To: K-list
Recieved: 2002/08/16 11:54
Subject: [K-list] Medication sensitivity poll (Laura's) interim results
From: Druout
On 2002/08/16 11:54, Druout posted thus to the K-list:
Dear List,
I think Laura's poll question on medication sensitivity warrents re-asking.
So far four people have responded on list. Are there any others who have
reacted differently to medication after they became K awakened? If others
have already replied privately to Laura, perhaps they could send their
replies also on to me--unless Laura wants to talley! ;) I don't always have
time.
Thanks everyone,
Love, HillaryHi folks,
I am thinking this is a k-symptom, am wondering how many of you have this
experience???
I have been getting outrageously sensitive to pretty much all medications
and drugs and it is getting worse, I mean sensitive to the point of
extremely low doses of topical steroid creams that no one should feel, but
it jacks me up like i have had 5 cups of coffee (my nose starts to bleed,
insomnia, breathing labored, loss of appetite, overwhelmed by sound and
people) and i don't even drink 1 cup of coffee since it is too intense of a
drug experience that might send me to the emergency room, so when i try to
inform the doctor that i am having this reaction to a harmless topical skin
cream so i can find out if i should discontinue and how to manage the
reaction, she disbelieves me and tries to blame it on
psychological/emotional anxiety or paranoia and not an actual physiological
response to a drug, yikes, i know my body-mind enough to know a drug induced
overload.
has there been a poll on medication sensitivity and how to relate to western
doctors?? i did not see one, and if there is one please ignore this message.
i have never designed a poll, and don't really know how to collect the
responses, but i would love to ask folks:
1) have you become hyper-sensitive to medications and is this related to K?
all sorts or specific types?
2) how has this effected your interaction with health professionals?
3) what have you done in response to this sensitivity? found alternative
means of treatment, relied upon faith, found k-friendly doctors who
understand it, etc?
4) how do you speak to health professionals about your medication
sensitivity (so they don't think you are having a head trip and take you
seriously)?two feet on earth,
laura
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Good idea for a poll Laura.
>
> 1) have you become hyper-sensitive to medications and is this related to
K?
> all sorts or specific types?
Whenever I've taken anti-depressants they've had no effect whatsoever even
on the most powerful doses. However I had a massive reaction to lithium,
which is a difficult drug to take at the best of times as blood has to be
monitored for toxicity levels. Even on the mildest starter dose, it made me
throw up non stop for 8 days - couldn't even hold drops of water down. Was
so weak I had to be carried - even turning over in bed required the most
massive effort. When my blood pressure disappeared off the scale (ie none!)
they carted me of to casualty with the blue lights to be rehydrated - my
blood wasn't even toxic when tested - an 'unheard of' reaction they said....
I have never been so physically ill - |I truly thought I was going to die.
Whether this was because of K I can't be sure but since mind body spirit are
'one' then it has to be a factor.
>
> 2) how has this effected your interaction with health professionals.
Ha!! For years I've been telling them anti-depressants don't work on me -
they never listen.
> 3) what have you done in response to this sensitivity? found alternative
> means of treatment, relied upon faith, found k-friendly doctors who
> understand it, etc?
Relied on faith - illness as natural process etc. In my case depressions
come to their natural end. Of course the docs say, well at last so and so
drug kicked in .... I know different and I keep telling them but it's like
banging your head against a brick wall.
>
> 4) how do you speak to health professionals about your medication
> sensitivity (so they don't think you are having a head trip and take you
> seriously)?
They're a bunch of tossers - gross blanket statement of the century but I've
seen a lot of docs and shrinks in my time and even the most kind, sensitive,
arty ones at the end of the day will not step outside the bio-medical
paradigm... Profs prepared to take the spiritual dimension seriously are in
a tiny minority - I've yet to be treated by one.
Until they're prepared to take the
opinions and experience of the patient seriously I will view them with the
contempt that they deserve.***********
I don't tend to take medication very often, but I find my sensitivity to
things like sugar, coffee and pollen growing. The Kundalini burns away a
lot of the toxins that have built up over the years, and I find my body
rejecting them with greater voracity than ever before.
Steroid creams, even at low dosage, are not innocuous. Do you have to use
them for a specific condition, like eczema? Have you considered an
alternative treatment?
************
After my K-experience I got a sugar -allergy. It is not easy in a world where
they put sugar in everything.
Even in food you do not suspect there is any sugar in !
It is a very cheap filler for manufacturers to put in food.
But my body cannot hold that anymore !**********
I've been trying to figure how to put all of my thoughts into one readable
e-mail, since it deals with all of the above topics and my history with
migraines, chemical and drug sensitivity and now finally, detox -- and
perhaps suggestions for you all on the List who are experiencing the same.
So to try and be brief...
My migraines started about eight years ago when I moved to New Mexico and
this incredible spiritual center in the Espanola Valley. I believe this was
when my K activity started as well. I had never had migraines in sea-level
Phila. So I blamed them on the altitude here. Then I blamed them on hormones
as I was moving into my 40's. About two years ago I had major surgery that
of course included an immersion and diet in drugs...I couldn't take the
post-op morphine; I remained totally lucid and the pain didn't abate with
higher and higher levels of morphine, until I got to the point of realizing I
was going to throw up and burst all the stitches -- PANIC! As my K activity
increased the more sensitive I've become to being around chemicals
(cigarettes, perfumes, CROWDS (lol)) and the migraines started to become more
frequent...OK, here's the interesting part...
I found a kinesiologist in Espanola, who owns the book Power vs Force BTW,
and also hosted Kundalini yoga classes in her office space. Wonderful woman.
Well, I thought she was going to tell me I needed black cohosh, vitex,
natural progesterone...you know, for the aging process. Nope. My body
"told" her that I had overloaded my system with chemicals and had developed a
level of toxicity that has me undone. She said to picture a vase full of
water and then picture a glass of wine or a room full of people wearing
cologne as the drop of water that causes the vase to overflow. As a result
of my body telling her the problem I'm currently taking a glandular extract
(this may be tough for some vegetarians to take) and folic acid. That's it.
The process hasn't been easy, but I feel much better only after one week.
The kinesiologist believes it will relieve the headaches and the lethargy, and
allow me to participate more in our "chemical-laden" world. This certainly
isn't the answer for everyone, but it may be for some. If you can find a
spiritually-oriented kinesiologist in your area, I guarantee you will be able
to look into many issues, healthwise and spiritually. Oh, BTW, for the detox
process I've been holding off with yoga and meditation...I feel it would be
too much of an overload at this time.
http://www.kundalini-gateway.org
http://www.domin8rex.com/serpent/spirit/kindex.htm
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