Posted by Larry Hoover on May 26, 2003, at 18:04:19
In reply to Re: Claritin was working like a charm for me........., posted by Jaynee on May 26, 2003, at 17:19:37
There's something about your symptoms make me think of irritable bowel....used to be called spastic colon.
> I will try the betaine, bromelain. I have already tried Magnesium and B-12 with no luck.
I meant for them to be used together. And, one of the other factors is vitamin C. Do your gums bleed when you brush? Even if they don't, add two grams per day vitamin C. Another influence may be fish oil (that's a long story).
>I am trying the Acidophilus Ultra again and see if it helps. I quit taking it when I got the weird rash. But I am trying it again. If that doesn't work I will try Peppermint Oil again.
Peppermint oil works? One of its actions is calcium-channel blockade....which relieves smasms in smooth-muscle tissue, the kind that cramps up in irritable bowel syndrome.
I noticed you called omeprazole Losec....that's the Canadian name (Prilosec in the states). There's a Canadian-only calcium-channel blocker that works wonders for irritable bowel (spastic form). It's called Dicetel (pinaverium bromide). I get mine in sample form from the doctor. I used to *need* it. Now, once in a blue moon. My whole digestive tract is much better, now, not just the tummy and GERD part. You oughta see if you can get some.
> Other than that, the only thing my sister and I have in common is Depression and Anxiety. Maybe I will keep trying different AD's. Personally I am thinking it is an anxiety thing, or maybe food allergy.
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> thanks again for all your help, I really appreciate it.You're welcome. And, by the way, I wouldn't be too sure that your different symptoms aren't associated, in that there may well be one root cause for them all. I find that many of my symptoms, from supposedly very different disorders, wax and wane together. There's more serotonin in your gut (total mass) than in all your brain.
Lar
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