Intolerance test has changed my life!

This test is the best thing I have ever done for my health, it's changed my life!

Who knew wheat and Papaya were causing me so many symptoms, along with shrimp, kelp, durum wheat, asparagus, mozzarella, goats & sheep's milk, cream, and mustard!

I cut everything out and within days my problems started disappearing and now 2 weeks along;
I am not tired all the time (I used to have a nap of 1 to 2 hours during the day),
I have normal motions (22 years of constant diarrhoea),
my skin is soft with no bumps, spots are disappearing, puffiness has gone,
cuts at the side of my mouth (which I've had for 2 years) are healing,
my stomach has gone right down where I can actually press my stomach in (22 years of being distended, hard, and people asking if I'm pregnant) and I'm not having stomach pain and cramps,
AND, if that's not enough, my major problem was psoriasis which has cleared upon the body and has died down on my scalp which was completely covered and causing me to lose my hair!!!

Take a look at my report for yourself.

Here's a video of me 2 weeks AFTER I took the test

Here's a photo of me AFTER, 2 years later after I had lost 2 stones and all my symptoms had gone.

As you can see, this is the best progress I've ever had! Being ill for most of my life was something I just accepted and that Doctors just never picked up or tested for. You deserve to know, I'm so glad I took this step, thank you LifeLabTesting!

Great news!

Since I last wrote, I've had a remarkable recovery!

I'd been taking a natural remedy for pain and didn't realise the effect it had on me until the pain subsided on Saturday and I stopped taking it. The next day, the fog cleared and I was completely back to normal and I mean, really HAPPY jumping about the place happy 😜!

I wrote a few days ago that I had self harmed, a failed suicide attempt of slashing my wrists with a blunt blade (it was close to me). This is TOTALLY not me, I've never done that before!!!!!

And do you know what that natural remedy was?

CBD oil!!!! It is definitely not good for everyone 👎 but I've seen this work so well for friends so I don't doubt it works for most people.

This was the strength I used, this is a best seller on Amazon but not the one I used.

I had bought the CBD Brothers Blue edition last year and tried it once back then. I felt awful the next day but didn't think too much about it. But I was so desperate from this IBS stomach pain, nothing was working, I thought this would help me out. 

This changed my personality to a complete numb, dead person that I was capable of nothing but shrinking into oblivion. So if you take any medication for your mental health, be extra careful with cannabis because that stuff also makes me depressed and I should of realised that even though CBD oil doesn't contain THC, it still counteracts with some of my meds.

I only found this out through reading other peoples reviews similar to mine. So heed my warning, CBD oil can be dangerous to your mental health if you have a pre-existing mental health issue.

Have a look at this Google search for others experiences http://bit.ly/2GbCnSa

Sooooooo, now that's over 🙌 Thank goodness 😁

I can now press on with being marketing and operations of 4 Contact UK which involves lots of fun organising Gavin and clients, marketing and a sprinkling of SEO and graphic design.

I've been told I should call myself a writer as well as Gavin from a lovely Facebook group all about writing a book. They love what I write, it's just I need editing. This blog is unedited so you will probably see grammar and spelling mistakes but this is just for fun.

New beginnings - Self Employment

Over the last year things have been bad health and family wise. My dad died, my mum fell apart, I had to try and pick up the pieces and neglected my health.




I've been battling with anxiety, going out of the house, picking my scalp till it bleeds all over and now 2 days ago self harm, My IBS is the worst its ever been and I've been wanting to die almost daily the past 2 weeks.

The only thing that gets me through is keeping busy, I have to have a purpose or I give don't have a reason to live.

I would share the photos of what I've done to myself but it wouldn't be appropriate.

My rock is my partner Gavin, he is one of the good men that really shape and support the family. My kids have no idea how ill I am and I have 3. I think it's great it doesn't affect them because of Gavin stepping in.

I guess what is hard is the crappy NHS mental health service in Colchester and GP service who let you down. And also the family who have no idea how to deal with you.

