Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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@shanaber and @elise4270 No idea if she will be doing blood draws but I know that I had a lab tech do one on me at one of my physicals. And they also gave me shots. She has 40 hours of training next week so I guess we will know more. Nothing like a degree in BME and a part time job making minimum wage ($7.25). I realize the experience is invaluable. By the way, a skilled phlebotomist is awesome. I have had some crappy ones....not fun.
@shanaber glad your getting some June Gloom. It's a nice break from the heat.
@Elise4270 thought of you yesterday on my run at the lake. A lady was out walking on the trail while playing a nice tune on her violin! I was impressed since I can't run and chew gum.
@quilteryoyo Thanks....weighed in today the exact same....I need to get my body fat% updated. I know my legs are more muscular from riding. Would be interesting.
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Rode the bike for a "tour" - 9 classes back to back by one instructor - fun, challenging, glad its done.
Food-
banana/gatorade preride, eggs toast post ride, dinner is up to husband....I'm not cooking which I just told him.
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@bearly63 ahh the violinist must be me in another shell, a kindred spirit. I’ve been practicing today despite the shoulder. I’ll keep at it knowing some day, I can perhaps do such a task.
I am having one of those weeks. Dh just keeps rubbing me the wrong way. So I took a super small amount of antidepressant, (open capsule and take about 8 grains). I feel better. I’m not saying it’s me, but I can’t be angry and ugly like this. Sometimes pain gets bad enough that I just don’t have any room left in my “dealing with life” bucket and get short and judgey. I will own my part. I am frustrated that I’m stuck on the couch. I’d hoped to live a little before surgery. That’s fine. I’m studying and pushing through the violin practice/shoulder stretches. And Beary is keeping me company, and clawing me in the butt to play, and being cutes with his baby teefs.
Food
I was going to do a soup day, because yesterday I ate too much and dh fixed a homemade version of hamburger helper with Mac and cheese. Pasta. Bathroom, again. So something is going on there still. I’ll just avoid pasta.
Dd made beef and bean enchiladas so I helped myself to some and just pretended that it was enchilada soup per her suggestion.2 -
@bearly63 Nice that you got serenaded while out walking.2
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Thanks guys he seems fine.... who knows what caused it but the end result is another rug to the dry cleaners <sigh>
I saw this blog posts from someone I respect, about masks... very interesting but makes me want to wear a mask ALL the time now!
https://www.erinbromage.com/post/what-s-the-deal-with-masks?postId=5ecfe526ea75df00175707af
At least it was a rug! Shadow's last puke was on the carpet and we can't get the stain out. Luckily it's behind the couch. (It was some dark green which scared the crap out of me since the others were light yellow. I think it was whatever plant she ate)3 -
@quilteryoyo yay! Awesome work!
@elise4270 just all the hugs in the world. It can be so frustrating having to hold it all together, good that you were able to recognise the spiral and do something to help out!
@shanaber I have a physio appt on Tuesday at 1130. Monday is a public holiday, so that was the earliest I could get it. Happy with that actually. Never met this physio, so hopefully he's all good... One thing I miss about my old job, the physio was straight across the corridor from my office and was awesome at squeezing me in. Don't have that luxury at my new job. Sure three are physios on site, but they can't see staff. Sigh.
So today I've been super active, even if it wasn't running. Long walk, weights and some cycling. Now the kids are playing up the road and I'm stretched on the couch with my feet up!
I'm doing IF this week - it just helps me limit my eating when I know I'm not going to be as active as usual. So the weekend I'm doing 10-6 eating window, and during the week I'll do a 12-8 because I'm working from 3pm - 11pm.
I dropped my calorie deficit back to half a pound a week, was at 1lb a week while I resettled again, and will consciously try keep an extra 100 calories on top of that as a buffer. 250 calorie deficit is not much St all. Scales were back to 65kg so am just bouncing there atm. All good. I have years to lose the last bahaha.1 -
Yesterday’s food was okay until dh cooked a pizza. I ate too much of it and wasn’t even hungry and it wasn’t that yummy to eat 1000 calories worth. Phhhhhh.
Today
Coffee and cream- swear I’m going to give it up, the cream, because of the calories and it’s milk. Just gross. But so good in coffee. Alternative suggestions? The almond silk is just horrible now that I’ve gotten use to cream.
