Dominie's Newsletter

November 29, 2006

Below are 10 short topics for my very busy readers.

1. ANTIDEPRESSANTS - "AMERICA FOOLED"

"Have just read a fascinating new book: "AMERICA FOOLED, the Truth about
Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived." (Author:
Dr. Timothy Scoot, Argo Pub.)

I don't know that anyone actually believes our government doesn't work
with hidden agendas. This book of exemplary research - easy read style
- exposes the unbelievable monetary links between pharmaceuticals and
the FDA. "...should be required reading for anyone considerting
taking psychatric medications; more important, it should be required
reading for any doctor that might prescribe psychiatric medications."
(quote from Dr. on cover) I wholeheartedly agree! I'm now trying to
get off of EVERYTHING I take that has the FDA's stamp of approval. I
find more comfort now in "not approved by the FDA!" Don't be
intimidated by the size, I couldn't put it down."

2. CYMBALTA (revisited)

"I see some people that write that have not had good luck with Cymbalta but I wanted to say that I have been taking it just for a couple of months and it has been very helpful not in completely removing depression but it has helped to take away the terrible 'emptiness' and deepest depression that I was having."

3. MERCURY FILLING REMOVAL (revisited)

"I had all my mercury fillings removed (5 or 6) about 16 years ago and it
made absolutely no difference to my fibromyalgia. (If only it were that
easy!)"

"I too had the mercury fillings removed from my mouth a little over a year ago, and my pain level dropped significantly overnight. I was amazed. So put me in the camp of “it helps,” even though I totally get it that every person and their body is different. If other fibromites out there are having mercury or other heavy metal medical “issues,” I strongly suggest they see an osteopathic or naturopathic doctor. There is an oral chelation therapy protocol out there that is very helpful in removing heavy metals from the tissues of the body. It is a slow process (4-6 months), but it works and is much safer overall than chelation therapy done as an IV. Most medical literature you will read suggests that IV chelation therapy be reserved for emergency situations (like military or industrial exposures, the type of situation for which it was invented)."

"In response to mercury removal, it needs to be done properly or you could end up with more in your system. They need to put an oxygen mask on you so you don't breath the vapors, very important! I also had a Vit. C IV during the removal to grab any mercury that got into my system. I can't say that it helped me any but I figured it was better to get it out."

4. ROZEREM (revisited)

"Seems like for every success story there is a horror story! I took Rozerem but it made my insomnia worse. More power to the reader whom it helped!"

[FROM DOMINIE: There seems to be no "magic bullet" for curing our FMS/CFIDS woes. No wonder doctors are baffled by us. My own list of things I tried for sleep and how they worked for me is at www.fms-help.com/sleep.htm.]

5. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME IS REAL

Got this link from our church organist, who is a good friend and one of the few people in my life who understands FMS/CFIDS--

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Campaign Launched - U.S. health officials stress disease is real, though treatments remain elusive

Here's a short snippet from the article:

"According to Dr. William Reeves, of the CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases, the level of impairment experienced by people with chronic fatigue syndrome is comparable to that of multiple sclerosis, AIDS, end-stage renal failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. One CFS patient, Adrianne Ryan, said that sometimes taking a walk or a shower was too much, and resulted in her collapsing for weeks afterwards. Ryan is a former marathoner."

6. SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS

"I wanted to thank you for putting all of these tips www.fms-help.com/tips.htm in one place. As I read your website http://www.fms-help.com/, I got tears in my eyes...someone else understands!"

[FROM DOMINIE: If you need help dealing with people who are skeptical of fibromyalgia or say it's "all in your head," see my page at www.fms-help.com/skeptics.htm.]

7. WHEN WE ARE IN PAIN AND MISERY

Just got this email from a reader and I sure needed it the day it arrived, because I was having a great pity party! Watch the video....it's amazing to say the least!--

"When we are in pain and misery, we have tendency towards developing imbalanced view of ourselves. We either may feel utterly worthless, forgotten and one who does not mount to much, or visa versa may think the whole world should live, breathe and think our pain or otherwise or they are labeled "uncaring". The video here helps one see how magnificent and grand the universe is and what a speck we all are , and as the scripture says " all the nations combined do not add up but to a grain of dust on weighing scales" but on the other hand helps us realize there is a creator who is fully in charge , able to see and care for both the large and the very small, specially each one of us. All he wants us to do is to come to him and "throw our anxieties upon him", and he takes it from there.

