New here and starting Topa and with a question
Good Morning Girls!!
Lady - I am so pleased you are getting the Topa - as Play said - the Topa has far reaching effects - boobs will get saggy! I personally do not think that the 12 week plan is long enough for the Topa - I found that out the hard way! I had to go up to 300mg to finally have it actually 'work' for me BUT on the 300mg I hit a really bad depression - although my doc wondered if it was being AF that was making me depressed or the Topa - anyway I decided to come off of it - I had been AF for 8 months at that point. I then broke my foot. now, I have no idea if it was being at home bored, or if it was being without the Topa - but I started drinking again - and it was as if I had never been on the Topa - all the cravings were back. It took me a week to be where I was at the beginning. You CAN take Topa indefinitely - people take it for seizures and at a much higher dose than we are on, so in my opinion, NO, the 12 weeks is not long enough. I am still on it and last night a fleeting thought went through my mind about coming off it and then just as quickly I thought "no, I am not going to". I am not sure it has contributed to my going AF but it might be part of the jigsaw that has helped - so I am going to continue on it.
re your cravings - or are they really cravings? I sometimes think about AL - but don't have cravings as such - I mean, I think about it! But I would not have one - don't even want one - just think that 'this is where I would have used to have one, so what can I have instead?' type of thing - I usually go for water. We all took a long long time to get where we were - and old habits die hard - but we have to replce them with new. This is one reason it is so hard to quit AL. It has been part of our lives for so long.
The HRT - you were lucky being able to get the Bio-identical hormones - I can't take anything along those lines due to having had BC which was hormone positive - and went through an awful time with sweats etc, both during chemo, then again once my body had worked itself out from that (which put me in meno) then again, when I actually went through it a couple of years later! We have a walk in fridge at work, and I scared a new person silly one day when i was in there - he hadn't seen me go in there - everyone else knew I often went in to cool down - he opened the door and there was I !!!!! then I freaked him out even more by asking in an English accent "are you alright?" he has never forgotten our first meeting!! LOL Anyway, I am pleased they are working for you - I couldn't find anyone who would prescribe them for me.
Hi there Play - We have so many apartments where I live, it is really easy to get a new one. Sorry you will have a hard time of it - can I ask which city you live in? or have I already done that and forgotten the answer? LOL For some reason I thought you lived in a house......I cannot imagine not having a washer in my basement! I have a dryer but it sounds like a cement mixer and I refuse to buy a new one 'cos I hang my washing out in the garden on the summer and in the basment on lines in the winter - it helps put moisture in the air! hubs keeps wingeing about getting one but unless I do something about it, he won't - so we carry on the way we are!
Re the eating - I have been thinking about that and actually looked at why I was wanting to eat - and when I do think I am hungry - I listen to my body - I am not actually hungry - but just getting bored - so either have some water or DO something! My eating is totally back to normal again thank goodness. Yes, the Carr book really helped me - as I said, it doesn't do for a lot of people but for BOB (big Older Brother) and me, it is excellent. I talked to BOB yesterday morning and he is still on track - has lost a few lbs too so he is pleased. That is great too that you have lost 7 lbs - how much do you want to lose? you know not to lose it too quickly I am sure
I am so happy that you two are both posting with me - it does help - and does reinforce it for me. I usually post on the journey thread - but we rarely talk about drinking there - it is more of a social thread unless we have a problem then everyone rallies round, so this thread really is helping me no end - thank you both of you for posting - it is so good that we can all support each other in this. We are all doing so well I think!!
Play - I hope that your cold gets better - I take Oil of Oregano when ever I feel a cold coming on. it is magic stuff - last year EVERYONE at the store got the wicked one that was going round - except two of us - and we were both taking Oil of Oregano. It is a bit odd when you first try it, but it really is magic. Once you have the cold, it doesn't take it away, but shortens it and lessens the symptoms. I take the actual oil in a drop of water - not the caps. And you have to make sure you get the right stuff - let me know if you want to know more.
Well, I work the mid shift today - YUCK. 11-7.30 which is my least favourite shift! And it being a saturday it will be all customers and no projects too. Chin up and a smile on my face....... talk later - hugs to you and keep on keeping on
Sun XX
Good Morning Girls!!