I ate a tuna sandwich.
Dh has gone to see his not biological daughter. He did that dna test, (and I’m trying to not judge where other people operate from, especially him), he had a dna test when she was 2 and knew she wasn’t his biologically. But the poor girls mother kept telling her he was her father and she grew up thinking he’d just abandoned her. So least the test showed her that he wasn’t lying. He’s stepping into a world he’s long been separated from, drugs. Did you see tiger king? Ya, that’s “normal” where he’s been. All I can say is “do you have an exit plan?”. He wants a kid, loves her like his own, so don’t let anymore time pass either of you by. So I’m all alone today. Huzzah!
Shoulder
Easing up. I keep pushing the pt. But I can not hold the violin like I’m supposed to. And I just hang my head, because this summer is when I could have made so much progress with it. Now another physical limitation.
But it is trying to ease up. I do think I identified the cause. I think it is possible that my flu shot in October might have been put into or against the joint capsule. I also had immunizations (hep B and MMR) 3 weeks after the flu shot in that shoulder. I had hip labradoodles (why autocomplete? I’ve never typed about labradoodles ever)... labrum surgery in September so my body was already in an inflammatory state, the shoulder just tagged along. So, I’ll share this with the doc and see if it offers insight into additional treatments, (probably not, but I am comforted by the thought of how this occurred. Woman at pt office said I just forgot to use my arm. 🙄 huh? I don’t think so?). The day after I started the high dose antibiotic, the shoulder calmed down, 3 weeks post steroid- so not steroid. Internet voices think bacteria can also be pushed into the joint from skin during an immunization adding to the inflammatory response. So I am hoping that the leg/bone surgery, with all the antibiotics and pain meds the shoulder will unfreeze and I can “happily” go about grumbling about the leg pain.
I should go walk. But I’m lazy. I might bribe myself to go. Music, that I can’t play... bear doesn’t want me to leave him either. Beans brought 5 toys to the bedroom door this morning, so she wants me to stay too. I could get skin cancer if I leave the ac. I also didn’t take my allergy med today. I already showered. And there are people out there. I’m having a hard time with motivation... the scale isn’t doing it for me either. 😛3 -
Hugs @elise4270. Medical voice says its highly unlikely to be the shots as the joint capsule is very deep, and shots are designed to be put into the deltoid muscle. But stranger things have happened. What exactly is wrong with you shoulder? I know you are getting pain, but what type of movement etc?
Scales are up for me today despite sticking to goal. But my muscles are sore from yesterdays cross training so I'm saying it's water retention.
Taking the kids out to mcdonalds for brunch today, and will go for a walk. Calf feels great today but I'm not going to push it till after pt tomorrow.1 -
Hugs @elise4270. Medical voice says its highly unlikely to be the shots as the joint capsule is very deep, and shots are designed to be put into the deltoid muscle. But stranger things have happened. What exactly is wrong with you shoulder? I know you are getting pain, but what type of movement etc?
Scales are up for me today despite sticking to goal. But my muscles are sore from yesterdays cross training so I'm saying it's water retention.
Taking the kids out to mcdonalds for brunch today, and will go for a walk. Calf feels great today but I'm not going to push it till after pt tomorrow.1 -
@Elise4270 So sorry about your continued pain. I would probably lack motivation too.1
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@Avidkeo I have adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder). I found some cases documented by reputable sources. NIH I think it was. No idea why else I'd have it. Which just adds to the frustration.
I tricked myself to get out. I sat in the car. It wasn't so bad so I made it out. Bribed mysywith a prescription for lastisse. Haha! Why the heck not!2 -
@Avidkeo I have adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder). I found some cases documented by reputable sources. NIH I think it was. No idea why else I'd have it. Which just adds to the frustration.
I tricked myself to get out. I sat in the car. It wasn't so bad so I made it out. Bribed mysywith a prescription for lastisse. Haha! Why the heck not!
Ah yes I had heard of some rare instances where its a possibility. Again, all the hugs.
Well it's 1pm. I am OK but now in the house alone - hubby took the kids around to his parents because I'm tired and irretible.
Managed to go for a 3k walk but could feel the muscle a little. Pt tomorrow. Now it's wet and windy and yep the funk is settling in. Need some good distractions.
