I just recently started taking 2 different kinds of Ginseng, Siberian and American, and my appetite started going through the roof! I don't have any specific cravings (those all have gone a long time ago), but I am just constantly super hungry. Before, I would easily go without food for 4-5 hours, now I am starving 2 hours after a full meal. I eat a LOT of grilled veggies in between meals to sutisfy hunger, but this is just so annoying. Was just wondering if anybody had this happening? I know it is from Ginseng, but how long does it last?

Hi Ladies I heard from Debbie today. She wanted to say she hasn't been able to hook up her internet connection I can't believe it. SO that is why she isn't on line. She also told me she hasn't been faithfully on the program. She sounded ok but she really wanted to hear from others who are doing better and who had come a long way not just mild cases. She is really in that doubtful place and needs some support. Even if you can't talk to her if we could get a thread going I can just print them out and mail them to her.I think it's nice to see some inspiring words to keep you reminded anyways.

Just read someone's intriguing post about learned helplessness.  Forever, I have had what I would call a bad attitude stemming back from my childhood...I was raised by my father, a true pessimist.  He always blamed others for the bad things that happened to him.  When someone on this board posted about this I looked it up on Amazon and ordered a book from Seligman.  Thank you.  I have been in treatment for sometime and probably should have been done with treatment some time ago.  I would definitely say that I am a fighter and an "A" type personality.  I swing wildly back and forth between g

Do any of you know if probiotics are a good thing to take when you are sick with a cold?  I thought I was having die-off because I started taking the SF722 again and got a major sore throat the next day...but now I'm thinkin I have a bug. This has turned into the worst head cold I've ever had!  I have so much pressure in my head and sinuses my eyes just water, and my teeth even hurt! I finally broke down today and took some cold medicine (which didnt even help much). Anyways, I figured the SF722 would be ok to take when you have a cold, but wasnt sure about the probiotics.

I had the makings of a huge fever blister/ cold sore on the inside of my mouth.  Matia had me put a drop of liquid goldenseal on it throughout the day.  The next day it was gone :o)

Just wondering if others get abdominal gassyness.  I have been getting so much gassy pressure for quite awhile now.  It causes me to feel like I have to pee when I have this pressure.  Matia seems to think that it is from fungus and bacteria and now on SF722 which can also cause a bit of gas with die off.  Feeling a little concerned about this excess gassyness as it is uncomfortable.  I am getting tested for some food intolerances by the Doctor as well as bacteria such as H pylori.  This problem has worsened for me since my surgery in September.  I had to take antibiotics and other meds so

I just ordered this CD off the ICN website, it is supposed to help calm pelvic area during flares.  Has anyone tried this?  I will let you know it it helps.

Hello everyone.
I know i did had a topic about this a few weeks ago,
but i'm really feeling very miserable about my hair loss.
Matia says it will be ok, and i want to believe it, but it is very very thin, and bald at some spots, i looks ugly, and i will need a wig 
in the new year, because it doesn't look nice anymore.

Are there more of you who has this problem?
And did it came back or not?
And what did you do about it?
How long did it last?

It is going for four months now.

Please help.

Carola 

I just want to say that something Matia said in last months support meeting was that IC is not a disease of the bladder rather then the intestines and that the bladder is effected by it as a result. its a bold statement but i agree. SO when your treating with her and you dont feel like she is treating your symptoms of the bladder remember that is not how this protocall works.

I am going to attempt my first fun trip in a couple of weeks.  I am going to Vegas.  I have not been here since before I got sick with IC.  I am a little nervous about how I will eat especially since I am totally depending on restaurant foods.  I will not have a fridge or cooking facilities.  Does anyone have suggestions for restauartants and also what to eat.  It is so hard to find foods that are safe.  I am always so amazed to find out what is in foods when you ask.  The other day we went to a steak house for our anniversary.  It took half an hour to go through ingredient lists to find a