Re: vitamins & minerals?/Kim...

[Guest guest]

I am making a copy of this post and it is going on my refrigerator

door! I forget to take my vitamins every morning. Kim, what do you

think of gingsana and ginkoba, my sister made me buy it back in

January of this year and I have yet to try it.

Yes, I do forget everything.

Mom of a 9 wcf, Venanzio 6 nocf, Pepe 3 nocf

> Vondie,

>

> Just to add my thoughts along with the others...

>

> 1. Be sure to take a complete multivitamin/mineral tablet every

day --

> without fail.

>

> 2. Be sure to stick to a regular bedtime and waking time routine.

>

> 3. Give the St. 's Wort a try -- invest in a German brand that

> says it's standardized. Too many companies leaped upon the herbal

> bandwagon and you want to be sure you're buying from a trusted

source.

>

> 4. Take extra magnesium (and calcium); magnesium is necessary for

> combatting depression. Don't bother with the cheapo magnesium

oxide;

> it's not readily absorbed -- get an amino acid chelate form. The

> magnesium is bound to the amino acid to sneak it into the cells

where

> it needs to be.

>

> A chemist once told me that people should be really careful taking

> Prozac. If you have a family history of -- or undiagnosed bipolar

> disorder -- then Prozac can bring out the bipolar disorder and it

> won't ever go away.

>

> And that's exactly what happened to one of my dearest friends... I

> once saw her go into a bipolar mode while we were sitting at the

> kitchen table over coffee and bagels doing the crossword puzzle

from

> the morning paper. She went from calm to anxious to obsessive then

> became a crying, sobbing drama queen and then happy, giddy " I don't

> care " euphoria and back again. She's since tried committing suicide

> twice: scarring her wrists with a Gillette women's shaver, and

> tossing herself downstairs... breaking her ankle so badly it

required

> surgery with plates and pins... So now whenever I hear the word

> Prozac, my stomach knots up.

>

Kim

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

I have taken gingko biloba off and on for several years. I found that

when I'm under extreme stress that it's harder for me to recall

certain things (names, dates, events, etc.), and I hate that feeling.

I've found the gingko biloba definitely helps.

I buy herbal teas that have ginseng in it. My son drinks ginseng tea

too (when he remembers).

Along with my multivitamin/mineral tablet, I also take coenzyme Q10,

Vitamin E, DHA, magnesium glycinate, vitamin C and sometimes a

probiotic.

Kim

Mom of (23 1/2 with asthma and cf) and (20 asthma no cf)

> > Vondie,

> >

> > Just to add my thoughts along with the others...

> >

> > 1. Be sure to take a complete multivitamin/mineral tablet every

> day --

> > without fail.

> >

> > 2. Be sure to stick to a regular bedtime and waking time routine.

> >

> > 3. Give the St. 's Wort a try -- invest in a German brand that

> > says it's standardized. Too many companies leaped upon the herbal

> > bandwagon and you want to be sure you're buying from a trusted

> source.

> >

> > 4. Take extra magnesium (and calcium); magnesium is necessary for

> > combatting depression. Don't bother with the cheapo magnesium

> oxide;

> > it's not readily absorbed -- get an amino acid chelate form. The

> > magnesium is bound to the amino acid to sneak it into the cells

> where

> > it needs to be.

> >

> > A chemist once told me that people should be really careful taking

> > Prozac. If you have a family history of -- or undiagnosed bipolar

> > disorder -- then Prozac can bring out the bipolar disorder and it

> > won't ever go away.

> >

> > And that's exactly what happened to one of my dearest friends... I

> > once saw her go into a bipolar mode while we were sitting at the

> > kitchen table over coffee and bagels doing the crossword puzzle

> from

> > the morning paper. She went from calm to anxious to obsessive then

> > became a crying, sobbing drama queen and then happy, giddy " I

don't

> > care " euphoria and back again. She's since tried committing

suicide

> > twice: scarring her wrists with a Gillette women's shaver, and

> > tossing herself downstairs... breaking her ankle so badly it

> required

> > surgery with plates and pins... So now whenever I hear the word

> > Prozac, my stomach knots up.

> >

> Kim