So far for food, we got the kids mcdonalds for brunch, so I've only eaten a bacon and egg mcmuffin, and an apple pie (was so good). I'm not actually hungry but because I'm in a funk, the desire to eat is there.
I've made pizza dough, and will make up pizzas for dinner - it's great doing it this way cause I have more control over the portions, and can log accurately. Looking forward to it.3 -
Wow, I somehow let the weekend fly by and came to see 26 messages here! Glad all the doggies are better!
@bearly63 - I use just the Cream. My sales lady says some people like the soft cream in the summer, but I didn’t like it as much. It is lighter.
Today is the last day of my current run streak - 71 days. I enjoyed it and it gave me a purpose when I needed it mentally but time to move on. And Peloton is calling my name!
Food was pretty good this weekend, except Sat night I made a spinach artichoke dip with Vitamix — SO good! Then I tried the whole fruit margarita! Amazing! It was pretty strong, but so good. Then today I followed a recipe exactly for a smoothie - which was green grapes, pineapple, banana and spinach. Very good too!
Last four days of school and then I am taking a couple days off before I dig into the schedule - which feels like a total waste of time because we don’t know how we are actually going back to school. I have been looking at jobs online and thinking of leaving education. It may seem silly with four years left - but there is no real retirement plan at this school, and I’ve been contemplating it for a couple years. DH says go for it. If I want to just quit I can, but I want to do something else. We shall see what happens, ageism is real and there are so many people out of work, who knows. But I really can’t see teaching in the new conditions we are going to have to follow.3 -
@Elise4270 - I had a frozen shoulder several years ago. No idea where it came from either. Doctor thought maybe from a previous fall but why would it wait years to be a problem. I couldn't move my arm up and down at all or back and forth. Couldn't put a shirt on over my head or brush my hair with that arm. Sometimes I would forget and go to do something like real into the dryer for clothes and come close to passing out from the pain. It took a good long while of doing the PT exercises at home and then having the PT massage and move my arm around before it started getting better. I hope yours improves too but unfortunately it takes time... too much time. Oh and mine still hurts if I see on that side and I have to support it with a pillow when I sleep on the other side.
@ddmom0811 - I don't think it ever hurts to look and see what jobs are out there. People are working longer and longer and I don't think anyone would assume you are only going to work 4 more years. Also you look young enough that no one would think you could retire that soon anyways.
No strength training today but I did do my stretch and roll class. I have really been just exhausted the last couple of days. I slept more than 9 hours last night and this afternoon was just wiped out. I wasn't hungry all day either so didn't eat much until dinner and then I made up for not eating. We grilled burgers and I had a big salad with avocado and bleu cheese on both the burger and my salad.
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@Elise4270 So sorry your shoulder is so painful. Hope you can get it taken care of.
@Avidkeo Sorry you're in a funk. It happens to all of us. Hope the PT helps.
@ddmom0811 A change can be a good thing. If there is not a good retirement plan and you don't want to teach in this new environment, then I say go for it....or at least look into other employment. It sounds like you are a wonderful teacher, but you can be a wonderful something else too.
@shanaber Hope you have a little more energy today. When do you find out about your pacemaker?
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thanks for the first hand/shoulder account @shanaber. If I’m lucky enough to have the short version of this, guess I have til next April before it’s gone. so I better buckle in. I see doc in 2 weeks, I am sort of hopping for the offer to go in and clean up the adhesions, but no idea when that’d fit in my schedule.
Weight for May
Overall is up 0.9 pounds. I’d hoped to lose 4 pounds in May and in June putting me at an acceptable (to me) weight. I guess I can still lose 4 this month. On to June goals. But beanie is down to 16.7 from 17.1 from 16.9 from 17.4 from.... yo-yo-cat, after 2 months... she’s been playing more with the bear monster.2 -
Happy June Fools day Y'all!
Frozen shoulder sounds awful....hope it resolves quickly @Elise4270 ! May is gone....focus on June!
@avidkeo I have those funks weekly these days it seems. They pass....you have such great self control!
@ddmom0811 With your background, you could find work. The challenge that I have had is not wanting to work that hard and not wanting to have a boss (younger with less experience and life knowledge) tell me what to do. So I am still working part time for my boss making way less than I am worth but the flexibility is the bomb. I am lucky to have a husband support my endeavors and makes good money. Thanks for the info on La Mer!
