Hi everyone,
Big fan of Leo here. I'd like to share my health problems I've been dragging for too long, maybe someone has an idea how to treat them...
Since I was around 13 I have some skin issues, and I'm 32 now. It started as tiny random red spots around fingers, back of hands, and sometimes. any part of the body. Years after, I also had urticaria problems. I do believe it's all based on emotional issues (I had some in my childhood and teenage years), but I can't fix it. 
Secondly, I also have some breathing problems. Seems my sinus get easily inflammated, so that makes me most of the time lethargic, tired, and really low energy.
Through doctors (many of them) and conventional medicine I came up with a "good" solution for both problems: Taking an antihistamine (once a week). Nevertheless, this is one of my main challenges in life and I'm pretty sure if I could heal this from the source I wouldn't need any chemicals and I'd feel better.
If anyone has any ideas about this, I'd appreciate so much. Thanks for reading!
 
 
 

I have suffered with eczema from birth and it has come back with the vengeance. It continues to spread all over my body. I am suffering deeply, it's greatly affecting the quality of life I live. I understand it can be exacerbated by stress , a poor diet etc, however, stress is minimal and any is managed,  my diet is ok, not perfect but it's ok (plant based) doctors are throwing steroid creams at me and I have had to take a course of antibiotics due to it becoming infected. Due to be patch tested at the dermatologist shortly. 
I am aware Eczema can return in cycle's so I am guessing maybe this is just doing it's rounds?
Any advice is massively appreciated. Thank you. 

I've always been pretty against the idea of taking medication for things like anxiety or depression. The idea of something changing something as foundational as the thoughts in my head seems pretty scary. (I'm guessing many people on the forum feel the same way.) It's also scary that you become dependent on many of them and need to wean off if you ever want to stop.
However recently my anxiety has been getting increasingly worse over the years, and now it's at a pretty debilitating point. I'm pretty much constantly feeling stressed, anxious, and wound up about just... pretty much everything. More things than not at this point.
In the past I've always rationalized that I'd rather just suffer and be my genuine self than change my brain chemistry. But now it's so bad that's not really true any more.
What's changing my mind and making me more open to the idea of medication -- My dog is super anxious and scared of fireworks and thunder, so we talked to the vet and decided to put him on anxiety meds for the summer. (He's on Fluoxetine aka Prozac, same thing people take just at a lower dose.) I've noticed a big improvement in his temperament and anxiety, it's really significantly changed him for the better and made him a calmer and happier dog.
So I wonder if I should give meds a try myself and take the edge off for a while so I can just relax for once.
Most likely my doctor is going to put me on an SSRI like Sertraline though. And with the recent study about serotonin and depression I don't know what to think about that.
If anybody's had experiences, either good or bad, on specific medications, let me know.
Or if you have any other ideas or suggestions, maybe something more natural like ashwaganda or something, let me know.
I don't know if therapy would help. I feel like my anxiety is so bad that it's able to rationalize pretty much anything. And of course I'm super anxious about the idea of getting a therapist and talking to someone new about something so personal. Plus I've heard from more people than not what a struggle it was to find a good therapist, it sounds like most people go through like 5 on average before they find one they like.
Also with the whole personal development thing, I feel like I know myself better than most people and can pretty much self-therapize myself better than an outside person, if I just had the right questions to ask myself and contemplate. So if you know any kind of online course or worksheets for anxiety that you'd recommend, I would be very interested in those. I've tried free CBT for anxiety offered online by the UK or AUS government but it was boring and too theoretical.

You need this:
https://www.walkinlab.com/products/view/dd-toxic-metals-urine-test-kit-doctor-s-data
And you must buy DMSA on your own for the test. The test kit will not include DMSA nor will it tell you how much to dose. You have to figure that out yourself.
DMSA is not sold in the USA. You have to order it from overseas.

Blood work will not reveal heavy metals. So that is pointless.
Heavy metals require a provoked urine test using DMSA.

Read 10 pages a day. Every day. No matter what.
 
 

Put how you feel, first. 

I'm going to college in a few months and I'm mortified. I have horrible social anxiety and can't even look into people's eyes when i talk
also the fact that I'm foreign I feel like I'm going to be judged and looked at wherever i go..
if you have any advice on how to deal with these thoughts please do write a comment because it has been keeping me up at night and education is so important to me I don't want my anxiety to stop me from doing it