I look a complete mess, not getting dressed, brushing my hair, or cleaning my teeth regular enough. Everything seems too much APART from work. I love to spend all my time (probably obsessing) over internet work.

I'm quite lucky you see, I set Gav up with work as a copywriter 4 years ago and a year ago it really started to roll. It wasn't until 4 months ago was it sustainable so for the first time in my life there is no pressure to earn money myself. That's so freeing but I get pleasure from building websites and SEO.

My problem is I really want to choose who I work with because I keep ending up with people who take advantage of me. I'm developed a process to field people now and have 2 different forms so I get to work with them for free for a short period of time to see if we work well together.

1. Is a free website and seo audit report
2. Is a free month of SEO

I've done 5 years of practical SEO training, I find the methodical steps and analytical parts of the job fun. The web design lets my creative juices run free. So it really is the perfect job, I can work when I want and in my pj's! ;-)

Obviously I'm getting help and working on myself to beat this bad patch. See I'm feeling better already!

My brother is ace!

Long Lost Careers

I don't how many of you grow up and get the career you wish for but my brother was definitely one of those....lucky sod! Many of us spend our whole lives searching for THE job and I'm definitely one of those......until now (I believe).

PPI

Yesterday I found out I won on a PPI claim. Before this, I didn't believe I'd get anything and thought it was a load of poop but hearing a friend get a win, I thought I'd try it as it is free. 2 loans and a credit card from Halifax came back as having PPI and I'm glad I went through a 3rd party company to deal with it for me because they try to catch you out so they don't have to pay out.

Starting a business

The money will allow me to start a business in my chosen field, just like my brother. I helped him set up his business in October 2016 because he's been a mechanic in Colchester since leaving school. As soon as I got him set up with his branding, website and social media, his service has been booked up, week on week. Here's his business - Engine Carbon Cleaning he's very proud of my work!

I knew I had to find something to do myself and have been looking since......

What I found

Last year I got to trial a new complementary therapy called Vitali-Chi. I had it twice with amazing results. 

I don't know if I've mentioned the problem I have with my periods before but they have been difficult since starting anti-depressants. Before anti-depressants, I was having a period every week! Then ever since, it's gone the other way, for over 15 years they want to come but don't. You may think that's not that bad but it's seriously affected my relationship. The period symptoms would still come every month, that means bad PMT and pains. I would hang on for months with these symptoms and still no sign of my period.

A feather left for me was a sign

Up to a year ago, I was using monthly reflexology to try and bring it on, it worked off and on. Then I went to a fair where I felt euphoric afterwards. It was Vitali-Chi. It's something I find hard trying to explain very well so I need to find a way of simplifying my explanation. Just do a search and you'll find out about it. The 2nd time I tried it, it was through a meditation led group. 

OMG it was amazing.

As soon as I stood up, my period started and I was so relieved! The thing that got me was that I'm not someone who can meditate, I've always failed at it. Well, using Vitali-Chi you go so much deeper with ease. 

And do you know the biggest thing? It cures Cancer!

Don't believe me? I've met the guy who it worked for and my favourite Homoeopath has partnered with them doing all the training. I trust her entirely as I've been a patient of hers since I was 22.

You need to try this out!

Vitali-Chi has an opportunity to lead meditation groups with the equipment and I attended the training this weekend! I did want to start helping other people in a non-invasive way with this system but it's too expensive to set up!

I decided to buy my own to help heal myself and my family but all the people in this world need this who want to heal too! I hope to help this spread across the world and become mainstream.

I bought mine and use it everyday to help clear my mind and help my body, I just can't live without it. The energy that circulates through my body from using this is certainly down to the copper. I listen to frequency healing meditation music which just power up the chi.



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A huge step forward today!

This may not seem like a huge win for many but many mental health sufferers will agree with me here.........
I cooked the family a dinner by myself for the first time in years!
It was a roast too. I'm amazed I did it and I can thank my mum for buying the ingredients because it spurred me on along with starting to clean the house yesterday and today.......so yes, another huge step for me. I haven't cleaned in a long time either. I'm so pleased I can do this. I need to make sure I keep it up. Anyone have any tips?
Happy Easter everyone xxxx

Bipolar Sucks but there's light at the end of the tunnel!

