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MS Rebel Index X 11-14-08

MS polls on diet and amalgam fillings

MS Rebel Blog  

My Immunosyn (SF1019) treatment  

Dietary Changes for MS 

MS diet books  X 11-14-08

Candida the silent epidemic 

Insomnia  

My symptoms X 11-14-08

My toxic teeth   There is even a dental rinse specifically for those that cannot have the fillings replaced.

YouTube video Made by a dentist showing amalgam vapors from an extracted tooth!

 

Over Active Bladder

Exercise & MS a must! 

Quick fitness & performance This is my bother Brian's site.

Cellular exercise

Stress and MS 

Tips for family & caregivers  X 11-15-08 I have a challenge for family & or caretakers!!!

Visualization

Gettingbettertogether.net    Share your thoughts here.

Daily Herald article for Turkey Bowl XXXII

Dr. Frank Morales

Alan Osmond's site       

YouTube video on Alan

Neuro Gym brain exercises!

Better Health USA info about blood test that checks 115 food allergens. They will send a free booklet.

EFT  Emotional Freedom Technique

Stem Cells On this page is information about various facilities.

 

10-31-08  For now I am hoping that by having my 9 amalgam fillings replaced the chronic insomnia will be relieved. Only time will tell. I am hoping to have them replaced in the next couple months, it will be exciting to see what happens. I have decided to continue to use Xanax daily just adjusting the amount. I just cannot stand the feeling I have when I have not been able to sleep for days or weeks at at time. My heart races, which is creepy it sometimes makes me feel like I cannot breathe. That happened back in I believe 2002 or '03 I actually called 911, that ended up being a real waste of money because at that time I had no insurance as I still do not. There was nothing wrong, my heart was strong I just had not experienced that before, now I guess it's old hat just something I have to live with. Only time will tell of course. Never give up! ~ Lisa

 

10-24-08  After doing further research into brain stem lesions and chronic insomnia, I really believe this is my problem. I unfortunately do not have insurance so this cannot be proven it will simply remain my hypothesis. I think it is a very good one. The only thing that helps is Xanax, which I cannot take every day because my body gets used to it and I need to increase the amount. I've been doing a lot of research on that subject, this is part of one of the articles I've found.

"Another finding in the early years of this century was that injury to the base of the brain, at a region called the preoptic area, could produce long-lasting insomnia. Recent studies have identified nerve cells in this area of the brain that are specifically active during sleep. In other words, not only is waking an active state, but sleep also requires activity of special nerve cells to maintain a state of sleep.

In our laboratory we set out to learn precisely how this activity serves sleep, by examining the connections of sleep-active nerve cells in the preoptic area. We found that these cells send their axons to the monamine and acetycholine neurons in the brainstem and the nerve terminals wrap around and encrust the nerve cells in the arousal system. Significantly, the sleep-active nerve cells in the preoptic area contain GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter which turns down, or dampens, the firing of other cells. When the sleep-active neurons are firing, we believe that they profoundly inhibit the arousal systems of the brain, and "turn off the lights."

 

I am also going to be having my 9 amalgam fillings replaced in the next month or so, I'm hoping that will make a difference. Only time will tell. I will also be using Chelorex to help remove these toxins from my body. Stay tuned! - Lisa

 

09-26-08  Dr. Shane has been such a helpful man! When I first received my package of CD's and such, the earplugs were accidentally excluded so he sent me a pair. I also have to have the shower head in my bedroom replaced it's impossible to sleep through drip, drip, drip! So I have been turning on the box fan in my room to at least mask the noise, so I have not bee able to properly try out this sleep system. Hopefully that will get done this weekend! Cya ~ Lisa

 

09-19-08  I really enjoyed the Sleep Easily method Dr. Shane was really nice to communicate  with.  It helped a bit,  However I think it will work better for people who do not have scars all over their brain. I have not had an MRI since 2000 so I'm sure I have many more lesions in my brain. I read something that made me start putting the possible pieces together as to why I cannot just close my eyes and simply fall asleep, I used to be able to do that! I read one article about how brain stem lesions can cause chronic insomnia, that's me! Then I continued to read further and found that these brain stem lesions can also cause hallucinations....holy crap! A few years back when I went the insomnia was really doing a number on me, I could not sleep for nearly 30 hours. During that time,  I'm sure I was very unpleasant to be around and for the first and thank God the last time I had a hallucination! Scared the crap out of me because I knew it was not real but there it was. It was kind of funny now that I look back. My hallucination was of a young blond boy 8/10 or so wearing his baseball uniform with bat in hand. Who knows maybe in my wacky subconscious I was hoping he would hit me in the head so I could go to sleep! That next morning I called my GP to see if he would prescribe some Xanax so I could go to sleep. He did and that made a big difference. Unfortunately insomnia is still my biggest problem. I will continue to use the Xanax and then stop when I need to take more and more for it to work. I'll have to run that theory by my Neurolgist when I see him. In the mean time I have also added some visualizations. It sure can't hurt. Visualization page.  Have a great weekend! ~Lisa

 

08-16-08  Looking back I cannot believe I left this symptom out! This is what I have the most problems with. I'm certain if I could just sleep more my brain would be more clear. I have tried everything, but I just found a new treatment that I will give a try when it arrives. This one is a CD, but not music or meditation. Here is the link. www.sleepeasily.com

Dr. Shane's Sleep Easily Method is different from anything you have ever tried. It is not a drug or supplement, nor general relaxation, deep breathing, visualization, sleep restriction, hypnosis, subliminal messages, nor a device. And it goes far beyond just sleep hygiene.

Sleep Easily is simple, logical steps that give you a way to release your sleep switch to actually cross over the threshold into sleep and…

• Fall asleep or back to sleep quickly and easily
• Sleep more deeply
• Sleep well even in the midst of stress
• If you limited time available for sleep, be asleep more of that time
• Increase comfort if you have a CPAP device
• Feel rested in the morning

I will update this with my experience when I receive & test it. ~ Lisa