hilbiligrl Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Information is hard to find on the mustard seed, but what i have found seems pretty neat. I'm considering buying some and trying it on a test run....... after talking with my doctor.anyone know anything, tried it, considered it, looked it up?thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakentesh Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 I had dahl two nights ago with mustard seeds and curry leaf and felt quite good afterwards. Didnt really think of it until now- both black/brown and white mustard seeds fried.Also nutmeg works in a similar way to Mestinon as does a herb called Lactuca virosa and Ginko bipola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 I had dahl two nights ago with mustard seeds and curry leaf and felt quite good afterwards. Didnt really think of it until now- both black/brown and white mustard seeds fried.Also nutmeg works in a similar way to Mestinon as does a herb called Lactuca virosa and Ginko bipola.Hi RKT:I love reading your posts and insight..... you are a valuable tool on here...... the whole time, i just knew you would key in on this one. Well, ive been reading up on it, which there doesn't seem to be much out there to read up on. However, i purchase all my supplements from Swanson Vitamins online cuz they are sooooooo much cheaper than the food stores around here and after using them for a year, they are great quality. They have a bottle of mustard seed for a few bucks, and im pretty sure im going to try it and add it to my supplements and see how it goes. It seems to have sooooo many beneficial properties..... i'll be ordering mine this week. I guess we shall see......i tried mestinon for 3 mths and just couldnt hack the side effects...... it was funny, cuz my doc wanted me to try marinol first before the mestinon, but i wanted to try the mestinon first...... and he let me...... then once we found out the mestinon was making me worse in many ways.... we stopped it and started on the marinol which has been very beneficial.thanks so much for being on here... you are an asset!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issie Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Interesting find. I had a naturepath tell me one time to use lots of mustard because it's really good for you. But, she never told me why.Issie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issie Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 HilbilgirlWhat does the marinol do for you and what is it? Issie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted March 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 issie:it's the marijuana pill, doctor prescribed, although i think its chemically synthesized thc basically. It helps with my crippling nausea that nothing seems to touch, vomiting, headache and basically an overall calming, or suppressing of most of my symptoms. It really helps through the really bad 'i can't cope anymore' patches. And it seems it helps for my sleep too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issie Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Oh, okay. Was aware that some were being helped with it - but, didn't know what it did for people. Was it you that also uses Maca? I just recently started on it. Haven't formed an opinion yet. What does it do for you?Issie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakentesh Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Im a tool? Gee thanks...LOLCheers.I dont know much about mustard seeds but I can certainly find out as I often talke with a clinical pharmocologist with a strange interest in herbs and plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted March 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Issie~ yes i've been taking the maca for quiet a while..... that one, im using for energy..... and although i do notice a slight difference when im taking it and when im not.... im not seeing a huge difference and haven't...... im still looking for something for energy.... as it seems only tramadol but in a higher dose is the only thing on earth i have found to give me energy..... but, going there with a doc... well, im just not ready yet. So, i have no made any conclusions on the maca as far as benefiting greatly from it.... i have however, greatly benefited from ashwaghanda. Others may not, but it really has helped in the dealing with stress area, and it teamed up with klonopin, makes me feel as if i never need to up that dose in klonopin, which is great, cuz i don't want to develop tolerances and we all know we are great tolerance developers.... lol.The reason i came about the mustard seed is since im currently in a downfall, or potshole..... and have been for so long now.... i've also been real into mediation, dream recall, spiritual journey and enlightenment. (not to be confused with religion.... but honestly, im just trying to find my relationship with God and seeking him out as well as knowledge.... and other things that are helpful with my journey, etc.....) but i remembered jesus saying that the mustard seed was the greatest of all herbs.... so i started looking it up and it's benefits and to my astonishment, there isn't much on it!!! so what the heck, im going to add it to my regimen and see how it goes and RKT~ if you find out anything please let me know i would be so grateful!!!oh and issie, is it you who is on the alkaline diet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issie Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Not on the alkaline diet - but, know about the alkaline diet. It's better for your body to be more alkaline than too acidic. What did you want to know about?Issie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted