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i have so much information about suppliments, vitamins ect and i was wondering if anyone has tried anything that worked for them. i’ve heard of Hyponidd, Vitamin B6 and D, Cinnamon, Vitex, Licorish, Optivite. any info would be appreciated!
PS-i am not looking to conceive right now but my main issue is getting this under control as far as weight and irregular periods and excess hair growth.

I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2000, I was still in high school and 15 years old. I have never tried any herbs, but I have tried a ton of birth controls and hormones to attempt to have a regular period. None of them worked for me.

For 5 years I was troubled with this. I was told I had a 2% chance of conceiving and would most likely have to take fertility treatments. At the time and age that I was, I didn’t want a child and was completely excepting of that.

I decided to start working out in Nov 05 lost 40+ pounds by April 06. Within that time frame of working out 3 times weekly, I got my cycle regularly starting New Years day!! Every 28 days it was right on schedule. But the weight loss and period was short lived. I had met the "perfect guy" or so I thought in April 06 and I became pregnant with him by Aug 06. My son is now 1 week shy of a year old and I am finally back to working out. Our lives are great, but I am hanging in there as a single mom with PCOS.

Miracles do happen, but working out is what induced and healthier life for me.

So i have been trying to quite smoking now for about a month, and i always feel that pull. The problem is i dodnt think i really want to smoke, but i know how terrible they are for you. Plus they are rediculously expensive. I have cut back from about a pack a day from 2 years ago, then about a month ago i went from a half a pack to about 3 -5 a day. I just cant kick those 3-5. i have tried the herbal cigarettes but they taste awful. I have done the chantix thing and was so deppressed that anyone who looked at me wrong made me cry. i am trying Herbal Suppliments hoping they will work. We are trying to concieve so i reall y want to quite before then. Anyone with good useful information please help. thanks to everyone in advance!

Honestly I want to say, why did you start in the first place? There were so many warning signs saying don’t smoke, it’s addictive, it will give you lung cancer, etc. But then again, I was a teen once, really not that long ago, and like all teens, they want to grow up faster, they want to rebel, they want to make their own wrong choices. So you did, and now you regret it. Atleast you are trying to kick it. Anyway, to answer your question, will power. It will hurt for a while, trust me, fight the urge and it will go away. You’ll notice that you don’t "crave" one even if someone next to you is smoking. Start looking down on that person and it will give you even more will power to fight it.
Just like over eating, if you are always active you won’t smoke, because just like what alot of people say "i smoke because i’m bored" it’s true. Do something, hang out with friends, don’t lounge with friends that are smoking. Go to work, go on dates, whatever, just be more active and you won’t have time to smoke. After doing that and fighting off the few cravings that you’ll get during the few times you aren’t active after a couple months it will be out of your system and life forever.

I posted a question asking if anyone had any luck using over the counter Herbal Suppliments to become pregnant and got one answer saying that this person had no luck with the suppliments but that pomegranate juice worked for her. so being me I went to the store and bought organic pure pomegranate juice 32 oz. and drank the whole bottle in one night. I have always thought that to much is better than none at all. any way I’m sure this is not the way you are supposed to do it but I’m supposed to ovulate between yesterday and the 12th my cervix says it’s time to start trying and I’m wondering how much juice should I be drinking and how often and also how is it supposed to help? what does it do?
so far it seems that people think this person was wrong about the juice any other suggestions? I’d prefer to stay away from fertility treatments for right now other wise I’d just ask my dr. to prescribe something for me.

That juice will not help you become pregnant.

It may help in having a healthy child though:
Drinking pomegranate juice during pregnancy may help reduce the risk of brain injuries in babies. Decreased blood flow and oxygen to an infant’s developing brain during pregnancy, birth and early development is linked to premature birth and can lead to brain tissue loss, seizures and mobility impairments such as cerebral palsy. The phenomenon, called hypoxia ischemia, causes brain injury in approximately two of every 1,000 full-term human births and in a very high percentage of babies born before 34 weeks of gestation. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that newborn mice whose mothers drank water mixed with pomegranate juice concentrate lost 60 percent less brain tissue than mice whose mothers drank sugar water or other fluids. Pomegranate juice contains very high concentrations of polyphenols, a substance also found in berries and grapes, which has been shown to potentially have anti-aging and neuroprotective effects.

