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For those of you out there that are suffering from ppd, anxiety, hypothyroid, hyperthyroid, depression, FBD, PCOS, etc. I wanted to share with you how I changed my life around, even my mother and husband have changed lives all because of one small change to our life. It doesnt take time, costs very little, and we are all healthier thanks to it.
Are you ready? It may sound crazy, but supplements. Vitamins and minerals are essential to health, we need these, without them well that’s how you end up here. Not all vitamins are the same, I’ve tried many and never saw a difference in the way I felt. But while out looking for one that contains no allergens I came across one that started the great change, One’n'Only, that was just a start, then I found omega 3′s VERY important, and Iodine, wow that is #1 on the list.
In June 2008, while I was in my last few months of pregnancy, I noticed a lump on my husband’s neck. After visiting his doc he was sent to an endocrinologist, who then sent him to get an ultrasound and blood tests. The results revealed that he had a large nodule on his thyroid gland and despite this the doctor’s were convinced he didn’t have a thyroid condition based solely on his blood tests that said he was within the “normal” range. Hearing this news was devastating to my husband as he knew something was wrong with his body but the doctors couldn’t tell him what it was, they merely suggested he have his thyroid removed.
Time went by as the excitement of our daughter’s birth distracted us, and thankfully so. Delivery was smooth but there were some complications afterwards necessitating two trips to the ER in an ambulance. The stress threw Kris into a downward spiral. His thyroid was taxed and he began dropping weight and having anxiety attacks, at first they would be a couple times a week but soon it was a few each day. Kris had three seperate trips to the ER because of his anxiety attacks, he didn’t know what was causing them and hoped someone could give him some answers, or drugs ; )
The first prescription they gave him was Paxil which was out of the question, it was a psychotropic drug and had warnings regarding its use by people that were paranoid, that’s Kris all the way. The second drug was a sedative which he could not take at work which is where he experienced the most attacks due to late hours and exhaustion. On a mission I began looking online, I slowly learned more and more about the thyroid and natural remedies to treat thryoid conditions. After much research I formed the conclusion that he was originally hypo and something dietary had changed over the past year that caused a change in his thyroid that brought on the goiter and then the hyper symptoms. He was in the middle really, he had the attacks and the rapid weightloss associated with hyper yet was suddenly cold all the time, dozed off way to easily and still suffered from exhaustion. All these symptoms, three blood tests later and the doctors still insist he is “normal”. I was determined to find a natural cure, I spent all night researching and woke him up to tell him we were gonna shrink his goiter naturally and make him feel better, I made him promise not to get surgery until he tried the things I’d found. The first thing I found was coconut oil, oh what a blessing it was to find out about this. Coconut oil helps to regulate the thyroid so that it functions better. I went out to buy some after picking Kris up from work one evening, he was exhausted and starting to feel an anxiety attack coming on. It took 3 stores to find one that carried it and by then he was already starting to get the anxious feeling. Before driving home I asked him to take some, he scraped some out of the jar and ate it. The drive home was about 20 min. and right before we got home he told me that he was no longer tired, didn’t feel anxious or panicky anymore and actually had energy! We were both excited, that began our natural journey towards a healthier life.
The kelp that I bought was to increase his iodine intake since I had learned the importance of iodine for ones thyroid. I had read that some kelp contains arsenic, so I researched the brand I bought. Funny enough the brand I bought had been found as the culprit for high arsenic levels in a mother and daughter who were taking it, sadly the mother died. Soooo I took that back and began trying to find another source for iodine, that’s when I found out about Iodoral and how necessary “high” doses were.
I have always had weight problems, an addiction to sweets, an irregular period and after the birth of my son, headaches.
It took me 3 years to get pregnant with my daughter, Seraphim who is now 8 months old. Shortly after becoming pregnant I was sooo exhausted all the time, it never let up, even during the months I was supposed to have energy I really just wanted to sleep all day. And as far as eating well, my sweet tooth only grew, I felt like I had no control anymore I just wanted more and more and more. Poor Seraphim really didn’t get much nutrition while I was pregnant with her. I decided to have a home birth long before I became pregnant, thanks to a friend who shared her own UC story. So we planned a UC and we had a UC, very exciting very much worth it.
