How long does it take to give up if you go cold turkey?

[vole3]

DS is 7 weeks old and I have exclusively bf him.
I am not giving up because I can't bf, but because the high prolactin hormone levels have caused inflammation in all of my major joints and I now can barely move so caring for him and myself is damn near impossible. Tonight it took 10 minutes to walk a distance that normally takes 2 mins and I can't bend my right knee at all.

I am hoping that once hormones are sorted out that I will recover, but how long could that take?

Hi again Vole3 - Just an update re. dd's progress. She has now had 3 acupuncture treatments and been taking Chinese Herbs for one week. Feeling 90% better now. The improvement is amazing. Was bad last weekend probably due to hormones (menstruation starting) but now so much better. Sleeping better, most of the aches and pains have gone. The condition is possibly not RA (not sure it was anyway) possibly stress related, possibly caused by infection. We just do not know. She will having a private 2nd consultation next week so we shall see what new blood tests show. It is now about 8 weeks since the pains started. She is still taking diclofenac but has dropped the paracetemol. Takes cider vinegar and Manuka Honey when she remembers too!

Look at this website too for natural ways of relieving pain www.margarethillsclinic.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=2

Hi Vole3, Just wondering how you are. I am still researching this blessed RA! Looked in the Patrick Holford Nutrition book and saw some interesting things. Spoke to a nutritionist who can also help with such things as RA. She has told me that the acupuncturist being used is excellent and that she will be tackling the hormone imbalance/whatever that is the root cause of the RA. She suggests telling the hospital that she will give the complementary therapy 3 months to see how it goes. It does seem to be doing the trick. Look up acupuncture with regard to RA. It can be helped enormously. First you have to know what has caused it be it hormones, food intolerance etc. etc. They don't test for things like copper toxicity/potassium deficiency etc.(by hair analysis) at hospital - these things are linked with RA and there is a surge of copper in your body when you are pregnant. I think these specialists just want to throw drugs at you rather than looking at other things such as hormone imbalance which, lets face it, when you have just had a baby they are probably imbalanced. A