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03-03-2009, 02:18 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,214
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I was taking this for months and I loved it.
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and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.
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03-03-2009, 02:35 PM
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#22
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 6,758
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Interesting thread!
I don't take anything at all. I probably should since I'm breastfeeding and on a restrictive diet but I just can't be bothered. I just eat as well as I can.
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03-03-2009, 02:37 PM
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#23
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 31,460
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Spironolactone gave me the sorest breasts. Ouch...
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03-03-2009, 03:42 PM
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#24
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 2,208
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Prenatal vitamin (preparing for TTC)
Omega 3
I'm pretty consistent about the first two.
I take these when I remember:
Calcium and Vit D supplement
Magnesium ( I read somewhere it helps prevent constipation from Calcium supplements, seems to be working)
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3b/c fine, thick, porous, protein sensitive
Modified CG, CJ Rehab, JCWDT, KCKT, VO5 Chamomile Tea Therapy, CJDF, HEBE Gel/Mousse, Bioinfusion Rosemary Mint shampoo, occasional protein
Experimenting with BRHG
"If you want the rainbow, you've gotta put up with the rain"
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03-03-2009, 03:46 PM
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#25
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 3,449
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Gonna have to keep an eye out for that, I think. lol, that might be a deal breaker (much like the Minocin or whatever might be a deal breaker for interfering with the BC...)
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HATE: plopping, FOTE on wet hair, BRHG
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03-03-2009, 05:14 PM
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#26
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 763
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I was curious to see if Speckla's faster hair growth regimen would work on me, so other than a daily multi-vitamin, I take 5mg of Biotin and 1000mg of MSM.
Then there's the occasional ibuprofen for my knee(s)/back/cramps.
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03-03-2009, 05:33 PM
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#27
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 10,938
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Yogurt or kefir, rice milk, frozen berries [strawberries work really well, to mask the grassy flavor], flax seed and for the greens: in the summer, whatever I have fresh that looks good; in the winter, I tend to go with chopped frozen spinach, because it's cheap and easy.
If I have a banana around, I throw that in too.
ETA: Yes, I use a regular Osterizer blender, but I'm thinking of asking for a more powerful one for my birthday, so I don't have to be so careful about using enough liquid. I wouldn't mind if it were regular milk with protein, but rice milk is really high in carbs and low in protein. I'm lactose intolerant and also try to avoid soy milk, so it's either rice milk or water. Or kefir [which is $$$].
I need to switch to oatmeal for the balance of winter, 'cause the smoothies ain't happening most days, with the chill they give me.
Last edited by wild~hair; 03-03-2009 at 05:37 PM.
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03-03-2009, 05:33 PM
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#28
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,965
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That would be awesome, Phoenix, (sorry I spelled your name wrong earlier, I hate that!) I'll pm you in a minute.
My gyno tells me the nightsweats are a symptom of perimenopause. I actually just started on the BC last week, so no change yet. He said to give it a few weeks. If there is no change, we'll consider another treatment. I don't recall right now what they were though, another symptom of peri-m?!
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03-03-2009, 05:35 PM
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#29
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 10,938
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03-03-2009, 06:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 902
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If you have problems sleeping, magnesium is very good. I recently found out that I was deficient in magnesium and noticed a difference in my sleeping patterns as soon as I started taking a supplement -- I'm much more rested, relaxed and calm. It sounds over the top, but it's really changed my life.
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03-03-2009, 07:31 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 3,313
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I think it does. It could be entirely psychosomatic but I initially was taking it for something else and started sleeping better. I assumed it was coincidence until I stopped taking the b6 and stopped sleeping again.
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03-03-2009, 07:44 PM
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#32
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 9,949
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Thanks for sharing. I recently read about green smoothies but have been hesitant to try. It didn't occur to me to use frozen spinach, but that's a great idea because we have a huge bag of it that we never use because I use fresh in all my cooking. I'm tempted to try it in my Magic Bullet.
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03-03-2009, 07:48 PM
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#33
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Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 8,465
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Ok, here goes....
Spectravite multi vitamin/mineral tablet
DHEA
B-100 complex
ProOmega Fish Oil, 1000 mg
Cal/Mag/Zinc
Omega-3 Complex
Vitamin C, 1000mg
Silymarin (milk thistle extract)
Vitamin E, 200 I.U.
Meltaonin, 2 tabs, 3mg each
I take all of these at night after dinner. If I take vitamins during the day I get nauseaus. I have to have a very full stomach even if I am only taking a multi-vitamin tablet.
My protein shake each day consists of Naturade Protein powder, flax seed oil, unsweetened cranberry juice, psyllium powder, frozen berries, & cinnamon.
I should be yodeling thru the jungle like Tarzan. 
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03-03-2009, 07:48 PM
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#34
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Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 16,026
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Supplements
Trader Joes' Women's One a day Multivitamin w/minerals
MRM High Potency Bone Maximizer (2:1 Cal-Mag with protein and minerals- good stuff)
Trader Joes Complete EFA (flaxseed, borage, etc.)
Country Life Maxi-Hair (biotin,MSM, horsetail,niacin, etc.)
Fructo Oligosaccharides (prebiotic and really helped relieve constipation)
Jarrowdophilus EPS (probiotic)
1g of chewable B-12
Cranberry extract
Vitamin D3 drops
Medications/Rx's
Diovan for high blood pressure
Singulair during fall/winter - seasonal asthma
bio-identical hormones in cream form
Ritalin SR for ADHD - will probably change to another
The very infrequent low dosage of Xanax
Azulex for skin melasma
And for the past 3 weeks - cold medicines! MucinexDM and generic Theraflu Night
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03-03-2009, 08:00 PM
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#35
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 2,980
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Morning:
Inderal 80mg - migraines
Synthroid 100mcg - thyroid
Ultram 50mg - neuromuscular
Aspirin Therapy 81mg - blocked coratid artery
Oscal 500mg
Early Evening:
Ultram 50mg - neuromuscular
Oscal 500 mg
Evening:
Lipitor 20mg - cholesterol
Slo Mag
Once per week:
50 thousand units of Vitamin D - prescribed due to low levels
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03-03-2009, 08:22 PM
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#36
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Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 8,465
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Why are you low in Vitamin D? Do you never go outside?
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03-03-2009, 08:25 PM
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#37
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 16,555
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me too. though i don't have to have a full stomach, i find it easier on me when i take them at night.
gee, i hope the B6 will help with the insomnia as well as the peripheral neuropathy... but i'm still going to ask the endocrinologist for an Rx for sleeping pills on Thursday.
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03-03-2009, 08:46 PM
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#38
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 2,980
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I am outside daily. I even drive a convertible in the summer. I might have something else wrong with me. There is a lot of MS and Lupus in these dreary areas of the world 
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03-03-2009, 08:50 PM
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#39
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 7,348
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Interesting that you take kelp and take the other two for acne...kelp (idodine) has been known to cause acne.
How are these products working for you? How do you take the bs molasses?
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03-03-2009, 08:57 PM
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#40
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 3,566
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I take a multivitamin (children's chewable ), calcium, and vitamin C. I was taking fish oil for omega-3's, but I've run out and haven't gotten more.
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