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w100jmi

(97 posts)
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:11 AM Feb 2018

Withdrawing from 1 day of using Thrive..never again, ugh!

I am crashing hard after one day trying that stuff. I don't have blood pressure or tachycardia issues, but i probably do now! I simply don't like how i am feeling and am debating if i should go to the er. Feels like my heart is beating outside of my chest.

The in-laws pushed me into trying(or basically sell to me) thrive after my wife told them that i was researching the best supplements or herbs for my blood sugar issues. I currently take metformin but dr suggested i may need to start insulin if it doesn't go down. Before trying Thrive, I started my own regimen on wednesday. Which consisted of few herbs, creatine, and an amino acid. By friday, my blood sugars were starting level off and stay below 180. Before it was in the 280-400 range.

So other day the bro in law dropped off a free starter pack and said to let him know how it helped after trying it on Saturday. I really didnt want to try it because i had my doubt with the stuff and what i was taking seemed to help. I didn't take any of my supplements while trying thrive but all day i felt wierd, almost out of body like experience. I was numb and jittery all day. Now it's 2am and i still haven't slept! I can feel it wearing off, but not it's enough.

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Withdrawing from 1 day of using Thrive..never again, ugh! (Original Post) w100jmi Feb 2018 OP
Good luck. Please go if you need to. shenmue Feb 2018 #1
Thank you! w100jmi Feb 2018 #2
If you don't have issues with drinking milk, have some. sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #3
Pyramid scheme selling snake oil. Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2018 #4
Go to the ER-- sounds like hypoglycemia... TreasonousBastard Feb 2018 #5
Go back to what worked. JNelson6563 Feb 2018 #6
super speedy shit like that always makes me feel bad. All that crap makes me feel like I am lunasun Feb 2018 #7
Thanks! w100jmi Feb 2018 #8
Celery is a good choice But for me any of those energy sups in the past meant a huge crash lunasun Feb 2018 #9
So sorry about your bad experience. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #10
You have to be careful MFM008 Feb 2018 #11
If you take an ssri or snri antidepressant you may have serotonin syndrome. elehhhhna Feb 2018 #12
THIS LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #14
NEVER buy stuff your inlaws hawk..let alone put it in your mouth. samnsara Feb 2018 #13

w100jmi

(97 posts)
2. Thank you!
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:19 AM
Feb 2018

I didn't want to wake up the wife, so decided to come here to vent. I am drinking lots of water and its helping. That stuff may help some people but it's not for me!

sprinkleeninow

(20,249 posts)
3. If you don't have issues with drinking milk, have some.
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:23 AM
Feb 2018

It may neutralize and dilute what you've ingested to bring on this feeling.

Any, any supplement or ANY sort of thing you ingest and are diabetic can cause a reaction.

That's why it's imperative you tell your doc what you plan to take or are taking.

Please consider going to the ER if you are greatly concerned and it stays on you longer.

You got me worried. Dear God.

 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
4. Pyramid scheme selling snake oil.
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:49 AM
Feb 2018
http://www.ironbeaverfitness.com/articles/2015/8/12/scam-dujour-thrive-by-le-vel

If someone offers a miracle pill, they’re full of shit.

ETA, lots of caffeine in this product. Which would give you a lot of the issues you’re having.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
5. Go to the ER-- sounds like hypoglycemia...
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:59 AM
Feb 2018

or could be an allergic reaction.

Diabetes is nothing to kid around with. I've had type 2 for 20 years and treatment starts with diet and exercise, then often metformin, then insulin.

However, since your body is screwed up with blood sugar management in the first place, it can unexpectedly go low. Which can cause immediate problems.

Need I say that taking unknown proprietary meds is not the best idea?

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)
6. Go back to what worked.
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 04:05 AM
Feb 2018

Saw in a comment that you're drinking water, that's good! It will likely pass if you're reading this.

Now you can honestly say you tried it and it's not for you.

In future, suggestions like this should be met with firm but gentle Thanks but I've got on just the right combo and will not change. Should it stop working I'll give your suggestion a try. Change subject.

*CloseScene*

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
7. super speedy shit like that always makes me feel bad. All that crap makes me feel like I am
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 04:27 AM
Feb 2018

going to explode and pass out BOTH at the same time. I always stay away. Real speed wouldnt even have the bad effects of sups like those on me. Just how I am . I am very sensitive to those sups and some cough suppressants

I never had a blood sugar problem but have heard of this film below through raw foods also Gymnema Sylvestre and indian herbs may or may not help you regulate your reading
Yes insulin if you have to, but try what you can to be at a reading where you do not need it but you have to maintain that reading not swing during the day
Here but must love salads and green smoothies



also dont play around with insulin amounts if you gain weight on it . I had a family member make the mistakes mentioned below
http://www.joslin.org/info/why_did_i_gain_weight_when_i_started_taking_insulin.html

you could crash anytime so be ready for sleep even if you right now cant

w100jmi

(97 posts)
8. Thanks!
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 04:38 AM
Feb 2018

I'll watch the video in the morning but I am feeling much better. Drank a lot of water, with some milk and peanut butter with celery. I didn't want to try the stuff but BIL insisted, it's like a cult. Hopefully they'll come to their senses about it.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
9. Celery is a good choice But for me any of those energy sups in the past meant a huge crash
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 04:52 AM
Feb 2018

So be ready for a long nap ! Like I said my experience not recent, but always the same with those kind of sups . Wth kind of energy is that good for ? Torture?

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/2015/04/celery-may-help-bring-your-high-blood-pressure-down/

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,858 posts)
10. So sorry about your bad experience.
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 06:09 AM
Feb 2018

But it does sound like snake oil, and too bad you were bamboozled into using it.

 

elehhhhna

(32,076 posts)
12. If you take an ssri or snri antidepressant you may have serotonin syndrome.
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 08:16 AM
Feb 2018

Thrive has ssri so can be too much. also caffeine like stuff that's speedy...

You better now I hope?

samnsara

(17,622 posts)
13. NEVER buy stuff your inlaws hawk..let alone put it in your mouth.
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 08:35 AM
Feb 2018

hope youre feeling better soon. This is how any opiate makes me feel. Guess Im safe from ODing!

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