Orthomolecular Therapy Continued

Today is Feb 8th, and I started this orthomolecular journey on about January 7th. There was the surgery in the middle of it, where I had to stop omega-3 fish oil for about one week. That was a little setback. Then there was the darvocet that sort of threw a monkey wrench in there too. My brain just wants to be normal, without drugs please.

I feel absolutely wonderful now. I think the omega-3's and other anti-inflamatory supplements that I've been taking have helped me recover from my foot surgery. I am able to walk a lot!

Anyway ... following is what I'm taking right now.

In the morning I take:

1 tsp Medomega = 1200mg EPA, 1200mg DHA, 400mg Other Omega-3 Fatty Acids
2 Vitamin D3 1000 I.U.
2 Neuromin = Docosahexaenoic Acid (from algal oil) 200 mg = total 400mg
1 Super DHA = 500mg DHA 100mg EPA 10 I.U. Vit E
1 calcium/mag/d3 = 400 I.U. D3, 1000mg magnesium, 400mg calcium
1 Alpha Lipoic Acid = 100mg Alpha Lipoic Acid, 333 mcg Biotin
1 multi vitamin
2 Grape Seed Extract = Grape Seed Extract 200 mg, Grape Skin Extract 75 mg, Grape Extract 25 mg, Resvida™ Resveratrol 30 mg
1 acidophilus = 4 Billion CFU
1 Juice Plus Orchard Blend
1 prescription deplin
300 mg Equetro mood stabilizer

at bedtime I take:

1 taurine = 500mg taurine
1 magnesium optimizer = 100mg magnesium, 49.5mg potassium, 350mg taurine
1 Alpha Lipoic Acid = 100mg Alpha Lipoic Acid, 333 mcg Biotin
1 Vitamin D3 = 1000 I.U.
2 PharmaGaba = Gamma Amino Butyric Acid (GABA) 200 Milligrams = total 400mg
1 acidophilus = 4 Billion CFU
300 mg Equetro mood stabilizer
.5 mg clonazepam
1 Juice Plus Garden Blend
1 Grape Seed Extract = Grape Seed Extract 100 mg, Grape Skin Extract 37.5 mg, Grape Extract 12.5 mg, Resvida™ Resveratrol 15 mg
1 Alpha Lipoic Acid = 100mg Alpha Lipoic Acid, 333 mcg Biotin

Wanna see some icky pics???

my left foot

my right foot

Are we having fun yet?

Whine

Ok this is going to be a whine post. It's been almost one week since my foot surgery. I can't like this anymore!!!! Actually it's not all that bad, well, it's not as bad as the c-section and the hysterectomy I went through. But it's still a pain in the ass. My foot itches. I'm getting fat from sitting around. I'm also getting fat from eating just because I'm bored.

I'm supposed to keep the bandages and wraps on my feet for two weeks. I then go back to the doctor, he removes the stitches, changes the bandages and then I can start driving again, take care of my horses etc. I'm ready. Last night my left foot, (it's the one with the big lump on it in the picture) started really bugging me so I took off all the bandages just to look at it, then wrapped it up again really fast. Wow, I should have taken a picture. I can't believe how much he cut open my foot just for that little lump! The incision is probably at least 4 inches long, maybe longer. I'll have my camera with me when I go to the doc to get the bandages off.

My right foot swells a lot so at night when I'm trying to go to sleep, it just sort of throbs. The bandages are tight because it's so swollen at night. I just want to take all this crap off my feet, I can't wait. Once the bandages are off, then if the foot is swollen at night at least I won't have something tight wrapped around it to make it feel worse!!

Whine...... one more week.

Bron

Lucie

Here's a cute pic of my bird Lucie riding around on my wheelchair. I really don't HAVE to be in the wheelchair, it's just easier to use it.

After foot surgery

Here's what my feet look like after surgery.. cute pajamas huh?

Foot Surgery

That brings up a nice mental picture huh? argh...... I just had foot surgery on January 26th. That also happened to be my 51st birthday. Actually it was a good birthday present because now I won't have to suffer with problem feet anymore hopefully.

I had a ganglion cyst removed from my left foot and a morton's neuroma removed from my right foot.

Here's a pic of my left foot before surgery (the cyst). Isn't it funky looking? It made it very difficult to wear shoes. The neuroma made it difficult to wear shoes and to do any exercise. None of this helps in weight loss efforts, not to mention everyday life.

Bron

Orthomolecular Therapy

I'm feeling a lot better since I've started taking supplements. Right now, I'm taking taurine, magnesium, potassium, omega-3's (several different ones), grape seed extract, pharmagaba (love this stuff), vitamin D3, multi-vitamin. I've got a few more to add soon, b-complex, calcium citrate with magnesium and d3, and alpha-lineoc-acid, hmmm not sure I spelled that one right.

So far these supplements have taken away my anger. I had so much anger and I could not control it. Now, the anger isn't even there, so I don't have to control it, it's just gone.

I think that I've managed to stop the hypomanic behavior, but now the supps are pulling me down a little, so I need to balance them back up a bit. I tend to have mixed episodes so I'm sure I will need to take a balance of amino-acids.


I'm giving Kylie some supps also, not as many as I'm taking but I'm starting her up slowly and watching her behavior to see how it's going. She has trouble sleeping, she can't fall asleep, and then she can't stay asleep once she's finally fallen asleep. It's sort of like a fight to stay asleep.

So I'm off to bed, all my supps are kicking in. Oh one more thing, I'm having to very slowly wean myself off clonazepam. I used to take 1mg every night to go to sleep. Now I'm taking .75. After one week I'll go to .50, then .25. I hope this approach will work.

Bron