March 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 well... he he he... lol, i was trying to reply to your reply on the other thread where i asked you about it..... i just read it and this was what i was going to say "ahhhh.... ok, i see that is def something i will be working on in myself...... any tidbit of info, i grab onto it... lol. Because, even though im changing my diet, i haven't yet accomplished it as well as i wish too. I'm not overweight, but im pretty sure i would fall in the acidic range.... i've been looking up the alkaline foods and diet and am looking up recipes so that i can encorporate this way of eating..... thanks for mentioning it!!!"so.... i've been looking up on it and im going to print out some recipes and start gearing my diet towards this and try to obtain that balance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issie Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 I'm trying the maca - haven't noticed to much with it- yet, but just started. I don't recall Jesus saying that the mustard seed was the greatest herb - but, he did say if we have faith the size of a mustard seed we could do amazing things. I'm also a spiritual person and find that it really helps me a whole lot in dealing with this illness. Interesting find - be interested to see what "the tool" Rama can come up with. LOL Actually, I believe Rama is so much more than that! But, our southern, terminology lets ME know what you meant but, I'm not sure people who aren't southern understand it. You know I'm from the south too - right?Issie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted March 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Oh, i've also added olive leaf to my supplements too. Especially since that recent hospital stay with the infection and the swollen face with the abscess in the jaw bone........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issie Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Oh, i've also added olive leaf to my supplements too. Especially since that recent hospital stay with the infection and the swollen face with the abscess in the jaw bone........I'm a believer in olive leaf. When I start to feel sick - I'll up mine and take it several times a day - otherwise, I take one a day as a sort of preventative.Issie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted March 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 I'm trying the maca - haven't noticed to much with it- yet, but just started. I don't recall Jesus saying that the mustard seed was the greatest herb - but, he did say if we have faith the size of a mustard seed we could do amazing things. I'm also a spiritual person and find that it really helps me a whole lot in dealing with this illness. Interesting find - be interested to see what "the tool" Rama can come up with. LOL Actually, I believe Rama is so much more than that! But, our southern, terminology lets ME know what you meant but, I'm not sure people who aren't southern understand it. You know I'm from the south too - right?Tramadol has been my best POTS med - so far. But, have to really be careful with it and come off it occasionally or it will quit working. I refuse to get addicted to anything and so I take very small amounts and cycle it.IssieI had no idea you were from the south!!! That is so neat! Yea, tool..... that's our word for 'asset'.... he he. Lol @ us southerners.... apparently i have a pretty thick southern accent as well! Yea, i really was hoping maca would help for the severe exhaustion from nothing.... but it doesn't seem to have much benefit really and i've been taking it for about a year......and yes, the tramadol helps me so much, but i find it only helps in about a 100 mg twice a day dose..... but, like you said, i have to be careful because i would develop tolerance and it can be addictive. Once i felt i was feeling addicted to lunesta, i decided i was done with it, plus after being on it a year...... i just felt inside it was doing more damage really. Glad i kicked it many months ago and i can sleep pretty good now (not every night, but sleeping better nonetheless) with only klonopin and the ashwaghanda..... every now and again i might have to take trazodone but when i do, i sleep hard and wake up with a massive headache, ugh. Plus i find when i take it, i don't dream and im really into trying to remember my dreams to help with my spiritual insight, and to work on interpreting them for the benefit of my body and mind.and yes, i have only gotten into seeking and searching my spiritual side these past 6 mths and well, i've actually gotten somewhere..... and im so astonished and totally amazed, so im really diggin in and trying harder at it, as you are so correct..... it helps so much! and well, since my doc is a mind, body, spirit doc...... well, i just had to really try to get into meditation, etc...... because i knew i needed to work on me..... amazing that tramadol gives us energy as well as takes away the aches and pains and my headaches that i have everyday..... but yea, i have to stop taking it a week or 2, or i just dont feel it working....