What Are Your Self Care Goals?

[Kaitylin]

Hello and welcome to SF @Kaitylin !

Hi thanks. How are you doing? Can not sleep yet.
I like your resources. I like researching about nutrition and alternative therapy.
I would like to come off all my medications, the side effects scare me. And the fatique is depressing.
But I am still breathing in a fashion. Lol.
I have read that the right foods, vitamins and minerals can help you recover from mental health problems if it is caused by not having enough vitamins.
Some people have auto immune diseases and need antibiotics because of viruses.

 

[may71]

thanks

You're welcome!

How are you doing?

I'm ok. I'm generally much more sluggish in the Winter, but the herbal medicine I've been taking lately has been helping a lot.

Can not sleep yet

I'm sorry it's like that.

I would like to come off all my medications, the side effects scare me. And the fatique is depressing.

If you want to come off of medication, you might be able to do that successfully, but it's important to do that in consultation with the prescriber, and it usually has to be done gradually. Sometimes people will try to come off of meds suddenly, and that can create a lot of problems.

I have read that the right foods, vitamins and minerals can help you recover from mental health problems if it is caused by not having enough vitamins.

Dietary changes, meditation, exercise, supplements, and traditional Chinese herbal prescriptions can help a lot. It's good to get the advice of professional regarding those things, especially Chinese herbal medicine.

 

[Kaitylin]

You're welcome!

I'm ok. I'm generally much more sluggish in the Winter, but the herbal medicine I've been taking lately has been helping a lot.


I'm sorry it's like that.

If you want to come off of medication, you might be able to do that successfully, but it's important to do that in consultation with the prescriber, and it usually has to be done gradually. Sometimes people will try to come off of meds suddenly, and that can create a lot of problems.


Dietary changes, meditation, exercise, supplements, and traditional Chinese herbal prescriptions can help a lot. It's good to get the advice of professional regarding those things, especially Chinese herbal medicine.

You're welcome!

I'm ok. I'm generally much more sluggish in the Winter, but the herbal medicine I've been taking lately has been helping a lot.


I'm sorry it's like that.

If you want to come off of medication, you might be able to do that successfully, but it's important to do that in consultation with the prescriber, and it usually has to be done gradually. Sometimes people will try to come off of meds suddenly, and that can create a lot of problems.


Dietary changes, meditation, exercise, supplements, and traditional Chinese herbal prescriptions can help a lot. It's good to get the advice of professional regarding those things, especially Chinese herbal medicine.

 

[Kaitylin]

Thanks good advice, I have come off my medications in the past and I get poorly.
So yeah gradually maybe better for me.
I do not know much about Chinese herbs.
I try not to mix my medications, like anti-inflamitories. Excuse spelling. Certain foods and grapefruit nor rarely drink alcohol nor coffee much.
I am the other way, I prefer autumn and winter. I get heat intolerance in the summer.

 

[may71]

I do not know much about Chinese herbs

The links in my signature have quite a bit of info. There's a lot more to know about the subject though.

I try not to mix my medications

If you're getting conventional medication and Chinese herbs at the same time, both prescribers should be informed of what you're taking or planning to take.

With acupuncture, I think you'd still want to tell them what conventional meds you're taking, but otherwise wouldn't have to do a lot as far as combining is concerned.