blue toes- any gueses?

finding,

Has your doctor ever mentioned Raynaud's Phenomenon? It can cause the fingers and toes to turn blue. Here is a great site to read:

www.medicinenet.com/raynauds_phenomenon/article.htm

I don't have this problem, but I wanted to post anyway:) If you are having any problems breathing, or with dizziness or fainting, etc. go to the er. Only because the blue in the finger tips and toes can be a lack of oxygen. But, if you aren't having chest pain or any of the above listed symptoms and this has been happening for a while, then I would wait and call your doctor tomorrow morning and see what he/she says about it. Good luck and let us know what happens!

I have anxiety too so I know EXACTLY what you are talking about! I never know if I am having a heart attack or a panic attack. This is what I would do. Draw a warm bath. If you have the epsom salts and cayenne pepper and the other stuff that CG says to use for detoxing, then put some of that in there. (I can bump her post up if you need me to so that you can read it). Put on some calming music, or if you like silence, go with that. Or read a relaxing book. Anyway, relax and don't think about this. AT all. Just relax in your bathtub (oh, if you have anti-anxiety pills like xanax, ativan or klonopin, take one of these pills). Just chill out like it is an ordinary wonderful day and you are perfectly healthy. If you can't stop thinking about it, then try to think of 1 thought. 1 thought that you like. For example, the ocean, the beach, a calm river, a boat ride, etc..whatever makes you happy and peaceful. Everytime you start thinking about anything stressful, go back to that one thought and focus on it alone. Eventually, your mind will give in to you. You just have to show it who is boss.
Do this and relax and calm yourself and the bath will warm you and get your circulation going too. Then, when you are done...if your toes really blue and none of this helped at all...go from there!!!
Hope this helps!

Wow, alone & scared, that was a great post. I really like the idea of focusing on one thought. Sometimes when my mind is giving me a really hard time I just repeat a word over and over again in my head. Over the yeras I've trained myself to relax to that word. And the place I go in my mind is a rose garden where I whirl and twirl pain free, my filmy dress floating on the air as I bend to the music. A lovely place to be. I'm so glad to be reminded of it today. Thank you.

Rose

Willowrose,
You are welcome:) Can't take credit though...that came from my therapist!lol. Your calm place sounds just perfect though. I actually haven't found mine yet. I have been relying too much on my medications. I need to start taking control of my mind, but one step at a time:)

Thank you,  it's not so much that I am strong as it is that if I tell myself I have to be then it helps.  You see,  my mom died of skin cancer when I was 3,  and I don't want my daughter to have to grow up without a mom,  like I did.  So I have to do whatever it takes to get better.

I will tell you too,  that as much as you would like to go the all natural route,  it looks like from what I've read,  that everyone here has benefited from a combination of both prescription and natural remedies. 

I spoke with a woman on the phone today who said she finally had to leave her natural healing doc because the Lyme and coinfections were so strong and hard to kill that she needed something stronger than what he could offer.

Thinking of it like this helps me to push forward and try to find people and answers and help.  It's like a war between you and whatever is making you sick.  Know your enemy,  and use whatever means it takes to defeat it/them.

Honestly you are stronger than me if you're raising two children alone.  My husband is a huge support and I've got a very helpful,  understanding 5 year old girl.  They make me strong.