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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 658528" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>As I went through menopause, I learned that St John's Wort, taken for the week or less an antidepressant might be required, was supposed to help. So I tried it, and it did. It isn't supposed to, so they say. But it helped me. If I continued to take it, I would find myself edging in the other direction, so I would stop until I felt I needed that kind of adjustment, again.</p><p></p><p>I also used diuretics. If you are retaining fluid, that can also affect everything about how you look and feel. </p><p></p><p>B vitamins will help. They are water soluble, so you cannot take too much, and were very helpful to me.</p><p></p><p>Metformin and spironolactone (a potassium-sparing diuretic) can be especially helpful. Both require a prescription. Metformin regulates blood sugar, but can also be very helpful in other ways.</p><p></p><p>All of this is just another challenge, California. Stay right with it, one step at a time, one day at a time. You are choosing and changing and reclaiming your life. There are going to be days that doesn't feel very good, but there have always been days that didn't feel very good. When you are through this part? </p><p></p><p>Every single thing will look very different.</p><p></p><p>You are doing well.</p><p></p><p>Good job, California.</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 658528, member: 17461"] As I went through menopause, I learned that St John's Wort, taken for the week or less an antidepressant might be required, was supposed to help. So I tried it, and it did. It isn't supposed to, so they say. But it helped me. If I continued to take it, I would find myself edging in the other direction, so I would stop until I felt I needed that kind of adjustment, again. I also used diuretics. If you are retaining fluid, that can also affect everything about how you look and feel. B vitamins will help. They are water soluble, so you cannot take too much, and were very helpful to me. Metformin and spironolactone (a potassium-sparing diuretic) can be especially helpful. Both require a prescription. Metformin regulates blood sugar, but can also be very helpful in other ways. All of this is just another challenge, California. Stay right with it, one step at a time, one day at a time. You are choosing and changing and reclaiming your life. There are going to be days that doesn't feel very good, but there have always been days that didn't feel very good. When you are through this part? Every single thing will look very different. You are doing well. Good job, California. :O) Cedar [/QUOTE]
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