-Your Daily Cookie-
© 07/16/08
By Dahni
Butterflies - Certified Organic
Good day, here is your cookie for today, ‘Butterflies & B’s. OK, I get the Butterfly cookies, but what’s up with the B’s? Well, it’s not bees, but it is the B’s.
The Flavor of the Day
I am referring to the B’s as B-complex vitamins. Oh, no, not another vitamin post! Now take a chill pill, chill out or just eat your butterfly cookies while I explain. I chose the butterfly cookies to go along with this post, because for most people, butterflies promote smiles. If not, surely just eating your cookie will. Now you know the opposite of smiles right, frowns, sadness, being just down or even depressed. I want to share something of a personal nature with you with hope that it may help either someone that reads this or you will share it with someone you love or care about. But before I do, lets get something straight. If you don’t like the words vitamins or supplements then think of them as foods, super foods actually, because that’s what they are.
My Story
When you have lived a certain way for the better part of life, you don’t even consider that it may not be normal. For me, I have always been highly motivated, passionate, energetic, perhaps an A-type personality (whatever that is), outgoing and extroverted. But there was another side to me. Perhaps it’s the artist in me, but I have a tendency to be reclusive, melancholic, shy and introverted too. These two opposites have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. As the saying goes, “what goes up, must come down.” My energy levels would peak and sooner or later I would come down, crash and crash hard. These crashes would place me into bouts of depression especially during the holidays. Later I discovered that for me, I may have experienced symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), due to lack of sunshine during the winter months.
When I was up, I was way up. I really loved the levels of energy, adrenalin pumping, passion, focus and concentration which made up this part of my life. The down process, I attributed it to my just being a sympathetic, empathetic, caring and ultra-sensitive person.
Years ago, I was involved with a woman who worked for a psychiatrist. This was also during a time shortly after the death of my mother. It was a very hard time for me personally and I will leave it at that. Well, the woman I spoke of, I am sure you recognise the type, if they work in the medical field, surely they must know what they are talking about. She decided I was depressed and convinced her employer, a psychiatrist specializing in geriatrics to see me. This is what you would call ‘professional courtesy’ as there was no office visit charges. I obviously went and without seeing my medical history or conducting any medical exam, he prescribed Prozac. It was during this time that many felt Prozac was the ‘miracle drug.’ Regular doctors began writing 1,000’s of scrips and the psychiatric profession began taking a nose dive. Oh, I was depressed alright, having also been diagnosed as having multi-cystic kidney disease by the world’s foremost authority on this fatal disease. But was I truly cliniclly depressed? For one thing, if you know anything at all about Prozac, you would understand that it takes quite some time for it to be effective. There are other drugs which could have been used to give more immediate relief.
You must understand that the psychiatrist which prescribed Prozac for me, never saw me again or monitored my condition. Eventually the Prozac worked, only just the opposite with me as it was intended. I became paranoid, lost 17 pounds in a week (Prozac has been prescribed for weight loss), and began to have suicidal thoughts. I was alone at the time; shut off from the outside world.
Do you remember taking your first driver’s test to get your license? I do and I remember being extremely nervous. Extreme focus and concentration tuned out outside noises and I certainly could not handle having the radio on. If you can relate to this, then you have an idea of what it was like for me to get into a car and drive somewhere at this time. The reason I tell you this, is that the thought crossed my mind, “What if it’s the Prozac that is making me feel this way?” I did something either stupid or instinctual. I stopped taking the Prozac one morning. That night, I slept through the night for the first time in a long time. Still not convinced, the following morning I took the Prozac again. Within minutes of it being absorbed into my bloodstream, ALL PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS RETURNED. Still not convinced, I decided to ‘drive’ myself to a local pharmacy. This is where the first time driving thing comes into play. Somehow I made the drive. It was only about a mile away, but it seemed like an eternity to me in getting there. I described my symptoms to the pharmacist and he said, “In some cases, Prozac does just the opposite of what it is intended to do.”
Still unconvinced, I called a psychiatrist and they agreed to see me. I was advised to stop taking Prozac and all my symptoms soon disappeared.
Later, the same woman that decided I was depressed, decided that I was manic-depressive, had bi-polar disorder and should be taking Lithium, a simple salt used to treat this disorder. Despite the possibility of forever being labeled as a manic-depressive, thoughts of shame for self and for my family, I was willing to accept this diagnosis and take Lithium for the rest of my life, if this was my diagnosis. Even one of my favorite presidents, Abraham Lincoln may have suffered from manic-depression.
