Re: Morning update/Judy

[Guest guest]

Awh Judy, this is great news. Not great news that you have been so ill from all

this, but great news that you have discovered what was going on for you. And the

weight loss too, that's a real bonus!! Who knows maybe now you might loose even

more weight, I did when I got off all my meds

 

It was not so easy to wean off them though. Not that I was addicted to them, not

in the same way I was addicted to carbs, diet coke, cigarettes etc, but with all

my addiction stuff and all my emotional stuff and just sheer confusion, with all

that was going on in my life back then, I simply could not see the woods from

the trees, and it was all just too much for me to even try to get off my meds

 

I found writing stuff down really helped. It gave me a reference to refer to and

it also made it far more clear to me what was going on and where best to make

changes

 

For me it was definately the addiction and emotional problems that I had that

were holding me back, and i kept my focus, my efforts here, and as this

recovered I found it really easy to get off the meds. I just gave up one, waited

about a month and gave up another waited a month and gave up another, but I

would not have been able to do this had I not put the diet in place got the

supplements in place and also give up the addictions

 

Anyway, although I was low carbing and doing everything necessary to get well,

it was not until I got off all my meds too, that the thing with the weight

started to get right. I had in these first two years (on the Atkins Diet)

managed to give up my addictions and sorted my emotions out and even lost about

30lb, but this had been very slow and laborious. But once off the meds the other

30lb or so came off very easily and without craving, fatigue or anything, which

I had had to put up with when still on the meds

 

I do now, still need to loose some more weight. My weight loss has slowed again

and I do know why. It is because I have added raw dairy to my diet. The dairy

has not had any other ill effect on me. I am certain I can tolerate it but since

adding it I have only lost a few pounds.

 

I know I have a choice with this I could give the dairy up again and it would be

much easier for me to loose this last 20lb that I need to get off. But the

weight is not going back on, I am not gaining and every few months or so a

couple of pounds do come off so I am leaving it. I feel I do better with dairy

than I do carbs and so having the dairy in my diet does give me more meal

choices. But anybody here who is struggling with their weight, they might want

to look and see if taking dairy out of their diet makes a difference, we do need

the calcium and magnesium if we do

 

Anyway, well done Judy, I am so glad you know its the meds. Often when I talk to

folk over the internet I can see it is the meds, but it is so hard to tell folk

this. If I tell them do not take your meds and something happens to them I am

going to feel so bad, plus it is wrong for me to say this to folk because I am

not medically trained. So the best I can say is get journaling and decide for

yourself. It is surprising how much folk do see for themselves when they write

things down

 

Thank you for sharing this Judy, you are a inspiriation

 

Love Joanne

To: LDNforFibro <LDNforFibro >; Fibromyalgia Support Group

<Fibromyalgia_Support_Group >; fibromyalgiacured

Sent: Monday, 3 September 2012, 15:41

Subject: Morning update

 

Thought I’d give a little update on my drug situation. On Friday I woke up

barely able to breathe so I called the doctor’s office. They got me in and did

an EKG—normal, blood pressure 154/92—slightly high, weight—gained 25 lbs

in 2 1/2 months. The Cardiologist I saw said I was having Congestive Heart

Failure and prescribed Lasix and Potassium. When I went to pick up the

prescription, the office had called in the potassium and not the Lasix. And of

course by then the office was closed until Tuesday because of the Labor Day

Holiday. The pharmacist said I could go to the emergency room, but I decided not

to. I had suspected that it was a new drug that I’d been given around the

beginning of May, even though the doctor and nurse both told me it

“couldn’t†be the drug.

So I haven’t taken that drug since then and I’m breathing normally today and

I feel so much better. I also weighed myself this morning and I’d already lost

5 lbs in just 3 days. It will be interesting to hear what the doctor says when I

call them tomorrow.

By the way, this isn’t the first time I’ve had a bad reaction to a drug. I

have a list nearly 2 pages long of drugs I’ve tried and have had bad reactions

to. Lucky me.

Judy H

To Health Through Knowledge

Started taking Low Dose Naltrexone on January 20, 2009 for

Fibromyalgia, Restless Legs Syndrome, Hashimotos Thyroid and PCOS

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LDNforFibro/

[Guest guest]

Thanks Joanne. The doctors had me scared after I had my stroke, so I thought I

should do what they said. I’ve been reading a lot of things lately, though,

and have been gradually trying more and more natural things and I agree that I

am feeling better. Actually, I’m not on too many things that I would need to

get off of, just thyroid and high blood pressure meds. And writing stuff down

is always a good idea. I have done that in the past but not lately. I’ll see

if I can find my book that I write in.

Judy H

To Health Through Knowledge

Started taking Low Dose Naltrexone on January 20, 2009 for

Fibromyalgia, Restless Legs Syndrome, Hashimotos Thyroid and PCOS

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LDNforFibro/

From: Joanne Ford

Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 11:07 AM

To: fibromyalgiacured

Subject: Re: Morning update/Judy

Awh Judy, this is great news. Not great news that you have been so ill from all

this, but great news that you have discovered what was going on for you. And the

weight loss too, that's a real bonus!! Who knows maybe now you might loose even

more weight, I did when I got off all my meds

It was not so easy to wean off them though. Not that I was addicted to them, not

in the same way I was addicted to carbs, diet coke, cigarettes etc, but with all

my addiction stuff and all my emotional stuff and just sheer confusion, with all

that was going on in my life back then, I simply could not see the woods from

the trees, and it was all just too much for me to even try to get off my meds

I found writing stuff down really helped. It gave me a reference to refer to and

it also made it far more clear to me what was going on and where best to make

changes

For me it was definately the addiction and emotional problems that I had that

were holding me back, and i kept my focus, my efforts here, and as this

recovered I found it really easy to get off the meds. I just gave up one, waited

about a month and gave up another waited a month and gave up another, but I

would not have been able to do this had I not put the diet in place got the

supplements in place and also give up the addictions

Anyway, although I was low carbing and doing everything necessary to get well,

it was not until I got off all my meds too, that the thing with the weight

started to get right. I had in these first two years (on the Atkins Diet)

managed to give up my addictions and sorted my emotions out and even lost about

30lb, but this had been very slow and laborious. But once off the meds the other

30lb or so came off very easily and without craving, fatigue or anything, which

I had had to put up with when still on the meds

I do now, still need to loose some more weight. My weight loss has slowed again

and I do know why. It is because I have added raw dairy to my diet. The dairy

has not had any other ill effect on me. I am certain I can tolerate it but since

adding it I have only lost a few pounds.

I know I have a choice with this I could give the dairy up again and it would be

much easier for me to loose this last 20lb that I need to get off. But the

weight is not going back on, I am not gaining and every few months or so a

couple of pounds do come off so I am leaving it. I feel I do better with dairy

than I do carbs and so having the dairy in my diet does give me more meal

choices. But anybody here who is struggling with their weight, they might want

to look and see if taking dairy out of their diet makes a difference, we do need

the calcium and magnesium if we do

Anyway, well done Judy, I am so glad you know its the meds. Often when I talk to

folk over the internet I can see it is the meds, but it is so hard to tell folk

this. If I tell them do not take your meds and something happens to them I am

going to feel so bad, plus it is wrong for me to say this to folk because I am

not medically trained. So the best I can say is get journaling and decide for

yourself. It is surprising how much folk do see for themselves when they write

things down

Thank you for sharing this Judy, you are a inspiriation

Love Joanne