I read that it helps you get pregnant when you take these two suppliments together even though it is not a proven method, I have heard that it works. so my question is have you or any one you know been successful taking either of or both of these Herbal Suppliments to become pregnant? also are they suppose to be taken daily through out your cycle or only for a certain number of days during you cycle? I do plan to check with my doctor to see if it is okay to try this before i take it but even though she is a doctor she doesn’t have children and it’s nice to see if it has worked for other parents.

Both times for me, I had really good luck with pomegranate juice. I couldn’t tell any difference with the herbs.

Does anyone know of any magical cure for the cold? I.E. Herbal Suppliments, vitamins, hot teas? I’m pregnant so pretty much everything else is out.

There is no cure for the common cold. It doesn’t matter if you are pregnant or not. You just have to let it ride its course.

Dietary suppliments, herbal treatments, topical remedies, massage techniques, etc. Anything that you might know of that works for you or someone you know. Thanks!

http://www.arthritis-alternative.com/

if you scroll down on this page they have a list of homeopathic things that you can take

Hope that helps

We don’t need more workers in the fields do we? Can’t we raise our own and feed ourselves for a change? Who needs veggies when we have V8 or Herbal Suppliments?
Don’t give me the " Feed all Americans " garbage. I take care of my own first. If you can’t feed em don’t breed em.
Ego vs Id I win

Good point, but how are you going to make V8 or herbal supplements whit out veggies? Commun sense

I am a 22 year old female, with very little sex-drive. My partner and I both believe this isn’t normal. I have been on the Pill, but stopped about 6 months ago. I have also been on anti-depressants on and off, but not for the past 12 months or so. I am looking for any advice on Herbal Suppliments, diet changes or other natural options that may increase my sex-drive.
I love my partner, and feel I am pushing them away by avoiding sex completely.
Please let me know your thoughts – Thanks
sorry, i may not have been clear enough. I do only have the one partner, who is very sexual. I just seem unable to ‘get in the mood’. Thanks for the answers so far! )

first go to the doctor and make sure its not a medical problem. then check your partner,maybe its not u

I’ve been having some real problems lately. I have been in at least six car accidents (none were my fault), three of which were severe enough to total the car. On my last accident, I was hit by a moron driving an 18-wheeler. My car spun over two lanes and hit a guardrail at 70mph. Ever since then I just cant drive more than about 50 miles. I’ll get an uncontrollable headache, my eyes get sore, and my legs hurt. When driving in traffic now, I yell, scream, and cuss at other bad drivers…its bad enough that my GF won’t let me drive. Even on a trip that I took just six hours away, I chose to spend an extra $100 for a train ticket than drive!

On top of all this, I will be moving soon and will need to drive much more often. I know I need help, but my father (who’s health insurance I’m still on) has had a lot of hypochondriac people in his family and is a "tough it out" kind of guy…but I just can’t do that anymore. What should I do? Are there Herbal Suppliments that will work?

Joe
Thanks for all the info so far…

About the accidents: I should clarify them more. Three were involved with deer, three were car-to-car accidents. One of the deer accidents totalled my car. The car-to-cars were two rear endings and a sideswipe by a truck.

Truth be told, I’m a safe driver…never had a single ticket in my five years of driving. Just after that bad accident with the 18 wheeler, I’ve lost it.

Well ginger supplements will work with nausea, I don’t know about car anxiety.

I have it really bad, so bad that I will just get rid of my car and take the bus for awhile. Then I get worried about drive by shootings while I wait for the bus at night.

I take some ativan, its like Valium. It helps. Try to get some sort of anti-anxiety medication. Essentially you are a danger on the road until you take care of it.

Have you guys ever tried alternative treatments?
Like.. accupuncture? or taking Herbal Suppliments? or do an elimination diet? or try a liver flush?

If you have, can you tell me if it worked or not? I’m sick of dermatologists giving me steroids and a bunch of useless creams. Especially creams that can cause cancer.

Thanks!

its not exactly what you asked, but i have dermatitis and psoriasis and i used to use all those steroid creams…which i hated! but i now use a mix of hemp body butter and ginger shampoo (both from body shop) soft coeur massage bar for particularly dry bits (from lush) and e45 emollient body wash (from most chemists)

these have really cleared up my skin…i don’t go to the doctor for it any more