Anyway, I went to the same psychiatrist which took me off Prozac, along with the woman who insisted I see someone else. She talked and the doctor listened. When the doctor asked me questions, the woman tried to answer for me. Finally, the doctor, also a woman, asked the other woman to leave the room. After she left and after asking me questions and hearing my answers, she said, “Your situation can be helped by talking through some of the traumatic events which have recently transpired (over a course of about two years), in your life. Your only problem is, in listening to that woman!”
Well, things changed for me, especially after getting away from a very bad influence. Things returned to what I have long considered normal for me. These included my tendency of having mood swings. Those would soon change!
Before I write how this happened, I just want to comment on two other things I’ve already written about here.
My S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder), symptoms disappeared when I started making my own Christmas cards and producing an annual on line Advent calendar, as gifts for others. This was part of my problem, I did not feel like I had enough to give. You can view some of these cards or purchase them by clicking here. You can view information about my online Advent calendar by clicking here. Save the last link as the 2008 on line Advent calendar will open 12/1/08. The other thing I did was take off on a certain day, get my haircut and go to a tanning salon during the winter months. Treating myself and getting some added light helped me.
The other thing which occurred is nothing short of a miracle. It has been considered a medical impossibility. I used to have at least an ultrasound done every six months and kept appointments with kidney specialists. My files became huge and were carried in the trunk of my car. My prognosis was that I would eventually need kidney dialysis, kidney transplants (2), would probably not be an option, and I would have a shortened lifespan. It was believed that multi-cystic kidney disease was genetic and I notified my family to warn them. It was advised that I should not have children as this would most likely pass on to them. Like clock work, I had my 6 month visits, evaluations, ultra sound, X-rays and MRI tests performed. As it happened, near my birthday in December of 1994, I had an appointment with a physician, a Nephrologist (kidney specialist). I was living in Michigan at the time and we were new to each other. The appointment was actually in a hospital and after handing over my massive files and having my current tests performed, the room became abuzz with activity. There were no less than 5 or 6 others that all appeared to be doctors, poring over my records. Finally, the doctor I came to see, walked over to me. He was angry. He all but threw me out, for lying and wasting his time. When I asked what the problem was, he said in a gruff and agitated tone, “I don’t know what your problem is mister, but the results of the tests we just performed on you, are not related to the person whose medical records you provided!”
He basically accused me of putting my name on those records that he concluded, belonged to someone else, but certainly not me. These were the records I had been given and had been carrying around for over 2 years. When I told him this, he would not accept my explanation. When I asked him why, he said, “The tests we just performed on you and the records we looked at, show a decrease in size and in number of cysts and that sir, is a medical impossibility. You are not the same person as the person whose medical records you have obviously stolen, for whatever reasons. Please leave now! You have wasted my time, that of other physicians and of this entire hospital!”
I did leave and have never been back. I have never had another symptom and guess what? I’m still alive. Call me a liar as basically that doctor did. Call it a mis-diagnosis by the world’s foremost authority on multi-cystic kidney disease. Call it divine intervention as I did and do or whatever you want to think about this. The facts are, I have decreased numbers and sizes of cysts and I am still here!
I am only writing this as the conclusion to what I brought up before in this post. I brought it up as a part of what was going on in my life during the space of about two years. Now I ask you, if all of the following had happened to you in the course of about two years, how would you feel? If your mother had died, and you had been diagnosed with multi-cystic kidney disease, and were looking at a short future, and were told not to have children, and to notify your immediate family to warn them, and someone was trying to convince you and the medical profession that you were ‘nuts,’ or manic-depressive, and you were having some S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder), symptoms, do you think you might be a little depressed or moody? Oh, and by the way, you would not believe all the other stuff that was also going on with me during those two years! It is a wonder to me that I did not either literally implode, burst into flames from spontaneous combustion, just kill myself or have myself killed. I give all the credit to the maker of these incredible machines we call, the human body and the human mind. Never seen a miracle before? I R 1! 
The B’s
Despite the miracle of my still being here, up until just a little over a year now, I still had mood swings. Again, I have always just considered this being normal for me. Just a little over a year ago, I was going through a long period where my energy levels seemed to fall through the floor. For someone that is usually energetic and requires very little sleep, this was very hard for me to take. I was introduced to a natural B-Complex vitamin supplement. It was suggested that it may help me feel more energetic. The formula was all natural and was isotonic capable. For understanding isotonic = same pressure as our body fluids like blood, sweat and tears, click here.
