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Archive >> August 2009

Liver and Anxiety

Posted by: konnor in Untagged  on

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Two immediate things are bothering me at the moment, mainly because I don't fully understand how they integrate into my overall health problems and whats going on behind the scenes. 

 Liver ache

 This is symptom is rather annoying. It manifests as a dull ache just under rib cage on the right hand side. There are times when it aches less however I've not noticed any regularity towards that


Withdrawal symptoms?

Posted by: Sarahwineglass in Untagged  on

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Well its day 2 of gluten and dairy free and I have to admit I feel pretty awful shakey, feverish, head ache, indigestion, poor breathing, extremely swollen head painful muscles etc. But its different and  have to say worse than the usual fuzzy headedness if am kept away from chemicals.

Last night I felt like an extra from train spotting going cold turkey, I had the most lucid nightmare and


Stimulation - The bad kind

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Well, I’ve had a couple of rough ‘wired’ days which aren’t hugely enjoyable.

The best way to describe the feeling is to imagine not having slept for 2 days, then using red bull or coffee to keep you awake. You don’t feel tired enough to sleep yet you are really physically and mentally shattered.

The difference with me is that I often get this feeling with certain supplements, for which there is not


Following on from my previous blog about a NY Times article that didn't live up to its promise of offering a safe way to combat mosquitos I wanted to provide some genuine advice on non-toxic insect repellants and techniques for avoiding the troublesome pests.

After a quick internet search I came across a fantastic article on About.com written by Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., the site's chemistry


As I was browsing my Google Alerts emails covering multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) yesterday I came across what looked like a very interesting article in the New York Times which looked like it would be useful for those suffering from MCS and environmental illness (EI).

The article is titled 'An Environmentally Friendly Mosquito Repellent?' so I thought, great, this sounds like great news and


The second of many. ..

Posted by: Sarahwineglass in Untagged  on

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Well I am very positive after nearly 2 hours with  a nutritionalist and has agreed and identified my toxic overload by a sympton question and answer (no surprises there then)  - but its  some one who understands,  is more than willing to help and gives me access to this all important testing.

 Simple symptom question and answer has identified deficiencies in EFA Vits and Liver function, and


Where is the light?

Posted by: DeniseB in Untagged  on

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It's raining heavy out side, but what is much worse at this moment in time is the feeling of doom and gloom in my heart.

The word is that the FDA is telling people who have called their consumer hotline that they will be requiring natural thyroid drugs to go through the New Drug Application process. The question now is, when? And will they pull these drugs off the market for the several years


MCS - Must be a Cure Surely

Posted by: Sarahwineglass in Untagged  on

Sarahwineglass

This is my first attemp at a blog/blogging .. .. .however you want to describe it . . .so please bare with me

 I have experienced all the highs but mostly lows of suffering with MCS. The feeling like you are going to die as our body slowly feels like its grinding to a halt  and not being at all bothered or able to do anything about it, and even worse,  willing it to happen to ease the pain. Being


LifeWave Patches - Energy, Pain Relief, Appetite Control, Anti-Aging, Sleep For those of you who might be interested in learning a little more about LifeWave patches and how they work I thought I would pass on this information supplied by the company this week.

I received the information in an email as I have used a number of the patches and found them to be quite helpful, particularly the energy enhancer, glutathione (Y-Age), and Silents Nights products. I'm not


Nature-throid does it work? Let us know your experiences.

Posted by: DeniseB in Untagged  on

DeniseB

Well I've been taking the Nature-throid for 1 week now! I do seem a little bit more tired than when I was on Armour otherwise no side effects, I have 140 of the Armour tabs left so I am going to go back to taking them as from tomorrow, as they have a much earlier use by date! That should take me to beginning of Jan 2010, when I will review the Nature-throid situation.

 If you have tried or you


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