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Tell us how you cope with poor sleeping
poppyrose:
Hi Tricia ;D
I did answer your post on the other thread about night time Kalms and you probably have read it so I won't drive you batty by repeating myself. (If you stick around long enough you will discover that I can fairly be described as a little batty LOL) ;D ;D ;D
I take Day Kalms sometimes, especially when I feel stressed and find that they really do help me, the inner shakiness you have felt, may well be another menopausal symptom as I have felt this on many occasions, when I haven't even taken Kalms so I knew it wasn't them. The only way you are going to discover if it is a reaction to them is to take another and see. I take two by the way and have not had any side effects, not saying that you would not of course as each one of us is different, but they have certainly helped me on several occasions.
Lots of Love Pops xxx :peace::peace::peace:
Tricia:
Hi Pops, ;D
Thanks for your reply, I will try them again and see what happens, although I think I might just try the nght time ones and see if they help me to get to sleep earlier at night time, also you mentioned in the other thread that I might try chamomile tea slight problem there as it gives me heartburn, I used to drink it by the bucket load and I think I overdozed on it :stupid:, now I can't go near it :(, as I loved it.
By the way Pops, I love your penguin piccie, yep made me laugh too ;D ;D
And now as she goes off on one of her rambles pray tell all you lovely people out there is heartburn a symptom of the menopause you see until my periods stopped last year for the glorious 6 months :ola:, I had never suffered from heartburn............ ::), well maybe on an odd occasion but now I getting to the stage where I am wondering what the dickens ???, I can eat without comming down with the dreaded thing, my heart goes out to all those people who have suffered ;D ;D, get it heart ;D, sorry but I never realised how painful it can be (ouch!).
Love
Tricia :)
poppyrose:
Hi Again Tricia ;D
Yes fraid so, heartburn is another symptom of the men-o-bloody-pause! LOL I went through a really bad phase of getting really uncomfortable and bloated when I had hardly eaten a thing, it also gave me palpitations. I worked out that it was chocolate and caffeine were not doing me any favours, so the next step was to cut them out which I did. The chocolate wasn't so bad as I never have eaten much of it, but cutting right back of caffeine in coffee, tea and cola drinks was tough and I felt like hell for two weeks, but after this passed I felt much better. I also had an endoscopy last year and it was discovered that I have an acid reflux problem, so I have to take medication for this every day or I am in dire trouble! But generally I feel much better now.
What do you take for your heartburn? you could try Ranitidine or Cimtetidine which you can now buy over the counter, this may help you. But ultimately you should really see your docotr for persistant heartburn like this and let him/her make the assessment based on you medical history, sorry I know you probably did not want to hear this, but it is best to err on the side of caution.
Didn't you mention that you suffered with RA? This makes me wonder if you are perhaps taking meds for this and that quite possibly these may be causing your heartburn, (or adding to it)? Just a thought.
Glad you like the pic ;D
Lots of Love Pops xxx :peace::peace::peace:
Tricia:
Hi Pops :) :thankyou: :foryou:, I think you deserve these just for your patience ;D
I bet you are getting fed up of answering my questions ;D, if my heartburn is really bad I take Gavilast although I used to take charcoal tablets as this was what my Homeopath recommended the only problem with the charcoal is I think they are good for rare and mild heartburn but not for this kind I have never felt anything like it and yes I think perhaps you are right and I should mention it to my doctor as just the other night I actually had projectile reflux which was new :-[, sorry to be so descriptive but this was a first for me, I have had the reflux before but not this :-[ eeekkk.
Yes I did say I had RA but thanks to Homeopathy I no longer take orthodox medicine for it as I had my fillings changed a few years ago and what with the amount of EPA fish oils I take I find that with all the things I did I am able to keep it at bay although yes I have found that just lately my joints are beginning to play up a bit, but since reading that this can also be a sign of as you say men-o-bloody-pause, then this has put me at ease as I think that knowing why it is occuring helps you to cope, it's the not knowing that makes it scary :o, as for cola I found out a few years ago that fizzy drinks make my RA worse therefore I do not drink them, on the odd occasion I might have a glass of fanta but that is the only thing I can get away with :).
Sorry seem to have rambled a bit ;D ;D ;D
Love
Tricia ;D
sue54:
Ginger is really good for indigestion. It really helps with the heartburn
Sue
:-*
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