Emma
#194354 - 07/11/05 06:15 PM
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I never would have guessed you have depression/anxiety! So many folks on the boards seem to...and y'all seem so STABLE! Can I ask what has helped yo the most? If you don't want to post...feel free to e-mail me @
Ruchily@yahoo.com
I am seeing a psychiatrist next Mon. or sooner if there is a cancellation to get a diagnosis. My therapist def. thinks I have some kind of psychiatric disorder including depression and anxiety. I would love to know how you cope so well!
*hugs*
Ruch
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Re: What is HSP?
#194488 - 07/12/05 07:36 AM
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Sand
Reged: 12/13/04
Posts: 4490
Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
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Highly Sensitive Personality/Person. Not-Sore-Anymore has another thread running on that.
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I get LOTS of headaches & migraines (have pretty much my whole life). Was off BC for probably 6 years. But recently was having hormone problems, so I started back on a different BC pill this month. So far, I'm doing great. But you know, before the pill I was having horrible headache problems, so maybe some of that was caused by hormonal imbalance.
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If you read the pamphlet that comes with Proactiv (which I cant' use anyway because my skin is so senstive and it burns, but that's a whole other story), it even mentions that acne prone people should avoid foods high in iodine.
So I do little experiments when I read something to see if cutting it out will help or not. So I realized I was eating a lot of high iodine foods such as salmon, seafood, salty tortilla chips, etc. When I stopped those foods the acne got better. Now, if I eat out at restaurants alot (because they all use iodized salt in their foods) I start breaking out again, so I start watching my iodine intake again, and then my skin gets better.
So I know I am probably overkilling it but, I just won't eat anything that I know has iodized salt in it, and I cook all my own foods with non-iodized salt.
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well, I tried rice milk and it breaks my skin out...my only theory is that they use iodized salt in it, because I can't see any other ingredient in it that would break me out.
Also, most rice milks products have carrageenan in them, which for a migraine person is equal to eating MSG (monosodium glutatmate). Carrageenan comes from seaweed, which is naturally high in glutamates.
So both rice and soy milk are out for me.
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You could try almond or oat milk.
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I appreciate the suggestions. But nuts (including almonds) also trigger my migraines. I have not yet been able to find oat milk. But the way my luck goes, I am sure it also would do something bad to me.
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The acne i've had has been totally an allergic thing. i do find I break out in late summer. Every single year. Weirdest thing! Maybe it's a harvesting sensitivity!LOL!
Does your body not need a certain amount of iodine though? I thought it was so darn good....Then again, so is dairy, right? 
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I go some days without my soy milk-it's not a crucial thing anyhow. And carageenan can be bad even for IBSers-no fair! 
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