Experiences with

Devil's claw

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20584-chinese-medicine-offers-new-parkinsons-treatments/ Early this year, 115 people with Parkinson’s were given a combination of traditional Chinese medical herbs, including gou teng, or a placebo for 13 weeks. At the end of the study, volunteers who had taken

I was researching the use of cat's claw "gou-teng" (Uncaria rynchophylla) for helping with my PD tremors and came across this article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36473372/ It made me wonder what became if this research seeing as it seemed to show promise once they got it across the BBB. Has anyone

Hi all, I've been on Pregabalin and Duloxetine for a while. This has some impact but still suffer daily pain. I use Turmeric massage oil which does offer some relief for a while. We have a local health care shop who has prescribed Devil's Claw which I have been taking for two weeks. I do believe it

Supplements, medication, procedures Can someone tell me what supplements should be used with Parkinsons Among the various therapies that have shown at least some effect in the animal and/or human model are Carbadopa/Levadopa Actylcholine Actigal/Ursolic acid Adderil (amphetamine) Alcohol Alpha

Anyone out there know of taking Cat's Claw tiincture for Parkinson's shake ( tremor)? Anyother benefit?

Hi all , about 9 years ago had sugery for bladder endo , over the years had more surgery to remove it from other places , tried all the tablets /coil u name it ive tried it ... last year was offered prostrap , had my last 3 month dose end of december which will take me to march when back with consultant

Hi again, I posted in November, in brief a complex cyst was discovered on my ovary last year, I was booked in to have both ovaries and tubes removed last November but in the final hour the operation was cancelled and I was sent home because they had ran out of time and I was last on the list that day

Hi everyone, I’ve recently been diagnosed with Adenomyosis and Endometriosis, and I’m seeking advice or experiences from those who have tried the hormonal IUD (Mirena) or undergone laparoscopy surgery. Previously, I tried the Dienogest pill, but unfortunately, it didn’t work for me and caused severe

hello, I was diagnosed in September during my surgery to remove a fair amount of endo tissue, dead and live and a cyst. The Merina Coil was then put in as well to slow down the regrowth and so I stopped taking the pill. However, I now have a ‘normal’ cycle again, for the first time in years, and this

A bit of a long rant from utter frustration and feeling entirely lost/given up hope of finding out what’s wrong…. I’ve just had my pelvic and tv ultrasound and told I am completely healthy, perfect in fact. Which yes is lovely but I sat in my car after the appointment in tears of frustration, despair

Hi everyone. I had my first laparoscopy in May 2022 and was diagnosed with Stage 2 endometriosis and Bowel Endometriosis. I was also fitted with a mirena coil. I've had a period throughout, the most I've gone without one is 2 months. Now things are starting to get more unsettled, I've just had a period

Apologies for the long post.. I'm feeling super nervous about the surgery that I've waited so long for 😖 It's not the surgery itself I'm particularly worried about, it's that I have convinced myself that they're going to "find nothing". (This is probably fueled by the years of gaslighting from Dr's

Should you have youre coil removed prior to another lap to see if endo grows or ?

Hi, I recently went back to the doctors in an attempt to sort my endo related issues, was put on a pill to help reduce flow, symptoms. I ended up 7hours in a&e and passed my endometrium. I was in so much pain & was beyond shocked to see I’ve passed grey matter the size of the palm of my hand! None

Hiya, I had an ovarian cyst removed 8 weeks ago, biopsy results benign, yippee! And an endometriotic cyst diagnosed. follow up bloods last week showed my CA-125 had gone from 100 to 60 and surgeon advised another test in 4 months. I was a bit disappointed they weren’t normal again. Then this

I'm Saranya from Chennai living in Sandiego.I had chocolate cysts in left ovary 2cm,1.5cm and pelvic endometriosis diagnosed in 2014 and cysts excised laprascopically was put on depo Provera got married moved to USA from chennai took ayurveda medicine managed recurrence and got pregnant naturally delivered

Could anyone help me understand these labs. For reference my ferritin has raised from 67 to 176 in 6 months without supplements or diet changes. Full blood panel all in rage. My folate has dropped from 10 to 6. My b12 is 690, my vitamin D is 100. Liver and kidney all normal and inflammation markers in

I had a transvaginal scan on Sunday to check the placement of my coil. however it is now Wednesday and the procedure has made me bloated and just feel quite strained in my lower tummy area. I am really stressed that it won’t go away. Is this normal and will it go and recover? Thank you !

I have my diagnostic surgery on Friday and I’m wondering if I would be able to get my coil removed while I’m under I’ve forgot to ask during my pre assessment and now I’m stressing cause i literally can’t bare it in any longer it’s making the pain so much worse

I got the mirena coil 5 weeks ago to help with my pain.I had a lap surgery a year ago which found spots of endometriosis on my pelvic walls which were ablated but got the coil due to ongoing pain. I know it can take a while to adjust to the coil but I'm struggling, I've been in pain and bleeding everyday