Strattera - a non-stimulant medication approved to treat ADHD. I hear it has a few pretty big side effects. I generally don't get too many side effects, so hopefully I'll have a smooth start on this one.
I'm onnn 9 medications now, including this new one. Mostly for diabetes and related health conditions, as well as a few for mental stuff (anxiety, depression, ADHD, all that). Over time, I would absolutely like to reduce the number of these. But for the time being, they're better than doing nothing about my health diagnoses, I think.
Honestly, I'm very very skeptical of "natural medicine". There's a ton out there that's bunk, because there's nothing to regulate it (so far as I know). Not that I think the FDA is the end all be all, but at there's at least something of a system in place.
Well, I'm skeptical of mainline medicine as well. All we have to do is see the massive confusion regarding mask mandates, shots, and the like lately. Mainline medicine has become too political like everything else involving government, finance and even religion. But if you want to stay with mainline medicine, have you at least had your metabolic tests done and nutritional status evaluated? All your symptoms sound like a vitamin D deficiency and adequate supplies may make a difference between taking medications or being able to control your sugar by yourself.
The ancients believed in earth, water, air, and fire (energy). Actually they were describing states of matter plus energy as science would say today. But there's some wisdom in all that:
Earth: Have a proper diet. If blood sugar is an issue, keep the carbs low. Fats and proteins should be more in your diet and with those you will even lose weight if need be. Forget the negative publicity on saturated fats, cholesterol, salt which are not really bad for you, which means things like butter is fine, so is lean, red meats, cheese and the like. Less breads and sugary fruits and definitely away from the candies, cakes, pies vegetable oils and "substitute" man-made things like margarine and egg whites in a carton. I'm just touching on the things here as there are many things to consider.
Water: Just keep it simple. Water with minerals is better than purified water. Anything that's refined, such as table salt where they strip the minerals is bad as we need those minerals.
Air: Fresh country air is needed and don't listen to some neurotic, messed-up governess of any state that says you need a mask outdoors for COVID when fresh, country air is the best thing for the lungs and disease instead of re-breathing one's stale air that apparently goes to some people's heads and then they make mandates. Take deep breaths instead. Air is the most important thing we need constantly. You'll die within minutes without it. No wonder the Holy Spirit is compared to wind. Without the Lord, we die.
Fire: The sun. Best source of vitamin D is sunshine. Pick up the "healing rays of the sun". For vitamin D production with UVb, the solar altitude has to be 50 degrees or higher which means in middle latitudes in which most of the continental USA is in, the sun won't provide much vitamin D after September until late March. This is why colds and flu pick up in the winter. There were virtually no severe or critical cases of COVID with people who had blood vitamin D levels higher than 30ng/dl. That's the good news. The bad news is unless one supplements like crazy in the winter, most are deficient of vitamin D; something like 75% of the American population. And that same deficiency is to blame for heart disease, diabetes, emotional upsets and depression, cancers and the like. To make vitamin D, the body uses an important pre-vitamin D called cholesterol and then the action of the sun's UV light.
Hope this helps and I'm off now to make a steak and egg breakfast.
