A question about kudzu

[bonitag]

A question about kudzu

I am sure glad I ran across your post . . . i have been trying to get some feedback, and don't know if I just don't know how to get into the right area, but again Thank you! I wanted to try Kudzu but wasn't sure if it was for real. I started a diet, and the only thing holding me back, is my drinking. Just can't have one!

[Roberta Jewell]

A question about kudzu

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Hiya. Be sure and try out the Search feature above in the blue navigation bar, too. You'll find tons of good info already posted by members. In this case, you may want to enter the key term "kudzu" (no quotes) and select "show posts" (a little easier to navigate than the other option.)

Good luck and happy hunting.

RJ

[owlet]

A question about kudzu

I found kudzu here in the US at a chain called the Vitamin Shoppe. It's the brand originally recommended in the RJ's book (before the study said higher doses were ok). I checked, and there appear to be stores all over the US except the midwestern states. It's not quite as high a percentage of the active ingredient, and fewer pills per bottle, so may be a little more expensive in the long run, but a fast fix if you're in a hurry and don't want to wait for the supps by mail.
Hope this helps.
Owlet

[ohmaggiemae]

A question about kudzu

Is it just me, or did a lot of y'all feel overwhelmed by all of this at first? I just got home from running around town trying to find all these vitamins - what a pain in itself. Plus, it's Saturday so every store was packed with very crabby people, including me thanks to the start of this dopamax - I mean, topamax. I've been on this stuff before and it made me almost crazy angry and irritable. Can somebody PLEASE tell me that all these vitamins I just dropped a fortune on will help to lessen that horrible side effect of topamax? I feel like I HAVE to be on something, though. I have bulimia and I'm a problem drinker. I don't know what to deal with first. I'm so frustrated and overwhelmed! No therapist or nutritionist to date has really been able to help. It's 4pm, I'm tired, annoyed by the crappy people I encountered "out there"(poor me, I know), my husband is being aloof and knows nothing of what I'm going through, so I'm having my first SMALL glass of red wine. I don't know what to think of that. Right now, I don't even care. I also feel like I write on these forums and my words just go off into oblivion. Some people, bless them, respond. That certainly helps. It's just that I've gotten used to Yahoo!Answers. Anyone know that place? Much more back and forth communication. Sorry I'm so negative. It's been one of those days.

[MyHeartIsDrenchedInWine]

A question about kudzu

Ohmaggiemae,

You're not the only one in a mood, this approaching full moon makes a lot of us crabby, anxious, wanting a drink, etc. ....and yes I was completely overwhelmed when I started on this journey but I don't regret any of it, I have learned and grown as a person from being here. I think I would tackle drinking first and bulimia second, JMHO. My reasoning being if you are still drinking and throwing some of it up, well that's less alcohol. I'm blonde so maybe that makes no sense but it kind of entertained me in a weird way, I guess because I used to have a problem with anorexia years ago so I felt I could relate to the mindset.

Regarding the vitamins, yes they are a science project unto themselves and everyone responds differently to different things. The MWO Kudzu is the only one I will take, the others did nothing for me. I do however eat Kuzu pasta and drink Kuzu tea, I really like them and they do help cravings : ) Also, My #1 supplement for alcohol cravings is L Glutamine....it is awesome!!!!!!


Hang in there girl, it WILL get better....I promise :l


Myheart

[Cinders]

A question about kudzu

OhMaggieMae,

Yes, we are not a chat kind of forum but a posting kind of forum. People log on, read a while and then go do something else.

I can't advise on the which to tackle first question. I would tackle whichever one is more harmful to you physically.

I have never had bulimia, except in the surgical form, I had gastric bypass.

I did not drink the first year after the surgery, though. I couldn't.

When I did start drinking, I became a serious alcoholic very quickly.

There may be some relationship betweeen the bulimia and the bulimia?

Anyway, just letting you know people are out here and we do care.

Love,
Cindi
XXXV

[ohmaggiemae]

A question about kudzu

Thank you Cindi. I agree that there definitely is a connection between the bulimia and the alcohol. I'm trying to figure it all out myself. Do you think there is a connection between your surgery and alcohol? Kinda sounds like we're going through something similar there.

Thanks for reaching out and letting me know you heard me.

[ohmaggiemae]

A question about kudzu

Thanks for your response, Myheart. I'm gonna try all the vitamins for now (since I just bought them all), and see how it goes. I just hate the side effects from the topamax. I'll do anything to avoid them. The cravings for alcohol are more tolerable to me than the irritibility I get from the tope.

Anyways, thanks again for your response!

[MyHeartIsDrenchedInWine]

A question about kudzu

bulimia, gastric bypass, and anorexia.....
IMHO they are all the same root issue of CONTROLLING FOOD, something to think about :h

....and then we all end up as drinkers, or "stuffers", maybe we need the STRENGTH to face our own realities


Luv you both :l


Myheart

[ohmaggiemae]

A question about kudzu

Good point. I agree. Why am I so weak?

[MyHeartIsDrenchedInWine]

A question about kudzu

Hmmmm......Have you been to therapy? I have :l



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Stick around and grow with us :h

[Cinders]

A question about kudzu

MaggieMae and MyHeart,

Yes, there is definitely a link between gp and alcoholism. Several members here have had gp and became alcoholic after the surgery. I am one. Several reasons, I believe. Replacing one addiction with another and the surgery lets the alcohol pass through to body without absorbing it so one gets a bigger "kick" from the AL than before. One also becomes addicted much faster.

I am going to therapy, too. I need to deal with the underlying issues.

Oh, and MaggieMae, you are not weak, not unless all of us are. We are very good people with a drinking problem. Many people here have reminded me of that when I have fallen. We are part of a caring and loving community.

My daughter has the same bad perception of herself. I hope rehab teaches her differently.

Hang in there MaggieMae and learn. You, too, will start to heal.

Love,
Cindi
XXXV

[ohmaggiemae]

A question about kudzu

I have been to therapy. My first therapist was awesome! I was single, lived in the city and loved going to him. Since moving to the burbs and getting married, going to a therapist requires more work. But I have done it. The next therapist and I did okay, until I started to dread going. Now I go to marriage therapy with hubby, and he also sees us individually. I think I'm "incurable", really. I sort of look at it like, "I dare you to fix me." I've been bulimic for almost 30 years. So, really, will I ever be "cured". I think it's like hemrroids, actually. It flares up. Funny, huh? : ) Alcohol weakens my resolve, though, to not binge and purge. So, that's why I'm focusing more on the drinking. And, besides, chatting with you all is comforting and kinda fun. Thanks for the video!

[MyHeartIsDrenchedInWine]

A question about kudzu

Incurable no! Lifetime management yes : )

Keep your head on straight and keep on keepin on Ohmaggiemay......


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Luvya,



Myheart