Hey hows it going? Ive been doing some homework and Im wondering now if we might have a problem with vit b complex. It kinda looks like it might be a family thing, my moms health is pretty bad so I was looking up stuff, and vit b keeps coming up. Alot of the vit b would cover the stuff with my daughter also, the only thing is the very low blood pressure, vit b only said 'dizzness'.
Let me know how things are going. :bouncing:

Hi, Janice!

Have been "looking for you" on here! Ahhhh, Research! That's all we can do while in our "holding patterns", isn't it? Sometimes I feel like I'm taking a crash course in medicine. Do you refer to the possibility of your daughter having a NEED for vitamin B, or a problem utilizing or ingesting it? Has she been taking a B-complex? I've given that to Trav, but only sporadically. Didn't notice much (either improvement OR a problem), but haven't continued it faithfully, as I'm afraid certain things I give him might change his lab results. Probabaly an unwarranted fear. I figured when they'd done all the tests they were going to do, I would start multi-vitamins, etc. What have you found out about B's? This is VERY possible with Trav, as he hates all fruits (because of their texture) and eats very few veggies for me. I've always been worried about this. Were you looking up beriberi, by chance? This is something I came across, and I think it has something to do with shortage of B's.
We had a great appointment with an osteopath yesterday! She wanted to go ahead and rule out anything treatable for Trav. Then she said if we ended up with a diagnosis for chronic fatigue, we'd get him on a "graded" exercise routine and see how we could help him. She actually said she hated this diagnosis (CFS), but to pretend it WAS the diagnosis for now, and start the graded exercise, but nothing that would take all his energy away. Then when we transfer our insurance over, she wants to do some other tests (Lupus, immune study, glucose tolerance testing, repeat thyroid panel, Addison's!). I wishe you guys the same success! And I will keep in touch with results to these tests, as they may help you and Carmen! Take care! ~ :wave: Tracy

Glad your appt went well. Im not sure but I dont think we absorbe it proper or something, I have had Carmen on a multi-vit with out too much differance. Im going to bring it up at her appt. I will let u know what the doc thinks about it.

Went to the appt. Carmen asked to talk to the doc by herself for a minute and that was ok with me, but the doc nor Carmen let me know that I could come back in so I waited outside a door for the whole thing, when doc opened door she said Carmen would be out in a min and was going to walk away. At this point Im like wait a minute I have some things. She did go back in the room with me. When I raised the ? about what is going on with my daughter, the docs doesnt think that there is some kind of problem because she doesnt see a 'history' of it.
Carmen and I had a talk about last school year, and during out conversation we recalled that during the year the bus ride to school was quite ruff and she had been bounced quite high sometimes. I did tell the docs at first about this fact and it didnt seam to mean anything, this doc thinks that it might have sent Carmens system into a kind of shock, and now that school is out, no bus ride, no bouncing, no shock. I guess we will see what happens with that when school starts. Carmen is also changeing schools, the bus ride should be shorter and on better roads, I may end up having to give her rides if that is what is triggering her body into some kind of 'shock'.
I guess time will only tell at this point. :bouncing:

Hi, Janice!

We're doing pretty well here. Was this the appointment with the osteopath or her return trip to the doctor who wanted her to sleep, do chores, see her friends, etc each day? I'm so sorry you didn't get to go in. This would just kill me; I always want to be sure to slip in all pertinent information, lest it give them a clue. Even my husband says he just can't remember what to tell them. When he has to take them, they come home to a lot of questions from me which they can't answer (what causes this; do you take the meds with food...). I'm sure you worry that since Carmen's been trying to tell you she's all right, she might have told the doctor she's all right. She may not realize this will undermine your credibility. I'm not going to get on a soap box, but one of my pet peaves with today's philosophies is the desire to shut the parents out. Even at preschool, when I'd drop off my kids off (years ago), they'd scold us for staying around at all to ease their transition. They want the kids to be mini-adults, and take care of all business themselves, or be taken care of by the authorities at hand. Support and nurturing is no longer in style; toughing it is.

My 13 yr. old daughter was dropped off this morning at the town theater for a musical she's performing in tonight. Yesterday we were both concerned about what to do with her waist-long hair when a 1920's style was desired. I asked the director how important the girls' hair was. She said it was very important. Then I asked whether they wanted me to show up early for the performance and do it up for her, since it would probabaly not stay in any style (especially pulled back into a bun) all day through their rigorous rehearsals. She pretty much told me to mind my own business, in a nicer way. She said, "They're big kids; we don't want parents to come and help. They can do it themselves." This was fine, but Becky is uncertain about how they looked in the 20's, and was hoping I'd help her. In the theater troup she was in before, parents were welcome backstage, and even some of the college-aged kids would ask for help with hair or make-up! I just feel there is too much of this attempt to separate husband from wife and parents from kids so that each stands alone. THE DOCTOR, OUT OF RESPECT TO YOU, SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU HER CONSLUSIONS AND ASKED WHETHER YOU HAD WANTED TO SPEAK WITH HER! I'M SURPRISED AT HOW MANY DOCTORS WHO HAVE BEEN NEW TO US WHO HAVE ENTERED THE OFFICE WITH MY SON AND I AND HARDLY ACKNOWLEDGED MY PRESENCE, EITHER. I FEEL THEY OWE ME A HAND-SHAKE AND INTRODUCTION AT A MININUM. AFTER ALL, I'M GETTING READY TO TRUST THEM WITH THE WEL-BEING OF MY SON! I AM HAPPY TO LET HIM SPEAK AND ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, BUT HE, HIMSELF, SAYS HE WANTS ME TO TELL THEM, LEST HE FORGET SOMETHING.

I fear that at the juncture you're at, you may have to wait for school to start in order to push your daughter off the deep end, so to speak. If she can't hack attending school, maybe she will be ready to seek help again. Too bad, I know you would rather have gotten her the help she needed BEFORE school starts! We'll keep you posted on our progress. Maybe we can help one another with a diagnosis. ~ :wave: Tracy