symptom complex (was: kombucha - Fern)

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>> Do you have any other

>> issues, if I may ask? I'm just wondering if we're experiencing a similar

>> root problem. I used to be losing too much hair and my nails used to chip

>> off easily, but those two issues seem to be clearing up. I also used to

>get

>> tingling hands when I slept, but that's a rarity now. I do have low

>thyroid

>> function, but am on Armour thyroid. Those are the main issues that I'm

>> experiencing. Oh, and sometimes my stool is loose, but PD almost always

>> solves that.

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>Yes, I've also had low thyroid, but I've been taking Thyrostim by Biotics

>Research for that, which seems to be really helping it. For awhile I'd been

>losing some hair, but that also seems to be clearing up. I've had more

>problems with dry hair than losing it, though. I also have a problem with

>estrogen dominance and using progesterone cream has really helped that a

>lot.

I used progest cream for 3 months. I have no idea if it helped or not,

frankly.

For a while I was battling terrible headaches, but I think I've

>narrowed that down to when I wasn't using enough of the progesterone cream.

>As far as stools, I seem to vascilate between loose stools and borderline

>constipation. So ... there does seem to be some similarities. But I have no

>idea really what the root cause might be. I've assumed it was different

>causes for some of them, but they may be all more related than I thought if

>you have some of the same symptoms also.

Well, ultimately, I think getting the body back in balance will solve all

the problems. I'm trying not to micro-manage each issue too much and

concentrate on getting my whole system in order. I think they all must be

related in some way or another - there's so much interrelation of bodily

systems, I can't imagine any of my issues having come about in isolation.

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>Do you use a CRT or LCD monitor? Some time ago I realized that every time

>sat down in front of my 21 " CRT monitor I felt exhausted. It was almost an

>immediate thing as soon as I sat down. If I got up and did something else,

>I felt better. Then a friend informed me that CRTs give off much more EMFs

>than LCD monitors do. When I got an LCD monitor, I noticed a huge

>difference. So perhaps electromagnetic fields are part of the culprit, as

>I've got way too much electronic equipment plugged in all around me.

Wow...I'm glad you mentioned this! I sit in front of TWO CRT monitors all

day long - morning til night. Sometimes from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. or so, with a

few hours break during the day. I need two because of the nature of my work.

I've heard about the EMF problem with CRTs and have been wanting to replace

them, but the expense has kept me from doing so. I will see if I can at

least find a used LCD to replace one of my monitors and see if that helps.

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>But now this thing with my upper gut has me wondering even more about an

>IgA allergy. I know that wheat has given me a problem for quite some time,

>and lately I was getting more suspicious about casein, as I've been

>consuming more cow milk products (including kefir) and I just haven't been

>feeling as well, except for the headaches, which are mostly gone.

Maybe you should try elimiating both? I went of gluten and cow casein a

month ago. In that time I did see improvements in my hair (not falling out)

and nails growing longer without chipping off, but I don't know if these are

a result of something else - a cummulative effect of my diet/supp program, a

recent liver flush, or what. I may next go off all dairy (except

butter/ghee) and see if that helps. When I talked to Ron yesterday, he said

that in his experience, if a person's reacting to a specific food (with

bloating) then they often see immediate results when going off that food.

I've been off gluten (which I only used to get in trace amounts in beer) and

cow casein for over a month but am still bloated all the time.

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>I've also had some achiness and for a long time have had problems with

>tightness in my neck and shoulders.

Me too!

I see in another email to Heidi you mentioned urinating alot - that

describes me to a " T " . Heidi also mentioned drinking a lot and still having

a parched throat - that also describes me. I'm wondering if I should try the

pepto 10 day diet...

Suze Fisher

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