Was cravings, now Personal Experience of Beri Beri and other nutritional defecit problems

[Guest guest]

I'll condense this as much as possible. I'm not an MD, this is based solely on

personal experience and is not meant to be medical advice, blah blah blah. Due

to a lot of gastrointestinal problems and pancreatitis that landed me in the

hospital for a month, I developed beriberi, kwashiorkor, pellagra, B deficit

problems and other problems caused by vitamin/protein deficit.

 

Memory problems weren't the first symptoms for me and given the length of time

it took for these problems to develop, I doubt that a person can be a fairly new

vegetarian and develop nutritional problems that show profound symptoms in a

fairly short time. That said, I strongly recommend if you're having problems

with memory, get thee to the doctor for a total evaluation., including blood

work and ask for him/her to schedule a visit with a vegetarian friendly and

savvy nutritionist. I've gone to three nutritionists down here who are VERY

anti-vegetarian, so before you plunk down hard cash, ask about that first.

 

You do know that depression doesn't always show up as sadness, but can manifest

in memory problems, anger, changes in diet (eating too much or too little), loss

of interest in things you normally enjoy...

 

How's your blood pressure? Between my untreated high blood pressure and

nutritional diseases I ended up loosing 6 years of higher math, my ability to

self feed, self care or walk. It didn't happen overnight or even in an obvious

" This woman is in trouble. " way for the ER doc to do anything other than blow me

off.

 

So, you're still reading and not calling the doctor for a thorough check-up? Go.

Now.

 

Jeanne in GA