A story about not rushing to stop steroids
——The honest truth from me, who has had atopic dermatitis for 40 years and also experienced stopping steroids [Part 4 of 5]——
Nagoya Motoyama Seitai Salon Shinsuke Yoshikawa
"I want to
stop using
steroids."
If you have
made that decision,
please read this note.
The order in which you read it
will probably
change the direction
of that decision a little.
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The other day,
a woman in her 40s
said this
with a determined look on her face.
"Doctor,
I am going to
start from tomorrow"
I'm going to stop using steroids.
I,
paused,
for a moment.
"……Wait,
a second."
"Huh?"
"I don't mean,
that you shouldn't stop."
"It's just,
——please don't,
stop all of a sudden."
She,
looked puzzled.
"Doctor,
are you,
against steroid withdrawal?"
"I'm not against it.
I'm doing it myself."
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I will write this honestly.
I have had
atopic dermatitis for 40 years.
And,
at the age of 39,
I decided to stop using steroids.
Therefore,
the feeling of
"wanting to stop steroids"
is something I
understand deep in my bones.
So,
it is not that I want to stop.
I want to stop
the "suddenness" of it.
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My first attempt at steroid withdrawal failed
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I will write this honestly.
At 39 years old,
I decided,
"I'm done with this."
Without any preparation,
suddenly,
I stopped using steroids.
“With this,
finally,
I can be free”
that is what,
I thought.
—Beyond that point,
what happened?
My skin,
many times redder,
than usual.
At night,
I would scratch,
and there was blood on the sheets.
Lymph fluid,
would not stop.
My clothes,
hurt every time they rubbed against me.
I couldn't
go to work.
——【Rebound】
This is
what happened to my body
when I quit steroids
without any preparation.
The reason I failed
was not because my will was weak.
It was because
I jumped in
without being prepared.
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"I can't do this anymore."
That's how
many times
I felt like giving up.
And
I
once——
[I have resumed using steroids]
"I guess,
for me,
it was impossible."
That is,
how I felt, discouraged.
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However,
at that moment,
there was something I realized.
[The true enemy of stopping steroids is,
not the steroids themselves]
It was that [preparation]
was insufficient.
That,
was the true enemy.
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What is preparation?
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Stopping steroids is,
not a "technique for quitting."
[A body that can recover,
Things to do first]
.
[Regulate the gut]
[Regulate sleep and the autonomic nervous system]
[Regain deep breathing]
[Lower immune hypersensitivity from the foundation]
——[Restore the body's repair capacity,
to some extent,
first]
This is
the "preparation".
And,
once that preparation
is in place to some extent——
[While consulting with a medical institution]
[Slowly,
adjust the medication]
This is
[Stopping steroids after preparation]
I
In my second attempt at steroid withdrawal,
this is the path I chose.
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[First steroid withdrawal]
[No preparation]
——Stopped by a rebound
[Second steroid withdrawal]
[With preparation]
——Managed to get through it, despite the fluctuations
Even though it was the same "steroid withdrawal",
the journey
was completely different.
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"Quitting" is not the goal
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One more thing
I want to tell you.
[Please do not make
"quitting" your goal]
"I'll quit starting tomorrow"
"I will absolutely never apply it again"
——That determination is
Amazing.
However,
if you don't know,
[What you are aiming for]
and it's missing—
you may find that—
[Even if you stop, it returns]
can happen.
The true goal is
to get closer to
[a body where your skin stays stable,
even without relying entirely on medication].
Stopping
is just a waypoint
along the way.
["A body that stays stable without relying on medication"
is more important
than just "stopping the medication."
It is
crucial.]
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Those who rush you, and those who do not
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While claiming to support steroid withdrawal—
“Stop immediately.”
“Medicine is poison.”
“Don't apply it starting tomorrow.”
There are people who
rush you
like this.
I will write this honestly.
—Among those people,
【The responsibility to see your body through it】
is something
some have,
and some do not,
both exist.
【Words that rush you are light.
However,
witnessing the rebound is
not light.】
Your body,
When you stop due to a rebound—
Who is there
to support you?
If the answer
to that
is not clear—
Please absolutely
keep the option
of
【not rushing】.
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And,
while consulting with medical institutions—
please also
absolutely
do not skip this.
“I want to reduce my medication”
—make sure to properly
convey that intention
to your doctor.
On that note,
both [medical adjustments] and
[building a foundation on the body's side]
should be
advanced
together.
This is
the safest and
the easiest path to recovery.
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The first person, a woman in her 40s.
As she was leaving,
she smiled
just a little and said this.
"Doctor,
I'm going to
put the idea of 'quitting immediately'
aside for now."
"Yeah."
"First,
I will prepare."
"Yeah.
——I will,
do it with you."
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[Please do not stop suddenly]
This is,
from me, who has had atopy for 40 years,
and has actually,
experienced stopping steroids,
my honest opinion.
It's not that I want to stop it.
I want to stop,
[doing it suddenly].
[Stopping steroids,
cannot be overcome,
with courage alone]
[Preparation is necessary]
So that your body,
properly,
So that you can break free.
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Next time (Part 5)
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So,
what exactly,
does 'preparation'
mean?
What should I do,
to 'prepare the foundation'?
—For those who
felt that way.
In the next note,
I will write about
【what it means to prepare the 'foundation'】.
The intestinal wall,
mucous membranes,
autonomic nervous system,
breathing,
and more.
I will explain
these things.
——Specifically,
where should we start?
And,
as the conclusion to this series,
I will write about
【The day you choose
to say 'I've had enough' again】
I will write about it.
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'I want to reduce my medication.
But,
I want to start
with preparation.'
'How prepared is
my body
right now?'
——If you would like to check,
please send 'Foundation Check'
via LINE.
I will write about it.
Based on the condition of your gut, mucous membranes, autonomic nervous system, breathing, and circulation,
[Your current stage of preparation]
,
we will check together.
LINE: https://lin.ee/Ubsup4n
Nagoya Motoyama Seitai Salon Shinsuke Yoshikawa
Alpha Land Building B1, 1-23 Yotsuya-dori, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi
1-minute walk from Motoyama Station on the Higashiyama Line
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