DARK CIRCLES OVERNIGHT!

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hi shelley,

let me give you a little background to things latley, so you know....

last month, i was 2 weeks late with my period, ok, no biggie, i am 50, and i know i'm in full swing perimenopause, so this happens...fine. But, however, when this happened, it seemed to give me a UTI, well, SORT OF...which is weird. I had a full bladder feeling for 3 days, drove me nuts, but not really any burning or stinging when urinating. But, then, i got my period, and IMMEDIATLEY that feeling vanished....UNTIL, the last day of my period, it started to SLOWLY come back, but this time, it wasn't a FULL BLADDER feeling, it was more like some kind of pressure on the bladder, and a feeling of constantly needing to urinate, i mean, i got up all night long! this drove me nuts, until finally, out of desperation, i saw my dr. who did a full pelvic and said all was fine....and a urinalysis, and said, NO INFECTION....so what the heck? so then, i researched, CYSTITIS, and welll, it seems it could be, i don't knw. now a friend of mine, has lived with this same feeling for 20 yrs....has been through all diff. tests, and was always told, there was nothing wrong. So she has had to live like this. Well, now, i do too apparently. Bec. like i said, on the last day of my last period, in April, it started to come back, ...it comes and goes...some days worse than others.

Welll, bec. of this, i have had to get up all night long, so for about 7 weeks i haven't had a good nights sleep. Now, shelley, i have had purpleish circles under my eyes all my life, but as of Wed. (yesterday), when I woke up, I freaked. I looked in the mirror to wash my face, and under my LEFT eye, the purple color was REALLY DARK!!! I mean wow!
then, it really scared me. I ran around my house, asking my husb. and kids to look at it...and it was a 50/50 deal,,,,,some said, they saw it...and others said it kind of looked "normal"...my husb. could see it, but was RELUCTANT to say how dark it had gotten OVERNIGHT. If this had built up over time, i wouldn't be worried, but OVERNIGHT?

Now, that was yesterday......it SORT OF got a little lighter during the day and evening....but, then, when i got up this morning, once AGAIN, there it was, and now it's on the other eye too......it's also very puffy under the eyes. Now, you should know, i keep getting this weird sore throat. It also comes and goes......and that tube that connects the ear and throat, is sore too. I've had this on and off really, for a few weeks. The dr. SEEMS to think, its an allergy, i don't know. He had given me allerest, i took it , and will never take that again, what a bad reaction! But, the point is, that I don't know what's causing these dark circles to get so darn dark OVERNIGHT .....SUDDENLY. And here's the funny t hing, all those weeks, when I've been getting up and down all night to urinate (usually, not to much urine comes out either), these purple circles under my eyes, stayed about the same, the same as all my life really. BUT NOW, the last two nights, i actually was able to fall into deep sleeps (I had to take a xanax both nights, i was totally exhausted from getting up all night for weeks!).....so, the two nights when i took the xanax, i slept good, well, those two nights, is when i woke up the next morn. (Wed. morn. and Thurs. morn....today), with this unbelieveable darkness under my eyes!

i have googled all this over and over, out of panic.....ok, and naturally, it could be a number of diff. things. My thyroid, adreneline exhaustion.....on and on....allergies.....etc.......

Shelly, I don't really know what to do. Please tell me if this sounds like anything serious, or deadly. Most people i have asked, don't seem to think so....but, i don't know. Which is why i gave you the backgrfound on my period being late last month, OH, ...and now, this month, it's 9 days late so far too. COULD THESE DARK CIRCLES BE HORMONAL? or a combo of things? I guess, i am scared because, although i've had these dark circles all my life, SUDDENLY, OVERNIGHT, they really became worse, and usually, i don't think that's good, or normal, right?

thanks shelley!!!!!

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i forgot to tell you, on Tuesday night, before bed, I rubbed OIL OF OLAY on my face, and under both eyes.....the next day, Wed., is when i woke up with the super dark circles, (but see, shelly, i've used OIL OF OLAY for a long time now!)......now, last night, i DIDN'T use it....and yet today, when i woke up.....the darker circles are STILL there, and now, has spread to the RIGHT eye!

[shelley]

Dark circles indicate too many toxins in the bloodstream for the body to cleanse. Eat less for a few days, drink more cleansing herbal teas, and they should resolve.

The bladder and how it feels is very prone to change from hormonal changes and electrolyte/mineral changes. It's best to take 200 to 500 mg of Magnesium whenever you feel PMS type symptoms. That takes care of the problem usually, from cramps to urge to urinate.

If you find yourself experiences incontinence and you know you don't have anything structurally wrong, then you're simply low on potassium and should eat a high-potassium meal, such as the potassium broth or fresh-squeezed juices, and avoid high-salt meals for awhile.

If you have what feels like a UTI, yet a test strip comes back negative for bacteria, then it's just mineral/hormonal wonkiness, or in extremely rare cases like mine, inflammation for no good reason that we know of. Usually regulating one's minerals takes care of it.

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HI shelley,

hey, thanks for replying! gosh, it's good to know it's nothing really serious! ok, a few questions in that case.....first, you mentioned cleansing teas, which ones would be good?

Secondly, I already take a mag. supplement (usually daily, when i can remember!...its mag. citrate, is that good?).....I did run out a few days ago, and haven't had the chance to pick up a new bottle...i wonder if that's the problem, that I hadn't taken the mag. now in a few days????? You said, when you feel PMS symptoms coming on..ok, am i to understand then, that this bladder feeling of constantly needing to urinate, is from PMS....as in hormonal? I know you mentioned that, and I had wondered that too. Now, like i said, i've already BEEN taking the mag. supplement, I've been doing that to help me relax.....am I only supposed to do that for PMS symtpoms???

Thirdly, is it ok to take potassium supplements? (in place of a meal), and really then, would you recommend me getting a hold of a good LIQUID vit./mineral supplement instead of taking these seperately???? I know, however, that it's very important to have them in the right balance, therefore, which one would YOU recommend, which brand and all......

No, i don't have a UTI......i had tested myself with those strips, but when i saw my dr. he tested the urine too, and it was negative. I had read up on CYSTITIS....now, isn't that inflamation of the bladder, or what? is that what YOU have? or is that IRRITATION, and in the long run, is it really any different anyway? Shelly, if you don't mind me asking, what are YOUR symptoms? and how do you handle this?

to be honest...this is VERY VERY annoying, and disruptive! to say the very least, about it driving me absolutley crazy!!!!!

thanks shelley!