Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I was prescribed Tramadol in 2008, and it did work, I have not increased the dose since then, and only needed the oxy for 10 days after a hip replacement. I do not believe I can ever stop taking it, I tried. I have no cartlidge left, bone on bone all through thanks to the Babesia bacteria from Lyme. It is 50mg in morning and at night, when I tried to get off of it, the pain in my bones came back. I cannot take NSAID's (Advil, etc). I took them all the time due to deep sciatica, and eventually it led to stomach and gut issues. The antihistamines I take are Allegra, Pepcid AC, and Singular, which is a prescription. After years of NSAIDS and Lyme, I developed something called Mast Cell Reactive Syndrome, ended up in Anaphylaxis from it last February, almost died, because I did not think the antihistamines my doc was recommending was consequential, because I did not want anymore over the counter stuff. Well, I was wrong. I changed my diet, stopped with fermented foods, stopped with gluten altogether, basically just ate chicken, rice, cut out tomatos, mayo, etc. After 6 months, I can now enjoy some tomato based sauces (fresh), and my pain from inflammations, those traveling nerve pains, has come to a halt. I prepped with so much canned food, I have to start eating some of it, last night I had canned spinach and it was fine. Canned foods are high in histamines, the longer a food is kept, canned or pouched, it develops histamines, but I was fine, I also take something called "Super Digestive Enzymes" from Life Extension. which helps when I eat some "iffy" foods. NAC every single day since 2015 saved me from respiratory anaphylaxis, I had full body hives and vomiting, but no throat closures, thanks to NAC. Doc prescribed an epi pen, but I have yet to use it as long as I follow the protocol and diet. I am not super paranoid about mold like everyone seems to be, I clean with peroxide and borax, and have air filters throughout the house and I seem fine. I figure as human beings we have been living with molds since time began for us, so there is no eliminating it, we just have to take care that our immune functions so they do not turn on us. Which is why vaccines screw everything up, that and constantly killing off the good bacteria, disinfecting everything, etc, I figure if you were raised up since the 50's we are all compromised in the immune department. Luckily, natural health has been a "hobby" of mine since a friend gave me a book called "Back to Eden" by Jethro Klaus in 1974.
Glad to hear you have a plan that's working for you have a plan that works for you. We are all different and have to find the right groove. I was asking about antihistamine in case it was natural medicine. I've tried all those you mentioned. So far St. John's wort is working and I've got a backup for Atarax if needed. I have NSAID RX and I rarely take it, only in extreme emergencies. My herbal medicine cabinet helps with inflammation a lot. Thanks for the tip on the book.