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YES!!! I am the mysterious roomie I can pick them up pretty much everywhere if the drive is worth it. its so nice to get decent gas mileage again! Okay, this is the scoup... GRG is a designer-to-be. she will take your curtains or material and make stuff for either herself, or to sell on etsy (or here for those lovely home-made lovers ) many of the outfits, even if they are way too small or way too big, she will be taking apart and using for patters. as for the rips and tears, she can do homeless-chic lol So please help her! she needs this stuff because her sorry butt doesnt have a job and by selling it on etsy she will have some money to make it to city for all of you GRG lovers You can give her stuff that is too small if you gaine weight, or too big if you lost it! DONT SAVE THAT STUFF!!! the greatest thing abotu losing weight is that you can buy new outfits as a reward!!! and you NEVER save it incase you GAIN weight... law of attraction baby think possitive! no reminders! so c'mon people! help the lady out!

nice to hear from someone that can relate. I know the stress thing is a big deal. but the odd thing is that altho Ive been very busy lately, I really dont feel too stressed about stuff. thats the weirdest thing about this whole falreup. been taking my meds religeously for the "occational" episodes (take as neeed meds) and they really arent helping that much. I think Im gonna call the doc tomorrow and see if I can get in. went to a neurologist this summer and he checked me out, did this and that to me, and goes "yep, you have tourettes" and sent me home! FUCKER!!! I might try and get into a neurological specilist at the university. anyway, going to get my liquid herbs tomorrow from wholefoods. whatever I cant get there and if its tolerated I'll contact you, Oh My Goth, and see if you are able to get me the other stuff I need. Was supposed to go out tonight for my actual Bday, but I think the herbal stuff is way more important. thank you all who have helped.

I wasnt neccissarily looking for a new lifestyle, I was looking for herbs and vitamins, etc, to help ease the tics. they are actually doing better the last few days, but I still want to get on those tintures. you did help very very much. I wasnt trying to insult you, Im sorry. I get realy really touchy about that stuff. There are some personal situations where Ive gotten very sick from either trying something new, or going off my meds. and some very personal tradgedies happened. that had nothing to do with my mental ilness, but rather the stuff I was trying or the lack of meds. Id rather not talk about it... but just so you know, it wasnt personal. Just very touchy about a non-medicated lifestyle. but I truslky beieve in herbs and stuff. they have helped int he past, and soem have hurt, so thats why I am going to see if Wholefoods has the liquids because if I react poorly I can return them for a full refund. whatever I dont get there, I will get from you. except the ladys slipper lol I dont have that kind of money lol. speaking of money, need money to buy that stuff first! expensive vet visit today :( and my husband is in the hospital and hospital food is HORRIBLE on the pocket book! Im getting off topic. thanks for all the advice you too chernobyl!

there is a fine line between healthy and "happy"... Id be miserable. Id rather be sick and happy than healthy and miserable. I couldnt do it because Id still long for the other stuff and would be completely miserable. thats why I choose not to. plus it would take a long time to not be on my meds, and it doenst completely work if I were on them. and there is no way in hell Id ever be without my meds again. Ive seen what hell is like and Im not going back there. I choose to be comfortable and happy, and do what I can without being miserable to ease what ailments I can.

yeah, I thought about that. teas actually weaken that amount right??? I found a store in ann arbor that has over 100 herbs and they have everything but lady's slipper. he said if I find some on the woods hell buy it fromt me. WTF? isnt that ilegal since they are endangered? Im going to see if wholefoods has any of the tinctures first tho, and whatever I cant get there I'll get on goodherbs. because if I have a reaction I can return them for a full refund to whole foods. do you think adding one thing at a time would be best??? as for yoga, juicer, certains foods, etc... I knwo its the best but seriousely... count the people that you knwo actually do this, because they have the discipline. not counting your people at your school. and compare them tot he rest of the public in percentage. I am on atkins because I need to lose weight for the fibro, the docs said only extremely light yoga, not a class, just a few stretches at home because A: Ive ALWAYS been inflexible even when I was an athlete, and B: it hurts so bad its hard to do it. plus the doc said no more excersize than walking a few blocks... other than stretchinmg. I get WAY more exercise than that, but I think the docs would know about this alot. oh, and fibromialgia isnt really about the muscels. Im already on MSM because it also helps with the receptors. Mialgi was a chosen word before they knew about it. it is actually a neurological disorder between the dopamine and petuitary and one other thing, cant remember, but its a misfiring of the pain receptors in your body. its not actualy muscel artheritis. but I toally understand what BOTH of you are saying. its was more the way it was said not WHAT was said. I actually follow your thought too, just dont have the willpower to do it. hell, its hard enouhg not to eat donuts at the gas station! lol I tried an organic raw foods diet several years ago. microbiotics right? tried it for about a month without cheating... just cant do it. I was a vegetarian for 3 years too. my husband is a chef and its hard on him too. plus hes allergic to pretty much EVERYTHING in a raw foods diet and it would be too hard to do it by myself. anyway, thanks for your oppinion oh, and Id be happy to learn about the colon clense if I can still take my meds with it. THANKS!

weirdest thing... the link doenst work and it didnt work when I put it in. so I searched for it and the EXACT same address showed up "goodherbs.com" weird huh??? anyway, thier stuff is all extracts and capsils. looking for the dried herbs form. thanks tho rev! Oh, and Ive also thought about hypnotherapy. I knwo professionals who do it but not sure if they would specifically cater to something like that. and I wonder if medicare or medicaid will pay for acupuncture if its recommended by my doc for this? hmmmm....