Best regards

Henry

After opening link, let the video zoom you in from 10 million light years out to a single atom-- http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/

8. CHRISTMAS BLUES?

I wrote this a few years ago www.fms-help.com/Christmas.htm, and I think it's still helpful. Sometimes I get emotional during the holidays thinking about my dad www.fms-help.com/eulogy.htm - he was the kind of person who could only cause unhappiness by his absence. My husband read me a book recently called 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper. It was about a pastor who was killed in a car wreck, went to heaven, but came back to life 90 minutes later. This happened 15 years ago. It's an amazing, true story and it helped me a great deal to know that my dad is in heaven and I have not felt so sad anymore.

9. ESSENTIAL OILS

Visit my site at http://dom.younglivingworld.com and order the free report called "Seven Essential Oils." Fascinating reading! It's another avenue of help for us. Also, subscribe to my OILS NEWSLETTER to learn along with me about essential oils. Send an email to dom@fms-help.com and request my OILS NEWSLETTER.

10. DOM'S UPDATE

For anyone who doesn't have enough problems of their own and wants to read about mine--

For the past few weeks, I've been battling a miserable cold/sinus thing that I caught from my piano students, many of whom come to lessons sick, coughing, sneezing, blowing their nose, etc. We sit together on the piano bench and I'm constantly inhaling their germs. We use antibacterial gel on our hands, but that hasn't helped.

I've now missed several days of teaching, and there's no "sick pay" so I have to get back to work pronto. I've tried just about every remedy known to man and this thing hasn't budged. There are two problems--

One, I never recovered fully from the lung problem I got from working in toxic mold last year.

Two, my husband pointed out that I didn't take my immune powder for 3 days and was lax using the essential oils. (In my defense, I was feeling fairly good and got lazy.....that's when the viruses moved in for the kill!)

Yesterday I went to the doctor for the second time, and it was determined to be partly an allergy problem. About 15 years ago, I was on allergy shots. I would give myself 4 shots a week. They helped some, but then 6 months later I moved cross country. My allergist's office continued to mail the vials to me, but eventually I stopped taking the shots. Moving out of damp Florida to dry Colorado seemed to helped some, but not completely.

Well, I have been back in Florida for 14 years now and live inland. Evidently when our immune system is busy fighting allergens, it doesn't have the resources to work very hard to fight other things - like cold viruses. I can only hope this new antibiotic I'm on, plus another allergy med and nasal spray does the job. I am not going to get lax again in using the two things I know have helped me the most - the immune powder and essential oils. It's a lot easier to maintain your health than to crawl back up the cliff you have fallen off of to get well again!

I've been turned down repeatedly for health insurance due to fibromyalgia being on my medical records (they said since fibromyalgia affects a person from head to foot, they would have to exclude my entire body!), but I was "grateful" to get a "hospitalization only" policy a few years ago. The trouble is, this policy doesn't cover things I could actually use, like doctor visits, blood tests, allergy serums, etc., etc.

Well, I hope you will have a blessed Christmas season. I am happily busy with music responsibilities at church and also teaching my piano students www.fms-help.com/students.htm (who I really can't say never gave me anything......hahaha!!!!!)

The only thing that would make my life better is improved health and strength - a quest I have been on all my life. I hope you will enjoy my site at http://www.fms-help.com/ where I share a lot of interesting info on FMS/CFIDS and tips for coping with this illness on a daily basis.

Yours truly,

Dominie Bush

DISCLAIMER: I am not a medical doctor. I am a person suffering from health challenges. The purpose of this newsletter is not to diagnose or cure any disease or malady, but is presented as food for thought. This information cannot take the place of professional medical advice. Any attempt to diagnose and treat an illness should come under the direction of a physician. No guarantees are made regarding any of the information presented in this newsletter. It is not meant to substitute for medical care nor to prescribe treatment for any specific health condition.