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Many soaps will dry your skin – they remove the natural oils and moisturizers built into our skin. If I soap too much in the winter, I itch, too. Bad combo with the Iowa cold DRY weather. My forhead literally flakes just like dead skin, looks nasty in the winter. Not so in the summer.
Seriously – I think sometimes for things like skin issues, etc – natural remedies and diet are the best bet. Don’t take the comparison wrong – but it really is comparable – our Tonkinese Koko is “self-barbering” – he’s biting hair and licking it out in patches. Vet said very much probably allergies. Good chance it’s a food allergy. Well, if it can happen with a kitty, why not us? Sometimes “moderm medicines” are the answer, and sometimes the answer is much more simple and cheaper and better for us. Bottom line – he gave a shot to get him to stop trimming his already thin Tonk hair, but suggested a diet change. No meds, just change diet. (could be an external allergin, too – that’s yet to be seen)
IF one can rid themselves of things like diabetes with a good diet, why not some allergies?
My issue with sleep was SO close to narcolepsy it was scary. They so far had NOT said that is what it was, and it’s really somewhat different, other than the uncontrollable urge to sleep, nap, even only 1 hour after getting up! (a lot of it depends on boredom I’ve found! I believe my ADHD causes me to work SO hard to pay attention, I get into sort of a DAT situation, at other times I can be going very well, and someone will come in to talk, and 5 minutes later they are still there talking, I literally start to yawn and have a nearly uncontrollable urge to fall asleep)
Anyway, the Adderall XR the gal prescribed for my ADHD? Not having much real impact there (not that I can tell other then I find my self a lot more irritable in spurts, and at other times, I feel like the world is cool and I’m a bit more even-tempered)
OK, finally, down to it………. the Adderall HAS evened out my sleep! I can now stay awake all day, and when I’m home, I get going in my shop early in the AM and don’t want to stop when evening comes. Work, well, I still get bored there, and the frustrations are many and big, but if I can now at least stay awake)
I believe the Adderall XR (GENERIC) has helped my sleep issues quite a bit, I “usually” have more energy in a day, stay awake easier, at least until evening, but for the ADHD – not really sure. Time will tell, I guess. It’s only been 2 weeks, and it’s only 20mg and at 200 pounds, is that going to be enough?
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