Months of being so well, then.....

It's true, Bipolar sucks and I wish I didn't have it. With all my supplements, I achieved wellness for 6 whole months! That is a record for me in 8 years of having Bipolar. BUT the only reason I have gone down is due to my step-dad being diagnosed with Cancer and other health problems, with only weeks to live. So really that's a completely 'normal' response and I should see this as NOT a failure and that the reason isn't because of the Bipolar.

I keep having angry outbursts that happen out of nowhere, mostly in the car!

Feeling worth it

Of course, everything has gone to pot, including the most important factor in keeping me well and that's my life's purpose. If I don't have a career, I don't seem to cope with life and having nothing to do is just not for me, You'd think that having 3 children, hobbies or volunteering would satisfy me but it doesn't. I seem to have a need for earning money when I don't have to. I have this compulsion, as a serial entrepreneur, to keep trying new ideas. 

I set myself up for failure because I believe 'this is the one', 'this is my purpose' and ultimately my weaknesses crack those beliefs into a thousand pieces.

What are my weaknesses

Not many people will like admitting their weaknesses in case it leaves them vulnerable. I think if you keep stumbling over the same issues time and time again, it's silly not to admit that theses are weaknesses.

List of the things that cause me to stop working;

• Pressure
• Expectations
• Wanting solitude
• Punishing myself
• Perfection
• Unspoken rules I set myself
• People

I've tried employed and self-employed, no matter how well and strong I am, I give up with the first sniff of a problem. Don't get me wrong, I work hard at anything I do and I try my hardest for things not to affect me. I've even gone so far as understanding things get worse during certain cycles of the moon and my periods.

Professionals

Yes, I've had help from many different professionals and I know I need more. The people I need are out of my financial capabilities I'm afraid. I'd love to hire some excellent NLP practitioners and hypnotists, as so far I haven't found the right ones. I do have a list of other treatments I'd like too. My priorities lie with keeping the family afloat first and I come last.

Hobby

I need to find a hobby to take my mind off things and keep me active........do you know what that is?
WRITING! Yes, I'm going to blog. So see you next time I blog!

Tiredness

Yes it's Sunday but...

Today I was very tired and even succumbed to my bed late afternoon to evening time. It was because I forgot all my supplements and didn't even have 1 shake today, so I know they work!

I do have my morning routine but being Sunday and having to rush to see family, I didn't have time to have my breakfast (shake) when I usually take them. I now know how important they so I won't skip again!


I love the vanilla shake because I don' like strong tastes but lots of people choose chocolate! Some of the info on Juice + shakes.

• Vegan (prepared with non-dairy milk)
• Free from artificial sweetener, colouring and aromas
• Vegetable Protein with High Biological Value
• One pouch lasts 15 days on 1 shake a day
• High relative protein percentage

I used the pack above but have made it last a month by starting low and taking just 1 of each every day. The dosage is recommended at more than that but for value and my body's sake, I prefer it this way.

Green Tea

I did buy these boosters to help me to lose weight but I luckily found out prior to taking them that I shouldn't have Green Tea because of my under active thyroid. I was surprised to find out how the body actually reacts to certain conditions. You should read this article to see how green tea is NOT for everyone http://www.precisionnutrition.com/rr-green-tea-hazards

Adding back in some more supplements

Asthma and Allergies

I woke up yesterday with breathing problems along with allergy symptoms of coughing to try to clear my throat where I was producing mucus and irritated eyes. I haven't had hayfever symptoms for years but know this is the time of year where my asthma flares up. I  knew I had to pop a Bee Pollen supplement and hey presto a few hours later, all symptoms were gone.