@shanaber sorry your so tired....the food sounds good! Been watching the news - Santa Monica and Beverly Center, LA....what a mess. Not quite as bad here. I am worried about my son in NYC....he has to go in this morning to Times Square Project and there is a big protest planned later....told him to go home at lunch and stay in.
@quilteryoyo Congrats on the scale wins! Good for you!
Spent the weekend helping review and edit DD's TMDSAS (Texas Med Schools ) app. Lots of details and you can't make a single mistake or grammar error or they throw it out. We got it done and she uploaded it yesterday. As I told her, we have low expectations and high hopes. She is smart and totally capable but her GPA is not perfect. Her major is much harder than most others applying and if they don't take that into consideration (have heard mixed things) then that will disqualify her. Also, she took AP credits for chem and physics and Calc - a no no for some med schools. She went to one of the top HS in TX, her AP teachers go beyond the AP curricula to prepare the kids for college so she just refused to relearn things she knew. She got 5's on all her tests. She wasn't for sure pre-med as freshman. Anyway, there are tons of reasons she doesn't have a chance but we keep hoping that a high MCAT score (June 20th) and her good recs and activities and essays will at least get her an interview somewhere.
Exercise:
Did a big ride (4th this week since I am trying to hit them all before the end of June's finale) Crazy Peloton people and I am addicted. Today is a rest, roll, stretch day. I should do strength but just tired.
Food:
Ate well on Fri, husband made steaks and twice baked potatoes on Sat - these potatoes were huge! A meal by themselves. I didn't eat all of mine. I am riding enough to handle the cals. Had veggie enchiladas and margs last night.
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@bearly63 Sending positive vibes for your daughter to be accepted where she wants to go.
@Elise4270 May is in the past. Focus on June. Plus, being up less than a pound in a month with all you are going through is a major win in my book! Just saying.
My day is up in the air. I decided to run this morning so I will be available to answer the phone and talk to/about dad after he gets some tests run today. I planned to eat a banana, have a couple cups of coffee, wait about 30 minutes, and start. Was about ready to go when my aunt called and we wound up talking for an hour. Because of the later start, I toyed with the idea of running on the treadmill, but it was just way too nice outside - only 66°F and low humidity. So, I did run laps on my driveway. Just had lunch - my planned breakfast of a biscuit, ham, cheese, and an egg. It was good. No idea what I am going to do for dinner. Depends on whether dad gets to come home from the hospital or not.2 -
Fingers crossed @quilteryoyo he gets discharged.
I was so excited to be seeing the PT today, then miss 3 woke up vomiting... Sigh. So because I start work at 3, and hubby finishes at 230,im now sitting on the couch with a sick 3 year old. Not even able to go for a walk or anything sigh. Still nice to be wanted!2 -
@quilteryoyo - I hope your dad was discharged from the hospital. Did you hear anything about what they thought might have happened?
@bearly63 - I love that you are so addicted to the Peloton. My husband always teases me about not being able to do anything 'a little bit'. Glad to know there are others like me!
I hope your DD gets accepted. I always wondered why grad schools didn't take a closer look at the curricula/major of those applying. I guess if you have known forever that you want to be a doctor then you take the easiest (for you) course load so you know you can get a high GPA and look like a superstar on paper. For others like our dds they have the not so perfect GPAs and hard curricula. Mine had a similar experience with the AP tests. She tested out of Spanish with a 5 too but decided to take classes anyways and eventually took several latin which I know has helped her but were really tough classes.
Both Santa Monica and Long Beach were really hit hard last night by the non peaceful not-protesters. They literally destroyed businesses and broke into the malls and destroyed the stores and common areas inside - it was about taking things but also seemed to be about destroying as much as possible. There were cars of people trying to come into SM and letting people out to grab things and then they would get into the waiting cars. The police finally had to shut down the freeways. I was heartbroken about a restaurant/pub owner in LB, I think, who had been getting ready to reopen. When he got into his place last night he found that they had broken all his glasses and dishes, destroyed the bar itself and much of the kitchen.
We have a 6pm curfew in Anaheim now and tonight was supposed to be our first back at agility class and that has been cancelled. I was surprised honestly at just how disappointed I was.
