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Jan 31Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

I replaced toothpaste long ago with peppermint, thieves, and clove oil in a carrier of MCT oil, chosen instead of coconut oil because it is liquid at temperatures that coconut oil is rocklike at. MCT oil contains all the antibiotic compounds of coconut oil without being difficult to get out of the bottle I keep it in when the ambient temperature in my vandwelling drops below its melting point.

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Feb 1Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

JD - you took at bath, did you get any water in, or clean your ears? If so, a tiny crystal of calcium carbonate may have migrated from one part of the inner ear to the semicircular canal in another part of the ear. Said traversal would trigger a false sensor reading to the brain re: which direction your head was moving and its speed. The resulting dizziness is the brain's attempt to resolve the conflicting messages. See benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

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Thanks, but I don't usually have vertigo/spinning sensation. I have been using less essential oils and continuing the castor oil over more body area. it really does seem to help health. Salicylate excess is too easy - too many sources.

POTS lightheadness upon rapid standing has happened to me twice in my past but I figured it out and got better. i feel so sorry for people who go to doctors for help and don't get effective help.

The high dose niacin plus nicotine plus nicotinamide caused dizziness which stopping the nicotinamide had helped. I'm not using nicotine now.

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Jan 31Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

>>trying to breath slowly and relax

Have you tried box breathing?

https://www.wellandgood.com/box-breathing/

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Probably yes, by a different name. That seems like a basic deep breathing techniques. It does help. We tend to hold our breath when stressed, building the breathing habits helps when stressed then to have another habit in place too.

When I am stressed, I am also not thinking well. ;-) Learned that one the hard way.

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