Re: Urso & Diet & fatigue - looking for some relief

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,Hi!  I believe the literature on Urso states that it takes a month/few months to start working.  I could be wrong on that, but it's sticking in my memory for some reason.  I don't know that Urso is shown to have any effect on fatigue though.  Does anyone else out there know about that?  I've never heard of the correlation before.As to fatigue, I suffer from that problem, too.  I'd love to say there's an easy answer, but unfortunately, I don't think there is one.  I find that when I push really hard through the fatigue and don't give in to it and let myself nap or rest, I pay for it in the coming days.  So, I might be able to force myself to go a day or two without napping, but then I'll be flat out for three days straight.  I did have a doctor suggest to me that a sleep schedule could be helpful.  He

said that going to bed and getting up at the same time every day could help to reset my body's clock and make it function more normally.  He also said that I should try to read for a half hour before bed every single night with no other distractions, tv, conversation, etc.  Unfortunately, my body still didn't want to play by the rules and the advice didn't work too well for me, but maybe it will for your daughter?As to diet, I also kept a food journal for a bit.  It didn't yield any information for me or my doctors, but I do think it's a great idea if she can maybe make more sense out of hers than I could out of mine.  It's also a great way to make sure she's getting her nutrients in.  I believe part of the reason it didn't work in my case is because I have UC and Gastroparesis and that really messes with my diet/ability to eat, retain food, etc.I hope this doesn't sound glib or inappropriate and

I don't know if it will help or not, but you expressed that your daughter was having a lot of trouble dealing with things and that you wanted her to get mad and fight (that was you, right?).  One approach that has helped me a lot when I'm feeling awful (along with a nice antidepressant if I'm being honest), is to make a choice.  In everything, I've got the choice to laugh or cry.  I pick laugh because things are a lot less scary that way and it gives me the power instead of whatever it is that's making me want to scream and shout and cry.  It takes some practice, but it really has helped me.Now, for some more unasked for advice...you mentioned your daughter's love for vampires.  I take it she's a Twilight fan?  If so, ask her if she's tried the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray.  It doesn't have vampires, but it does deal in other realms, magic, etc.  If she likes Twilight, I think she'll like it.  I was a Youth

Services Librarian when I was healthy enough to work and the Gemma trilogy was a huge hit with out Twilight die-hards!  Anyhow, the first in the series is A Great and Terrible Beauty.  The only thing is, if she's anything like me, reading it for a half-hour before bed won't work.  I had to keep reading and reading I got so addicted!  :)Hope this helped!Sandi in VA