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted March 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Oh, i've also added olive leaf to my supplements too. Especially since that recent hospital stay with the infection and the swollen face with the abscess in the jaw bone........I'm a believer in olive leaf. When I start to feel sick - I'll up mine and take it several times a day - otherwise, I take one a day as a sort of preventative.Issieawesome on the olive leaf!!! i bought mine from swanson vitiamins online, which is where i buy all my supplements. But i didn't think to take it more than once a day because it says its super strength i think...... i think i could have read it from you or RKT here, or someone on here about it..... so i looked it up and ordered it immediately..... ive only been on it for 2 straight weeks since getting out of the hospital...... so im not sure how i will know if it's working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted March 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 issie~ i thought about sitting down with my doc and talking about tramadol for off use as energy only..... but im sure he would have a cow knowing the dose that works best for me.... and im really too chicken to even talk to him about it yet...... but i think: well, i could ask about provigil, but then.... which is the better med and has less side effects and is better for long term use and which is also more affordable with greater benefits. Since i haven't tried provigil, id rather stick with tramadol honestly. On the days i take it, i can function a WHOLE lot more than on the days i don't take it. Why it makes such a huge difference, i just don't know. I'd like to achieve that function through natural methods..... but, the tramadol, is just a miracle worker for me...... im soooo glad it's not a controlled substance though.... yet, it is looked at as if it is, which is understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issie Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 That is alot of Tramadol. I can use 1/2 to 1 a day and get benefits. But, I'm super sensitive to things. My gradmother when she was dying form cancer and old age - the medicine they gave her to deal with the pain was tramadol. I figured since it worked for her and she and I had similiar issue (I think she had POTS and EDS too) then it would probably work for me. When the physical therapist suggested I give it a try - I said okay and well, the rest is history. It worked for my pain, but it also worked for my POTS. I don't find that it gives me energy - it mellows me out and lowers my bp and pulse rate. It works on dopamine, seratonin and NE levels and it also works on NMDA levels. So all those things are what I find it to be beneficial for.Maca is supposed to do more than just give energy. It should help with vasoconstriction issues too - and is supposed to help sex drive and to balance out the hormones. I do find that it is giving me more energy. Other than that, not been long enough to tell if it's helping with vasoconstriction or hormone levels. Some people say that it is a great mood enhancer.I'm sure it was probably me about the olive leaf - because, it's one thing I've talked about a good bit. I found that it helped me years ago and is something I always have on hand. That and apple cider vinegar for when I feel like I'm getting something.Issie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted March 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 issie~ oh wow... i am so very much like you in many ways.... ah... i knew there was more to maca than i thought, but totally couldn't bring myself to remember it, or look it up... lol, im wiped out lately, totally in crashzone 24/7. I knew it had more benefits to it that just some energy. Even though it doesnt make a huge difference, i do notice THE difference there is when taking it with my regimen and when not. (i really.... really.... hate to take pills..... so some days i just don't take them, except for just a few main ones that have more of a bigger difference... it's something im working on.... i dunno, its just when i take them, i just wanna throw them right back up, so i have to fight with that feeling and automatic psychological connection of it)yea, that is a high dose of tramadol, it's not my dosage now, its lower, i think 50 mg twice daily. But I just wasnt feeling any difference.... in anything. But at 100mg twice daily i feel energy and perhaps some strength (not sure why), but it also gives a calming, more positive mood, and am able to function not only physically better but cognitively better for some reason and i am less bumping into the door facings and into the corner tables in the house, etc... ah, it made me less clumsy. And took away my headache without the use of a goody powder. However, it's as if i need higher doses, or stronger meds in that type of med (a true opiate will make me generally feel worse, despite taking away pain... and i already feel horrendous enough)....and the sleeping side of my spectrum, whereas ssris, snris, tricycles have huge and many negative impacts in the tiniest amounts. I also have a higher tolerance for pain that i see in most people around.... im not sure why.oh and the mustard seed.... i had to look it up again.... although i have read through the bible all the way once and read it daily and nightly growing up, i havent read it in a long while so i had to look that one up. If i have this right, jesus actually said mustard seed when grown was the greatest of all herbs. So, im guessing to get the best benefit of it, one would think it would need to be fully grown when ingested? as per adding to our regimen......and yea, def had to have gotten the olive leaf from you, i cannot remember the thread, yet i know i read it.... i thought it would be a good precaution after finishing those antibiotics recently. Plus i have been taking probiotics that i added when i added olive leaf. I also take tumeric daily too, and the licorice.... licorice for me is a life saver for the stomach. No conventional med out there seems to be so quick and fast acting with stomach issues.... it still amazes me. I keep it on hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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