I really have no choice than drugs. I have been without them, I have tried it. and I was so sick I couldnt get out of bed. litterally. drugs are basically based on plants and minerals. even tho things are very altered these days... if you think about it, EVERY drug comes from plants minerals, etc. everything physical does. I am perfectly happy to be addicted to my meds because all I care is that I feel alot better. as for the haldol, I take an extremely low dose. get everything checked every 6 months and not even a blip. I also dont drink alcohol, so that helps too. oh, and my sedative is special, not just for the sake of being a sedative. only thing I can take for the tourette's that is a more fast acting med than a every night ongoing meds. so if I am doing better I can stop them or take less as needed. and thats the hard part about tourettes, is that they come and go and change. didnt start coughing until last spring. had a TINY bit of it for the last few years, but not a real cough until recently. Ive squinted my eyes since I was a child, but it comes and goes. the sucking on my tounge is new, did it when I was 7 or 8, not a whole lot since them. there was one time period I was flexing and squishing my toes so bad my foot contorted. never really is the same even tho its done now. anyway, thanks for the site!

wow. do you have it out for me tonight Chernobyl? lol Ive been on the atkins diet for 2 weeks. Ive done this before. I am not harsh on myself. I get plenty of vegies, not just meats. and I dont do it long term. last time I did it I was on it for 5 weeks, and then slowly went off and just didnt eat white foods or sweets. I continued to loose pretty well and was my ideal size within a few months. not everything is good for everyone hun. I also have fibromialgia. I know I must sound like a hypochondriac, but these mental illness and other symptoms were much wirse when I was EXTREMELY active and eating EXTREMELY well. I was a health and activity buff in highschool and just out of it. I was even in weight traning class all 3 years. thats when my mental illness started and was BAD. oh, and tourette's syndrom ISNT a mental illness. its a neurological disorder. and fi you want to talk about high protien, Ive read several alternative health books on anxiety disorders and bipolar and they actually TELL YOU to be on something similar to the atkins diet. not so hard, but something very very similar to what Im doing. and back to my point. I have fibromialgia. if I wasnt so damn hyper and driven Id be stuck in bed all day. I do my stretches against advice and the doctors tell me that I should limit my amount of activity. fibrom,ialgia is ALSO a neurological disorder. it has nothignt o dow ith muscels like originally thought. its your brain misfiring your pain receptors, so it actualy hurts me more to do more activity than it helps me. but my body will be easier on itself if I lost weight. I am not interested in "looking good" but I am proud that I am now under 200lbs for the firstt ime in a year. I really dont mind you posting to my stuff. however off-topic it may be. but seriousely, do you have something against me? I am just very sensitive and I was asking for HELP in a seriouse situation and you kinda bombarded me with what Im doing WRONG, instead of telling me what I can do RIGHT. Id like a bit more possitive energy no ill feelings. I have to stay possitive or Im dead. point blank. hope you understand and dont hate me know thank you for caring tho I knwo thats all you are trying to do BTW... if you have an issue with my writing and spelling too you can just eat me...just kidding lol

thanks hun! this is GREAT! when I get paid again I'll go get these herbs. do you know of a good place near enouhg to ann arbor or a chain that sells herbs NOT int he capsuls? I think that wholefoods just has capsuls right? Ill have to look. I wont be able to do the velarian root or st johns wort tho. cant take st johns when you are on psychiatric meds. and alotho its FOR anxiety, it actually makes alot of peoples worse. it did mine. and velerian knocks me silly. the issue is not the relaxing part. Im always high strung and altho it would be good, with my ADD I cant function without being high strung. if Im too relaxed I cant focus at ALL. as in cant make words come out right, not just sleepy. but the rest ROCKS!!!! thank you! thank YOU! Im gonna run out and get those herbs right away. I already drink japanese green tea. I get the good japanese green cherry tea at the specialty tea store. but the other stuff will be good too. wonder if I can put them IN the green cherry tea?

no no, thats like rescue remedy. Im already on sedatives for it. that will just make me even more sleepy.

does anyone know any good supliments or herbal treatments for tics or neurological disorders? I have tourette's syndrome. Its a misfiring of the dopamine in my brain. those of you who know me, I cough badly. that is my latest tic. Ive also gone back to squishing my eyes (which hurts over time), rubbing my nose and my new thing is sucking on the back of my toungue with my roof and throat. its making it swollen. but the coughing is the WORST!!! Ive been kickjed out of coffee shops, been accused of having taburculosis by several old men (always in walmart NATURALLY) and I get the dirtiest looks everyone I go. I understand that they think Im sick and thats okay, I dont hold it against them. but some people are just MEAN! I take haldol for it mostly, every night- not the phychiatric dose, but higher than they like to go for tourette's. was in the ER a few monthys ago because it was really bad and I couldnt breathe, and they put me on sedatives called clonodine. its to raise your blood pressure actually, but I guess helps with tics. it DOES help, but taking it makes me tired and so I do caffien with it and then it effects my bi-polar :( and I take a cough suppressant. its not a real cough, but it helps when I cant tell the diff between the tourette's and being sick. anyone have any ideas??? I cant take most vitamins. multivitamins make me sick, not stomach, but tired and icky. Ive tried TONS of kinds. I have a bcomplex in liquid that helps but need to get some vitamin C since Im on the atkins diet and cant drink orange juice. anyone know of any herbal, homeopathic, supliments, etc I can take to help me or how to research this?? I knwo all about the medical part, but theres not alot in the nutritional books that address this, just neurological in general. thanks for any help you can give!

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