borage and EPO have essential fatty acids that may be missing from our diet. These fatty acids will increase the level of prostaglandins, which should reduce the level of redness in your skin. SO far, I haven't had any side effects with this regiment, but, please - listen to your body). This has helped me far more than the antibiotics did. Robin " M. Riley " <adanac@earth To: rosacea-supporteGroups link.net> cc: Subject: Support 03/11/2000 12:20 AM I can certainly see that you are a very sensitive, understanding person, as you claimed to be. And of course, I'd also add you are a mature individual. I posted this message for information, not for harassment. I can tell that you simply enjoy upsetting people. If this is your idea of support, pls keep up the good work. Your maturity and kindness is much needed in this world. May the Lord help you continue in this pursuit. Re: Ever-Changing Symptoms > hmmm... one would have thought that because of your " overly-zealous " research > you already knew about these meds? > " M. Riley " wrote: > > > Does anyone else experience this? Each week I get new symptoms. One > > week I'd be beet red (but no bumps or flakiness); the next week, the > > redness goes down but the skin is incredibly dry and flakey, like > > sandpaper; the next week, the flakiness is not so bad, but now there > > are tiny itchy bumps (mostly colorless). > > > > Someone mentioned before that tetracycline works well at reducing > > bumps, but not redness. I just switched to doxycycline and wonder if > > that might be a reason why I've gotten all these itchy bumps now. Any > > ideas? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please read the list highlights thoroughly before posting to the whole group. see http://ii.net/~dp/rosacea/toc.html To leave the list send an email to rosacea-support-unsubscribeegroups ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Check out your group's private Chat room -- /ChatPage?listName=rosacea-support & m=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2000 Report Share Posted March 15, 2000 EFAs will actually balance the two types of prostaglandins in the body, meaning they will increase one type (those that are responsible for suppressing inflammation) and decrease the other (those that are responsible for triggering inflammation). That's been my understanding. --- RWasko@... wrote: > > > Correction: Fatty acids will decrease the amount of > prostaglandins > produced by our body. (Not increase). > > > > > Robin Wasko > > To: > adanac@... > > 03/13/2000 cc: > rosacea-supporteGroups > > 09:39 AM Subject: > Re: Support(Document link: Robin > Wasko) > > > > > > > Mike, > I had similar symptoms - 3 - 4 days of dry, flaky, > skin, 2 days of > " normal " skin and 2 - 3 days of inflamed, red skin. > After many 2 months of > this, I stopped taking the doxycycline altogether. > (I believe the > antibiotics made my seb. dermatitis worse). These > days, I take > acidophilus, vit. C (2 gr)., borage (1000mg) or > evening primrose oil (6 > capsules), vit. B-12 (200 mcg), and L-Lysine (500 > mg). *I take half these > amounts, twice daily*. (I'm still experimenting > with this list - be aware > that vit. B-12 will compete with other B vitamins, > so it is necessary to > add the other B's from time to time. The idea of > taking acidophilus is to > restore the " good " bacteria that was killed by the > antibiotics in your > intestinal flora. Borage and EPO have essential > fatty acids that may be > missing from our diet. These fatty acids will > increase the level of > prostaglandins, which should reduce the level of > redness in your skin. SO > far, I haven't had any side effects with this > regiment, but, please - > listen to your body). > > This has helped me far more than the antibiotics > did. > > Robin > > > > > " M. Riley " > > <adanac@earth To: > rosacea-supporteGroups > > link.net> cc: > > Subject: > Support > 03/11/2000 > > 12:20 AM > > > > > > > > > I can certainly see that you are a very sensitive, > understanding > person, as > you claimed to be. And of course, I'd also add you > are a mature > individual. > I posted this message for information, not for > harassment. I can tell > that > you simply enjoy upsetting people. If this is your > idea of support, pls > keep up the good work. Your maturity and kindness > is much needed in > this > world. May the Lord help you continue in this > pursuit. > > > Re: Ever-Changing Symptoms > > > > hmmm... one would have thought that because of > your " overly-zealous " > research > > you already knew about these meds? > > > > " M. Riley " wrote: > > > > > Does anyone else experience this? Each week I > get new symptoms. > One > > > week I'd be beet red (but no bumps or > flakiness); the next week, the > > > redness goes down but the skin is incredibly dry > and flakey, like > > > sandpaper; the next week, the flakiness is not > so bad, but now there > > > are tiny itchy bumps (mostly colorless). > > > > > > Someone mentioned before that tetracycline works > well at reducing > > > bumps, but not redness. I just switched to > doxycycline and wonder > if > > > that might be a reason why I've gotten all these > itchy bumps now. > Any > > > ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Please read the list highlights thoroughly before > posting to the whole > group. > see http://ii.net/~dp/rosacea/toc.html > > To leave the list send an email to > rosacea-support-unsubscribeegroups > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Check out your group's private Chat room > -- > /ChatPage?listName=rosacea-support & m=1 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Please read the list highlights thoroughly before > posting to the whole group. > see http://ii.net/~dp/rosacea/toc.html > > To leave the list send an email to > rosacea-support-unsubscribeegroups > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- 20 megs of disk space in your group's Document > Vault > -- > /docvault/rosacea-support/?m=1 > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2000 Report Share Posted March 15, 2000 , Thanks, for pointing that out! With two modes of action, EFAs are even better than I thought. I'm reaching for that borage oil right now! Robin Loomis <ledaandzoe@y To: RWasko@... ahoo.com> cc: adanac@..., rosacea-supporteGroups 03/15/2000 Subject: Re: Re: Support 12:20 PM EFAs will actually balance the two types of prostaglandins in the body, meaning they will increase one type (those that are responsible for suppressing inflammation) and decrease the other (those that are responsible for triggering inflammation). That's been my understanding. --- RWasko@... wrote: > > > Correction: Fatty acids will decrease the amount of > prostaglandins > produced by our body. (Not increase). > > > > > Robin Wasko > > To: > adanac@... > > 03/13/2000 cc: > rosacea-supporteGroups > > 09:39 AM Subject: > Re: Support(Document link: Robin > Wasko) > > > > > > > Mike, > I had similar symptoms - 3 - 4 days of dry, flaky, > skin, 2 days of > " normal " skin and 2 - 3 days of inflamed, red skin. > After many 2 months of > this, I stopped taking the doxycycline altogether. > (I believe the > antibiotics made my seb. dermatitis worse). These > days, I take > acidophilus, vit. C (2 gr)., borage (1000mg) or > evening primrose oil (6 > capsules), vit. B-12 (200 mcg), and L-Lysine (500 > mg). *I take half these > amounts, twice daily*. (I'm still experimenting > with this list - be aware > that vit. B-12 will compete with other B vitamins, > so it is necessary to > add the other B's from time to time. The idea of > taking acidophilus is to > restore the " good " bacteria that was killed by the > antibiotics in your > intestinal flora. Borage and EPO have essential > fatty acids that may be > missing from our diet. These fatty acids will > increase the level of > prostaglandins, which should reduce the level of > redness in your skin. SO > far, I haven't had any side effects with this > regiment, but, please - > listen to your body). > > This has helped me far more than the antibiotics > did. > > Robin > > > > > " M. Riley " > > <adanac@earth To: > rosacea-supporteGroups > > link.net> cc: > > Subject: > Support > 03/11/2000 > > 12:20 AM > > > > > > > > > I can certainly see that you are a very sensitive, > understanding > person, as > you claimed to be. And of course, I'd also add you > are a mature > individual. > I posted this message for information, not for > harassment. I can tell > that > you simply enjoy upsetting people. If this is your > idea of support, pls > keep up the good work. Your maturity and kindness > is much needed in > this > world. May the Lord help you continue in this > pursuit. > > > Re: Ever-Changing Symptoms > > > > hmmm... one would have thought that because of > your " overly-zealous " > research > > you already knew about these meds? > > > > " M. Riley " wrote: > > > > > Does anyone else experience this? Each week I > get new symptoms. > One > > > week I'd be beet red (but no bumps or > flakiness); the next week, the > > > redness goes down but the skin is incredibly dry > and flakey, like > > > sandpaper; the next week, the flakiness is not > so bad, but now there > > > are tiny itchy bumps (mostly colorless). > > > > > > Someone mentioned before that tetracycline works > well at reducing > > > bumps, but not redness. I just switched to > doxycycline and wonder > if > > > that might be a reason why I've gotten all these > itchy bumps now. > Any > > > ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Please read the list highlights thoroughly before > posting to the whole > group. > see http://ii.net/~dp/rosacea/toc.html > > To leave the list send an email to > rosacea-support-unsubscribeegroups > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Check out your group's private Chat room > -- > /ChatPage?listName=rosacea-support & m=1 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Please read the list highlights thoroughly before > posting to the whole group. > see http://ii.net/~dp/rosacea/toc.html > > To leave the list send an email to > rosacea-support-unsubscribeegroups > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- 20 megs of disk space in your group's Document > Vault > -- > /docvault/rosacea-support/?m=1 > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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