Lady - I am so pleased you are getting the Topa - as Play said - the Topa has far reaching effects - boobs will get saggy! I personally do not think that the 12 week plan is long enough for the Topa - I found that out the hard way! I had to go up to 300mg to finally have it actually 'work' for me BUT on the 300mg I hit a really bad depression - although my doc wondered if it was being AF that was making me depressed or the Topa - anyway I decided to come off of it - I had been AF for 8 months at that point. I then broke my foot. now, I have no idea if it was being at home bored, or if it was being without the Topa - but I started drinking again - and it was as if I had never been on the Topa - all the cravings were back. It took me a week to be where I was at the beginning. You CAN take Topa indefinitely - people take it for seizures and at a much higher dose than we are on, so in my opinion, NO, the 12 weeks is not long enough. I am still on it and last night a fleeting thought went through my mind about coming off it and then just as quickly I thought "no, I am not going to". I am not sure it has contributed to my going AF but it might be part of the jigsaw that has helped - so I am going to continue on it.
re your cravings - or are they really cravings? I sometimes think about AL - but don't have cravings as such - I mean, I think about it! But I would not have one - don't even want one - just think that 'this is where I would have used to have one, so what can I have instead?' type of thing - I usually go for water. We all took a long long time to get where we were - and old habits die hard - but we have to replce them with new. This is one reason it is so hard to quit AL. It has been part of our lives for so long.
The HRT - you were lucky being able to get the Bio-identical hormones - I can't take anything along those lines due to having had BC which was hormone positive - and went through an awful time with sweats etc, both during chemo, then again once my body had worked itself out from that (which put me in meno) then again, when I actually went through it a couple of years later! We have a walk in fridge at work, and I scared a new person silly one day when i was in there - he hadn't seen me go in there - everyone else knew I often went in to cool down - he opened the door and there was I !!!!! then I freaked him out even more by asking in an English accent "are you alright?" he has never forgotten our first meeting!! LOL Anyway, I am pleased they are working for you - I couldn't find anyone who would prescribe them for me.
Hi there Play - We have so many apartments where I live, it is really easy to get a new one. Sorry you will have a hard time of it - can I ask which city you live in? or have I already done that and forgotten the answer? LOL For some reason I thought you lived in a house......I cannot imagine not having a washer in my basement! I have a dryer but it sounds like a cement mixer and I refuse to buy a new one 'cos I hang my washing out in the garden on the summer and in the basment on lines in the winter - it helps put moisture in the air! hubs keeps wingeing about getting one but unless I do something about it, he won't - so we carry on the way we are!
Re the eating - I have been thinking about that and actually looked at why I was wanting to eat - and when I do think I am hungry - I listen to my body - I am not actually hungry - but just getting bored - so either have some water or DO something! My eating is totally back to normal again thank goodness. Yes, the Carr book really helped me - as I said, it doesn't do for a lot of people but for BOB (big Older Brother) and me, it is excellent. I talked to BOB yesterday morning and he is still on track - has lost a few lbs too so he is pleased. That is great too that you have lost 7 lbs - how much do you want to lose? you know not to lose it too quickly I am sure
I am so happy that you two are both posting with me - it does help - and does reinforce it for me. I usually post on the journey thread - but we rarely talk about drinking there - it is more of a social thread unless we have a problem then everyone rallies round, so this thread really is helping me no end - thank you both of you for posting - it is so good that we can all support each other in this. We are all doing so well I think!!
Play - I hope that your cold gets better - I take Oil of Oregano when ever I feel a cold coming on. it is magic stuff - last year EVERYONE at the store got the wicked one that was going round - except two of us - and we were both taking Oil of Oregano. It is a bit odd when you first try it, but it really is magic. Once you have the cold, it doesn't take it away, but shortens it and lessens the symptoms. I take the actual oil in a drop of water - not the caps. And you have to make sure you get the right stuff - let me know if you want to know more.
Well, I work the mid shift today - YUCK. 11-7.30 which is my least favourite shift! And it being a saturday it will be all customers and no projects too. Chin up and a smile on my face....... talk later - hugs to you and keep on keeping on
Sun XX
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