July, 2008

Showing 18 results for the month of July, 2008.

  • Elavil and weight gain Elavil and weight gain
    Dear Dr. T, I noticed that you talk about Elavil. I have so many clients that take it and the weight gain is horrendous. Can you comment on that as a side effect and how you would recommend to manage it if Elavil is the med of choice?
  • Higher dose for babesia? Higher dose for babesia?
    Dear Stephen, I've been looking at taking cryptolepis for babesia for a 2 week period at the recommended dose of 1 tsp tid. Do you think that it might take a stronger dose to get it?
  • Telling Your Truth To The World Telling Your Truth To The World
    by Connie Strasheim | Did you know that much of illness results not from physical toxins or infections, but from a lack of healthy boundaries in relationships?
  • Nightline ABC's Clattering Train Nightline ABC’s Clattering Train
    So on Thursday night, March 20, 2008, Terry Moran pulled Nightline's clattering train into the Environmental Health Center, Dallas and tricked millions of American people into continuing to harm and disable themselves.
  • Orthostatic tachycardia (POTS) Orthostatic tachycardia (POTS)
    Dear Stephen, A year ago I very suddenly developed what has been labeled as P.O.T.S (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome). When I sit or stand up my heart rate increases by 20-30 bpm or more.
  • The FDA's Wheel of Salmonella The FDA’s Wheel of Salmonella
    Watching the FDA trip over its own clumsy self while groping for answers on Salmonella is a sad affair. Following the FDA-encouraged destruction of tens of millions of dollars of...
  • Bismacine to kill encysted lymes? Bismacine to kill encysted lymes?
    Dear Stephen, A friend of mine said that bismacine is the only known thing that will kill off encysted lymes. What is your perspective on that?
  • The Value of a Parent Staying Home with Kids The Value of a Parent Staying Home with Kids
    by Leo Babauta | Last week, I dropped off my 3-year-old son Seth Isaiah and my 1-year-old daughter Noelle Cayce to daycare for the first time ever. It broke my heart to leave them there.
  • The Only Guide to Happiness You'll Ever Need The Only Guide to Happiness You’ll Ever Need
    by Leo Babauta | For some of us, the ultimate goal in life is happiness. Whether we seek fulfillment in our work, contentment in our relationships, passion in our hobbies … we strive to find happiness.
  • Sore nipples from breastfeeding Sore nipples from breastfeeding
    Dear Susun, My good friend's daughter is suffering from very sore nipples - she just started breastfeeding last week. Are there natural remedies that can help alleviate her pain?
  • Thyroid and adrenals Thyroid and adrenals
    Dear Stephen, I spent some time living in the South Pacific. A year after returning back to the States, I started getting gastro symptoms. Is it possible that I got a bug overseas and it made Lyme surface?
  • There's No Right Way to Be Sick There’s No Right Way to Be Sick
    by Sweigh Emily Spilkin | You've got to give the inner critic props for its tenacity. You know what I'm talking about, that voice inside that, even when we are flat on our backs with suffering, chimes in with: "Is that all you got?"
  • Depression Depression
    Dear Dr. Rea, I have had MCS for 30 years. For the past 6 months I have suffered severe depression after the death of two family members. What would be the safest antidepressant to try?
  • Natural sleep methods, improving muscle mass Natural sleep methods, improving muscle mass
    Dear Dr. T, What do you suggest for sleeping, natural wise - L-Theanine? Someone recommended GABA and Inositol—300mg each. Melatonin doesn't seem to be working—maybe because my hormones are out of whack.
  • Is a shorter course of artemisinin enough? Is a shorter course of artemisinin enough?
    Dear Stephen, I was taking artemisinin for babesia but in the last week my anxiety and low mood got unbearable and I started to get other neuro effects such as distorted visual perception.
  • Fasting while on protocol Fasting while on protocol
    Dear Stephen, Do you know of any dangers with fasting and taking the herbs for the lyme core protocol, plus eleuthero and red root - is there any danger of the herbs getting too concentrated in some organs?
  • Changing Cellular Behavior With Quantum Techniques Changing Cellular Behavior With Quantum Techniques
    by Connie Strasheim | Have you ever noticed how many folks have been brainwashed into believing that health is achieved solely through the killing of some bugs with a biochemical agent?
  • Meaning as Medicine in Chronic Illness Meaning as Medicine in Chronic Illness
    by Sweigh Emily Spilkin | When we develop a chronic illness, our basic way of understanding the world dissolves. At least that how it feels. At least that's how it felt in my case.