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#19846 - 02/13/03 09:22 PM
Re: Evening Primrose Oil
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Registered: 01/29/03
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Loc: Wisconsin
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I too suffer from PMS. My doctor recommended Zoloft and I hate being on it. A pharmacist friend recommended Evening Primrose Oil with CLA. I have been trying to get into the habit of taking it but i am really bad at taking vitamins and suppliments. Good luck on the EPO and let me know how it works. I will try to get back in the habit of taking it too. Thanks for the reminder. PS I am weaning off the Zoloft and doing just fine.
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#19847 - 02/17/03 04:56 AM
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Registered: 11/03/02
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Loc: baltimore
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I've been taking Soy Isoflavanoids and Black Cohosh for a few years now. I think they have served me well.Estroven, and like products, have these herbs in them along with calcium. I took that before I developed hyperthyroid-producing too much calcium. The Soy on its own is available at any vitamin department,The Vitamin Shoppe, and AARP Pharmacy catalog.
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#19848 - 02/28/03 10:43 PM
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Registered: 08/23/04
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Loc: Towson, MD
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We will all have to explore natural hormone replacement now that synthetic estrogen has been proven to create health risks. I found that Primrose Oil really helped with perimenopausal symptoms. Also, I couldn't have survived the changes without my natural progesterone cream. You can get it at Healthfood stores or through mail order Vitamin companies. I recently went away and forgot to pack it. I started with hot flashes and night sweats and was releived of them when I returned to my daily dose of Progesterone. Catherine Dalton's books about Progesterone are very informative. I believe one title is "Once A Month" There are various alternatives to prescription HRT.
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#19849 - 03/04/03 04:16 PM
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Registered: 07/09/08
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Loc: Maryland
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FYI...update. This evening primrose oil really helped me last month. I had absolutely no bloating. Is it possible it made a difference? I also had the most wicked cramps I have had since I was 20 years old. Anything about that? Don't you love the fact that I am shouting to the world my personal *stuff*?
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#19851 - 03/16/03 01:57 PM
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Registered: 07/09/08
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Another update...the doctor believes I have a cyst on my ovary. I had several days of discomfort lately so I went to have an exam. Fun! My first thought was...did the Evening Primrose Oil have anything to do with it? Any thoughts about this? I will keep you posted. I have a sonogram this week.
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#19852 - 03/20/03 07:12 PM
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Registered: 11/22/02
Posts: 1149
Loc: Ohio
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The severe cramps are related to the cyst. The primrose oil couldn't cause the cyst in a month. If you do a web search about cysts, you can read about them -- they happen very often, and disappear just as often. What our gyn's too often don't do, though, is to find the root causes of why our bodies do this. I've found a doctor who is an MD and is using preventive methods. My insurance won't pay for all of it, maybe none of it, but it's fascinating to learn about and I'm becoming extremely healthy!
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#19854 - 03/22/03 05:07 AM
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Registered: 01/06/03
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Here are some more herbal tips for menopause:
Licorice, black cohosh, fenugree, hops, don quai, vitex, and ginseng can be used to treat many menopausal complaints, including hot flashes. Black cohosh has been sold in European pharmacies to reduce the frequency and severity of hot flashes.
A well known nutritional specialist, Dr. Robert Atkins says that hundreds of his patients who complained about hot flashes, approx 80% of them responded to ginseng.
Another good tip is to take Vitamin E with your herbs. It takes most women 2 - 6 months to begin noticing differences.
If you find that your menopausal symptoms include nervousness or ittitability, a good herbal relaxant to choose is hops. Its estrogenlike effects were first discovered when female hops pickers noticed changes occurring in their menstrual cycles. Hops causes estrogen levels to rise.
In a British study, Dr Gisela Wilcox and associates found that another combination of herbs increases estrogen level: red clover sprouts, flaxseeds, and soy flour when they were given to patients every day for two weeks.
Alfafa seeds and sprouts may produce a similar effect.
The plant products with the highest level of estrogenlike substances are: pomegranate seeds garden rhubarb stalks pineapple
Remember, Vitamin E has been found to enhance the functioning of these herbs.
Don Quai contains vitamin E.
*** information culled from Herbs for Health and Healing by Kathi Keville
Vicki [ March 21, 2003, 09:09 PM: Message edited by: Vicki M. Taylor ]
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#19856 - 04/19/03 08:29 AM
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Registered: 11/03/02
Posts: 90
Loc: baltimore
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Dotsie, So sorry to hear about the cyst on the ovary pain.I've had 2 burst, so I know the pain. It happened some years before menopause and therefore before soy and prim rose oil.Hope that is a little mind relief.
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#19857 - 07/26/03 04:49 AM
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Back to this again. I admit that I (for whatever reason) stopped taking this stuff. Don't ask me why 'cause I don't even know. It reappeared again in our medicine basket last week and I started taking it again. I can't tell you the difference it makes in the way I feel. It's amazing! Typically from the time I ovulate until I menstruate, I feel BLOATED. Believe it or not, that feeling went away within 3 days of taking this stuff again. I am hooked and won't let it get to the bottom of the basket anymore! Much better than the water pill the doctor wanted to prescribe. Plus anohter bonus is that you have to drink a whole glass of water every time you take one. Now I'm drinking more water too!
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