I ran into some problems after having her, one the placenta took forever to detach completely (was part way out) so my hubby freaked and call 911. Everything was fine though, it detached baby and me were fine. I had only gotten about 10 hours of sleep the week leading up to my delivery, I suffered from insomnia and then I also had a 36 hour labor ( in the last hour my water broke and she came out after 30 minutes of pushing) after she was born I still had trouble sleeping. This time though it was because I began having anxiety attacks, just before bedtime I was feeding Seraphim and she began turning purple, she pinked up once I held her up and rubbed her to ensure she was breathing. I was sooo freaked because I was worried about her, I was worried about taking her to a hospital and dealing with social services trying to get in the way because we UC’d, worried about if she was ok and I was just leaning in to much when I was feeding her. I was terrified to hold her and passed her off to my mom, I was so afraid it was me that caused her to turn purple, and so afraid that I would do it again. A few minutes later my mom returned and Seraphim was doing it again… she never did it again after that and I have no idea why she did it in the first place but that sent me over the edge, I was terrified to sleep, and yet terrified to be awake. I thought it was because of my husbands side of the family that she had done that because my husband then told me that his little sister had sleep apnea, that totally freaked me out. I was such a mess, I wandered from room to room trying to find a comfortable place to sleep because I felt like I was having a heart attack, it was the most awful feeling ever! I was crying because I was so scared and hoped that I could cry myself to sleep, when I finally fell asleep I woke up just an hour or so later. I honestly felt like I was dying or going to.
The fun didnt stop there either, I finally was able to relax and got some much needed sleep, only to waken two mornings later with the feeling of numb arms and legs. I actually remember waking up and not being able to move my arm and trying to wake Kris up, he didn’t budge and then I don’t know what happened, I must’ve passed out because the next thing I remember was waking up and laying on the floor and feeling that numb feeling.
I hollered for Kris (my hubby) and told him something was wrong, he went and got my mom and I told her what I was feeling, it felt like I was losing blood and I thought maybe I had since my placenta had taken so long to detach. My husband again called the ambulance and that time I rode with them to the ER, I remember waiting for the ambulance and telling my mom I was scared that I didn’t want to die (if you know me, you know that is not my personality) I continued to have trouble sleeping even in the ER with a dark warm room, I kept having mini anxiety attacks and feeling like I was just going to die if I finally rested. After some blood work the doc came in and told me I was slightly anemic… HA my levels were 8.8, that is NOT slightly! A normal person is between 12 and 16! He told me to pick up some iron supplements and take some of that, seriously that’s what he said, no prescription, no reference to what dosage, just “some”… After getting home I remembered the coconuts I had bought in case I bled too much (really though I barely bled so it was weird to have suffered anemia) I drank the water from 4 coconuts and felt slightly better, the next morning though I was feeling much better, I again drank from 3 coconuts and felt even better the following morning. Though I was still having panic attacks the next morning and wanted to see a dr to make sure that I was not having a heart attack and that Seraphim was ok (she was looking yellow now, the 3rd day after she was born) Just hearing someone else confirm that 1. the ER doc was a moron and I was waay more than a little anemic, 2. that I was not haveing anxiety attacks, and 3. that Seraphim was doing just fine aside from the jaundice (she wanted a full blood workup and that well thats a whole other story). Anyways so I was finally able to relax and calm down after that, I was finally feeling less anemic and more normal, that doc had also told me specifically what kind of iron to by and what dose to take so we went out and got that. It didn’t take too long before I was back on my feet and feeling the way I did before all the drama, I still fought off anxiety attacks, anytime I was worried it began turning into an anxiety attack, such a horrible feeling.
Though that’s when the problems with my husband occurred and I found out the wealth of information that changed our lives.
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Wow, thank you for all the great information. It seems like you and your family have been through quite a few ups and downs in the health area. I am planning on purchasing the vitamins and supplements that you mentioned. Hopefully I will experience the same results. Wish me luck!