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About Me:: 30 something gal with depression and a feisty disposition

Birthday? (not required, but you might get presents!): 11/15/70

Where do you live? (city, state, country): Cali

Your Zip Code?: 95126

Relationship Status:: Single

Favorite Quote:: "Say what you mean and mean what you say, for those who matter dont mind, and those who mind dont matter" Dr. Seuss

What's your personal mission statement?: keep trying, keep trying

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At 4:30pm on November 28, 2008, Kengi said…: Thanks my friend. I hope you and yours are well.

At 3:30pm on November 26, 2008, carolyn said…: robin

bueller posted about niacin and depression in this discussion:

http://my.crazysexylife.com/forum/topics/2001521:Topic:166281

she has a link there to more infor

At 5:55pm on November 25, 2008, carolyn said…: really? i'm surprised. i just googled "niacin depression" and all kinds of things came up. i first heard of this in a DVD called FoodMatters, a documentary about nutrition made by two australian nutritionists. its a great film and i highly reccommend it. there are sections on cancer, heart disease, depression, etc and they interview various "teachers"- charlotte gerson, andrew saul, david wolf, etc.
after seeing the trailer on-line, i ordered the film instantly and one night watched it with my BF. let's put it this way, i was about to break up with him. we've been best friends for 28 yrs and a couple for the last 4 of those 28. he's been on antiDs big time for the past 15 yrs.
while i, like many of his friends, found it difficult to watch him spiral downwards, it was impossible for me once we became more involved.
i expected that happiness over our relationship should have enabled him to shake his depression like a cripple at lourdes. boy was i wrong!
and i just didn't have the patience to live with it.
so, when we watched this film and dr andrew saul talked about using niacin to treat depression, i said "that's it" and promptly went out to buy some.
five months later, we are both very happy with how it's working so far. if you've read the posts, you know he took 2 months to taper off the antiDs and has been off them completely for 3 months at this point, taking 300 mg of niacin a day
he is a different person or more correctly, he is the person i met 28 years ago before the depression, the pills, the booze, the headaches, the road rage, the suicide threats, the dr jekyll/ mr hyde, etc
dr saul has written 2 books- Fire Your Doctor and Doctor Yourself. he has a website which pretty much has the contents of his books and all the research citations.
also dr abrahm hoffer, a noble prize winning scientist, has used niacin for years with depressives and even psychotics
50 mg of niacin 5 times a day is a standard part of the gerson protocol which CSL member sheila wisdahl is following. she had been wondering why she wasn't depressed until she read one of my posts.
i have to tell you one other thing about my BF: he has always been a big believer in western medicine and the miracles of pharmacology. if an MD prescribed something, it must be good. i, on the other hand, think the whole enterprise is pretty much a sham. i was convinced that the antiDs were doing him more harm than good. he was convinced that he couldn't live without them. now he says he'll never be without niacin
go figure!

At 6:59pm on November 24, 2008, Megan Brazil said…: Hello there! I believe I've been depressed since I was a child but I was medicated most of my life until in recent years and then hit a wall where I felt like it was live or die and went back to meds. I'm going to TRY and become vegan on Dec. 1st to see if it will help with my constant nausea, headaches, random fevers and crazy mood swings but most importantly not supporting factory farming. Hopefully someday to get off meds.... It screws everything up if you want kids in a way....

At 8:15pm on November 21, 2008, Lori Shields said…: Is that a picture of a tattoo? Very cool.
xoxo Lori

At 4:24am on November 16, 2008, Dee said…: YES love bombs are my favorites :)

At 8:06pm on November 13, 2008, Lori Shields said…: Those were taken in Monterey, one of my favorite places to be. :)

At 6:54pm on November 13, 2008, Lori Shields said…: I just sent you a friend request. I just noticed that you are in San Jose. I may have noticed before but my memory seems to be shot lately...I'm in Morgan Hill.
xo Lori

At 6:52pm on November 13, 2008, Lori Shields said…: Oh yes, a Sun Fish! You are right, just like a big old VW under the water! Very cool to watch them.
xo Lori

At 2:07pm on November 11, 2008, Adventure Grrl said…: Hey girl! Long time, no speak. I'm trying to be better about coming on. I just got a new job and my financial hurricane has subsided. I'm really happy about that. Started with a new therapist who's awesome and it's really giving me hope to tackle some of my bigger issues. How about you? How's life?