@Mistress_Of_Herbs great list congrats!thanks for sharing it with us!
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Where do you buy your herbs for tea?
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@Sivonnah
WellsOfHealth on Etsy and essentialorganicingredients.com
Are my main two that i order from.
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Iāve started this, too. 
Yes, please. 
I have a Notion document where Iām compiling a list of all these things to try. 
Besides baths, Iāve also been using some diffuser blends, certain types of music and ambient sounds, andā¦ Putting my feet in a bucket for a little bit when the weather is too hot. 
Iām also trying water sounds to see if they make the weather feel more bearable. Itās too hot right now ā the Bureau of Meteorology keeps sending out heatwave warnings, so weāve had them for a week straight. And given the forecast for the next few months, it doesnāt seem like they actually end until March or April. 
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Hi 
the tea that I drink is:
ā Bigelow: Lavender & Chamomile Herbal Tea with ProBiotics. Itās really good too
I LOVE 
LOVE LOVE diffuser blends for all the things. I use essential oils other ways too, but diffuser blends are 1 of my favorites. Iāll have to see if I have any for relaxing, stress, anxiety, & those types of things. @Mistress_Of_Herbs has helped me with quite a few blends whether for wearable oils or diffusers. She is really good with those too! Iāll see what I have 
I do especially well with water sounds & at times rain or thunderstorms. I have a Celtic calming music playlist that is mostly instrumental.
I know we also have some sprays for the hotā¦ because when it gets into those kinds of temperatures with extended times it can be roughā¦
ā Heat Exhaustion Cooling Spray
ā Some Recipes for Tinctures/Spraysā¦ Headache, Sleep, Cleansing, Clearing
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Thank you. 
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Youāre welcome 
Recently I was told to start taking Culturelle Digestive Daily Probiotics. They have Probiotics & Prebiotics in them (she also specified not the store brand) by the time I had taken them again, I had already felt better. So that may be an option if dietary changes arenāt helping enough too.
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Weāll try all we can. Thanks again.
For the past ten years, my partner has tried a new GP every year. The new GP inevitably says, āI canāt believe youāre living like this! We have to help!ā So they go through the gauntlet of examinations and tests, trialling different diets and supplements, and so on.
Eventually, the doctor gives up and says, āSorry, I have no idea what we can do for you.ā And thatās itā¦ Until we try again a few years later.
We know to avoid some specific foods that make it a whole lot worse, which isnāt particularly enlightening or surprising, like fried chicken or lots of leafy greens at once.
Then, earlier this year, they kind of reached a low point. They apologised to me and said that they think this stress on their body will take years off their life. This upset me, so I decided it was time to try other things. Iāve had some small successes, but everything is inconsistent so far.
Anyway, thatās the context. Hopefully, Iām not repeating myself. Iāve been in a bit of a daze for the past 24 hours. But the point is just to help alleviate any concerns by showing that, at least with my partner, weāre not starting by trying all these ā weāve been going through the recommended pathway of āsee your doctorā for a decade already.
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@starborn, no explanation is needed at all! I have been in similar situations & have my own that, for a long time, made my providers go 
Iām in the midst of one of those now that has been going on for about a year and a half.
They have helped me so much with alternatives & things to try for different situations. One thing about stress & anxiety & medical conditions is that the latter can also cause stress responsesā¦ For long-term things or chronic conditions, what happens is a flood of cortisol & an adrenaline response for what seems like a constant state, then almost your normal day-to-day feelings. When that is happening, everything else is increased in their effects also. It becomes a thing where, Yes, you have to treat the underlying things, but because of the stress & anxiety causing the symptoms to worsen, you first need to manage those before you can even figure out how to manage the actual condition which may have the same symptoms on their own but to a lesser degree 
Wow, I really hope that makes sense 
I can completely understand what you both are going through & how challenging it can be for them, you, & both of you. I have been there myself, and it affected my family as well; itās difficult, but small successes are still a win Inconsistencies will be present, but it will get a lot easier once you figure out which things work for different reactions and when it does and donāt seem to work. Itās like if this is present, then do this, but if this is present, then this wonāt work, but this over here will provide some relief. I completely understand, and keeping it all together and straight is difficult.
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Sweet Baby Baphometā¦
I totally understand what youāre saying (and I did mean to say so aaaages ago, sorry), but there are so many layers. Onions have less layers! 
Iāve been learning a lot about myself in this regard recently. Iām noticing there are some ingredients that work and those that donāt. And how much fibre messes with absolutely everything. (I indulged in too many grapes yesterday like I was being some Greek goddess and wow, did I have a terrible evening.) And itās all new because I usually didnāt think of my own digestion much, as itās my partner who has IBS and I donāt. But Iām finding a lot of value in this learning process.
My partner is trying some various small changes. But the data of the experiment gets messy when one unknown thing blows up, and we canāt figure out what it was because there are things that only become problems when things are already bad on top of it all. For example, nuts and seeds are fine on a normal day. Nuts and seeds on a bad day are absolutely terrible.
It might be time for us to start writing things down. This lax method of just keeping it in our heads wonāt do for something so complex.
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@starborn I donāt know if youāve heard of the FODMAP diet but it was recommended to me by my gastroenterologist. Iām thinking this is something I may revisit.
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Weāve tried it on and off since 2015. There are some high FODMAP foods that we generally avoid, even in between attempts. But it doesnāt seem to change much.
Iām always willing to give it another go, though. Cause why not? It does no harm to try.
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