You have to be careful with bee pollen as many people are allergic and don't know it, or commonly, are very sensitive to it. So when trying this nutrient-rich supplement, its always wise to start with a very small dose. In the case of Forever's Bee Pollen, take a quarter of a pill and work you way up over a month. Read more about it, as it has soooo many benefits;




I mentioned in my last post that I take Vitamin D3, Vitamin B Complex along with others. People always say to me how expensive taking all these supplements must be. Well no, not if you look in the right places. I was very lucky to try out many of the offerings from the company Nu U Nutrition from Amazon and was very impressed with there credentials. Mainly that they are produced in the UK, are natural without unnatural fillers, free of allergens, are high dose and pure and the biggest value on the market. Most of there products are 6 months to a years worth of pills in 1 go! And because I'm sensitive to many ingredients, I was surprised to find that these worked very well for me.

Vitamin D3

Many people have heard of Vitamin D of course, but not of D3. This is because D3 is the natural form of Vitamin D and can be used for;

• Autoimmune disorders
• Bone disorders (inc. Rickets)
• Depression
• Diabetes
• Heart diseases
• Hypertension
• Influenza
• Obesity
• Osteoporosis
• Rheumatoid arthritis

I choose to buy the Nu Nutrition brand of vitamin D3 because you get a whole years supply and the whole family can take them in different doses because they are in smaller amounts.

You need to read the tonnes of positive testimonials to see how it's changed people's lives, click on the Amazon image below:

Vitamin B Complex

6 months supply and high potency, like all of there supplements, means you will be hard-pushed to find such value for money.

Everyone knows that you need your B vits because of how important they are in keeping your body functioning. I had to search long and hard to find the reason to my tongue problems that stretched over a year. I thought I had mouth thrush at first as I felt my tongue was burnt, unable to drink and eat certain foods, my taste was effected and nothing worked! It's not until I started taking these supplements did it totally retreat along with my walking problems. Deficiency signs could be;

• strange sensations, numbness, or tingling in the hands, legs, or feet
• difficulty walking (staggering, balance problems)
• anaemia
• a swollen, inflamed tongue
• yellowed skin (jaundice)
• difficulty thinking and reasoning (cognitive difficulties), or memory loss
• paranoia or hallucinations
• weakness
• fatigue

Take the step to help yourself get what your body needs but always, always, get medical advice before taking anything.

Testing my supplements

You know if something works...

I'm always querying whether something works or not by stopping it and seeing what happens. I had decided to mess with by supplements by stopping them all. At first I didn't notice anything, then bam, oh dear I so knew I was missing them but I wanted to shake things up, literally!

What I did

I had stopped taking the Forever shakes and nothing much changed with my toilet troubles, energy or my mental/physical side, as they hadn't really been helping me (I had given t a very long time). I then stopped all supplements for 3 weeks at least. My illnesses slid quite considerably and I knew I had to look more into what I was putting in my body.

For one week I tried each of the 3 types of supplement from the Juice Plus Premium range to check I had no reactions. Click the images to find out more.

Then I stopped them and tried 1 shake a day of the Juice Plus Vanilla for 1 week to test again that I was ok because like everything I am sooooo sensitive and nearly always get side effects or worsening of my conditions.

I was all clear, no side effects and my symptoms improved on day 3. Then I stopped them for a week and I realised they had been keeping away my toilet troubles, bloating and pain of my stomach, tiredness and my mental health problems. So knowing they were all ok, I took them all together and the results speak volumes for me. I was able to go out into the world and do things I haven't done in a very long time and I'm never going back!

I have added my Vitamin D3 and Vitamin B complex for backup as I do NOT have a very good intake of good food. I have problems with food in so many ways its unbelievable that I'm still fat lol! I do have an under-active thyroid and medication that puts weight on me so I do know it's not how much or what I eat, I just don't have a balanced or nutrient-rich diet.

So all in all I'm very happy, I'm doing this for my health and I have researched into this companies ingredients and am happy to say they really are natural and thats why I haven't had any bad reactions like I have with Forever and Herbalife shakes.

Update on where I've been!

Been deep in Bipolar, PTSD and BPD symptoms.