Shortly after taking this product (1 capful with 2 ounces of water on an empty stomach in the morning, every day), my energy returned. Shortly after this (maybe a week or two), I noticed an incredible change in my moods. After over a year of using this product, I am more stable than perhaps I have ever been, for most of my life. I no longer go throught extremes of ‘ups and ‘downs. My wife notices it and anyone that knows me well, can see the change. Results led to personal research. Results and research have made me want to shout from the roof tops. I tell anyone that may have similar experiences as I have, about isotonic capable B-complex. I have seen and heard of wonderful results and benefits to many that have tried this product. Children and adults diagnosed with ADD (attention deficit disorder), have been helped greatly. Some are no longer taking Ritalin.
ADD is not a Ritalin deficiency. The way to deal with ADD, as well as most all diseases, is to treat the cause of the problem and not just to cover up the symptoms. Research has shown that ADD sufferers have an abnormal serotonin level. Serotonin is a chemical called a Neuro-Transmitter in the brain that allows a person to relax and focus better. Anyone that has some type of mood disorder, depression, manic-depression etc. may benefit from a natural, isotonic capable, B-Complex supplement.
What is an Isotonic Capable B-Complex?
An isotonic capable B-Complex is a blend of all B-vitamins with potassium and biotin. Because of the isotonic state of this blend, one can be sure that the maximum amounts of nutrients are reaching their target areas with utmost efficiency. An isotonic solution is one that actually matches the body’s own osmolarity and is easily absorbed into ones system. Other isotonic solutions of the body include tears, plasma, and mother’s milk. These all-star B-vitamins join in the proper amounts for maximal utilization and absorption. B12 and the other-B vitamins act as members of a team. When taken all together, B12 acts as a key player in the production of energy, cell maintenance and promotion of normal nervous system functioning. Folic Acid is also present, playing an integral role in aiding B12 in the healthy utilization of amino acids and proteins as well as DNA and RNA synthesis.*
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Some Benefits of Isotonic Capable B-Complex?
- Promotes normal red blood cell formation
- B-vitamins are essential for many key functions in the body
- Deficiencies in Folic Acid, vitamin B12, vitamin B6 or Biotin may result in feelings of fatigue
- Helps decrease stress and improve mood
- Helps maintain healthy levels of serotonin
- Increases energy
- Involved in the metabolism of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates
- Meets need for B-vitamins in a vegetarian diet
- Necessary for proper functioning of the nervous system, bone marrow and intestinal tract (B-vitamin deficiencies appear in these tissues first)
- Promotes cardiovascular health
- Promotes healthy levels of Homocysteine and supports normal endothelial function
- Promotes normal cognitive performance
- Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid facilitate steps required for cell division
- Vitamin B5 is involved in the Krebs cycle of energy production and is needed to make the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. B5 is also essential in producing, transporting, and releasing energy from fats
- Vitamin B6 is essential for amino acid metabolism
- Vitamins B1, B2, B3, and Biotin participate in different aspects of energy production
Even though I have been in the medical field, I am not a doctor, but I am the doctor of my own destiny. So can you ‘B. I can only tell you of what works for me and that of what I have seen work for others. If you or someone you love or care about suffers from a loss of energy, mood disorders, SAD, ADD, depression, manic-depression, stress, nervousness (jump from loud noises or sudden movements), are a vegetarian, have digestive problems or slowed metabolism (hard to lose weight), consider the ‘B-you-t-full benefits of the B’s in an isotonic capable, B-Complex supplement.
If you are interested in finding out more, please leave your request in the form of a comment below, along with your name and email address. I will contact you as soon as possible.
Your cookie for this day, ‘B free like butterflies, smile and ‘B buzzing with the ‘B’s, in B-Complex.
Tomorrow’s cookie – ‘Baker’s Dozen’
Baking cookies just for You,
Dahni the cookie man
P.S. When I get up in the mornings I love my coffee. For the last couple of days I drank my coffee, but I did not take my ‘B’s. It was not long before I started feeling down. I will never do that again! If you think you don’t need vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and you can get all your nutritional needs from ‘good’ food, Read This. Vitamin, mineral, and antioxidant supplements are food, super-foods. To supplement is to supply that which is missing or deficient.
D.
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