Re: Re: artifical sweetners JUDY

[Guest guest]

I just gave them up too. But, I still use Splenda. Which ones did you give up

and how long until you noticed a differenc?

Thanks,

Jill

Re: DOes any one ever get enough sleep?

>

I don't know why some of us are better, but I can only hope that I

don't get worse. I was as bad as you describe before I gave up

artificial sweeteners last August. I only hope that was not a

temporary fix. Feel better soon. ~j~

> Good morning my new buddies,

>

> I just got nearly 12 hours of sleep and am still so sleepy. Is there

> ever enough sleep? I think that one of the things that I hate the

most

> of this disease monster is the total fatigue. IT isn't just a

regular

> tired it is the most intent exhaustion. I know that I am still in

the

> more beginning stages of this but have any of you found anything to

help

> with the tired or the need to sleep? I know that last night I fell

in

> the bed so exhausted because I haven't slept in 4 days and my body

was

> making up for lost sleep,

> How do you talk to the Dr about this so that he will understand and

> actually do something to help? I know that taking melatonin can

help me

> sleep better but leaves me so foggy the next day, but it is an

herbal

> med. and I like the herbals, most but most of the time they don't

work

> as well.

> I think that one of the things that I hate the most right now is

the

> tired, I cant convey this to the children they don't understand and

my

> dear husband although he is trying so very hard to get it, he just

> doesn't either. I think he nearly caught on, Sunday when I was

watching

> a movie with him one min. and asleep very deep the next. You know

that

> sleep the one where you cant wake up even when you want too. He is

> beginning to get it howbeit slowly but that is better than nothing.

The

> pain is always there lurking, always in the muscles and the bones.

My

> back often feels like it is completely out of whack, I tried to

describe

> it to my children, by telling them that my muscles tingle like they

are

> asleep all of the time. it is not a pleasant feeling and my bones

hurt

> deep They want to massage me and make it better but some days just

their

> touch can send me into acute pain. I want to be a normal mommy

again, I

> want to hug my children and I want to play with them. Sometimes I

wonder

> why the Lord choose those of us he does to have the trial of this

> disease? Is it because he knows that we are capable of not only

dealing

> with it OR is it because he knows that we can be a great witness

for him

> with it? Whatever his reasoning, like of the bible I wish that

he

> would take this affliction away from me. I want to feel good again<

I

> want to enjoy my children until they are old enough to be on their

own.

> Some days I sit and listen to them talk and the older ones tell the

> younger ones of when I would take them to the park and play with

them or

> we would play different games, like tag or base ball. now it takes

all i

> have some day just to go out of the door. It breaks my heart to heat

> them talk and know that I cant do that with the babies now.

> I always feel so worthless, when my friend comes over to help me,

she

> has Graves disease and Adrenal fatigue and she pushes onward, while

some

> days it takes all I have to just to get out of bed. and not cry for

the

> pain. Why is that some people can push their bodies and others

can't?

> Why is that some bodies can go on through the pain and others just

want

> to stop?

> I am mostly just venting and I hope you don't mind. I hear myself

say

> day after day after day, I am so tired of being tired, and I am so

tried

> of the pain and the feeling of worthlessness. I want to push on and

get

> my houses clean and I wand to do all the things that I used to be

able

> to do and I can't. Some days I wonder why I even get out of the

bed, By

> the time I am dressed and have breakfast ready for the kids, I am

pretty

> much wiped totally out and I want to take a nap. I just wish for

the old

> days and live in the new ones. Oh well thank you all for listening

to

> my ravings. I am so glad that I found this place where even though I

> don't post often I feel like I have a new family that not only

listens

> but understands and will just let me whine.

> Soft hugs to all of you ,

>

>

> Rise " Wampler

> Wife to Rich, mother to 11 Angels straight from God .

> Hebrews 13:2, " Be not forgetful to entertain angels for thereby some

have

> entertained angels unawares. "

> The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the

distance

> between your knees and the floor.

>

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