The last few months have been tough, I guess at least half of this year has been taken away by these illnesses. People don't know you're ill because you just disappear and you're not well enough to approach anyone for help. Mental illness is a silent one for many and just close family/friends see the consequences. But for me, you may have no real close friends and family ties have been cut. Your close partner only knows who also doesn't have close friends or family.

It's lonely feeling like you're not part of the whole

I've found myself staying away from everything, unable to cope with very simple tasks even being a part of Facebook. It is really hard to communicate, something that people don't understand when they have seen you completely happy and 'normal' previously - so whats the problem? 

The problem seems to delve right down to a very simple fact, and that is the decisions that lay in front of me, like choosing to eat or not, seem to feel too hard to choose between and take action. You lack motivation yes but the stress of choosing seems so heavy that you want to run away. I'm not lazy or thick, I probably overthink stuff too much and expect perfection or I won't attempt anything at all.

Finding solutions

I had it in my head that my medication was making me worse because I felt that it must be causing the real me to disappear. I did try going down for a month and I only got worse so I went back up and felt completely dead. No joy, nothing effected me, so one extreme to another. I don't suggest doing this as I didn't go through the Doctor but when you're desperate, you just try what you believe might be the case. 

Like I have said in below posts, I have tried taking supplements to help support me but when you get ill, I couldn't keep up the momentum of taking them everyday, so that wasn't a solution for me while ill.

I then researched healing crystals and now have quite a supply. It wasn't until I started wearing crystal jewellery that I got some results.

I choose the following;

You aren't meant to have anymore than 3 semi-precious stones on your person for them to work well. And my oh my have they made life easier for me, I can now make decisions myself. I feel more in control and happier. Whatever you struggle with, you can find a stone/mineral/crystal to help you. Just search for 'the healing of ...(your problem).... semi-precious stones' to find your own personal ones.

If you find them not working how you like, you have 2 options.
1. Recharge your stones by putting on the windowsill under the rays of the moon overnight
2. It could be you choose the wrong one for you or the combination doesn't work if you are wearing more than one. Check for interaction between stones as they can cancel each other out.

Don't stop trying

I know it's easy to give up hope and feel you just don't deserve to be here anymore. 

Coping strategies are different for everyone but here are my top ideas for trying to get out of a hole;

• Please write down all the things you do like or love now or in the past to find something that may rekindle some meaning in your life. e.g. reading books, watching films, walking in a forest, going to the beach to go bear foot in the sand.....and so on. Push yourself to try one of these things to feel more human x
• Stretch the boundaries. So recently I have been hiding from the world on purpose and the longer it goes on the worse it gets. So the list above I've said to write, find some common things that you are missing. For me it was seeing people and seeing the world. What can you do as a baby step to try and see that things are still there for you to try. So i went for a walk in the woods with my partner and saw the beauty and felt the calmness. It did feel wonderful even though I couldn't express it.
• So hopefully you have stretched your boundaries at least once. So now your're going to plan lots of things so you can plan to do one a week every week. A goal to look forward to. To make this easy for myself, I downloaded a free app for my phone called Task Hammer, there are plenty of task helping apps to choose from. You put all the tasks you feel you need reminding of, even the basic stuff because thats what we struggle with. I put in brushing my teeth, watering the plants and then other things that I want to do and when. It reminds me then I get to tick I've done it (a milestone as such) and you get points to progress different areas in your life.
• My next task is to really push my boundaries by putting myself out there. I haven't told anyone because I want to do this. I've been an Avon rep 4 times before and each time it gave me back my confidence because I have to put myself out there and I need a task where there is a time limit but not stressful. I'm doing it for me, not the money. I know it will help me get out, so I'm really looking forward to it!

I will let you know how things go but do message me or comment below to tell me how you are struggling or how you have coped, succeeded or any positives. I would love to share the love.

Remember, nothing is a failure, its a learning curve to get to where you want to be. Everyone deals with stuff going wrong, its how you try to pick up the pieces that shows that you can do this, no matter what! I believe in you xxxx