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Does it have to be B complex only? I have Multicentrum is that ok or should I get one with just B complex

A, C, D, E, K, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, B6, Folic Acid, B12, Biotin, Pantothenic Acid, Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus, Iodine, Magnesium, Zinc, Selenium, Copper, Manganese, Chromium, Molybdenum, Chloride, Potassium, Boron, Nickel, Silicon, Tin, Vanadium, Lutein and Lycopen

thiamin 1,5 mg
riboflavin 1,7 mg
niacin 20 mg
b6 2 mg
folic acid 400 mcg
b12 6 mcg
biotim 30 mcg
pant. acid 10 mg

Hello John,
I guess you didn´t see my last post...anyway, just wanted to tell you that I feel much better! I´m not very cheerful yet but I don´t cry anymore...

Binge eating has increased since I took ph.ac (but it might be a coincidence)

still sleeping a lot...I´ve even been trying to take naps (but couldn´t fall asleep because of the noise)

Well normally I would wait for my sister to go to sleep and I would have something salty, like a cheese sandwich or a slice of pizza, and THEN I´d have the chocolate, ice cream, cookies, etc. Now I do it in the morning too, but I go directly to the sweet food. Not at home (breakfast is normal) but once I´m at the university. I cut class and go to the cafeteria where they have these amazing croissants filled with chocolate...people don´t notice that I´m bingeing because I eat a little with each person I am with, and I eat in different places of the campus, etc. Sometimes I also eat in the classroom , this is the worst because I can´t focus at all.

I´ve been also feeling some kind of rejection towards my mother´s food...I love the way she cooks but lately i criticize everything she makes...actually now that I think of it, maybe it´s not about the food,maybe I´m just mad at her because she makes diet meals...

Do you think ph.ac. is working?

yes, there are a few times when I have binged like this, but I can´t remember exactly when...

I have noticed that lately I need foods that other people find "too" sweet, or with "too much chocolate". I have always loved sweets but now some things I eat are so sweet that they´re almost gross. They make me really thirsty and yet I am drinking less water than before (I used to have 8glasses/day now I have 2 or 3)


About criticizing my mother, I meant "every meal", not everything in general. Every day before lunch we have a fight because I don´t want to eat what she has cooked. Even if it´s something I used to like, now I see it different because it´s a "Zone Diet Meal"...

In high school sometimes I would cut class when I was sad ...then in freshmn year because I used to take alprazolam so I was very sleepy in the morning...but I have never cut class for this reason before.

yes, actually the food is not gross, it is the combination that makes it gross. I mean things like caramel ice cream with extra caramel on top mixed with m&m´s or toffees, the whole thing on a brownie...

Recent thing but not necessarily related to ph-ac...I was already depressed and therefore bingeing considerably before taking ph.ac, I just thought that once I would take it I would be fine again, and as I saw no improvement I got frustrated and felt like nothing would work for me and (maybe) started eating more just because I was upset.

Great fluctuations in weight in the last 5 years (between 108 and 134lbs).

In one month I can loose or gain up to 8-10lbs.

Here are some weights I have found :

June ´03 108 lbs
Sept ´03 121 lbs
Jan ´04 128 lbs
May ´04 112 lbs
Sept 125 lbs

Current weight : 130lbs

Height : 5´1´´

depression: it´s gone, I feel great and I don´t think about my ex boyfriend as much as before. And when I think of him it doesn´t make me sad.

binge eating: terrible. Which is weird because normally when I´m happy I´m able to diet at least for a few days.

others: cough, blocked nose (winter´s here...)

had a minor asthma attack this morning

Well this morning I was late so I ran to the classroom, but very little, about 20seconds and when I sat I started wheezing. Difficulty breathing for about 10min, but no cough, no watery eyes...I don´t usually get this kind of asthma attacks (normally they last longer, they come with allergy symptoms such as runny nose and watery eyes, and the noise is not as high-pitched as it was today).

Concerning binge eating...no changes in the amount of food (it would be litterally impossible for me to eat more...). I said it is terrible because it has been too long, I mean normally when I am this bad for a week or two, something makes me react and I start dieting again. For example, I realize that there´s going to be a party soon, or that I am reaching my maximum weight, so I stop bingeing (for some time). But right now I can´t seem to find a good reason for eating in a healthy way. I mean, I find many reasons but none of them convince me.

most: around 9-10 pm. My mother works at night so this is when i can eat whatever I want.
least : before 12am

I have class monday to saturday from 9am to 2pm, I try to eat during breaks but luckily it´s hard to binge in 10-15min so I only do it if a class is cancelled (I can´t cut class anymore, next month I have final exams)

afternoon: yes, but can´t do it at home anymore, my mother thinks she´s the Binge Eating Police or something, she hides food from me, she asks to my father and my sister what they ate,just to know how much I have eaten. And then she makes me these sarcastic comments, I know she doesn´t mean to make me feel bad but she does...so sometimes I go to the store and then eat in my bedroom, but most of the times i just take a walk and eat everything before I come home.