@avidkeo - hope your little one is feeling better! Sorry you had to miss your PT. Will you be able to get in another day this week?
I went out in the heat for a run that actually ended up being not too bad. It wasn't very humid and with the breeze didn't feel like it was over 80F. I stopped when I needed to and walked some but actually ran way more than I was expecting.
I am going to have to figure out some dinner. It was going to be take-away because of class but since there is no class I have no excuse not to cook. I am thinking simple chicken quesadillas, spiced black beans and salad.3 -
@Avidkeo Sorry miss 3 is sick! I hope she feels better soon. Dad did not get to come home. They decided to keep him one more night and do a stress test tomorrow. I wish he could have come home, but am very glad they are doing the stress test. Depending on the results of that, he may or may not get to come home tomorrow.
I got more exercise in I wasn't counting on. Since dad didn't come home, my neighbor, who is more like a brother, called and wanted us to help mom mow their yard this afternoon/early evening. I went down early and started trimming with the weed eater. They have a lot of trees, flower beds, and other areas to be trimmed, including a steep hill near the barn. I worked about 30 minutes before my neighbor got there. About the time he did, another neighbor who does lawns for a living came down to help. His partner mowed the lawn and he and the other neighbor helped finish trimming. I used the weed eater for over an hour, mostly on hills. My left arm is shaking it's so tired, so I may not be able to move it in the morning. So thankful for fantastic neighbors!3 -
Oh hugs @quilteryoyo. Hope they get some answers tomorrow then.
I rescheduled for Thursday at 830am. I'm sure that miss 3 will be back at school then, she's now bouncing off the walls and jabbering away like she was never sick lol2 -
@quilteryoyo - hopefully dad goes home today!
@shanaber - That's so sad about the restaurant owner.
I don't know how these small business owners are going to make it.
@bearly63 - I'm trying to take it slow as I am starting out on Peloton because I know I will be as addicted as you are.
I thought about part time and may look into it. I've turned down class after class during the past 2 years from the online university where I teach and realized if I hadn't, I could actually just do that! But I was so busy at school with a new database that I didn't want to teach at night, and I didn't need the money. That is always an option, but if I teach, I prefer the brilliant high school students! I just want to write code or something in that industry for now.
Last night I made the first Hello Fresh meal my DH wouldn't eat. It was a flatbread and had brussel sprouts on it. I don't like brussel sprouts either but these were chopped up finely and mixed with spices and ricotta so I didn't even taste them. He tried one bite and heated up something else. He eats everything, so this is hilarious to me. But this is the one food he apparently won't eat!
Went for physical yesterday, armed with my thyroid results and Doctor says it is okay. My T3 is low but the rest of the numbers are fine. He says that is okay, that what I am having is depression/anxiety. He gave me a script for something for that. But I am going to go to an endocrinologist because from what I've read, if a person has low T3, it can cause the symptoms I'm having. He called in a bunch of tests and I'm due for colonoscopy. Good times.2 -
@ddmom0811 Funny about your husband not eating brussel sprouts. My dad is that way about coconut. Hope you get to see the endocrinologist. Sometimes I feel out general physicians downplay small discrepancies in our blood work as being ok, when it really isn't. An expert second opinion will be good to have.
Had a banana a few minutes ago. Hope to get out for a run before I feel I need to be by the phone. It's nice out again this morning.0 -
@ddmom0811 The thyroid test isn’t like other test where above or below a range indicates an abnormality in function. The thyroid (t3 t4) can be high or low and still be normal, so often docs just leave it untreated. But he should have heard that you feel that you are having symptoms, although he might have and attribute them to other causes or not abnormal. But the fact that you feel symptoms are affecting your life, a trial treatment might have been warranted. But, it just an ambiguous area. One of dd’s docs (we visited in pinch) said yes needs thyroid med, her pcp said no, but entertained it for a while (~10 years) and took her off of it. I hope a new look at it will be beneficial.
La mer
I have the soft cream. Am I understanding that there is a heavier one? I like it, but if there’s one richer I would embrace it! So far it has done wonders for my face. I have already perused the other items, hunting for products to compliment the face. Dh has some eye stuff that works wonders, he’s used his fingers to apply it from the jar. If I use it, it itches a bit and I keep thinking it’s bacteria. It might just be me being neurotic, but I’d like to replace the suspicious products with la mer.
