[DesertFlower]

I am exploring anything and everything that can help with my MG.

Vitamins, more sunshine, excercise and diet changes have helped me some. These things only make a small difference, but have a definite positive effect on my MG.

I really need to work on stress management in my life and I am exploring possibilities. I truly cannot deal with stress - within minutes after I experience stress, my voice goes nasal and I can't talk, my legs get weak, my mind goes into a fog and I have to find a place to sit or lay down quickly. It makes me angry that I can't even listen to someone raise their voice without me getting physical symptoms. It is ridiculous. I want to raise my tolerance of stress somehow.

Yesterday I remembered past experiences with some sort of self hypnosis or relaxation technique that I initially learned on my own as a kid. I researched and found some hope in medical hypnosis for helping with MG as well as stress. I picked up a CD from my local library called "Heal Yourself with Medical Hypnosis" by Andrew Weil and Steven Gurgevich. I am impressed with the information and this idea of the "mind of the body" that we might be able to communicate with. This CD suggests that the immune system is accessable through hypnosis, that we may be able to direct our immune system somewhat.

Medical Hypnosis sounds interesting to explore, is not expensive and doesn't have any side effects like drugs have, and if it doesn't work at least it could prove to be fun.

So, since I already have a method of self hypnosis, I want to try imagining my body making less antibodies, but I can't figure out what to imagine. This seems silly since I am a very visual person, but I can't figure out how to "see" the creation of antibodies so that I can visualize making less of them.

Today I am studying the creation of antibodies and I am coming up with a plan to "talk" to my immune system.

I feel a bit embarrassed to share this idea, since it seems like a crazy thing to do, but I am going to do it. After listening to this CD I feel very positive about the possibilities. I don't expect any miracles, but even if it helps a little it is worth the time.

Has anyone else tried Medical Hypnosis? Or anything else like it.

Any other ideas to try to manage stress? I really have a stress problem and it triggers my MG more than any other thing. I can't remove the triggers for my stress as much as I want to, so I need to deal with the stress. I don't have the time or money right now to go see a therapist, although I will keep that in mind for the future, so I am looking for things I can try on my own.

Also, I thought I would share the information, just in case someone else wants to give it a try.

I hope everyone is doing well.