RE: Re: vitamins & minerals?/Kim...

[Guest guest]

Hi there, I am not Kim , But really do believe in both the natural

supplements you asked about. I take them & I also take garlic every day &

have all my life (along with the rest of " good health items -i.e..

multi-vitamins, calcium -remember my age :):)..Really , My mother truly

felt these were the proper way to go in health care. Now realize that I am

70+ years old .still work full time, in a second career , had 7 children &

now keep up with the 10 grandchildren as well. I never had real illness. NO

childhood disease, nor did any of my 5 living

children,,,,,,,,,,soooooooo...what I am saying is that the natural

supplements really help your own body do its thing---AND keeps it going , OR

replaces whatever your lacking or are short of. Kim has studied many of

these & is very knowledgeable on them.Trust me, she digs deep into this

study. Her kids are very healthy & so active, Also, my cohort, Lois,(many

know her as Auntie Lois) has formally studied & believes in this so much

so , we added all these to out shelves as well .

Folks with or /and without CF should follow many of these in their own daily

routine. Good Luck-----

LOVE & HUGS< GRANDMOMBEV

Re: vitamins & minerals?/Kim...

I am making a copy of this post and it is going on my refrigerator

door! I forget to take my vitamins every morning. Kim, what do you

think of gingsana and ginkoba, my sister made me buy it back in

January of this year and I have yet to try it.

Yes, I do forget everything.

Mom of a 9 wcf, Venanzio 6 nocf, Pepe 3 nocf

> Vondie,

>

> Just to add my thoughts along with the others...

>

> 1. Be sure to take a complete multivitamin/mineral tablet every

day --

> without fail.

>

> 2. Be sure to stick to a regular bedtime and waking time routine.

>

> 3. Give the St. 's Wort a try -- invest in a German brand that

> says it's standardized. Too many companies leaped upon the herbal

> bandwagon and you want to be sure you're buying from a trusted

source.

>

> 4. Take extra magnesium (and calcium); magnesium is necessary for

> combatting depression. Don't bother with the cheapo magnesium

oxide;

> it's not readily absorbed -- get an amino acid chelate form. The

> magnesium is bound to the amino acid to sneak it into the cells

where

> it needs to be.

>

> A chemist once told me that people should be really careful taking

> Prozac. If you have a family history of -- or undiagnosed bipolar

> disorder -- then Prozac can bring out the bipolar disorder and it

> won't ever go away.

>

> And that's exactly what happened to one of my dearest friends... I

> once saw her go into a bipolar mode while we were sitting at the

> kitchen table over coffee and bagels doing the crossword puzzle

from

> the morning paper. She went from calm to anxious to obsessive then

> became a crying, sobbing drama queen and then happy, giddy " I don't

> care " euphoria and back again. She's since tried committing suicide

> twice: scarring her wrists with a Gillette women's shaver, and

> tossing herself downstairs... breaking her ankle so badly it

required

> surgery with plates and pins... So now whenever I hear the word

> Prozac, my stomach knots up.

>

Kim

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[Guest guest]

I am on Zoloft for PMDD which in addition to depression is used at a low

dose for PMDD which is severe premenstrual syndrome. Basically, I am a

nasty witch for about a week or a week and a half out of the month and

I'm a pretty relaxed, casual person the rest of the time. I got sick of

being a monster so I tried Sarafem for a year. It helped a little but I

still felt very angry and frustrated around that time so I was switched

to zoloft. It's only been a month but I hardly even noticed that I had

my time of month. I was not a mean witch so if you are looking for an an

antidepressant that won't cause you to be a nasty person, I would try

Zoloft or some of the herbal remedies that were suggested.

- mom to Emma 2 1/2 years w/cf and reflux and Isabelle 4 1/2 years

wo/cf

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