Woes
Man this violin is killing me. Grrrr. I thought about switching it from a right handed instrument to a left. Turns out you can’t do that. I’d have to buy a new one. And it takes so long to learn control and coordination to get a good sound, I’d be starting over. And I bought a nicer one (well, I think it’s nicer), right handed one, ~$1500. I keep telling myself to be patient, this will get better. I dread lessons today, so I’m going to have to let go of some expectations regarding this shoulder, and take some Tylenol.
Dh said I have nothing to frump about, I’m off work, get paid and have no obligations. I get it. Troubles here, or troubles there. There’s always something. So I’m trying to be still, accept, embrace - whatever you wanna call it, let go of life expectations and all. Own the woe.
Weight
I looked at the statistics in my weight trend app and the last 15 days were actually flirting with bringing the trend down. The last week I “lost” 0.7 pounds. So i shouldn’t get impatient. I manipulated dh in to greasy tacos last night. Day 10 of my 10 day of my high dose antibiotics. No bueno in la casa. (Taco Casa).
Food
I still have a butternut squash dish to make. But I think all the pecans are gone now, so it’ll be a pecan-less dish. Excuses.
For now, it back to coffee and some light studying.2 -
@Elise4270 You amaze me with what you do. I probably would have given up the violin until the shoulder healed, just so I wouldn't be in pain. You push through so much. Glad the weight is showing a downward trend! Yeah!0
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@quilteryoyo I feel like a Huggies commercial, “I’m a big kid now!” Haha! I just gotta keep perspective!
I tore the under pinning on my car some months ago... 9 or so.. and am just getting around to fixing it. I left the task with a local repair shop, I mean, do it for me, right? I found the parts online said if y’all can order it and put it on, I’ll pay for it. It’s been 3-4 weeks and I get a call today, thinking yay! My part is in. Nope. They want 265 bucks for shipping on a 75$ part. Nah... y’all. Guess if we gotta, I want it fixed. 5 minutes online I find it free shipping. Call back. Have you tried this site? No? Ok I’ll order it. So, 98 bucks, 5 minutes with extra clips and such. I am the adult today. Haha! (Er, So far I am...) 400 bucks to 150. I rock. Er caught a rock at the park, big one. That tore my under panel. Fingers crossed I’m not surprised with a change in shipping since it’s a large irregular shape.
Back to adulting. I’m on a roll.
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@elise4270 - thanks for the thyroid tips. I'm debating. I guess it won't hurt to go to endocrinologist but I feel like I'm turning into a nutcase at the moment with all these appts I have coming up. Part of it is because I was so busy last summer, that I put off appts and now they are stacking up. I really don't want to start an antidepressant. I'm not that bad! I mean, it comes and goes, but if someone isn't feeling stress at this moment in time in the US, I don't know how not!
Agree with @quilteryoyo - you do amaze me!
@quilteryoyo - but you amaze me too with all that lawn cutting!
Did two Peloton classes for lunch. OMG it is so addictive! It doesn't seem as hard as running but I'm still using beginner classes at the moment.
Tomorrow I am going to get out the door early and run for National Running Day. Then I have to go to school for a bit.1 -
@ddmom0811 When I talked to my PCP about an antidepressant I also thought that I wasn't that bad, just a little overwhelmed. He wont keep me on them for more than 3 months. I like that. So, you could give it a month and wean back off them if it isn' t helping or whatnot. Anxiety/depression often come with age and being female too, dang hormonal changes. I was surprised how much it helped me. Anyway, it doesn't have to be forever if you decide to give it a go.1
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@elise4270 - forgot to say that yes, the regular cream is the heavier one. I love it that one. If you can find a person in a store (mine is at Bloomingdales they will give you lots of gifts/money back). Mine texted me that June 10-21 get 25 gift card for every 100 spent. So then the next time you use buy it you can save that 50-75 on it. Mine usually expires by the time I go to use it, but she will renew it for me. She ships it to me - I haven't seen her in years! She is in a mall that I just never get to - except the first time I went there to try it out. If you want her #, message me and I'll send it. You can also save 10% the first time online directly through their site, but I like to help out this sales lady because she is so good with sending me free stuff.0
