help please!

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Hi. I hope you all can help me. My husband has been terminated without cause from work (a budget cutting thing) and we are without medical insurance. We have a variety of maladies going on here, which I will list below. Basically, I need help with treating these things without meds, and without spending a great deal of money, which we do NOT have right now.

 

My oldest dd suffers terribly from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with scrupulosity and religiousity. The ONLY thing that has helped and enabled her to function is 125 mg of zoloft daily. Without it she is a mess. She is also terribly insomniac, and we have tried EVERYTHING...from chamomile, to valerian, to melatonin, warm milk, etc, to no avail. We have also cut white flour, white sugar, preservatives, artificial colors, flavors, etc to the best of my ability.

 

My youngest dd also has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but hers manifests itself as fear of everything. It paralyzes her. She is on 75 mg of zoloft, and with it functions quite well. She also has attention deficit disorder, and it has effected her schooling. She is homeschooled, so I worked for quite some time with her one on one before "giving in" to this diagnosis. She is on concerta, but I would like for her NOT to be. Again, we have made the above dietary changes.

 

Both of my children have STRONG gag reflexes and will NOT take any supplements, etc. that taste "nasty". I have tried to have my younger dgt take a supplement called Attentive Child, which I tasted, (and it tastes quite good in my opinion!) but she cannot stomach it. What can I do? Also, in my books that I have, it recommends quite a few supplements for each condition. I do NOT have the money for this at this time.

 

My husband also has attention deficit, adult onset diabetes, and high cholesterol. I have high blood pressure, adult onset diabetes, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder/Generalized anxiety disorder, and high cholesterol. I am also about 80 pounds overweight, but I have damage to my knees and elbows/wrists from bone chips (repetitive movement injuries from cleaning houses) and chemically induced asthma from cleaning houses for several years.

 

(Gosh, we sound like such a mess! We are much healthier than we sound, I think! OY!)

 

I don't want to be on a ton of medications, but the problems that we deal with are pretty severe and are things I am loathe to let "slide". Any advice that won't cost us a whole lot of money? Unemployment pays enough for us to make our housepayment, so we are severely cash strapped at the moment.

 

Thanks so much,

 

Blessings,

Tammy